Telix’s TLX66 in Phase II Academic Study of Pediatric Leukemia
17 August 2021 - 9:55AM
Telix’s TLX66 in Phase II Academic Study of Pediatric Leukemia
Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited (ASX: TLX, Telix, the Company) today
announces that the London-based Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH)
has received UK research ethics approval to commence a Phase II
academic study of Telix’s investigational product, TLX66
(90Y-DTPA-besilesomab), in children with high-risk leukemia.
Relevant approvals from the Medicines and Healthcare products
Regulatory Agency (MHRA), and Administration of Radioactive
Substances Advisory Committee (ARSAC) have also been received. The
study is independently funded by the generosity of a philanthropic
foundation, with GOSH as the sponsor.
The open label Phase II study is being carried
out by GOSH to evaluate safety and efficacy of TLX66 as part of a
reduced toxicity conditioning regimen in children and adolescents
undergoing allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell (HSCT)
transplantation. The independent trial will enroll 25 patients and
follows the successful completion of a Phase I study1 of 10
patients with relapsed refractory leukemia. TLX66 targets CD662, a
receptor expressed on specific types of immune/blood cells and has
been granted orphan drug designation (ODD) status in Europe for
bone marrow conditioning (BMC) for hematopoietic stem cell
transplantation (HSCT), a broad clinical indication.
In addition to pediatric leukemia, prior Phase
I3 and II4 clinical studies of TLX66 have demonstrated encouraging
efficacy and safety data in multiple myeloma, and in patients with
other hematological malignancies currently ineligible for stem cell
transplant owing to toxicity. Telix recently reported positive
topline results from the TRALA study5 of TLX66 at the University of
Southampton (UK) for patients with systemic amyloid light chain
amyloidosis (SALA), a rare disease with a poor prognosis
characterised by abnormal protein deposition in the organs of the
body.
Telix Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Colin Hayward
stated, “We are pleased that Great Ormond Street Hospital, an
international centre of excellence in child healthcare, has
received ethics approval to use this investigational product in an
important academic study of children and adolescents with high-risk
leukemia. This disease currently has one of the poorest prognoses
amongst pediatric cancers, and we will be closely monitoring
progress by the team at GOSH, in line with Telix’s mission to help
patients with cancer live longer, better quality lives.”
About Telix
Pharmaceuticals Limited
Telix is a biopharmaceutical company focused on
the development of diagnostic and therapeutic products using
Molecularly Targeted Radiation (MTR). Telix is headquartered in
Melbourne, Australia with international operations in Belgium,
Japan, and the United States. Telix is developing a portfolio of
clinical-stage products that address significant unmet medical need
in oncology and rare diseases. Telix is listed on the Australian
Securities Exchange (ASX: TLX). For more information visit
www.telixpharma.com and follow Telix on Twitter (@TelixPharma) and
LinkedIn.
Telix’s lead investigational product, illuccix®
(TLX591-CDx) for prostate cancer imaging, has been accepted for
filing by the U.S. FDA,6 and is under priority evaluation by the
Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).7 Telix is also
progressing marketing authorisation applications for illuccix® in
the European Union8 and Canada.9 None of Telix’s products have
received a marketing authorisation in any jurisdiction.
Telix Media Contact
Dr. Stewart HolmstromTelix Pharmaceuticals
LimitedDirector Corporate CommunicationsEmail:
stewart.holmstrom@telixpharma.com
1 Full results from the Phase I study are expected to be
published late 2021.2 Cluster of differentiation 66.3
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01521611.4 ClinicalTrials.gov
Identifier: NCT00637767.5 ASX disclosure 25/05/21.6 ASX disclosure
24/11/20.7 ASX disclosure 14/04/21.8 ASX disclosure 1/05/20.9 ASX
disclosure 16/12/20.
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