Ayvakit fails to meet primary endpoint in Phase III VOYAGER trial versus regorafenib for gastrointestinal stromal tumor.- Blueprint Medicines Corpn.

Blueprint Medicines Corporation , a precision therapy company focused on genomically defined cancers, rare diseases and cancer immunotherapy, announced top-line results from the Phase III VOYAGER clinical trial of avapritinib versus regorafenib in patients with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). The VOYAGER trial did not meet the primary endpoint of an improvement in progression-free survival (PFS) for avapritinib versus regorafenib. Top-line safety data for avapritinib were consistent with those previously reported. Blueprint Medicines plans to continue to commercialize Ayvakit (avapritinib) in the United States for the treatment of adults with unresectable or metastatic GIST harboring a PDGFRA exon 18 mutation, including PDGFRA D842V mutations, and seek marketing approval for avapritinib for the treatment of this patient population in additional geographies. Blueprint Medicines continues to anticipate a decision from the European Commission on its marketing authorization application for the treatment of adults with PDGFRA D842V mutant GIST in the third quarter of 2020. Based on the top-line VOYAGER data, the company plans to discontinue further development of avapritinib in GIST beyond PDGFRA exon 18 mutant GIST..