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  • Objective:

    Phase 1a Dose Escalation

    Primary Objectives:

    • To assess the safety and tolerability of BGB-43395 alone in patients with advanced solid tumors or as part of combination therapies in HR+/HER2- breast cancer and other selected tumor types.
    • To determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) or maximum administered dose (MAD) and recommended dose(s) for expansion (RDFE[s]) of BGB-43395 alone in patients with advanced solid tumors or as part of combination therapies in HR+/HER2- breast cancer and other selected tumor types.

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To assess the preliminary anticancer activity of BGB-43395 alone in patients with advanced solid tumors or as part of combination therapies in HR+/HER2- breast cancer and other selected tumor types.
    • To characterize the PK of BGB-43395 and its metabolite, BGB-48579, alone in patients with advanced solid tumors or as part of combination therapies in HR+/HER2- breast cancer and other selected tumor types.

    Phase 1b: Dose Expansion Objectives and Endpoints

    Primary Objectives:

    • To assess the antitumor activity in patients treated with BGB-43395 alone or as part of combination therapies in selected tumor cohorts.

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To further assess the antitumor activity in patients treated with BGB-43395 alone or as part of combination therapies in selected tumor cohorts.
    • To further characterize the safety and tolerability of BGB-43395 alone or as part of combination therapies.
    • To further characterize the pharmacokinetics (PK) of BGB-43395 and its metabolite, BGB-48579, with combination therapies.
    Cancer Categories:
    • Brain and Nervous System,Breast,Gastrointestinal (GI),Genitourinary (GU),Gynecologic,Head and Neck,Lung,Skin
    Principal Investigator:
    • Saif, Wasif
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • 2024-063
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase I
  • Objective:

    Primary Objective:

    • To compare the efficacy of INBRX-106 + pembrolizumab vs pembrolizumab

    Secondary Objective:

    • To further compare the efficacy of INBRX-106 + pembrolizumab vs pembrolizumab
    • To evaluate the safety and tolerability of INBRX-106 + pembrolizumab vs pembrolizumab
    • To compare the impact of INBRX-106 + pembrolizumab vs pembrolizumab on pain, function, and HRQoL
    Cancer Categories:
    • Head and Neck
    Principal Investigator:
    • Sukari, Ammar
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • 2024-066
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase II/III
  • Objective:

    Part I: Dose Escalation Phase

    Primary Objectives:

    • To evaluate the safety and tolerability of BGC515 Capsules in patients with malignant mesothelioma (MM), epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE), or other advanced solid tumors.
    • To explore the dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs) and maximum tolerated dose (MTD).

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To evaluate the pharmacokinetics (PK) of BGC515 Capsules in patients with MM, EHE, or other advanced solid tumors.
    • To preliminarily evaluate the efficacy of BGC515 Capsules in patients with MM, EHE, or other advanced solid tumors.

    Part II: Dose Expansion Phase

    Primary Objectives:

    • To further evaluate the safety and tolerability of BGC515 Capsules in patients with MM, EHE, glioblastoma, or other advanced solid tumors including those with NF1/2 deficiency, YAP/TAZ fusion, LATS1/2 mutation, MST1/2 mutation, so as to determine the recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D).
    • To evaluate the preliminary efficacy of BGC515 Capsules in patients with MM, EHE, glioblastoma, or other advanced solid tumors including those with NF1/2 deficiency, YAP/TAZ fusion, LATS1/2 mutation, MST1/2 mutation.

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To evaluate the PK of BGC515 Capsules in patients with MM, EHE, glioblastoma, or other advanced solid tumors including those with NF1/2 deficiency, YAP/TAZ fusion, LATS1/2 mutation, MST1/2 mutation.
    Cancer Categories:
    • Breast,Gastrointestinal (GI),Genitourinary (GU),Head and Neck,Lung,Skin
    Principal Investigator:
    • Winer, Ira
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • 2024-064
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase I
  • 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 Objective:

    • To evaluate the disease-free survival (DFS) of patients with stage III-IV SCCHN and disruptive p53 mutations after primary surgical resection followed by PORT alone or PORT with concurrent cisplatin.

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To evaluate the DFS of patients with stage III-IV SCCHN and non-disruptive p53 mutations after primary surgical resection followed by PORT alone or PORT with concurrent cisplatin
    • To evaluate the DFS of patients with stage III-IV SCCHN and p53 wild type after primary surgical resection followed by PORT alone or PORT with concurrent cisplatin
    • To evaluate toxicities of PORT alone or PORT with concurrent cisplatin.
    • To evaluate p53 mutation as a predictive biomarker of survival benefit given post-operative concurrent radiation and cisplatin.
    • To identify potential genomic alterations in addition to TP53 mutations that may be developed to a novel treatment approach.
    Cancer Categories:
    • Head and Neck,Lung
    Principal Investigator:
    • Sukari, Ammar
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • EA3132
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase II
  • Objective:

    Arm 1a and Arm 1b

    Primary Objectives:

    • Select 2 doses of CHS-114 as a monotherapy to be considered as recommended dose for expansion (RDEs) in participants with advanced solid tumors and HNSCC following standard first-line therapy.

