Karyopharm Therapeutics Announces A Phase 1 Trial Of Selinexor (KPT-330) In Pediatric Patients With Relapsed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) And Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)

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NATICK, Mass., April 21, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq:KPTI), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel first-in-class drugs directed against nuclear transport targets for the treatment of cancer and other major diseases, today announced the initiation of its first pediatric clinical study, a Phase 1 trial of its novel, oral Selective Inhibitor of Nuclear Export (SINE) compound Selinexor (KPT-330) in pediatric patients. The trial will enroll up to 28 children with relapsed or refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) or acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML). The study is being led by Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center under the direction of principal investigator Andrew Place, MD, PhD, Associate Director of Developmental Therapeutics, and has been partially funded by a grant from the William Lawrence & Blanche Hughes Foundation (clinicaltrials.gov: NCT02091245).

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