BeiGene Presents Preliminary Phase 1 Data for BGB-A317 in Chinese Patients with Advanced Tumors at the 20th Annual Meeting of CSCO
Sep 28, 2017 9:00 AM
“BGB-A317 was generally well tolerated and showed preliminary activity in a heavily pretreated study population with advanced solid tumors. At the time of the data cut-off, no dose-limiting toxicities were observed. The pharmacokinetic profile in Chinese patients was consistent with that reported in global trials of BGB-A317 at the registrational dose,” commented Professor
“This dose-verification trial is an important step as we advance BGB-A317 along China’s domestic innovative drug development pathway. Two registrational trials of BGB-A317, in urothelial cancer and classical Hodgkin lymphoma, are currently ongoing in
Summary of Results from the Ongoing Phase 1/2 Trial
The multi-center Phase 1/2 trial of BGB-A317 consists of a Phase 1 dose-verification portion and a Phase 2 portion of indication expansion in disease-specific cohorts. Data presented at CSCO include patients enrolled in the Phase 1 portion of this study, who received BGB-A317 at 200 mg once every three weeks (Q3W).
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Adverse events (AEs) assessed by the investigator to be related to treatment occurred in 19 patients (95%). The most common treatment-related AEs (TRAEs) were related to changes in clinical laboratory value; TRAEs occurring in 15% or more of patients included increased blood bilirubin (45%), anemia (35%), proteinuria (30%), increased aspartate transferase (AST) (25%), increased alanine transferase (ALT) (20%), leukopenia (15%), neutropenia (15%), pyrexia (15%), and vomiting (15%). All of the TRAE cases were grades 1 or 2 except for one case each of grade 3 increased blood bilirubin, leukopenia, and neutropenia. Increased AST (25%) and ALT (20%) were the most common AEs that were potentially immune related.
At the time of the data cutoff, 11 patients had at least one post-baseline imaging assessment, and three patients had at least two imaging assessments. The efficacy-evaluable population (measurable disease at baseline and at least one post-baseline tumor assessment, or progression or death) consisted of 12 patients, including three patients with microsatellite-instability-high (MSI-high) colorectal cancer (CRC), two patients with gastric cancer (GC), two patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), two patients with urothelial cancer (UC), two patients with melanoma, and one patient with gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). Partial responses (PR) were observed in one patient with UC (confirmed) and one with GC (unconfirmed). Stable disease was observed in two patients with melanoma and one with MSI-high CRC. In the remaining eight patients who were not evaluable as of the data cutoff, a third unconfirmed PR was observed in a patient with esophageal cancer 11 days after the data cutoff. At the time of the data cutoff, 15 patients remained on treatment.
About BGB-A317
BGB-A317 is an investigational humanized monoclonal antibody that belongs to a class of immuno-oncology agents known as immune checkpoint inhibitors. It is designed to bind to PD-1, a cell surface receptor that plays an important role in downregulating the immune system by preventing the activation of T-cells. BGB-A317 has high affinity and specificity for PD-1. It is differentiated from the currently approved PD-1 antibodies in an engineered Fc region, which is believed to minimize potentially negative interactions with other immune cells. BGB-A317 is being developed as a monotherapy and in combination with other therapies for the treatment of a broad array of both solid tumor and hematologic cancers.
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