Companies Scaling Back IDO1 Inhibitor Trials.

Based on negative results of the ECHO-301 trial in melanoma, as well as in the pancreatic cancer cohort of ECHO-203, Incyte halted several trials of its IDO inhibitor epacadostat. Other companies, including NewLink Genetics and Bristol-Myers Squibb, also decided to scale back and/or halt trials of their IDO inhibitors. However, researchers offered reasons for the disappointing trial results and said that trials of IDO inhibitors should not be abandoned.