Clinical trial Recruiting at 1 site Phase 2 Interventional Ages 18 to 75

BL-B01D1 plus a TKI, with or without pembrolizumab, for advanced kidney cancer

Official title: A Phase II Clinical Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of BL-B01D1 in Combination With Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor (TKI) With or Without Pembrolizumab (BL-B01D1+TKI±Pembrolizumab) in Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Renal Cancer

Run by Sichuan Baili Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. · NCT06962787 · Data updated 2026-11-12

This trial will test whether adding the experimental drug BL-B01D1 to a standard TKI—with or without the immunotherapy pembrolizumab—helps people with locally advanced or metastatic kidney cancer.

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Quick facts

PhasePhase 2
Study typeInterventional
Ages18 Years to 75 Years
SexAll
Enrollment260 (estimated)
SponsorSichuan Baili Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Industry-sponsored
Drugs / interventionspembrolizumab, Chemotherapy
Locations1 site (Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality)
StatusRecruiting
StartedJuly 28, 2025
Main results expectedMay 2027
Study endsDecember 2027
Registry record updatedNovember 17, 2025
Trial IDNCT06962787 on ClinicalTrials.gov

Is this trial a fit for you?

Likely a good fit

Adults aged 18–75 with histologically confirmed locally advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma, ECOG 0–1, at least one measurable lesion, adequate organ function, and willingness to provide tumor tissue are ideal candidates.

Probably not a fit

Patients with ECOG performance status >1, significant uncontrolled organ dysfunction, expected survival under three months, inability to provide tumor tissue, or unresolved high-grade toxicity from recent therapies are unlikely to benefit.

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This Phase II open-label trial gives adults with locally advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma the experimental agent BL-B01D1 in combination with a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (axitinib or lenvatinib), with an option to add pembrolizumab. Eligible participants must have histologically confirmed disease, at least one RECIST v1.1–measurable lesion, ECOG performance status 0–1, adequate organ function, and provide tumor tissue. The study will monitor tumor responses, progression-free and overall survival, and safety using RECIST v1.1 and NCI-CTCAE v5.0 criteria across the combination arms. Treatment tolerability and any incremental clinical activity from adding BL-B01D1 will determine whether the regimen warrants further testing.

Why it matters

Potential benefit: If successful, the combination could improve tumor control and extend progression-free and potentially overall survival for people with advanced kidney cancer.

How similar studies have gone: Combinations of TKIs with PD-1 inhibitors like pembrolizumab have shown benefit in renal cell carcinoma, but BL-B01D1 is a novel agent and its added value is not yet proven.

Who can join: the full rules

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Inclusion Criteria:

1. Subject volunteered to participate in the study and signed an informed consent;
2. Male or female aged ≥18 years and ≤75 years;
3. Expected survival time ≥3 months;
4. ECOG score 0 or 1;
5. Patients with locally advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma confirmed by histopathology and/or cytology;
6. Agree to provide archived tumor tissue samples or fresh tissue samples of primary or metastatic lesions within 3 years;
7. At least one measurable lesion meeting the RECIST v1.1 definition was required;
8. Organ function level must meet the requirements;
9. The toxicity of previous antineoplastic therapy has returned to ≤ grade 1 as defined by NCI-CTCAE v5.0;
10. Fertile female subjects, or male subjects with fertile partners, must use highly effective contraception from 7 days before the first dose until 7 months after the first dose. Female subjects of childbearing potential had to have a negative serum pregnancy test within 7 days before the first dose.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Chemotherapy, biological therapy and other anti-tumor therapies have been used within 4 weeks or 5 half-lives before the first dose; Mitomycin and nitrosoureas were administered within 6 weeks before the first dose; Oral drugs such as fluorouracil;
2. Prior treatment with an ADC drug containing a camptothecin derivative (topoisomerase I inhibitor) as a toxin;
3. Use of immunomodulatory drugs within 14 days before the first dose of study drug;
4. The history of severe cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases within six months before screening;
5. Prolonged QT interval, complete left bundle branch block, III degree atrioventricular block, frequent and uncontrollable arrhythmia;
6. Active autoimmune and inflammatory diseases;
7. Systemic corticosteroids or immunosuppressive agents are required within 2 weeks before the first dose;
8. Other malignant tumors within 5 years before the first dose;
9. A history of non-infectious ILD requiring steroid treatment, or current ILD/interstitial pneumonia or suspected ILD;
10. Poorly controlled diabetes before starting study treatment; Severe complications of diabetes mellitus;
11. Unstable thrombotic events requiring therapeutic intervention within 6 months before screening;
12. Complicated with pulmonary diseases leading to clinically severe respiratory function impairment;
13. Patients with active central nervous system metastasis;
14. Patients with massive or symptomatic effusions or poorly controlled effusions;
15. Patients with a history of allergy to recombinant humanized antibody or human-mouse chimeric antibody or to BL-B01D1 or any excipients of pembrolizumab;
16. Previous history of allogeneic stem cell, bone marrow or organ transplantation;
17. Human immunodeficiency virus antibody positive, active tuberculosis, active hepatitis B virus infection or active hepatitis C virus infection;
18. Had a serious infection within 4 weeks before the first dose of study drug; There was pulmonary infection or active pulmonary inflammation at the time of screening;
19. Had participated in another clinical trial within 4 weeks before the first dose (calculated from the time of the last dose);
20. With a history of psychotropic drug abuse and inability to quit or a history of severe neurological or psychiatric illness;
21. Imaging examination showed that the tumor had invaded or wrapped the large thoracic vessels;
22. Serious unhealed wound, ulcer, or fracture within 4 weeks before signing the informed consent;
23. Subjects with clinically significant bleeding or obvious bleeding tendency within 4 weeks before signing the informed consent;
24. Subjects scheduled to receive live vaccine or within 28 days before the first dose;
25. Patients with other serious physical and laboratory abnormalities or poor compliance that may increase the risk of participating in the study, or interfere with the results of the study, and patients who were deemed by the investigators to be unsuitable for participation in the study.

Where it's running

  • Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center
    Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
    Recruiting

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