ONC206

Focused on recurrent and rare central nervous system cancers

ONC206 is a DRD2 antagonist and ClpP agonist with nanomolar potency that demonstrates enhanced non-competitive DRD2 antagonism relative to ONC201 and disruption of DRD2 homodimers. ONC206 exhibits a distinct gene expression profile as well as single agent and combinatorial efficacy with ONC201 in cells with acquired resistance to ONC201. ONC206 is effective in preclinical models of difficult-to-treat neuroendocrine tumors and high-grade gliomas. It affects some of the same downstream pathways as ONC201, including activation of the integrated stress response and inhibition of Ras signaling, leading to selective killing of tumor cells.

ONC206 is a currently being evaluated in Phase I clinical trials for adult and pediatric patients with brain tumors.

ONC206 is effective in preclinical models of difficult-to-treat neuroendocrine tumors and high-grade gliomas

References: 

  1. Varun Vijay Prabhu, et al. IND-enabling characterization of ONC206 as the next bitopic antagonist for oncology [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research 2020; 2020 Apr 27-28 and Jun 22-24. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2020;80(16 Suppl):Abstract nr 5688.
  2. Varun Prabhu, et al. MOLECULAR DIFFERENTIATION OF IMIPRIDONES ONC201 AND ONC206Neuro-Oncology, Volume 22, Issue Supplement_2, November 2020, Page ii68, https://doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/noaa215.278