The tetravalent death receptor 5 (DR5) agonist ozekibart (INBRX-109) in conventional chondrosarcoma (CS): Secondary efficacy endpoints from the randomized, registrational, phase 2 ChonDRAgon study.
11504 Background: Clinical outcomes for unresectable/metastatic CS are poor. There are no approved therapies, and systemic treatment options are limited. Ozekibart (INBRX-109), a novel tetravalent DR5 agonist, was evaluated in ChonDRAgon (phase 2; NCT04950075), the largest randomized, placebo (PBO)-controlled trial in advanced conventional CS. ChonDRAgon met its primary endpoint: ozekibart significantly prolonged median progression free survival (PFS) vs PBO (5.52 vs 2.66 mo; stratified HR, 0.479; 95% CI, 0.335-0.684; P <.0001) (Jones et al. CTOS 2025). We present additional efficacy data. Methods: Eligible patients (pts) were ≥18 y with unresectable/metastatic conventional CS; those ≥65 y required a BMI <30 kg/m 2 . Pts with liver conditions associated with increased risk of hepatotoxicity were excluded. Pts were randomized 2:1 to ozekibart 3 mg/kg IV Q3W or PBO and stratified by grade (2 vs 3), IDH mutation status, and prior systemic therapy (No vs Yes). Pts could cross over from PBO to open-label ozekibart upon progression. The primary endpoint was PFS per RECIST 1.1 assessed by real time central independent radiology review (CIRR) in the intention-to-treat population; inter-arm comparison used a stratified log-rank test. The study was powered to detect a HR of 0.571 (90% power; 1-sided family-wise α, 0.025). Secondary efficacy endpoints included overall survival (OS), overall response rate (ORR) per CIRR, quality of life (QOL; EORTC QLQ-C30 pain symptoms and physical functioning scales), duration of response (DOR), and disease control rate (DCR; response, stable disease ≥84 days, non–complete response/non–progressive disease). Results: Overall, 137 pts were randomized to ozekibart and 69 to PBO; median duration of follow-up was 10.2 and 9.0 mo at the primary analysis (data cutoff: Sep 30, 2025). Median age for ozekibart and PBO was 54.0 y (range, 20-82 y) and 50.0 y (19-91 y), respectively; 70.1% and 60.9% of pts were male. Most pts had grade 2 CS (ozekibart, 70.1%; PBO, 69.6%) and ≈40% received prior systemic therapy (42.3%; 40.6%). 18.2% of pts in the ozekibart arm and 4.3% in the PBO arm remain on treatment. Ozekibart demonstrated a manageable safety profile (Jones et al. CTOS 2025) and led to a significantly greater DCR than PBO (54.0% vs 27.5%; P =.0005). ORR was 5.8% (8/137; all partial responses) with ozekibart and 0 with PBO ( P =.0433); median DOR was 11.1 mo. OS data were immature. Ozekibart significantly delayed QOL deterioration vs PBO, in both pain (median time to deterioration, 2.76 vs 1.41 mo; HR, 0.605; P =.0033) and physical functioning (2.56 vs 1.41 mo; HR, 0.561; P= .0007). Conclusions: In addition to a PFS benefit, ozekibart significantly improved DCR and delayed QOL deterioration vs PBO in advanced CS. Ozekibart has the potential to become the first standard of care for a population with high unmet need. Clinical trial information: NCT04950075 .
Authors
- Ana Sebio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3333-2370)
- Jacco J. de Haan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1629-4715)
- Brianne O’Neill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9224-952X)
- Andrew Scott Brohl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0071-0534)
- Peter Reichardt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1410-3111)
- Silvia Stacchiotti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1742-8666)
- Sant P. Chawla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9522-6744)
- Claudia Maria Valverde Morales
- Lane Senne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3531-5840)
- Robin Lewis Jones
- Dale Shepard
- Breelyn A. Wilky
- Erin Babcock
- Josep Garcia
- Mark Doherty
- Javier Martin-Broto
- Jean-Yves Blay
- Hans Gelderblom
- Elizabeth J. Davis
- Victoria Wang
Institutions
- Cleveland Clinic (US)
- Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- University Medical Center Groningen (NL)
- Institute of Cancer Research (GB)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Leiden University Medical Center (NL)
- Hospital de Sant Pau (ES)
- Moffitt Cancer Center (US)
- Sarcoma Oncology Center (US)
- Centre Léon Bérard (FR)
- St. Vincent's University Hospital (IE)
- Inhibrx (United States) (US)
- Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari (ES)
- Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz (ES)
- Helios Hospital Berlin-Buch (DE)
- Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori (IT)
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (US)
- University of Colorado Denver (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Clinical Oncology
- Published
- 2026-05-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2026.44.16_suppl.11504
- Primary Topic
- Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments
- Type
- article
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