On April 30, 2020 Immutep Limited (ASX: IMM; NASDAQ: IMMP) ("Immutep" or "the Company") reported new data are scheduled to be presented in two poster presentations during the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) (Free ASCO Whitepaper)’s (ASCO) (Free ASCO Whitepaper) Annual Meeting, a leading global scientific meeting for oncology professionals, taking place from 29 May – 31 May 2020 (Press release, Immutep, APR 30, 2020, View Source [SID1234556892]). This year ASCO (Free ASCO Whitepaper) is being held in a virtual format due to restrictions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Abstracts and poster presentations will be published on the ASCO (Free ASCO Whitepaper) website (click here) at 8 a.m. ET on Friday, May 29, 2020. In addition, Immutep will make the data available on its website following its publication at ASCO (Free ASCO Whitepaper), at www.immutep.com.
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Poster Presentations at ASCO (Free ASCO Whitepaper)20 Virtual Scientific Program:
Title: Initial results from a phase II study (TACTI-002) in metastatic non-small cell lung or head and neck carcinoma patients receiving eftilagimod alpha (soluble LAG-3 protein) and pembrolizumab
Date: Available from 8 a.m. ET on Friday, MAY 29, 2020
Presenter: Dr. Enriqueta Felip, investigator
Abstract: 3100
Poster: 164
Title: Open-label, phase I study evaluating feasibility and safety of subcutaneous IMP321 (LAG-3Ig fusion protein, eftilagimod alpha) combined with avelumab in advanced stage solid tumor entities: results from stratum D of the INSIGHT platform trial
Date: Available from 8 a.m. ET on Friday, MAY 29, 2020
Presenter: PD. Dr. Thorsten O. Goetze, investigator
Abstract: 3099
Poster: 163
About TACTI-002
TACTI-002 is being conducted in collaboration with Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA (known as "MSD" outside the United States and Canada). It is evaluating the combination of efti with MSD’s KEYTRUDA (or pembrolizumab, an anti-PD-1 therapy) in up to 109 patients.
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About INSIGHT-004
INSIGHT-004 is the fourth arm of the investigator-initiated INSIGHT trial which is being conducted by Institute of Clinical Cancer Research, Krankenhaus Nordwest GmbH in Frankfurt, Germany (IKF). It is being conducted under Immutep’s collaboration with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and Pfizer Inc., and is evaluating the safety, tolerability and recommended Phase II dose of Immutep’s lead immunotherapy product candidate efti when given in combination with avelumab in 12 patients with advanced solid malignancies.