Two-Drug combo targets Hard-to-Treat ovarian cancer
NCT ID NCT05071937
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This phase 2 trial tests whether combining two oral drugs—ZEN003694 (a BET inhibitor) and talazoparib (a PARP inhibitor)—can shrink tumors in people with recurrent ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer. Participants must have already received a PARP inhibitor before. The study aims to see how many patients respond and what side effects occur.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- ZEN003694 and talazoparib
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this combination could offer a new treatment option for people with recurrent ovarian cancer who have already tried a PARP inhibitor.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial (33 participants) with no control group. The combination may cause side effects and might not shrink tumors as hoped.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 33 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2023
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2034
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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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Female participants only
- 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: 1. Females age ≥ 18 years (at time of signing informed consent) 2. ECOG status 0 or 1 3. Pathologically documented ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal carcinoma. 4. Prior therapy with PARPi either as maintenance or therapeutic settings. 5. All recurrent ovarian cancer both platinum sensitive and platinum resistant are allowed. 6. Any prior number of cancer therapy regimens 7. Measurable disease per RECIST 1.1 8. Known BRCA1/2 status 9. Adequate laboratory parameters at Screening including: 1. Hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 gm/dL without transfusions during the 4 weeks prior to Screening 2. Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 × 109/L 3. Platelet count ≥ 150,000/mm3 4. Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 2.0 x ULN or if liver function abnormalities due to liver metastases AST and ALT ≤ 5.0 x ULN 5. Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN (≤ 3.0 x ULN for subjects with known Gilbert's syndrome) 6. Serum Creatinine ≤ 1.5 X ULN 7. Prothrombin time (PT), international normalized ratio (INR) and partial thromboplastin time (PTT) \< 1.5 x ULN 10. Female subjects may be enrolled if they are not of childbearing potential, permanently sterile or who are post-menopausal, defined as no menses for at least 1 year without an alternative medical cause and FSH levels in the post-menopausal range. Female subjects of childbearing potential may be enrolled if they consistently and correctly use a highly effective form of contraception. Highly effective forms of contraception include: combined (estrogen and progestogen hormonal contraceptives (oral, intravaginal, transdermal) associated with inhibition of ovulation; progestogen-only hormonal contraception (oral, injectable, implantable) associated with inhibition of ovulation; intrauterine device (IUD); intrauterine hormone-releasing system (IUS); bilateral tubal occlusion; vasectomized partner; sexual abstinence. Female subjects should not donate eggs from the time point of study drug administration until at least 7 months thereafter 11. Females of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test before the first dose of study drug and must agree to serum pregnancy tests during the study. 12. Females may not be breast-feeding at the first dose of study drug, during study participation or through 7 months after the last dose of study drug. 13. Ability to swallow capsules and comply with study procedures. 14. Ability to understand and willingness to sign informed consent form prior to initiation of any study procedures. 15. Patients with previously diagnosed brain metastases are eligible if they have completed their treatment and have recovered from the acute effects of radiation therapy or surgery prior to study enrollment, have discontinued corticosteroid treatment for these metastases for at least 4 weeks and are neurologically stable with evidence of no disease progression for 6 months. Exclusion Criteria: 16. Current or anticipated use of medications known to be strong inhibitors or inducers of CYP3A4 or substrates of CYP1A2 with narrow therapeutic windows. Strong inhibitors, inducers or substrates must be discontinued at least 7 days prior to the first administration of study drug. 17. Current or anticipated use within 7 days prior to the first administration of study drug, or during the study, of strong P-gp inhibitors. 18. Use of oral Factor Xa inhibitors (i.e., rivaroxaban, apixaban, betrixaban, edoxaban otamixaban, letaxaban, eribaxaban) and Factor IIa inhibitors (i.e., dabigatran). Low molecular weight heparin is allowed 19. Radiation to \>25% of the bone marrow 20. Treatment with a bone-targeted radionuclide within 6 weeks of first dose of study drug 21. Prior chemotherapy or radiation within 3 weeks of study enrollment 22. Have previously received an investigational BET inhibitor (including previous participation in studies with Zenith drug, ZEN003694) 23. QTcF interval \> 470 msec 24. Insufficient recovery from prior treatment-related toxicities except for alopecia, fatigue and Grade 2 neuropathy 25. Non-healing wound, ulcer or bone fracture (not including a pathological bone fracture caused by a pre-existing pathological bone lesion) 26. Brain metastases not adequately treated and/or clinically stable (at the discretion of the Investigator) for at least 6 months prior to the start of study treatment. 27. Patients with ovarian carcinosarcoma 28. Known impaired cardiac function or clinically significant cardiac disease such as uncontrolled supraventricular arrhythmia, ventricular arrhythmia requiring therapy, or congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association functional class III or IV) 29. Myocardial infarction or unstable angina within 6 months prior to the first administration of study drug 30. Known myelodysplastic syndrome 31. Other clinically significant co-morbidities, such as uncontrolled pulmonary disease, active central nervous system disease, active, uncontrolled bacterial, viral, or fungal infection(s) requiring systemic therapy, or any other condition that could compromise safety or the patient's participation in the study 32. Impairment of gastrointestinal function that may significantly alter the absorption of ZEN003694 or talazoparib 33. Other known active cancer requiring therapy at time of study entry or that progressed or required treatment within 3 years prior to starting study drug (except for skin basal cell carcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma or in situ cervical cancer) 34. History of infection with (screening tests not required): human immunodeficiency virus; hepatitis B virus with currently active disease defined as hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positivity; or hepatitis C virus unless previously treated and viral load is undetectable except following situations: * HIV-infected patients on effective anti-retroviral therapy with undetectable viral load within 6 months of enrollment are eligible for this trial. * Patients with a known history of Hepatitis B (defined as Hepatitis B surface antigen \[HBsAg\] reactive) or known active Hepatitis C virus (defined as HCV RNA \[qualitative\] is detected) infection are allowed to be included if: participant on a stable dose of antiviral therapy, HBV viral load below the limit of quantification. HCV viral load below the limit of quantification. 35. Major surgery other than diagnostic surgery, dental surgery or stenting within 4 weeks prior to the first administration of study drug 36. Concurrent participation in another clinical investigational treatment trial 37. Any other reason that in the opinion of the Investigator would prevent the patient from completing participation or following the study schedule
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
RECRUITINGPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States
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