KAPA 8-K
Kairos Pharma, LTD. (KAPA)
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
On February 6, 2025, Kairos Pharma, Ltd., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), issued a press release announcing that the Company presented a talk during the plenary session of the joint American Association for Cancer Research (the “AACR”) and Japanese Cancer Association (the “JCA”) conference (the “AACR-JCA Joint Conference”), From Cancer Discovery Science to Therapeutic Innovation, highlighting preclinical data on its glutocorticoid-induced tumor necrosis factor receptor agonist, KROS101.
AACR and JCA hosted the 13th AACR-JCA Joint Conference from February 1 to February 5, 2025, at the Hyatt Regency Maui, in Maui, Hawaii. The meeting series has a long tradition of bringing together outstanding researchers from the United States, Japan, and around the world to share their findings and present the latest advances in basic, translational, and clinical cancer research. Dr. John S. Yu, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and Dr. Ramachandran Murali, the Vice President of Research and Development of the Company participated in the AACR-JCA Joint Conference and introduced the preclinical data on the glutocorticoid-induced tumor necrosis factor receptor agonist, KROS101.
A copy of the press release is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
The information included in this Item 8.01, including Exhibits 99.1, is furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to liabilities under that section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the filings of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings. This Current Report on Form 8-K will not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information of the information contained in this Item 8.01, including Exhibits 99.1.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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| 99.1 | Press Release dated February 6, 2025 | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within Inline XBRL document) |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: February 6, 2025 | KAIROS PHARMA, LTD. | |
| By: | /s/ John S. Yu | |
| John S. Yu | ||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||
Exhibit 99.1
Kairos Pharma Oral Presentation on Its Investigational Compound KROS 101 at the 13th AACR-JCA Joint Conference Supports the Compound’s Potential as a Therapeutic for Melanoma and Glioblastoma
LOS ANGELES – February 6, 2025 – Kairos Pharma, Ltd. (NYSE American: KAPA), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, announces that the Company presented a talk during the plenary session of the joint AACR-JCA conference, From Cancer Discovery Science to Therapeutic Innovation, highlighting preclinical data on its glutocorticoid-induced tumor necrosis factor receptor (GITR) agonist, KROS101.
In the talk, titled, “KROS 101: A Next-Generation GITR Agonist Boosting Anti-Tumor T Cell Responses and Reprogramming the Tumor Microenvironment,” recent findings from the Company’s in vivo work on the compound was presented. The results, which can be found here, demonstrated that KROS 101 is a potent GITR ligand agonist that enhances T cell infiltration, proliferation, and ability to kill cancer cells in mouse models of melanoma and in human glioblastoma in vitro, while effectively reducing T reg-mediated suppression. KROS 101 showed significant activity in enabling T cell proliferation and killing of melanoma tumors in vivo as well as glioblastoma tumor in vitro.
GITRL, one of the checkpoint cytokines in the family of tumor necrosis factor ligand family, regulates T cell function in autoimmunity and cancer. KROS 101 stabilizes the active form of GITRL and thereby reduces suppressive T-cells and enhances cytotoxic T cells. In a preclinical study, KROS 101 reduced melanoma tumor in a human GITR knock-in mouse model compared to those in mice treated with the GITR antibody TRX518, which was recently in clinical trials for solid cancers.
Dr. Ramachandran Murali, VP of Research and Development at Kairos Pharma and co-inventor of KROS 101, stated, “The performance of KROS 101 as a central mediator of T cell expansion in cancer has been supported by these studies.”
Dr. John Yu, CEO of Kairos Pharma and co-inventor, added that “the preclinical data support the potential to exploit GITR as a lever for T cell expansion and novel therapy for cancer.”
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and Japanese Cancer Association (JCA) hosted the 13th AACR-JCA Joint Conference from February 1-5, 2025 at the Hyatt Regency Maui, in Maui, Hawaii. The meeting series has a long tradition of bringing together outstanding researchers from the United States, Japan, and around the world to share their findings and present the latest advances in basic, translational, and clinical cancer research.
About Kairos Pharma Ltd.
Based in Los Angeles, California, Kairos Pharma Ltd. (NYSE American: KAPA) is at the forefront of oncology therapeutics, utilizing structural biology to overcome drug resistance and immune suppression in cancer. Our lead candidate, ENV105, is an antibody that targets CD105 – a protein identified as a key driver of resistance to various cancer treatments. Elevation of CD105 in response to standard therapy results in resistance and disease relapse. ENV105 aims to reverse drug resistance by targeting CD105 and restore the effectiveness of standard therapies across multiple cancer types. Currently, ENV105 is in a Phase 2 clinical trial for castrate-resistant prostate cancer and a Phase 1 trial for lung cancer aimed at addressing significant unmet medical needs. For more information, visit kairospharma.com.
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