New drug BL-B16D1 enters first human trial for Hard-to-Treat cancers
NCT ID NCT06475131
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This early-phase study tests an experimental drug called BL-B16D1 in 21 adults with advanced solid tumors that have not responded to standard treatments. The drug is given by IV every three weeks. The main goals are to check safety, find the right dose, and get a first look at whether it can help control the cancer.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- BL-B16D1 (an experimental drug given by IV infusion every 3 weeks)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a new treatment option for people with advanced solid tumors that have stopped responding to standard therapies.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early Phase I trial with only 21 participants, so the main goal is safety, not proof of effectiveness. The drug may cause side effects or fail to shrink tumors.
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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 21 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2026
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 to 75 years
- 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: 1. Sign the informed consent form voluntarily and follow the protocol requirements; 2. Gender is not limited; 3. Age: ≥18 years old and ≤75 years old (phase Ia); ≥18 years old (phase Ib); 4. Expected survival time ≥3 months; 5. locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors confirmed by histopathology and/or cytology that failed standard treatment or could not obtain standard treatment; 6. Consent to provide archival tumor tissue samples or fresh tissue samples from primary or metastatic lesions within 3 years; 7. At least one measurable lesion meeting the RECIST v1.1 definition was required; 8. ECOG 0 or 1; 9. The toxicity of previous antineoplastic therapy has returned to ≤ grade 1 as defined by NCI-CTCAE v5.0; 10. No severe cardiac dysfunction, left ventricular ejection fraction ≥50%; 11. The organ function level must meet the requirements if the patient has not received blood transfusion or hematopoietic stimulating factor therapy within 14 days before screening; 12. Coagulation function: international normalized ratio ≤1.5, and activated partial thromboplastin time ≤1.5ULN; 13. Urinary protein ≤2+ or ≤1000mg/24h; 14. For premenopausal women with childbearing potential, a pregnancy test must be performed within 7 days before starting treatment, serum pregnancy must be negative, and the patient must not be lactating; All enrolled patients (male or female) should use adequate contraception throughout the treatment cycle and for 6 months after completion of treatment. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Chemotherapy, biological therapy and other anti-tumor therapies have been used within 4 weeks or 5 half-lives before the first dose; Mitomycin and nitrosoureas were administered within 6 weeks before the first dose; Oral drugs such as fluorouracil; 2. History of severe heart disease; 3. Long QT, complete left bundle branch block, III degree atrioventricular block; 4. Active autoimmune and inflammatory diseases; 5. Other malignancies diagnosed within 5 years before the first dose; 6. Hypertension poorly controlled by two antihypertensive drugs; 7. Patients with poor glycemic control; 8. Present with grade ≥2 radiation pneumonitis according to the RTOG/EORTC definition; Previous history of ILD or current ILD, or suspicion of such disease during screening; 9. Complicated with pulmonary diseases leading to clinically severe respiratory function impairment; 10. Active central nervous system metastasis; 11. Patients with a history of allergy to recombinant humanized or human-mouse chimeric antibodies or to any of the excipients of BL-B16D1; 12. Received previous organ transplantation or allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (Allo-HSCT); 13. The cumulative dose of anthracyclines \> 360 mg/m2 in previous (new) adjuvant therapy; 14. Human immunodeficiency virus antibody positive, active tuberculosis, active hepatitis B virus infection or active hepatitis C virus infection; 15. Severe infection occurred within 4 weeks before the first dose; Signs of pulmonary infection or active pulmonary inflammation within 2 weeks before the first dose; 16. Patients with massive or symptomatic effusions or poorly controlled effusions; 17. Had participated in another clinical trial within 4 weeks before the first dose; 18. Had the following ocular diseases: a. active infection or corneal ulcer; b. monocular vision; c. a history of corneal transplantation; d. Contact lens dependence; e. Uncontrolled glaucoma; f. Uncontrolled or progressive retinopathy, wet macular degeneration, etc.; 19. Other circumstances that the investigator deemed inappropriate for participation in the trial.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center
RECRUITINGGuangzhou, Guangdong, China
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