Continuing treatment with THIO plus cemiplimab (Libtayo) past 12 months “demonstrates safety, efficacy, and ongoing benefit” in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who experienced failure of 2 or more standard-of-care therapy regimens, according to an announcement from MAIA Biotechnology, Inc. THIO, which is 6-thio-dG or 6-thio-2’-deoxyguanosine, is a first-in-class investigational telomere-targeting agent. The regimen of THIO plus cemiplimab is under evaluation in the multicenter, open-label, dose-finding, phase 2 THIO-101 clinical trial, which is the first trial designed to evaluate the antitumor activity of THIO followed by PD-(L)1 ...
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