- 10mcg dose selected to advance into Part B of Phase 1/2a study of VBI-1901 in recurrent GBM
- Expanded data from Part A of the Phase 1/2a study of VBI-1901 selected for poster presentation at ASCO
- Conference call and webcast Thursday, April 25, 2019 at 8:30 AM ET
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 23, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- VBI Vaccines Inc. (NASDAQ: VBIV) (“VBI”), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company developing next-generation infectious disease and immuno-oncology vaccines, today announced:
Advancement into Part B of the Phase 1/2a clinical study of VBI-1901 in recurrent glioblastoma (GBM):
- Based on safety and immunogenicity, the highest dose tested in Part A of the ongoing Phase 1/2a study of VBI-1901 in recurrent GBM, 10 mcg, has been selected as the optimal dose level to test in Part B of the study.
- Where Part A of the study was a dose-escalation phase to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and to define the optimal therapeutic dose level of VBI-1901, Part B of the study is a subsequent extension phase with narrower enrollment criteria, designed to more clearly assess immunologic responses and early potential clinical benefit.
- Initiation of enrollment of the 10 patients in Part B is expected mid-year 2019.
Expanded data from Part A of the Phase 1/2a study of VBI-1901 in recurrent GBM selected for poster presentation at ASCO 2019:
- Expanded immunologic data and tumor and clinical responses from all three dose cohorts in Part A of the study will be presented in a poster presentation at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in early June.
- The poster, number 237, will be presented during the Central Nervous System Tumors session on Sunday, June 2, 2019 from 8:00 AM ET to 11:00 AM ET.
VBI management to hold a conference call on Thursday, April 25, 2019 at 8:30 AM ET, to provide a pipeline update including:
- Additional details on the GBM program and the design of Part B of the Phase 1/2a study;
- An overview and update of VBI-2601, VBI’s immuno-therapeutic in a clinical collaboration with Brii Biosciences for the development of a functional cure for hepatitis B, following the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) 2019; and
- An update on Sci-B-Vac®, VBI’s trivalent hepatitis B vaccine, including data presented at EASL 2019, in anticipation of the top-line data from the ongoing pivotal Phase 3 study, PROTECT, expected mid-year 2019.
Conference Call and Webcast Details
VBI Vaccines will host a conference call and webcast with accompanying slides on Thursday, April 25, 2019 at 8:30 AM ET. The live webcast and slide presentation can be accessed via the Events/Presentations page in the Investors section of the company’s website, www.vbivaccines.com, or by clicking this link:
https://edge.media-server.com/m6/p/m5w3kz77.
A replay of the webcast will be archived on the company’s website for 90 days following the live conference call.
To listen to the live conference call, please dial:
- Toll-free U.S. & Canada Dial-In: (866) 602-1050
- International Dial-In: (409) 231-2052
- Conference ID: 2865189
About VBI Vaccines Inc.
VBI Vaccines Inc. (Nasdaq: VBIV) is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a next generation of vaccines to address unmet needs in infectious disease and immuno-oncology. VBI is advancing the prevention and treatment of hepatitis B, with the only commercially-approved trivalent hepatitis B vaccine, Sci-B-Vac®, which is approved for use in Israel and 10 other countries and is currently in a Phase 3 study in the U.S., Europe, and Canada, and with an immuno-therapeutic in development for a functional cure for chronic hepatitis B. VBI’s eVLP Platform technology allows for the development of enveloped virus-like particle (eVLP) vaccines that closely mimic the target virus to elicit a potent immune response. Integrating its cytomegalovirus (CMV) expertise with the eVLP platform technology, VBI’s lead eVLP vaccine candidates include a prophylactic CMV vaccine candidate and a therapeutic glioblastoma (GBM) vaccine candidate. VBI is headquartered in Cambridge, MA with research operations in Ottawa, Canada and research and manufacturing facilities in Rehovot, Israel.
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VBI Contact
Nicole Anderson, Communications Executive
Phone: (617) 830-3031 x124
Email: info@vbivaccines.com
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