Drugs / MB097
last change May 2026 re-read 9 days ago

MB097

Other / unclassified

Developed for
melanoma
Investigated by
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC · Microbiotica Ltd

Trials 1

20252026
PhaseRegistry idDatesIndicationSponsorStatusOutcome
Phase 1 NCT06540391 Aug 2024 → Dec 2025 overdue melanoma Microbiotica Ltd Active not recruiting Met primary

News releases announcing trial results or a regulatory action · 4

DateIssuerRelease
2026-05-18 Microbiotica Ltd Results Microbiotica Announces Positive Results from its Phase 1b Trial (MELODY-1) of MB097, a Precision Microbiome Co-Therapy in Advanced Melanoma microbiotica.com ↗
MB097 could be administered safely in combination with KEYTRUDA with no serious adverse events (SAEs) related to MB097
2025-04-29 Microbiotica Ltd Results Microbiotica reveals novel mechanisms showing how the microbiome can improve immunotherapy response based on MB097, a clinical-stage drug candidate being evaluated in combination with KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) in patients with advanced melanoma microbiotica.com ↗
These assays have demonstrated that three of the MB097 strains induce dendritic cells to produce high levels of IL-12, which in turn stimulates Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes and NK cells with potent tumour cell killing activity.
2025-02-26 Microbiotica Ltd Results Microbiotica presented new data on the mechanism of action of MB097, a clinical-stage drug candidate being developed as a co-therapy in combination with KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) in patients with advanced melanoma microbiotica.com ↗
These new data demonstrate that the bacterial strains within MB097 can interact directly with dendritic cells to potently activate cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL).
2024-08-27 Microbiotica Ltd Regulatory Microbiotica’s Microbiome Medicines in Melanoma and Ulcerative Colitis Gain Regulatory Approvals in EU and UK for Phase 1b Studies microbiotica.com ↗
Microbiotica, a biopharma company developing a pipeline of oral precision microbiome medicines called live biotherapeutic products (LBPs), is pleased to announce that it has received regulatory approvals to initiate clinical studies for its first two programmes in advanced melanoma (MELODY-1) and ulcerative colitis (COMPOSER-1) in selected EU countries and the UK.

All press releases naming this drug 7 releases

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Evidence & citations 3 cited values

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FieldValueCited text
Known as MB097 ClinicalTrials.gov intervention name — accepted as the source's own label NCT06540391 ↗
Modality Other / unclassified “Live bacterial therapeutic for oral administration” NCT06540391 ↗
Route Oral “Live bacterial therapeutic for oral administration” NCT06540391 ↗