Agios Announces First Patient Dosed with MAT2A Inhibitor AG-270 in Phase 1 Study in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors or Lymphoma with an MTAP Deletion
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AG-270 Phase 1 Study Design
The purpose of this Phase 1 multi-center, open-label study is to evaluate the safety, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and clinical activity of AG-270 in approximately 50 patients with advanced solid tumors or lymphoma with MTAP deletion. AG-270 will be administered as a single agent dosed orally once daily in 28-day cycles. The first part of the study is a dose-escalation phase in which cohorts of patients will receive ascending doses of AG-270 to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) or optimal dose. The second part of the study is a dose expansion phase where additional patients will receive AG-270 at the MTD or optimal dose to further evaluate its safety, tolerability and clinical activity as a potential dose for future studies. Patients must have evidence of loss of the MTAP protein from their tumor tissue, or evidence of loss of the CDKN2A tumor suppressor gene (commonly co-deleted with the MTAP gene), in order to be eligible for the study. Please refer to www.clinicaltrials.gov for additional clinical trial information.
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AG-270 is part of a 2016 global research collaboration agreement with
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Agios is focused on discovering and developing novel investigational medicines to treat cancer and rare genetic diseases through scientific leadership in the field of cellular metabolism. In addition to an active research and discovery pipeline across both therapeutic areas, Agios has an approved oncology precision medicine and multiple first-in-class investigational therapies in clinical and/or preclinical development. All Agios programs focus on genetically identified patient populations, leveraging our knowledge of metabolism, biology and genomics. For more information, please visit the company's website at www.agios.com.
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