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No longer recruiting (closed or complete)Last updated: 16 February 2026

SYLVER: This trial is recruiting people with dMMR or MSI-H solid cancers to evaluate a targeted therapy (called GSK4418959) when given alone or in combination with immunotherapyA Phase 1/2 First-Time-in-Human, Open-label, Multicenter, Dose Escalation and Expansion Study of the Oral DNA Helicase Werner Inhibitor (WRNi) GSK4418959 Alone or in Combination With Other Anti-cancer Agents in Adult Participants With Mismatch Repair-deficient (dMMR) or Microsatellite Instability-High (MSI-H) Solid Tumors (SYLVER)

Trial purpose

Medical clipboardCancer treatment

Tumor type

Multi-Cancer Multi-Cancer

Age

People18+

Trial acronym

SYLVER

Clinical summary

Summary

Solid tumours are abnormal lumps of tissue that can occur in different parts of the body. The tumours involved in this study have specific genetic characteristics that can make them more aggressive and challening to treat. These are Mismatch Repair-deficient (dMMR) or Microsatellite Instability-High (MSI-H) solid tumours. 

This study will test whether an oral targeted therapy called GSK4418959 when given alone or in combination with a PD-1 inhibitor (immunotherapy) can decrease tumour size, is safe, well-tolerated, and how amounts of the drug decrease in the body over time.

The study has three parts.

In Part 1 (Dose Escalation), participants will receive GSK4418959 by itself (monotherapy).

In Part 2 (Dose Expanion - Monotherapy), participants will receive GSK4418959 as monotherapy.

In Part 3 (Dose Escalation - Combination), participants will receive GSK4418959 plus a PD-1 inhibitor.

 

Conditions

This trial is treating people with advanced (unresectable, metastatic or recurrent) solid tumours with dMMR or MSI-H status

Eligibility

Inclusion

Parts 1, 2, and 3 inclusion criteria:

  • Has a histologically diagnosed advanced (unresectable, metastatic or recurrent) solid tumor
  • Has a known dMMR/MSI-H status as determined by a certified local laboratory at the time of Pre-screening or has an unknown Mismatch repair (MMR)/ Microsatellite Instability (MSI) status at the time of Pre-screening and MMR/MSI status will be determined by central reference laboratory
  • Provides an archival or fresh (preferred) formalin fixed, paraffin embedded (FFPE) sample
  • Intends to receive GSK4418959 (alone or in combination with PD-1 inhibitor, as determined between Investigator and sponsor) as next line of treatment
  • Has an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-1
  • Is expected to have a minimum of 3 months life expectancy
  • Has adequate organ function, as defined in the protocol

Parts 1 and 3 inclusion criteria:

• Has histologically diagnosed advanced (unresectable, metastatic or recurrent) solid tumor and has exhausted all standard of care treatment options

Part 2 inclusion criteria:

  • Has histologically diagnosed advanced (unresectable, metastatic or recurrent) Colorectal cancer (CRC) or Endometrial cancer (EC)
  • Has received at least 1 but no more than 3 lines of systemic anticancer therapy for their advanced (unresectable, metastatic or recurrent) disease including at least one line of Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) therapy
  • Has measurable disease (i.e., at least 1 target lesion) during the Screening period per RECIST 1.1, as determined by the investigator

Exclusion

Parts 1, 2, and 3 exclusion criteria:

  • Has not recovered (i.e., to Grade ≤1 or to baseline) from prior anticancer therapy-induced AEs
  • Has received prior treatment with a WRN inhibitor
  • Is unable to swallow and retain orally administered study treatment
  • Has symptomatic uncontrolled brain or leptomeningeal metastases
  • Has a known additional malignancy that progressed or required active treatment within the last 2 years because reoccurrence of another malignancy would confound interpretation by RECIST 1.1 criteria. Exceptions include basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin that has undergone potentially curative therapy, or in situ cancer that is considered to be low risk for progression by the investigator
  • Has any impairment of gastrointestinal function or gastrointestinal disease that may significantly alter the absorption of study drugs
  • Has severe liver fibrosis
  • Has cirrhosis or current unstable liver or biliary disease
  • Has known hypersensitivity to any of the study interventions or any of their excipients
  • Has known WRN syndrome
  • Has an active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years

Part 3 exclusion criteria:

  • Has experienced any of the following with prior immunotherapy: any immune mediated adverse events (imAE) of Grade ≥3, immune-related severe neurologic events of any grade, exfoliative dermatitis of any grade (Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, toxic epidermal necrolysis, or Drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic signs syndrome [DRESS] syndrome), or myocarditis of any grade. Non-clinically significant laboratory abnormalities are not exclusionary
  • Has any history of interstitial lung disease or pneumonitis

Inclusion

  • You have had treatment, but your cancer has come back (relapsed or recurrent).
  • 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).
  • Your cancer has not spread to other parts of the body, but it is not possible to perform surgery to remove it (unresectable).
  • You are able to swallow medication by mouth.

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.
Message

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.

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Trial sponsor

GlaxoSmithKline

Scientific Title

A Phase 1/2 First-Time-in-Human, Open-label, Multicenter, Dose Escalation and Expansion Study of the Oral DNA Helicase Werner Inhibitor (WRNi) GSK4418959 Alone or in Combination With Other Anti-cancer Agents in Adult Participants With Mismatch Repair-deficient (dMMR) or Microsatellite Instability-High (MSI-H) Solid Tumors (SYLVER)

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