Benzinga | Apr 15, 2021 07:16AM EDT

BioLineRx To Present At 2021 American Association For Cancer Research Annual Meeting

ioLineRx Ltd. (NASDAQ:BLRX) (TASE: BLRX), a late clinical-stage biopharmaceutical Company focused on oncology, today announced that the Company has presented a poster at the AACR Annual Meeting, which is being held April 10-15 on a virtual basis."

The poster, entitled: "A Multi-Center Phase 2a Trial of the CXCR4 inhibitor Motixafortide (BL-8040) in Combination with Pembrolizumab and Chemotherapy, in Patients with Metastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma, the COMBAT Study," includes new analyses from the Company's Phase 2a COMBAT/KEYNOTE-202 triple combination study of motixafortide in metastatic pancreatic cancer, further detailing the clinical effect of the combination in patients with and without liver metastases.

The COMBAT/KEYNOTE-202 study evaluated BioLineRx's lead clinical candidate, motixafortide, in combination with KEYTRUDA(r)and chemotherapy in patients with advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, or PDAC. Top-line results from the study were announced in December 2020.

"Liver metastases are a critical factor driving poor prognoses for patients with metastatic PDAC," stated Dr. Abi Vainstein, Chief Medical Officer of BioLineRx. "We are very pleased to present this additional analysis, which further strengthens the results reported from the COMBAT/KEYNOTE-202 trial in December 2020, since not only were substantially all patients initially diagnosed with stage 4 disease, but the vast majority (~80%) of the patients had liver metastases, emphasizing the extremely difficult patient population in this study. These data should be further confirmed in a randomized trial, and we continue to work diligently to define next steps for the program with potential collaboration partners."