RedHill Announces Initiation of Phase 2 Study of Opaganib and Darolutamide in Advanced Prostate Cancer
The 80-patient placebo-controlled randomized Phase 2 study will evaluate the efficacy of opaganib in combination with Bayer’s darolutamide in men with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), testing the potentially enhancing effect of opaganib in patients with a poor prognosis The study is being financially supported by Bayer (ETR: BAYN) and the Ramsay Hospital Research Foundation, and will be led by Professor Lisa Horvath from Chris O’Brien Lifehouse and the Australian and New Zealand Urogenital and Prostate Cancer Trials Group (ANZUP) The study will utilize a companion lipid biomarker test (PCPro[1]) to select mCRPC patients who have a poor prognosis due to standard of care treatment and who may benefit from an opaganib + darolutamide combination treatment approach. Primary endpoint will be improved 12-month radiographic progression-free survival (rPFS) Prostate cancer (PC) is the second most diagnosed cancer in the world, with…
