CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 01, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Leap Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:LPTX), a biotechnology company developing targeted and immuno-oncology therapeutics, today announced preclinical and clinical data presentations will be made during the 2017 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting, being held April 1 - 5, 2017, in Washington, D.C. Data on TRX518 will be presented as an oral presentation in a clinical trials plenary session by Roberta Zappasodi, Ph.D., Parker Institute Scholar and Research Scholar in the Ludwig Collaborative Laboratory at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center from the lab of Taha Merghoub, Ph.D., Associate Attending Lab Member of the Ludwig Collaborative Laboratory at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Jedd Wolchok, M.D. Ph.D., Chief of Melanoma and Immunotherapeutics Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

Abstract Number and Title: #CT018, Intratumor and peripheral Treg modulation as a pharmacodynamic biomarker of the GITR agonist antibody TRX-518 in the first in-human trial
Session Title: Immuno-oncology Biomarkers in Clinical Trials
Session Date and Time: Sunday Apr 2, 2017 3:28 PM - 3:43 PM
Session Location: Hall D-E, Level 2, Washington Convention Center

Abstract Number and Title: #369, Therapeutic targeting of the Wnt antagonist DKK1 with a humanized monoclonal antibody in oncology indications
Session Title: Cell Growth Signaling Pathways 2
Session Date and Time: Sunday Apr 2, 2017 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Session Location: Convention Center, Halls A-C, Poster Section 15

About Leap Therapeutics
Leap Therapeutics’ (NASDAQ:LPTX) most advanced clinical candidate, DKN-01, is a humanized monoclonal antibody targeting the Dickkopf-1 (DKK1) protein. DKN-01 is in clinical trials in patients with gastroesophageal cancer in combination with paclitaxel and in patients with biliary tract cancers in combination with gemcitabine and cisplatin. DKN-01 has demonstrated single agent activity in non-small cell lung cancer patients. Leap’s second clinical candidate, TRX518, is a novel, humanized GITR agonist monoclonal antibody designed to enhance the immune system’s anti-tumor response.  For more information about Leap Therapeutics, visit http://www.leaptx.com or our public filings with the SEC that are available via EDGAR at http://www.sec.gov or via http://www.investors.leaptx.com/.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

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CONTACT
Douglas E. Onsi
Chief Financial Officer
Leap Therapeutics, Inc.
donsi@leaptx.com
617-714-0360