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Immutep Announces Oral Presentation at ASCO Annual Meeting of IMP321 Final Results In Phase I/II Chemoimmunotherapy Trial

Immutep S.A. announced today that the final results from its Phase I/II chemoimmunotherapy clinical trial in metastatic breast carcinoma will be shown in an oral presentation at the 46th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). The ASCO meeting will be held at McCormick Place in Chicago from June 4 through June 8, 2010.

The oral presentation is entitled ".First-line chemoimmunotherapy in metastatic breast carcinoma: effect of a combination of paclitaxel and LAG-3Ig (IMP321), a novel MHC class II agonist, on T cell responses and anti-tumor activity” and is scheduled for Tuesday, June 8 from 11:45 to 12 a.m. CDT in room E354a.

IMP321 is a T cell immunostimulatory agent. Repeated IMP321 injections lead to strong anti-tumour T cell responses. In synergistic combination with first-line chemotherapy, IMP321 may increase the clinical response rate. This therapeutic strategy is called chemoimmunotherapy.
The study was carried out in three cancer centres in the Paris region. The lead centre was the René Huguenin Cancer Centre in Saint Cloud. The other centres were Tenon Hospital and the Georges Pompidou European Hospital in Paris.

The abstract can be accessed after May 20, 2010 through the ASCO website, www.asco.org and will be accessible from Immutep's website at www.immutep.com after the presentation.

Published 05/2010 by admin@immutep.com