RecruitingPhase 1 / Phase 2

Study of AVZO-021 in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors

A Phase 1/2, First-in-Human Study to Assess the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Antitumor Activity of AVZO-021 as a Single Agent and in Combination Therapy in Patients With 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 is the first study of AVZO-021, a pill that blocks a protein called CDK2, in adults with certain advanced solid cancers. It tests the drug’s safety, side effects, highest safe dose, and effects on cancer. It also looks at how the body handles the drug and how the drug acts in the body.

This study, the first clinical trial of AVZO-021, aims to determine the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, maximum tolerated dose, and anti-tumor effects of AVZO-021 in patients with advanced solid tumors. AVZO-021 is an oral medication that inhibits cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK 2).

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

Eligibility

Who can join

  • Be age 18 or older and able to do most daily activities with little or no help.
  • Have a listed cancer that has grown into nearby tissue or spread. The cancer type and past treatments needed depend on the study group.
  • For groups testing AVZO-021 alone: have certain breast cancers or cancer with extra copies of the CCNE1 gene in the ovary, belly lining, fallopian tube, or uterus. Triple-negative breast cancer may also qualify if it has extra CCNE1 copies. Standard treatments must no longer work or be suitable, with no other gene changes that can be treated. Other CCNE1 cancers may qualify in Phase 1a with supporting data and approval.
  • For breast cancer combination groups: have HR-positive, HER2-negative cancer, meaning it uses hormones to grow and does not have high HER2 levels. You must have had hormone therapy and a CDK4/6-blocking drug; Phase 2b allows no more than one prior CDK4/6 drug. HER2-low cancer may qualify if standard treatment failed.
  • For other combination groups: have cancer of the ovary, belly lining, or fallopian tube with extra CCNE1 copies that does not respond well to platinum chemotherapy.
  • Usually, have had no more than two chemotherapy treatment plans for advanced cancer. Exceptions apply for certain past treatments and ovarian cancers.
  • Have cancer that can be measured on scans, and bone marrow and organs that work well enough.
  • Be able to swallow capsules or tablets.

Who can't join

  • Had cancer treatment or an experimental drug too recently: within two weeks or five drug half-lives, whichever is shorter. A half-life is the time it takes the body to clear half a drug.
  • Previously took cancer drugs that block CDK2, PKMYT1, or WEE1. Group B5 also excludes people who took drugs called topoisomerase inhibitors.
  • Had major surgery within four weeks, or radiation to ease symptoms within seven days, before starting treatment. The study rules may allow exceptions for radiation.
  • Have active cancer spread to the brain or spinal cord, or confirmed cancer in the tissues and fluid around them.
  • Still have side effects from past treatment that are more than mild, have unstable heart function, or have an ongoing infection or disease that weakens the immune system.
  • Currently take drugs that strongly or moderately change how a liver protein called CYP3A4 breaks down medicines.
  • Have another active cancer. An exception requires that cancer to be in remission, an expected lifespan over two years, and written approval from the study sponsor.
  • Are pregnant or breastfeeding, or plan to breastfeed during the study or within six months after the last dose.

