RecruitingPhase 1 / Phase 2

A Study of Bispecific Antibody MCLA-158 in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors

Phase 1/2 Dose Escalation and Cohort Expansion Study Evaluating MCLA-158 (Petosemtamab) as Single Agent or in Combination in Advanced Solid Tumors

Who can join

As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.

Age
18 Years and older
Sex
All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
Compensation
Not stated

Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.

What to expect

No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.

What participation involves

Not stated in the study description — ask the study team about visits and procedures.

Compensation
Not stated
  • Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
  • Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
  • Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
  • Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.

About this study

In plain language

This study tests MCLA-158, also called petosemtamab, alone or with other cancer treatments. It checks safety and how well treatment fights solid tumors that have spread or cannot be cured with standard treatment. Colon and rectal cancer groups are open to enrollment; head and neck cancer groups are closed.

This is a Phase 1/2 open-label, multi-center, multi-national study with an initial dose escalation part to determine the recommended Phase II dose (RP2D) of MCLA-158 single agent in patients with mCRC. The dose escalation part has been completed and the RP2D will be further evaluated in an expansion part of the study. Cohorts of selected solid tumor indications for which there is evidence of EGFR dependency and potential sensitivity to EGFR inhibition will be evaluated including head and neck cancer and metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). The study will further assess the safety, tolerability, PK, PD, immunogenicity, and anti-tumor activity of MCLA-158 in monotherapy or in combination with other therapies.

Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.

Eligibility

Who can join

  • Have a solid tumor confirmed by a tissue or cell test that has spread or grown nearby and cannot be cured with standard treatment.
  • Have cancer that can be measured on scans. Provide a fresh tumor sample and be able to have a biopsy, if safe and possible.
  • Be fully active or able to do light work, and be expected to live at least 12 weeks.
  • Have organs that work well enough and a heart that pumps out at least 50% of its blood with each beat.
  • For open colon and rectal cancer groups: have an MSS tumor, meaning certain DNA repair errors are not present, and meet the group's gene test rules.
  • For MCLA-158 alone: have had 2 to 4 treatment plans for cancer that has spread, including oxaliplatin, irinotecan, a fluoropyrimidine, and an anti-VEGF drug that blocks blood vessel growth. A screening blood test must show none of the listed cancer gene changes.
  • For combination treatment: have colon or rectal cancer that cannot be removed by surgery or has spread. Tumor tests must show no RAS or RAF mutations, and you must not have had drugs that block EGFR, a cancer growth signal.
  • For treatment with FOLFIRI or FOLFOX chemotherapy: have had no more than one prior chemotherapy plan for cancer that has spread. Prior treatment must have been oxaliplatin-based for the FOLFIRI group or irinotecan-based for the FOLFOX group, with or without bevacizumab.

Who can't join

  • Cancer in the brain or spinal cord that is untreated, causes symptoms, or recently needed treatment to control symptoms; or cancer in the tissue covering the brain and spinal cord.
  • Recent study participation, experimental drugs, cancer treatment, major surgery, or radiation. Required waiting times range from 3 to 6 weeks, with some drug-specific rules. Past radiation to at least 25% of the bone marrow also rules you out.
  • Need medicines that weaken the immune system, or still have more than mild, important side effects from earlier cancer treatment. Hair loss and stable mild-to-moderate nerve symptoms are allowed.
  • Past allergic reactions to petosemtamab ingredients, human proteins, or other treatments required by this study.
  • Certain heart problems, blood pressure above 150/100 despite treatment, or a heart attack within 6 months. Most prior cancers also rule you out, but some removed or cured cancers are allowed.
  • Shortness of breath at rest, need for constant oxygen, past or current lung scarring or inflammation, or another serious uncontrolled illness or infection.
  • Active hepatitis B without antiviral treatment, or a positive hepatitis C RNA test, which shows the virus is present.
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding. People who could become pregnant must use highly effective birth control before entry, during the study, and for 6 months after the last MCLA-158 dose.

Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Histologically or cytologically confirmed solid tumors with evidence of metastatic or locally advanced disease not amenable to standard therapy with curative intent. * A baseline fresh tumor sample (FFPE) from a metastatic or primary site (if safe/feasible). * Amenable for biopsy (if safe/feasible). * Measurable disease as defined by RECIST version 1.1 by radiologic methods. * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1. * Life expectancy ≥ 12 weeks, as per investigator. * Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥ 50% by echocardiogram (ECHO) or multiple gated acquisition scan (MUGA). * Adequate organ function * Expansion cohorts: patients with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic disease for the following indications: SINGLE AGENT: * SECOND-/THIRD-LINE HNSCC PATIENTS (cohort closed to enrolment): patients who have progressed on or after, or are intolerant to, anti-PD-(L)1 therapy and platinum therapy as monotherapy or in combination with other agents and no previous exposure to EGFR inhibitors. Patients treated with platinum-containing therapy only in the adjuvant setting, or in the context of multimodal therapy for locally advanced disease should have disease progression within 6 months of the last dose of platinum containing therapy. Patients with no more than 2 prior lines of treatment in recurrent or metastatic disease. • Human papilloma virus (HPV) status determined by p16 immunohistochemistry (IHC) or molecular HPV test for all oropharyngeal tumors should be reported when available. * The eligible HNSCC primary tumor locations are oropharynx, oral cavity, hypopharynx, and larynx. * 3L+ mCRC (cohort open to enrolment) patients must have: * No oncogenic missense mutations in KRAS, NRAS, BRAF, or EGFR ectodomain, and no HER2 (ERBB2) or KRAS amplification, as detected in plasma by ctDNA NGS central testing performed during screening. * A microsatellite stable (MSS) tumor. * Received ≥2 and no more than 4 lines of prior therapy in the metastatic setting including: 1. Chemotherapy with oxaliplatin, irinotecan, and a fluoropyrimidine, 2. Targeted therapy with an anti-VEGF therapy COMBINATION: * FIRST-LINE HNSCC (cohort closed to enrolment): patients eligible to receive pembrolizumab as first-line monotherapy with tumors expressing programmed cell death protein ligand 1 (PD-L1), combined positive score (CPS) ≥1, as determined by a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved test in the US, or by an approved equivalent test in other countries; patients should not have previous systemic therapy administered in the recurrent or metastatic setting, although previous systemic therapy as part of multimodal treatment for locally advanced disease is allowed if ended ≥6 months prior to signing the ICF. The eligible HNSCC primary tumor locations are oropharynx, oral cavity, hypopharynx, and larynx. Previous treatments with anti PD-(L)1 or anti-EGFR therapies are not allowed. * mCRC (cohorts open to enrolment): Patients should have been previously diagnosed with histologically or cytologically confirmed unresectable or metastatic adenocarcinoma of the colon or rectum. Patients must be RAS/ RAF WT as determined using tumor tissue (primary or metastatic) by an appropriate tumor tissue based assay, to be confirmed by the sponsor, and must have an MSS tumor. Patients must be naive to prior anti-EGFR therapy. i. Cohort to be treated with petosemtamab and FOLFIRI: patients may have received up to 1 prior chemotherapy regimen for the metastatic setting, consisting of 1L fluoropyrimidine-oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy ± bevacizumab. ii. Cohort to be treated with petosemtamab and FOLFOX: patients may have received up to 1 prior chemotherapy regimen in the metastatic setting consisting of 1L fluoropyrimidine-irinotecan-based chemotherapy ± bevacizumab Exclusion Criteria: * Central nervous system metastases that are untreated or symptomatic, or require radiation, surgery, or continued steroid therapy to control symptoms within 14 days of study entry. * Known leptomeningeal involvement. * Participation in another clinical study or treatment with any investigational drug within 4 weeks prior to study entry. * Any systemic anticancer therapy within 4 weeks or 5 half-lives whichever is shorter of the first dose of study treatment. For cytotoxic agents that have major delayed toxicity ( e.g. mitomycin C,nitrosoureas), or anticancer immunotherapies, a washout period of 6 weeks is required. * Requirement for immunosuppressive medication (e.g. methotrexate, cyclophosphamide) * Major surgery or radiotherapy within 3 weeks of the first dose of study treatment. Patients who received prior radiotherapy to ≥25% of bone marrow are not eligible, irrespective of when it was received. * Persistent grade \>1 clinically significant toxicities related to prior antineoplastic therapies (except for alopecia); stable sensory neuropathy ≤ grade 2 NCI-CTCAE v4.03 is allowed. * History of hypersensitivity reaction to any of the excipients of petosemtamab, human proteins or any non-IMP treatment required for this study. * Uncontrolled hypertension (systolic blood pressure \[BP\] \> 150 mmHg and/or diastolic BP \> 100 mmHg) with appropriate treatment or unstable angina. History of congestive heart failure of Class II-IV New York Heart Association (NYHA) criteria, or serious cardiac arrhythmia requiring treatment (except atrial fibrillation, paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia). History of myocardial infarction within 6 months of study entry. * History of prior malignancies with the exception of excised cervical intraepithelial neoplasia or nonmelanoma skin cancer, or curatively treated cancer deemed at low risk for recurrence with no evidence of disease for 3 years. * Current dyspnea at rest of any origin, or other diseases requiring continuous oxygen therapy. Patients with a history of interstitial lung disease (e.g., pneumonitis or pulmonary fibrosis) or evidence of ILD on baseline chest computerized tomography (CT) scan. * Current serious illness or medical conditions including, but not limited to uncontrolled active infection,clinically significant pulmonary, metabolic or psychiatric disorders. * Patients with known infectious diseases: i. Active hepatitis B infection (hepatitis B surface antigen \[HBsAg\] positive) without receiving antiviral treatment. ii. Positive test for hepatitis C ribonucleic acid (HCV) RNA). • Pregnant or breastfeeding patients; patients of childbearing potential must use highly effective contraception methods prior to study entry, for the duration of study participation, and for 6 months after the last dose of MCLA-158.

Study sites (31)

CA

CO

FL

GA

MA

MI

MO

NY

OH

OK

PA

TN

TX

UT

VA

WA