 SYDNEY, June 15, 2021 PRNewswire -- Kazia Therapeutics Limited NASDAQ: KZIA; ASX: KZA, an oncology-focused drug development company, is pleased to announce that it has entered a collaboration with the Joan Sanford I Weill Medical College of Cornell University in the United States, to launch a phase II clinical study investigating the use of Kazias investigational new drug, paxalisib, in combination with ketogenesis, for glioblastoma. Key Points Research by Professor Lew Cantley, who discovered the PI3K pathway, suggests that ketogenesis may enhance the activity of PI3K inhibitors in glioblastoma, with impressive preclinical data previously published in Nature Ketogenesis represents an alternative biochemical mechanism in which the body is fueled by fats and proteins rather than by glucose; it occurs in states such as starvation, and also in response to a ketogenic diet Data from this study has the potential to significantly enhance the activity of paxalisib in glioblastoma, and to minimize certain side effects, including hyperglycemia high blood sugar Dr Howard Fine, founding Director of the Brain Tumor Center at New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center, will serve as Principal Investigator; Professor Cantley will be a scientific advisor to the study Kazia will provide support including study drug and a financial grant Dr Fine, Principal Investigator to the study, commented, glioblastoma remains an immensely challenging disease, and we need the most potent array of tools at our disposal in order to treat it. 