Phase 2 Study Of Selinexor (KPT-330) Initiated By Karyopharm Therapeutics In Patients With Recurrent Glioblastoma After Failure Of Radiation And Temozolomide (KING Study)

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NATICK, Mass., April 29, 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 glioblastoma following treatment with radiation and temozolomide. The study, referred to as the KING study, is being run by Drs. Morten Mau-Sørensen at the Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen, Denmark, Andrew Lassman at Columbia University, New York, and Patrick Wen, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.

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