Benzinga | Dec 7, 2020 07:31AM EST

Bellicum Reports Clinical Hold Placed on BPX-601 Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial

Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:BLCM), a leader in developing novel, controllable cellular immunotherapies for cancers, today announced that it has been notified by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that a clinical hold has been placed on patient enrollment and dosing in an ongoing Phase 1/2 dose-escalation clinical trial evaluating BPX-601 in patients with previously treated metastatic pancreatic or prostate cancer. The FDA is taking this action due to the death of a pancreatic cancer patient in the trial reported to the agency by the company. The clinical investigator and Bellicum classified the patient death as unrelated to BPX-601 and rimiducid.