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New antibody combo shows promise in early cancer trial
NCT ID NCT04752826
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Sep 18, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This early-phase trial is testing an experimental drug called BI-1808, alone or with the immunotherapy pembrolizumab (Keytruda), in people with advanced cancers like ovarian cancer, T-cell lymphoma, and melanoma. The main goals are to check safety, find the best dose, and see how the body handles the drug. About 176 participants whose cancer has worsened after standard treatments will receive infusions every three weeks.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- BI-1808 (an experimental antibody) and pembrolizumab (Keytruda, an immunotherapy drug)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward a new treatment option for people with advanced cancers that have stopped responding to standard therapies.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early, first-in-human trial with a small number of participants, so safety and effectiveness are not yet proven. There is a risk of side effects, and the drug may not work 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 1/2
Runs two stages together: safety and dose first, then whether the treatment works.
- Participants
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About 250 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2021
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2028
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.
Inclusion Criteria: * Able and willing to provide written informed consent. * Aged 18 years or older. * Histologically confirmed advanced or metastatic malignancy eligible for an enrolling study cohort. * Disease progression following, intolerance of, ineligibility for, or refusal of applicable standard therapy. * At least one measurable lesion according to the response criteria specified in the protocol. * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 0 or 1. * Life expectancy of at least 12 weeks. * Adequate organ function. * Willing and medically suitable to provide required tumor or skin biopsies. * Meets the disease-specific and treatment-history requirements of the applicable Phase 2a cohort. * For Phase 2a Part C: Histologically confirmed platinum-resistant high-grade serous or clear-cell ovarian carcinoma, prior platinum-based treatment as specified in the protocol, and suitability for paclitaxel treatment. Exclusion Criteria: 1\. Active central nervous system metastases or carcinomatous meningitis. * Active or clinically significant autoimmune disease, immunodeficiency, or use of prohibited immunosuppressive treatment. * Prior treatment-related toxicity not recovered to the level specified in the protocol. * Prior anticancer therapy, radiotherapy, immunotherapy, investigational treatment, or live vaccine within the protocol-defined washout period. * History of clinically significant immune-mediated toxicity, including pneumonitis, associated with previous immune-checkpoint inhibitor treatment. * Uncontrolled or clinically significant cardiovascular disease, serious infection, or another condition that could compromise safety or study participation. * Major surgery without adequate recovery. * Prior allogeneic tissue or solid-organ transplantation or active graft-versus-host disease. * Pregnancy or breastfeeding, or unwillingness to comply with protocol-defined contraceptive requirements. * Known hypersensitivity to a study treatment or its components. * Another active malignancy, except for protocol-defined permitted malignancies. * Participation in another interventional clinical trial that conflicts with this study. * Unable or unlikely to comply with study procedures and requirements. * For Phase 2a Part C: Receipt of prohibited colony-stimulating factors within the protocol-defined period before treatment.
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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
20 sites in 6 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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Byudzhetnoye Uchrezhdeniye Zdravookhraneniya Omskoy Oblasti - Klinicheskiy Onkologicheskiy Dispanser
TERMINATEDOmsk, 644013, Russia
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City of Hope National Medical Center
RECRUITINGDuarte, California, 91010, United States
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Debreceni Egyetem Klinikai Központ
WITHDRAWNDebrecen, 4032, Hungary
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Guy's and Saint Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
RECRUITINGLondon, SE1 9RT, United Kingdom
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Herlev Hospital
RECRUITINGHerlev, 2730, Denmark
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Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre
RECRUITINGMadrid, 28041, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro-Majadahonda, Madrid,
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMadrid, 28007, Spain
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Institut Catala d'oncologia. Hospital Duran I Reynals
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBarcelona, 08907, Spain
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Karolinska University Hospital, Solna
RECRUITINGStockholm, 17176, Sweden
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Magyar Honvédség-Egészségügyi Központ
RECRUITINGBudapest, 1134, Hungary
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10021, United States
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N.N. Petrov National Medical Research Center of Oncology
WITHDRAWNSaint Petersburg, 197758, Russia
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National Medical Research Center VA Almazov
WITHDRAWNSaint Petersburg, 197022, Russia
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PRA Health Sciences - Hungary
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGBudapest, 1077, Hungary
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Rigshospitalet
RECRUITINGCopenhagen, Denmark
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START Madrid - Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz
RECRUITINGMadrid, 28040, Spain
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Sahlgrenska University Hospital
RECRUITINGGothenburg, 41345, Sweden
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Sarah Cannon Research Institute UK
RECRUITINGLondon, W1G 6AD, United Kingdom
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Skanes University Hospital
RECRUITINGLund, 223 70, Sweden
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Southampton General Hospital
RECRUITINGSouthampton, SO16 6YD, United Kingdom
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The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
RECRUITINGManchester, M20 4BX, United Kingdom
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The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
RECRUITINGLondon, United Kingdom
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University Hospital Birmingham
RECRUITINGBirmingham, United Kingdom
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University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
RECRUITINGLeicester, LE1 5WW, United Kingdom
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University of Pennsylvania
RECRUITINGPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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