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2880 Ziftomenib Combined with Venetoclax/Azacitidine in Relapsed/Refractory NPM1-m or KMT2A-r Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Interim Phase 1a Results from KOMET‑007

Program: Oral and Poster Abstracts
Session: 616. Acute Myeloid Leukemias: Investigational Drug and Cellular Therapies: Poster II
Hematology Disease Topics & Pathways:
Adult, Acute Myeloid Malignancies, Research, Clinical trials, Combination therapy, AML, Drug development, Clinical Research, Chemotherapy, Diseases, Treatment Considerations, Adverse Events, Non-Biological therapies, Myeloid Malignancies, Study Population, Human
Sunday, December 8, 2024, 6:00 PM-8:00 PM

Amir T. Fathi, MD1, Ghayas C. Issa, MD2, Eunice S. Wang, MD3, Harry Erba, MD, PhD4*, Jessica Altman, MD5, Suresh Kumar Balasubramanian, MD6,7, Gail J. Roboz, MD8, Gary J. Schiller, MD9, Christine M. McMahon, MD10, Neil D. Palmisiano, MD, MS11, Mark B Juckett, M.D., M.H.C.M.12, Yazan F. Madanat, MD13, Marcello Rotta, MD14*, Keith W. Pratz, MD15, George Yaghmour, MD16, Kalyan Nadiminti, MBBS17, Helen Wei, PhD18*, Marcie Riches, MD18*, Daniel Corum, PhD18*, Mollie Leoni, MD18*, Stephen Dale, MD18* and Amer M. Zeidan, MBBS, MHS19

1Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
2Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
3Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY
4Duke Cancer Institute, Durham, NC
5Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
6Department of Oncology, Karmanos Cancer Institute/ Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
7Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
8Weill Cornell Medicine and The New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City, New York, NY
9David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
10Anschutz Medical Campus, Division of Hematology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
11Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
12Department of Hematology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
13The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
14Colorado Blood Cancer Institute, Denver, CO
15Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
16University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA
17Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
18Kura Oncology, Inc., San Diego, CA
19Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Hematology, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Background: In approximately 35–40% of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cases, leukemogenesis is driven by nucleophosmin 1 (NPM1) mutations or rearrangements in lysine methyltransferase 2A (KMT2A). Ziftomenib, a potent selective menin inhibitor, has shown clinical activity as monotherapy in adult relapsed/refractory (R/R) NPM1-mutated (NPM1-m) or KMT2A-rearranged (KMT2A-r) AML. KOMET‑007, an ongoing, open-label, dose escalation (phase 1a) and expansion (phase 1b) study, aims to evaluate ziftomenib in combination with standard chemotherapies in adults with newly diagnosed and R/R NPM1-m or KMT2A-r AML (NCT05735184). Here we report interim results from phase 1a in patients with R/R AML.

Methods: Adults (age ≥18 years) with R/R NPM1-m or KMT2A-r AML were enrolled into separate dose escalation cohorts for each genotype. Following a rule-based approach, at least six dose-limiting toxicity (DLT)-evaluable patients were assigned to each cohort where ziftomenib (200, 400, or 600 mg, once daily) was escalated with standard doses of venetoclax and azacitidine (Ven/Aza). Ziftomenib was administered orally from Cycle 1 Day 8 and continuously thereafter. Primary endpoints in phase 1a were DLTs and adverse events (AEs); key secondary endpoints included composite complete remission rates (CRc; defined as complete remission [CR] or CR with partial or incomplete hematological recovery). Here we present data for the first 34 patients (pts) treated in the R/R cohorts (ziftomenib 200 mg, n=18; 400 mg, n=16). Enrollment in the 600 mg cohort is ongoing.

