Repare Therapeutics Provides Corporate Update and Highlights Anticipated Key 2024 Milestones
January 08 2024 - 6:00AM
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Repare Therapeutics Inc. (“Repare” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:
RPTX), a leading clinical-stage precision oncology company, today
provided a corporate update and highlighted key milestones
anticipated in 2024.
“We significantly advanced our pipeline in 2023 and presented
strong data from key programs, notably for lunresertib in
combination with camonsertib, and for camonsertib in combination
with PARP inhibitors. In addition, we presented compelling
preclinical data sets for RP-3467, which we’re developing as a
potential best-in-class Polθ inhibitor, and for RP-1664, a
potential first- and best-in-class PLK4 inhibitor,” said Lloyd M.
Segal, President and Chief Executive Officer of Repare. “2024 will
be a substantial year for Repare as we aim to expand our pipeline
to four clinical-stage programs by the second half of 2024, and we
expect to share data readouts from ongoing studies of lunresertib
combinations.”
Recent Accomplishments:
- Presented initial clinical data from the Phase 1/2 TRESR and
ATTACC trials evaluating camonsertib (RP-3500/RG6526, now partnered
globally with Roche) in combination with three poly (ADP-ribose)
polymerase (PARP) inhibitors in a Clinical Trials Plenary Session
at the 2023 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual
Meeting. Camonsertib, a potent and selective oral small molecule
inhibitor of ATR (Ataxia-Telangiectasia and Rad3-related protein
kinase), showed 48% overall clinical benefit rate in patients with
advanced solid tumors across tumor types regardless of choice of
PARP inhibitor or platinum resistance, with a favorable safety and
tolerability profile. Data from the TRESR trial were also published
in Nature Medicine highlighting the clinical benefit of camonsertib
in advanced solid tumors.
- Presented initial positive data from its ongoing Phase 1 MYTHIC
trial evaluating lunresertib (RP-6306) alone and in combination
with camonsertib in patients with advanced solid tumors harboring
CCNE1 amplification or FBXW7 or PPP2R1A deleterious alterations at
the 2023 AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular
Targets and Cancer Therapeutics. Initial combination data included
an overall RECIST response rate of 50% in patients with heavily
pre-treated gynecological tumors at the preliminary recommended
Phase 2 dose.
- Disclosed polo-like kinase 4 (PLK4) as the target of its
RP-1664 development program and reported comprehensive preclinical
data for both RP-1664 and the Company’s Polθ inhibitor, RP-3467,
both of which we expect to enter clinical trials in 2024. RP-1664
demonstrated potent and selective inhibition of PLK4 and synthetic
lethality in TRIM37-high tumor cells in preclinical studies.
RP-3467 demonstrated complete, sustained regressions preclinically
in combination with PARP inhibitors, and compelling anti-tumor
activity in combination with radioligand therapy (RLT) and
chemotherapy.
- Announced a partnership with Debiopharm to explore the
potential clinical synergy of Debio 0123, a highly selective
clinical WEE1 inhibitor, and lunresertib in a trial expected to
start in H1 and for which the companies have developed substantial
pre-clinical validation. Repare will sponsor the global study as a
new arm in the ongoing MYTHIC study with costs being shared equally
by Debiopharm and Repare.
- Enrollment of patients is ongoing in the camonsertib arm of
Roche’s TAPISTRY trial (NCT04589845), a Phase 2, global,
open-label, multi-cohort study designed to evaluate the safety and
efficacy of targeted therapies or immunotherapy in patients with
unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors
determined to harbor specific oncogenic genomic alterations. With
multiple patients in advanced stages of screening, dosing of the
first patient with camonsertib is expected in the near term, which
would result in the achievement of a $40 million milestone payment
from Roche to Repare. In October 2023, Roche also dosed the first
patient in a camonsertib-based arm in its Phase 1b/2 clinical trial
of multiple immunotherapy-based treatment combinations in
participants with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (Morpheus
Lung; NCT03337698).
- Announced the appointment of Susan M. Molineaux, Ph.D., to its
Board of Directors. Dr. Molineaux currently serves as President and
Chief Executive Officer at Para Therapeutics and previously served
as Chief Executive Officer of Calithera Biosciences and of
Proteolix. Additionally, Repare expanded its senior leadership team
with the appointment of Daniel Bélanger as EVP of Human
Resources.
Anticipated Key Milestones in 2024:
- Initiation of a Phase 1 dose escalation study of RP-1664, a
potential first-in-class, oral PLK4 inhibitor, in adult and
adolescent patients with TRIM37-high solid tumors in the first half
of 2024.
- Initiation of a Phase 1/1b study of lunresertib and Debio 0123,
a WEE1 inhibitor, in the first half of 2024.
- Report initial data from the Phase 1 MINOTAUR study evaluating
lunresertib in combination with FOLFIRI for the treatment of
advanced solid tumors in the first half of 2024.
- Report data from the dose expansion cohorts of the Phase 1
MYTHIC study evaluating lunresertib in combination with camonsertib
in selectively advanced solid tumors in the second half of
2024.
- Repare has closed enrollment in the Phase 1 MAGNETIC study
evaluating lunresertib in combination with gemcitabine for the
treatment of advanced solid tumors. The Company expects to report
initial data from this study in the second half of 2024.
