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MEI Pharma reports clinical data on oral CDK9 inhibitor voruciclib at ASH2023; safety profile well-tolerated
Lite Strategy, Inc.
- Voruciclib monotherapy up to 200 mg on intermittent schedule well-tolerated; no DLTs. Common AEs: diarrhea, nausea, anemia, fatigue.
- On-target Mcl-1 and RNA Pol II p-S2 reductions demonstrated in correlative pharmacodynamic studies.
- In AML monotherapy: 1 patient achieved morphologic leukemia-free state; 9 had stable disease (2 for ≥3 months).
- In B-cell malignancies: 4 patients had stable disease with tumor size decrease.
- Combination with venetoclax ongoing; no DLTs or overlapping toxicity; anti-tumor activity observed with multiple patients on therapy ≥4 months.