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| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On June 3, 2022, Harpoon Therapeutics, Inc. (“Harpoon”) is releasing additional information, which will be presented in a poster presentation at the American Society of Clinical Oncology on Monday, June 6, 2022, from its dose escalation and expansion clinical trial for HPN328 as follows:
The ongoing HPN328 dose escalation and expansion clinical trial enrolls patients with relapsed/refractory small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and other neuroendocrine malignancies. As of April 21, 2022, 18 patients have been enrolled and treated in the dose escalation portion of the study. These include 11 patients with SCLC, 2 with neuroendocrine prostate cancer, and 5 with other neuroendocrine cancers.
The encouraging interim results showed that HPN328 demonstrated anti-tumor activity and a favorable safety profile. To date, there have been no dose-limiting toxicities observed and no discontinuations due to adverse events. Treatment-related adverse events occurred in 15 (83%) patients, with only 1 (6%) Grade-3 event and no Grade >3 events. Grade 1-2 cytokine release syndrome (CRS) occurred in 4 (22%) patients, with no Grade-3 or higher CRS reported.
Treatment duration of >20 weeks was observed in 6 of 18 (33%) patients. At the data cut off, duration of treatment ranged from 4.1 to 41.4 weeks, with treatment ongoing in 5 patients. Treatment-emergent AEs observed in ≥15% of patients included cytokine release syndrome, chills, constipation, dysgeusia, fatigue, hypotension, and vomiting.
The highest target dose evaluated to date is 12mg / week. Step dosing was initiated for target doses higher than 3.6 mg / week. Patients were premedicated with acetaminophen, dexamethasone and histamine-receptor blockers for initial doses. HPN328 has demonstrated half-life extension, with a median half-life of 71 hours, and linear pharmacokinetics with dose-proportional increases in exposure at doses between 0.135 mg and 12 mg. T-cell margination and activation was observed, consistent with target engagement.
Across all dose cohorts, 7 of 18 (39%) patients demonstrated decreases in sum of target lesion diameters on radiographic assessments. 3 of 11 (27%) SCLC patients had >30% decrease in sum of target lesion diameters, including 1 confirmed partial response ongoing treatment at 32 weeks. 4 of 6 (67%) SCLC patients treated at ≥1.215mg/week had a decrease in sum of target lesion diameters. Additionally, 6 of 18 (33%) patients had a best overall response of stable disease.
Dose escalation is ongoing, MTD is not yet reached.
HPN328 is a delta like canonical Notch ligand 3 (DLL3)-targeting T-cell engager derived from the TriTAC® platform. HPN328 contains 3 binding domains, engineered to redirect T cells to kill DLL3-expressing cancer cells: anti-DLL3 for target engagement, anti-albumin for half-life extension, and anti-CD3 for T-cell engagement.
The information in this Item 7.01 of this Form 8-K shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| HARPOON THERAPEUTICS, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Julie Eastland | |
| Julie Eastland President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
Dated: June 3, 2022