Greenwich LifeSciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GLSI) (the "Company"), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on its Phase III clinical trial, FLAMINGO-01, which is evaluating GLSI-100, an immunotherapy to prevent breast cancer recurrences, today provided the following update on the use of commercially manufactured GP2 in FLAMINGO-01.
FDA Reviews and Approves Use of 1st GP2 Commercial Lot in FLAMINGO-01
The first three commercial lots of GP2 active ingredient were manufactured in 2023 in an approved commercial facility, which could be used to prepare approximately 200,000 doses of GP2. In 2024, the first of three commercial lots filling GP2 into vials for commercial sale or for clinical use was manufactured in a commercial facility. In addition, drug stability programs were initiated for all four lots. Data on these commercial lots was recently submitted to the FDA, and after review, the first commercial lot of GP2 vials is now approved for use in FLAMINGO-01 in the US.
CEO Snehal Patel commented, "With our manufacturing investments in 2023 and 2024, and now the FDA's review and approval to use the first commercial lot of finished GP2 vials in FLAMINGO-01, we have taken major steps to further de-risk the filing of a BLA in the US. We plan to start using these new GP2 vials in the coming weeks at all 40 US sites. We have 3 years of stability data to support the GP2 vial expiration date which may translate to the commercial expiration date of GP2 vials."
Preparation for Filing of BLA in the US under Fast Track Designation
In addition to the submission of the Phase III clinical data, submitting commercial manufacturing data for three lots will be critical to the filing of a Biological License Application (BLA) for GLSI-100 in the US and for regulatory filings in other countries. These GP2 vials can be stored in preparation for commercial launch or used in clinical trials. At least two more lots of finished GP2 product will be manufactured so that both clinical and manufacturing data are available for review by the biologics division of the FDA prior to potentially being granted a marketing license with up to 12 years of market exclusivity based on current law.
Mr. Patel further added, "We look forward to submitting the same manufacturing data to regulatory agencies in Europe, the United Kingdom, and Canada. The objective is to manufacture GP2 and to conduct FLAMINGO-01 at the 150 leading clinical sites in the US and Europe in a manner that provides for an efficient transition to product launch and commercial sales if GLSI-100 is approved."
About FLAMINGO-01 Open Label Phase III Data
More than 1,000 patients have been screened with a current screen rate of approximately 600 patients per year. The 250 patient non-HLA-A*02 arm is now fully enrolled, where all patients received GLSI-100, which is 5 times more treated patients and recurrence rate data than the approximately 50 patients treated in the Phase IIb trial. The Primary Immunization Series (PIS), which includes the first 6 GLSI-100 injections over the first 6 months and is required to reach peak protection, is followed by 5 booster injections given every 6 months to prolong the immune response, thereby providing longer-term protection.
Analysis of the open label data from FLAMINGO-01 has been conducted in a manner that maintains the study blind. The open label recurrence rate, immune response, and safety data is based on the patients enrolled to date in FLAMINGO-01 and the data provided by the clinical sites so far, which is not completed or fully reviewed, and is thus preliminary. While comparing any preliminary FLAMINGO-01 data to the Phase IIb clinical trial data may be possible, these preliminary results are not a prediction of future results, and the results at the end of the study may differ.
About GLSI-100 Phase IIb Study
In the prospective, randomized, single-blinded, placebo-controlled, multi-center (16 sites led by MD Anderson Cancer Center) Phase IIb clinical trial of HLA-A*02 breast cancer patients, 46 HER2/neu 3+ over-expressor patients were treated with GLSI-100, and 50 placebo patients were treated with GM-CSF alone. After 5 years of follow-up, there was an 80% or greater reduction in cancer recurrences in the HER2/neu 3+ patients who were treated with GLSI-100, followed, and remained disease free over the first 6 months, which we believe is the time required to reach peak immunity and thus maximum efficacy and protection. The Phase IIb results can be summarized as follows: