Evaluating HC010 for advanced solid tumors

A Phase I Open-label, Multi-center, Dose Escalation and Expansion Study to Evaluate the Safety, Pharmacokinetics and Antitumor Activity of HC010 in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors

This study is testing a new treatment called HC010 to see if it is safe and tolerable for people with advanced solid tumors who have run out of other treatment options.

Quick facts

• Phase: Phase 1
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 122 (estimated)
• Ages: 18 Years to 75 Years
• Sex: All
• Sponsor: HC Biopharma Inc. (Industry-sponsored)
• Drugs / interventions: chemotherapy, immunotherapy, prednisone
• Locations: 1 site (Guangzhou, Guangdong)
• Trial ID: NCT06307925 on ClinicalTrials.gov

What this trial studies

This clinical trial is a multicenter, open-label, single-arm, phase I study aimed at assessing the safety and tolerability of HC010 monotherapy in patients with advanced recurrent or metastatic solid tumors. Participants will receive HC010 via intravenous infusion every two weeks for a maximum of two years or until certain criteria are met. The study focuses on patients who have either failed standard therapies or have no available standard treatment options. Primary endpoints include safety, tolerability, and determining the maximum tolerated dose, while secondary endpoints assess pharmacokinetics and efficacy indicators.

Who should consider this trial

Good fit: Ideal candidates are adults aged 18 to 75 with advanced solid tumors who have failed standard therapy or lack access to it.

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 treatment could provide a new therapeutic option for patients with advanced solid tumors who have limited treatment alternatives.

How similar studies have performed: While this approach is novel for HC010, similar studies evaluating new therapies for advanced solid tumors have shown promise in the past.

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Voluntary participation in this clinical trial, understanding and following the research protocol, and voluntarily signing the Informed Consent Form (ICF).
2. Age ≥18 and ≤75, male or female.
3. Participants with histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of advanced solid tumors who have failed standard therapy or for whom no standard therapy is available.
4. Participants must have at least one measurable lesion according to RECIST Version1.1
5. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Score of 0 or 1
6. Hepatocellular carcinoma patients with Child-Pugh score ≤ 7
7. Expected survival time is at least 3 months
8. Adequate organ function: neutrophil count≥1.5×109/L,platelet count ≥100×109/L,hemoglobin≥90g/L,alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase ≤2.5×upper limit of normal (ULN); patients with hepatocellular carcinoma or concomitant hepatic metastases ≤5.0×ULN, total bilirubin ≤1.5×ULN, renal function and cardiopulmonary function are basically normal.
9. Subjects should provide, whenever possible, freshly obtained or archived tumor tissue sample prior to study treatment that can be used for biomarker analysis
10. Participants of childbearing potential (males and females) must agree to effective contraception for at least 90 days from the time of signing the informed consent form to the time of the last dose; females of childbearing potential must have a negative blood pregnancy test within 7 days prior to the first dose of the HC010

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Receipt of any interventional clinical trial treatment or other systemic chemotherapy, radiotherapy, etc. within 28 days or 5 half-lives (whichever is shorter) prior to the first dose of the HC010; Receipt of herbal or proprietary Chinese medicine with an anti-tumor indication within 2 weeks prior to the first dose of HC010;
2. Underwent surgery, experienced severe trauma, etc,within 4 weeks prior to the first administration of HC010 ;
3. Receipt of systemic glucocorticoids (prednisone \>10 mg/day or equivalent doses of similar drugs) or other immunosuppressive agents within 2 weeks prior to the first dose of HC010;
4. Receipt of immunomodulatory drugs within 2 weeks prior to the first dose of HC010;
5. Receipt of live attenuated vaccination within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of HC010;
6. Patients who have received biomolecule therapy for anti-programmed death receptor 1 (PD-1)/programmed death ligand (PD-L1), anti-cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4), and anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) targets in prior antitumor therapy;
7. Unresolved toxicities from prior anticancer therapy, defined as having not resolved to NCI CTCAE v5.0 Grade≤1;
8. History of immune-related adverse event (irAE) leading to permanent discontinuation from prior immunotherapy ,or grade ≥3 toxicity related to anti-angiogenic therapy from prior anti-angiogenic therapy；
9. Previous allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation or organ transplantation；
10. Patients with known active brain metastases, or the presence of meningeal metastases, spinal cord compression, or molluscum contagiosum disease；
11. Combination of other malignancies within 5 years prior to the first dose; excludes radically treated basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, papillary thyroid carcinoma and/or radically resected carcinoma in situ;
12. Patients with active autoimmune disease, or a history of autoimmune disease；
13. Infections: 1) active hepatitis B and C; Note: HBsAg and/or hepatitis B core antibody (HBcAb) positive individuals with HBV DNA ≥500 IU/ml (≥2000 IU/ml in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma) tested within 28 days prior to the initiation of treatment are eligible for inclusion.2) known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS); 3) known active syphilis; 4) active tuberculosis; 5) active infection within two weeks prior to first dose of HC010;
14. Unstable systemic disease, including but not limited to, severe cardiovascular disease; pleural effusion, pericardial effusion or peritoneal effusion requiring repeated drainage;
15. Severe bleeding tendencies or coagulation disorders;
16. History of non-infectious pneumonia/interstitial lung disease requiring systemic glucocorticoid therapy;
17. Females who are pregnant or breastfeeding;
18. Inappropriate for this study in the opinion of the investigator;
19. History of systemic hypersensitivity or anaphylaxis to any component of HC010.

Where this trial is running

Guangzhou, Guangdong

• Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center — Guangzhou, Guangdong, China (Recruiting)

Study contacts

• Study coordinator: Langxi Zhang, Ph.D

Conditions Advanced Solid Tumor; advanced solid tumor; Non-small cell lung cancer; Hepatocellular carcinoma; colorectal cancer; cervical cancer