NuCana (NCNA) Reports Q1 Loss of GBP0.19

NuCana (NASDAQ: NCNA) reported Q1 EPS of (GBP0.19), versus (GBP0.12) reported last year.

“We are very pleased with our momentum in 2021,” said Hugh S. Griffith, NuCana’s Founder and Chief Executive Officer. “In January, we presented data at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium (ASCO-GI) from the NuTide:302 study demonstrating NUC-3373’s encouraging efficacy signals and favorable safety profile in patients with advanced colorectal cancer. Among the efficacy-evaluable population, a disease control rate of 62% was achieved. In addition, NUC-3373 was well tolerated with no hand-foot syndrome or neutropenia as well as lower rates of diarrhea, mucositis and stomatitis as compared to historical data for 5-FU and capecitabine in the frontline treatment of patients with colorectal cancer.”

Mr. Griffith continued: “In April, we were excited to present five posters at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting. NUC-3373 maintained the encouraging 62% disease control rate in the efficacy-evaluable population in the NuTide:302 study. The poster also detailed three patients who experienced reductions in their target lesions of 40%, 28% and 15% and several patients who achieved a longer progression-free survival on NUC-3373 than they had on their prior therapy. We also presented additional clinical data from the ongoing Phase I study of NUC-7738. These data demonstrated NUC-7738’s encouraging anti-cancer activity and favorable tolerability profile. Three case studies described patients who achieved tumor volume reductions and prolonged stable disease on NUC-7738. Other AACR posters showed NUC-3373-treated colon cancer cells are able to activate a natural killer cell response and described how NUC-7738 was designed to overcome the key cancer resistance mechanisms which have prevented the clinical development of its parent nucleoside analog, 3’-deoxyadenosine. Overall, these presentations highlighted the potential of our ProTides to significantly improve the treatment outcomes for patients with cancer.”

Mr. Griffith concluded: “We are excited with the progress we have made so far in 2021. We remain focused on continuing to drive recruitment across all of our ongoing studies, including our Phase III study of Acelarin plus cisplatin in patients with biliary tract cancer as well as initiating new studies, including our second Phase III study evaluating NUC-3373 in combination with other agents for patients with colorectal cancer. We look forward to providing additional updates as we go through 2021.”

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