NEW YORK, Nov. 16, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Stemline Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: STML), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and potential commercialization of novel oncology therapeutics, announced today that data from the Phase 2 trial of SL-701 in patients with second-line glioblastoma (GBM) were selected for oral presentation at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Neuro-Oncology (SNO) being held November 15-18, 2018 in New Orleans, LA.
Details on the presentation are as follows:
| Title: | Phase 2 trial of SL-701 + bevacizumab in patients with previously treated glioblastoma (GBM) meets primary endpoint of OS-12, with preliminary correlation between long-term survival and target-specific CD8+ T cell immune response | ||
| Presenter: | David Peereboom, MD; Cleveland Clinic | ||
| Abstract: | ATIM-06 | ||
| Date/Time: | Friday, November 16, 2018 – 4:25 PM CT |
A copy of the oral presentation will be available on the Stemline website (www.stemline.com), under the Scientific Presentations tab, following the SNO presentation.
About Stemline Therapeutics
Stemline Therapeutics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and potential commercialization of novel oncology therapeutics. Stemline is developing three clinical stage product candidates, ELZONRISTM (tagraxofusp; SL-401), SL-801, and SL-701. ELZONRIS is a targeted therapy directed to the interleukin-3 receptor (CD123) present on a range of malignancies. ELZONRIS has completed a pivotal trial in blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN), for which it was granted breakthrough therapy designation (BTD). The pivotal trial met its primary endpoint, and a Biologics License Application (BLA) has been accepted for filing and granted Priority Review by the FDA. ELZONRIS is also being evaluated in clinical trials in additional indications including chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML), myelofibrosis (MF), and others. SL-801 is a novel oral small molecule reversible inhibitor of XPO1 that is currently in a Phase 1 trial of patients with advanced solid tumors; dose escalation is ongoing. SL-701, an immunotherapeutic, has completed a Phase 2 trial in patients with second-line glioblastoma; data and next steps for the program are being evaluated.
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