U.S. Food and Drug Administration Accepts for Priority Review Nuvation Bio’s New Drug Application for Taletrectinib for the Treatment of Advanced ROS1-positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
New Drug Application (NDA) is based on pooled data from the pivotal Phase 2 TRUST-I and TRUST-II studies of taletrectinib that demonstrated durable responses and prolonged progression-free survival in patients with advanced ROS1-positive (ROS1+) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
If approved, taletrectinib represents a potential best-in-class treatment option for patients with advanced ROS1+ NSCLC
“We are thrilled to reach this important milestone for taletrectinib, a significant step forward for people living with ROS1-positive NSCLC who urgently need new treatment options,” said David Hung, M.D., Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Nuvation Bio. “With data from over 300 patients—the largest ROS1-positive NSCLC dataset to date supporting an original NDA—taletrectinib has demonstrated the potential to deliver durable and meaningful benefits.”
Dr. Hung continued, “Since acquiring AnHeart Therapeutics earlier this year, including taletrectinib, we have executed on our plan to advance taletrectinib toward a full
The NDA is based on the pooled results from the pivotal Phase 2 TRUST-I and TRUST-II studies of taletrectinib, which were presented at the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress in September 2024.
About Taletrectinib
Taletrectinib is an oral, potent, central nervous system-active, selective, next-generation ROS1 inhibitor specifically designed for the treatment of patients with advanced ROS1+ NSCLC. Taletrectinib is being evaluated for the treatment of patients with advanced ROS1+ NSCLC in two Phase 2 single-arm pivotal studies: TRUST-I (NCT04395677) in
Taletrectinib has been granted Orphan Drug Designation by the
Summary of the Pivotal Pooled TRUST-I and TRUST-II Data
The pooled efficacy and safety data from the TRUST-I and TRUST-II studies presented at ESMO are as of June 7, 2024; both studies remain ongoing. The ESMO data set includes 337 patients with advanced ROS1+ NSCLC who received 600mg of taletrectinib orally once daily in 21-day cycles.
The primary endpoint of these registrational studies is confirmed objective response rate (cORR) as assessed by an independent review committee (IRC). Key secondary endpoints include intracranial cORR, duration of response (DOR), progression-free survival (PFS), and safety.
The Nuvation Bio press release summarizing the pooled results can be viewed here.
About ROS1+ NSCLC
Each year, more than one million people globally are diagnosed with NSCLC, the most common form of lung cancer. It is estimated that approximately
About Nuvation Bio
Nuvation Bio is a global biopharmaceutical company tackling some of the greatest unmet needs in oncology by developing differentiated and novel product candidates. Nuvation Bio’s portfolio of development candidates includes taletrectinib (ROS1), safusidenib (mIDH1), NUV-1511 (DDC), and NUV-868 (BET). Nuvation Bio was founded in 2018 by biopharma industry veteran David Hung, M.D., who previously founded Medivation, Inc., which brought to patients one of the world’s leading prostate cancer medicines. Nuvation Bio has offices in
Forward Looking Statements
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