On April 22, 2020 Hutchison China MediTech Limited ("Chi-Med") (Nasdaq/AIM: HCM) reported that new and updated analyses on the ongoing studies of surufatinib will be presented at the upcoming American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) (Free AACR Whitepaper) Virtual Annual Meeting I, taking place on April 27, 2020 (Press release, Hutchison China MediTech, APR 22, 2020, https://www.chi-med.com/surufatinib-presentations-at-aacr-2020/ [SID1234556491]).
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Further details of the presentations are as follows:
Title: A Phase I Trial of Surufatinib Plus Toripalimab in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors
Presenter: Yanshuo Cao
Authors:
M Lu1, Y Cao1, J Gong1, Y Sun2, J Li1, L Shen1.
1 Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China; 2 Department of Pathology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China
Session: VPO.CT01
Number: CT142
Link: www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/9045/presentation/10641
Title: Comparison of Pharmacokinetic Profiles and Safety of Surufatinib in Patients from China and the United States
Presenter: Arvind Dasari
Authors:
A Dasari1, S Paulson2, E Hamilton3, J Wang4, M Sung5, G Falchook6, C Tucci7, K Li7, C Chien7, J Kauh7, M Kania7, D Li8.
1 MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA, 2 Baylor Sammons Cancer Center, Dallas, TX, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA, 3 Sarah Cannon Research Institute/Tennessee Oncology, Nashville, TN, USA, 4 Florida Cancer Specialists/Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Sarasota, FL, USA, 5 Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA, 6 Sarah Cannon Research Institute at HealthONE, Denver, Co, USA, 7 Hutchison MediPharma International Inc., Florham Park, NJ, USA, 8 City of Hope Cancer Center, Duarte, CA, USA.
Session: VPO.CT01
Number: CT115
Link: www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/9045/presentation/10614
About Surufatinib
Surufatinib is a novel, oral angio-immuno kinase inhibitor that selectively inhibits the tyrosine kinase activity associated with vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR) and fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR), which both inhibit angiogenesis, and colony stimulating factor-1 receptor (CSF-1R), which regulates tumor-associated macrophages, promoting the body’s immune response against tumor cells. Its unique dual mechanism of action may be very suitable for possible combinations with other immunotherapies.
Chi-Med currently retains all rights to surufatinib worldwide.
Neuroendocrine tumors ("NET") in the U.S., Europe and Japan: We are preparing for regulatory interactions in the U.S., Europe and Japan to confirm clinical development and path to registration, based on the encouraging data from the two positive Phase III studies of surufatinib in NET in China, and the ongoing multi-cohort Phase Ib study in the U.S. (clinicaltrials.gov identifier: NCT02549937). In the U.S., surufatinib was granted Fast Track Designations for development in pancreatic and non-pancreatic (extra-pancreatic) NET in April 2020, and Orphan Drug Designation for pancreatic NET in November 2019.
Non-pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors in China: In November 2019, a New Drug Application ("NDA") for surufatinib for the treatment of patients with advanced non-pancreatic NET was accepted for review by the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) and granted Priority Review status in December 2019. The NDA is supported by data from the successful SANET-ep study, a Phase III study of surufatinib in advanced neuroendocrine tumors – extra-pancreatic patients in China for whom there is no effective therapy. A 198-patient interim analysis was conducted in June 2019, leading the Independent Data Monitoring Committee ("IDMC") to determine that the study met the pre-defined primary endpoint of progression-free survival ("PFS") and should be stopped early. The positive results of this trial were highlighted in an oral presentation at the 2019 European Society for Medical Oncology Congress (clinicaltrials.gov identifier: NCT02588170).
Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors in China: In 2016, we initiated the SANET-p study, which is a pivotal Phase III study in patients with low- or intermediate-grade, advanced pancreatic NET in China. A second NDA for surufatinib for the treatment of patients with advanced pancreatic NET is being prepared for submission, following an interim analysis review conducted in January 2020 by the IDMC that recommended that registrational study be terminated early as the pre-defined primary endpoint of PFS had already been met (clinicaltrials.gov identifier: NCT02589821). Study results will be submitted for presentation at an upcoming scientific conference.
Biliary tract cancer in China: In March 2019, we initiated a Phase IIb/III study comparing surufatinib with capecitabine in patients with advanced biliary tract cancer whose disease progressed on first-line chemotherapy. The primary endpoint is overall survival (OS) (clinicaltrials.gov identifier NCT03873532).
Immunotherapy combinations: In November 2018 and September 2019, we entered into collaboration agreements to evaluate the safety, tolerability and efficacy of surufatinib in combination with anti-programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) monoclonal antibodies. This included global collaborations to evaluate the combination of surufatinib with Tuoyi, approved in China by Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co. Ltd, and with Tyvyt, approved in China by Innovent Biologics, Inc.