- Initiation of a Phase 1 dose finding study of RP-3467, a
potential best-in-class Polθ inhibitor, in the second half of
2024.
Cash Position and Financial Guidance
Repare ended 2023 with approximately $223 million in cash, cash
equivalents and marketable securities, which is anticipated to fund
planned operations into mid-2026.
About Repare Therapeutics’ SNIPRx® Platform
Repare’s SNIPRx® platform is a genome-wide CRISPR-based
screening approach that utilizes proprietary isogenic cell lines to
identify novel and known synthetic lethal gene pairs and the
corresponding patients who are most likely to benefit from the
Company’s therapies based on the genetic profile of their tumors.
Repare’s platform enables the development of precision therapeutics
in patients whose tumors contain one or more genomic alterations
identified by SNIPRx® screening, in order to selectively target
those tumors in patients most likely to achieve clinical benefit
from resulting product candidates.
About Repare Therapeutics Inc.
Repare Therapeutics is a leading clinical-stage precision
oncology company enabled by its proprietary synthetic lethality
approach to the discovery and development of novel therapeutics.
The Company utilizes its genome-wide, CRISPR-enabled SNIPRx®
platform to systematically discover and develop highly targeted
cancer therapies focused on genomic instability, including DNA
damage repair. The Company’s pipeline includes lunresertib (also
known as RP-6306), a PKMYT1 inhibitor currently in Phase 1/2
clinical development; camonsertib (also known as RP-3500 or
RG6526), a potential leading ATR inhibitor currently in Phase 1/2
clinical development and partnered with Roche; RP-1664, a
preclinical PLK4 inhibitor; RP-3467, a preclinical Polθ inhibitor
program; as well as additional, undisclosed preclinical programs.
For more information, please visit www.reparerx.com and follow
@Reparerx on X (formerly Twitter) and LinkedIn.
SNIPRx® is a registered trademark of Repare Therapeutics
Inc.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within
the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
and securities laws in Canada. All statements in this press release
other than statements of historical facts are “forward-looking
statements. These statements may be identified by words such as
“aims,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “could,” “estimates,” “expects,”
“forecasts,” “goal,” “intends,” “may,” “plans,” “possible,”
“potential,” “seeks,” “will” and variations of these words or
similar expressions that are intended to identify forward-looking
statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain
these words. Forward-looking statements in this press release
include, but are not limited to, statements regarding: the design,
objectives, initiation, timing, progress and results of current and
future preclinical studies and clinical trials of the Company’s
product candidates, including its Phase 1 MYTHIC trial evaluating
lunresertib alone and in combination with camonsertib, its MINOTAUR
trial evaluating lunresertib in combination with FOLFIRI, its
MAGNETIC trial evaluating lunresertib in combination with
gemcitabine, its Phase 1/1b trial of Debio 0123 and lunresertib in
partnership with Debiopharm, its Phase 1 trial of RP-1664, and its
phase 1 trial of RP-3467; the tolerability, efficacy and clinical
progress of camonsertib, lunresertib, RP-1664 and RP-3467; the
potential of RP-1664 as a first-in-class oral PLK4 inhibitor and
RP-3467 as a best-in-class Polθ inhibitor; the potential synergy of
Debio 0123 and lunresertib; the Company’s anticipated cash runway
and financial guidance; the timing and benefits of potential
milestone payments under the Roche collaboration agreement; and the
benefits and ability to discover further targets and clinical
candidates from the Company’s discovery platform. These
forward-looking statements are based on the Company’s expectations
and assumptions as of the date of this press release. Each of these
forward-looking statements involves risks and uncertainties that
could cause the Company’s clinical development programs, future
results or performance to differ materially from those expressed or
implied by the forward-looking statements. Many factors may cause
differences between current expectations and actual results,
including: success in preclinical testing and earlier clinical
trials does not ensure that later clinical trials will generate the
same results or otherwise provide adequate data to demonstrate the
efficacy and safety of a product candidate; the impacts of
macroeconomic conditions, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the
conflict in Ukraine and the conflict between Israel and Hamas,
heightened inflation and uncertain credit and financial markets on
the Company’s business, clinical trials and financial position;
unexpected safety or efficacy data observed during preclinical
studies or clinical trials; clinical trial site activation or
enrollment rates that are lower than expected; changes in expected
or existing competition; changes in the regulatory environment; the
uncertainties and timing of the regulatory approval process; and
unexpected litigation or other disputes. Other factors that may
cause the Company’s actual results to differ from those expressed
or implied in the forward-looking statements in this press release
are identified in the section titled "Risk Factors" in the
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2022 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”)
and the Québec Autorité des Marchés Financiers ("AMF") on February
28, 2023, and its other documents subsequently filed with or
furnished to the SEC and AMF including the Company’s Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2023 filed
with the SEC on November 9, 2023. The Company expressly disclaims
any obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained
herein, whether as a result of any new information, future events,
changed circumstances or otherwise, except as otherwise required by
law. For more information, please visit reparerx.com and follow
Repare on Twitter at @RepareRx and on LinkedIn at
https://www.linkedin.com/company/repare-therapeutics/.
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