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SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA and SUZHOU, China I February 08, 2021 I Innovent Biologics, Inc. ("Innovent") (HKEX: 01801), a world-class biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and commercializes high quality medicines for the treatment of oncology, metabolic, autoimmune and other major diseases, announces that the first patient has been successfully enrolled and dosed in the randomized, open-label, phase III, multicenter clinical study (NCT04720716) evaluating its IBI310 (anti CTLA-4 monoclonal antibody) in combination with TYVYT® (sintilimab injection) for the first-line treatment of patient with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
In recent years, immune checkpoint inhibitors have brought new hope to HCC patient population with acceptable safety and encouraging efficacy. NCT04720716 is a randomized, open-label, controlled, multicenter phase III study evaluating the efficacy and safety of IBI310 in combination with TYVYT® (sintilimab injection) for advanced HCC patients. Primary endpoints include overall survival and objective response rate. The study was led by Professor Fan Jia from Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, and Professor Qin Shukui from Affiliated Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University. This study involves more than 50 clinical centers.