A Phase 1 Open-label, Multicenter, Dose-ranging Study to Investigate Safety and Tolerability, Efficacy, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Immunogenicity of MT-6402 in Subjects With Advanced Solid Cancer That Expresses PD-L1
A Phase 1 Open-label, Multicenter, Dose-ranging Study to Investigate Safety and Tolerability, Efficacy, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Immunogenicity of MT-6402 in Subjects With Advanced Solid Cancer That Expresses PD-L1
This will be a Phase 1 Open-label, dose escalation and expansion study of MT-6402 (an Engineered Toxin Body (ETB)) in subjects with advanced solid cancer that expresses PD-L1
This study will be conducted in two sequential parts:
Up to 138 eligible subjects will be identified and treated through competitive enrollment at multiple study centers
In Parts 1 and 2, a subject may participate for the following four (4) periods:
MT-6402 will be given as an intravenous (IV) infusion over 30 minutes on the same day every week (i.e., days 1, 8, 15 and 22) of each cycle. A cycle is defined as 28 days. A subject can continue receiving MT-6402 as long as it is well-tolerated or until the subject decides they no longer want to participate in the study.
Inclusion Criteria:
Part A
Subject must be at least 18 years old and must have histologically confirmed, unresectable, locally advanced, or metastatic PD-L1-expressing solid cancer not amenable to standard treatment, or for whom standard treatment is not available, or in the Investigator's opinion the standard treatment would not be in the subject's best interest. Any level of PD-L1 expression assessed by using any Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved PD-L1 immunohistochemistry (IHC) assay is accepted. In addition, another PD-L1 assay may be considered acceptable if approved by the Medical Monitor. The assessment should have been performed on the most recent available tissue from a site of metastatic disease (if possible).
Subject must have evaluable or measurable disease.
Part B
Requirements for separate cohorts enrolled in Part B are as follows:
Positive PD-L1 expression as assessed by an FDA approved PD-L1 IHC assay is required. The assessment should have been performed on the most recently available tissue and form a site of metastatic disease (if possible). Subjects without PD-L1 measured by an FDA-approved diagnostic must have PD-L1 expression confirmed by an FDA-approved diagnostic on either archived tissue or a fresh biopsy. Subjects for whom PD-L1 expression has not been determined and do not have archived tissue will require a fresh biopsy for PD-L1 determination by an FDA-approved diagnostic.
Subjects must be willing to have a total of 2 on trial biopsies: one at baseline and the other within the last 2 weeks of Cycle 2. Subjects who required a fresh biopsy at screening may utilize the screening biopsy tissue in lieu of the baseline biopsy.
Subject must have at least 1 measurable tumor lesion according to RECIST 1.1.
Parts A and B
Subject must have Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance score of 0 or 1.
Prior treatment must include a CPI (i.e., PD-1 inhibitors, PD-L1 inhibitors with or without CTLA-4 inhibitors) if there is an approved CPI for the specific cancer type. Subjects may also have received CPIs in an investigational setting. Subjects who have not received a CPI and where there is no approved CPI for the specific cancer type could be enrolled at the Investigator's discretion and after discussion with the Medical Monitor.
Subject must have adequate bone marrow function (NOTE: administration of blood products and growth factors is not allowed within 2 weeks prior to screening laboratory tests):
Subject must have adequate renal function, based on estimated creatinine clearance (eCrCl) ≥ 50 mL/min, calculated by the Cockcroft-Gault equation.
NOTE: At the Investigator's discretion, the eCrCl result < 50 mL/min may be verified by measured creatinine clearance (mCrCl) based on the 24-hour urine collection. Subjects with mCrCl ≥ 50 mL/min will be eligible irrespective of the eCrCl result calculated by the Cockcroft-Gault equation.
Subject must have adequate hepatic function, as determined by:
Subject must have adequate serum albumin (albumin ≥ 2.5 g/dL)
Subjects capable of having children must have a negative highly sensitive pregnancy test within 72 hours before the start of treatment. Subjects who are postmenopausal (> 1 year since last menstrual cycle) or permanently sterilized (e.g., bilateral tubal occlusion, hysterectomy, bilateral salpingectomy) may be considered as not of reproductive potential.
