VBL Therapeutics on go with Phase 3 VB-111 study in ovarian cancer after DSMC recommendation
Sep. 17, 2021 7:23 AM ETVascular Biogenics Ltd. (VBLT)
By: Mamta Mayani, SA News Editor
VBL Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VBLT) announces that the independent Data Safety Monitoring Committee (DSMC) of the ongoing OVAL Phase 3 study of VB-111 in ovarian cancer has conducted its fifth pre-planned review and has provided clearance to proceed with further clinical research as planned with no changes to the protocol.
The OVAL trial is planned to enroll ~400 adult patients globally and more than 320 patients (>80%) have already been recruited.
The trial has two primary endpoints: progression free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS).
Successfully meeting either primary endpoint has the potential to support a biologics license application (BLA).
Meeting the PFS endpoint, with a readout anticipated in H2 2022, could accelerate BLA submission by approx. one year, based on the readout of the OS primary endpoint that remains anticipated in 2023.