Viracta Therapeutics Announces Positive Topline Nana-val Results from Stage 1 of the NAVAL-1 Trial in Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Epstein-Barr Virus-Positive (EBV+) Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma
SAN DIEGO, April 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Viracta Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: VIRX), a clinical-stage precision oncology company focused on the treatment and prevention of virus-associated cancers that impact patients worldwide, today reported positive topline results from Stage 1 of the pivotal Phase 2 NAVAL-1 trial from both arms of the relapsed or refractory (R/R) Epstein-Barr virus-positive (EBV+) peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) cohort. Patients were randomized to either nanatinostat monotherapy (n=10) or to nanatinostat in combination with valganciclovir (Nana-val, n=10). These data were featured in an oral presentation during the 2024 Joint Annual Congress of Taiwan Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation and The Hematology Society of Taiwan.
- Patients were randomized to either nanatinostat monotherapy (n=10) or to nanatinostat in combination with valganciclovir (Nana-val, n=10).
- These data were featured in an oral presentation during the 2024 Joint Annual Congress of Taiwan Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation and The Hematology Society of Taiwan.
- Patients who did not respond to nanatinostat monotherapy after 6 weeks of treatment were offered the opportunity to cross over to receive Nana-val.
- Five nanatinostat monotherapy patients crossed over to receive Nana-val, two of whom remain on Nana-val treatment with stable disease as of the data cutoff.