OPN-2853

P1/2, N=37, Terminated, Opna Bio LLC | Phase classification: P2a --> P1/2

This study confirmed the safety profile of PLX2853 and demonstrated the feasibility of combination with carboplatin. Although these results did not meet the prespecified response criteria, evidence of clinical activity highlights the rationale for further exploration of BET inhibitors in patients with ARID1A-mutated gynecologic malignancies, possibly in combination with agents targeting potential feedback mechanisms such as the PI3K pathway.

This study in a larger cohort of gynecologic cancer patients confirmed the safety profile of the agent and demonstrated the feasibility of combination with carboplatin. While these results did not meet the pre-specified response criteria, evidence of clinical activity nevertheless highlights the rationale for further exploration of BRD4 inhibitors in patients with ARID1A-mutated gynecologic malignancies, possibly in combination with agents targeting potential feedback mechanisms such as the PI3K pathway, frequently activated in these cancers.

P2a, N=37, Terminated, Opna-IO LLC | N=67 --> 37 | Active, not recruiting --> Terminated; study terminated due to business realignment

P2a, N=67, Active, not recruiting, Opna-IO LLC | Recruiting --> Active, not recruiting

Daily dosing of PLX2853 was well tolerated as a monotherapy and showed early signs of clinical activity in some patients with relapsed or refractory AML or high risk MDS, with potential for combination with other agents. The RP2D is 80 mg QD continuous dosing. This clinical trial is registered at clinicaltrials.gov: NCT03787498.

Using potent and selective BET inhibitors Plexxikon-51107 and -2853 (PLX51107 and PLX2853), we show that BET inhibition significantly improves survival and reduces disease progression in murine models of acute GVHD without sacrificing the beneficial graft-versus-leukemia response. Our findings identify a role for BET proteins in regulating the IL-23R/STAT3/IL-17 pathway. Based on our preclinical data presented here, PLX51107 will enter clinical trial for refractory acute GVHD in a Phase 1 safety, biological efficacy trial.

As dose escalation continues, PK, PD, preliminary safety, and efficacy data will be reviewed further to determine the clinical significance of this BET inhibitor and identify the RP2D. This clinical trial is registered at clinicaltrials.gov: NCT03787498.

P2a, N=67, Recruiting, Plexxikon | Not yet recruiting --> Recruiting

P2a, N=67, Not yet recruiting, Plexxikon

Here we characterize the responses of aggressive MYC-driven lymphomas to 2 nonbenzodiazepine BETi: PLX51107 and PLX2853. Consequently, coadministration of BETi and ABT199/venetoclax restored cell death and in vivo therapy. Collectively, these data identify BIM-dependent apoptosis as a critical mechanism of action for this class of BETi that, via coadministration of BH3 mimetics, can deliver effective tumor control in DLBCL.

In multiple tumor models (EMT6, 4T1, LLC, and C26) Brd4 inhibitors, both experimental (JQ1) and those in clinical development (PLX51107 and PLX2853) significantly reduced the abundance of total, PMN, and M-MDSC subsets within the tumor and spleen as measured by flow cytometry and IHC (p< 0.05). Finally, depletion of MDSCs in vivo with PLX51107 significantly enhanced the efficacy of anti-PDL1 therapy as compared to either agent alone (p< 0.05 in EMT6, 4T1, and LLC tumor models). These results identify Brd4 and the TXNIP/ASK1 apoptosis pathway as novel regulators of MDSC survival, and provide evidence to further investigate Brd4 inhibitors in combination with immune based therapies for solid tumors.