Greenwich LifeSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GLSI) (the "Company"), a
clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on its Phase III
clinical trial, FLAMINGO-01, which is evaluating GLSI-100, an
immunotherapy to prevent breast cancer recurrences, today announced
the initiation of new clinical sites in the US.
Both Harvard University and Johns Hopkins
University sites were recently added as participating sites in
FLAMINGO-01 in the US and both principal investigators, Dr. Laura
Spring and Dr. Cesar Santa-Maria have joined the Steering
Committee.
The Steering Committee is now comprised of the
following experts in the field of breast cancer oncology
representing prominent teaching hospitals in the US and 4 of the
largest breast oncology networks in the US, Germany, France, and
Spain:
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Dr. Mothaffar F. Rimawi – Professor of
Medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine and Executive
Medical Director and Co-Leader, Breast Cancer Program of the Dan L
Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Dr. Francois-Clement Bidard – Professor of
Medical Oncology, UVSQ/Paris Saclay University, Head of Breast
Cancer Group, Institut Curie, Vice-Chair of the French
Breast Cancer research group UCBG (Unicancer)
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Dr. William J. Gradishar – Professor of
Medicine at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern
University, Chief of Hematology and Oncology in the Department
of Medicine, and Betsy Bramsen Professor of Breast
Oncology
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Dr. Sibylle Loibl – Professor (apl)
Goethe University Frankfurt/M, Clinical Consultant Centre for
Haematology and Oncology/Bethanien Frankfurt/M, CEO of GBG
Forschungs GmbH & Chair of the German Breast Group
(GBG)
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Dr. Miguel Martin – Professor of Medicine,
Head, Medical Oncology Service, Gregorio Marañón General
University Hospital, Complutense University, Madrid, CEO
of GEICAM
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Dr. Joyce A. O’Shaughnessy – Celebrating
Women Chair in Breast Cancer, Baylor University Medical Center
and Chair, Breast Cancer Program, Texas Oncology, US Oncology,
Dallas, Texas
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Dr. Hope S. Rugo – Professor of Medicine and
Winterhof Family Professor of Breast Oncology and Director,
Breast Oncology and Clinical Trials Education, University
of California, San Francisco, Helen Diller Family
Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Dr. Cesar A. Santa-Maria – Associate Professor of
Oncology, Breast and Gynecological Malignancies Group, Director of
Breast Cancer Trials, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel
Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Dr. Laura M. Spring – Assistant Professor,
Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Attending Physician, Medical
Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Spring is a clinical/translational
investigator and breast medical oncologist at the Massachusetts
General Hospital Cancer Center (MGH) and Harvard Medical School.
She is board certified in internal medicine and medical oncology.
Dr. Spring completed residency training at Brigham & Women's
Hospital and her medical oncology training through the
Dana-Farber/Mass General Brigham Cancer Care Oncology Fellowship
Program.
The primary focus of her research is to develop
novel therapeutic and biomarker strategies to improve the care of
patients with breast cancer. She is particularly interested in
blood-based monitoring of localized breast cancer and the use of
targeted therapies in the neoadjuvant setting. Dr. Spring is
involved with the design and conduct of several breast cancer
clinical trials for localized and metastatic breast cancer.
Dr. Spring commented, "We are excited to offer
the FLAMINGO-01 trial at MGH for patients with high-risk
HER2-positive breast cancer. There is high patient and physician
interest in vaccine strategies to reduce recurrence risk."
Dr. Santa-Maria is a board-certified medical
oncologist, and Associate Professor of Oncology at the Johns
Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Director of
Breast Clinical Trials in the Breast and Gynecological Malignancies
Disease Group. He is a nationally recognized clinical translational
researcher in breast immunotherapy, including development of novel
vaccines. His work is funded by numerous grants from the NIH, DOD,
and several prestigious cancer foundations (ASCO, CCF, BCRF, SGK).
