New pill plus immunotherapy shows promise in early cancer trial
NCT ID NCT04344795
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This early-phase study tested an experimental drug called TPST-1495, taken as a pill, either alone or combined with the immunotherapy Keytruda (pembrolizumab). The trial included 89 people with advanced solid tumors like colorectal, lung, head and neck, and endometrial cancers who had run out of standard options. The main goal was to find the safest dose and check for any signs that the drugs can control tumor growth.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- TPST-1495 (an experimental drug taken by mouth) and pembrolizumab (Keytruda, an immunotherapy given by IV)
- What this could lead to
- If this works, it could point toward a new treatment option for people with advanced solid tumors that have not responded to other therapies.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early, first-in-human trial with only 89 participants. The drug may not shrink tumors or could cause side effects. Success in this small study does not guarantee it will work in larger trials.
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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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89 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2020
- Finished
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Sep 2024
- 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.
Subjects must meet all the following inclusion criteria to be eligible: 1. Subjects must have a histologically-confirmed malignancy that is metastatic or unresectable for which there is no remaining standard therapy known to confer clinical benefit. While all solid tumor types are eligible for the dose-escalation and dose-finding portions of the study, there is a preference to enroll patients with colorectal cancer, squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, urothelial cancer, endometrial cancer, NSCLC, and gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma. The expansion cohorts are limited to the following tumor types: endometrial, SCCHN, CRC, and tumors with an activating mutation in PIK3Ca. 2. Subjects must have a tumor that is at least 1 cm in a single dimension and is radiographically apparent on CT or MRI. 3. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 0 or 1 at treatment initiation. 4. Life expectancy estimated to be ≥ 12 weeks 5. Adequate organ and marrow function (subjects must not have received transfusions or growth factor support within 1 month prior to first dose of investigational product) as defined below: * Albumin ≥ 3.0 g/dL * Hemoglobin ≥ 10.0 g/dL * Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,000/mm3 * Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm3 * Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 × institutional upper limit of normal (ULN); for subjects with documented/suspected Gilbert's disease, bilirubin should be ≤ 2 × ULN. * Aspartate transaminase (AST) and alanine transaminase (ALT) ≤ 2.5 × ULN; for subjects with liver metastases, AST or ALT ≤ 5 × ULN * Creatinine ≤ 1.5×ULN OR calculated creatinine clearance (CrCl) ≥ 60 mL/min for subjects with creatinine levels \> 1.5× ULN. Subjects who meet any of the following exclusion criteria will not be eligible to receive investigational product: 1. Concurrent enrollment in another clinical study, unless it is an observational (non interventional) clinical study, a specimen-collection study or the follow-up period of an interventional study. 2. Received more than 4 doses of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or COX-2 inhibitors within 2 weeks prior to study treatment initiation. 3. History of allergy or hypersensitivity, GI bleed, or ulceration secondary to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or COX-2 inhibitors. 4. History of GI ulcer within 1 year of treatment initiation or history of untreated helicobacter pylori infection. Subjects with history of treated helicobacter pylori infection with confirmation of eradication are eligible 5. History of diverticulitis or any GI bleed within 2 years of treatment initiation. 6. Receipt of any anticancer therapy within the following windows: * Small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) therapy (including investigational) within 2 weeks or 5 half-lives prior to treatment initiation, whichever is longer * Any type of anti-cancer antibody or cytotoxic chemotherapy within 4 weeks prior to treatment initiation * Radiation therapy for bone metastasis within 2 weeks, any other external radiation therapy within 4 weeks before treatment initiation. Patients with clinically relevant ongoing complications from prior radiation therapy are not eligible * Other investigational therapy within 2 weeks or 5 half-lives prior to dosing, whichever is longer 7. Subjects with active or untreated central nervous system (CNS) metastases 8. New York Heart Association Classification II, III or IV. 9. Baseline QTcF \> 470 milliseconds 10. Receipt of live attenuated vaccines within 30 days prior to the first dose of investigational product. (Killed virus or other non-live vaccines are allowed (including most seasonal influenza vaccines, streptococcus pneumonia vaccines, and newly approved COVID-19 vaccines). 11. Active autoimmune disease or inflammatory disorders including inflammatory bowel disease (e.g., ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease) requiring systemic treatment (i.e., with use of disease modifying agents, systemic corticosteroids or immunosuppressive drug) within 2 years prior to treatment initiation. 12. Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, active Hepatitis B (HBV), or hepatitis C (HCV). Active HBV is defined as a known positive HBsAg result. Active HCV is defined by a known positive HCV antibody result and known quantitative HCV RNA results greater than the lower limits of detection of the assay. Patients receiving antiviral therapy for Hepatitis B or C also are not eligible 13. Uncontrolled intercurrent illness, including but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, uncontrolled hypertension, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, serious chronic gastrointestinal conditions associated with diarrhea, or psychiatric illness/social situations including a history of substance abuse that would limit compliance with study requirement, substantially increase risk of incurring AEs or compromise the ability of the patient to give written informed consent. 14. Subjects who are receiving anti-coagulant therapy or who are considered to be at increased risk of bleeding (i.e bleeding disorder or coagulopathy).
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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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Baystate Gynecologic Oncology
Springfield, Massachusetts, 01107, United States
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Carolina BioOncology Institute
Huntersville, North Carolina, 28078, United States
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SCRI-OK Stephenson Cancer Center
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73104, United States
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START Midwest
Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49546, United States
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Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States
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South Texas Accelerated Research Therapeutics (START)
San Antonio, Texas, 78229, United States
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Tennessee Oncology
Nashville, Tennessee, 37203, United States
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University of Colorado
Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States
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University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States
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University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States
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