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Verastem Oncology Announces First Patient Dosed with VS-7375, an Oral KRAS G12D (ON/OFF) Inhibitor, in a U.S. Phase 1/2a Trial in KRAS G12D Advanced Solid Tumors
Phase 1 dose-escalation study to evaluate VS-7375 in the U.S., with plans to expand as monotherapy into pancreatic cancer and non-small cell lung cancer
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nPhase 1 dose-escalation study to evaluate VS-7375 in the U.S., with plans to expand as monotherapy into pancreatic cancer and non-small cell lung cancer cohorts, along with colorectal cancer in combination with cetuximab\n\n\n BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nVerastem Oncology (Nasdaq: VSTM), a biopharmaceutical company committed to advancing new medicines for patients with RAS/MAPK pathway-driven cancers, today announced that the first patient has been dosed in VS-7375-101, the U.S. Phase 1/2a clinical trial evaluating VS-7375, a potential best-in-class oral KRAS G12D (ON/OFF) inhibitor, in patients with advanced KRAS G12D mutant solid tumors.\n\n\n“We continue to make strong progress against our strategic priorities and key milestones that we set at the beginning of the year, including our recent FDA approval and commercial launch and our positive updated results and trial expansion in first-line metastatic pancreatic cancer. We are now excited to have achieved another milestone with the initiation of our first clinical trial and first patient dosed with VS-7375, a potential best-in-class oral KRAS G12D (ON/OFF) inhibitor, in the U.S.,” said Dan Paterson, president and chief executive officer of Verastem Oncology.\n\n\nVS-7375-101 is a Phase 1/2a study being conducted in the U.S., with plans to expand globally, and will evaluate the safety and efficacy of VS-7375 in patients with advanced KRAS G12D mutant solid tumors. The monotherapy dose escalation phase of the study will use a starting dose of 400 mg, based on an efficacious dose identified in the Phase 1/2 study conducted in China by the Company’s partner, GenFleet Therapeutics. GenFleet announced encouraging initial safety and efficacy results from its Phase 1 dose-escalation phase of its study of VS-7375 (known as GFH375 in China) at the 2025 ASCO Annual Meeting. Verastem plans to dose-escalate across dose levels where encouraging initial safety and efficacy were observed in patients with advanced KRAS G12D mutant solid tumor cancers in GenFleet’s study. Upon successful completion of the dose-escalation phase, the Company will select a recommended Phase 2 dose and assess the efficacy and safety of monotherapy VS-7375 in expansion cohorts of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer and non-small cell lung cancer. In parallel with the monotherapy dose escalation, Verastem will...