#visugromab
Visugromab überwindet Resistenz gegen Krebsimmuntherapie
Würzburger Antikörper zeigt langanhaltende Remissionen nach Versagen etablierter Krebsimmuntherapien
Langzeitdaten der internationalen GDFATHER-01-Studie belegen das Potenzial des in W...
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July 14, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Results from a clinical trial of the GDF-15-blocking antibody visugromab (CTL-002) co-administered with anti-PD-1 to patients in late- or last-line treatment with relapsed or refractory cancer under ongoing prior anti-PD-1 or anti-PD-L1 treatment. #Nature

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December 17, 2024 at 5:27 AM
www.nature.com/articles/s41... If this proves replicable then mechanism needs an explanation. Particularly as no receptor for GDF15 has been convincingly demonstrated outside the hindbrain. GDF15 increases circulating cortisol via a central effect. Cortisol is a powerful immunosuppressant/
Neutralizing GDF-15 can overcome anti-PD-1 and anti-PD-L1 resistance in solid tumours - Nature
A study reporting the results of a clinical trial co-administering the GDF-15-blocking antibody visugromab with the anti-PD-1 antibody nivolumab demonstrates that neutralizing GDF-15 can overcome resi...
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December 11, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Neutralizing GDF-15 can overcome anti-PD-1 and anti-PD-L1 resistance in solid tumours

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Neutralizing GDF-15 can overcome anti-PD-1 and anti-PD-L1 resistance in solid tumours - Nature
A study reporting the results of a clinical trial co-administering the GDF-15-blocking antibody visugromab with the anti-PD-1 antibody nivolumab demonstrates that neutralizing GDF-15 can overcome resi...
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December 15, 2024 at 7:28 PM
ICYMI: "Neutralizing GDF-15 can overcome anti-PD-1 and anti-PD-L1 resistance in solid tumours" - a #ResearchWatch summary of a study by Ignacio Melero, Eugen Leo, and colleagues #ClinicaNavarra #CIMA_unav #visugromab #CatalYm

