Goal response fee of 39% with manageable security profile in sufferers with non-small cell lung most cancers (NSCLC) harboring EGFR Exon 20 insertion mutations handled with zipalertinib who had progressed after prior amivantamab therapy
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cullinan Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CGEM), a biopharmaceutical firm centered on growing modality-agnostic focused therapies, in the present day introduced optimistic preliminary information in sufferers receiving zipalertinib after prior therapy with amivantamab enrolled in its pivotal Section 2b REZILIENT1 scientific trial.
As of a January 12, 2024 information cut-off, 31 sufferers had been enrolled. Sufferers had obtained a median of three prior systemic anti-cancer regimens, together with prior platinum-based chemotherapy, prior anti-PD1/L1 remedy, and prior epidermal progress issue receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) remedy.
At information cut-off, 18 sufferers have been evaluable for response and confirmed related anti-tumor exercise in contrast with these submit prior chemotherapy within the beforehand reported Section 1/2a a part of the research.
‹ | Module C (submit chemo and Ami+/- different exon20ins therapy)‹ (N=18)‹ |
Section 1/2a outcomes (submit chemo)1‹ (N=39)‹ |
ORR (confirmed)‹ | 39%‹ | 41%‹ |
DCR2‹ | 94%‹ | 97%‹ |
DOR (months)‹ | NE‹ | NE‹ |
PFS (months)‹ | NE‹ | 12‹ |
NE: Not but estimable
ORR: Goal response fee; DCR: Illness management fee; DOR: Period of response; PFS: Development-free survival
1 Piotrowska Z, et al. JCO 2023
2 DCR= (PR+SD) / response-evaluable sufferers
PR: Partial response; SD: Steady illness
Zipalertinib demonstrated a manageable security profile, just like what has been beforehand reported. There have been no grade 4 or grade 5 treatment-related adversarial occasions‹.
In an evolving therapy panorama, that is the primary ever scientific information to systematically characterize the potential of an irreversible and selective EGFR exon20 insertion mutation TKI resembling zipalertinib in sufferers who have been closely pre-treated and had obtained amivantamab. Given the latest approval of amivantamab as a primary line therapy together with chemotherapy, we’re inspired by the preliminary outcomes of the Section 2b portion of the REZILIENT1 scientific trial, which present that in a post-amivantamab setting, zipalertinib demonstrated promising efficacy, just like that in sufferers who progressed after platinum-based chemotherapy alone, and had a manageable security profile, mentioned Jeffrey Jones, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer, Cullinan Therapeutics. With a complete improvement plan for zipalertinib, this information additional strengthens our confidence in its potential to deal with a major unmet want for sufferers with NSCLC harboring EGFR exon20 insertion mutations. We stay on monitor to finish enrollment within the pivotal Section 1/2b REZILIENT1 trial by the top of this 12 months.
Zipalertinib has a singular chemical construction that’s distinct from different exon20 insertion directed brokers, which makes it extremely selective for mutant exon 20 versus wild-type EGFR. Cullinan entered right into a partnership with Taiho in 2022, with an upfront money fee of $275M and extra funds totaling $130M to be made for US regulatory approvals in 1L and 2L+ NSCLC. Cullinan additionally retains a 50/50 revenue share within the U.S.
Cullinan and Taiho have a broad improvement program for zipalertinib via a set of REZILIENT research, together with two ongoing pivotal research in 1L and 2L+ exon20 insertion NSCLC in addition to research in different affected person populations resembling sufferers with energetic mind metastases and people with unusual EGFR mutations. Each Module B2 (submit chemo solely) and Module C (submit accredited ex20ins therapies) of the pivotal REZILIENT1 trial stay on monitor to finish enrollment by finish of 2024, in step with prior projections.
Digital and Reside Investor Occasion
Cullinan Therapeutics will host an Investor Occasion on Saturday, June 1, 2024, at 6:30 PM Central Time, throughout which Dr. Jeff Jones, Chief Medical Officer at Cullinan Therapeutics, will current an summary of this zipalertinib information together with CLN-619 information shared on the 2024 American Society of Scientific Oncology Annual Assembly. Alexander Spira, MD, PhD, FACP, FASCO, Director, Virginia Most cancers Specialists Analysis Institute and Director, NEXT Oncology Virginia, will share an summary of the present therapy panorama for EGFR-mutated NSCLC. Traders and analysts are invited to register to attend in individual by emailing Chad Messer, VP Investor Relations (cmesser@cullinantx.com). A stay webcast can be accessible by way of the occasions web page of the Firm’s investor relations web site at https://cullinantherapeutics.com/events-and-presentations/, and a replay can be accessible shortly after the conclusion of the stay occasion.
About Zipalertinib
Zipalertinib (CLN-081/TAS6417) is an orally accessible small molecule designed to focus on activating mutations in EGFR. The molecule was engineered to inhibit EGFR variants with exon 20 insertion mutations, whereas sparing wild-type EGFR. Zipalertinib is designed as a subsequent technology, irreversible EGFR inhibitor for the therapy of a genetically outlined subset of sufferers with non-small cell lung most cancers. Zipalertinib has obtained Breakthrough Remedy Designation from the FDA.
Zipalertinib is being developed by Taiho Oncology, Inc., its guardian firm, Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., and Cullinan Therapeutics, Inc. Cullinan Pearl Corp., which Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., acquired from Cullinan Therapeutics, Inc. in 2022, beforehand licensed the rights to zipalertinib in Better China to Zai Lab (NASDAQ:) Restricted in 2020.
About Cullinan Therapeutics
Cullinan Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CGEM) is a biopharmaceutical firm devoted to creating new requirements of take care of sufferers. We now have strategically constructed a diversified portfolio of clinical-stage belongings that inhibit key drivers of illness or harness the immune system to remove diseased cells in each oncology and autoimmune illnesses. Our portfolio encompasses a variety of modalities, every with the potential to be greatest and/or first at school. Anchored in a deep understanding of oncology, immunology, and translational medication, we create differentiated concepts, determine probably the most applicable targets, and choose the optimum modality to develop transformative therapeutics throughout all kinds of most cancers and autoimmune indications. We push typical boundaries from candidate choice to differentiated therapeutic, making use of rigorous go/no go standards at every stage of improvement to fast-track solely probably the most promising molecules to the clinic and, finally, commercialization. With deep scientific experience, our groups train creativity and urgency to ship on our promise to carry new therapeutic options to sufferers. Study extra about our Firm at https://cullinantherapeutics.com/, and observe us on LinkedIn and X.
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