Singapore based SCG Cell Therapy Pte Ltd (SCG), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel immunotherapies for infectious diseases and their associated cancers, today announced that late-breaking data from the company's TCR-T therapy pipeline – SCG101, will be presented at the International Society for Cell & Gene Therapy (ISCT) in Paris, France on 1 June.

"These exciting new data being presented at ISCT continue to reinforce the potential for viral antigen specific TCR-T product to effectively treat infection-associated solid tumour indications like HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma," said Frank Wang, Chief Executive Officer of SCG Cell Therapy. "The clinical data shows exceptional efficacy of this novel TCR-T cell therapy. Thus far, SCG101 has shown to produce robust and durable anti-tumour and antiviral responses and we look forward to providing additional updates on this program as the trial progresses."

SCG101 is an autologous TCR-T cell therapy targeting specific hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) epitopes. The late-breaking data to be presented at ISCT demonstrated positive efficacy of SCG101 as a monotherapy in patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), achieving partial response (PR) after a single dose of SCG101 with durable tumour response observed. Serum HBsAg significantly decreased and the expression of HBsAg in hepatocyte dropped to undetectable.

In June 2022, SCG Cell Therapy presented the first clinical proof-of-concept data demonstrating the mechanism of action of a HBsAg-specific TCR-T cell therapy, SCG101, at the International Liver Congress (ILC) 2022. The data showed precise target engagement and cell proliferation, and demonstrated antiviral activity and tumour control. Sixty-six percent of patients with advanced HBV-related HCC observed lesion shrinkage as well as significant serum HBsAg reduction (> 2 log) within 28 days from single dose monotherapy SCG101 treatment.