Benzinga | Mar 10, 2021 04:37PM EST

GlycoMimetics To Present Interim Analysis Of Phase 1b Proof-Of-Concept Study At American Association For Cancer Research Apr. 10, 2021

GlycoMimetics, Inc. (NASDAQ:GLYC) today announces that an abstract presenting the interim analysis of a Phase 1b proof-of-concept study of GMI-1359, the Company's dual antagonist of E-selectin and CXCR4, has been accepted for presentation at the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) 2021 Annual Meeting, to be held virtually on April 10-15 and May 17-21. Preclinical studies indicate that targeting both E-selectin and CXCR4, a chemokine receptor, with a single compound could improve efficacy in the treatment of cancers that affect the bone and bone marrow, such as breast and prostate cancer. A second abstract also accepted for presentation highlights, for the first time, preclinical data in pancreatic cancer for the Company's novel dual antagonist of galectin-3 and E-selectin, GMI-1757. The latter is featured as a late-breaking abstract on the compound's impact on fibrosis, mononuclear cell infiltration, and anti-PD-L1 therapeutic activity in a pancreatic adenocarcinoma model.

GlycoMimetics Chief Executive Officer Rachel King said, "We look forward to sharing results from two programs in our advancing portfolio at the upcoming AACR meeting, including the interim analysis of Phase 1b clinical data supporting further advancement of the GMI-1359 program. We are extremely proud to be collaborating with the Duke Cancer Institute on this important work, which we believe holds great promise in delivering a novel approach to treating cancers with bone involvement."

Details on GlycoMimetics e-presentations at the AACR Meeting are as follows:

Title: "Development of GMI-1359, a Novel Agent Targeting Tumor-microenvironment Cross-talk in Bone Metastatic Breast Cancer"

Presenter: Dorothy Sipkins, M.D., Ph.D., Duke Cancer Institute

Session: e-Presentation

Date and Time: Saturday, April 10, 2021 (available online through Monday, June 21)

Title: A novel glycomimetic compound (GMI-1757) with dual functional antagonism to E-selectin and galectin-3 attenuates fibrosis, facilitates mononuclear cell infiltration and optimizes anti-PD-L1 therapeutic activity in a pancreatic adenocarcinoma model

Presenter: William E. Fogler, M.D., GlycoMimetics

Session: e-Presentation

Date and Time: Saturday, April 10, 2021 (available online through Monday, June 21)