ONCT-808

Zilovertamab vedotin showed preliminary evidence of efficacy and no evidence of on-target off-tumor toxicity in patients with advanced B cell malignancies (Wang 2022)...Subjects will receive a conditioning regimen of intravenous (IV) cyclophosphamide and fludarabine, followed by ONCT-808 IV infusion...The trial is currently active and patients have been treated in the phase 1 dose escalation. Clinical Trial Identifier: NCT05588440

Oncternal’s ONCT-808 autologous CAR T cells are genetically modified via ex vivo transduction with a self-inactivating lentivirus vector to express a ROR1-directed CAR containing single chain variable fragment derived from Oncternal’s clinical stage anti-ROR1 zilovertamab. In cancer therapy efficacy studies using CDX models, treatment with ONCT-808 cells resulted in complete tumor remission in ROR1 Jeko-1 cell-derived CDX mice, and controlled tumor growth in Raji cell-derived CDX mice, reflecting the specificity of the ONCT-808 cells to the ROR1 target. Conclusions ONCT-808 demonstrated high efficacy in inducing ROR1 specific cancer cell death in both in vivo and in vitro studies, suggesting its potential in treating human cancer patients.

P1/2, N=57, Recruiting, Oncternal Therapeutics, Inc | Not yet recruiting --> Recruiting | Initiation date: Feb 2023 --> May 2023

The generated CAR-T cells utilizing constructs with the Fv of cirmtuzumab, a humanized mAb highly specific for ROR1, onco-embryonic surface antigen, effectively and selectively killed neoplastic cells bearing ROR1 both in vitro and in vivo. As ROR1 expression and signaling has been associated with cancer stemness and chemo-resistance utilizing ROR1 CAR-T therapy to target cancer cells might mitigate tumor escape. These data strongly support the rationale for continued development of our ROR1 CAR-T.

The generated CAR-T cells utilizing constructs with the Fv of cirmtuzumab, a humanized mAb highly specific for ROR1, onco-embryonic surface antigen, effectively and selectively killed neoplastic cells bearing ROR1 both in vitro and in vivo. As ROR1 expression and signaling has been associated with cancer stemness and chemo-resistance utilizing ROR1 CAR-T therapy to target cancer cells might mitigate tumor escape. These data strongly support the rationale for continued development of our ROR1 CAR-T.