New targeted drug enters first human tests for Hard-to-Treat cancers
NCT ID NCT06597721
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 10, 2026 · Updated 4 times
Summary
This phase 1 trial is testing a new drug called ADCE-T02 in people with advanced solid tumors that have not responded to standard treatments. The drug is an antibody-drug conjugate designed to target a protein called tissue factor found on many cancer cells. The main goals are to find the safest dose and to see if the drug is tolerable, with early signs of tumor shrinkage also being monitored.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- ADCE-T02 (an antibody-drug conjugate targeting tissue factor)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward a new treatment option for advanced solid tumors that have not responded to other therapies.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early phase 1 trial focused on safety and dosing, so it is uncertain if ADCE-T02 will effectively shrink tumors or have manageable side effects.
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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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About 210 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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.
Key Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patients must have pathologically confirmed unresectable advanced solid tumor 2. Patients who have undergone at least one systemic therapy and have progressive disease 3. Patients must have at least one measurable lesion as per RECIST version 1.1. 4. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-1. 5. Life expectancy ≥ 3 months. 6. Patients must have adequate organ function as indicated by laboratory values 7. Women of childbearing potential (WCBP), defined as sexually mature women who have not undergone surgical sterilization or who have not been naturally postmenopausal for at least 12 consecutive months must agree to use two effective contraceptive methods while on study treatment and for at least 7 months after the last dose of ADCE T02. 8. Male patients must agree to use condoms, even if they have had a successful vasectomy, while on study treatment and for at least 4 months after the last dose of ADCE T02. Key Exclusion Criteria: 1. Prior treatment with any agent targeting Tissue Factor or any ADC with a topoisomerase 1 payload 2. Central nervous system (CNS) metastasis. 3. Active ocular surface disease or a history of cicatricial conjunctivitis or inflammatory conditions that predispose to cicatrizing conjunctivitis, mucus pemphigoid or penetrating ocular transplants. 4. Persistent toxicities from previous systemic anti-neoplastic treatments 5. Known past or current coagulation defects leading to an increased risk of bleeding 6. Significant cardiac disease; recent myocardial infarction, acute coronary syndromes, congestive heart failure, uncontrolled hypertension, uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmias 7. History of (non-infectious) interstitial lung disease (ILD)/pneumonitis that required steroids, or current ILD/pneumonitis, or suspected ILD/pneumonitis 8. Prior second malignancy except for: * Well treated basal cell carcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin. * Low-risk prostate cancer with a Gleason score \< 7 and a PSA level \< 10 ng/mL * Any cancer or in situ cancer the patient has been disease-free for ≥ 2 years.
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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.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
14 sites in 2 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cabrini Hospital
RECRUITINGMalvern, Victoria, 3144, Australia
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Highlands Oncology Group
RECRUITINGRogers, Arkansas, 72758, United States
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Linear Clinical Research
RECRUITINGNedlands, Western Australia, 6009, Australia
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MD Anderson Cancer Center
RECRUITINGHouston, Texas, 77030, United States
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Macquarie University Hospital
RECRUITINGMacquarie Park, New South Wales, 2109, Australia
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Massachusetts General Hospital
RECRUITINGBoston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10065, United States
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Peninsula and South Eastern Haematology and Oncology Group (PSEHOG)
RECRUITINGFrankston, Victoria, 3199, Australia
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Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
RECRUITINGMelbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia
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START San Antonio
RECRUITINGSan Antonio, Texas, 78229, United States
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Scientia Clinical Research
RECRUITINGRandwick, New South Wales, 2031, Australia
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Southern Oncology Clinical Research Unit
RECRUITINGBedford Park, South Australia, 5042, Australia
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Washington University
RECRUITINGSt Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States
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Yale University Cancer Center
RECRUITINGNew Haven, Connecticut, 06520, United States
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