CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Could 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Nuvalent, Inc. (Nasdaq: NUVL), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical firm centered on creating exactly focused therapies for clinically confirmed kinase targets in most cancers, immediately introduced that the U.S. Meals and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted breakthrough remedy designation (BTD) to NVL-655 for the therapy of sufferers with domestically superior or metastatic ALK-positive non-small cell lung most cancers (NSCLC) who’ve been beforehand handled with two or extra ALK tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs).
ALK rearrangements happen in as much as roughly 5% of metastatic NSCLCs. On the time of prognosis, as much as 40% of those sufferers current with accompanying mind metastases, and roughly 50% of sufferers develop resistance mutations following therapy with at the moment out there first- or second-generation ALK TKIs. There stays no clear commonplace of look after sufferers who’ve been beforehand handled with two or extra ALK TKIs.
NVL-655 is a novel brain-penetrant ALK-selective TKI created with the goal to concurrently overcome the medical challenges of emergent therapy resistance, mind metastases, and off-target central nervous system (CNS) adversarial occasions related to inhibition of the structurally-related tropomyosin receptor kinase (TRK) household.
“Right now’s announcement of FDA breakthrough remedy designation for NVL-655 marks one other necessary milestone for our ALK program and the second breakthrough designation granted to our pipeline of novel kinase inhibitors this yr,” stated Darlene Noci, A.L.M., Chief Improvement Officer at Nuvalent. “Our crew is dedicated to expeditiously advancing NVL-655 in recognition of the continued want for innovation for sufferers with ALK-positive NSCLC who’ve exhausted out there therapies. We anticipate to supply an replace from the ALKOVE-1 trial of NVL-655 at a medical assembly within the second half of this yr.”
BTD is designed to expedite the event and overview of therapies supposed to deal with a severe or life-threatening situation and whose preliminary medical proof signifies that the drug might exhibit substantial enchancment on a number of clinically vital endpoints over current out there therapies. Beneath the designation, the FDA offers intensive steering, organizational dedication involving senior managers, and eligibility for rolling overview and different actions to expedite overview.
The BTD for NVL-655 is predicated on the preliminary security and exercise of NVL-655 in closely pretreated sufferers with superior ALK-positive NSCLC within the Section 1 portion of the Section 1/2 ALKOVE-1 medical trial. Enrollment within the Section 2 portion of the trial is ongoing, and the corporate expects to share up to date knowledge from the trial at a medical assembly within the second half of 2024.
About NVL-655
NVL-655 is a novel brain-penetrant ALK-selective inhibitor created with the goal to beat limitations noticed with at the moment out there ALK inhibitors. NVL-655 is designed to stay lively in tumors which have developed resistance to first-, second-, and third-generation ALK inhibitors, together with tumors with single or compound treatment-emergent ALK mutations akin to G1202R. As well as, NVL-655 is designed for central nervous system (CNS) penetrance to enhance therapy choices for sufferers with mind metastases, and to keep away from inhibition of the structurally associated tropomyosin receptor kinase (TRK) household. Collectively, these traits have the potential to keep away from TRK-related CNS adversarial occasions seen with twin TRK/ALK inhibitors and to drive deep, sturdy responses for sufferers throughout all traces of remedy. NVL-655 has obtained orphan drug designation for ALK-positive non-small cell lung most cancers (NSCLC) and is at the moment being investigated within the ALKOVE-1 medical trial (NCT05384626), a first-in-human Section 1/2 medical trial for sufferers with superior ALK-positive NSCLC and different strong tumors.
About Nuvalent
Nuvalent, Inc. (Nasdaq: NUVL) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical firm centered on creating exactly focused therapies for sufferers with most cancers, designed to beat the constraints of current therapies for clinically confirmed kinase targets. Leveraging deep experience in chemistry and structure-based drug design, we develop progressive small molecules which have the potential to beat resistance, reduce adversarial occasions, deal with mind metastases, and drive extra sturdy responses. Nuvalent is advancing a sturdy pipeline with investigational candidates for ROS1-positive, ALK-positive, and HER2-altered non-small cell lung most cancers, and a number of discovery-stage analysis packages.
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