ADAGENE COLLABORATES FOR ADG106 CLINICAL TRIAL COMBINING WITH NIVOLUMAB FOR SINGAPORE CANCER PATIENT

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 28 (Bernama) -- Adagene Inc (Adagene), the National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (NCIS) at the National University Hospital in Singapore, National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS), and the Singapore Translational Cancer Consortium (STCC), announced initiation of a phase 1b/2 clinical trial of the anti-CD137 agonist antibody, ADG106, in combination with the anti-PD-1 antibody, Nivolumab.

The trial will be led by Professor Goh Boon Cher, Senior Consultant, Department of Haematology-Oncology and Deputy Director (Research) at NCIS, and Associate Professor Daniel Tan, Head of the Division of Clinical Trials and Epidemiological Sciences and Senior Consultant, Division of Medical Oncology, NCCS.

Both Professor Goh and Associate Professor Tan lead the STCC’s Cancer Clinical Trials & Investigational Medicine Unit that brings together centres in Singapore for scaled up capacity, efficiency and expertise in conducting cancer clinical trials, according to a statement.

ADG106 is being developed by Adagene for the treatment of advanced solid tumours and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The phase 1b/2 trial will evaluate this novel combination in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients who have progressed on prior therapies.

“We are excited to support this trial evaluating ADG106 in combination with Nivolumab, another leading anti-PD-1 therapy to be combined in clinical trials with ADG106 as a potential best-in-class treatment targeting CD137,” said Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Adagene, Peter Luo, Ph.D.

The phase 1b/2 open label trial is designed to evaluate safety, tolerability, and anti-tumour activity of the combination in up to 53 patients with advanced NSCLC who have progressed after prior treatment.

The trial will also include exploratory biomarker analyses, including immune cell profiling in response to treatment.

The trial will involve work under the Lung Cancer programme that is supported by the RIE2020 Open Fund - Large Collaborative Grant (OF-LCG) programme, administered by the Singapore Ministry of Health’s National Medical Research Council (NMRC) and supported by the National Research Foundation Singapore.

OF-LCG is composed of a multi-disciplinary team of clinician-scientists, clinicians, researchers, molecular biologists and computational biologists across various research institutes in Singapore.

-- BERNAMA