The combination AdAPT-001 + a checkpoint inhibitor achieved high durable overall response rates and an 8 month+ PFS in patients who progressed on checkpoint inhibitors and chemotherapy
TORREY PINES, Calif., Oct. 28, 2024 – EpicentRx, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, announced a poster presentation on the combination of AdAPT-001 plus a checkpoint inhibitor in checkpoint inhibitor-resistant tumors at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer’s 39th Annual Meeting (SITC) in Houston, Texas from November 6-10, 2024. Primary resistance to immune checkpoint blockade therapy (ICBT) is widespread, and so are cases where tumors initially respond but subsequently acquire resistance and relapse. A central mechanism of ICBT resistance is overexpression of the immunosuppressive cytokine, transforming growth factor-beta (TGFβ). AdAPT-001 expresses a TGFβ trap that selectively neutralizes TGFβ isoforms 1 and 3.
“Checkpoint blockade immunotherapies are effective in a minority of patients with tumors that are infiltrated by T cells,” said EpicentRx CEO and oncologist, Dr. Tony Reid. “Results from the Phase 2 clinical trial with AdAPT-001 in multiple metastatic tumor types, including melanoma, sarcoma, triple negative breast cancer and squamous cell cancer of the head and neck strongly suggest that the TGFβ trap, which AdAPT-001 expresses, durably sensitizes previously checkpoint inhibitor-resistant tumors in many cases for six months or more to those same checkpoint inhibitors. These are potentially practice-changing results.”
MD Anderson Sarcoma Specialist and Lead Investigator, Dr. Anthony Conley, concurred that, “Most of the tumors on this Phase 2 clinical trial are not only without driver mutations, but are also non-inflamed and non-immunogenic, which makes them broadly resistant to tyrosine kinase inhibitors, checkpoint inhibitors, and chemotherapy. My colleagues and I are very encouraged by the impressively durable overall response rates and long PFS with AdAPT-001 to date, which highlight its potential to redefine the standard of care for late-stage, therapy resistant patients.”
Abstract Number 663: AdAPT-001, a first-in-class 2-in-1 TGF-beta inhibitor plus a checkpoint inhibitor: updated results from a Phase 2 study in solid tumors
Presenter: Anthony P. Conley, MD, Lead Investigator, MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Date: Friday, November 8, 2024
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