Nuvalent Inventory Jumps On ESMO Knowledge Presentation, Seeks To Elevate $350M By way of Fairness – Nuvalent (NASDAQ:NUVL)

Over the weekend, Nuvalent, Inc. NUVL highlighted the presentation of up to date knowledge from Section 1 dose-escalation parts of the continued ARROS-1 Section 1/2 trial of zidesamtinib and ALKOVE-1 Section 1/2 trial of NVL-655, on the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2024.

In complete, 227 sufferers had been enrolled within the Section 2 portion of the ARROS-1 trial of zidesamtinib for TKI-naïve and TKI-pretreated sufferers with superior ROS1-positive NSCLC and different strong tumors. The corporate expects to report pivotal knowledge from this trial in 2025.

• The Section 1 portion of ARROS-1 enrolled 104 closely pretreated sufferers. As of the deadline of July 1, 71 pretreated sufferers with ROS1-positive NSCLC had been response-evaluable.
• Within the general affected person inhabitants, the target response fee (ORR) was 44%, with a length of response (DOR) of over six months of 83% and 67% for over 12 months. The median length of response (mDOR) has but to be reached.
• Within the subset of sufferers with confirmed ROS1 G2032R resistance mutation, the ORR was 72% (13/18) for repotrectinib-naïve sufferers.
• IC-ORR was 50% (4/8) in intracranial response-evaluable sufferers with measurable CNS lesions, of which 7/8 sufferers had been beforehand handled with the brain-penetrant TKIs lorlatinib and/or repotrectinib. The mIC-DOR was not reached, with no CNS development noticed amongst confirmed CNS responders.

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The Section 2 portion of the ALKOVE-1 trial of NVL-655 for TKI-naïve and TKI-pretreated sufferers with superior ALK-positive NSCLC and different strong tumors enrolled 229 sufferers. Pivotal knowledge is anticipated in 2025.

• The Section 1 portion of ALKOVE-1 enrolled 133 sufferers who obtained doses starting from 15 to 200 mg QD, and 150 mg QD was chosen because the beneficial Section 2 dose (RP2D).
• Within the general affected person inhabitants, the ORR was 38% at RP2D and in any respect doses, with a DOR of over six months of 78% in any respect doses and 100% at RP2D. The median length of response (mDOR) has but to be reached for RP2D and reached 14.4 months for all doses.

The corporate says the information in closely pretreated sufferers might doubtlessly to translate to deep, sturdy responses within the front-line setting. The corporate plans to provoke the Section 3 ALKAZAR research with registrational intent for TKI-naïve sufferers within the first half of 2025.

On Monday, Nuvalent commenced an underwritten public providing of $350 million.

Worth Motion: NUVL inventory is up 22.6% at $107.26 eventually verify Monday.

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