TuHURA Biosciences and Kintara Therapeutics Announce Positive Results from Phase 1b Trial of IFx-2.0, a Novel Personalized Cancer Vaccine, in Checkpoint Inhibitor Resistant Advanced Merkel Cell Carcinoma (MCC) and Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma (cSCC)
TuHURA’s lead candidate, IFx-2.0, was safe and well tolerated at once weekly dosing for 3 weeks
Eighty percent (80%) of ICI naïve patients with advanced MCC who failed to respond to pembrolizumab or avelumab therapy achieved a durable Complete Response (CR), pathologic CR or Partial Response (PR) following IFx-2.0 therapy and rechallenge with an anti-PD(L)-1 checkpoint inhibitor