Results: As of the June 21, 2024 data cutoff, median age was 56 (range 23–86) years, and 50% were female; 41% (14/34) had NPM1-m and 59% (20/34) had KMT2A-r. Median follow-up was 35 and 14 weeks at 200 mg and 400 mg, respectively, for R/R pts with NPM1-m; and 15 and 14 weeks for those with KMT2A-r. Median number of prior therapies was 2 (range 1–8); 32% (11/34) had prior transplant; and 74% (25/34) were menin inhibitor-naive, including 68% (17/25) who had prior Ven exposure. No DLTs or ziftomenib-induced QTc prolongation were reported. The most common (≥20% of patients) grade (Gr) ≥3 treatment-emergent AEs (TEAEs) were febrile neutropenia (35%), decreased platelet count (35%), anemia (26%), decreased neutrophil count (24%), and pneumonia (24%). Gr≥3 ziftomenib- and/or backbone-related AEs occurred in 44% of patients, including decreased platelet count (18%), decreased neutrophil count (15%), and anemia (12%). On-target differentiation syndrome (DS) occurred in 12% (4/34) of R/R patients (1 NPM1-m [400 mg, Gr3] and 3 KMT2A-r [200 mg, 1-Gr3; 400 mg, 1-Gr2 and 1-Gr3]), and all cases were manageable per the DS guidance.

Twenty-four menin inhibitor-naive patients (NPM1-m, n=11; KMT2A-r, n=13) had ≥1 response assessment as of the data cutoff. Among R/R NPM1-m patients, the overall response rate (ORR) was 100% (5/5) at 200 mg and 67% (4/6) at 400 mg; CRc rates were 80% (4/5) at 200 mg and 50% (3/6) at 400 mg. In NPM1-m patients who received prior Ven, ORR was 100% (3/3) at 200 mg and 50% (2/4) at 400 mg. For R/R KMT2A-r patients, ORR was 43% (3/7) at 200 mg and 33% (2/6) at 400 mg; CRc rates were 29% (2/7) at 200 mg and 17% (1/6) at 400 mg. In KMT2A-r patients who received prior Ven, ORR was 40% (2/5) at 200 mg and 25% (1/4) at 400 mg. The study is ongoing, with 50% (7/14) of R/R NPM1-m patients (200 mg, n=4; 400 mg, n=3) and 30% (6/20) of R/R KMT2A‑r patients (200 mg, n=3; 400 mg, n=3) remaining on study.

Conclusion: In the ongoing KOMET-007 study, ziftomenib combined with Ven/Aza was well tolerated at the dose levels tested to date and continued to demonstrate promising clinical activity in R/R pts. No DLTs or ziftomenib-induced QTc prolongation were reported. On-target DS occurred in 12%, including in 3 of 20 KMT2A-r patients, and all patients had resolution of DS with appropriate management. In response-evaluable, menin inhibitor-naive R/R patients, CRc rates were 80% at 200 mg and 50% at 400 mg for NPM1-m AML; and 29% and 17% for KMT2A-r AML, respectively. Clinical activity was also demonstrated in previously Ven-exposed NPM1-m and KMT2A-r patients. Based on these encouraging initial results, a dose expansion phase evaluating this triplet combination in newly diagnosed and R/R NPM1-m and KMT2A-r AML patients is underway. Updated results will be presented, as data from the 400 mg cohorts continue to mature and 600 mg cohorts are enrolling.

Disclosures: Fathi: Forma: Consultancy; PureTech: Consultancy; Orum: Consultancy; Menarini Group: Consultancy; AstraZeneca: Honoraria; Gilead: Consultancy; Remix: Consultancy; EnClear: Consultancy; Astellas: Consultancy; Bristol Myers Squibb: Consultancy, Research Funding; Ispen: Consultancy; Pfizer: Consultancy; Daiichi Sankyo: Consultancy; Takeda: Consultancy; Amgen: Consultancy; Rigel: Consultancy; Autolus: Consultancy; Foghorn, Blueprint Medicines, Kura, Trillium: Honoraria; Kite: Consultancy; Mablytics: Consultancy; MorphoSys: Consultancy; ImmunoGen: Consultancy; BMS/Celgene: Consultancy; Agios: Ended employment in the past 24 months; AbbVie, BMS/Celgene, and Agios/Servier: Research Funding; Ipsen: Consultancy; Genentech: Honoraria; Novartis: Consultancy; Servier: Consultancy, Research Funding; Abbvie: Consultancy, Research Funding. Issa: Kura Oncology: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Other: consultancy/ad board fees, Research Funding; Merck: Research Funding; Novartis: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Other: consultancy/ad board fees, Research Funding; Sanofi: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Other: consultancy/ad board fees; Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Other: consultancy/ad board fees, Research Funding; NuProbe: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Other: consultancy/ad board fees, Research Funding; AbbVie: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Other: consultancy/ad board fees; Astex: Research Funding; AstraZeneca: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Other: consultancy/ad board fees; Celgene: Research Funding. Wang: UptoDate: Other: Section Editor; Dava Oncology: Speakers Bureau; Kite: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Rigel: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Qiagen: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Novartis: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Sellas: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Stemline: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Sumitomo Pharma: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Amgen: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Daiichi Sankyo: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Kura: Speakers Bureau; Astellas: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; Schrodinger: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Jazz: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Syndax: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Immunogen: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; GlaxoSmithKline: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; CTI Biopharma: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; GSK: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Pfizer: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Mana: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; J&J: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Janssen: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Blueprint: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; NuProbe: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; PharmaEssentia: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Takeda: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Gilead: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Other: Data Safety Monitoring Committee, Award Committee, Research Funding; BMS: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Abbvie: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Other: Data Safety Monitoring Committee, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau. Erba: Stemline: Consultancy, Other: Advisory Board/Consultant; Servier: Consultancy, Other: Advisory Board/Consultant, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Schrodinger: Consultancy, Other: Advisory Board/Consultant; Pfizer: Consultancy, Other: Advisory Board/Consultant; Novartis: Consultancy, Other: Advisory Board/Consultant, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Macrogenics: Consultancy, Other: Advisory Board/Consultant, Research Funding; Kura Oncology: Consultancy, Other: Advisory Board/Consultant, Research Funding; Jazz: Consultancy, Other: Advisory Board/Consultant, Speakers Bureau; Incyte: Consultancy, Other: Advisory Board/Consultant; Immunogen: Consultancy, Other: Advisory Board/Consultant; Glycomimetics: Consultancy, Other: Advisory Board; Steering Committee member, Research Funding; Genentech: Consultancy, Other: Advisory Board; Daiichi Sankyo: Consultancy, Other, Research Funding; Celgene: Consultancy, Other: Advisory Board; Chair, Myeloid Neoplasms Repository Study., Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; BMS: Consultancy, Other: Advisory Board; Chair, Myeloid Neoplasms Repository Study., Speakers Bureau; Astellas: Consultancy, Other: Advisory Board; Agios: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; AbbVie: Consultancy, Honoraria, Other: Chair, Independent Review Committee for VIALE A and VIALE C, Research