공시 • Dec 10
Nurix Therapeutics, Inc. Presents New Positive Data from Phase 1a/1b Clinical Trial of NX-5948 in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia At the 66Th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting
Nurix Therapeutics, Inc. presented new positive clinical data from patients with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL) treated in the Phase 1a/1b clinical trial of its Bruton’s tyrosine kinase degrader NX-5948. These data were presented by Nirav N. Shah, M.D., M.S.H.P., Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, at the Medical College of Wisconsin, and a clinical investigator on the trial, in an oral session at the 66th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition being held December 7-10, 2024, in San Diego, CA. In addition, Nurix and its collaborators presented new preclinical data for NX-5948 and its BTK and IKZF1/3 degrader NX-2127 in separate poster and oral presentations at the ASH Annual Meeting. NX-5948 Phase 1a/1b clinical update, As of the October 10, 2024 data cut, sixty (60) patients with relapsed or refractory CLL/SLL were enrolled. This cohort of CLL/SLL patients was a heavily pretreated population that had received a median of four prior lines of therapy (range = 1-12) including prior covalent BTK inhibitors (98.3%), prior BCL2 inhibitors (83.3%), and prior non-covalent BTK inhibitors (28.3%). At baseline, a large number of patients had mutations associated with BTK inhibitor resistance, including mutations in BTK (38.6%) and PLC2G (12.3%). Poor prognostic features were common, including TP53 mutations (40.4%), and five patients (8.3%) had central nervous system involvement. The data presented at the ASH Annual Meeting include safety findings for all patients in the NX-5948 Phase 1a/1b dose escalation and expansion cohorts (n=125), including those with CLL/SLL and those with non-Hodgin’s lymphoma. Patients were treated with NX-5948 at starting doses ranging from 50 mg to 600 mg once daily by oral administration, and intra-patient dose escalation was permitted per protocol. NX-5948 was well tolerated across all doses evaluated, and safety findings in the CLL/SLL cohort were consistent with the overall population as well as previous safety analyses. Among the CLL/SLL patients, the most common treatment emergent adverse events were purpura/contusion (36.7%, all grade 1 or 2), fatigue (26.7%, all grade 1 or 2), petechiae (26.7%, all grade 1 or 2), neutropenia (23.3%, 18.3% grade 3 or higher), and rash (23.3%, 1.7% grade 3 or higher). Importantly, across the entire population, there was only one case of grade 1 atrial fibrillation in a patient with pre-existing atrial fibrillation. Among the efficacy evaluable patients with CLL/SLL (n=49), NX-5948 treatment resulted in a robust objective response rate (ORR) of 75.5% across all doses tested, with the majority of responses occurring at the first assessment (Week 8). With longer time on treatment, the ORR increased to 84.2% based on an exploratory efficacy analysis of patients who had at least two response assessments (Week 16). Responses were observed across all populations regardless of prior treatment, baseline mutations, high-risk molecular features, or CNS involvement. This includes patients with baseline BTK mutations associated with treatment resistance to both covalent and non-covalent BTK inhibitors. Robust BTK degradation was observed in all patients, including those with baseline BTK mutations. Responses were durable with the median duration of response not reached. Thirteen patients had duration of response greater than six months, and five patients remain on treatment and in response beyond one year of treatment. Additional preclinical data presentations, Nurix and its collaborators presented new preclinical data for NX-5948 in an animal model of primary CNS lymphoma (PCNSL) and assessed the impact of NX-2127 on T cell function. Preclinical data were presented demonstrating the positive effects of brain-penetrant NX-5948 treatment on survival in a patient-derived xenograft model of primary central nervous system lymphoma in a poster titled: BTK Degradation As a Novel Therapeutic Strategy in Relapsed CNS Lymphoma: Proof of Concept Studies in Intracranial Patient-Derived, Rodent Models. The data demonstrate that daily oral administration of NX-5948 drives potent degradation of BTK, inhibition of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and prolonged survival in the setting of CNS lymphoma. In addition, transcriptional changes associated with enhanced tumor antigen presentation and reduced tumor progression were observed in NX-5948 treated animals. Notably, oral administration of ibrutinib resulted in similar level of ERK inhibition but did not lead to prolonged survival or the same pattern of transcriptional changes in the model, suggesting that BTK degradation by NX-5948 exhibits differential biology relative to BTK inhibition by ibrutinib, a result that may be associated with the elimination of BTK’s scaffolding function by NX-5948. In addition, preclinical results were presented demonstrating that although both NX-2127 and NX-5948 effectively degrade BTK in primary CLL cells while preserving T-cell activation and survival in vitro, NX-2127 demonstrates unique immunomodulatory activity. These data were the subject of an oral presentation titled: NX-2127 and NX-5948, Two Clinical Stage Cereblon-Recruiting BTK Degraders, Facilitate T Cell Functionality in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. Specifically, the data demonstrate distinct immunomodulatory effects in NX-2127 treated CLL cells, including upregulation of CD38, an interferon-response gene, bolstering the immune response, promotion of T cell differentiation towards a TH1 phenotype, enhancing anti-tumor immunity, reduction in Treg differentiation, which supports a shift toward a less immunosuppressive microenvironment and enhancement of immunological synapse formation, and T cell-mediated cytotoxicity. In addition, RNA sequencing revealed unique patterns of gene expression in NX-2127-treated CLL cells, distinguishing responders from non-responders and further demonstrating its distinctive T cell modulatory effects. NX-5948 is an investigational, orally bioavailable degrader of BTK that is currently being evaluated in a Phase 1a/b clinical trial in adults with relapsed or refractory B-cell malignancies. NX-2127 is an investigational, orally bioavailable degrader of BTK and cereblon neosubstrates Ikaros (IKZF1) and Aiolos (IKZF3). NX-2127 is currently being evaluated in a Phase 1a/b clinical trial in adults with relapsed or refractory B-cell malignancies.