New cancer cocktail shows promise in early human trial

NCT ID NCT04417465

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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

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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

Phase 1

The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.

Participants

101 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Jun 2020

Finished

Aug 2025

Lead sponsor

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

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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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.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Carolina BioOncology Institute

    Huntersville, North Carolina, 28078, United States

  • Fort Wayne Medical Oncology and Hematology

    Fort Wayne, Indiana, 46804, United States

  • Highlands Oncology Group Springdale

    Springdale, Arkansas, 72762, United States

  • Hopital Saint-Andre

    Bordeaux, 33000, France

  • Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre

    Madrid, 28041, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Fundacion Jimenez Diaz

    Madrid, 28040, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario HM Sanchinarro

    Madrid, 28050, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria

    Málaga, 29010, Spain

  • Institut Gustave Roussy

    Villejuif, 94805, France

  • National Cancer Center Hospital

    Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0045, Japan

  • National Cancer Center Hospital East

    Kashiwa-Shi, Chiba, 277-8577, Japan

  • National Taiwan University Hospital

    Taipei, 100, Taiwan

  • Seoul National University Hospital

    Seoul, 03080, South Korea

  • The Chaim Sheba Medical Center

    Ramat Gan, 5262100, Israel

  • UPMC Hillman Cancer Center

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15232, United States

  • Wakayama Medical University Hospital

    Wakayama, Wakayama, 641-8510, Japan

  • Yale University

    New Haven, Connecticut, 06519, United States

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