INHIBITOR Therapeutics Receives Prostate Cancer IND Clearance From FDA

INHIBITOR Therapeutics, Inc. (OTCQB: INTI), A Biopharmaceutical Company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of innovative therapeutics to inhibit progression of cancerous and non-cancerous proliferation disorders, today announced that the company has received Investigational New Drug (IND) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to initiate an IND-opening clinical study as a two-part, multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, Phase 2b clinical trial that will evaluate the efficacy and safety of SUBA-Itraconazole capsules dosed in combination with docetaxel and prednisone in patients with metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).

The Phase 2b trial is named PREDICT (Prostate Response Evaluating Docetaxel Itraconazole Combination Therapy).  The PREDICT trial is expected to be carried out across approximately 35 sites in six countries in North America, Western Europe and Eastern Europe.

Approximately 23,000 men in the U.S. are diagnosed each year with late-stage mCRPC that no longer responds well to androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) or previous treatment with chemotherapy or newer stand-alone anti-androgen therapies such as abiraterone, enzalutamide or apalutamide. SUBA-Itraconazole will be tested to determine its potential to address an unmet need in these patients, who exhibit disease progression or who have discontinued the other therapies due to toxicity or other reasons.

Nicholas J. Virca, INHIBITOR’s President and CEO, said: “Following a face-to-face End-of-Phase-2 meeting with FDA last October and our submission of an IND application thereafter, I am pleased to announce that we have received IND clearance for our PREDICT trial.  FDA confirmed that we can follow the 505(b)(2) regulatory pathway and, assuming positive results demonstrating an improvement in radiographic progression-free survival (rPFS) as our primary endpoint, also indicated that the general design and planned analysis of our study would adequately address the objectives necessary to support an eventual New Drug Application (NDA) submission for this indication.  FDA also indicated that the final analysis of the key secondary endpoint of overall survival (OS) can occur following submission of the NDA for approval in the United States.”

Mr. Virca continued: “I would once again like to acknowledge the efforts of our regulatory and clinical team members during 2019 to achieve this level of progress for our SUBA-Itraconazole Prostate program.  We look forward to further updating our shareholders as we take subsequent steps to move this program into the clinic.-Bio Space