Jounce Therapeutics Presents Preclinical Data from JTX-8064 Program at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer’s (SITC) 35th Annual Meeting
-Preclinical data highlight Jounce’s approach to identify potential predictive and pharmacodynamic biomarkers to identify patients who may benefit from JTX-8064-
-Enrollment in Phase 1 monotherapy and PD-1 inhibitor combination trial planned to begin by year-end 2020-
“The JTX-8064 poster at SITC showcases the strength of our Translational Science Platform for identification of targets and potential predictive and PD biomarkers to inform indication selection in our first clinical trial,” said Elizabeth Trehu, M.D., chief medical officer of Jounce Therapeutics. “The mechanism of action of JTX-8064 coupled with this histoculture data suggests the potential to address PD1 inhibitor resistant tumors. The data presented at SITC supports the exploration of potential predictive biomarkers to identify patients more likely to benefit from JTX-8064 alone or in combination with a PD-1 inhibitor. We will be including retrospective assessment of potential predictive biomarkers in the first in human clinical trial, for which we expect to commence enrollment by the end of the year.”
In a poster titled “Evaluating Biomarkers of JTX-8064 (anti-LILRB2/ILT4 monoclonal antibody) in an Ex Vivo Human Tumor Histoculture System to
- PD responses to JTX-8064 can be measured preclinically in an ex vivo human tumor histoculture system
- Baseline LILRB2, classical MHC I molecules and macrophage markers predict PD response to JTX-8064 in histoculture samples and will be an important component of indication selection in the clinic
- Some tumor samples that do not have a PD response to either JTX-8064 or anti-PD-1 antibodies alone respond to the combination of both agents, suggesting that JTX-8064-mediated LILRB2 inhibition could be a critical component in rescuing responsiveness
- Ex vivo evaluation of human tumors identified hypotheses for both predictive and PD markers that can be evaluated in the clinical development of JTX-8064
The poster is available on the “Our Pipeline” section of the Jounce Therapeutics website at www.jouncetx.com.
About JTX-8064
JTX-8064 is a humanized anti-LILRB2 (ILT4) antibody and is the first tumor-associated macrophage candidate to emerge from Jounce’s Translational Science Platform. In addition to today’s SITC poster presentation, preclinical data presented at the 2019 American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting supports the development of JTX-8064 as a novel immunotherapy to reprogram immune-suppressive macrophages and enhance anti-tumor immunity. A Phase 1 clinical trial for JTX-8064 as a monotherapy and in combination with a PD-1 inhibitor is planned for 2020.
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