Micromet (MITI) Presents Update on Blinatumomab's Response Rate and Duration in a Phase 1 Study in Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Patients
Micromet, Inc. (Nasdaq: MITI) last week presented an update from an ongoing clinical study of the BiTE(R) antibody blinatumomab (MT103) for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) at the 14th Congress of the European Hematology Association (EHA), held June 4 to 7 in Berlin, Germany. Blinatumomab is a novel therapeutic antibody that activates a patient's T cells to seek out and destroy cancer cells.
The poster presentation gave an update of an ongoing phase 1 trial of blinatumomab in relapsed NHL patients including a follow-up on response duration as well as pharmacodynamic activity(1). A dose-dependent clinical activity has been observed in these patients including partial and complete responses following treatment with single agent blinatumomab(2).
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