Revolution Medicines Announces Publication on the Discovery of and Translational Research for RMC-6236, an Investigational RAS(ON) Multi-Selective Tri-Complex Inhibitor Designed to Block Full Spectrum of Oncogenic RAS(ON) Proteins
April 09 2024 - 3:34PM
Revolution Medicines, Inc. (Nasdaq: RVMD), a clinical-stage
oncology company developing targeted therapies for patients with
RAS-addicted cancers, today announced the publication of a
peer-reviewed research paper in Cancer Discovery. The scientific
paper details the discovery and preclinical to clinical translation
for RMC-6236, an investigational RAS(ON) multi-selective inhibitor,
and includes exemplary case studies from the current Phase 1/1b
clinical trial demonstrating the initial anti-tumor activity of
RMC-6236. This original research was led by scientists at
Revolution Medicines and conducted in collaboration with
researchers from across the U.S. and Europe.
Oncogenic RAS proteins drive up to 30 percent of
all human cancers, most notably non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC),
colorectal cancer (CRC) and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
(PDAC). RAS G12 mutations, such as G12D, G12V and G12C, predominate
in human cancers. Currently approved KRAS-targeted cancer therapies
target one particular KRAS mutation, KRAS G12C, in the GDP-bound
(OFF) state. The paper describes the discovery of RMC-6236, an
oral, multi-selective inhibitor of the active GTP-bound (ON) state
of both mutant and wild-type RAS. In preclinical studies, RMC-6236
was effective in inhibiting the growth of RAS-dependent tumor
cells, while sparing normal tissues. RMC-6236 was found to be
well-tolerated and drove deep and durable tumor regressions across
multiple cancer types including NSCLC, PDAC, CRC, gastric and
gynecologic cancers, with tumor models dependent on KRAS G12
mutations being particularly sensitive. This benefit was found to
extend to models with K/N/HRAS hotspot mutations at G13 and Q61 as
well.
The paper also highlights translational
pharmacokinetics (PK)/efficacy and PK/pharmacodynamics modeling,
which predicted that daily doses of 100 mg and 300 mg would achieve
tumor control and objective responses, respectively, in patients
with RAS-driven tumors. Consistent with this, case studies from the
Phase 1/1b RMC-6236 monotherapy clinical trial are featured,
describing two patients with advanced KRAS-G12V NSCLC and KRAS-G12D
PDAC, respectively, who were treated with 300 mg of RMC-6236 daily.
Each of these two patients achieved a complete response as best
response demonstrating the potential anti-tumor activity of
RMC-6236.
“The discovery of RMC-6236 allowed for the
first-ever therapeutic evaluation of targeted concurrent inhibition
of both canonical mutant and wild-type RAS-GTP (RAS(ON)) in
RAS-driven cancers. The RMC-6236 clinical data that we have shared
not only provide platform validation of our tri-complex inhibitor
approach, but also refute the dogma that one could not induce
anti-tumor activity by broad inhibition of multiple RAS variants,
including wild-type RAS, at doses that would be well tolerated,”
said Steve Kelsey, M.D., president, research and development of
Revolution Medicines. “The research summarized in our Cancer
Discovery paper, combined with the preliminary RMC-6236 clinical
data presented in late 2023, provide us and our investigators with
the confidence to advance and expand our RMC-6236 clinical
development program.”
Revolution Medicines is currently evaluating
RMC-6236 as monotherapy in a Phase 1/1b trial in patients with
advanced solid tumors harboring G12X, G13X and Q61X mutations
(NCT05379985). Following promising preliminary data in this Phase
1/1b study, planning is underway to initiate pivotal studies of
RMC-6236 as monotherapy in NSCLC and PDAC. RMC-6236 is also being
evaluated in combination with pembrolizumab with or without
chemotherapy in patients with advanced RAS-mutated solid tumors
(NCT06162221) and in combination with RMC-6291, the company’s
investigational RAS(ON) G12C-selective inhibitor, for patients with
advanced KRAS G12C-mutated solid tumors (NCT06128551).
Today’s publication coincides with the company’s
presentation of RMC-6236 preclinical data and additional clinical
case studies during the “KRAS: Broadening the Attack Beyond G12C
with Small Molecules and Immuno-Oncology” session today at the
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2024
in San Diego.
The scientific paper can be accessed at the
following link: https://doi.org/10.1158/2159-8290.CD-24-0027.
About Revolution Medicines, Inc.
Revolution Medicines is a clinical-stage
oncology company developing novel targeted therapies for
RAS-addicted cancers. The company’s R&D pipeline comprises
RAS(ON) inhibitors designed to suppress diverse oncogenic variants
of RAS proteins, and RAS companion inhibitors for use in
combination treatment strategies. The company’s RAS(ON) inhibitors
RMC-6236, a RAS(ON) multi-selective inhibitor, RMC-6291, a RAS(ON)
G12C-selective inhibitor, and RMC-9805, a RAS(ON) G12D-selective
inhibitor, are currently in clinical development. Additional
RAS(ON) mutant-selective inhibitors in the company’s development
pipeline include RMC-5127 (G12V), RMC-0708 (Q61H) and RMC-8839
(G13C).
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