– Vorasidenib Demonstrated Prolonged Disease Control and Encouraging Preliminary Activity with Median Progression-free Survival of 31.4 Months –
– Vorasidenib Demonstrated a Favorable Safety Profile at Doses Below 100mg Consistent with Previously Reported Data –
– Registration-enabling Phase 3 INDIGO Trial of Vorasidenib Enrolling Patients with IDH-mutant Grade 2 Residual or Recurrent Non-enhancing Glioma –
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 29, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AGIO), a leader in the field of cellular metabolism to treat cancer and rare genetic diseases, today reported updated data from the ongoing Phase 1 study evaluating single agent vorasidenib in isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH)-mutant advanced solid tumors, including glioma. Data from the non-enhancing glioma population were featured in an oral presentation at the 2020 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting, which is being held virtually. Vorasidenib, an investigational, oral, selective, brain-penetrant inhibitor of mutant IDH1 and IDH2 enzymes, is currently being evaluated in the registration-enabling Phase 3 INDIGO study as a potential treatment for patients with residual or recurrent Grade 2 non-enhancing glioma.
“For patients with IDH-mutant non-enhancing glioma who currently have limited treatment options beyond chemotherapy and radiation, targeted oral options such as vorasidenib are urgently needed,” said Ingo Mellinghoff, M.D., Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, an investigator for the Phase 1 dose-escalation study. “The updated results of this study in non-enhancing glioma patients provide further evidence of the potential benefit of vorasidenib for these patients, with a favorable safety profile and encouraging preliminary activity, including prolonged disease control, objective tumor responses, and clinically meaningful progression-free survival rates.”
“These promising efficacy and safety data in patients with IDH-mutant non-enhancing glioma provide further support for our registration-enabling Phase 3 INDIGO study,” said Chris Bowden, M.D., chief medical officer at Agios. “With vorasidenib – the first and only brain-penetrant IDH inhibitor in Phase 3 trials for low-grade glioma – we have an opportunity to target a highly prevalent driver mutation early in the disease evolution, providing a therapeutic alternative to ‘watch and wait’ that can potentially delay the need for chemotherapy and radiation.”
Vorasidenib Phase 1 Dose-Escalation Study
Vorasidenib is being evaluated as a single agent in an ongoing Phase 1 dose-escalation trial in IDH1/2 mutant advanced solid tumors (n=93), including glioma (n=52). Enrollment was completed in June 2017. As of the March 3, 2020 data cut-off, study design, enrollment and baseline characteristics of the 22 non-enhancing glioma patients are reported below:
- Seventy-seven percent of patients (n=17) had World Health Organization (WHO) classified Grade 2 tumors and 23% (n=5) had Grade 3 tumors.
- Ninety-one percent of patients (n=20) had an IDH1 mutation and 5% (n=1) had an IDH2 mutation. One patient did not have a biopsy but was confirmed as IDH mutant positive due to 2-HG elevation by magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS).
- The median age of these patients is 47 years (ranging from 16 to 73).
- Sixty-four percent of patients (n=14) had received prior systemic therapy. Patients had received a median of two prior systemic therapies (ranging from 1 to 4).
- Fifty-nine percent of patients (n=13) had previously received temozolomide and 36% (n=8) of patients received prior radiation therapy.
- Patients received daily doses of vorasidenib ranging from 10 mg to 200 mg.
- Thirty-six percent of patients (n=8) remain on treatment.
Safety Data
The safety analysis conducted on the 22 patients with non-enhancing glioma as of the data cut-off demonstrated that vorasidenib has a favorable safety profile at dose levels below 100 mg once daily. Safety data for this population are consistent with the results reported for all patients enrolled in this trial at the 2018 ASCO Annual Meeting.
- The majority of adverse events (AEs) reported by investigators were mild to moderate, with the most common (>40%) across all grades being increased alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (64%), increased aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (59%), nausea (46%) and headache (41%).
- Grade 3 or higher AEs were observed in 27% of patients (n=6) with the most common being increased ALT (9%) and AST (9%).
- AEs of Grade 2 or higher elevated transaminases occurred in seven non-enhancing glioma patients at the higher dose levels (≥100 mg) and resolved to Grade ≤1 with dose modification or discontinuation.
- No AEs of Grade 2 or higher elevated transaminases were observed in patients at the lower dose levels (