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BOSTON, Oct. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HiberCell, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing therapeutics to address advanced cancer and cancer resistance, is pleased to announce that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation to HC-7366 for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia. The FDA’s Fast Track program aims to facilitate the development, and expedite the review, of novel potential therapies that are designed to treat serious conditions and have the potential to address significant unmet medical need. “We are proud to announce the grant of Fast Track designation by the FDA,” said Jonathan Lanfear, President & CEO of HiberCell. Receiving Fast Track designation highlights the FDA’s recognition of the robust preclinical data generated to date for HC-7366 and the potential for HC-7366 to address the significant unmet need that exists in R/R AML.” Mr. Lanfear continued, “HC-7366 was the first GCN2-activator to enter the clinic in AML and is the only GCN2-targeting agent to receive Fast Track designation for the treatment of AML, validating our preclinical and translational efforts. We plan to leverage the Fast-Track designation to work closely with the FDA to facilitate and, potentially accelerate the development of HC-7366 in AML.” HC-7366 is currently under clinical investigation in both solid and liquid tumor settings. The Phase 1b study in AML (NCT06285890) will evaluate the safety, tolerability, and preliminary efficacy of HC-7366 in relapsed/refractory (R/R) AML or MDS AML. This study aims to determine the recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D) of HC-7366 in a R/R AML population. Dependent on observations in the dose escalation portion, this study may include additional combination and monotherapy expansions. About HC-7366 HC-7366 is a first-in-class, first-in-human, selective, potent, small molecule activator of the general control nonderepressible 2 (GCN2) kinase. GCN2 is one of the kinases of the integrated stress response (ISR) family, which responds to amino acid deprivation and is a key metabolic stress sensor in cells. While cancer cells utilize the ISR for survival, prolonged or hyperactivation of GCN2 with HC-7366 has been shown to have antitumor and immunomodulatory activity as a monotherapy and in combination with standard of care agents in both solid and liquid tumor models. HC-7366 is currently under clinical development in a Phase 1b/2 study in clear cell renal cell carcinoma in combination with belzutifan (NCT06234605) and in a Phase 1b study in R/R AML (NCT06285890). About HiberCell HiberCell is a clinical stage oncology company, dedicated to the advancement of first-in-class agents with the novel MOA of modulation of adaptive stress pathways and antitumor immunity. We believe that therapeutic modulation of these mechanisms allows us to address advanced cancer and cancer resistance. Our product candidates HC-5404 and HC-7366, both having completed Phase 1a clinical trials, target the stress response kinases PERK and GCN2, respectively, while our product candidate odetiglucan, currently advancing towards Phase 2 clinical development, modulates the antitumor innate immune response. For more information about HiberCell, please visit hibercell.com. For Media/Investor Inquiries: IR@hibercell.com

May 01, 2024 -- HiberCell, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing therapeutics to address cancer relapse, metastasis, and resistance, is pleased to announce the dosing of the first patient in a Phase 1b study evaluating HC-7366, an activator of integrated stress response (ISR) Kinase GCN2, in combination with Merck’s oral hypoxia-inducible factor-2α (HIF-2α) inhibitor WELIREG® (belzutifan) for the treatment of advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). The Phase 1b study (NCT06234605) will evaluate the safety, tolerability, and preliminary efficacy of HC-7366 in combination with belzutifan in patients with advanced ccRCC. This trial will also determine a recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D) of HC-7366 in combination with fixed-dose belzutifan, 120 mg po qd. Dose escalation of HC-7366 in the combination, followed by an expansion phase will optimize dose evaluation. An independent HC-7366 monotherapy cohort is being evaluated in parallel. The study will enroll up to 80 patients at clinical sites across the US. Robert J. Motzer, MD., Section Head, Kidney Cancer, Genitourinary Oncology Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) will be the lead Principal Investigator (PI) for the clinical trial. "The first patient dosed in this trial marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter in the clinical development of HC-7366," stated Cherry Thomas, M.D., Chief Medical Officer. "The combination of HC-7366 with belzutifan, a key agent for the treatment of clear cell renal cell carcinoma, offers a potentially promising novel and differentiated treatment in a setting with major unmet need and limited treatment options for patients. We recently presented key aspects of the significant preclinical data in support of the combination at the 2024 American Association for Cancer Research Annual Conference." WELIREG® is a registered trademark of Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA. HC-7366 is a first-in-class, first-in-human, selective, potent, small molecule activator of the general control nonderepressible 2 (GCN2) kinase. GCN2 is one of the kinases of the integrated stress response (ISR) family, which responds to amino acid deprivation and is a key metabolic stress sensor in cells. While cancer cells utilize the ISR for survival, prolonged or hyperactivation of GCN2 with HC-7366 has been shown to have antitumor and immunomodulatory activity as a monotherapy and in combination with SOC agents in preclinical models of both solid and liquid tumors. HC-7366 is currently under clinical development in a Phase 1b study in clear cell renal cell carcinoma in combination with belzutifan. HiberCell is a clinical stage oncology company, dedicated to the advancement of first-in-class agents with the novel MOA of modulation of adaptive stress pathways and antitumor immunity. We believe that therapeutic modulation of these mechanisms allows us to address tumor metastasis, treatment resistance, and cancer relapse; all significant drivers of cancer-related deaths. Our product candidates HC-5404 and HC-7366, both having completed Phase 1a clinical trials, target the stress response kinases PERK and GCN2, respectively, while our product candidate odetiglucan, currently advancing towards Phase 2 clinical development, modulates the antitumor innate immune response. For more information about HiberCell, please visit hibercell.com. The content above comes from the network. if any infringement, please contact us to modify.

