GlycoMimetics Forges Ahead With Uproleselan In AML After Phase III Failure

The company said an NCI trial and a China study remain ongoing despite a Phase III study in relapsed/refractory disease failing, with an unusually long OS result in the control arm.

GlycoMimetics, Inc. is hoping that mining the data from its failed Phase III pivotal trial of uproleselan in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) can potentially yield some evidence of benefit in subgroup populations. Meanwhile, additional studies of the drug in other settings are ongoing.

The company said 6 May that the 388-patient Phase III pivotal study had not shown a statistically significant improvement in...

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