Subjects of reproductive potential must agree either to abstain continuously from heterosexual intercourse or to use a highly effective birth control method from signing the informed consent until 30 days after the last dose of MT-6402 for subjects capable of bearing children and until 90 days after the last dose of MT-6402 for subjects capable of fathering children.
Exclusion Criteria:
Part A
Subjects without available tissue from a site of metastatic disease or easily biopsied lesion (biopsy sites of non significant risk, in the opinion of the Investigator) or unwilling to consent to biopsy.
Part B
Subjects without easily biopsied lesions (biopsy sites of non significant risk, in the opinion of the Investigator) or unwilling to consent to baseline and end of Cycle 2 biopsy. Patients for whom a biopsy is not feasible must be discussed with the Medical Monitor.
Subjects unwilling to have baseline and on-study core biopsy (last 2 weeks of Cycle 2) performed.
Parts A and B
History or current evidence of another neoplastic disease, except cervical carcinoma in situ, superficial noninvasive bladder tumors, curatively treated Stage I to II non melanoma skin cancer or any previous cancer curatively treated > 2 years before the start of treatment.
Active autoimmune disease currently under treatment or required systemic treatment within 2 years (replacement therapy, e.g., thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency is allowed). Subjects who have not required systemic treatment of an auto-immune disease for at least 2 years may be enrolled if permission is provided after discussion with the Medical Monitor.
Ongoing > Grade 1 immune related toxicity caused by prior CPI therapy (i.e., PD-1 inhibitors, PD-L1 inhibitors, or CTLA-4 inhibitors). Subjects with stable endocrinological AEs, e.g., hypothyroidism, adrenal insufficiency, hypopituitarism, or diabetes mellitus, must have been on a stable dose of supplemental therapy for at least 2 weeks before screening to be eligible for this study. History of repeat Grade 2 pneumonitis or carditis on previous CPI and/or Grade 3 immune related adverse event on previous CPI treatment.
Evidence of active noninfectious ≥ Grade 2 pneumonitis or current evidence of ≥ Grade 3 other underlying pulmonary disease.
Received any of the following PD-L1 inhibitors within the following time periods prior to the first dose of MT-6402: atezolizumab - 12 months; durvalumab - 7 months; avelumab - 2 months.
Any concurrent cancer treatment, apart from local treatment of non-target lesions for palliative intent (e.g., local surgery or radiotherapy).
Prior radiation therapy within 4 weeks before the start of study treatment. NOTE: A lesion in a previously irradiated area can only be considered target lesion if there has been radiographical disease progression since the end of radiation therapy.
Received approved or investigational treatment for the disease under study (except PD L1 inhibitors where exclusion criterion 6 applies) within 4 weeks before the start of treatment. For small molecules (MW < 0.9 kDa), the washout is 5 half-lives, but at least 2 weeks.
Subjects who have had allogeneic tissue or solid organ transplantation.
Current evidence of new or growing central nervous system (CNS) metastases during screening. Subjects with known asymptomatic CNS metastases will be eligible if they meet all the following criteria:
Major surgical procedure (as defined by the Investigator) within 28 days prior to the start of study treatment.
History or current evidence of significant cardiovascular disease before the start of treatment, including but not limited to the following conditions:
Current evidence of uncontrolled human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), or hepatitis C virus (HCV) at screening. Serology testing is not required if seronegativity is documented in the medical history, and if there are no clinical signs suggestive of HIV or hepatitis infections, or suspected exposure. The following exceptions apply for subjects with positive viral serology:
Current treatment requiring systemic steroids at doses > 10 mg/day prednisone equivalent.
Subjects with a history of hypersensitivity or serious toxic reactions to kanamycin or other aminoglycosides.
Subjects with unintentional weight loss > 10% of their body weight over the preceding 2 months or less before screening.
Subjects who are pregnant or breastfeeding.
History or evidence of any other clinically significant disorder, condition or disease (with the exception of those outlined above) that, in the opinion of the Investigator or Medical Monitor, if consulted, would pose a risk to subject safety or interfere with the study evaluation, procedures or completion.