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GDF-15 Blockade Overcomes Resistance to Immune Checkpoint Inhibition
Main Findings: Visugromab, a GDF-15 blocking antibody, is tolerable and elicits clinical responses in combination with nivolumab.Concept: GDF-15 may represent a mechanism of anti-PD-1 resistance that ...
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February 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
A GDF-15-targeting antibody visugromab reversed GDF-15-mediated resistance to anti-PD-1/PD-L1 immunotherapy, resulting in deep, long-lasting tumour regressions in some individuals
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Reversing resistance to cancer immune therapy with antibodies that target GDF-15 protein
Resistance to conventional immunotherapy can be broken by a combination of agents.
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December 12, 2024 at 2:43 AM
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Overcoming ICI resistance. Great translation of basic research. Congratulations to all authors and special thanks to Jörg Wischhusen for his dedication to this project!
Neutralizing GDF-15 can overcome anti-PD-1 and anti-PD-L1 resistance in solid tumours - Nature
A study reporting the results of a clinical trial co-administering the GDF-15-blocking antibody visugromab with the anti-PD-1 antibody nivolumab demonstrates that neutralizing GDF-15 can overcome resi...
www.nature.com
January 7, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Melero et al. report the safety and efficacy of visugromab, an antibody blocking the immunosuppressive cytokine GDF-15, in combination with anti-PD-1 in patients with advanced cancers refractory to anti-PD-1/L1 therapy. acir.org/journal-art...
January 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Der Krebsspezialist Catalym hat 150 Mio. USD eingeworben. Im Rahmen von vier 2025 startetenden Phase IIb-Studien sollen die Wirksamkeit, Sicherheit und das Lizenzierungspotential von Visugromab plus Nivolumab in soliden Tumoren gezeigt werden.
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Catalym wirbt 150 Mio. US-Dollar ein
Der Martinsrieder Krebsspezialist Catalym GmbH hat 150 Mio. US-Dollar eingeworben. Im Rahmen von vier 2025 startetenden Phase IIb-Studien sollen die Wirksamkeit, Sicherheit und das Lizenzierungspotent...
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July 18, 2024 at 9:37 AM
Today in Nature: “Neutralizing GDF-15 can overcome anti-PD-1 and anti-PD-L1 resistance in solid tumours”. A Phase 1/2a trial testing combination of visugromab and nivumab in advanced cancer patients www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪
Neutralizing GDF-15 can overcome anti-PD-1 and anti-PD-L1 resistance in solid tumours - Nature
A study reporting the results of a clinical trial co-administering the GDF-15-blocking antibody visugromab with the anti-PD-1 antibody nivolumab demonstrates that neutralizing GDF-15 can overcome resi...
www.nature.com
December 11, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Munich-based CatalYm raised $150M in Series D funding led by Canaan Partners & Bioqube Ventures. Funds will accelerate Phase 2b studies of their cancer immunotherapy, visugromab. More details here: https://buff.ly/46TFfgm?utm_source=bluesky ##biotech ##startup
CatalYm Raises $150M in Series D Funding
CatalYm, a Munich, Germany-based company providing immune therapy solutions for solid tumors, raised $150M in Series D funding
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September 17, 2024 at 7:15 AM
Researchers at #CIMA have shown that blocking GDF-15 with visugromab restored immune response in resistant cancers. In trials, 19% of lung cancer & 18.5% of bladder cancer patients responded, achieving deep remissions after failing prior therapies. #Oncology
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Neutralizing GDF-15 can overcome anti-PD-1 and anti-PD-L1 resistance in solid tumours - Nature
A study reporting the results of a clinical trial co-administering the GDF-15-blocking antibody visugromab with the anti-PD-1 antibody nivolumab demonstrates that neutralizing GDF-15 can overcome resi...
go.nature.com
December 12, 2024 at 12:12 PM
El seguimiento de un ensayo clínico confirma que la inmunoterapia puede volver a ser eficaz en pacientes con cáncer
El seguimiento a largo plazo de un ensayo clínico ha demostrado la efectividad de bloquear la proteína GDF-15 mediante el anticuerpo monoclonal visugromab en entre el 15% y el 20% de pacientes con tumores avanzados que ya no respondían a la inmunoterapia convencional y carecían de otras opciones terapéuticas. Esa es la principal conclusión de un estudio internacional, esponsorizado por la farmacéutica alemana Catalym, liderado por el Cancer Center Clínica Universidad de Navarra (CCUN) y en el que han participado varios hospitales españoles. La investigación comenzó en 2021 y presenta ahora datos a largo plazo, recogidos cuando más del 90% de los participantes había finalizado el tratamiento. Los primeros resultados de esta estrategia pionera de tratamiento se publicaron hace dos años en la revista Nature y ya mostraron el potencial de esta nueva vía de inmunoterapia. GDF-15 es una proteína que aumenta cuando las células tumorales están sometidas a estrés y que aparece frecuentemente en niveles elevados en la mayoría de los subtipos de cáncer. Por ello se estudia como biomarcador, ya que una concentración alta puede estar relacionada con una enfermedad más avanzada y con una menor capacidad del sistema inmunitario para atacar el tumor. El objetivo del estudio ha sido evaluar a largo plazo la eficacia y la seguridad de combinar dos anticuerpos monoclonales, nivolumab y visugromab, en pacientes con tumores sólidos avanzados que habían recaído o progresado durante un tratamiento previo con inmunoterapia. Según el doctor Ignacio Melero, codirector de Inmunología e Inmunoterapia de la Clínica Universidad de Navarra y del Cima Universidad de Navarra, "el estudio ha pretendido comprobar si el bloqueo de GDF-15 podía revertir la resistencia a la inmunoterapia y generar respuestas tumorales profundas y duraderas en diversos tipos de cáncer. Los datos de biomarcadores son prometedores y es posible que pronto podamos identificar a los pacientes que se benefician del tratamiento". Para el estudio se incluyeron 77 pacientes, de los cuales 28 padecían carcinoma hepatocelular, 27 carcinoma urotelial y 22 cáncer de pulmón no microcítico no escamoso. Todos ellos recibieron la combinación de los dos fármacos hasta la progresión de la enfermedad o la aparición de una toxicidad inaceptable. Los investigadores tomaron como variable principal la tasa de respuesta objetiva, es decir, cuántos pacientes lograron una reducción relevante del tumor. "El tratamiento ha demostrado ser muy seguro para los pacientes y ha conseguido que entre el 15% y el 20% de los que eran refractarios a la inmunoterapia convencional obtengan un beneficio clínico relevante, incluso con respuestas radiológicamente completas y duraderas", ha destacado el doctor Melero. Por su parte, la doctora María Rodríguez Ruiz, especialista en Oncología Radioterápica de la Clínica, ha añadido que "esta línea de investigación tiene gran potencial para mejorar notoriamente el tratamiento de enfermedades oncológicas muy prevalentes".
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September 1, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Long-term follow-up of a phase 1/2 trial of anti-GDF-15 antibody visugromab plus anti-PD-1 antibody nivolumab in anti-PD-1/-L1 relapsed/refractory solid tumors. link.springer.com/article/10.1... #hvhebron #onco [Text complet]
August 4, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Blockade von GDF-15 ist ein Türöffner für die #Immuntherapie. Die Universitätsmedizin Würzburg und ihr Spin-Off CatalYm veröffentlichen in Nature die Validierung von #GDF-15 als therapeutisches Zielmolekül zur Verbesserung der Immunantwo...
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December 11, 2024 at 4:40 PM
CatalYm is teaching the immune system to see tumors it used to miss.

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CatalYm GmbH
The German biotech betting that one cytokine - GDF-15 - is why immunotherapy stops working. And that an antibody called visugromab is the answer.
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May 31, 2026 at 3:23 AM
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By: Salong Debbarma on Friday, April 24, 2026
CatalYm doses first patient in Phase II/III VINCIT trial
CatalYm has commenced dosing the first subject in its Phase II/III VINCIT trial, assessing the safety and efficacy of its lead anti-GDF-15 antibody, visugromab, in cancer-associated cachexia.
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April 24, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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By: John Pinching on Tuesday, April 7, 2026
CatalYm begins phase 2b trial of visugromab in second-line liver cancer treatment
Study expands development of the antibody into hepatocellular carcinoma
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April 8, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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By: Salong Debbarma on Wednesday, April 8, 2026
First patient dosed in CatalYm’s Phase IIb visugromab trial
CatalYm has dosed the first patient in its Phase IIb GDFATHER-HCC-01 clinical trial, assessing visugromab along with chemoimmunotherapy as a second-line treatment for patients with unresectable or metastatic HCC.
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April 8, 2026 at 10:30 AM