Microbiotica Announces Clinical Trial Collaboration with MSD to Evaluate MB097 in Combination with KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) in a Phase 1b Clinical Trial in Melanoma
Source: Business Wire, April 2023
CAMBRIDGE, England–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Microbiotica, a leader in discovering and developing microbiome-based therapeutics and biomarkers, today announces it has entered into a clinical trial collaboration with MSD (Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA).
Under the terms of the agreement, Microbiotica will conduct a phase 1b clinical trial to evaluate the safety and tolerability, and initial signs of clinical activity of its live biotherapeutic product, MB097, in combination with KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab), MSD’s anti-PD-1 therapy, in melanoma patients with primary resistance to an anti-PD-1-containing immunotherapy. Microbiotica will be the study sponsor and MSD will supply KEYTRUDA®.
MB097 is an orally administered live biotherapeutic product consisting of a defined consortium of nine bacterial strains designed to enhance the efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) such as KEYTRUDA®.
