Experimental pill aims to rev up immune system against Hard-to-Treat tumors
NCT ID NCT05270213
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This early-stage trial is testing an experimental drug called RBS2418, taken as a pill, to see if it can help the immune system fight advanced cancers that have spread or come back. The study involves 164 adults with various solid tumors who have already tried standard treatments. Some participants will receive RBS2418 alone, while others will get it combined with the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab or other standard cancer therapies. The main goals are to check safety, find the best dose, and look for early signs of tumor shrinkage.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- RBS2418 (an experimental immune modulator pill) and pembrolizumab (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 a very early Phase 1 trial with only 164 participants, so it is primarily testing safety and dosing. It may not lead to an effective treatment, and side effects are unknown.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
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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 164 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2022
- 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.
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18 years and older
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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. Be willing and able to provide written informed consent for the study. The subject may also provide consent for Future biomedical research (FBR). However, the subject may participate in the main study without participating in FBR. 2. 18 years of age on day of signing informed consent. 3. Male and female subjects with advanced unresectable, recurrent or metastatic tumors who have received standard of care (SOC) therapy for their advanced/metastatic tumors and have no other SOC therapy available. Additionally, subjects must have received, have been intolerant to, have been ineligible for, or have declined all SOC therapies known to confer significant clinical benefit. 4. Have histologically or cytologically confirmed cancer diagnosis based on pathology report. 5. Have a predicted life expectancy of greater or equal to 3 months. 6. Have measurable disease based on RECIST 1.1. 7. Have a performance status of 0, 1 or 2 using the ECOG Performance Scale within 14 days of first dose of study drug. 8. Willing to submit a pre-treatment (archival or fresh-tissue if no archival tissue is available) and on-treatment tissue sample. Subjects in whom the treating physician deems such biopsy is clinically contraindicated will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis for enrollment pending Sponsor consultation. Additionally, during the dose-escalation portion and if appropriate in the expansion phase of the study, the Sponsor may modify subject enrolment into various cohorts that have not begun enrolling yet such that ENPP1 and/or cGAS baseline expression level in the subject's tumor must be available and may guide enrolment eligibility for the study 9. Have a negative urine or serum pregnancy test within 72 hours prior to receiving the first dose of study drug (female subjects of childbearing potential who are not surgically sterilized or postmenopausal). If the urine test is positive, or cannot be confirmed as negative, a serum pregnancy test will be required. 10. Demonstrate adequate organ function: hematological, renal, hepatic, coagulation parameters and obtained within 14 days prior to the first study treatment 11. For women of childbearing potential: agreement to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) or use two highly effective contraceptive methods that result in a combined failure rate of \< 1% per year during the treatment period and for at least 120 days after the last dose of study treatment or as instructed by the package insert of the chosen co-medication. 12. For male subjects: Agree that during the period specified above, men will not father a child. Male subjects must remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse with women of childbearing potential), must be surgically sterile (e.g., vasectomy) or use contraceptive methods that result in a failure rate of \< 1% per year during the treatment period and for at least 120 days after the last dose of study treatment. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Use of any systemic anti-cancer therapy (including radiotherapy, chemotherapy, targeted therapy or immunotherapy) within 2 weeks prior to first dose of RBS2418 unless such therapy is being administered in combination with RBS2418 per protocol and has been approved by the Sponsor; or if subject has not recovered (i.e., Less than or equal to Grade 1 or returned to baseline level) from adverse events due to a previously administered agent; the following exceptions are allowed: * Palliative radiotherapy for bone metastases or soft tissue lesions should be completed \> 7 days prior to baseline imaging * Hormone-replacement therapy or oral contraceptives * Subjects with Grade 2 neuropathy or Grade 2 alopecia 2. Subjects with evidence of rapid progression on prior therapy resulting in rapid clinical deterioration should be excluded from participation in the trial. 3. Currently participating and receiving trial therapy or has participated in a trial of an investigational agent and/or has used an investigational device within 28 days prior to Day 1. 