On April 3, 2020 Sun BioPharma, Inc. (OTCQB: SNBP), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing disruptive therapeutics for the treatment of patients with cancer, reported it will pause enrollment in its ongoing clinical trial of SBP-101 (Press release, Sun BioPharma, APR 3, 2020, View Source [SID1234556142]).

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The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the conduct of clinical trials at our US and Australian sites. Some cancer centers have redeployed resources to prioritize COVID-19 patient care activities.

Michael T. Cullen, MD, MBA, Sun BioPharma’s President and CEO, noted today the Company would follow the lead of other pharmaceutical companies in instituting a recruitment delay of new patients in its current Phase 1 dose escalation and expansion study of SBP-101 in combination with nab-paclitaxel and gemcitabine in subjects with previously untreated metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Patients currently enrolled in the clinical trial will continue to be treated.

"Given the uncertainties associated with the COVID-19 pandemic including the risk to our supply chain and the limitation and redistribution of clinical resources at our investigative sites, we will pause recruitment through at least May 15th," said Dr. Cullen. He noted that the timeline could be extended depending on the course of the pandemic