- 33% Response Rate and 100% Disease Control Rate Observed in Patients Evaluated for Efficacy
- Complete Response of Non-Target Tumor Also Observed
- Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer is a Devastating Serious Condition of Unmet Medical Need with a Median Life Expectancy of Approximately One Year
FORT LEE, NJ, USA I March 14, 2024 I Nuvectis Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: NVCT) today announced preliminary data from the ongoing Phase 1b clinical trial of NXP800 in patients with platinum resistant ARID1a-mutated ovarian cancer, a deadly disease of unmet medical need. The NXP800 development program in this disease was granted Fast Track Designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”). The Phase 1b clinical trial is being conducted in top clinical centers in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Ron Bentsur, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nuvectis, commented, “We are pleased to share the preliminary results from the NXP800 Phase 1b study in the target patient population of platinum resistant, ARID1a-mutated ovarian cancer patients. The clinical activity observed thus far includes a 33% response rate and 100% disease control rate, defined as partial response (“PR”) plus stable disease (“SD”), in patients evaluated for efficacy. While the data presented today is early, we are encouraged by the achievement of a PR as well as a complete response (“CR”) of the non-target lymph node disease in a patient with a progressive malignancy after a surgical resection and two prior lines of systemic combination chemotherapy, and stable disease in patients with similar stage disease. We believe that this provides an important initial signal that NXP800 can potentially be effective in this devastating and difficult to treat cancer.”
Mr. Bentsur continued, “After a cautious start to the study, we are now seeing a ramp up in the number of participating clinical sites, which is already translating into increased rates of patient identification and enrollment. Moreover, similar to what has been done with other classes of potent drugs, dosing management procedures have recently been implemented to better manage the key side effects associated with treatment with NXP800. We believe that we can now make significant progress with this clinical trial and unlock the full potential of NXP800 in this disease setting.”
Preliminary Clinical Data Summary
Encouraging preliminary efficacy data was observed and includes data from the first four patients enrolled in the study, two treated with 75 mg/day and two treated with 50 mg/day. All patients failed at least two prior lines of systemic chemotherapy, including at least one prior platinum-based chemotherapy regimen. Three of the patients also failed prior treatment with bevacizumab (Avastin). Efficacy was evaluated in three of the four patients.
One patient treated with 75 mg/day achieved a PR, unconfirmed, that also included a CR of her non-target lymph node disease. Both patients treated with 50 mg/day achieved SD and the fourth patient was not evaluated for efficacy.
Three of these four patients experienced an adverse event of thrombocytopenia that was Grade 4 in intensity, these events were transient in nature with no concurrent bleeding events reported. Following these events, as mentioned above, a management procedure for the monitoring of platelets and dose adjustments, as necessary, has been implemented with the goal of minimizing dosing interruptions and increasing patient retention. No other ≥ Grade 3 hematological toxicities were reported. In addition, gastrointestinal adverse events were reported in all four patients, all Grade 1-2.
About the Phase 1b Study
The Phase 1b study is a multicenter, single arm, open-label clinical trial of NXP800 in patients with platinum-resistant, ARID1a-mutated ovarian cancer. The study is examining the safety and preliminary efficacy of NXP800 in this target patient population.
The study is being conducted in the US and UK in collaboration with the European Network of Gynecological Oncological Trial Groups and the GOG Foundation, Inc., recognized as the world’s leading gynecology oncology clinical trials consortia.
About NXP800
NXP800 is an oral, small molecule, potentially first-in-class GCN2 kinase activator. NXP800 is also being evaluated in an investigator-initiated study conducted in collaboration with the Mayo Clinic for the treatment of cholangiocarcinoma, an indication for which the FDA granted NXP800 Orphan Drug Designation. The NXP800 development program in platinum-resistant, ARID1a-mutated ovarian cancer was granted Fast Track Designation by the FDA. NXP800 completed a Phase 1a dose-escalation study in the first half of 2023.
Nuvectis licensed exclusive world-wide rights to NXP800 from the Institute of Cancer Research in London, UK.
About Platinum-Resistant, ARID1a-Mutated Ovarian Carcinoma
ARID1a-mutated ovarian carcinoma is comprised almost exclusively of two histologies, ovarian clear cell carcinoma (“OCCC”) and ovarian endometrioid carcinoma (“OEC”), each representing about 10% of the overall ovarian cancer cases in the U.S. with an annual incidence of approximately 2,200 patients per histology. Platinum resistant ovarian carcinoma is recognized as a serious condition of unmet medical need, given the lack of effective treatments and the poor patient prognosis in this setting, with median life expectancy estimated to be approximately one year. It is estimated that approximately 66% of patients with OCCC and 40% of patients with OEC have the ARID1a mutation.
About Nuvectis Pharma, Inc.
Nuvectis Pharma, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of innovative precision medicines for the treatment of serious conditions of unmet medical need in oncology. The Company is currently developing two drug candidates, NXP800 and NXP900. NXP800 is an oral small molecule GCN2 activator currently in a Phase 1b clinical trial for the treatment for platinum resistant, ARID1a-mutated ovarian carcinoma and in an Investigator-sponsored clinical trial for the treatment of cholangiocarcinoma. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted Fast Track Designation to the NXP800 development program in platinum resistant, ARID1a-mutated ovarian carcinoma, and Orphan Drug Designation for the treatment of cholangiocarcinoma. NXP900 is a novel, small molecule SRC/YES1 kinase inhibitor currently undergoing a Phase 1a dose escalation study.
