TransCode Therapeutics Inc (RNAZ)

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TransCode Therapeutics Announces Safety Review Committee Approval of Second Cohort Opening in Phase 1 TTX-MC138 Clinical Trial Following Favorable Review of Cohort 1 Safety Data
October 23 2024 - 7:00AM

TransCode Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNAZ), the RNA oncology company committed to more effectively treating cancer using RNA therapeutics, today announced that the Safety Review Committee (SRC) monitoring its Phase 1 clinical trial has unanimously approved opening of the second cohort of patients based on its favorable review of Cohort 1 safety data. The therapeutic candidate being evaluated, TTX-MC138, is TransCode’s lead candidate designed to inhibit microRNA-10b, a microRNA critical to the emergence and progression of metastatic cancer. All patients in the first cohort remain on study for continued treatment. No significant safety or dose limiting toxicities have been reported. The dose administered to the second cohort will be approximately double the dose administered to the first cohort.
“An SRC is a group of clinicians and experts that oversee the safety of subjects during the conduct of the trial. The SRC makes decisions on whether and how the study should proceed, including dose escalation and de-escalation decisions per the study design. The recommendations of the SRC are used to decide whether a clinical trial should be continued as designed, changed, or terminated,” commented Sue Duggan, TransCode’s Senior Vice President of Operations. Duggan added, “No dose-limiting toxicities were reported in the first cohort of patients treated with TTX-MC138. Eligible subjects may now be scheduled in Cohort 2 for treatment with the next dose level of TTX-MC138.”


About TTX-MC138

TTX-MC138 is a first-in-class therapeutic candidate that targets microRNA-10b, a micro-RNA widely believed to be a driver of metastatic disease. TransCode’s 2023 Phase 0 clinical trial produced evidence of delivery of a radiolabeled version of TTX-MC138 to metastatic lesions and pharmacodynamic activity, even at a microdose of the drug candidate, suggesting a broad therapeutic window for TTX-MC138.