He serves on the NCI's Breast Immuno-oncology (BIO) Task Force and
the NCCN and holds leadership positions in the ETCTN and
TBCRC.
Dr. Santa-Maria commented, "I am thrilled to be
opening the FLAMINGO-01 at Johns Hopkins and offering this study
for our patients with high-risk HER2-positive breast cancer. A
vaccine approach is particularly well suited to this patient
population who have completed standard therapy, as risk still
remains, and secondary prevention strategies are urgently
needed."
Dr. Jaye Thompson, VP Clinical and Regulatory
Affairs, commented, "Greenwich is honored to be working with a
stellar collection of clinical trial sites around the globe. The
institutions, represented by Dr. Spring and Dr. Santa-Maria,
exhibit the caliber of sites participating in FLAMINGO-01."
CEO Snehal Patel commented, "Dr. Spring’s
interest in biomarkers and targeted therapies, including HER2 as a
target where immune response could be potentially monitored through
skin or blood tests, and Dr. Santa-Maria’s background and
commitment to breast immunotherapy, including novel vaccines, makes
for very strong additions to the FLAMINGO-01 Steering Committee. We
look forward to collaborating with these new members of the
Steering Committee who will help guide us in FLAMINGO-01 and share
with us their experiences in enrolling and treating patients in
their key geographic locations, while also furthering their
research interests."
About FLAMINGO-01 and
GLSI-100
FLAMINGO-01 (NCT05232916) is a Phase III
clinical trial designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of
GLSI-100 (GP2 + GM-CSF) in HER2 positive breast cancer patients who
had residual disease or high-risk pathologic complete response at
surgery and who have completed both neoadjuvant and postoperative
adjuvant trastuzumab based treatment. The trial is led by Baylor
College of Medicine and currently includes US clinical sites from
university-based hospitals and cooperative networks with plans to
expand into Europe and to open up to 150 sites globally. In the
double-blinded arms of the Phase III trial, approximately 500
HLA-A*02 patients will be randomized to GLSI-100 or placebo, and up
to 250 patients of other HLA types will be treated with GLSI-100 in
a third arm. The trial has been designed to detect a hazard ratio
of 0.3 in invasive breast cancer-free survival, where 28
events will be required. An interim analysis for superiority and
futility will be conducted when at least half of those events, 14,
have occurred. This sample size provides 80% power if the annual
rate of events in placebo-treated subjects is 2.4% or greater.
For more information on FLAMINGO-01, please
visit the Company's website here and clinicaltrials.gov here.
Contact information and an interactive map of the majority of
participating clinical sites can be viewed under the "Contacts and
Locations" section. Please note that the interactive map is not
viewable on mobile screens. Related questions and participation
interest can be emailed
to: flamingo-01@greenwichlifesciences.com
About Breast Cancer and
HER2/neu Positivity
One in eight U.S. women will develop invasive
breast cancer over her lifetime, with approximately 300,000 new
breast cancer patients and 4 million breast cancer survivors. HER2
(human epidermal growth factor receptor 2) protein is a cell
surface receptor protein that is expressed in a variety of common
cancers, including in 75% of breast cancers at low (1+),
intermediate (2+), and high (3+ or over-expressor) levels.
About Greenwich LifeSciences,
Inc.
Greenwich LifeSciences is a clinical-stage
biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of GP2, an
immunotherapy to prevent breast cancer recurrences in patients who
have previously undergone surgery. GP2 is a 9 amino acid
transmembrane peptide of the HER2 protein, a cell surface receptor
protein that is expressed in a variety of common cancers, including
expression in 75% of breast cancers at low (1+), intermediate (2+),
and high (3+ or over-expressor) levels. Greenwich LifeSciences has
commenced a Phase III clinical trial, FLAMINGO-01. For more
information on Greenwich LifeSciences, please visit the Company's
website at www.greenwichlifesciences.com and follow the Company's
Twitter at https://twitter.com/GreenwichLS.
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PatelInvestor RelationsOffice: (832) 819-3232Email:
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