Immatics Reports Interim Clinical Data Update on ACTengine® IMA203
TCR-T Monotherapy Targeting PRAME
Company to host
conference call
today, October
10, at 8:30 am
EDT /
2:30 pm CEST
- Clinical validation of PRAME as
multi-tumor target with large potential for TCR-based therapies:
confirmed responses in different solid cancers, in patients with
high and low PRAME expression
- Update covers data from 27 patients
in completed Phase 1a dose escalation and first 5 patients in Phase
1b dose expansion (cohort A) treated with IMA203 monotherapy
- Confirmed objective response rate
(cORR): 50% (6/12) at target dose or above with at least 1 billion
infused TCR-T cells across Phase 1a and 1b; thereof 80% cORR (4/5)
in Phase 1b patients alone with all responses ongoing at data
cut-off
- Confirmed responses across different
solid tumor types: cutaneous melanoma, ovarian cancer, head and
neck cancer, uveal melanoma, and synovial sarcoma
- Treatment with IMA203 continues to
show manageable tolerability; biological data including T cell
engraftment, persistence and tumor infiltration consistent with
clinical data
- IMA203 TCR-T is part of Immatics’
strategy to leverage the full clinical potential of targeting
PRAME; next data read-outs on IMA203 monotherapy, IMA203 in
combination with a checkpoint inhibitor and 2nd generation
IMA203CD8 planned during 2023
Houston, Texas
and Tuebingen,
Germany, October
10, 2022 –
Immatics N.V. (NASDAQ: IMTX, “Immatics”), a clinical-stage
biopharmaceutical company active in the discovery and development
of T cell-redirecting cancer immunotherapies, today announced a
clinical data update for the IMA203 monotherapy covering the
completed Phase 1a dose escalation part of the trial and initial
data from the first 5 patients in the ongoing Phase 1b dose
expansion cohort A (monotherapy). In the Phase 1 trial with
ACTengine® IMA203, Immatics is treating recurrent and/or refractory
solid cancer patients utilizing TCR-T cells directed against an
HLA-A*02-presented peptide derived from PRAME, which is frequently
expressed across several solid cancer indications. Overall, IMA203
continues to be well tolerated and achieved confirmed objective
responses across multiple solid cancers such as cutaneous melanoma,
ovarian cancer, head and neck cancer, uveal melanoma, and synovial
sarcoma. Encouraging early signs of improved durability were seen
with a 50% (6/12) confirmed objective response rate, when patients
were infused at the target dose or above with more than 1 billion
TCR-T cells.
Key clinical findings from
IMA203 TCR-T monotherapy
The data obtained during the Phase 1a and Phase 1b cohort A trial
provide clinical validation of PRAME as a highly promising T cell
target for solid cancers. Confirmed clinical responses were
observed at high and low PRAME-expression levels above threshold,
indicating IMA203’s potential to provide clinical benefit for all
PRAME biomarker-positive cancer patients. The predicted high PRAME
prevalence across key indications has so far been supported by
prevalence rates obtained during the clinical screening of
patients.
Moving from Phase 1a to Phase
1b, Immatics has continued to introduce planned
improvements that may influence clinical outcomes including (1)
applying higher cell doses (DL4 and exploratory DL5), (2)
optimizing the cell product through manufacturing enhancements and
(3) working with disease area experts to gradually reduce the
fraction of very heavily pre-treated patients with extreme tumor
burden who have exhausted standard of care and have undergone
multiple clinical trials. In addition, the focus in Phase 1b is
also shifting from initial objective response rate (ORR) determined
at the ~6-week scan to confirmed ORR determined at the ~12-week
scan.
