New hope for advanced cancers? early trial of PYX-201 begins
NCT ID NCT05720117
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 01, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This early-phase study tests a new drug called PYX-201 in people with advanced solid tumors that have come back or spread. The main goals are to find a safe dose and see if the drug can shrink tumors. About 330 adults with certain breast, head and neck, or other cancers are being enrolled.
Why investors are watching
Pyxis Oncology is a very small company, and this phase 1 trial of its drug PYX-201 is its main event. The trial tests the drug's safety and whether it shrinks tumors in people with advanced solid tumors. For a micro-cap company, this early data will largely determine how investors view the drug's future.
If it works: If PYX-201 shows a clear safety profile and signs of tumor shrinkage, the company could attract partnership interest or funding to move the drug into later trials. A positive readout would validate the drug's potential and give the company a path forward.
If it fails: Phase 1 trials often fail to show enough benefit or reveal safety problems, and this one could too. A weak result or a delay would likely hurt the company's prospects, since it has few other assets to fall back on.
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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 330 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2023
- Expected to finish
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Jun 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 1. Histologically or cytologically confirmed solid tumors including locally advanced/metastatic HR+ and HER2- breast cancer (post CDK4/6 inhibitor +/- ET, ≤ 2 lines systemic therapy), TNBC (1-3 prior lines including post ADC topo-1 payload), HNSCC (1-2 prior lines including post PD-L1/PD1 and platinum based therapy), and other solid tumor types (≤ 2 lines systemic therapy). 2. Male or non-pregnant, non-lactating female participants age ≥18 years. 3. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status (PS) of 0 to 1. 4. Participant must have at least 1 measurable lesion per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) v1.1. 5. Life expectancy of \>3 months, in the opinion of the Investigator. 6. Corrected QTcF \<470 msec. 7. Adequate hematologic function. 8. Adequate hepatic function. 9. Adequate renal function. 10. Adequate coagulation profile. 11. Clinical sites must conduct fresh tumor biopsy or provide participant's archived tumor tissue sample. Exclusion 1. History of another malignancy except for the following: adequately treated local basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin; in situ cervical carcinoma; adequately treated, noninvasive bladder cancer. 2. Known symptomatic brain metastases. 3. Significant cardiovascular disease within 6 months prior to start of study drug. 4. Evidence of an active systemic bacterial, fungal, or viral infection requiring treatment at the start of study drug. 5. Known active hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). 6. Failure to recover to baseline severity or Grade ≤1 NCI-CTCAE v5.0 from acute non-hematologic toxicity. 7. Participants with NCI-CTCAE v5.0 Grade \>1 neuropathy of any etiology. 8. Prior solid organ or bone marrow progenitor cell transplantation. 9. Prior high-dose chemotherapy requiring stem cell rescue. 10. Received systemic anticancer therapy within 28 days or within 5 half-lives (whichever is shorter) prior to the start of study drug. 11. Palliative radiation therapy within 14 days prior to the start of study drug. 12. Previously received extra domain B splice variant of fibronectin (EDB+FN) targeting treatments at any time prior to the start of PYX-201 treatment. 13. History of uncontrolled diabetes mellitus. 14. History of Stevens-Johnson syndrome or toxic epidermal necrolysis. 15. Participants with corneal epithelial disease, with the exception of mild punctate keratopathy 16. Participants with the best-corrected visual acuity in the worst-seeing eye worse than 20/100 (Snellen equivalent). 17. Participants with a history of (noninfectious) pneumonitis/ interstitial lung disease that required steroids, has current pneumonitis/ interstitial lung disease, or evidence of active pneumonitis on screening chest CT scan or suspected ILD/pneumonitis that cannot be ruled out by imaging at screening.
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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
28 sites in 4 countries. 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
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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Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc
RECRUITINGBrussels, Brussels Capital, 1200, Belgium
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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
RECRUITINGBoston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
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HonorHealth Research Institute
RECRUITINGScottsdale, Arizona, 85258, United States
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Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia
RECRUITINGValencia, València, 46010, Spain
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Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebrón
RECRUITINGBarcelona, Barcelona, 08035, Spain
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Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre
RECRUITINGMadrid, Madrid, 28041, Spain
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Hospital Universitario HM Sanchinarro
RECRUITINGMadrid, Madrid, 28050, Spain
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Institut Jules Bordet
RECRUITINGBrussels, Brussels Capital, 1070, Belgium
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Massachusetts General Hospital
RECRUITINGBoston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10065, United States
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NEXT Dallas
RECRUITINGDallas, Texas, 75231, United States
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NEXT San Antonio
RECRUITINGSan Antonio, Texas, 78229, United States
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NEXT Virginia
RECRUITINGFairfax, Virginia, 22031, United States
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Rhode Island Hospital
RECRUITINGProvidence, Rhode Island, 02903, United States
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Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
RECRUITINGLos Angeles, California, 90095, United States
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SCRI - Florida Cancer Specialists
RECRUITINGSarasota, Florida, 34232, United States
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SCRI - HealthOne Denver
RECRUITINGDenver, Colorado, 80218, United States
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START Madrid - Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz
RECRUITINGMadrid, Madrid, 28040, Spain
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Sarah Cannon Research Institute London
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGLondon, England, W1G 6AD, United Kingdom
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The Royal Marsden Hospital
RECRUITINGLondon, England, SW3 6JJ, United Kingdom
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The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
RECRUITINGHouston, Texas, 77030, United States
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Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen
RECRUITINGEdegem, Edegem, 2650, Belgium
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Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent
RECRUITINGGhent, Gent, 9000, Belgium
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University College Hospital
RECRUITINGLondon, England, NW1 2PG, United Kingdom
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University of Chicago Medicine
RECRUITINGChicago, Illinois, 60637, United States
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University of Cincinnati Medical Center
RECRUITINGCincinnati, Ohio, 45219, United States
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University of Pennsylvania, Abramson Cancer Center
RECRUITINGPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, 19106, United States
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Washington University School of Medicine
RECRUITINGSt Louis, Missouri, 63110-1010, United States
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Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University
RECRUITINGAtlanta, Georgia, 30308, United States
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