In a Nov. 30 research note, analyst Ram Selvaraju reported CytoDyn Inc. (CYDY:OTCQB) announced positive clinical data for its PCaTest, a gene-based prostate cancer prognostic test. PCaTest applies proprietary algorithms to 14 gene biomarker signatures to determine "therapeutic substratification" and prognosis of a patient's prostate cancer.
Selvaraju noted that "together with data from three prior studies of 348 patient samples, the new results support the company's strategy for seeking U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the PCaTest."
The findings showed "substantial additive discriminative value for predicting outcomes of prostate cancer patients compared to the Gleason score, the current standard," in that it characterized patients as being at low or high risk, Selvaraju added.
Specifically, the recent clinical study assessed 218 patients who had been followed for 10 or more years after their initial prostate cancer diagnosis. These patients had a Gleason score of 7, "considered indeterminate or intermediate."
Selvaraju also reported the FDA approved CytoDyn's investigational new drug application for a Phase 1b/2 trial of PRO 140, or leronlimab, in patients with metastatic triple negative breast cancer (TNBC). The study, to be conducted from five already chosen clinical sites, will enroll up to 48 patients. CytoDyn plans an initial data readout on the first dosed patients in Q1/19.
"Leronlimab may provide a viable treatment option to TNBC patients with poor prognosis, in our view," wrote Selvaraju.
Also slated for Q1/19 is completion of biologics license application filings, to get underway soon, for approval of its PRO 140 as a combination therapy for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). "PRO 140's efficacy compares favorably to those of marketed drugs for the CCR5-tropic HIV-1 population, in our view, and suggests attractive commercial prospects," Selvaraju indicated.
H.C. Wainwright reiterated its Buy rating and $1.50 per share price target on CytoDyn, whose stock is currently trading at around $0.57 per share.
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