Drugs / IL-4(38-37)-PE38KDEL
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IL-4(38-37)-PE38KDEL

Protein / enzyme biologic targets IL4R via depletion

Developed for
astrocytoma (excluding glioblastoma) · brain cancer · breast cancer · glioblastoma · kidney cancer · lung cancer
Investigated by
Barrett Cancer Center · Medicenna Therapeutics, Inc. · Neurocrine Biosciences

Trials 3

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PhaseRegistry idDatesIndicationSponsorStatusOutcome
Phase 12 trials
Phase 1 NCT00039052 Jan 2002 → May 2003 breast cancer, kidney cancer, lung cancer Neurocrine Biosciences Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT00003842 Mar 1999 → ? brain cancer Barrett Cancer Center Unknown No outcome recorded
Phase 21 trial
Phase 2 NCT02858895 Apr 2017 → Sep 2019 astrocytoma (excluding glioblastoma), glioblastoma Medicenna Therapeutics, Inc. Completed No outcome recorded

News releases announcing trial results or a regulatory action · 23

DateIssuerRelease
2024-06-03 Medicenna Therapeutics, Inc. Results Medicenna Reports Significant Survival Benefit in Patients with Recurrent Glioblastoma Following Treatment with Bizaxofusp When Compared to a Matched External Control Arm at the 2024 ASCO Annual Meeting medicenna.com ↗
Bizaxofusp increased median overall survival (mOS) by 88% (p = 0.009) and improved overall survival at 1 and 2 years by 180% and 290%, respectively
2023-11-17 Medicenna Therapeutics, Inc. Results Medicenna Announces Compelling Survival Benefit from Phase 2b Study of Bizaxofusp in Recurrent Glioblastoma at the 28th Annual Meeting of the Society for NeuroOncology medicenna.com ↗
Single treatment of bizaxofusp doubled mOS (14.5 months vs. 7.2 months) irrespective of IL4R expression (high or low) compared to patients treated in the external control arm
2021-05-07 Medicenna Therapeutics, Inc. Results Medicenna Announces the Peer-Reviewed Publication of Clinical Data from Phase 2b Trial Evaluating MDNA55 in Recurrent Glioblastoma medicenna.com ↗
2020-10-26 Medicenna Therapeutics, Inc. Results Medicenna Presents Late Breaking Abstract Updating Results from Phase 2b Recurrent GBM Trial at the 36th EORTC-NCI-AACR Meeting medicenna.com ↗
The poster presentation updated long-term survival results from the Phase 2b trial evaluating MDNA55, an interleukin-4 (IL-4)-guided toxin, as a treatment for rGBM, the most common and uniformly fatal form of brain cancer.
2020-05-29 Medicenna Therapeutics, Inc. Results Medicenna Updates Efficacy Results from Phase 2b Recurrent GBM Trial at ASCO 2020 medicenna.com ↗
Currently there are no approved therapies for rGBM that can extend survival by 50%, let alone by 70 - 100% as seen with MDNA55 after just one treatment,
2020-01-13 Medicenna Therapeutics, Inc. Results Medicenna Reports Compelling Results from Recurrent Glioblastoma Trial When Compared to an Eligibility-Matched Control Arm medicenna.com ↗
2019-12-12 Medicenna Therapeutics, Inc. Results Medicenna Presents Additional Encouraging Phase 2b Clinical Data at the Inaugural Glioblastoma Drug Development Annual Summit medicenna.com ↗
2019-11-25 Medicenna Therapeutics, Inc. Results Medicenna Reports Promising Efficacy in Phase 2b MDNA55 Clinical Trial at the Society for Neuro-Oncology Annual Meeting medicenna.com ↗
2019-11-21 Medicenna Therapeutics, Inc. Results Medicenna Reports Improved Drug Distribution of MDNA55 with Novel Delivery Technology in Phase 2b Recurrent Glioblastoma Clinical Trial medicenna.com ↗
2019-09-25 Medicenna Therapeutics, Inc. Results Medicenna Presents Promising Update from its MDNA55 Clinical Trial in Recurrent Glioblastoma at the Targeting Innate Immunity Congress medicenna.com ↗
2019-06-26 Medicenna Therapeutics, Inc. Results MDNA55 Shows Promising Results in Models of Ovarian Cancer medicenna.com ↗
In the published pre-clinical data, MDNA55 (IL-4 fused to Pseudomonas exotoxin) was shown to effectively target and kill ovarian cancer cells overexpressing the IL-4 receptor (IL4R), consistent with previous data showing the antitumor effect of MDNA55.
2019-06-18 Medicenna Therapeutics, Inc. Results Medicenna Presents Preliminary Top-Line Clinical Results from their Phase 2b Trial of MDNA55 in Recurrent Glioblastoma medicenna.com ↗

All press releases naming this drug 38 releases

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Evidence & citations 9 cited values

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Known as IL-4(38-37)-PE38KDEL “A Phase I Study of a Recombinant Chimeric Protein Composed of Circularly Permuted IL-4 and a Mutated Form of the Pseudomonas Exotoxin Termed IL-4(38-37)-PE38KDEL (IL-4 Toxin)...” NCT00003842 ↗
Known as IL-4 Toxin “A Phase I Study of a Recombinant Chimeric Protein Composed of Circularly Permuted IL-4 and a Mutated Form of the Pseudomonas Exotoxin Termed IL-4(38-37)-PE38KDEL (IL-4 Toxin)...” NCT00003842 ↗
Known as interleukin-4 PE38KDEL cytotoxin “Patients receive interleukin-4 PE38KDEL cytotoxin (NBI-3001) IV over 10 minutes once daily on days 1-5.” NCT00039052 ↗
Known as MDNA55 ClinicalTrials.gov intervention name — accepted as the source's own label NCT02858895 ↗
Known as NBI-3001 “Patients receive interleukin-4 PE38KDEL cytotoxin (NBI-3001) IV over 10 minutes once daily on days 1-5.” NCT00039052 ↗
Action Deplete “IL-4(38-37)-PE38KDEL immunotoxin may locate tumor cells and kill them without harming normal cells.” NCT00003842 ↗
Modality Protein / enzyme biologic “a Recombinant Chimeric Protein Composed of Circularly Permuted IL-4 and a Mutated Form of the Pseudomonas Exotoxin” NCT00003842 ↗
Route Other “intratumorally infused IL-4(38-37)-PE38KDEL immunotoxin” NCT00003842 ↗
Target IL4R “MDNA55 binds to the IL-4 receptor (IL4R), over-expressed by cancer cells and non-malignant immunosuppressive cells of the tumor microenvironment (TME)” NCT02858895 ↗