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SNDX-5613 Granted FDA Fast Track Designation for the Treatment of Relapsed/Refractory Acute Leukemias
WALTHAM, Mass., June 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Syndax," the "Company" or "we") (Nasdaq: SNDX), a clinical stage
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[{"type":"text","content":"WALTHAM, Mass., June 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (\"Syndax,\" the \"Company\" or \"we\") (Nasdaq: SNDX), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing an innovative pipeline of cancer therapies, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track Designation (FTD) to SNDX-5613 for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients with relapsed or refractory acute leukemias harboring a mixed lineage leukemia rearranged (MLLr) or nucleophosmin (NPM1) mutation. SNDX-5613 is the Company's highly selective, oral menin inhibitor.\n\"Genetically-defined acute leukemias represent an underserved area marked by particularly poor prognosis and limited therapeutic options,\" said Briggs W. Morrison, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of Syndax. \"As we move toward initiating our pivotal study, receipt of FTD from the FDA underscores SNDX-5613's potential to meaningfully improve outcomes for patients with MLLr and NPM1 mutant acute leukemias.\" \nAbout Fast Track Designation\nFast Track Designation is designed to facilitate the development and expedite the review of drugs to treat serious conditions and fulfill an unmet medical need, enabling drugs to reach patients earlier. The FDA created this process to help deliver important new drugs to patients earlier and it covers a broad range of serious illnesses. These clinical programs may also be eligible to apply for Accelerated Approval and Priority Review if relevant criteria are met.\nAbout SNDX-5613\nSNDX-5613 is a potent, selective, small molecule inhibitor of the menin-MLL binding interaction that is being developed for the treatment of mixed lineage leukemia rearranged (MLLr) acute leukemias including acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML), and NPM1 mutant AML. In preclinical models of MLLr acute leukemias, SNDX-5613 demonstrated robust, dose-dependent inhibition of tumor growth, resulting in a marked survival benefit. Menin-MLL interaction inhibitors have also demonstrated robust treatment benefit in multiple preclinical models of NPM1 mutant AML, which represents the most frequent genetic abnormality in adult AML. SNDX-5613 is currently being evaluated in the Company's AUGMENT-101 Phase 1/2 open-label clinical trial for the treatment of relapsed/refractory (R/R) acute leukemias. SNDX-5613 was gran...