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  • Objective:

    Primary Objective:

    Dose Escalation

    • To characterize the safety, tolerability, DLT and MTD (or maximum administered dose [MAD] or maximum biologically effective dose [MBED] if no MTD defined) of CLN-619 administered intravenously alone (Module A, Module D) or in combination with pembrolizumab (Module B) or in combination with chemotherapy (Module C) in patients with advanced solid tumors.

    Dose Expansion

    • To evaluate the anti-tumor activity of CLN-619 alone and/or in combination with pembrolizumab (Module B) or with chemotherapy (Module C), as assessed by the Best Overall Response (BOR), ORR, Duration of Response (DoR), Progression Free Survival (PFS), Disease Control Rate (DCR), Overall Survival (OS), and the Clinical Benefit Rate (CBR), per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) v1.1, in patients with advanced solid tumors.

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To assess the PK profile of CLN-619 administered alone, - in combination with pembrolizumab or in combination with chemotherapy in patients with selected, advanced solid tumors.
    • To assess the immunogenicity of CLN-619 administered alone, in combination with pembrolizumab, or in combination with chemotherapy, in patients with selected, advanced solid tumors.
    Cancer Categories:
    • Breast,Gastrointestinal (GI),Gynecologic,Lung
    Principal Investigator:
    • Mamdani, Hirva
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • 2024-089
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase I
  • Objective:

    Primary Objectives:

    • To assess the safety and tolerability of BL-M07D1 in metastatic or unresectable HER2-expressing tumors
    • To determine the MTD if reached or MAD and two or more RDEs of BL-M07D1

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To characterize the pharmacokinetics of BL-M07D1, total anti-HER2 antibody, and payload (Ed-04)
    • To investigate the antitumor activity of BL-M07D1
    Cancer Categories:
    • Breast,Gastrointestinal (GI),Genitourinary (GU),Gynecologic,Lung
    Principal Investigator:
    • Saif, Wasif
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • 2025-010
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase I
  • Objective:

    Primary Objectives:

    Phase 1: Dose Escalation

    • To characterize the safety, tolerability, and dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs), and determine the recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D) of STAR0602

    Phase 2: Dose Expansion

    • To further explore anti-tumor activity of STAR0602 in unresectable, locally advanced, or metastatic solid tumors

    Secondary Objectives:

    Phase 1: Dose Escalation

    • To evaluate preliminary antitumor activity of STAR0602 in unresectable, locally advanced, or metastatic solid tumors
    • To evaluate the PK profile of STAR0602 in serum after single and repeated IV infusions

    Phase 2: Dose Expansion

    • To further evaluate the antitumor activity of STAR0602
    • To evaluate the PK profile of STAR0602 in serum after single and repeated IV infusions
    • To further characterize the safety and tolerability of STAR0602

    Phase 1 and Phase 2: Dose Escalation and Dose Expansion

    • To assess antidrug antibody (ADA) formation after IV single and repeat dose administration of STAR0602
    Cancer Categories:
    • Gastrointestinal (GI),Genitourinary (GU),Gynecologic
    Principal Investigator:
    • Saif, Wasif
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • 2024-091
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase I/II
  • Objective:

    Primary Objectives:

    • To determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and the dose-limiting toxicities
      (DLTs) for combination of ATR inhibitor (M1774) and BET inhibitor (ZEN003694) in
      women with recurrent clear cell, endometrioid, and platinum resistant high grade serous
      ovarian carcinoma (HGSOC) and clear cell and endometrioid endometrial carcinoma
      irrespective of ARID1A status (PART I).
    • To determine safety and tolerability in ARID1A pathogenic alteration (ARID1AMUT) and
      ARID1A wildtype (ARID1AWT) cohorts (ARID1A is an integral biomarker) in an
      expansion phase (PART II).
    • To determine change in pharmacodynamic biomarker expression of ƔH2AX (for ATR
      inhibition, integral biomarker) from pre-treatment and on-treatment tumor samples in
      ARID1AMUT and ARID1AWT expansion cohorts by immunohistochemistry (IHC) (PART
      II).

