New pill takes on tough cancers: early trial launches
NCT ID NCT05902988
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a new daily pill, VLS-1488, for people with advanced solid tumors that have not responded to other treatments. About 200 participants with specific cancers like ovarian, lung, or breast cancer will receive the drug to see if it is safe and shrinks tumors. The goal is to find the right dose and check for early signs of cancer control.
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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 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2023
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
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.
Key Inclusion Criteria: * All Parts: Age ≥ 18 years, ECOG Performance Status ≤ 1, at least 1 site of measurable disease evaluable by CT scan or MRI per RECIST 1.1, able to take oral medication without alteration * Dose Escalation: No available therapeutic options to provide clinically meaningful benefits in the following tumor types: High Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer, Squamous Non -Small Cell Lung Cancer, Triple Negative Breast Cancer, Gastric Adenocarcinoma (not EBV+), Colorectal, Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Esophageal Adenocarcinoma, Gastroesophageal Junction, Bladder (transitional cell), Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas (not nasopharynx, sinonasal or lip), Ovarian Carcinosarcoma, CN-high Endometrial/Uterine * Dose Expansion: Must have been previously treated with several lines of standard of care treatment specified in the protocol in the following tumor types: High Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer, Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Triple Negative Breast Cancer, Gastric Adenocarcinoma (not EBV+), Colorectal, Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Esophageal Adenocarcinoma, Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas (not nasopharynx, sinonasal or lip), CN-high Endometrial/Uterine Key Exclusion Criteria: * MSI-H, dMMR, POLE gene hotspot mutated, or known hypermutator phenotype * Previously received KIF18A inhibitor * Current CNS metastases or leptomeningeal disease * Cardiac parameters: MI or stroke ≤ 1 year, unstable angina/PE/DVT/CABG ≤ 6 months, NYHA Class ≥ II, LVEF \< 50% * Inability to comply with concomitant medication restrictions with respect to strong inhibitors and inducers of CYP3A, and clinical inhibitors of MDR1 (P-gp) and BCRP * Any clinically significant ascites or pleural effusions at time of enrollment, or any therapeutic paracentesis or thoracentesis within 28 days of planned first dose of study drug * Bowel obstruction or GI perforation within 6 months of planned first dose of study drug
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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 study's own enquiry address
This study publishes an address for enquiries. See it below .
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The places running it
13 sites. 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
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Contacts and locations
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Study contacts
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Contact
Email: •••••@•••••
Locations
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Community Health Network
RECRUITINGIndianapolis, Indiana, 46256, United States
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Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin
RECRUITINGMilwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226, United States
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Hoag Memorial Hospital
RECRUITINGNewport Beach, California, 92663, United States
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Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
RECRUITINGBaltimore, Maryland, 21224, United States
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Kellogg Cancer Center
RECRUITINGEvanston, Illinois, 60201, United States
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M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
RECRUITINGHouston, Texas, 77030, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10065, United States
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START Midwest
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGGrand Rapids, Michigan, 49546, United States
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The Christ Hospital
RECRUITINGCincinnati, Ohio, 45219, United States
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University of Colorado Cancer Center
RECRUITINGAurora, Colorado, 80045, United States
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University of Michigan
RECRUITINGAnn Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States
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University of Southern California
RECRUITINGLos Angeles, California, 90033, United States
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Women & Infants Hospital
RECRUITINGProvidence, Rhode Island, 02905, United States
Contact Email: •••••@•••••
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Yale Cancer Center
RECRUITINGNew Haven, Connecticut, 06511, United States
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