Phase II OPALESCENCE Study of TLX250-CDx in Triple Negative Breast Cancer to be Presented at SABCS

MELBOURNE, Australia, Nov. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited (ASX: TLX, Telix, the Company) today advises that the completed Phase II OPALESCENCE investigator-initiated trial (IIT) of its carbonic anhydrase IX (CAIX)-targeting positron emission tomography (PET) imaging candidate, TLX250-CDx (⁸⁹Zr-DFO-girentuximab), in patients with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), will be presented at the 2023 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium® (SABCS) taking place from December 5-9, 2023.

Dr. Caroline Rousseau, Principal Investigator for the OPALESCENCE study (ClinicalTrials.gov ID NCT04758780) at the Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest (ICO) in St Herblain (France), will deliver top-line results as a poster presentation at 5pm CT on Wednesday December 6.

The primary objective of the OPALESCENCE study was to evaluate how CAIX-targeted imaging with PET can be utilised for the diagnosis and staging of TNBC and to develop a deeper understanding of CAIX as a potential therapeutic target in this patient population with a significant unmet medical need. 

SABCS is the largest and most prestigious scientific gathering on breast cancer research worldwide. Visit http://www.sabcs.org/ for more information on the congress.

About the Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest (ICO)

ICO is a 1,400 professional strong not-for-profit center fighting against cancer. It welcomes close to 48,000 patients per year, and conducts the mission and service of a public hospital. Strengthened by its 4 missions – Prevention, Care, Research and Teaching – ICO offers broad, state-of-the-art expertise that is exclusively dedicated to cancerology. 

Advanced medicine at the service of patients: specialising in oncology, ICO professionals provide patients with personalised, innovative and multidisciplinary care at every stage of their treatment. From rapid diagnosis to surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, care also extends to supportive care, which is highly developed at ICO.

The integration of care, research and innovation is integral to ICO. Research activities, which are a specific mission at ICO, are undertaken from concept all the way through to clinical trials. Research is conducted in all disciplines of cancerology: medical oncology, radiotherapy, surgery, anaesthesia, nuclear medicine, medical imagery, support care, and human sciences. Patients who are cared for at ICO receive privileged access to cutting edge clinical trials in cancerology. The mission of the Innovation Unit is to support innovation in oncology by assisting both internal and external project leaders from the initial idea to the operational implementation of the innovation. Through its teaching mission and academic expertise, ICO contributes to the training of tomorrow's cancer professionals. For more information contact: promotionrc@ico.unicancer.fr

About Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited

Telix is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialisation of diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals and associated medical devices. Telix is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia with international operations in the United States, Europe (Belgium and Switzerland), and Japan. Telix is developing a portfolio of clinical-stage products that aims to address significant unmet medical needs in oncology and rare diseases. Telix is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX: TLX).

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TLX250-CDx has not received a marketing authorisation in any jurisdiction. Telix's lead imaging product, gallium-68 (⁶⁸Ga) gozetotide injection (also known as ⁶⁸Ga PSMA-11 and marketed under the brand name Illuccix®), has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA),^[1] by the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA),^[2] and by Health Canada.^[3]

Telix's SENSEI® ultra-miniaturised robotic gamma probe is registered as a Class 1 device with the FDA, and has attained a Conformité Européenne (CE) Mark for use in the European Economic Area for intra-operative detection of sentinel lymph nodes.^[4]

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