Preliminary Objective Response Rates
(ORR; RECIST 1.1) in Phase 1a and Phase 1b Cohort
A
|
Phase 1a |
Phase 1a + Phase 1b |
Phase 1b only |
|
All pts (DL1-4) |
DL4 pts only 1 |
DL4/DL5 pts only1 |
All pts (DL4/DL5)1 |
Patients Treated |
27 |
7 |
12 |
5 |
ORR (~week
6) |
48% (13/27) |
57% (4/7) |
67% (8/12) |
80% (4/5) |
cORR (~week
12)2 |
19% (5/27) |
29% (2/7) |
50% (6/12)* |
80% (4/5)* |
1 All patients received >1 billion total
TCR-T cells; 2 confirmed ORR (cORR), * 1 patient with SD at ~6-week
scan with pending ~12-week scan considered as non-responder for
cORR; DL – dose level
Positively
evolving durability profile for IMA203 was
observed at higher doses: 6 of 12 patients (50%) treated with more
than 1 billion infused TCR-T cells (DL4 and DL5) in the Phase 1a
and Phase 1b cohort A part of the trial experienced a confirmed
objective response (partial response according to RECIST 1.1). In
the Phase 1b part of the trial alone, 4 of 5 patients (80%) had a
confirmed objective response which were all ongoing at the
timepoint of data cut-off.
“The data presented today highlight the clinical
potential of PRAME as one of the most promising multi-tumor targets
to achieve meaningful benefits for a large cancer patient
population,” commented Cedrik Britten, MD, Chief Medical Officer at
Immatics. “In addition to this first data from IMA203 monotherapy
today, we are awaiting data from two additional dose expansion
cohorts: IMA203 together with an immune checkpoint inhibitor and
our 2nd generation product candidate IMA203CD8. As we continue to
shift our focus from Phase 1a to Phase 1b, we look forward to
reporting meaningful data throughout 2023, including safety and
response rates, as well as durability of response with a longer
follow-up time. In addition, we are excited to start a
first-in-human trial with our half-life extended Bispecific against
PRAME, TCER® IMA402, also in 2023.”
Safety data
for IMA203 monotherapy
across Phase 1a and Phase 1b: Treatment
with IMA203 continues to show manageable tolerability profile.
- At data cut-off on September 6,
2022, 32 patients were infused with IMA203 TCR-T cells.
- Most frequent treatment-emergent
adverse events (TEAEs) were as expected for cell therapies.
- All patients experienced expected
cytopenia (Grade 1-4) associated with lymphodepletion. 31 patients
(97%) experienced cytokine release syndrome (CRS) of any grade: 29
patients had low to moderate (Grade 1-2), and 2 patients had Grade
3 CRS that occurred in Phase 1a; both recovered to Grade ≤2 after 3
and 4 days. 5 patients (16%) experienced a low to moderate (Grade
1-2) immune effector cell associated neurotoxicity syndrome
(ICANS). No dose-dependent increase of CRS and ICANS was
observed.
- No additional dose limiting
toxicities (DLT) were observed since the initial data release in
March 2021.
Phase 1a -
Clinical activity: IMA203
demonstrated a high initial objective response rate in several
solid tumor types.
- At data cut-off on September 6,
2022, a total of 27 patients received IMA203 monotherapy in the
Phase 1a dose escalation trial:
- High initial objective response
rate (ORR; partial responses according to RECIST 1.1) of 48%
(13/27) was observed at the first CT scan post infusion at ~week 6,
and a confirmed ORR of 19% (5/27) the second CT scan at ~week
12.
- 7 out of 27 patients received doses
above 1 billion TCR-T cells (DL4); initial ORR was 57% (4/7) and
confirmed ORR was 29% (2/7) in these patients.
- Patients were heavily pre-treated
with a mean of 4.2 lines of prior systemic treatment and a
particularly high baseline tumor burden.
- The provisional recommended Phase 2
dose (RP2D) for Phase 1b dose expansion was determined to be
DL4.
Phase 1b Cohort
A - Clinical
activity: IMA203 monotherapy demonstrates
high confirmed objective response rate of 80% with early signs of
prolonged durability.
- At data cut-off on September 6,
2022, 5 patients received IMA203 monotherapy at DL4 and DL5 in the
Phase 1b cohort A dose expansion trial:
- 4 out of 5 patients (80%)
experienced an initial objective response at ~week 6 (PR according
to RECIST 1.1).
- In all 4 patients, objective
responses were confirmed at ~week 12 and were ongoing at data
cut-off: confirmed ORR was 80% (4/5).
- All 4 responses were observed in
different solid tumor types: cutaneous melanoma, ovarian cancer,
uveal melanoma and head and neck cancer.
- Patients were heavily pre-treated
with a mean of 4.0 lines of prior systemic treatment and high to
moderate baseline tumor burden.
ACTengine® IMA203 is currently being evaluated
in an ongoing Phase 1b study including three expansion cohorts: (A)
IMA203 as a monotherapy, (B) IMA203 in combination with an immune
checkpoint inhibitor and (C) IMA203CD8, a next-generation cell
therapy where IMA203 engineered T cells are co-transduced with a
CD8αβ co-receptor. Further data read-outs on the individual
cohorts are planned throughout 2023. In addition to the ACTengine®
programs, Immatics is addressing PRAME-positive cancers with a
second therapeutic modality: TCR Bispecifics. The company’s TCER®
IMA402 is a next-generation, half-life extended TCR Bispecific
which will enter the clinic in 2023. Both approaches, ACTengine®
and TCER®, are distinct therapeutic modalities that have the
potential to provide innovative treatment options for a variety of
cancer patient populations with different medical needs.
Immatics conference call
Immatics will host a conference call today, October 10, 2022, at
8:30 am EDT / 2:30 pm CEST to discuss these clinical data. The
webcast and presentation can be accessed directly through this
link. Participants may also access the slides and the webcast on
the Immatics website in the Investors section under “Presentations”
at www.investors.immatics.com/events-presentations. A replay of the
webcast will be made available shortly after the conclusion of the
call and archived on the Company’s website for at least 90
days.
About IMA203 and target
PRAMEACTengine® IMA203 T cells are directed against an
HLA-A*02-presented peptide derived from preferentially expressed
antigen in melanoma (PRAME), a protein frequently expressed in a
large variety of solid cancers, thereby supporting the programs’
potential to address a broad cancer patient population. Immatics’
PRAME peptide is present at a high copy number per tumor cell and
is homogenously and specifically expressed in tumor tissue. The
peptide has been identified and characterized by Immatics’
proprietary mass spectrometry-based target discovery platform
XPRESIDENT®. Through its proprietary TCR discovery and engineering
platform XCEPTOR®, Immatics has generated a highly specific T cell
receptor (TCR) against this target for its TCR-based cell therapy
approach, ACTengine® IMA203.
About ACTengine®ACTengine® is a
personalized cell therapy approach for patients with advanced solid
tumors. The patient’s own T cells are genetically engineered to
express a novel, proprietary TCR directed against a defined cancer
target. The modified T cells are then reinfused into the patient to
attack the tumor. The approach is also known as TCR-engineered cell
therapy (TCR-T). All Immatics’ ACTengine® product candidates can be
rapidly manufactured utilizing a proprietary manufacturing process
designed to enhance T cell engraftment and persistence in vivo.
The ACTengine® T cell products are manufactured
at the Evelyn H. Griffin Stem Cell Therapeutics Research Laboratory
in collaboration with UTHealth. The ACTengine® Programs are
co-funded by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas
(CPRIT).
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About ImmaticsImmatics combines
the discovery of true targets for cancer immunotherapies with the
development of the right T cell receptors with the goal of enabling
a robust and specific T cell response against these targets. This
deep know-how is the foundation for our pipeline of Adoptive Cell
Therapies and TCR Bispecifics as well as our partnerships with
global leaders in the pharmaceutical industry. We are committed to
delivering the power of T cells and to unlocking new avenues for
patients in their fight against cancer.
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