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Cue Biopharma Signs Clinical Trial Collaboration with Merck to Evaluate CUE-101 + Keytruda (pembrolizumab) as 1L Treatment for HPV+ Recurrent/Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer

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Cue Biopharma Signs Clinical Trial Collaboration with Merck to Evaluate CUE-101 + Keytruda (pembrolizumab) as 1L Treatment for HPV+ Recurrent/Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer

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  • Cue Biopharma will conduct a P-I KEYNOTE-A78 study assessing the combination therapy as 1L treatment for HPV+ advanced head and neck cancer. KEYNOTE-A78 will be conducted in parallel with the ongoing P-I study assessing CUE-101 as monothx. post 1L treatment
  • The ongoing P-I dose-escalation and expansion study assessing CUE-101 as a monothx. in post 1L recurrent/m-HNSCC patients to be amended to include combination therapy as 1L treatment
  • The data from early patient cohorts in P-I monothx. study demonstrated tolerability and drug exposure and provides drug activity consistent with projections based on preclinical data. The company is expecting the initial PD data from P-I monothx. part of the study in H1’20

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Ref: PRNewswire | Image:  Merck 


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