Kairos Pharma Adds City of Hope Cancer Center for Phase 2 Clinical Trial

Kairos Pharma Ltd. recently announced the addition of City of Hope Cancer Center in Duarte, California to the Phase 2 clinical trial for ENV105 for castrate-resistant prostate cancer patients.

City of Hope Cancer Center is the first of several planned new centers to be added in the coming weeks to support the Company’s randomized trial for patients receiving either apalutamide or apalutamide+ENV105 combination therapy. The additional centers allow Kairos Pharma to test ENV105 in a broader patient population to identify blood markers that could help select patients expected to benefit most from ENV105 treatment. The trial is supported by Kairos Pharma Ltd. and a grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI).

Kairos Pharma Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Neil Bhowmick said “The preclinical findings suggest that ENV105 blocks a central mechanism of hormone therapy resistance. We are encouraged that we have multiple peer-reviewed articles in addition to receiving an NCI grant that supports the solid science behind this trial. We are fortunate to be working with the talented and experienced oncologists at City of Hope, who will be key participants in a trial that may provide patients with a new alternative to the current standard of care.”

Kairos CEO Dr. John Yu added “This is an important milestone in our mission to develop first-in-class approaches to address the inevitable resistance that develops in prostate cancer patients receiving hormone therapy, as it provides additional validation for the science behind ENV105. City of Hope is a first-class research institution, and we look forward to our continued collaboration with them.”

Based in Los Angeles, California, Kairos Pharma Ltd. (NYSE American: KAPA) is at the forefront of oncology therapeutics, utilizing structural biology to overcome drug resistance and immune suppression in cancer. Our lead candidate, ENV105, is an antibody that targets CD105—a protein identified as a key driver of resistance to various cancer treatments. Elevation of CD105 in response to standard therapy results in resistance and disease relapse. ENV105 aims to reverse drug resistance by targeting CD105 and restore the effectiveness of standard therapies across multiple cancer types. Currently, ENV105 is in a Phase 2 clinical trial for castrate-resistant prostate cancer and a Phase 1 trial for lung cancer aimed at addressing significant unmet medical needs. For more information, visit kairospharma.com.