On April 4, 2023 LIXTE Biotechnology Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: LIXT) ("LIXTE" or the "Company"), a clinical-stage drug discovery company developing pharmacologically active drugs for use in cancer treatment, reported that Sarah Cannon Research Institute (SCRI) ) at Tennessee Oncology in Nashville, Tennessee, is joining an ongoing Phase 1b clinical trial initiated at City of Hope, one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States, to assess the combination of LIXTE’s first-in-class protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) inhibitor LB-100 with a standard regimen for previously untreated, extensive stage disease small cell lung cancer (ED-SCLC) (NCT04560972) (Press release, Lixte Biotechnology, APR 4, 2023, View Source [SID1234629832]).

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City of Hope continues as the coordinating center for the trial with Ravi Salgia, M.D., PhD, as the principal investigator. The SCRI component of the trial will be led by Melissa Johnson, M.D. Drs. Salgia and Johnson are nationally recognized leaders in lung cancer research and care.

John S. Kovach, M.D., LIXTE’s founder and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "We are excited to have SCRI at Tennessee Oncology joining this important clinical trial. The involvement of SCRI, one of the world’s leading oncology research organizations, is expected to increase the accrual of patients to this clinical trial, thus reducing the time required to demonstrate the feasibility, tolerability, and efficacy of adding LB-100 to this regimen. If a significant improvement in outcome is seen with the addition of LB-100 to this regimen, this would be an important advance in the treatment of this very aggressive disease."

Ravi Salgia, M.D., Ph.D., City of Hope’s Arthur & Rosalie Kaplan Chair in Medical Oncology, commented, "City of Hope is pleased that this trial is continuing and will be accessible to more small cell lung cancer patients who are in need of more therapeutics options."

Melissa Johnson, M.D., Director, Lung Cancer Research, SCRI, commented, "Small cell lung cancer is a very aggressive cancer with few therapeutic advances in recent years. We remain committed to identifying and advancing novel therapies for these patients. Dr. Salgia’s protocol adds Lixte’s lead compound, LB-100, to both chemotherapy and immunotherapy in a promising new approach to this disease.