REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Jan. 13, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:OMED), a clinical-stage company developing novel therapeutics that target cancer stem cells (CSCs), or tumor-initiating cells, today announced that it has started a multi-center Phase 1b clinical trial of its first-in-class Wnt-pathway-targeting decoy receptor OMP-54F28 (Fzd8-Fc) with nab-paclitaxel (Abraxane®) and gemcitabine in pancreatic cancer. This trial is the first of three Phase 1b trials for OMP-54F28 expected to begin patient enrollment in the next few months as part of OncoMed's collaboration with Bayer Pharma AG. This study follows on the recent initiation of OncoMed's Phase 1b program for the Wnt-pathway-targeting antibody vantictumab (OMP-18R5, Anti-Fzd7).
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