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Cogent Biosciences Presents New Preclinical Data Demonstrating Bezuclastinib as a Differentiated KIT Inhibitor with Minimal Brain Penetration
"Today Cogent presented new preclinical data that reinforces bezuclastinib's selectivity for targeting KIT mutations while demonstrating minimal brain penetration," said
Preclinical studies evaluated the selectivity of bezuclastinib, and other KIT mutant inhibitors, against closely related kinases including PDGFRα, PDGFRβ, and CSF1R. Inhibition of these kinases has been linked to off-target toxicities such as edema and pleural effusions. Comparative screening was performed against a broad spectrum of 71 ion channels, transporters, enzymes, and cell based models, confirming prior evidence that bezuclastinib is a potent and unique inhibitor of KIT A-loop mutations (exon 17/18). In head-to-head studies comparing KIT mutant inhibitors, bezuclastinib demonstrated no activity against closely related kinases, in contrast to other KIT mutant inhibitors with demonstrated potency against PDGFRα and PDGFRβ.
In a nonclinical safety pharmacology study in rodents, bezuclastinib and another KIT A-loop mutant inhibitor were evaluated at doses which closely correlate with clinical exposures previously shown in clinical studies of GIST patients. After three days, bezuclastinib demonstrated minimal brain penetration with a low brain to plasma ratio. These data are supported by a separate neurobehavioral study of bezuclastinib in rodents in which no CNS-related effects were observed. The absence of brain penetration is a preferred feature for a KIT mutant inhibitor as CNS-related adverse events have been observed clinically with some commercially available mutant KIT inhibitors.
Poster Presentation Details for Bezuclastinib:
Title: Preclinical data identifies bezuclastinib as a differentiated KIT inhibitor with unique selectivity to KIT D816V and minimal evidence of brain penetration
Virtual Poster Number: P257
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