• Of the 20 evaluable ovarian cancer patients, there were 5 PRs
• Of the 43 evaluable ICI-naïve MSS/MSI-L CRC patients without liver metastasis, there were 3 PRs
• Biomarker data support proposed mechanism of action of NC410
  

BELTSVILLE, Md., Sept. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NextCure, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXTC), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering and developing novel, first-in-class and best-in-class therapies to treat cancer, today announced that clinical data from the Phase 1b portion of a Phase 1b/2 study evaluating NC410, a LAIR-2 fusion protein, in combination with pembrolizumab was presented at ESMO 2024. The trial, which is evaluating the combination in ovarian cancer and immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) naïve and refractory microsatellite stable (MSS)/microsatellite instability-low (MSI-L) colorectal cancer (CRC), demonstrated clinical activity in these hard-to-treat cancers. The data were presented by clinical trial investigators Emese Zsiros, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Oncology, Chair, Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (ovarian) and Eric S. Christenson, M.D., Assistant Professor of Oncology at Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center (CRC). The presentations are available on the NextCure website (www.nextcure.com).

“The combination of NC410 and pembrolizumab continues to demonstrate clinical activity against ovarian cancer and MSS/MSI-L CRC, recalcitrant cancers that are generally unresponsive to immunotherapy. In both tumor types, study subjects who achieved clinical benefit of partial response or stable disease demonstrated durability of their responses that was clinically meaningful for these patient populations,” said Udayan Guha, M.D., Ph.D., NextCure’s Senior Vice President, Clinical and Translational Development. “We are continuing to follow the patients who remain on study and look forward to providing an update later this year.”

Presentation details:

Title: Results of the Phase 1b Study of NC410 Combined with Pembrolizumab in ovarian Cancer Patients
Lead Author: Emese Zsiros, M.D., Ph.D.
Presentation Number: 758P

Title: Results of the Phase 1b Study of NC410 Combined with Pembrolizumab in MSS/MSI-L Colorectal Cancer Patients
Lead Author: Eric S. Christenson, M.D.
Presentation Number: 577P

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