TRACON Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Initiates Phase 1b Study of TRC105 in Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma

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SAN DIEGO, Sept. 23, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TRACON Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company that develops targeted therapies for oncology and ophthalmology, today announced the initiation of dosing in a clinical trial evaluating the combination of TRC105 and axitinib (Inlyta®, Pfizer), a vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), to treat patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma. TRC105, a novel monoclonal antibody to endoglin (CD105), is being studied in multiple clinical trials in combination with agents that target the VEGF pathway.

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