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Darzalex to be trialled in combination with atezolizumab in multiple myeloma and solid tumours

pharmafile | March 22, 2016 | News story | Research and Development Genentech, Genmab, Janssen, Roche, atezolizumab, clnical trials, multiple myeloma, phase ib, solid tumours, tumour 

Phase Ib clinical studies are set to begin, which will evaluate Darzalex (daratumumab) in combination with atezolizumab in a solid tumour and multiple myeloma.

Genmab granted Janssen the license to develop, manufacture and commercialise Darzalex – the first human CD38 monoclonal antibody to have been approved anywhere in the world, as well as the first therapeutic antibody ever approved to treat multiple myeloma – in 2012. It received FDA approval late last year.

Atezolizumab is an investigational monoclonal antibody, developed by Roche Group member Genentech, which is designed to bind to a protein called PD-L1, which is express on tumour cells and tumour-infiltrating cells.

Janssen will conduct a Phase Ib study of Darzalex in combination with atezolizumab to treat a solid tumour while Genentech will amend an ongoing Phase Ib study to assess atezolizumab in combination with Darzalex, with the Genmab drug and lenalidomide, and also with pomalidomide in relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.

Jan van de Winkel, PhD, chief executive officer of Genmab, comments: “We are very excited about the start of the first study to investigate daratumumab in a solid tumour, potentially expanding its clinical utility beyond haematological cancers. We are equally excited about testing daratumumab in combination with an immune checkpoint inhibitor, such as Roche’s anti-PDL1, atezolizumab, in multiple myeloma. Both studies mark a key next step in the expansive clinical development of daratumumab in the hope to find even more effective treatment options for cancer patients.”

Sean Murray

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