TransCode Therapeutics (RNAZ) started dosing the first patient in the fourth cohort of its phase 1 cancer treatment trial.
Two more patients in the cohort are set to receive the TTX-MC138 "to inhibit microRNA-10b, a microRNA critical to the emergence and progression of metastatic cancer," the company said Thursday in a statement.
"No significant safety or dose limiting toxicities have been reported," and additional patients are being evaluated for expanded enrollment, the company said.
Shares of the company rose 28% in after-hours trading.
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