Idera Pharmaceuticals Presents Pre-Clinical Data from IMO-2125 Treatment in Combination with Ipilimumab that Demonstrates Induction of Durable Anti-tumor Responses Associated with Tumor-Specific Memory
In the poster presentation entitled, “Intratumoral IMO-2125 Treatment in Combination with Anti-CTLA4 mAB Induces Durable Anti-Tumor Reponses Associated with Tumor-Specific Memory in Preclinical Studies,” presented by
In this study, mice whose tumors completely regressed survived more than one year after the combination treatment was administered. These animals maintained anti-tumor responses upon tumor re-challenge indicative of memory T-cell induction by the combination of IMO-2125 and anti-CTLA4. Additionally, IMO-2125 delivered intratumorally has been shown to mediate tumor microenvironment changes including infiltration of T-cells and immune checkpoint gene up-regulation.
“These findings further support our current clinical trials which are designed to demonstrate that the combination of intratumoral IMO-2125 and Ipilimumab provides an opportunity to break the resistance to anti-PD-1 therapy and lead to durable effect in this patient population, one that clearly represents a significant unmet need in immuno-oncology,” stated
A copy of the poster presentation is currently available on Idera’s corporate website at http://www.iderapharma.com/our-approach/key-publications/.
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