Trial in progress: A phase 2, multicenter, open-label study of DKN-01 in combination with tislelizumab and chemotherapy as 1L therapy in patients with unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma (G/GEJ; DisTinGuish).

Authors

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Keun-Wook Lee

Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea, Republic of (South);

Keun-Wook Lee , Markus H. Moehler , David Cunningham , Zev A. Wainberg , Hope Elizabeth Uronis , Do-Youn Oh , In-Ho Kim , Byoung Yong Shim , Sun Jin Sym , Rachel A Altura , Melissa C Stilian , Elizabeth C Parker , Samuel J Klempner

Organizations

Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea, Republic of (South); , Johannes Gutenberg-University Clinic, Mainz, Germany; , The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London and Sutton, United Kingdom; , UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; , Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; , Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); , The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, Seoul, South Korea; , St Vincents Hospital/The Catholic University of Korea, Suwon, Korea, Republic of (South); , Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, South Korea; , Leap Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA; , Leap Therapeutics, Inc., Cambridge, MA; , Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA;

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company
Leap Therapeutics

Background: Advanced G/GEJ cancer is a major cause of cancer-related mortality requiring novel therapies. DKN-01 is a humanized mAb that binds and neutralizes DKK1. DKK1 plays a major role in WNT-pathway regulation and is overexpressed in multiple cancers. DKK1 expression is associated with poor prognosis, an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment, and resistance to chemotherapy in G/GEJ cancer. The non-randomized Part A of DisTinGuish demonstrated durable clinical benefit in patients with G/GEJ adenocarcinoma. Higher response rates were observed in patients with high tumoral DKK1 expression, when DKN-01 was administered in combination with an anti-PD1 mAb, tislelizumab, and chemotherapy1,2. Furthermore, in Part B, durable responses were seen in 2L patients with DKK1-high G/GEJ cancers treated with a chemotherapy-free doublet regimen, DKN-01 plus tislelizumab1. Part C will evaluate the efficacy of this chemoimmunotherapy combination in a randomized fashion in treatment-naïve G/GEJ adenocarcinoma patients. Methods: Part C is an ongoing, global, randomized phase 2 open-label study evaluating DKN-01 in combination with tislelizumab + chemotherapy (CAPOX or mFOLFOX6) vs tislelizumab + chemotherapy in patients with advanced G/GEJ adenocarcinoma. Patients are randomized 1:1 and stratified by DKK1 and PD-L1 expression. Approximately 160 patients will be enrolled from 5 different countries. Key inclusion criteria include patients with HER2 negative, G/GEJ adenocarcinoma who have received no prior systemic treatment in the unresectable locally advanced/metastatic setting and can provide tumor tissue to document PD-L1 CPS and DKK1 expression, as performed at a central lab. Key exclusion criteria include prior treatment with anti-PD1/L1/L2. The primary endpoint is PFS according to RECIST v1.1 as assessed by the investigator in patients with DKK1-high tumors. Key secondary and exploratory end points include PFS, OS, ORR, DoR in patients with tumors with any level of DKK1 expression, as assessed by both investigator and by blinded, central review. Recruitment is ongoing. Clinical trial information: NCT04363801. References SJ Klempner, et al. DKN-01 and tislelizumab ± chemotherapy as a first-line (1L) and second-line (2L) investigational therapy in advanced gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma (GEA): DisTinGuish Trial. JCO 40, no. 4_suppl, 2022, 292-292.  SJ Klempner, et al. DKN-01 and Tislelizumab + Chemotherapy as First-line (1L) Investigational Therapy in Advanced Gastroesophageal Adenocarcinoma (GEA): DisTinGuish Trial. ESMO Annual Meeting September 2022. Clinical trial information: NCT04363801.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2023 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium

Session Type

Trials in Progress Poster Session

Session Title

Trials in Progress Poster Session A: Cancers of the Esophagus and Stomach and Other GI Cancers

Track

Esophageal and Gastric Cancer,Other GI Cancer

Sub Track

Therapeutics

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT04363801

Citation

J Clin Oncol 41, 2023 (suppl 4; abstr TPS484)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2023.41.4_suppl.TPS484

Abstract #

TPS484

Poster Bd #

N19

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