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- 33% Response Rate and 100% Disease Control Rate Observed in Patients Evaluated for Efficacy
- Complete Response of Non-Target Tumor Also Observed
- Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer is a Devastating Serious Condition of Unmet Medical Need with a Median Life Expectancy of Approximately One Year
FORT LEE, NJ, USA I March 14, 2024 I Nuvectis Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: NVCT) today announced preliminary data from the ongoing Phase 1b clinical trial of NXP800 in patients with platinum resistant ARID1a-mutated ovarian cancer, a deadly disease of unmet medical need. The NXP800 development program in this disease was granted Fast Track Designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”). The Phase 1b clinical trial is being conducted in top clinical centers in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Ron Bentsur, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nuvectis, commented, “We are pleased to share the preliminary results from the NXP800 Phase 1b study in the target patient population of platinum resistant, ARID1a-mutated ovarian cancer patients. The clinical activity observed thus far includes a 33% response rate and 100% disease control rate, defined as partial response (“PR”) plus stable disease (“SD”), in patients evaluated for efficacy. While the data presented today is early, we are encouraged by the achievement of a PR as well as a complete response (“CR”) of the non-target lymph node disease in a patient with a progressive malignancy after a surgical resection and two prior lines of systemic combination chemotherapy, and stable disease in patients with similar stage disease. We believe that this provides an important initial signal that NXP800 can potentially be effective in this devastating and difficult to treat cancer.”
Mr. Bentsur continued, “After a cautious start to the study, we are now seeing a ramp up in the number of participating clinical sites, which is already translating into increased rates of patient identification and enrollment. Moreover, similar to what has been done with other classes of potent drugs, dosing management procedures have recently been implemented to better manage the key side effects associated with treatment with NXP800. We believe that we can now make significant progress with this clinical trial and unlock the full potential of NXP800 in this disease setting.”
Preliminary Clinical Data Summary
Encouraging preliminary efficacy data was observed and includes data from the first four patients enrolled in the study, two treated with 75 mg/day and two treated with 50 mg/day. All patients failed at least two prior lines of systemic chemotherapy, including at least one prior platinum-based chemotherapy regimen. Three of the patients also failed prior treatment with bevacizumab (Avastin). Efficacy was evaluated in three of the four patients.
One patient treated with 75 mg/day achieved a PR, unconfirmed, that also included a CR of her non-target lymph node disease. Both patients treated with 50 mg/day achieved SD and the fourth patient was not evaluated for efficacy.
Three of these four patients experienced an adverse event of thrombocytopenia that was Grade 4 in intensity, these events were transient in nature with no concurrent bleeding events reported. Following these events, as mentioned above, a management procedure for the monitoring of platelets and dose adjustments, as necessary, has been implemented with the goal of minimizing dosing interruptions and increasing patient retention. No other ≥ Grade 3 hematological toxicities were reported. In addition, gastrointestinal adverse events were reported in all four patients, all Grade 1-2.
About the Phase 1b Study
The Phase 1b study is a multicenter, single arm, open-label clinical trial of NXP800 in patients with platinum-resistant, ARID1a-mutated ovarian cancer. The study is examining the safety and preliminary efficacy of NXP800 in this target patient population.
The study is being conducted in the US and UK in collaboration with the European Network of Gynecological Oncological Trial Groups and the GOG Foundation, Inc., recognized as the world’s leading gynecology oncology clinical trials consortia.
About NXP800
NXP800 is an oral, small molecule, potentially first-in-class GCN2 kinase activator. NXP800 is also being evaluated in an investigator-initiated study conducted in collaboration with the Mayo Clinic for the treatment of cholangiocarcinoma, an indication for which the FDA granted NXP800 Orphan Drug Designation. The NXP800 development program in platinum-resistant, ARID1a-mutated ovarian cancer was granted Fast Track Designation by the FDA. NXP800 completed a Phase 1a dose-escalation study in the first half of 2023.
Nuvectis licensed exclusive world-wide rights to NXP800 from the Institute of Cancer Research in London, UK.
About Platinum-Resistant, ARID1a-Mutated Ovarian Carcinoma
ARID1a-mutated ovarian carcinoma is comprised almost exclusively of two histologies, ovarian clear cell carcinoma (“OCCC”) and ovarian endometrioid carcinoma (“OEC”), each representing about 10% of the overall ovarian cancer cases in the U.S. with an annual incidence of approximately 2,200 patients per histology. Platinum resistant ovarian carcinoma is recognized as a serious condition of unmet medical need, given the lack of effective treatments and the poor patient prognosis in this setting, with median life expectancy estimated to be approximately one year. It is estimated that approximately 66% of patients with OCCC and 40% of patients with OEC have the ARID1a mutation.
About Nuvectis Pharma, Inc.
Nuvectis Pharma, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of innovative precision medicines for the treatment of serious conditions of unmet medical need in oncology. The Company is currently developing two drug candidates, NXP800 and NXP900. NXP800 is an oral small molecule GCN2 activator currently in a Phase 1b clinical trial for the treatment for platinum resistant, ARID1a-mutated ovarian carcinoma and in an Investigator-sponsored clinical trial for the treatment of cholangiocarcinoma. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted Fast Track Designation to the NXP800 development program in platinum resistant, ARID1a-mutated ovarian carcinoma, and Orphan Drug Designation for the treatment of cholangiocarcinoma. NXP900 is a novel, small molecule SRC/YES1 kinase inhibitor currently undergoing a Phase 1a dose escalation study.
SOURCE: Nuvectis Pharma
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