New drug RC88 shows promise in early trial for hard-to-treat cancers

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Voluntary agreement to provide written informed consent. * Age requirements ：phase I 18-70 (including 18 and 70) ,IIa ≥18 years old. * Predicted survival ≥ 12 weeks. * Phase I must be histologically or cytologically confirmed and have failed standard therapy (disease progression after treatment) or are intolerant, unable to receive, or nonexistent to standard care,Patients with partial advanced or metastatic malignant solid tumors; * Phase II： Cohort 1：Advanced malignant mesothelioma； Cohort2：advanced ovarian carcinoma ；Cohort2 Other cancers that may benefit include pancreatic cancer, gastric adenocarcinoma, triple negative breast cancer, and lung adenocarcinoma * Patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma were assessed using mRECIST criteria, and those with other cancers were assessed using RECIST V1.1 criteria. * Mesothelin (MSLN) positive as confirmed by the central laboratory. Subject is able to provide specimens from primary or metastatic lesions for MSLN tests. * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status score of 0 or 1. * Adequate organ function, evidenced by the following laboratory results within 7 days prior to the study treatment: * Cardiac ejection fraction ≥ 50 %. Hemoglobin ≥ 9g/dL; Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1.5×10\^9 /L Platelets ≥ 100×10\^9 /L; Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5× ULN; AST and ALT ≤ 2.5×ULN and ≤ 5 x ULN with hepatic metastasis; Serum creatinine ≤1.5×ULN. * All female subjects will be considered to be of child-bearing potential unless they are postmenopausal, or have been sterilized surgically.Female subjects of child-bearing potential must agree to use two forms of highly effective contraception. Male subjects and their female partner who are of child-bearing potential must agree to use two forms of highly effective contraception. * Willing to adhere to the study visit schedule and the prohibitions and restrictions specified in this protocol. Exclusion Criteria: * Use of investigational drug or device within 4 weeks prior to study dosing * Known hypersensitivity to the components of RC88-ADC. * Toxicity of previous anti-tumor treatment not recovered to CTCAE Grade 0-1 (with exception of Grade 2 alopecia). * Pericardial effusion or cardiac tamponade, or pleural or abdominal effusion with clinical symptoms that requires ongoing treatment. * Has a history or current history of explosive, acute, chronic, recurrent or persistent myocarditis or pericarditis caused by any cause (eg, virus, tuberculosis, autoimmune disease, etc.) * Ophthalmic screening is required: has a history of ocular lesions such as the cornea, limbus, conjunctiva, or eyelids (including but not limited to: corneal inflammation, corneal dystrophy, dry eye, meibomian gland dysfunction, uveitis, corneal endothelium Decompensation, glaucoma, iris corneal endothelial syndrome (ICE), etc.) can not be enrolled; has a ophthalmologists-confirmed current medical history of the cornea, limbus, conjunctiva, orbital lesions cannot be included; * History of receiving any anti-cancer drug/biologic treatment within 4 weeks prior to trial treatment. * History of major surgery within 4 weeks of planned start of trial treatment. * Has received live virus vaccine within 4 weeks prior to study administration or planned to receive live virus vaccine during study . * Currently known active infection with HIV or tuberculosis. * Diagnosed with HBsAg , HBcAb positive and HBV DNA copy positive, or HCVAb positive. * Has Unstable angina, coronary angioplasty, stent implantation,Coronary artery bypass grafting, serious arrhythmias requiring treatment (e.g., persistent ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation,Torsional ventricular tachycardia), QTc \> 470 ms and long QT syndrome * Has a history or current evidence of any condition, therapy, or laboratory abnormality that might confound the results of the trial, interfere with the subject's participation for the full duration of the trial, or is not in the best interest of the subject to participate, in the opinion of the treating investigator. * History of other malignancy within the previous 5 years, except for appropriately treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix, non-melanoma skin carcinoma, or cancers with a similar curative outcome as those mentioned above. * known central nervous system metastases. * Uncontrolled hypertension, diabetes, Interstitial lung Disease, or COPD; * Pregnancy or lactation. * Assessed by the investigator to be unable or unwilling to comply with the requirements of the protocol.