Kura Oncology Announces Preclinical Data for KO-2806 Selected for Oral Presentation at the 2025 AACR Annual Meeting
Kura Oncology Announces Preclinical Data for KO-2806 Selected for Oral Presentation at the 2025 AACR Annual Meeting
03-26-2025
– Oral presentation to highlight preclinical data further supporting combination of KO-2806 with TKIs in ccRCC –
– Company expects to present data from the Phase 1 FIT-001 trial evaluating KO-2806 and cabozantinib in patients with RCC in 2H 2025 –
“The latest findings for our next-generation farnesyl transferase inhibitor, KO-2806, being presented at this year’s AACR Annual Meeting, add to the growing body of data demonstrating the potential of FTIs as companion therapeutic agents to augment the antitumor activities of various targeted therapies and to overcome resistance in combination,” said
The title and session information for the oral presentation are listed below. Full abstract details including title and text are currently available to registrants via the AACR online itinerary planner. Details of the oral presentation, entitled “Farnesyl transferase inhibitor KO-2806 enhances the antitumor activity of cabozantinib in ccRCC tumors that progress on anti-VEGFR agents” (oral 6370), are as follows:
Session Date and Time:
Session Title: Minisymposium Novel Antitumor Agents
Presentation Time: 4:25 PM - 4:40 PM CT
A copy of the presentation will be available in the Posters and Presentations section on Kura’s website at the beginning of the presentation session.
About
Kura Oncology is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to realizing the promise of precision medicines for the treatment of cancer. The Company’s pipeline consists of small molecule drug candidates targeting cancer signaling pathways. Ziftomenib, a once-daily, oral menin inhibitor, is the first and only investigational therapy to receive Breakthrough Therapy Designation from the
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains certain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to be materially different from historical results or from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements include statements regarding, among other things, the potential of FTIs to augment the antitumor activities of targeted therapies and to overcome resistance; the progress of Kura’s clinical trials; the efficacy, safety and therapeutic potential of Kura’s product candidates, ziftomenib, KO-2806 and tipifarnib; the expected timing and presentation of results and data from clinical trials; and the anticipated timing of submission of an NDA for ziftomenib. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially include the risk that compounds that appeared promising in early research or clinical trials do not demonstrate safety and/or efficacy in later preclinical studies or clinical trials, the risk that Kura may not obtain approval to market its product candidates, uncertainties associated with performing clinical trials, regulatory filings, applications and other interactions with regulatory bodies, risks associated with reliance on third parties to successfully conduct clinical trials, the risks associated with reliance on outside financing to meet capital requirements, and other risks associated with the process of discovering, developing and commercializing drugs that are safe and effective for use as human therapeutics, and in the endeavor of building a business around such drugs. You are urged to consider statements that include the words “may,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “believes,” “estimates,” “projects,” “promise,” “potential,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “continues,” “designed,” “goal,” or the negative of those words or other comparable words to be uncertain and forward-looking. For a further list and description of the risks and uncertainties the Company faces, please refer to the Company's periodic and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available at www.sec.gov. Such forward-looking statements are current only as of the date they are made, and Kura assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Contacts
Investors:
Managing Director
(415) 513-1284
patti.bank@icrhealthcare.com
Media:
Associate Director, Corporate Communications
(858) 500-8822
alexandra@kuraoncology.com
Source: Kura Oncology, Inc.