ImmunoCellular Therapeutics, Ltd's Cancer Vaccine: Safety and Preliminary Efficacy Results for Glioblastoma Trial Presented at American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ImmunoCellular Therapeutics, Ltd. (OTCBB: IMUC), announced that Surasak Phuphanich, MD, Principal Investigator of the Phase I clinical trial of ImmunoCellular’s lead dendritic cell cancer vaccine candidate for glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) presented safety and preliminary efficacy data yesterday at the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) 63rd Annual Meeting. Dr. Phuphanich, Director of the Neuro-Oncology Program in the Departments of Neurosurgery and Neurology and Professor of Medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, reported that of 16 newly-diagnosed patients with GBM enrolled between May 2007 and November 2009, 11 (69%) are still alive. Furthermore, six (38%) continue to show no tumor progression for more than two years without disease progression. No serious adverse events were reported, and minor side effects have been limited to fatigue, skin rash and pruritis.