Coordination Pharmaceuticals Announces Enrollment of the First Patient in Phase 1 Study of CPI-200 in Patients With Advanced Tumors

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill., Aug. 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Coordination Pharmaceuticals Inc. (CPI), a privately-held oncology drug development company today announced that the first patient has been dosed in a Phase 1 study of CPI-200 in patients with advanced tumors. CPI-200 is a novel nanoscale coordination polymer (NCP) containing two new molecular entities (NMEs) with synergistic antitumor activities. In addition, CPI is also conducting Phase 1 studies of CPI-100 and RiMO-301 on patients with advanced tumors. CPI-100 is another NCP containing two synergistic NMEs to activate tumor microenvironments for combination therapy with an immune checkpoint inhibitor while RiMO-301 elicits unprecedented radiotherapy-radiodynamic therapy (RT-RDT) to enhance the efficacy of X-ray radiotherapy.

"Initiation of this study represents a significant milestone for CPI as CPI-200 is the company's third candidate to enter clinical studies in the past year," said Wenbin Lin, Ph.D., founder and chairman of RiMO and also the James Franck Professor of Chemistry, Radiation & Cellular Oncology, and the Ludwig Center for Metastasis Research at the University of Chicago. "We believe our two innovative technology platforms have the potential to change treatment paradigms for multiple cancer types and significantly benefit patients."

Dr. Lin and coworkers have pioneered the development of the NCP and RiMO technology platforms, publishing extensively on these novel nanotherapeutics. "We expect that this study will generate important insights about the safety and pharmacokinetics of CPI-200 and the synergistic actions of the two NMEs on patients' tumors which no longer respond to standard therapies," said Everett Vokes, M.D., University of Chicago Medicine.

About the Studies

The Phase 1 study is a prospective, open-label, single-arm, non-randomized study of CPI-200 in patients with advanced tumors. The primary objectives in the study include determining maximum tolerated dose (MTD), pharmacokinetics and preliminary anti-tumor activity of CPI-200. For additional clinical trial details, please refer to https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03953742?term=NCT03953742&rank=1.

For CPI-100 Phase I study: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03781362?term=NCT03781362&rank=1

For RiMO-301 Phase I study: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03444714?term=NCT03444714&rank=1

About Coordination Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Coordination Pharmaceuticals Inc. is a privately held oncology drug development company that aims to address unmet medical needs and improve patient care. Its NCP and RiMO technologies are in-licensed from the University of Chicago with worldwide rights in development and commercialization. For more information, please visit our website at www.coordinationpharma.com.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements include those regarding CPI's expectations and beliefs about the potential benefits of CPI's product candidate CPI-200, the plans and timelines for the clinical development and the benefit of its strategic plans and focus. The words "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "predict," "project," "would" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Such statements are subject to numerous important factors, risks and uncertainties that may cause actual events or results to differ materially from CPI's current expectations and beliefs. For example, there can be no guarantee that any product candidate CPI is developing will successfully commence or complete necessary clinical development phases, or that development of any of CPI's product candidates will successfully continue. Management's expectations and, therefore, any forward-looking statements in this press release could also be affected by risks and uncertainties relating to a number of other important factors including but not limited to CPI's results of clinical trials; the content and timing of decisions made by the U.S. FDA and other regulatory authorities; CPI's ability to obtain and maintain requisite regulatory approvals and to enroll patients in its planned clinical trials; unplanned cash requirements and expenditures; competitive factors; CPI's ability to obtain, maintain and enforce patent and other intellectual property protection for any product candidates it is developing. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date hereof, and CPI expressly disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Media Contact: Dr. Wenbin Lin, lin@coordinationpharma.com

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