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SYNCAR-001, an autologous CD19-targeted CAR-T in combination with STK-009 is a human orthogonal IL-2 cytokine is being evaluated for the treatment of lupus without lymphodepletion.
The collaboration aims to support the development of selective IL-10 agonists, which play a key role in immune regulation for the treatment of inflammatory diseases.
STK-012 is the first-in-class alpha/beta biased IL-2 has potential to decouple efficacy and toxicity of IL-2, which is investigated for the treatment of treatment of solid tumors.
STK-009 + SYNCAR-001 is a two-component therapy consisting of SYNCAR-001, a CD19-targeting chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) which expresses an engineered IL-2 receptor allowing it to selectively receive a signal from STK-009, an engineered pegylated IL-2 cytokine.
Proceeds of the financing will be used to advance Synthekine’s differentiated therapeutic pipeline, led by its alpha/beta-biased IL-2 partial agonist, STK-012, which is currently in a Phase 1 clinical trial.
In syngeneic tumor models, subcutaneously injected STK-012 mouse surrogate demonstrated reduced toxicities and improved efficacy relative to mouse wild-type IL-2 or a non-α IL-2. In cynomolgus monkeys, acute lung inflammation was induced by aldesleukin and non-α-IL-2.
In non-human primate studies, STK-012 avoided lymphopenia, NK cell activation and CLS induction, which was observed with both aldesleukin and a non-alpha-IL-2 agent.
Preclinical studies demonstrated a mouse surrogate of STK-012 achieved superior tumor regression compared to both wild-type mouse IL-2 and a non-alpha-IL-2 agent, representing a different approach to biasing IL-2.
Synthekine’s therapeutic pipeline is led by its selective IL-2 partial agonist, STK-012, and its orthogonal IL-2 and CD-19 CAR-T system, STK-009 and SYNCAR-001.
Proceeds from this Series A financing will be used to advance Synthekine’s lead therapeutic programs into clinical studies, expand its discovery pipeline and hone its proprietary cytokine engineering platforms.