New cancer cocktail shows promise in early human trial
NCT ID NCT04417465
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This early-phase study tested an experimental drug called ABBV-CLS-579, given alone or with other cancer treatments, in 101 adults with advanced solid tumors that had stopped responding to standard therapy. The main goal was to find safe and tolerable doses, not to prove the drug works. The study is now complete, and results will help guide future research.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- ABBV-CLS-579 (oral capsule), PD-1 inhibitor (IV infusion), VEGFR TKI (oral tablet)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward a new combination treatment option for certain advanced solid tumors like head and neck, lung, or kidney cancers.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early (Phase 1) trial with only 101 participants, focused on safety and dosing. It is not designed to prove effectiveness, and many early cancer drugs do not advance to later stages.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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101 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2020
- Finished
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Aug 2025
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Must weigh at least 35 kilograms (kg). * For Monotherapy and Combination Dose Escalation: * Histologically or cytologically proven metastatic or locally advanced tumors (with measurable disease defined by Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors \[RECIST\] v1.1), for which no effective standard therapy exists, or where standard therapy has failed. Participants must have received at least 1 prior systemic anticancer therapy for the indication being considered. * For Combination Dose Expansion: * For the following tumor types, the subject must have received at least 1 prior line containing PD-1/PD-L1 target therapy. Indication with outcome of Prior PD-1/PD-L1 Targeted Therapy and other disease characteristics: * NSCLC * Relapsed: Tumors express PD-L1 (TPS ≥ 1%) as determined by the FDA-approved Agilent PD-L1 IHC 22C3 pharmDx kit * Refractory: Tumors express PD-L1 (TPS ≥ 1%) as determined by the FDA-approved Agilent PD-L1 IHC 22C3 pharmDx kit * ccRCC * Relapsed or Refractory: Advanced disease (locally advanced or metastatic) * MSI-H tumors * Refractory: Locally advanced or metastatic MSI-H tumors whose tumors are determined to have a MSI-H status by PCR or NGS tests, or dMMR by IHC tests. * HNSCC * Relapsed or Refractory: Tumors express PD-L1 (CPS ≥ 1\] as determined by the FDA approved PD-L1 Agilent IHC 22C3 pharmDx kit * For Combination Dose Expansion: * Locally advanced or metastatic, advanced ccRCC who have relapsed after at least 1 prior VEGFR TKI therapy * Received at least 1 prior line containing PD 1/PD L1 targeted therapy with a best response by RECIST v1.1 of CR/PR (any duration) or stable disease (for greater than 6 months) * Received at least 1 prior line containing PD-1/PD-L1 targeted therapy and have had disease progression (in the absence of best response of CR/PR/stable disease by RECIST v1.1) with PD 1/PD L1 targeted therapy * An Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status ≤ 2. * Life expectancy of ≥ 12 weeks. * Laboratory values meeting protocol criteria. * If the subject is on anticoagulant therapy, INR must be within therapeutic goal. * QT interval corrected for heart rate \< 450 msec (using Fridericia's correction), and no clinically significant electrocardiographic findings. Exclusion Criteria: * Untreated brain or meningeal metastases (participants with history of metastases are eligible provide they do not require ongoing steroid treatment and have shown clinical and radiographic stability for at least 28 days after definitive therapy). * Unresolved Grade 2 or higher toxicities related to previous anticancer therapy except alopecia. * History of hepatitis B, hepatitis C, or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. * Recent history (within 6 months) of congestive heart failure (defined as New York Heart Association, Class 2 or higher), ischemic cardiovascular event, pericarditis, or clinically significant pericardial effusion, cardiac arrythmia or peripheral artery disease. * Recent history (within 6 months) of Childs-Pugh B or C classification of liver disease. * History of clinically significant medical and/or psychiatric conditions or any other reason that, in the opinion of the investigator, would interfere with participation in this study or would make the participant an unsuitable candidate to receive study drug. * History of uncontrolled, clinically significant endocrinopathy. * Known gastrointestinal disorders making absorption of oral medications problematic. Inability to swallow capsules. * If treated with anti-programmed cell death protein-1 (aPD-1)/antiprogrammed cell death protein-ligand 1(aPD-L1) targeting or other immunostimulatory agents in the past: excluded if had prior pneumonitis, prior Grade 3 or higher immune mediated toxicity, hypersensitivity to administered drug or drug related toxicity requiring discontinuation. * Active autoimmune disease requiring systemic treatment in past 2-years (exceptions for endocrinopathies, vitiligo or atopic conditions) * History of solid organ transplant or allogeneic stem cell transplant. * History of interstitial lung disease or pneumonitis. * Major surgery ≤ 28 days prior to first dose of study drug. * Poorly controlled hypertension * History of hemorrhage, including hemoptysis, hematemesis, or melena * History of other malignancy, with the following exceptions: * No known active disease present for within 3 years before first dose of study treatment and felt to be at low recurrence by investigator * Adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer or lentigo maligna without evidence of disease * Adequately treated carcinoma in situ without evidence of disease * Known active severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection per local testing practices.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Carolina BioOncology Institute
Huntersville, North Carolina, 28078, United States
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Fort Wayne Medical Oncology and Hematology
Fort Wayne, Indiana, 46804, United States
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Highlands Oncology Group Springdale
Springdale, Arkansas, 72762, United States
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Hopital Saint-Andre
Bordeaux, 33000, France
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Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre
Madrid, 28041, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Fundacion Jimenez Diaz
Madrid, 28040, Spain
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Hospital Universitario HM Sanchinarro
Madrid, 28050, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria
Málaga, 29010, Spain
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Institut Gustave Roussy
Villejuif, 94805, France
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National Cancer Center Hospital
Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0045, Japan
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National Cancer Center Hospital East
Kashiwa-Shi, Chiba, 277-8577, Japan
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National Taiwan University Hospital
Taipei, 100, Taiwan
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Seoul National University Hospital
Seoul, 03080, South Korea
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The Chaim Sheba Medical Center
Ramat Gan, 5262100, Israel
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UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15232, United States
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Wakayama Medical University Hospital
Wakayama, Wakayama, 641-8510, Japan
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Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut, 06519, United States
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