4. Uncontrolled tumor-related pain 5. Uncontrolled pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, or ascites requiring recurrent drainage procedures 6. Malignancies other than indications open for enrollment within 3 years prior to Day 1, with the exception of those with negligible risk of metastasis or death treated with expected curative outcome, undergoing active surveillance or treatment-naïve for indolent tumors 7. History of severe allergic, anaphylactic, or other hypersensitivity reactions to chimeric or humanized antibodies or fusion proteins. 8. Known hypersensitivity allergy or contraindication to any investigational product components administered as part of the combination therapy. 9. Active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years (i.e. with use of disease modifying agents, corticosteroids or immunosuppressive drugs). 10. History or any evidence of interstitial lung disease 11. Treatment with systemic immunosuppressive medication within 2 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment. 12. Active HIV requiring therapy and Uncontrolled HIV\*. HIV antibody testing recommended per investigator's clinical suspicion. 13. Active hepatitis B virus (HBV; hepatitis B surface antigen reactive) or active hepatitis C virus (HCV; qualitative RNA detected)\*; such as requiring active therapy (e.g. subjects with a history of HCV are eligible as long as viral RNA is below level of detection); testing recommended per investigator's clinical suspicion. 14. Severe infections within 4 weeks prior to enrollment, including, but not limited to, hospitalization for complications of infection, bacteremia, or the presence of any active infection requiring systemic therapy. 15. Received therapeutic oral or IV antibiotics within 2 weeks prior to Day 1 16. History or current evidence of any condition, therapy, or laboratory abnormality that in the opinion of the treating investigator might confound the results of the trial or interfere with the subject's participation for the full duration of the trial. 17. Subjects with: * A marked baseline prolongation of QT/QTc interval (e.g., repeated demonstration of a QTc interval of \> 480 milliseconds (ms) (CTCAE Grade 1) using Fridericia's QT correction formula * A history of additional risk factors for Torsades de Pointes (e.g., heart failure, hypokalemia, family history of Long QT Syndrome) * The use of concomitant medications that are known to prolong the QT/QTc interval unless there is evidence of the lack of QT/QTc interval prolongation at baseline. 18. Subjects with gastrointestinal disorders that may affect the absorption of the drug 19. Prior allogeneic stem cell or solid organ transplant. 20. Received a live, attenuated vaccine within 28 days prior to enrollment/cohort assignment or anticipation that such a live attenuated vaccine will be required during the trial 21. Known previous or ongoing, active psychiatric or substance abuse disorders that would interfere with cooperation with the requirements of the trial. 22. Prisoner or subject who is compulsorily detained (involuntarily incarcerated) for treatment of either a psychiatric or physical (i.e. infectious disease) illness. 23. Pregnant or lactating or intending to become pregnant or father children within the projected duration of the trial starting with the screening visit through 120 days after the last dose of pembrolizumab and/or RBS2418.
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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 study's own enquiry address
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The places running it
12 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Locations
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American Oncology Partners of Maryland
RECRUITINGBethesda, Maryland, 20817, United States
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Carolina BioOncology Institute
COMPLETEDHuntersville, North Carolina, 28078, United States
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Christiana Care Health Services
RECRUITINGNewark, Delaware, 19713, United States
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Honor Health Research Institute
RECRUITINGScottsdale, Arizona, 85258, United States
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Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10029, United States
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Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
RECRUITINGBaltimore, Maryland, 21224, United States
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NEXT Virigina
RECRUITINGFairfax, Virginia, 22031, United States
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Norton Cancer Institute
RECRUITINGLouisville, Kentucky, 40202, United States
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Ochsner Clinic Foundation
RECRUITINGNew Orleans, Louisiana, 70121, United States
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Stanford Cancer Institute
RECRUITINGPalo Alto, California, 94305, United States
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Tranquil Research
WITHDRAWNWebster, Texas, 77598, United States
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UCLA Hematology/Oncology - Santa Monica
RECRUITINGSanta Monica, California, 90404, United States
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University of Arizona
RECRUITINGTucson, Arizona, 85724, United States
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Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
RECRUITINGNashville, Tennessee, 37235, United States
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