Black Diamond Therapeutics Announces Upcoming Presentation at AACR Annual Meeting 2024

On March 5, 2024 Black Diamond Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: BDTX), a clinical-stage oncology company developing MasterKey therapies that target families of oncogenic mutations in patients with cancer, reported an upcoming oral presentation at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) (Free AACR Whitepaper) Annual Meeting 2024, taking place April 5-10 in San Diego, California (Press release, Black Diamond Therapeutics, MAR 5, 2024, View Source [SID1234640771]). The presentation will describe real world data of the evolving EGFR mutation landscape in patients with NSCLC, highlighting the increasing relevance of "non-classical" EGFR mutations, which can be found in up to 30% of EGFRm NSCLC. The presentation will also describe the profile of BDTX-1535, an oral, brain-penetrant MasterKey inhibitor that selectively targets more than 50 oncogenic EGFR mutations.

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Abstract Number: 1229
Title: BDTX-1535 – A MasterKey EGFR Inhibitor Targeting Classical, Non-Classical and the C797S Resistance Mutation to Address the Evolved Landscape of EGFR Mutant NSCLC
Session Title: Minisymposia
Session Date and Time: Sunday, April 7, 2024, 3:00-5:00pm PDT
Location: San Diego Convention Center

About BDTX-1535
BDTX-1535 is an oral, brain-penetrant MasterKey inhibitor of oncogenic epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), including classical driver mutations, families of non-classical driver mutations (e.g., L747P, L718Q), acquired resistance C797S mutation, and complex mutations. BDTX-1535 is a fourth-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) that potently inhibits, based on preclinical data, more than 50 oncogenic EGFR mutations expressed across a diverse group of patients with NSCLC in multiple lines of therapy. Based on preclinical data, BDTX-1535 also inhibits EGFR extracellular domain mutations and alterations commonly expressed in glioblastoma (GBM) and avoids paradoxical activation observed with earlier generation reversible TKIs. A "window of opportunity" trial of BDTX-1535 in patients with GBM is ongoing (NCT06072586) and a Phase 2 trial is currently ongoing in patients with NSCLC (NCT05256290).

Bicycle Therapeutics to Present at the AACR Annual Meeting 2024

On March 5, 2024 Bicycle Therapeutics plc (NASDAQ: BCYC), a biopharmaceutical company pioneering a new and differentiated class of therapeutics based on its proprietary bicyclic peptide (Bicycle) technology, reported the acceptance of three abstracts for poster presentation at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) (Free AACR Whitepaper) Annual Meeting 2024, taking place in San Diego on April 5-10 (Press release, Bicycle Therapeutics, MAR 5, 2024, View Source [SID1234640770]).

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Poster Presentation Details:

Title: Bicycle Toxin Conjugates for the treatment of solid tumors
Session Title: Cancer Treatment: New Technologies
Date and Time: Tuesday, April 9, at 1:30 p.m. PT/4:30 p.m. ET
Abstract Number: 5807
Speaker/Lead Author: Stephen Walsh, Ph.D., Bicycle Therapeutics

Title: Modulation of the natural killer cell immune response to tumor with a synthetic tumor-immune cell agonist, NK-TICA
Session Title: CAR-NK, NK Engagers and NK Modulators
Date and Time: Monday, April 8, at 9 a.m. PT/12 p.m. ET
Abstract Number: 1340
Speaker/Lead Author: Fay Dufort, Ph.D., Bicycle Therapeutics

Title: Tumor-targeted activation of CD137 using Bicycles: New insights into mechanism of action and discovery of BT7455, a clinical candidate for the treatment of EphA2-expressing cancers
Session Title: Immune Modulation Employing Agonist or Co-Stimulatory Approaches
Date and Time: Tuesday, April 9, at 1:30 p.m. PT/4:30 p.m. ET
Abstract Number: 5301
Speaker/Lead Author: Johanna Lahdenranta, Ph.D., Bicycle Therapeutics

The posters will be made available in the Publications section of bicycletherapeutics.com following the presentations.

AvantGen Receives Milestone Payment for First Patient Dosed in Phase 1 Study with Kite’s Investigational CAR-T Therapy

On March 5, 2024 AvantGen Inc., a leader in antibody discovery and engineering, reported that it has received the first milestone payment from Kite, a Gilead Company, for the achievement of the first patient dosed in the first Phase 1 clinical trial of a novel CAR-T construct targeting human CD19 that is also engineered to express IL18 (Press release, AvantGen, MAR 5, 2024, View Source [SID1234640769]). This construct was developed in a collaboration between Kite and the University of Pennsylvania (Penn).

The Phase 1 open-label, dose-finding clinical study is initially focused on a single disease-specific cohort of subjects with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NCT05989204) and is being conducted by Penn as the regulatory sponsor.