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To evaluate change in pharmacodynamic biomarker expression of cmyc (for BET inhibition,
      integrated biomarker) from pre-treatment and on-treatment tumor samples in ARID1AMUT
      and ARID1AWT expansion cohorts by Digital Spatial Profiling (DSP) (PART II).
    • To evaluate change in pharmacodynamic biomarker expression of ƔH2AX (for ATR
      inhibition, integrated biomarker) from pre-treatment and on-treatment tumor samples in
      ARID1AMUT and ARID1AWT expansion cohorts by DSP (PART II).
    • To investigate if ARID1A protein by IHC and DSP correlates with ARID1A pathogenic
      alteration in pre-treatment tumor biopsy samples (PART II).
    • To estimate objective response rate (ORR) and progression free survival (PFS) at 6 months in
      ARID1A pathogenic alteration and wildtype cohorts (PART II).
    Cancer Categories:
    • Gastrointestinal (GI),Gynecologic
    Principal Investigator:
    • Winer, Ira
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • NRG-GY031
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase I
  • Objective:

    Primary Objectives:

    • To evaluate the antitumor activity of zanidatamab monotherapy in participants with locally advanced, unresectable, or metastatic HER2-overexpressing (IHC 3+) solid tumors

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To assess other antitumor efficacy parameters of zanidatamab monotherapy in participants with locally advanced, unresectable, or metastatic HER2-overexpressing (IHC 3+) solid tumors
    • To evaluate the safety and tolerability of zanidatamab monotherapy in participants with locally advanced, unresectable, or metastatic HER2-overexpressing (IHC 3+) solid tumors
    • To evaluate the PK of zanidatamab
    • To evaluate the immunogenicity of zanidatamab
    • To evaluate participant-reported tolerability of zanidatamab monotherapy in participants with locally advanced, unresectable, or metastatic HER2-overexpressing (IHC 3+) solid tumors
    Cancer Categories:
    • Breast,Gastrointestinal (GI),Gynecologic,Lung
    Principal Investigator:
    • Winer, Ira
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • 2024-099
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase II
  • Objective:

    Primary Objectives:

    Part 1

    • To evaluate the safety and tolerability of PRT3789 in combination with pembrolizumab in patients with advanced or metastatic solid tumors

    Part 2

    • To evaluate the efficacy of PRT3789 in combination with pembrolizumab in patients with advanced or metastatic esophageal or NSCLC and deleterious SMARCA4 mutation

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To evaluate the efficacy of PRT3789 in combination with pembrolizumab
    • To evaluate the safety and tolerability of PRT3789 in combination with pembrolizumab
    • To evaluate the PK profile of PRT3789 in combination with pembrolizumab
    Cancer Categories:
    • Gastrointestinal (GI),Gynecologic,Head and Neck,Lung,Skin
    Principal Investigator:
    • Uprety, Dipesh
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • 2025-005
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase II
  • Objective:

    Primary Objective:

    • To compare progression-free-survival (PFS) in patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer (PROC) receiving rinatabart sesutecan (Rina-S) versus investigator’s choice of therapy (IC).

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To assess additional measures of efficacy of Rina-S compared to IC in patients with PROC.
    • To assess the safety of Rina-S compared to IC in patients with PROC
    • To assess potential changes in QTc associated with Rina-S
    • To assess patient reported outcomes in patients receiving Rina-S and IC
    Cancer Categories:
    • Gastrointestinal (GI),Gynecologic
    Principal Investigator:
    • Morris, Robert
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • GOG-3107
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase III
  • Objective:

    Dose escalation (completed)

    Primary Objective:

    • To determine the preliminary RP2D of single-agent petosemtamab in mCRC patients who have progressed on chemotherapy, with or without an anti-VEGF therapy, and with an anti-EGFR therapy (if RAS WT)

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To characterize the safety and tolerability of petosemtamab
    • To evaluate preliminary antitumor activity
    • To characterize the PK of petosemtamab
    • To characterize the immunogenicity of petosemtamab

    Dose expansion (single-agent nonrandomized early expansion, 2L/3L HNSCC, 3L+ mCRC, and esophageal cohorts)

    Primary Objective:

    • To determine the ORR per RECIST v1.1 as assessed by investigator review

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To further evaluate antitumor activity per RECIST v1.1 as assessed by investigator review
    • For 3L+ mCRC only: To evaluate antitumor activity per RECIST v1.1 as assessed by blinded independent central review (BICR)
    • To evaluate overall survival (OS) (Note: this is an exploratory objective for the esophageal cohort)
    • To characterize safety and tolerability of single-agent petosemtamab
    • To characterize the PK of petosemtamab
    • To characterize the immunogenicity of petosemtamab

    Dose expansion (single-agent, randomized expansion in 2L/3L HNSCC cohort)

    Primary Objectives:

