Phase 2 Study Of Selinexor (KPT-330) Initiated By Karyopharm Therapeutics In Patients With Advanced Gynecologic Malignancies (SIGN Study)

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NATICK, Mass., April 24, 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 a Phase 2 trial of its novel, oral Selective Inhibitor of Nuclear Export (SINE) compound Selinexor (KPT-330) in patients with advanced gynecologic malignancies including cervical, ovarian and uterine carcinomas. The study, referred to as the SIGN Study, is being led by Ignace Vergote, MD, at the University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium. SIGN is also open at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, and Herlev Hospital, Herlev, all in Denmark.

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