Kura Oncology Reports First Patient Dosed in Trial of KO-2806 Plus Cabozantinib in Renal Cell Carcinoma

– Company anticipates dosing of KO-2806 in combination with adagrasib in KRAS^G12C-mutant NSCLC next quarter –

– Dose escalation of KO-2806 as a monotherapy continues in parallel –

SAN DIEGO, March 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kura Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq: KURA), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to realizing the promise of precision medicines for the treatment of cancer, today announced dosing of the first patient with KO-2806, the Company’s next-generation farnesyl transferase inhibitor (FTI), in combination with the tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) cabozantinib in the clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) cohort of the Phase 1 portion of the FIT-001 trial.

“Dosing of the first patient in combination in our Phase 1 trial of KO-2806 marks a significant milestone for our next-generation FTI program,” said Stephen Dale, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of Kura Oncology. “This innovative, first-in-human trial builds upon our leadership position in the development of FTIs as well as a growing body of preclinical data demonstrating that combining KO-2806 with certain tyrosine kinase inhibitors, including cabozantinib, has the potential to address mechanisms of innate and adaptive resistance of targeted therapies, while driving tumor regressions and enhancing both duration and depth of antitumor response in preclinical models of ccRCC. With this achievement, we are now one step closer to realizing our vision for broad application of KO-2806 as an ideal combination partner to drive enhanced antitumor activity and address mechanisms of innate and adaptive resistance to targeted therapies.”

FIT-001 is a first-in-human, multicenter, open-label study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and preliminary antitumor activity of KO-2806 when administered as monotherapy and in combination with targeted therapies. Concurrent with the monotherapy dose escalation, Kura is evaluating KO-2806 in dose-escalation combination cohorts with other targeted therapies, beginning with cabozantinib in ccRCC. The Company expects to begin dosing in combination with adagrasib in KRAS^G12C-mutant non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) next quarter. For more information regarding FIT-001, please visit www.clinicaltrials.gov (identifier: NCT06026410).