ARIAD Announces Updated Clinical Results on AP26113 in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer - InvestingChannel

ARIAD Announces Updated Clinical Results on AP26113 in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

ARIAD

Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARIA) today announced updated

clinical results on its investigational tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), AP26113,

in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) from an

ongoing Phase 1/2 trial. The study confirms compelling clinical evidence

of the anti-tumor activity of AP26113 at multiple dose levels in

patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase positive (ALK+) NSCLC,

including brain metastases, and initial clinical evidence of anti-tumor

activity in patients with epidermal growth factor receptor mutant

(EGFRm) NSCLC.

The study identified a recommended Phase 2 dose of 180 mg administered

orally once daily. The Phase 2 portion of the trial is now open and

enrolling patients at

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