Telix Moves TLX101 Forward On Encouraging Early Brain Cancer Data

The company is planning to start a registrational program on its home turf in Australia and is planning to bring the therapy to the US as well.

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While the results represent small patient numbers, Telix Pharmaceuticals has encouraging early Phase II data for TLX101 (131 I-iodofalan) in patients with recurrent high-grade gliomas, including glioblastoma (GBM), which likely warrants further study.

Key Takeaways
  • Telix announced Phase II data for a handful of patients, showing an overall survival increase among patients with high-grade gliomas, including glioblastoma.
  • The data showed a nearly three-month overall survival improvement compared with historical OS rates for patients receiving radiation alone in a disease that typically is rapidly fatal

The Melbourne, Australia-based firm on 15 April announced results from eight patients in the single-arm, investigator-initiated IPAX-Linz trial of external beam radiation therapy combined with TLX101, a systemically administrated radiation therapy that targets L-type amino acid transporter 1 (LAT1)

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