Mirati Therapeutics presents data from Phase 2 trial of sitravatinib/nivolumab

Mirati Therapeutics announced preliminary biomarker data from the ongoing Phase 2 clinical trial of sitravatinib in combination with nivolumab in non-small cell lung cancer patients at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer 33rd Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. The data will be presented today in a poster and also in an oral presentation on Saturday, November 10th. The ongoing Phase 2 clinical trial is evaluating the safety and efficacy of sitravatinib in combination with an anti-PD-1 immune checkpoint inhibitor, in patients who have experienced documented disease progression following prior checkpoint inhibitor therapy. Efficacy data were recently presented at the October 2018 European Society for Medical Oncology Congress. The data demonstrated a higher rate of durable responses than would be expected from treatment with docetaxel, the standard of care. Today’s presentation, “Preliminary Biomarker Analysis of Sitravatinib in Combination with Nivolumab in NSCLC Patients Progressing on Prior Checkpoint Inhibitor”, highlighted an initial assessment of correlative biomarkers for the 56 evaluable patients from the on-going clinical trial. Exploratory baseline and dynamic biomarker endpoints were evaluated for correlation with clinical outcomes. The analysis demonstrated a CD8+ T effector cell response in patients who achieved a clinical benefit, suggesting a therapy-driven restoration of the anti-tumor immune response in patients who had become refractory to prior checkpoint inhibitor treatment. The data suggest that patients with high PD-L1 at baseline may be more likely to benefit from treatment with the combination although the difference was not statistically significant. There was no difference in treatment outcomes for patients based on their baseline tumor mutational burden or other baseline biomarkers.
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