Combining APG-1387 and Toripalimab for treating advanced solid tumors

A Phase Ib/II Clinical Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of APG-1387 in Combination With Toripalimab in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors

This study is testing a new combination of two drugs, APG-1387 and toripalimab, to see if they can help people with advanced solid tumors like colorectal cancer, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, and non-small cell lung cancer.

Quick facts

• Phase: Phase1; Phase2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 104 (estimated)
• Ages: 18 Years and up
• Sex: All
• Sponsor: Ascentage Pharma Group Inc. (Industry-sponsored)
• Drugs / interventions: toripalimab, chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, radiation, prednisone
• Locations: 3 sites (Foshan, Guangdong and 2 other locations)
• Trial ID: NCT04284488 on ClinicalTrials.gov

What this trial studies

This clinical trial evaluates the safety and efficacy of APG-1387 in combination with toripalimab in patients with advanced solid tumors. It consists of a Phase Ib dose-escalation study to determine the recommended dose of APG-1387, followed by a Phase II study involving three cohorts: colorectal cancer, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, and non-small cell lung cancer. Patients will receive the treatments via intravenous infusion, and the study aims to assess both pharmacodynamics and overall treatment response.

Who should consider this trial

Good fit: Ideal candidates include adults over 18 with histologically confirmed advanced solid tumors who have failed standard antitumor therapies.

Not a fit: Patients with early-stage tumors or those who have not yet undergone standard treatment may not benefit from this study.

Why it matters

Potential benefit: If successful, this combination therapy could provide a new treatment option for patients with advanced solid tumors who have not responded to standard therapies.

How similar studies have performed: Other studies combining immunotherapy with targeted therapies have shown promise, suggesting potential success for this approach.

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Histopathologically confirmed advanced solid tumors

   1. For phase II CRC group only: Patients with histologically confirmed microsatellite stable (detected by immunohistochemistry, PCR or NGS methods) advanced colorectal cancer.
   2. For phase II NPC group only: Patients with histologically or cytologically confirmed advanced NPC.
   3. For phase II NSCLC group only: Patients with histologically confirmed or cytologically confirmed advanced non-small cell lung cancer together with wild-type EGFR/ALK/ROS1 (first or second-generation sequencing results are allowed).
2. Patients who have failed standard antitumor therapy.
3. At least one evaluable lesion according to RECIST 1.1 criteria.
4. Age greater than 18 years, both men and women.
5. ECOG: 0 to 1.
6. Expected survival ≥ 3 months.
7. The function of vital organs meets the following criteria (no blood components and cell growth factors are allowed 2 weeks before the start of study treatment):

