Karyopharm Announces Results of Clinical Studies Investigating Selinexor in Multiple Myeloma and Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma to be Presented at the American Society of Hematology 2018 Annual Meeting

NEWTON, Mass. –Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq:KPTI), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company, today announced that ten abstracts have been selected for presentation, including three oral presentations, at the upcoming American Society of Hematology (ASH) 2018 Annual Meeting being held December 1-4, 2018 in San Diego.  Four key abstracts to be presented at the meeting will feature clinical data for selinexor, the Company’s first in class, oral SINE compound, from Karyopharm-sponsored trials. The presentations will include: top-line results from the Phase 2b SADAL study in patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), additional data from the pivotal Phase 2b STORM study in patients with penta-refractory multiple myeloma, and updated data from the Darzalex® (daratumumab) and Pomalyst® (pomalidomide) arms of the Phase 1b/2 STOMP study of selinexor in combination with backbone therapies for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.  

“With ten abstracts to be presented at this year’s ASH meeting, we believe the depth and breadth of the selinexor clinical data is highly compelling,” said Sharon Shacham, PhD, MBA, Founder, President and Chief Scientific Officer of Karyopharm. “We look forward to the presentation of top-line results from the fully enrolled SADAL study in DLBCL.  These data, if positive, could support our second planned New Drug Application in the first half of 2019, with a request for accelerated approval for selinexor as a new treatment for patients with relapsed or refractory DLBCL. In the previously reported interim analysis for the Phase 2b SADAL study, single-agent oral selinexor demonstrated activity and independently-confirmed durable responses in patients with heavily pretreated DLBCL, and these responses correlated to improved overall survival.  We are delighted that data from the selected research abstracts will be shared with the medical community at ASH this year.”  

In addition to top-line data from the SADAL study, this year’s ASH meeting will also feature updated data from the STORM study in an oral presentation. As part of this presentation, data from an independent database of patients with heavily pretreated myeloma will also be presented, further underscoring how poor the prognosis is for patients with penta-refractory multiple myeloma.  In October 2018, the U.S. FDA accepted Karyopharm’s New Drug Application for selinexor seeking accelerated approval as a new treatment for patients with penta-refractory multiple myeloma. The FDA has assigned a Priority Review and given an action date of April 6, 2019 under the Prescription Drug User-Fee Act (PDUFA). 

Other key abstracts at the meeting include data from two arms of the Phase 1b/2 STOMP study.  There will be an oral presentation with updated data from the arm evaluating selinexor in combination with Darzalex® and low-dose dexamethasone (SDd). In previously reported data, the once weekly SDd combination without a proteasome inhibitor or immunomodulatory drug demonstrated high response rates in the patient population as a doublet regimen.  Finally, a poster presentation will highlight updated data from the arm evaluating selinexor in combination with Pomalyst® and low-dose dexamethasone (SPd).  In data reported previously from these arms, selinexor demonstrated evidence of synergistic anti-myeloma activity when combined with these standard approved therapies.  

Details for the ASH 2018 presentations are as follows: 

Oral Presentations – Company-Sponsored Trials 

Title: Results of the Pivotal STORM Study (Part 2) in Penta-Refractory Multiple Myeloma (MM): Deep and Durable Responses with Oral Selinexor Plus Low Dose Dexamethasone in Patients with Penta-Refractory MM

Presenter: Ajai Chari, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York

Abstract Number/Publication ID: 598

Session: 653. Myeloma: Therapy, excluding Transplantation: Antibodies and Targeted Therapies

Date and Time: Monday, December 3, 2018; 7:45 AM PT

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 6F 

Title: Deep and Durable Responses with Selinexor, Daratumumab, and Dexamethasone (SDd) in Patients with Multiple Myeloma (MM) Previously Exposed to Proteasome Inhibitors and Immunomodulatory Drugs: Results of Phase 1b Study of SDd

Presenter: Cristina Gasparetto, Duke University Cancer Center, Durham, North Carolina

Abstract Number/Publication ID: 599

Session: 653. Myeloma: Therapy, excluding Transplantation: Antibodies and Targeted Therapies

Date and Time: Monday, December 3, 2018; 8:00 AM PT

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 6F 

Oral Presentations – Investigator-Sponsored Trials

Title: Selinexor, a First-in-Class XPO1 Inhibitor, Is Efficacious and Tolerable in Patients with Myelodysplastic Syndromes Refractory to Hypomethylating Agents

Presenter: Virginia M. Klimek, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York

Abstract Number/Publication ID: 233

Session: 637. Myelodysplastic Syndromes—Clinical Studies: Novel Therapeutics I

Date and Time: Saturday, December 1, 2018; 5:00 PM PT

Location: Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, Grand Hall A

Poster Presentations – Company-Sponsored Trials 

Title: Single Agent Oral Selinexor Demonstrates Deep and Durable Responses in Relapsed/Refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) in Both GCB and Non-GCB Subtypes: The Phase 2b SADAL Study

Presenter: Marie Maerevoet, Institute Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium

Abstract Number/Publication ID: 1677

Session: 626. Aggressive Lymphoma (Diffuse Large B-Cell and Other Aggressive B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas)—Results from Prospective Clinical Trials: Poster I

Date and Time: Saturday, December 1, 2018; 6:15-8:15 PM PT

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Hall GH

Title: Selinexor Plus Pomalidomide and Low Dose Dexamethasone (SPd) in Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma

Presenter: Christine Chen, Princess Margaret Cancer Center, Toronto, Ontario

Abstract Number/Publication ID: 1993

Session: 653. Myeloma: Therapy, excluding Transplantation: Poster I

Date and Time: Saturday, December 1, 2018; 6:15-8:15 PM PT

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Hall GH

Poster Presentations – Investigator-Sponsored Trials 

Title: Phase I Study of the Selinexor in Relapsed/Refractory Childhood Acute Leukemia

Presenter: Andrew E. Place, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Abstract Number/Publication ID: 1405

Session: 613. Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Clinical Studies: Poster I

Date and Time: Saturday, December 1, 2018; 6:15 PM PT

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Hall GH

Title: E2F1 Is a Biomarker of Selinexor Resistance in Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma Patients

Presenter: Alessandro Lagana, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York

Abstract Number/Publication ID: 3216

Session: 652. Myeloma: Pathophysiology and Pre-Clinical Studies, excluding Therapy: Poster II

Date and Time: Sunday, December 2, 2018; 6:00-8:00 PM PT

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Hall GH

Title: Final results from a phase I trial combining selinexor with high-dose cytarabine (HiDAC) and mitoxantrone (Mito) for remission induction in acute myeloid leukemia (AML)

Presenter: Hongtao Liu and Amy Wang, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, Illinois

Abstract Number/Publication ID: 4073

Session: 616. Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Novel Therapy, excluding Transplantation: Poster III

Date and Time: Monday, December 3, 2018; 6:00-8:00 PM PT

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Hall GH

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