CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company leveraging breakthrough discoveries in cancer biology to discover, develop and commercialize targeted oncology therapies, today announced positive results from an expanded Phase 1 clinical trial of its lead product candidate, the novel triple VEGF receptor inhibitor AV-951. Strong activity was observed in the Phase 1 clinical trial consisting of 40 patients with advanced solid tumors; AV-951 was also found to be well tolerated. Notably, of the nine patients with refractory renal cell carcinoma, all achieved either a partial response or stable disease as defined by the trial protocol, with one patient exhibiting a response lasting more than 30 months.
