Antisoma plunges 72% after saying continuing late-stage NSCLC drug candidate development would be 'futile'

29 March 2010

UK cancer drug developer Antisoma revealed this morning that the planned interim analysis of data from the ATTRACT-1 Phase III trial of ASA404 in previously untreated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has shown that continuation of the study would be futile, as there is little or no prospect of demonstrating a survival benefit with ASA404 in this setting.

The ATTRACT-1 trial will therefore be halted, although no new or unexpected serious adverse effects of ASA404 have been identified by the trial's Data Monitoring Committee.

Drug out-licensed to Novartis

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