LEXINGTON, Mass., Aug. 03, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Curis, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRIS), a biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative and effective drug candidates for the treatment of human cancers, reported today its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2017.
Curis also reported today data from the interim analysis of the Phase 2 trial of CUDC-907 in patients with MYC-altered DLBCL. Of the 36 evaluable patients with MYC-altered DLBCL in the interim analysis, 7 patients experienced confirmed durable objective responses (19.4% ORR), including 3 with complete responses. In addition, and consistent with the original hypothesis, all 7 responders in the Phase 2 study had MYC-altered disease, while no objective responses were observed in 12 patients with MYC-negative disease status.