Kintara Therapeutics Presents Case Studies of Glioblastoma Patients Treated with VAL-083 at 2023 European Association for Neuro-Oncology Annual Meeting

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Kintara Therapeutics presents patient case studies at EANO Annual Meeting

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• Positive patient outcomes with VAL-083 in GBM treatment

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• New lesion found in one patient after VAL-083 treatment

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Kintara Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTRA) ("Kintara" or the "Company"), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of new solid tumor therapies, today announced the presentation of compelling patient case studies in a poster at the 2023 European Association for Neuro-Oncology (EANO) Annual Meeting in Rotterdam. Presented on September 23, the poster focused on two patient cases from Kintara's Phase 2 study evaluating the safety and tolerability of VAL-083 when administered concurrently with radiation therapy (RT) in newly diagnosed MGMT-unmethylated glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) following surgical resection.

In the first case, a 32-year-old woman with grade four GBM (MGMT-unmethylated) received conventional radiotherapy with concurrent chemotherapy with VAL-083 followed by adjuvant VAL-083 for a total of 13 cycles of VAL-083. The patient was tumor-free and has survived more than four years as of the last follow-up in March 2023. In the second case, a 49-year-old man with grade four GBM (MGMT-unmethylated) received radiotherapy with concurrent chemotherapy with VAL-083 followed by VAL-083 as an adjuvant for a total of 12 cycles. Two years after the initial treatment with VAL-083 was discontinued, a new lesion was found, and the patient had a second resection, which revealed a grade four astrocytoma. The patient was re-treated with VAL-083 and was stable as of the last follow-up in March 2023.

A copy of the abstract can be found at  https://academic.oup.com/neuro-oncology/article-abstract/25/Supplement_2/ii83/7264545.

A copy of the poster is available on Kintara's website at https://www.kintara.com/news-media/publications-and-abstracts.

ABOUT KINTARA

Located in San Diego, Kintara is dedicated to the development of novel cancer therapies for patients with unmet medical needs. The company is developing two late-stage therapeutics for clear unmet medical needs with reduced risk development programs. The two programs are VAL-083 for glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) and REM-001 Therapy for cutaneous metastatic breast cancer (CMBC).

VAL-083 is a 'first-in-class', small-molecule chemotherapeutic with a novel mechanism of action that has demonstrated clinical activity against a range of cancers, including central nervous system, ovarian and other solid tumors (e.g., NSCLC, bladder cancer, head and neck) in U.S. clinical trials sponsored by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Based on Kintara's internal research programs and these prior NCI-sponsored clinical studies, Kintara is currently advancing VAL-083 in the Global Coalition for Adaptive Research registrational Phase 2/3 clinical trial titled Glioblastoma Adaptive Global Innovative Learning Environment (GBM AGILE) Study to support the development and commercialization of VAL-083 in GBM.

Kintara also has a proprietary, late-stage photodynamic therapy platform that holds promise as a localized cutaneous, or visceral, tumor treatment as well as in other potential indications. REM-001 Therapy, which consists of the laser light source, the light delivery device, and the REM-001 drug product, has been previously studied in four Phase 2/3 clinical trials in patients with CMBC who had previously received chemotherapy and/or failed radiation therapy. In CMBC, REM-001 has a clinical efficacy to date of 80% complete responses of CMBC evaluable lesions and an existing robust safety database of approximately 1,100 patients across multiple indications.

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SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT

Any statements contained in this press release that do not describe historical facts may constitute forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding the status of the Company's clinical trials and the GBM AGILE Study. Any forward-looking statements contained herein are based on current expectations but are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. The factors that could cause actual future results to differ materially from current expectations include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties relating to the Company's ability to develop, market and sell products based on its technology; the expected benefits and efficacy of the Company's products and technology; the availability of substantial additional funding for the Company to continue its operations and to conduct research and development, clinical studies and future product commercialization; the Company's business, research, product development, regulatory approval, marketing and distribution plans and strategies; global unrest; and the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. These and other factors are identified and described in more detail in the Company's filings with the SEC, including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2022, the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and the Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K.

CONTACTS

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Mike Moyer, Managing Director 
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mmoyer@lifesciadvisors.com

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