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First patient dosed in BerGenBio Phase 1b/2a trial

The company has announced that the first patient was dosed in a trial evaluating bemcentinib in combination with the current standard of care, immune checkpoint inhibitor pembrolizumab and doublet chemotherapy, for the treatment of 1st line (1L) Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) patients harboring STK11 mutations (STK11m).
“Approximately 20% of non-squamous NSCLC patients harbor STK11m and do not currently have effective treatment options,” says Martin Olin, Chief Executive Officer of BerGenBio. “One specific attribute of this group is that they almost all demonstrate high levels of AXL activation. We are elated to have dosed the first patient in our trial and to continue our evaluation of bemcentinib and its ability to inhibit AXL to revive STK11m NSCLC patients’ response to checkpoint inhibitors and chemotherapy.”
About the Phase 1b/2a trial
The global, open-label Phase 1b/2a trial is designed to determine the safety, tolerability and efficacy of bemcentinib with standard of care treatments in untreated advanced/metastatic non-squamous NSCLC patients with STK11 mutations and no actionable mutations. The Phase 1b portion of the study will evaluate the safety and feasibility of bemcentinib in combination with pembrolizumab and doublet chemotherapy in 1L advanced/metastatic non-squamous NSCLC patients, regardless of STK11 status. The Phase 2a expansion part will assess the efficacy of bemcentinib in the same treatment combination in 1L advanced/metastatic non-squamous NSCLC patients with STK11 mutations.
Photo of Martin Olin: Nils Olav Mevatne – www.mevatne.no
Updated: September 16, 2024, 08:34 am
Published: March 14, 2023