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542 LOXO-305, A Next Generation, Highly Selective, Non-Covalent BTK Inhibitor in Previously Treated CLL/SLL: Results from the Phase 1/2 BRUIN Study

Program: Oral and Poster Abstracts
Type: Oral
Session: 642. CLL: Therapy, excluding Transplantation II
Hematology Disease Topics & Pathways:
Leukemia, Follicular Lymphoma, Adult, Diseases, CLL, Marginal Zone Lymphoma, Non-Biological, Mantle Cell Lymphoma, Therapies, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, B-Cell Lymphoma, DLBCL, Lymphoid Malignancies, Study Population, Clinically relevant
Monday, December 7, 2020: 7:00 AM

Anthony R. Mato, MD1, John M. Pagel, MD PhD2, Catherine C. Coombs, MD3, Nirav N. Shah, MD4, Nicole Lamanna, MD5, Ewa Lech-Marańda, MD, PhD6*, Toby A. Eyre7*, Jennifer A. Woyach, MD8, William G. Wierda, MD, PhD9, Chan Yoon Cheah, MBBS10, Lindsey E Roeker, MD1, Manish R. Patel, MD11, Bita Fakhri, MD, MPH12, Minal Barve, MD13*, Constantine S. Tam, MBBS14, David John Lewis, MD15*, James N. Gerson, MD16, Alvaro J. Alencar, MD17, Justin Taylor, MD17, Omar Abdel-Wahab, MD 1, Paolo Ghia, MD, PhD18, Stephen J. Schuster, MD16, Jessica Chen, MS19*, Binoj Nair, PhD19*, Donald Tsai, MD, PhD19, Nora C. Ku, MD19*, Matthew S. Davids, MD20, Jennifer R Brown, MD, PhD20 and Wojciech Jurczak, MD, PhD21

1Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
2Center for Blood Disorders and Stem Cell Transplantation, Swedish Cancer Institute, Seattle, WA
3Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
4Medical College of Wisconsin, Brookfield, WI
5Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
6Department of Hematology, Institute of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
7Churchill Cancer Center, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Old Road, United Kingdom
8The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH
9Department of Leukemia, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
10Linear Clinical Research and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Australia
11Florida Cancer Specialists / Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Sarasota, FL
12Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, CA
13Mary Crowley Cancer Research, Dallas, TX
14Peter MacCallum Cancer Center, Royal Melbourne Hospital, and University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
15Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust - Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, United Kingdom
16Lymphoma Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
17Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
18Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele and IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, MI, Italy
19Loxo Oncology at Lilly, Stamford, CT
20Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
21Department of Hematology, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Institute of Oncology, Krakow, Poland

Background: Covalent BTK inhibitors (BTKi) have transformed the management of CLL/SLL. Despite the marked efficacy of covalent BTKi, treatment failure can occur through the development of resistance and discontinuation for adverse events. The activity of covalent BTK inhibitors is markedly reduced or absent in the presence of BTK cysteine binding site (C481) mutations. Moreover, these agents share pharmacologic liabilities (e.g. low oral bioavailability, short half-life) that may lead to suboptimal BTK target coverage, for example in rapidly proliferating tumors with high BTK protein turnover, ultimately manifesting as acquired resistance in some patients (pts). To address these limitations, LOXO-305, a highly selective, non-covalent BTKi that inhibits both wild type (WT) and C481-mutated BTK with equal low nM potency was developed. The aim of the BRUIN trial was to define the safety and early efficacy of LOXO-305 in pts with B-cell malignancies. Here we report these data in pts with previously treated CLL/SLL.

Methods: BRUIN is a multicenter phase 1/2 trial (NCT 03740529) enrolling pts with advanced B-cell malignancies who have received >2 prior therapies. Dose was escalated according to a standard 3+3 design with LOXO-305 dosed orally in 28-day cycles. The primary endpoint was MTD/RP2D identification. Intra-patient dose-escalation to previously cleared dose levels was permitted. Efficacy evaluable pts included all dosed pts who underwent their first response evaluation or discontinued therapy. Response was assessed every 8 weeks from cycle 3, and every 12 weeks from cycle 13 and was measured according to the iwCLL 2018 criteria, including PR with lymphocytosis (PR-L). Safety was assessed in all pts (CLL/SLL and NHL, n=186).