According to the previous study, NXP-800 caused growth inhibition and regression in various preclinical models, including ARID1A mutated ovarian and endometrial xenograft and cholangiocarcinoma PDX models. On April 5, 2024, the first in human clinical trial of NXP-800 was reported in 2024 AACR. NXP-800's R&D ProgressNXP-800 is a small molecule drug that is being developed in the field of biomedicine. It targets EIF2AK4 x HSF1 and is primarily focused on treating neoplasms, specifically cholangiocarcinoma.  According to the Patsnap Synapse, NXP-800 is currently in the preclinical phase. And the clinical trial distributions for NXP-800 are primarily in the United State and United Kingdom. The key indication is Advanced Malignant Solid Neoplasm.  Detailed Clinical Result of NXP-800This non-randomized, sequential assignment, open-labeled clinical study (NCT05226507)  described the dose-defining dose escalation cohort and the toxicity-pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamic evaluation in a first-in-human phase I trial of NXP800.   In this study, dose escalation was guided by a Bayesian modified continual reassessment method that targeted a dose-limiting toxicity DLT probability (DLTp) closest to 30% but <33%. Toxicity was assessed using NCI.CTC.V5. Detailed sampling of blood for pharmacokinetic analysis and blood for mRNA and protein analysis in peripheral blood mononuclear cells was conducted on C1D-3 to -7 (run in prior to continuous dosing) and C2D1. Two schedules (once per day [QD] and twice per day [BID] and a dose range of 50 to 150 mg/day were evaluated. The result showed that eighteen patients were treated: at baseline, the median age was 65 years (range 42-77), 9 (50%) were female and 14/18 (78%) had an ECOG score of 1. The most common treatment emergent adverse events (more than 20% of patients) were nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fatigue, decreased appetite, AST increase and thrombocytopenia. All these side effects were grade 1-2 except grade 3 nausea and grade 3 diarrhea reported in one patient each and grade 3 thrombocytopenia in 2 patients. The MTD for the QD schedule was 100 mg (DLTp=26%), no doses in the BID schedule had estimated DLTp of <33%. The average Cmax at 50 mg and 75 mg OD was 190 nM and 384 nM during the run-in and 495 nM and 656 nM in cycle 2 reached by 3 hours. ATF4 protein in PBMCs was elevated in 57% and 80% of patients during run in and Cycle 2 respectively, 6 hours after 50 mg and 75 mg treatment. The mRNA biomarkers in blood most consistently elevated included ATF4 transcriptional targets NUPR1, ULBP1 and TRIB3 at 2 - 24 hours after 50 mg and 75 mg treatment. Further, mRNA levels for these biomarkers were elevated in post-treatment biopsy samples in one of the two patients tested. It is envisaged that NXP800 will need to be dosed continuously and although the protocol defined MTD at 28 days at 100 mg QD, it was decided to take a dose of range of 50 mg and 75 mg OD which caused biomarker modulation, forward for further evaluation. It can be concluded that a tolerable dose/schedule of continuous dosing of NXP800 has been established with biomarker modulation in blood. Patients will be randomized to two dose levels 50 and 75 mg/day in a QD schedule to evaluate response in a population of ARID1A mutated, platinum-resistant, clear cell ovarian cancer (NCT05226507). How to Easily View the Clinical Results Using Synapse Database?If you want to know the other clinical results of popular conferences, please lick on the “Clinical Results” on the homepage of Patsnap Synapse, which provides multi-dimensional screening and filtering of drugs, indications, targets, companies, result evaluation, release date, popular conferences, etc. to help you quickly locate the data you need.  Select the clinical meeting you are interested in, such as ESMO. In the results, you can quickly locate the data you want to view by indication, phase and drug name.  A single result clearly shows important information such as registration number, phase, indication, Sponsor/Collaborator, biomarker, Trial number, dosing regimen and more.  If you would like to view more information about this result, you can go to the result detail page by clicking on the title.  Above the headings, we provide the original source of the outcome data. The basic information is supplemented with more information beyond the list, such as company, study. design, etc.  In the important Outcome Measures section, we provide both list and flowchart forms, which are convenient for you to overview the comparison group information and core indicator data.  Finally, if you need to download these results, you can conveniently check the check boxes on the left side of the list, or directly click the "Export" button to download the data for personalized analysis and file sharing. Click on the image below to embark on a brand new journey of drug discovery!