Drug Class: Signaling Pathway Inhibitors

Integrin-FAK Inhibitors: FAK

Treatment given for recurrence occurring at any time after last platinum-based treatment

Objective Response Rate (%)

Percentage of patients whose tumors shrink or go away after treatment

Progression Free Survival (months)

Median length of time before the cancer comes back or gets worse

3 Prior Therapies 4 Prior Therapies

Integrin-FAK Inhibitors: FAK

Treatment given for recurrence occurring at any time after last platinum-based treatment

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Trial ID # Phase Drugs Clinical Trial Title Key Conclusion and Results
Drugs in Clinical Development
NCT04625270: RAMP 201 II Avutometinib, Defactinib A Phase 2 Study of Avutometinib (VS-6766) (Dual RAF/MEK Inhibitor) Alone and In Combination With Defactinib (FAK Inhibitor) in Recurrent Low-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer (LGSOC)

The combination of avutometinib with defactinib yields encouraging response rates with a well tolerated safety profile in women with heavily pretreated recurrent LGSOC regardless of KRAS status and with prior MEK inhibitor treatment

Avu+Def vs Avu:

ORR: 45 vs 10%
DCR: 93 vs 90%

KRAS MUT:
ORR: 60 vs 13%
DCR: 100 vs 93%

KRAS WT:
ORR: 29 vs 6%
DCR: 79 vs 88%

abs Jun 2023 and poster, abs Mar 2024

NCT01778803 I Defactinib, Paclitaxel A Phase I/Ib Study of Paclitaxel in Combination With VS-6063, a Focal Adhesion Kinase Inhibitor, in Subjects With Advanced Ovarian Cancer

Defactinib + weekly paclitaxel is well tolerated and showed promising activity

ORR: 18.2%
DCR: 63.6%

abs May 2014 and poster

NCT03875820; FRAME I Defactinib, Avutometinib FRAME: A Phase I Trial of the Combination of Defactinib (VS-6063) (FAK Inhibitor) and VS-6766 (RO5126766) (CH5126776) (a Dual RAF/MEK Inhibitor) in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumours

VS-6766 (CH5127677)+defactinib shows promising clinical activity in patients with LGSOC including those who have been previously treated with a MEK inhibitor

ORR: 46%
PFS: 23 months
11 KRAS MUT: ORR: 64%
9 KRAS WT: ORR: 44%

abs Apr 2021 and poster, abs Sep 2021

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