Funding; Sumitomo Pharma: Consultancy, Other: Advisory Board/Consultant, Research Funding; Syros: Consultancy, Other: Advisory Board/Consultant; Takeda: Consultancy, Other: Advisory Board/Consultant; Trillium: Consultancy, Other: Advisory Board/Consultant; ALX Oncology: Research Funding; Aptose: Research Funding; Ascentage: Research Funding; Oryzon: Research Funding; PTE: Research Funding; Taiho Oncology: Research Funding. Altman: Astellas: Honoraria, Other: advisory board, Research Funding; Daiichi Sankyo: Other: advisory board; MD Educations: Other: advisory board and education; Rigel: Other: advisory board; Aptitude Health: Other: advisor; Gilead: Other: advisory board; Curio: Other: advisory board; Dark Blue Therapeutics: Other: advisory board; Treadwell Therapeutics: Other: advisory board; VJ HemOnc: Other: advisory board and education. Balasubramanian: Alexion AstraZeneca: Speakers Bureau; Kura Oncology: Research Funding. Roboz: Novartis, Pfizer, Roche, GlaxoSmithKline, BMS, Syndax, Rigel: Consultancy; Janssen: Research Funding; OncoPrecision: Current holder of stock options in a privately-held company, Honoraria; AbbVie, Amgen, Astrazeneca, Caribou Biosciences, Celgene, Daiichi Sankyo, Ellipses pharma, Geron, GSK, Glycomimetics, Janssen, Jasper Pharmaceuticals, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Molecular Partners, Oncoverity: Consultancy. McMahon: Kura Oncology: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: Research Funding; Syros Pharmaceuticals: Research Funding. Palmisiano: BMS: Consultancy; Abbvie: Consultancy, Research Funding; Rigel: Consultancy. Madanat: Sierra Oncology, Stemline Therapeutics, Blueprint Medicines, Morphosys, Taiho Oncology, SOBI, Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Geron, Cogent Biosciences, and Novartis: Other: Advisory Board; Blueprint Medicines, MD Education and Morphosys: Other: Supporting or attending meetings and/or travel; BMS, Kura Oncology, Blueprint Medicines, Geron: Consultancy. Pratz: Kura Oncology: Research Funding; Immunogen: Consultancy; AbbVie: Consultancy, Research Funding. Yaghmour: Astellas: Speakers Bureau; Secura Bio: Speakers Bureau; Incyte: Speakers Bureau; SOBI: Speakers Bureau; Kite: Speakers Bureau; Bristol Myers Squibb: Speakers Bureau; Jazz: Speakers Bureau; Servier: Speakers Bureau; Rigel: Speakers Bureau; GSK: Speakers Bureau; Astazeneca: Other: Advisory Board; Daiichi: Other: Advisory Board; Abbvie: Other: Advisory Board; Pharmacyclics: Research Funding; USC Keck School of Medicine: Current Employment; Stemline therapeutic: Speakers Bureau; ABBVie: Speakers Bureau; Blueprint: Speakers Bureau; Alexion: Other: consult. Wei: Zai Lab: Ended employment in the past 24 months; Orca Bio: Consultancy; Kura Oncology, Inc: Consultancy. Riches: Kura Oncology, Inc: Current Employment, Current equity holder in publicly-traded company. Corum: Kura Oncology, Inc: Current Employment, Current equity holder in publicly-traded company. Leoni: Kura Oncology, Inc: Current Employment, Current equity holder in publicly-traded company, Patents & Royalties. Dale: Kura Oncology, Inc: Current Employment, Current equity holder in publicly-traded company, Patents & Royalties. Zeidan: Karyopharm: Consultancy, Honoraria; Otsuka: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; Regeneron: Consultancy, Honoraria; Schroedinger: Consultancy, Honoraria; Treadwell: Consultancy, Honoraria; Faron: Consultancy, Honoraria; Genentech: Consultancy, Honoraria; Janssen: Consultancy, Honoraria; Hikma: Consultancy, Honoraria; Glycomimetics: Consultancy, Honoraria; Gilead: Consultancy, Honoraria; Geron: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; Zentalis: Consultancy, Honoraria; Syndax: Consultancy, Honoraria; Taiho: Consultancy, Honoraria; Keros: Consultancy, Honoraria; Kura: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; Kyowa Kirin: Consultancy, Honoraria; Lava Therapeutics: Consultancy, Honoraria; Medus: Consultancy, Honoraria; Notable: Consultancy, Honoraria; Orum: Consultancy, Honoraria; Pfizer: Consultancy, Honoraria; Rigel: Consultancy, Honoraria; Servier: Consultancy, Honoraria; Sumitomo: Consultancy, Honoraria; Syros: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; Takeda: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; Vinerx: Consultancy, Honoraria; Astex: Research Funding; Shattuck Labs: Research Funding; Chiesi: Consultancy, Honoraria; Daiichi Sankyo: Consultancy, Honoraria; Epizyme: Consultancy, Honoraria; Novartis: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; Boehringer-Ingelheim: Consultancy, Honoraria; Bristol Myers Squibb/Celgene: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; BioCryst: Consultancy, Honoraria; BeiGene: Consultancy, Honoraria; Astellas: Consultancy, Honoraria; Amgen: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; ALX Oncology: Consultancy, Honoraria; Akeso Pharma: Consultancy, Honoraria; Agios: Consultancy, Honoraria; AbbVie: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding.

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