IO Biotech Announces Publication of Five-year Clinical Outcomes of Phase 1/2 Trial in Nature Communications

NEW YORK, Dec. 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IO Biotech (Nasdaq: IOBT), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel, immune-modulatory, off-the-shelf therapeutic cancer vaccines, today announced the publication in Nature Communications of the long-term clinical and immunological outcomes from MM1636, the Phase 1/2 trial evaluating the investigational peptide vaccine IO102-IO103 targeting both tumor cells and immune-suppressive cells expressing IDO1 and/or PD-L1, in combination with PD-1 blockade in the treatment of first line metastatic melanoma. The results of this trial supported a Breakthrough Therapy Designation for the treatment of unresectable/metastatic melanoma in combination with pembrolizumab by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and, together with the available preclinical and translational data, served as the foundation for IO Biotech’s decision to initiate the Phase 3 clinical trial in first-line advanced melanoma (IOB-013/KN-D18).