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This achievement showcases the application of AvantGen’s innovative approach to antibody discovery for CAR-T research and development. The approach utilized AvantGen’s proprietary Germliner human antibody discovery platform to identify and develop novel CD19 antibodies, one of which is incorporated into the investigational CAR-T therapy. These antibodies, characterized by their high developability, expand the scope of CD19-binders under development as potential CAR-T therapies.

"We are thrilled to reach this milestone resulting from our agreement with Kite. This achievement further demonstrates the power and efficiency of our antibody discovery platform in advancing antibody-based therapeutics," said Xiaomin Fan, Ph.D., President and CEO of AvantGen.

Under the terms of the agreement, AvantGen may be eligible for future milestone and royalty payments if the therapy continues towards commercialization. This achievement highlights AvantGen’s technologies and mission to advance the field of antibody-mediated therapy.

AvantGen conducted this work under an agreement with Tmunity Therapeutics. Kite acquired Tmunity in 2023.

Aprea Therapeutics Announces Acceptance of Abstracts at American Association of Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2024

On March 5, 2024 Aprea Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: APRE) ("Aprea", or the "Company"), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on precision oncology through synthetic lethality, reported four poster presentations at the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) (Free AACR Whitepaper) Annual Meeting, to take place April 5 to 10, 2024 in San Diego, CA (Press release, Aprea, MAR 5, 2024, View Source [SID1234640768]). The posters will cover ATRN-119, Aprea’s novel macrocyclic ATR inhibitor, and APR-1051, its next generation inhibitor of WEE1 kinase.

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Presentation Details

Title: First-in-human phase 1 study of WEE1 inhibitor APR-1051 in patients with advanced solid tumors harboring cancer-associated gene alterations
Presenter Nadeem Q. Mirza, MD, MPH
Session Title: First-in-Human Phase I Clinical Trials 2
Date and Time: Tuesday Apr 9, 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM PT
Location: Poster Section 48
Poster Board Number: 23
Abstract Presentation Number: CT195

Title: First-in-human phase 1/2a trial of a macrocyclic ATR inhibitor (ATRN-119) in patients with advanced solid tumors
Presenter Nadeem Q. Mirza, MD, MPH
Session Title: First-in-Human Phase I Clinical Trials 2
Date and Time: Tuesday Apr 9, 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM PT
Location: Poster Section 48
Poster Board Number: 24
Abstract Presentation Number: CT196

Title: The novel WEE1i, APR-1051, is a potentially well tolerated and effective treatment for cyclin E-overexpressing cancers
Presenter: Molly Hansbarger
Session Category: Experimental and Molecular Therapeutics
Session Title: DNA Damage and Repair Session
Date and Time: Wednesday Apr 10, 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM PT
Location: Poster Section 22
Poster Board Number: 16
Published Abstract Number: 7121

Title: Convection enhanced delivery of a novel ATR inhibitor synergizes with systemic lomustine for improved treatment of glioblastoma
Presenter: Teresa Lee, Ph.D
Session Category: Experimental and Molecular Therapeutics
Session Title: DNA Damage and Repair
Session Date and Time: Wednesday Apr 10, 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM PT
Location: Poster Section 22
Poster Board Number: 12
Published Abstract Number: 7117

ALX Oncology Announces Two Evorpacept Clinical Abstracts Accepted for Presentation at the AACR Annual Meeting

On March 5, 2024 ALX Oncology Holdings Inc., ("ALX Oncology" or "the Company") (Nasdaq: ALXO), an immuno-oncology company developing therapies that block the CD47 immune checkpoint pathway, reported that two clinical abstracts have been accepted for presentation at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) (Free AACR Whitepaper) ("AACR") Annual Meeting, which will be held in San Diego from April 5-10, 2024 (Press release, ALX Oncology, MAR 5, 2024, View Source [SID1234640767]).

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Session titles and information for the two abstracts are listed below and are now available on the AACR (Free AACR Whitepaper) online program planner.

A Phase 1 investigator-initiated trial of evorpacept (ALX148), lenalidomide and rituximab for patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Session Title: Clinical Trials Minisymposium (Oral Presentation) / Novel Agents and Emerging Therapeutic Strategies
Session Date and Time: Tuesday, April 9, 2024 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM PT
Abstract: CT037

Phase 1 study of azacitidine in combination with evorpacept for higher-risk myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)
Session Title: Phase I Clinical Trials 1
Session Date and Time: Monday April 8, 2024 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM PT
Location: Poster Section 48
Poster Board Number: 10
Abstract: CT060

Copies of the presentations will be available on ALX Oncology’s website at View Source following presentation at the meeting.