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

Official eligibility criteria

Key Inclusion Criteria: 1. Male or female aged ≥18 years old at screening with Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) 0-1. 2. Disease-related inclusion criteria by study phase and part: i) Phase 1a Monotherapy Dose Escalation: Patients with locally advanced or metastatic HR+/HER2- breast cancer, CCNE1-amplified tumors that are either epithelial ovarian cancer, primary peritoneal cancer, fallopian tube cancer, endometrial cancer or TNBC, with no other oncogenic driver mutations that are treatable and standard therapies are no longer effective, appropriate, or safe in the opinion of the investigator and medical monitor. Patients with any additional tumor type with CCNE1 amplification can be enrolled only if clinical data is supportive and approved by medical monitor (Cohort 1A). ii) Phase 1b Combination Dose Escalation: histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of locally advanced or metastatic HR+ HER2- (HER2-low may be allowed if failed standard of care therapy) breast cancer, who have been previously treated with inhibitor of CDK4/6 and endocrine therapy(Cohorts 1B1, 1B2, 1B3, 1B4, and 1B5); or histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of CCNE1- amplified, locally advanced or metastatic, platinum-refractory or platinum-resistant EOC, primary peritoneal, or fallopian tube cancer (Cohort 1C). iii) Phase 2a Monotherapy dose expansion: Histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of locally advanced or metastatic CCNE1 amplified epithelial ovarian cancer, primary peritoneal cancer, fallopian tube cancer, endometrial cancer or TNBC, with no other oncogenic driver mutations that are treatable and standard therapies are no longer effective, appropriate, or safe in the opinion of the investigator and medical monitor (Cohort 2A). iv) Phase 2b Combination dose expansion: Histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of locally advanced or metastatic HR+/HER2- (HER2-low may be allowed if failed standard of care therapy) breast cancer who have been previously treated with no more than 1 prior CDK4/6 inhibitor and endocrine therapy (Cohorts 2B1, 2B2, 2B3, 2B4, and 2B5); or Histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of locally advanced or metastatic, CCNE1-amplified, platinum-refractory or platinum-resistant EOC, primary peritoneal cancer, or fallopian tube cancer (Cohort 2C). 3. No more than 2 prior cytotoxic chemotherapy regimens for locally advanced/metastatic disease (excepting patients treated with an antibody-drug conjugate, with ovarian cancer if there disease is platinum resistant or refractory, having progressed beyond all SOC care; and patients who have received prior chemotherapy in the adjuvant or neoadjuvant setting \>12 months prior to starting AVZO-021 treatment). 4. Measurable disease as determined by RECIST version 1.1. 5. Adequate bone marrow and organ function. 6. Ability to swallow capsules or tablets. Key Exclusion Criteria: 1. Received an investigational agent or anticancer therapy within 2 weeks, or 5 half-lives of the drug, whichever is shorter, prior to planned start of AVZO-021. 2. Received any CDK2 inhibitor, protein kinase membrane associated tyrosine/threonine 1 (PKMYT1) inhibitor, or WEE1 inhibitor anticancer therapy. For cohort B5, prior therapy with topoisomerase inhibitors is not permitted. 3. Undergone major surgery within 4 weeks prior to planned start of AVZO-021. 4. Received radiotherapy for palliation within 7 days of the first dose of study treatment, unless specified otherwise in the protocol. 5. Active CNS metastases or confirmed leptomeningeal disease are not eligible. 6. Unresolved toxicities from prior therapy greater than Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 5.0 Grade \>1 at the time of starting study treatment. 7. Clinically unstable cardiac function as described in the protocol. 8. Any active or chronic infection/disease that compromises the immune system. 9. Current treatment with strong or moderate cytochrome P450 (CYP)3A4 inhibitors or inducers. 10. Active second malignancy unless in remission with life expectancy \> 2 years and with documented sponsor approval. 11. Pregnancy, lactation, or plans to breastfeed during the study or within 6 months of the last dose of study intervention.

Study sites (11)

CT

FL

  • Avenzo Therapeutics Recruiting Site · Sarasota, FL 34232Avenzo Therapeutics · Study contactMore trials in Sarasota
  • Avenzo Therapeutics Recruiting Site · Tampa, FL 33612Avenzo Therapeutics · Study contactMore trials in Tampa

NY

  • Avenzo Therapeutics Recruiting Site · Mineola, NY 11501Avenzo Therapeutics · Study contactMore trials in Mineola
  • Avenzo Therapeutics Recruiting Site · New York, NY 10016Avenzo Therapeutics · Study contactMore trials in New York

OH

OK

OR

  • Avenzo Therapeutics Recruiting Site · Portland, OR 97213Avenzo Therapeutics · Study contactMore trials in Portland

PA

TX

  • Avenzo Therapeutics Recruiting Site · Dallas, TX 75246Avenzo Therapeutics · Study contactMore trials in Dallas

VA

  • Avenzo Therapeutics Recruiting Site · Fairfax, VA 22031Avenzo Therapeutics · Study contactMore trials in Fairfax