New drug cocktail targets Hard-to-Treat cancers
NCT ID NCT05910827
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a new antibody called HMBD-001 combined with two existing cancer drugs (cetuximab and docetaxel) in people with advanced squamous cell cancers of the lung, head and neck, esophagus, cervix, or skin. The goal is to see if the combination is safe and can shrink tumors or delay cancer growth. About 398 participants will take part across multiple sites.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- HMBD-001 (an antibody targeting HER3) combined with cetuximab and docetaxel
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a new treatment option for people with advanced squamous cell cancers who have run out of standard therapies.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase trial (phase 1/2) with a small number of participants, so safety and effectiveness are not yet proven. Side effects from the drug combination are unknown.
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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 398 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 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.
Inclusion Criteria: * Ability to understand and be willing to sign an informed consent form * Males and females aged over 18 years (or having reached the age of majority according to local laws if the age of majority is \> 18 years of age) * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) status of 0 to 1 * Arm B only: Locally advanced or metastatic squamous non-small cell lung cancer for which all available standard of care treatment options have been exhausted or refused and for which at least one lesion is measurable * Arm C only: Advanced or metastatic sqNSCLC, HNSCC, ESCC, CSCC, cervical SCC, NPC and other SCCs with at least one prior line of systemic therapy, * Have an estimated life expectancy of at least 3 months * Participants must be willing to provide a fresh tumor biopsy sample * Have adequate organ function * Females must be non-pregnant and non-lactating, willing to use a highly effective method of contraception from screening until study completion or be either surgically sterile or post-menopausal * Males must be surgically sterile, abstinent, or if engaged in sexual relations with a woman of child-bearing potential, the participant and his partner must be surgically sterile or using an acceptable, highly effective contraceptive method from screening until study completion Exclusion Criteria: * Prior treatment with HMBD-001, docetaxel, cetuximab or any other agent that targets Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) or HER3, including pan-HER inhibitors. Prior treatment with docetaxel is allowed for Arm C * Receipt of prior targeted therapy, including but not limited to those targeting EGFR activating mutations, ALK fusions, ROS rearrangements, RET fusions or mutations, BRAF V600E mutation, MET exon 14 skipping mutation, and/or KRAS G12C mutation * Persistent clinically significant toxicities (Grade ≥2) from previous anti-cancer therapy except for Grade \>2 toxicities that are considered unlikely to put the participant at an increased risk of treatment-related toxicity and/or impact the study results e.g., alopecia * Most recent anti-cancer therapy including radiotherapy at least 4 weeks, or nitrosourea or mitomycin 3 at least 6 weeks, or 5 half-lives whichever is shorter prior to starting the assigned study treatment * Symptomatic primary Central Nervous System (CNS) cancer or metastases unless the symptoms are stable for at least 28 days prior to the first dose of the study drug and any symptoms have returned to baseline * Evidence of abnormal cardiac function * History of uncontrolled allergic reactions and/or known expected hypersensitivity to the study drugs used in the treatment arm to which the participant is to be enrolled into * Any other known active malignancy except for treated cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, or non-melanoma skin cancer * Any uncontrolled illness or significant uncontrolled condition(s) requiring systemic treatment * Known Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection * Active hepatitis B or hepatitis C infection * Pregnant or breast feeding * COVID 19 infection within 3 months prior to the first dose of the study drug * COVID 19 vaccination within 14 days prior to the first dose of the study drug * Treatment with strong inhibitors or inducers of CYP3A4
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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
17 sites in 5 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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CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University
RECRUITINGSeongnam-si, South Korea
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Cabrini Health
WITHDRAWNMalvern, Victoria, 3144, Australia
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Chungbuk National University Hospital
RECRUITINGCheongju-si, South Korea
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GenesisCare North Shore
WITHDRAWNSydney, New South Wales, 2065, Australia
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Greenslopes Private Hospital
RECRUITINGGreenslopes, Queensland, 4120, Australia
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ICON Cancer Centre South Brisbane
WITHDRAWNBrisbane, Queensland, 4101, Australia
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Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital
RECRUITINGKaohsiung City, Taiwan
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Korea University Anam Hospital
RECRUITINGSeoul, South Korea
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Linear Clinical Research
RECRUITINGPerth, Western Australia, 6009, Australia
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National Cancer Centre Singapore
RECRUITINGSingapore, Singapore
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National Cheng Kung University Hospital
RECRUITINGTainan, Taiwan
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Peninsula & South Eastern Haematology and Oncology Group
RECRUITINGFrankston, Victoria, Australia
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Severance Hospital
RECRUITINGSeoul, South Korea
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Southern Oncology Clinical Research Unit
RECRUITINGAdelaide, South Australia, 5042, Australia
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Taipei Medical University - Shuang Ho Hospital
RECRUITINGTaipei, Taiwan
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Taipei Veterans General Hospital
RECRUITINGTaipei, Taiwan
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Tan Tock Seng Hospital
RECRUITINGSingapore, Singapore
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The Catholic University of Korea St. Vincent's Hospital
RECRUITINGSuwon, South Korea
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The Institute of Oncology, ARENSIA Exploratory Medicine Phase I Unit
RECRUITINGChisinau, Moldova
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Westmead Hospital
RECRUITINGWestmead, New South Wales, 2145, Australia
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