    • To descriptively characterize all relevant clinical safety and efficacy data
    • To characterize the exposure-safety relationship of petosemtamab administered at 1100 mg and 1500 mg Q2W in terms of TEAEs

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To characterize the exposure-efficacy relationship of petosemtamab administered at 1100 mg and 1500 mg Q2W in terms of the sum of the diameters of target lesions
    • To characterize the exposure-safety relationship of petosemtamab administered at 1100 mg and 1500 mg Q2W in terms of Grades 3-4 TEAEs, IRRs, and nonIRR TEAEs
    • To evaluate antitumor activity per RECIST v1.1 as assessed by investigator review
    • To characterize other safety endpoints of 1100 mg and 1500 mg Q2W dose of single-agent petosemtamab
    • To characterize the PK of petosemtamab
    • To characterize the immunogenicity of petosemtamab

    Dose expansion (combination with pembrolizumab [1L HNSCC], FOLFIRI [mCRC], or FOLFOX [mCRC] cohorts)

    Primary Objectives:

    • To determine the ORR per RECIST v1.1 as assessed by investigator review
    • To characterize safety of petosemtamab combination therapies

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To further evaluate antitumor activity per RECIST v1.1 as assessed by investigator review
    • For mCRC combination cohorts only: To evaluate antitumor activity per RECIST v1.1 as assessed by BICR
    • To characterize other safety endpoints and tolerability of petosemtamab combination therapies
    • To characterize the PK of petosemtamab when administered as combination therapy
    • To characterize the immunogenicity of petosemtamab when administered as combination therapy
    Cancer Categories:
    • Gastrointestinal (GI),Head and Neck
    Principal Investigator:
    • Al Hallak, Mohammed
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • 2024-100
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase I/II
  • Objective:

    Primary Objectives:

    Phase 1a Primary

    • To assess the safety and tolerability of LY3962673 monotherapy

    Phase 1a Secondary

    • To assess the antitumor activity of LY3962673 monotherapy
    • To characterize the PK properties of LY3962673 monotherapy

    Phase 1b Primary

    • Dose Expansion: To assess the antitumor activity of LY3962673
    • Dose Optimization: To confirm the RP2D/optimal dose based on safety and efficacy of LY3962673

    Phase 1b Secondary

    • Dose Expansion: To assess the safety and tolerability of LY3962673
    • Dose Expansion: To assess, for each Dose Expansion cohort, the antitumor activity per RECIST v1.1
    • All Cohorts: To characterize the PK properties of LY3962673
    Cancer Categories:
    • Gastrointestinal (GI),Lung
    Principal Investigator:
    • Al Hallak, Mohammed
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • 2024-088
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase I
  • Objective:

    Primary Objectives:

    • To determine if overall survival (OS) is improved with proton beam therapy (PBT) treatment as compared to intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) as part of planned protocol treatment for patients with esophageal cancer.
    • To determine if OS with PBT is non-inferior to IMRT as part of planned protocol treatment and that there will be less grade 3+ cardiopulmonary toxicity with PBT than with IMRT.

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To compare the symptom burden and impact on functioning of patients between treatment modalities based on Patient Reported Outcome (PRO) measures of symptoms using MD Anderson Symptom Inventory (MDASI) and PROMIS-Fatigue;
    • To compare the Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALY) using EQ5D as a health outcome (Kilbridge 2010) between PBT and IMRT, if the protocol primary endpoint is met;
    • To assess the pathologic response rate between PBT and IMRT;
    • To assess the cost-benefit economic analysis of treatment between radiation modalities;
    • To compare the length of hospitalization after protocol surgery between PBT and IMRT;
    • To compare the incidence of grade 4 lymphopenia during chemoradiation between PBT and IMRT;
    • To compare lymphocyte nadir at first follow-up visit after completion of chemoradiation between PBT & IMRT;
    • To estimate the locoregional failure, distant metastatic free survival, and progression-free survival of patients treated with PBT versus IMRT;
    • To compare incidence of both early (< 90 days from treatment start) and late (≥ 90 days from treatment start) cardiovascular and pulmonary events between PBT versus IMRT;
    • To compare the Total Toxicity Burden (TTB) of IMRT versus PBT based on a composite index of 9 individual cardiopulmonary toxicities.

    Exploratory Objectives:

    • To collect biospecimens for future analyses, for example to assess cardiac and inflammatory biomarkers in association with treatment complications.
    Cancer Categories:
    • Gastrointestinal (GI)
    Principal Investigator:
    • Hyde, Christian
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • NRG-GI006
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase III