Trial purpose
Cancer treatment
Tumor type
Multi-Cancer
Age
18+
Clinical summary
Summary
This is an open-label trial with two phases. In Phase 1, participants will receive EMB-02 one weekly (intravenously) at ascending dose levels. In Phase II, participants will receive EMB-02 weekly (intravenously) at the recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D).
Conditions
This trial is treating patients with advanced solid cancers
Eligibility
Inclusion
- Willing and able to provide written informed consent.
- Phase I: Patients with histologically or cytologically confirmed locally advanced/metastatic solid tumors and have failed (progressed on, or are intolerant of) standard therapies. Moreover, the disease should be measurable or evaluable per RECIST v1.1
- Phase II Cohort A: Patients with histologically or cytologically confirmed locally advanced/metastatic melanoma, excluding uveal melanoma. > 1 prior therapy, including prior treatment with PD-1/L1(mandatory) and/or CTLA-4 inhibitors(optional). And the disease is measurable or evaluable per RECIST v1.1
- Archival tumor samples available for retrospective analysis or biopsy will be taken.
- ECOG performance status 0 or 1 for phase I, and ≤2 for phase II; life expectancy > 3 Months
- Adequate organ function to participate in the trial.
- Recovery from adverse events (AEs) related to prior anticancer therapy.
- Highly effective contraception
Exclusion
- Patients who have active autoimmune disease or history of autoimmune disease
- History of severe irAE.
- History of severe allergic reactions
- Use of systemic corticosteroids.
- Symptomatic central nervous system metastases.
- Patients with cardiac dysfunction
- Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus with hemoglobin A1c > 8% (via medical history)
- Prior treatment with a LAG-3 inhibitor
- Anticancer therapy or radiation < 5 half-lives or 4 weeks (whichever is shorter) prior to study treatment;
- Prior organ or stem cell/bone marrow transplant.
- Concurrent malignancy < 5 years prior to entry.
- Patients with active infections.
- Major surgery < 4 weeks or minor surgery < 2 weeks prior to study treatment
- Live virus vaccines < 30 days prior to screening
- Pregnant or breast-feeding females
- Any investigational agents or study drugs from a previous clinical study within 30 days of the first dose of study treatment
- Any other serious underlying medical conditions
- Abuse on alcohol, cannabis- derived products or other drugs
Inclusion
- Your cancer has spread to other parts of the body (metastatic) or has grown into nearby parts of the body (locally advanced).
- Your cancer has not spread to other parts of the body (localised).
- You have had treatment but your cancer has gotten worse or has not responded to the treatment you have been given.
Exclusion
- You have been diagnosed with a prior or secondary type of cancer.
- You have certain types of non-cancer medical conditions.
- You have had certain treatments, surgical procedures or drugs.
Clinical trials have complex eligibility criteria, and other criteria may apply for this trial. Ask your doctor about whether this trial could be right for you.
More information
Trial Identifiers
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Trial sponsor
Shanghai EpimAb Biotherapeutics Co., Ltd.
Scientific Title
A Phase I/II Trial of EMB-02, a Bi-specific Antibody Against PD-1 and LAG-3, in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors
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