Syndax Pharmaceuticals Announces Presentations at the 2018 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting

WALTHAM, Mass., April 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Syndax," the "Company" or "we") (Nasdaq: SNDX), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing an innovative pipeline of cancer therapies, today announced five poster presentations at the upcoming American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting being held June 1-5, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois.

Presentation Details

Title: ADVL1513: Results of a phase 1 trial of entinostat, an oral histone deacetylase inhibitor, in pediatric patients with recurrent or refractory solid tumors 
First Author: Suman Malempati, MD, Oregon Health and Science University
Abstract Number: 10556
Poster Session: Pediatric Oncology 
Poster Board: 229
Date and Time: Saturday, June 2, 2018, 8:00-11:30 AM CT, Hall A

Title: ENCORE 601: A phase 2 study of entinostat in combination with pembrolizumab in patients with microsatellite stable metastatic colorectal cancer
First Author: Nilofer Saba Azad, MD, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University
Abstract Number: 3557
Poster Session: Gastrointestinal (Colorectal) Cancer
Poster Board: 50
Date and Time: Sunday, June 3, 2018, 8:00-11:30 AM CT, Hall A

Title: Efficacy and safety of entinostat (ENT) and pembrolizumab (PEMBRO) in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) previously treated with anti-PD-(L)1 therapy
First Author: Leena Gandhi, MD, PhD, NYU Perlmutter Cancer Center
Abstract Number: 9036
Poster Session: Lung Cancer—Non-Small Cell Metastatic
Poster Board: 359
Date and Time: Sunday, June 3, 2018, 8:00-11:30 AM CT, Hall A

Title: Entinostat in combination with nivolumab for patients with advanced cholangiocarcinoma and pancreatic adenocarcinoma
First Author: Marina Baretti, MD, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University
Abstract Number: TPS4151
Poster Session: Gastrointestinal (Noncolorectal) Cancer
Poster Board: 330a
Date and Time: Sunday, June 3, 2018, 8:00-11:30 AM CT, Hall A

Title: Efficacy and safety of entinostat (ENT) and pembrolizumab (PEMBRO) in patients with melanoma progressing on or after a PD-1/L1 blocking antibody
First Author: Sanjiv S. Agarwala, MD, St. Luke's Hospital
Abstract Number: 9530
Poster Session: Melanoma/Skin Cancers
Poster Board: 357
Date and Time: Monday, June 4, 2018, 1:15-4:45 PM CT, Hall A

About Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Syndax Pharmaceuticals is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing an innovative pipeline of cancer therapies. The Company is developing its lead product candidate, entinostat, a once-weekly, oral, small molecule, class I HDAC inhibitor, in combination with exemestane and several approved PD-1/PD-L1 antagonists. The Company's pipeline also includes SNDX-6352, a monoclonal antibody that blocks the colony stimulating factor 1 (CSF-1) receptor, as well as a portfolio of potent and selective inhibitors targeting the binding interaction of Menin with MLLr. For more information, please visit www.syndax.com or follow the Company on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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Argot Partners
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Tel 212.600.1902

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Argot Partners 
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