Peloton Therapeutics Initiates Phase II Trials of Treatment for Rare Kidney Cancer

Peloton Therapeutics, Inc., announced on 6/6/2018 the dosing of the first patient in a Phase 2 trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of lead investigational oncology agent, PT2977, to treat von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease-associated kidney cancer. PT2977 is a once-daily, oral inhibitor of HIF-2α, a transcription factor that has been implicated in the development and progression of renal cell carcinoma (RCC).