Results: As of 30 April 2020, 186 pts with B-cell malignancies (94 CLL/SLL, 38 MCL, 19 DLBCL, 17 WM, 6 FL, 5 MZL, and 7 Other [B-PLL and Richter’s transformation]) were treated on 7 dose levels (25mg to 300mg QD). Among the 94 pts with CLL/SLL, the median age was 69 (range 36-84) years and median number of prior therapies was 4 (range 1-10). 84% of CLL/SLL pts had received a prior BTKi, and 69% had received an anti-CD20 antibody, chemotherapy, and BTKi. In addition, 21% had received a PI3K inhibitor and 31% venetoclax. At enrollment, central molecular characterization for high-risk features in available samples revealed 17p deletion in 21% (13/63), TP53 mutation in 30% (27/91), and unmutated IGHV in 84% (51/61). LOXO-305 demonstrated high oral exposures, with doses ≥100mg QD exceeding the BTK IC90 for the entirety of the dosing interval. There were no DLTs or dose reductions. Consistent with LOXO-305’s selectivity, the only treatment-emergent adverse events regardless of attribution or grade seen in >10% of pts (n=186) were fatigue (n=29, 16%) and diarrhea (n=28, 15%). Responses were observed at the first dose level of 25mg QD. A RP2D of 200mg QD was selected for future studies. At the efficacy cutoff date, 88 CLL/SLL pts (94%) remained on therapy and 65 CLL/SLL pts were efficacy-evaluable (58 BTKi-treated, 7 BTKi-naïve). Median follow up time was 3 months (range 0.1-13) for all pts and 6.7 months for responders. The ORR was 57%, with 23 PRs, 14 PR-Ls, 26 SDs, 1 PD, and 1 NE (Figure). An additional 29 pts were ongoing and awaiting initial radiologic assessment. As has been observed with covalent BTK inhibitors, responses deepened over time; among pts with at least 6 months of follow-up (n=26), the ORR was 77%. Response rate was not influenced by the presence or absence of a pretreatment BTK C481 mutation, the reason for prior BTKi discontinuation (i.e. progression vs intolerance), or other classes of prior therapy received (including a covalent BTK and BCL2 inhibitor). Of the 37 responding pts, all except 2 remain on therapy (1 progressed and 1 achieved a PR and electively discontinued treatment to undergo an allogeneic stem cell transplant). The longest-followed responding patient has been on treatment for 13.5 months and is ongoing. Responding pts with BTK C481 mutations demonstrated corresponding decreases in mutant disease burden by ddPCR.

Conclusion: LOXO-305 demonstrated promising efficacy in heavily pretreated, poor-prognosis CLL/SLL pts following multiple prior lines of therapy including covalent BTKi and a BCL2 inhibitor. Importantly, the activity of LOXO-305 was not restricted to pts with BTK C481 mutations. LOXO-305 was well tolerated and exhibited a wide therapeutic index.

