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Acquired resistance to the RAS(ON) multi-selective inhibitor daraxonrasib guides rational combination therapy strategies in pancreatic cancer

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Ida Aronchik
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Sumit Kar
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Yongxian Zhuang
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Ethan Ahler
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Lick Pui Lai
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Vidya Seshadri
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Yu Chi Yang
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Ashenafi Bulle
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Marie Menard
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Biswadeep Nayak
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Mark P. Labrecque
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Julien Dilly
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Eejung Kim
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Lingyan Jiang
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Jason Yano
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Urszula N. Wasko
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Ciara Helland
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Sean Bredeson
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Brett Garrick
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Yevgeniy Gindin
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Brad Sickler
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Xing Wei
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Kyle Seamon
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Jingjing Jiang
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Kian‐Huat Lim
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Matthew Holderfield
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Elsa Quintana
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Aparna Hegde
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Zeena Salman
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Alexander Starodub
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Alexander Spira
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Wungki Park
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David S. Hong
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Minal Barve
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Meredith Pelster
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David Sommerhalder
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Salman R. Punekar
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Ignacio Garrido-Laguna
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Brian M. Wolpin
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ArkingDan (Anirban Maitra)
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W. Clay Gustafson
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Steve Kelsey
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Jacqueline A.M. Smith
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Kevin K. Lin *
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Andrew J. Aguirre *
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Mallika Singh *
DOI:10.1038/s41591-026-04537-wdelete
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Daraxonrasib is an orally bioavailable RAS(ON) multi-selective tri-complex inhibitor of the oncogenic mutant and wild-type variants of N, H and KRAS. We previously reported encouraging efficacy in a phase 1/2 clinical trial evaluating daraxonrasib monotherapy at clinically active dose levels in patients with previously treated, RAS mutant metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC), providing the basis for confirmatory evaluation in the randomized phase 3 RASolute 302 clinical trial. Here we report mechanisms of acquired resistance to daraxonrasib monotherapy observed through targeted sequencing of over 800 genes in paired pretreatment and end of treatment circulating tumor DNA samples from 44 patients in the phase 1/2 clinical trial. Treatment-emergent genomic alterations in the RAS signaling pathway were observed in more than half (26 of 44; 59%) of these patients, including, most notably, mutant KRAS amplifications in one-third (16 of 44; 36%), as well as alterations in receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) (4 of 44; 9%), MAPK (11 of 44; 25%) and PI3K (4 of 44; 9%) pathways. Notably, no acquired secondary KRAS mutations were observed, distinct from resistance profiles of mutant-selective KRAS G12C(OFF) inhibitors. To corroborate these clinical findings, we found, or mechanistically established, concordant mechanisms of daraxonrasib resistance in human and murine preclinical models of PDAC, including mutant KRAS and MYC amplification and RTK upregulation, with these alterations guiding various combination therapy concepts. Notably, daraxonrasib combined with agents targeting DNA damage response, RTKs or the mutant-selective RAS(ON) G12D inhibitor zoldonrasib averted resistance in preclinical models. Collectively, these results show that most daraxonrasib genomic resistance mechanisms drive reactivation of RAS pathway signaling and guide potential combination strategies in PDAC for further investigation. Circulating tumor DNA analyses in 44 patients with pancreatic cancer receiving the RAS(ON) multi-selective inhibitor daraxonrasib as part of a phase 1/2 trial, and preclinical translational modeling approaches, identify mechanisms of acquired resistance to monotherapy and inform potential combination strategies to overcome resistance.

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