AstraZeneca, Incyte Partner for Lung Cancer Drug
AstraZeneca and Incyte Corporation have formed a new collaboration to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Incyte's Janus-associated kinase (JAK) 1 inhibitor, INCB39110, in combination with AstraZeneca's nepidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor, Tagrisso (osimertinib). The combination will be assessed as a second line treatment for patients with EGFR mutation-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), who have been treated with a first-generation EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) and subsequently developed the T790M resistance mutation.
Under the agreement, AstraZeneca and Incyte will collaborate on a Phase I/II study, to be conducted by Incyte. The Phase I part of the trial is expected to establish a recommended dose regimen for the combination of INCB39110 and Tagrisso while the Phase II part of the study will assess the safety and efficacy profile. Results from the study will be used to determine whether further clinical development of this combination is warranted.
This agreement builds on an existing collaboration between the two companies, announced in May 2014, to explore AstraZeneca's anti-PD-L1 immune checkpoint inhibitor, durvalumab, in combination with Incyte's oral indoleamine dioxygenase-1 (IDO1) inhibitor, epacadostat.
Source: AstraZeneca