AIM ImmunoTech Details New UPMC Abstract on Completed Clinical Trial Involving Ampligen's Synergistic Potential in the Treatment of Advanced Recurrent Ovarian Cancer
1. AIM reports promising Phase 2 results for Ampligen in ovarian cancer treatment.
2. 50% objective response rate observed, surpassing prior studies with pembrolizumab alone.
3. Combination therapy with cisplatin, pembrolizumab, and Ampligen shows significant efficacy.
4. Ampligen enhances traditional therapies, potentially benefiting refractory cancer patients.
5. AIM's patents secure Ampligen's role in future cancer treatment combinations.
The strong Phase 2 results could increase interest and confidence in AIM's therapies, similar to past successes in small biotech firms like Moderna post-Phase 2 results.
How important is it?
The reported study results could significantly affect investor confidence and market valuation of AIM.
Why Long Term?
Long-term impact expected as clinical trial success can lead to regulatory approval and market adoption over time, evident from historical trends in biotech.
OCALA, Fla., Nov. 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AIM ImmunoTech Inc. (NYSE:AIM) ("AIM" or the "Company") today detailed a recent abstract containing data from the completed Phase 2 advanced recurrent ovarian cancer clinical study utilizing Ampligen (rintatolimod), which was presented at the 40th Annual SITC Meeting on November 7, 2025, at National Harbor, MD.
Platinum-sensitive patients with measurable peritoneal disease were eligible for combination therapy with up to six treatment cycles at 3-week intervals of intraperitoneal cisplatin, intravenous pembrolizumab (also known as Merck's Keytruda) and intraperitoneal Ampligen. Of the 27 patients included in the trial, 24 were evaluable for response and of those 24 there were 5 patients with complete response and 7 patients with partial response, for an Objective Response Rate ("ORR") of 50%. In contrast, a previous study titled Keynote-100 found ORRs of 7.4% and 9.9% in two arms of a pembrolizumab-only study in advanced recurrent ovarian cancer.
These new ovarian cancer study results are consistent with AIM's belief that Ampligen can act as a synergistic agent when combined with checkpoint inhibitors. This could be especially encouraging for refractory patients whose cancers do not respond to checkpoint inhibitors alone, such as in the Keynote-189 study in non-small cell lung cancer, which found that approximately 52% of study subjects did not respond in the pembrolizumab-combination group.
"Ampligen's demonstrated ability to enhance the effectiveness of traditional cancer treatments could make it a difference maker that dramatically improves tumor immune responses and significantly prolongs the lives of people who have otherwise few effective options for prolonged remission and even possible cure," said Robert Edwards, MD, Milton Lawrence McCall Professor and Chair, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
AIM's "synergistic" patents include a U.S. patent (expires August 9, 2039) for methods involving use of Ampligen as part of a combination oncology therapy when paired with an anti-PD-L1 antibody; a patent in Japan (expires December 20, 2039) for the use of Ampligen in combination with checkpoint inhibitors (anti-PD-1 or anti-PD-L1 antibodies) for the treatment of cancer; and a patent in the Netherlands (expires December 19, 2039) for the use of Ampligen as a combination cancer therapy with checkpoint blockade inhibitors, such as Keytruda (pembrolizumab), Opdivo (nivolumab) and Imfinzi (durvalumab).
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About AIM ImmunoTech Inc.
AIM ImmunoTech Inc. is an immuno-pharma company focused on the research and development of therapeutics to treat multiple types of cancers, immune disorders and viral diseases, including COVID-19. The Company's lead product is a first-in-class investigational drug called Ampligen® (rintatolimod), a dsRNA and highly selective TLR3 agonist immuno-modulator with broad spectrum activity in clinical trials for globally important cancers, viral diseases and disorders of the immune system.
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