    Secondary Objectives:

    • Evaluate the safety and tolerability of CHS114 monotherapy.
    • Evaluate the PK of CHS-114 as monotherapy.
    • Evaluate the preliminary antitumor activity of CHS-114 administered as monotherapy.
    • Evaluate the changes in FOXP3 levels within the tumor tissue (in participants undergoing pretreatment and on-treatment tumor biopsies).

    Arm 2

    Primary Objectives:

    • Evaluate the safety and tolerability of CHS-114 in combination with toripalimab in participants with HNSCC following standard first-line therapy

    Secondary Objectives:

    • Evaluate the PK of CHS-114 and toripalimab when administered in combination.
    • Evaluate the preliminary antitumor activity of CHS-114 administered in combination with toripalimab.
    Cancer Categories:
    • Head and Neck
    Principal Investigator:
    • Sukari, Ammar
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • 2023-099
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase I
  • Objective:

    Primary Objectives:

    • To evaluate the safety and tolerability of FT825 with or without cetuximab following CY/FLU or bendamustine
    • To define the RP2D of FT825 with or without cetuximab following CY/FLU or bendamustine

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To evaluate the antitumor activity of FT825 with or without cetuximab following CY/FLU or bendamustine
    • To characterize the PK of FT825 with or without cetuximab following CY/FLU or bendamustine
    Cancer Categories:
    • Breast,Gastrointestinal (GI),Head and Neck,Lung
    Principal Investigator:
    • Assad, Hadeel
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • 2023-100
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase I
  • Objective:

    Part 1

    Primary Objectives:

    • To characterize the safety and tolerability of TEV-56278 in the trial population
    • To determine a RP2D

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To characterize the serum pharmacokinetics of TEV-56278 in the trial population
    • To evaluate the antitumor activity of TEV-56278 in the trial population

    Part 2

    Primary Objectives:

    • To evaluate antitumor activity of TEV-56278 in the trial population

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To characterize the serum pharmacokinetics of TEV-56278 in the trial population
    • To determine the safety and tolerability of TEV-56278 in the trial population
    • To evaluate other measures of antitumor activity of TEV-56278 in the trial population
    Cancer Categories:
    • Brain and Nervous System,Breast,Gastrointestinal (GI),Genitourinary (GU),Gynecologic,Head and Neck,Lung,Skin
    Principal Investigator:
    • Saif, Wasif
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • 2024-045
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase I
  • Objective:

    Primary Objectives:

    • To compare antitumor activity in ORR per
      Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumor
      (RECIST) Guidelines version (v) 1.1 as assessed
      by blinded independent central review (BICR)
      in patients with incurable metastatic /
      recurrent HNSCC patients progressed on after
      anti-PD-1 and platinum containing therapy,
      treated with petosemtamab monotherapy vs
      investigator’s choice monotherapy
    • To compare OS in patients with incurable
      metastatic / recurrent HNSCC progressed on
      after anti-PD-1 and platinum-containing
      therapy, treated with petosemtamab
      monotherapy vs investigator’s choice
      monotherapy

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To evaluate antitumor activity in ORR per
      RECIST v1.1 as assessed by investigator review
    • To evaluate antitumor activity in DOR per
      RECIST v1.1 as assessed by BICR and
      investigator review
    • To evaluate antitumor activity in TTR per
      RECIST v1.1 as assessed by BICR and
      investigator review
    • To evaluate antitumor activity in PFS per
      RECIST v1.1 as assessed by BICR and by
      investigator review
    • To evaluate antitumor activity in CBR per
      RECIST v1.1 as assessed by BICR and by
      investigator review
    • To evaluate safety and tolerability of
      petosemtamab monotherapy
    • To evaluate patient health-related quality of
      life (HRQL) using the European Organisation
      for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC)
      validated Quality of Life of Cancer Patients
      Questionnaire (QLQ-C30)
    • To evaluate patient HRQL using the updated
      EORTC validated Quality of Life of Head and
      Neck Cancer Patients Questionnaire (QLQH&N43)
    • To characterize the PK of petosemtamab
    • To characterize the population PK of
      petosemtamab
    • To characterize the immunogenicity of
      petosemtamab
    Cancer Categories:
    • Head and Neck
    Principal Investigator:
    • Hadid, Tarik
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • 2024-023
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase III
  • Objective:

    Primary Objectives:

    • Determine efficacy using proportion of patients alive and progression-free at 4 months within each cancer subtype

    Secondary Objectives:

    • Determine overall response rate (ORR), duration of response (DoR), median progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) within each cancer subtype
    • Determine safety and tolerability in each cancer subtype
    Cancer Categories:
    • Gastrointestinal (GI),Genitourinary (GU),Head and Neck
    Principal Investigator:
    • Cackowski, Frank
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • 2024-009
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase II