- Incyte (NASDAQ:INCY) terminates its Phase 3 clinical trial assessing Jakafi (ruxolitinib), in combination with chemo agent capecitabine, for the second-line treatment of advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer after an interim analysis failed to show sufficient efficacy.
- Based on these data and the interim analysis of the Phase 2 sub-study of Jakafi, in combination with Bayer's (OTCPK:BAYRY) STIVARGA (regorafenib), in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer and high C-reactive protein (CRP), the company will stop all Jakafi studies in solid tumors, including Phase 2 trials in breast and lung cancer. It will also discontinue its dose-finding study of INCB39110 ( a selective JAK1 inhibitor) as first-line treatment for pancreatic cancer.
- Data from all the discontinued trials will be analyzed and shared with the scientific community over the next few months.
- Ongoing studies of Jakafi and selective JAK1 inhibitors in hematology will continue as will those assessing selective JAK1 inhibition in solid tumors based on different hypotheses. These include a series of studies evaluating INCB39110 in combination with Merck's (MRK) KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab) and Incyte's epacadostat and INCB50465. A Phase 1/2 trial will also be conducted assessing INCB39110 plus AstraZeneca's (AZN) TAGRISSO (osimertinib).
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Jakafi is a JAK1/JAK2 inhibitor cleared in the U.S. for the treatment of a type of blood cancer called polycythemia vera and a bone marrow disorder called myelofibrosis.
- Shares are off 10% premarket on light volume.