KNOXVILLE, TN, June 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Provectus (OTCQB: PVCT) today announced that updated data from the Company’s initial expansion cohort of patients with uveal melanoma metastatic to the liver (mUM) in its cancers-of-the-liver Phase 1 trial of investigational immunocatalyst PV-10 (NCT00986661) were part of two oral presentations at the 20th Congress of the International Society of Ocular Oncology (ISOO), held June 17-21, 2022 in Leiden, The Netherlands.
The first presentation, given by Krysta McVay, Research Nurse, Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine at MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC), was entitled “A phase 1 study of percutaneous autolytic rose bengal disodium for metastatic uveal melanoma patients with hepatic metastases.” A copy of her presentation is available on Provectus’ website at: https://www.provectusbio.com/media/docs/publications/ISOO_PV-10_McVay-2022.pdf.
Sapna Patel, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine and Director of the Uveal Melanoma Program at MDACC and Chair, Melanoma Committee, SWOG Cancer Research Network, made the second presentation entitled “Metabolic complete responses (mCR) in metastatic uveal melanoma (mUM) patients treated with image-guided injection of PV-10.” A copy of her presentation is available on the Company’s website at: https://www.provectusbio.com/media/docs/publications/ISOO_PV-10_mCR_Patel.ew16Jun22_v4.pdf.
This ongoing single-center mUM study at MDACC has been led since inception by Dr. Patel. Up to three hepatic mUM tumors can be injected per PV-10 treatment cycle. Response assessments are performed at Day 28, and then every three months. Patients with additional, injectable, visceral hepatic mUM disease may receive additional cycles of PV-10 after Day 28. Eligible patients may also receive standard of care immune checkpoint blockade during and after PV-10 treatment.
About Provectus
Provectus Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (Provectus or the Company) is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing immunotherapy medicines for different disease areas based on a class of small molecules called halogenated xanthenes (HXs). The Company’s lead molecule is RBS. A second HX molecule has been synthesized.
Provectus’ drug discovery and development programs include investigational drugs and drug targets in oncology (clinical-stage), dermatology (clinical-stage), hematology, virology, microbiology, ophthalmology (clinical-stage), and animal health, and use multiple routes of administration, such as intralesional (IL), topical (.top), oral (P.O.), inhaled (.inh), intranasal (IN), and intravenous (IV).
Information about the Company’s clinical trials can be found at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) registry, www.clinicaltrials.gov. For additional information about Provectus, please visit the Company's website at www.provectusbio.com.
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The safety and efficacy of the agents and/or uses under investigation have not been established. There is no guarantee that the agents will receive health authority approval or become commercially available in any country for the uses being investigated or that such agents as products will achieve any particular revenue levels.
Due to the risks, uncertainties, and assumptions inherent in forward-looking statements, readers should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date hereof or as of the date specifically specified herein, and Provectus undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except in accordance with applicable securities laws. The forward-looking statements are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement.
Risks, uncertainties, and assumptions include those discussed in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including those described in Item 1A of:
- The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2021, and
- Provectus’ Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2022.
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Provectus Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
Heather Raines, CPA
Chief Financial Officer
Phone: (866) 594-5999
