New pill targets aggressive tumors with genetic flaw
NCT ID NCT06710847
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This early-phase study tests an experimental oral drug (GSK4418959) in adults with advanced solid tumors that have specific genetic changes (dMMR or MSI-H). The drug works by blocking a protein (WRN) that these tumors need to survive. The study aims to see if the drug, alone or with another cancer medicine, can shrink tumors and is safe. About 14 participants will take part.
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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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14 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jun 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 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: Parts 1, 2, and 3 inclusion criteria: * Has a histologically diagnosed advanced (unresectable, metastatic or recurrent) solid tumor * Has a known dMMR/MSI-H status as determined by a certified local laboratory at the time of Pre-screening or has an unknown Mismatch repair (MMR)/ Microsatellite Instability (MSI) status at the time of Pre-screening and MMR/MSI status will be determined by central reference laboratory * Provides an archival or fresh (preferred) formalin fixed, paraffin embedded (FFPE) sample * Intends to receive GSK4418959 (alone or in combination with PD-1 inhibitor, as determined between Investigator and sponsor) as next line of treatment * Has an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-2 * Is expected to have a minimum of 3 months life expectancy * Has adequate organ function, as defined in the protocol Parts 1 and 3 inclusion criteria: • Has histologically diagnosed advanced (unresectable, metastatic or recurrent) solid tumor and has exhausted all standard of care treatment options Part 2 inclusion criteria: * Has histologically diagnosed advanced (unresectable, metastatic or recurrent) Colorectal cancer (CRC) or Endometrial cancer (EC) * Has received at least 1 but no more than 3 lines of systemic anticancer therapy for their advanced (unresectable, metastatic or recurrent) disease including at least one line of Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) therapy * Has measurable disease (i.e., at least 1 target lesion) during the Screening period per RECIST 1.1, as determined by the investigator Exclusion Criteria: Parts 1, 2, and 3 exclusion criteria: * Has not recovered (i.e., to Grade ≤1 or to baseline) from prior anticancer therapy-induced AEs * Has received prior treatment with a WRN inhibitor * Is unable to swallow and retain orally administered study treatment * Has symptomatic uncontrolled brain or leptomeningeal metastases * Has a known additional malignancy that progressed or required active treatment within the last 2 years because reoccurrence of another malignancy would confound interpretation by RECIST 1.1 criteria. Exceptions include basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin that has undergone potentially curative therapy, or in situ cancer that is considered to be low risk for progression by the investigator * Has any impairment of gastrointestinal function or gastrointestinal disease that may significantly alter the absorption of study drugs * Has severe liver fibrosis * Has cirrhosis or current unstable liver or biliary disease * Has known hypersensitivity to any of the study interventions or any of their excipients * Has known WRN syndrome * Has an active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years Part 3 exclusion criteria: * Has experienced any of the following with prior immunotherapy: any immune mediated adverse events (imAE) of Grade ≥3, immune-related severe neurologic events of any grade, exfoliative dermatitis of any grade (Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, toxic epidermal necrolysis, or Drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic signs syndrome \[DRESS\] syndrome), or myocarditis of any grade. Non-clinically significant laboratory abnormalities are not exclusionary * Has any history of interstitial lung disease or pneumonitis
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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.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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GSK Investigational Site
Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States
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GSK Investigational Site
Denver, Colorado, 80218, United States
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GSK Investigational Site
Detroit, Michigan, 48201, United States
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GSK Investigational Site
New York, New York, 10016, United States
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GSK Investigational Site
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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GSK Investigational Site
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States
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GSK Investigational Site
Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia
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GSK Investigational Site
Brussels, 1200, Belgium
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GSK Investigational Site
Ghent, 9000, Belgium
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GSK Investigational Site
Leuven, 3000, Belgium
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GSK Investigational Site
Chiba, 277-8577, Japan
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GSK Investigational Site
Shizuoka, 411-8777, Japan
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GSK Investigational Site
Tokyo, 104-0045, Japan
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GSK Investigational Site
Tokyo, 135-8550, Japan
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GSK Investigational Site
Amsterdam, 1066 CX, Netherlands
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GSK Investigational Site
Daegu, 41404, South Korea
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GSK Investigational Site
Gyeonggi-do, 10408, South Korea
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GSK Investigational Site
Seoul, 03080, South Korea
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GSK Investigational Site
Barcelona, 08023, Spain
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GSK Investigational Site
Barcelona, 08035, Spain
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GSK Investigational Site
Madrid, 28040, Spain
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GSK Investigational Site
Málaga, 29010, Spain
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