US clinical-stage biotech Aura Biosciences (Nasdaq: AURA) announced positive Phase II end of study results evaluating belzupacap sarotalocan (bel-sar; AU-011) for the first-line treatment of early-stage choroidal melanoma (CM), a vision and life-threatening ocular cancer.
The firm’s shares closed up almost 8% at $9.79 on Thursday following the results presentation at The Retina Society Annual Meeting, on Thursday, September 12, 2024, in Lisbon, Portugal.
The Phase II study is an open-label, ascending single and repeat dose escalation trial in patients with early-stage CM (small CM and indeterminate lesions) designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of up to three cycles of bel-sar treatment.
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