   1. Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 × 10\^9/L;
   2. Platelets ≥ 100 × 10\^9/L;
   3. Hemoglobin ≥ 90 g/L;
   4. Serum albumin ≥ 30 g/L;
   5. Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x the upper limit of normal(ULN), ALT and AST ≤ 2.5 x ULN; if there is liver metastasis, ALT and AST ≤ 5 x ULN;
   6. Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 x ULN ; or if Serum creatinine \>1.5 x UL, 24-hour creatinine clearance ≥ 50 mL/min (calculated according to Cockcroft-Gault formula);
8. Patients with asymptomatic brain metastases (not requiring pharmacological control) or brain metastases that have been stable for more than 28 days after treatment.
9. Patients must have recovered to Grade 1 or less from adverse reactions resulting from prior antineoplastic therapy (except alopecia and sensory neuropathy not exceeding Grade 2).
10. Males, women of childbearing potential (postmenopausal women who must have been postmenopausal for at least 12 months to be considered of non-childbearing potential) and their partners voluntarily use contraception deemed effective by the investigator during treatment and for at least three months after the last dose of study drug.
11. Able to understand and voluntarily sign a written informed consent form, which must be signed prior to the performance of any trial-specified study procedures.
12. Patients must be voluntary and able to complete study procedures and follow-up examinations.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Cytotoxic chemotherapy, radiation therapy, surgery (except minor surgery), anticancer therapy with hormone therapy (except hormone for hypothyroidism or estrogen replacement therapy (ERT)), or any clinical study treatment within 28 days prior to the first dose of study drug; or clinically significant tumor embolism or tumor lysis syndrome (TLS).
2. Immunotherapy, biologic therapy or anti-TNFa therapy within 28 days or 5 half-lives (whichever is shorter) prior to receiving the first dose of study drug.
3. Patients who have received targeted therapy within 28 days prior to first dose of study drug.
4. Prior treatment with anti PD-1, anti PD-L1, or anti PD-L2 agents (Phase II CRC cohort only).
5. Patients have an immunodeficiency diagnosis or are receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy (daily dose of more than 10 mg prednisone equivalent) or any form of immunosuppressive therapy 7 days prior to the first dose of trial treatment.
6. Patients have any active autoimmune disease or a history of autoimmune disease (such as interstitial pneumonia, uveitis, enteritis, hepatitis, hypophysitis, vasculitis, myocarditis, nephritis, hyperthyroidism, decreased thyroid function (can be included if hormone replacement therapy is effective); patients with vitiligo or asthma that has been completely relieved in childhood and does not require any intervention after adulthood can be included, and patients with asthma requiring bronchodilators for medical intervention cannot be included.
7. Patient has an active infection or unexplained fever \> 38.5。C within 2 weeks prior to the first dose (subjects may be enrolled due to tumor generated fever as judged by the investigator).
8. Any evidence of a past history of interstitial lung disease, drug-induced interstitial lung disease, radiation pneumonitis requiring steroids, or clinically active interstitial lung disease.
9. Hepatic decompensation.
10. Evidence of any severe or uncontrolled systemic disease; various chronic active infections such as hepatitis B (evidence of hepatitis activity such as HBV-DNA ≥ 104 copies/mL or 2000 IU/mL), hepatitis C, and HIV.
11. Any of the following cardiac criteria: Mean QTc\> 470 msec at rest during screening; Any clinically important abnormality in rhythm, conduction, or morphology of the resting electrocardiogram (ECG) (e.g., complete left bundle branch block, third degree heart block, second degree heart block); Congenital long QT syndrome or family history of long QT syndrome.
12. Uncontrolled hypertension (requiring 2 or more medications to control blood pressure); Unstable cardiac pain; Angina pectoris within 3 months of study entry; Congestive heart failure (NYHA class II or higher); Previous myocardial infarction (NSTEMI or STEMI) within 6 months of study entry; Serious cardiac arrhythmia requiring medical attention; Serious hepatic, renal, gastrointestinal, or metabolic disease.
13. History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to APG-1387 or toripalimab or their constituents.
14. Have received a live vaccine within 28 days prior to the first dose of investigational product. Live vaccines include but are not limited to the following: measles, mumps, rubella, varicella/zoster (chicken pox), yellow fever, rabies, Bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccine (BCG) and typhoid. Injectable seasonal influenza vaccines are usually inactivated viral vaccines and are therefore allowed; however, intranasal influenza vaccines (e.g., FluMist) are live attenuated vaccines and are not allowed.
15. Patients who have not sufficiently recovered after surgical treatment as judged by the investigator. Patients with major surgery within 28 days prior to the first dose of study drug and minor surgery within 7 days prior to the start of the study.
16. Pregnant or lactating female patients.
17. The subject has other factors that may cause the subject to be forced to terminate the study, such as suffering from other serious diseases (including mental illness) requiring concomitant treatment, severe abnormalities in laboratory tests, family or social factors, conditions that may affect the safety of the subject or the collection of trial data, etc.

Where this trial is running

Foshan, Guangdong and 2 other locations

• Foshan First People's Hospital — Foshan, Guangdong, China (Recruiting)
• Sun-Yat Sen University Cancer Center — Guangzhou, Guangdong, China (Recruiting)
• The Affiliated Hospital OF Guangxi Medical University — Nanning, Guangxi, China (Not_yet_recruiting)

Study contacts

• Study coordinator: Ruihua Xu, Professor

Conditions Advanced Solid Tumor