SAINT-GENIS-POUILLY, France, Oct. 11, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Advanced Accelerator Applications S.A. (NASDAQ:AAAP) (“AAA” or the “Company”), an international specialist in Molecular Nuclear Medicine (MNM), today announced that data from the pivotal NETTER-1 Phase III study investigating the treatment of Lutathera® (lutetium Lu 177 dotatate) in patients with somatostatin receptor positive midgut neuroendocrine tumors (midgut NETs) and preclinical oncology studies with NeoBOMB1, a novel GRPR antagonist, will be presented at the 29th Annual Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM), October 15-19, in Barcelona, Spain.
The details of the presentations are as follows:
Presentation #OP394: NETTER-1 Phase III in Patients with Midgut Neuroendocrine Tumors Treated with 177Lu-Dotatate: Efficacy and Safety Results
Session: 1004 - Do.MoRe: Neuroendocrine Tumours
Session Date: October 17, 2016
Session Time: 17:14 – 17:25 Central European Time
Presentation #OP150: Theranostic perspectives of [67Ga/111In/177Lu] NeoBOMB1 in prostate cancer - First evidence for clinical translation with [68Ga] NeoBOMB1 and PET/CT
Session: 410 - Late Breaking Abstracts: "The Presidential Session"
Session Date: October 16, 2016
Session Time: 15:03 – 15:47 Central European Time
Presentation #OP340: [68Ga] NeoBOMB1, a new candidate in the diagnosis of breast cancer: First results in GRPR-expressing cells and animal models
Session: 905 - M2M: Radiolabelled Peptides
Session Date: October 17, 2016
Session Time: 14:30 – 14:41 Central European Time
Presentation #OP547: NeoBOMB1, a novel GRP analog, for theranostic use in oncology
Session: 1405 - M2M/Do.MoRe - Featured: Radionuclide Therapy - Preclinical
Session Date: October 18, 2016
Session Time: 15:29 – 15:40 Central European Time
About Lutathera®
Lutathera® (or lutetium Lu 177 dotatate) is a Lu-177-labeled somatostatin analogue peptide currently in development for the treatment of gastro entero pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NETs), including foregut, midgut, and hindgut neuroendocrine tumors in adults. Lutathera® belongs to an emerging form of treatments called Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy (PRRT), which involves targeting carcinoid tumors with radiolabeled somatostatin analogue peptides. This novel compound has received orphan drug designation from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Lutathera® was also granted fast-track designation by the FDA in April 2015 for the treatment of inoperable, progressive midgut NETs. Currently, Lutathera® is also administered on a compassionate use and named patient basis for the treatment of NETs and other tumors over-expressing somatostatin receptors in ten European countries and in the US under an Expanded Access Program (EAP) for midgut NETs. In an analysis of the NETTER-1 Phase III trial’s primary endpoint of PFS assessment completed in September 2015, the number of disease progressions or deaths was 23 in the Lutathera® arm and 68 in the Octreotide LAR 60 mg arm. The NETTER-1 study met its primary endpoint by demonstrating that treatment with Lutathera® was associated with a statistically significant and clinically meaningful risk reduction of 79% of disease progression or death versus Octreotide LAR 60 mg (hazard ratio 0.21, 95% CI: 0.13-0.33; p<0.0001). NDA and MAA submissions to the FDA and EMA are currently under review and the FDA has granted Priority Review.
About NeoBOMB1
NeoBOMB1 is a new generation antagonist bombesin analogue, which binds selectively and with high affinity to the GRP receptors expressed by several types of tumors, including prostate, breast and gastro-intestinal stromal tumors. GRP receptors are considered excellent molecular targets for both therapeutic and diagnostic purposes in those cancers. In vitro and in vivo pre-clinical models have shown that NeoBOMB1 has suitable imaging properties as well as a favorable pharmacokinetic and safety profile. AAA is currently planning three clinical studies with NeoBOMB1 in different indications including gastrointestinal stromal tumors, prostate cancer and breast cancer.
About Advanced Accelerator Applications
Advanced Accelerator Applications (AAA) is an innovative radiopharmaceutical company that develops, produces and commercializes Molecular Nuclear Medicine (MNM) products. AAA’s lead therapeutic product candidate, Lutathera®, is a novel MNM compound that AAA is currently developing for the treatment of neuroendocrine tumors, a significant unmet medical need. Founded in 2002, AAA has its headquarters in Saint-Genis-Pouilly, France. AAA currently has 22 production and R&D facilities able to manufacture both diagnostics and therapeutic MNM products, and has over 450 employees in 13 countries (France, Italy, UK, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Poland, Portugal, The Netherlands, Belgium, Israel, U.S. and Canada). AAA reported sales of €88.6 million in 2015 (+26.8% vs. 2014) and sales of €54.6 million for 1H 2016 (+26.9% vs. 1H15). AAA is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker “AAAP”. For more information, please visit: www.adacap.com.
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