Actinium Highlights Successful Administration of Targeted Radiotherapy Iomab-B Across Various BMT Centers with Ease and Without Increasing Radiation Exposure Risks to Treating Nursing Staff in the Pivotal Phase 3 SIERRA Trial at the 48th Annual Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Congress
28 Apr 2023
Clinical ResultPhase 3ImmunotherapyRadiation TherapyCell Therapy
- 24 leading bone marrow transplant (BMT) centers that perform over 30% of transplants in the U.S. participated in the SIERRA trial that enrolled patients with active relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia
- Demonstration of rapid ability and ease of adoption for Iomab-B infusions at SIERRA sites
NEW YORK, April 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE AMERICAN: ATNM) ("Actinium" or the "Company"), a leader in the development of targeted radiotherapies, today announced that two posters detailing positive clinical experiences of sites in the pivotal Phase 3 SIERRA trial of Iomab-B, including the ease of Iomab-B administration, the rapid proficiency of sites and minimal radiation exposure to personnel are being presented at the 48th Annual Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Congress, which is being held on April 26–30, 2023, in San Antonio, Texas. The SIERRA trial is the first randomized Phase 3 trial intended to take patients with active, relapsed or refractory (r/r) acute myeloid leukemia (AML) to a BMT, which is only feasible due to Iomab-B's targeted radiotherapy approach that enables these patients who are considered unfit and transplant ineligible in current routine clinical practice to access BMT without first achieving a remission.
Actinium's ONS posters demonstrate that Iomab-B can be adopted across a wide variety of BMT centers, evidenced by the 24 sites, which perform over 30% of all allogeneic BMT procedures in the United States, that participated in the SIERRA trial. Through education and utilizing Actinium-developed shielding solutions, site personnel became rapidly adept at Iomab-B administration. Importantly, treating nursing site personnel had minimal average radiation exposure of 0.009 millisievert (mSv), which is similar to the exposure from a roundtrip cross country flight, less than 1/10th the general public exposure limit of 1 mSv and significantly below the occupational radiation exposure limit for nursing staff of 50 mSv, clearly demonstrating no increased risk to nursing staff caring for Iomab-B patients.
Dr. Avinash Desai, Actinium's Chief Medical Officer, commented, "Throughout the SIERRA trial, Actinium had a great partnership approach with BMT clinical trial sites, which has provided us with valuable insights for the potential commercial adoption and utilization of Iomab-B. Through our education efforts and shielding solutions, we have optimized administration of Iomab-B across a wide range of BMT centers. BMT centers are large, integrated hospitals that are accustomed to dealing with more complex procedures, such as surgeries or CAR-T cell therapy, and can administer single-infusion Iomab-B with relative ease compared to other complex cell therapies. The 24 BMT centers that participated in the SIERRA trial established a strong base that we will now look to build on in anticipation of Iomab-B commercial launch, assuming approval. On behalf of Actinium, I would like to thank all the nursing personnel at the SIERRA sites that made this first-of-its-kind trial possible."
Sandesh Seth, Actinium's Chairman and CEO, added, "Our team's commitment to operational excellence at the point of care was integral to our execution of the SIERRA trial and has positioned Iomab-B well for future success. Through our SIERRA experience, we have established a playbook for implementing Iomab-B at BMT centers that is scalable and efficient. In addition to our educational efforts and shielding solutions, we take great pride in the fact that we did not miss a single patient dose in the SIERRA trial and our end-to-end supply chain delivered a just-in-time personalized therapy to patients treated at the top BMT centers. Our positive experiences in the 24 SIERRA trial sites give us great confidence in our ability to expand to the top 50 BMT centers that perform approximately 75% of the BMT procedures at the time of launch. We are grateful for the opportunity to highlight Iomab-B and SIERRA at ONS and look forward to additional opportunities to highlight the positive trial results and site experiences at future medical conferences globally to increase awareness for Iomab-B's practice changing potential."
ONS Poster Details:
All SIERRA sites operated fully independently after treating their initial Iomab-B patient
SIERRA sites were able to establish tailormade individual approaches for their site and quickly established a cadence for subsequent Iomab-B patients
Exposure Rates of Staff Caring for SIERRA Trial Patients Receiving Iomab-B: Experiences at Five Sites
Data was collected from 105 personnel from 5 SIERRA trial sites who were monitored while providing care for Iomab-B treated patients
The average radiation exposure was 0.009 mSv, which is approximately 1/10th of the annual exposure limit for the general public of 1 mSv
The average SIERRA treating nursing staff exposure of 0.009 mSv is approximately equal to the exposure on a roundtrip flight across the U.S.
For hospital personnel such as nurses, the occupational dose limit is increased to 50 mSv
About Oncology Nursing Society
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Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) is a professional association that represents 100,000 nurses and is the professional home to more than 35,000 members. ONS is committed to promoting excellence in oncology nursing and the transformation of cancer care. Since 1975, ONS has provided a professional community for oncology nurses, developed evidence-based education programs and treatment information, and advocated for patient care, all in an effort to improve the quality of life and outcomes for patients with cancer and their families. https://www.ons.org/.
About Iomab-B and the Phase 3 SIERRA Trial
Iomab-B is a first-in-class targeted radiotherapy intended to enable a potentially curative bone marrow transplant (BMT) for patients who are considered unfit and ineligible for BMT with current routine treatment either due to the inability to tolerate non-targeted therapies or the inability for these therapies to produce a necessary remission. The SIERRA trial is the first randomized Phase 3 trial intended to take patients with active, relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (r/r AML) age 55 and above to a BMT without the patient first achieving remission. In February 2023, Actinium reported that Iomab-B enabled unprecedented 100% BMT access and engraftment, achieved the primary endpoint of the SIERRA trial, durable Complete Remission of 6-months after initial remission post-BMT, with high statistical significance (p
Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing targeted radiotherapies to deliver cancer-killing radiation with cellular level precision to treat patients with high unmet needs. Actinium's clinical pipeline is led by targeted radiotherapies that are being applied to targeted conditioning, which is intended to selectively deplete a patient's disease or cancer cells and certain immune cells prior to a bone marrow transplant (BMT), gene therapy or adoptive cell therapy, such as CAR-T, to enable engraftment of these transplanted cells with minimal toxicities. Our lead product candidate, Iomab-B (I-131 apamistamab) has been studied in over four hundred patients, including the pivotal Phase 3 Study of Iomab-B in Elderly Relapsed or Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia (SIERRA) trial for BMT conditioning. The SIERRA trial was positive with Iomab-B meeting the primary endpoint of durable Complete Remission of 6-months with high statistical significance (phttps://www.actiniumpharma.com/.
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