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IDEAYA, Servier expand darovasertib into Phase III adjuvant uveal melanoma

IDEAYA, Servier expand darovasertib into Phase III adjuvant uveal melanoma

San Francisco-based IDEAYA Biosciences (Nasdaq: IDYA) and France-based Servier announced that the first patient has been dosed in OptimUM-11, a global Phase III registrational trial evaluating darovasertib in combination with crizotinib as adjuvant therapy for patients with primary uveal melanoma at elevated risk of metastatic recurrence, a setting with no approved adjuvant treatment options.

Uveal melanoma is driven in nearly all cases by activating mutations in GNAQ or GNA11, which constitutively activate protein kinase C (PKC) signaling. Darovasertib inhibits PKC isoforms downstream of GNAQ/GNA11 mutations, while crizotinib inhibits cMET signaling that may contribute to resistance. Despite effective local control of the primary tumor through radiotherapy or enucleation, up to 50% of patients eventually develop metastatic disease, and no adjuvant therapy has been approved to reduce that risk.

OptimUM-11 is expected to enroll approximately 450 patients who have completed primary local therapy and have an increased risk of metastasis. Patients are eligible irrespective of HLA status and will be randomized 1:1 to receive the darovasertib combination for 12 months or observation. The primary endpoint is relapse-free survival. IDEAYA retains US regulatory and commercial rights to darovasertib; Servier holds all rights outside the US under an exclusive license agreement struck in September 2025 that included a USD 210 million upfront payment and up to USD 320 million in milestones.

In April 2026, IDEAYA and Servier reported that the Phase II/III OptimUM-02 trial met its primary endpoint in first-line HLA-A*02:01-negative metastatic uveal melanoma, with the combination reducing the risk of disease progression by 58% versus investigator choice of therapy (HR: 0.42; median PFS 6.9 vs. 3.1 months; p<0.0001). IDEAYA has initiated an NDA submission under the FDA's Real-Time Oncology Review program, with completion of the full filing expected in the second half of 2026. Separately, a Phase III neoadjuvant trial (OptimUM-10) is enrolling in primary uveal melanoma, supported by Breakthrough Therapy Designation granted by the FDA in March 2025 and positive Phase II data presented at ESMO 2025 showing a 57% eye preservation rate in enucleation-recommended patients.

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The only approved therapy in the broader metastatic uveal melanoma setting is Immunocore's Kimmtrak (tebentafusp-tebn), which is restricted to HLA-A*02:01-positive patients and is administered intravenously. The darovasertib program targets the complementary HLA-negative majority in the metastatic setting and addresses primary disease in the neoadjuvant and adjuvant settings.

With OptimUM-11 now enrolling, IDEAYA said darovasertib is running in three randomized Phase III registrational trials simultaneously across the metastatic, neoadjuvant, and adjuvant uveal melanoma settings. The NDA filing timeline for metastatic disease, expected to complete in H2 2026, represents the nearest regulatory milestone for the program.


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