Ziopharm Oncology Announces Poster Presentations at the 2020 American Society of Clinical Oncology Virtual Meeting
BOSTON, April 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- , Inc. (Nasdaq: ZIOP), today announced that it will be presenting data from its Controlled IL-12 program, or Ad-RTS-hIL-12 plus veledimex (Ad+V), both as monotherapy and in combination with a PD-1 inhibitor (nivolumab) for the treatment of recurrent glioblastoma at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, which will be conducted virtually from May 29-31, 2020.
| Poster Discussion | |
| Title: | Controlled IL-12 in Combination with a PD-1 Inhibitor Subjects with Recurrent Glioblastoma |
| Presenter: | E. Antonio Chiocca, MD, PhD |
| Abstract: | 2510 |
| Poster #: | 1 |
| Session: | Central Nervous System Tumors |
| Date: | Friday, May 29, 2020 |
| Poster Presentations | |
| Title: | Survival of Subjects with Recurrent Glioblastoma Receiving Intratumoral Administration of Controlled IL-12 with Limited Exposure to Dexamethasone |
| Abstract: | 2564 |
| Poster #: | 55 |
| Session: | Central Nervous System Tumors |
| Date: | Friday, May 29, 2020 |
| Title: | Final results of Controlled IL-12 monotherapy in adults with grade III or IV gliomas |
| Abstract: | 3040 |
| Poster #: | 104 |
| Session: | Developmental Therapeutics – Immunotherapy |
| Date: | Friday, May 29, 2020 |
These abstracts will be available on the ASCO website on May 13, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. ET. All posters, including poster discussions, will be available on the meeting website beginning Friday, May 29 at 8:00 am ET. A copy of the posters/presentations will also be made available on the page of Ziopharm’s website.
About Ziopharm Oncology, Inc.
Ziopharm Oncology is an immuno-oncology company focused on developing end-to-end cost-effective solutions using its non-viral Sleeping Beauty platform for T-cell receptor (TCR) and chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies and immune-stimulating gene therapy with Controlled interleukin 12 (IL-12). The Sleeping Beauty platform genetically modifies T cells with DNA plasmids to express TCRs to target neoantigens inside and outside hotspots for solid tumors and CAR to target CD19 for blood cancers using the Company’s “Rapid Personalized Manufacturing” to produce and release CAR-T as soon as the day after gene transfer. The Sleeping Beauty platform is being advanced in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Eden BioCell. The Company is also developing its Controlled IL-12 platform, or Ad-RTS-hIL-12 plus veledimex, as monotherapy and in combination with immune checkpoint inhibitors to treat brain cancer, including in collaboration with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.
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