Disclosures: Mato: BeiGene: Consultancy; LOXO: Consultancy, Research Funding; Genentech: Consultancy, Research Funding; Janssen: Consultancy, Research Funding; AstraZeneca: Consultancy, Research Funding; Pharmacyclics LLC, an AbbVie Company: Consultancy, Research Funding; AbbVie: Consultancy, Research Funding; Adaptive: Consultancy, Research Funding; TG Therapeutics: Consultancy, Other: DSMB, Research Funding. Coombs: Abbvie: Consultancy, Honoraria; Genentech: Honoraria; AstraZeneca: Honoraria; MEI Pharma: Honoraria; LOXO Oncology: Honoraria; Octapharma: Honoraria; Novartis: Honoraria. Shah: TG Therapeutics: Consultancy; Celgene: Consultancy, Honoraria; Incyte: Consultancy; Cell Vault: Research Funding; Kite Pharma: Consultancy, Honoraria; Miltenyi Biotec: Honoraria, Research Funding; Verastim: Consultancy; Lily: Consultancy, Honoraria. Lamanna: MingSight: Other: Institutional research grants, Research Funding; Genentech: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Other: Institutional research grants, Research Funding; Gilead: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Juno: Other: Institutional research grants, Research Funding; Oncternal, Verastem, TG Therapeutics: Other: Institutional research grants, Research Funding; Celgene: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Bei-Gene: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Other: Institutional research grants, Research Funding; Pharmacyclics: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Columbia University Medical Center: Current Employment; Loxo: Research Funding; Astra Zeneca: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Other: Institutional research grants, Research Funding; Abbvie: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Other: Institutional research grants, Research Funding; Octapharma: Research Funding; Janssen: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees. Lech-Marańda: Roche, Novartis, Takeda, Janssen-Cilag, Amgen, Gilead, AbbVie, Sanofi: Consultancy; Roche, Amgen, Gilead: Speakers Bureau. Eyre: Gilead: Consultancy, Honoraria, Other: travel support; Janssen: Consultancy, Honoraria, Other: travel support; KITE, AZ, Loxo Oncology at Lilly: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; AbbVie: Consultancy, Honoraria, Other: travel support. Woyach: Janssen, Pharmacyclics, AstraZeneca, Abbvie, Arqule: Consultancy; Pharmacyclics, Janssen, Morphosys, Karyopharm, Verastem, Abbvie, Lox: Research Funding; Pharmacyclics LLC, an AbbVie Company, AbbVie, Janssen, AstraZeneca, ArQule: Honoraria. Cheah: Celgene, F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Abbvie, MSD: Research Funding; Celgene, F. Hoffmann-La Roche, MSD, Janssen, Gilead, Ascentage Pharma, Acerta, Loxo Oncology, TG therapeutics: Honoraria. Roeker: AbbVie: Other: spouse with minority ownership interest ; Abbott Laboratories: Other: spouse with minority ownership interest ; American Society of Hematology: Research Funding. Fakhri: University of California San Francisco: Current Employment. Tam: Janssen: Honoraria, Research Funding; Pharmacyclics LLC, an AbbVie Company: Honoraria; AbbVie: Honoraria, Research Funding; BeiGene: Honoraria, Research Funding. Gerson: Genentech: Consultancy; Pharmacyclics: Consultancy; Abbvie: Consultancy; Loxo: Research Funding. Alencar: Genentech, Celgene, KITE, Loxo Oncology at Lilly: Consultancy. Abdel-Wahab: H3 Biomedicine Inc.: Consultancy, Research Funding; Envisagenics Inc.: Current equity holder in private company; Janssen: Consultancy; Merck: Consultancy. Ghia: MEI: Consultancy, Honoraria; Lilly: Consultancy, Honoraria; Celgene/Juno: Consultancy, Honoraria; Janssen: Consultancy, Honoraria, Other: TRAVEL, ACCOMMODATIONS, EXPENSES (paid by any for-profit health care company), Research Funding; BeiGene: Consultancy, Honoraria; Acerta/AstraZeneca: Consultancy, Honoraria; AbbVie: Consultancy, Honoraria, Other: TRAVEL, ACCOMMODATIONS, EXPENSES (paid by any for-profit health care company), Research Funding; Gilead: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; ArQule: Consultancy, Honoraria; Sunesis: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; Novartis: Research Funding; Adaptive, Dynamo: Consultancy, Honoraria. Schuster: Novartis, Genentech, Inc./ F. Hoffmann-La Roche: Research Funding; AlloGene, AstraZeneca, BeiGene, Genentech, Inc./ F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Juno/Celgene, Loxo Oncology, Nordic Nanovector, Novartis, Tessa Therapeutics: Consultancy, Honoraria. Chen: Loxo Oncology at Lilly: Current Employment. Nair: Loxo Oncology at Lilly: Current Employment. Tsai: Loxo Oncology at Lilly: Current Employment. Ku: Loxo Oncology at Lilly: Current Employment. Brown: Abbvie, Acerta, AstraZeneca, Beigene, Invectys, Juno/Celgene, Kite, Morphosys, Novartis, Octapharma, Pharmacyclics, Sunesis, TG Therapeutics, Verastem: Consultancy; Janssen, Teva: Speakers Bureau; Gilead, Loxo, Sun, Verastem: Research Funding. Jurczak: Bayer: Research Funding; Janssen: Research Funding; MeiPharma: Research Funding; Pharmacyclics: Research Funding; Roche: Research Funding; Takeda: Research Funding; TG Therapeutics: Research Funding; Acerta: Research Funding; Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Krakow, Poland: Current Employment; Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland: Ended employment in the past 24 months.

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