On August 10, 2016 CEL-SCI Corporation (NYSE MKT: CVM) reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2016 and updates shareholders in regards to the upcoming date for the Company’s arbitration hearing against its former Clinical Research Organization (CRO) (Press release, Cel-Sci, AUG 10, 2016, View Source [SID:1234514501]).
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Key corporate and clinical developments during the quarter include:
Enrolled an additional 92 patients in the global pivotal Phase 3 head and neck cancer trial during the third quarter of FY 2016 which is a 12% increase over the third quarter of FY 2015.
Enrolled another 29 patients in July 2016, following the end of the quarter.
A total of 877 patients have been enrolled in the study as of July 31, 2016.
Continued patient enrollment in the Phase 1 trial of Multikine* in HIV/HPV co-infected men and women with peri-anal warts at San Diego Naval Medical Center and University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).
Raised $5 million to finance the Phase 3 head and neck cancer trial.
CEL-SCI’s net loss for the quarter ended June 30, 2016 was ($3,849,324) or ($0.03) per basic and diluted share, versus ($4,429,137) or ($0.05) per basic share and ($0.06) per diluted share during the quarter ended June 30, 2015. The net loss for the nine months ended June 30, 2016 was ($10,352,366) or ($0.09) per basic and diluted share, versus ($24,830,691) or ($0.32) per basic and diluted share during the same nine months ended June 30, 2015.
CEL-SCI reported an operating loss of ($6,382,747) for the quarter ended June 30, 2016 versus an operating loss of ($8,201,475) for the quarter ended June 30, 2015. The operating loss for the nine months ended June 30, 2016 was ($18,439,482) versus ($25,956,559) during the nine months ended June 30, 2015.
Geert Kersten, CEL-SCI’s Chief Executive Officer said, "The current focus remains the completion of the Phase 3 clinical trial with Multikine and the upcoming arbitration hearing ("trial") against the Company’s former CRO scheduled for September 7, 2016."
About Multikine (Leukocyte Interleukin, Injection)
Multikine is an investigational immunotherapeutic agent that is being tested in an open-label, randomized, controlled, global pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial as a potential first-line treatment for advanced primary (not yet treated) squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. Multikine is designed to be a different type of therapy in the fight against cancer: one that appears to have the potential to work with the body’s natural immune system in the fight against tumors.