berzosertib (M6620)

In vivo and in vitro studies have shown enhanced tumor cell radiosensitivity with the ATRi ceralasertib, elimusertib, and berzosertib, however, the potentiating effect of ATRi on ionizing radiation (IR) through immune-based mechanisms has only been studied with ceralasertib. ATRi elicited differential inflammatory gene induction and dose-dependent unique cytotoxicity profiles in vitro . The immune mediated antitumor effect of ATRi combined with radiation is dose and schedule dependent, and while likely a class effect, may differ between ATRi compounds.

P1, N=43, Active, not recruiting, National Cancer Institute (NCI) | Trial completion date: May 2026 --> May 2027

Exploratory in silico drug-response analyses identified differential predicted responses to entinostat, linsitinib, and VE-822 according to risk status and DUBR expression. This internally validated signature may support exploratory prognostic risk stratification of LSCC within the analyzed TCGA-derived cohort and may highlight DUBR as a candidate molecule for further biological investigation. Further validation in independent external cohorts and dedicated disulfidptosis functional assays is required before these findings can be considered generalizable.

The combination of RT + ATRi resulted in increased T cell activation compared to the combined treatment with ATMi, respectively. This suggests an advantage of ATRi in comparison to ATMi in combination with RT for induction of beneficial anti-tumor immune responses in HNSCC.

Our study demonstrates that combined inhibition of ATR and RNR was effective in osteosarcoma cells. These in vitro findings offer support for investigating in vivo the potential of a combination of ATR and RNR inhibitors as a new treatment strategy for osteosarcoma.

P1/2, N=72, Completed, Institut Bergonie | Active, not recruiting --> Completed

P2, N=73, Active, not recruiting, National Cancer Institute (NCI) | Trial completion date: Apr 2026 --> Apr 2027

P1/2, N=35, Active, not recruiting, National Cancer Institute (NCI) | Recruiting --> Active, not recruiting | N=120 --> 35

Natural killer cells showed only a limited contribution to the killing of HNSCC cells pretreated with RT or RT + DDRi. However, a subset of patients with head and neck tumors-such as those represented by the HSC4 model-might still benefit from combining RT with ATMi rather than ATRi to enhance NK cell-mediated tumor killing.

P1/2, N=12, Active, not recruiting, National Cancer Institute (NCI) | Trial completion date: May 2026 --> Mar 2027

Additionally, drug sensitivity prediction analysis demonstrated that MSTN expression was significantly associated with sensitivity to paclitaxel and VE-822, while TCF12 expression showed potential associations with sensitivity to cytarabine, olaparib, Wee1 inhibitor, paclitaxel, and VE-822. Immunofluorescence confirmed upregulated expression of MSTN and TCF12 in glioma tissues and their co-localization with macrophages. In conclusion, this study identified TAFCs as the central cells in the glioma microenvironment, with their signature genes MSTN and TCF12 representing candidate immunometabolic signatures associated with macrophage-mediated immunosuppression and metabolic reprogramming in glioma, suggesting their potential as biomarkers for patient stratification and as targets for immunometabolic therapies.

P1/2, N=12, Active, not recruiting, National Cancer Institute (NCI) | Trial completion date: Apr 2025 --> May 2026