Ambrx Biopharma Inc (NASDAQ:AMAM) announced that two abstracts detailing updated safety and efficacy data from the ongoing Phase 1/2 trial, APEX-01, evaluating ARX517 for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) were made available as part of the 2023 European Society of Medical Oncology Congress 2023 meeting.
APEX-01 opened for enrollment in July 2021.
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Data from the APEX-01 First-in-human Phase 1/2 study of ARX517 in mCRPC shows that 7 out of 9 patients experienced a ≥50% prostate-specific antigen (PSA) reduction.
5 out of 5 patients experienced a ≥50% ctDNA reduction.
In 24 dose escalation patients treated from 0.32 mg/kg (Cohort 1) to 2.88 mg/kg (Cohort 8), ARX517 was well-tolerated at all doses.
ARX517 demonstrates notable stability and pharmacokinetic (PK) profile in the ARX517 Phase 1/2 clinical trial (APEX-01).
ARX517 exhibited virtually overlapping total antibody and ADC PK concentration-time curves at all tested dose levels, indicating strong ADC stability with minimal premature payload release.
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