Experimental drug WSK-IM02 takes on Hard-to-Treat ovarian cancer
NCT ID NCT07462468
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This early-phase trial is testing an experimental drug called WSK-IM02 in 36 women with platinum-resistant recurrent ovarian cancer, a type that no longer responds to standard platinum chemotherapy. The drug is given as an injection into the abdomen. The main goal is to check safety and find the right dose, with a secondary look at whether it might help shrink tumors. Because this is a Phase 1 study, it is too early to know if the drug will work.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- WSK-IM02 (an experimental drug given by injection into the abdomen)
- What this could lead to
- If this early trial shows safety and hints of benefit, it could lead to a new treatment option for ovarian cancer that no longer responds to standard platinum chemotherapy.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early Phase 1 study with only 36 participants. The main goal is safety, not effectiveness. Many experimental drugs fail at this stage, and side effects are unknown.
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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 36 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Mar 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Sep 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.
- Ages
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18 to 75 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- 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. Female, age ≥18 years old, ≤ 75 years old. 2. Willing to voluntarily sign the informed consent form. 3. Patients must have histopathologically confirmed ovarian cancer, with no requirement for additional tumor tissue biopsy during the screening period. 4. Platinum-resistant recurrent ovarian cancer, with an initial response to ≥4 cycles of platinum-based therapy, followed by confirmed disease recurrence or progression 28 days to 6 months after the last platinum-containing regimen. At least one subsequent systemic therapy for recurrence/progression following platinum resistance, with ≤3 prior lines of systemic therapy (neoadjuvant + adjuvant chemotherapy/adjuvant chemotherapy counts as one chemotherapy line. Other maintenance therapies may be excluded upon investigator and sponsor 's agreement. 5. ECOG performance status: 0 - 2. 6. Life expectancy ≥3 months. 7. Adequate major organ function within 14 days prior to treatment : Hematology (without transfusion or hematopoietic growth factor support within 14 days): NEUT ≥1.5×10⁹/L, PLT ≥100×10⁹/L, Hb ≥80 g/L. Liver function: ALT ≤2.5 × ULN, AST ≤2.5 × ULN. In the presence of liver metastases, ALT and AST ≤5 × ULN. Renal function: Cr ≤1.5 × ULN or Ccr \>50 mL/min. Coagulation function: APTT ≤1.5 × ULN, INR ≤1.5 × ULN. 8. At least one measurable lesion per RECIST v1.1 criteria. 9. Female subjects of childbearing potential must agree to use effective contraceptive methods from signing ICF until at least 6 months after the last dose of the investigational product. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Participation in another investigational drug trial within 4 weeks before enrollment. 2. Non-epithelial ovarian cancer. 3. Prior antineoplastic therapy (including chemotherapy, radiotherapy, targeted therapy, hormonal therapy, biologic therapy, immunotherapy, herbal medicine for antineoplastic purposes, or other investigational agents) within 28 days or 5 half-lives (whichever shorter) prior to first dose. 4. Prior radiotherapy within 4 weeks prior to the first dose (including radiotherapy to \>25% of bone marrow), or palliative localized radiotherapy to bone metastases within 2 weeks. 5. Major surgery within 4 weeks prior to the first dose without complete recovery, or elective surgery planned during the trial. 6. Other malignancies within the past 5 years (except stable breast cancer; except for adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer or other solid tumors with no evidence of disease for \>5 years). 7. Any toxicity from prior therapy that has not recovered to baseline or to ≤ Grade 1 per NCI-CTCAE v6.0 prior to study treatment (except those posing no safety risk per investigator, e.g., alopecia). 8. Symptomatic CNS or leptomeningeal metastases, or other evidence of uncontrolled CNS or leptomeningeal metastases, and deemed inappropriate for enrollment by investigator. 9. HIV positive, HbsAg positive with HBV DNA \> ULN (enrollment allowed if reduced to normal post-antiviral), Anti-HCV positive with HCV RNA positive, Tp-Ab positive. 10. Active infection requiring systemic anti-infective therapy (per investigator). 11. Pregnant or breastfeeding. 12. Known history of drug/alcohol/substance abuse, definite prior history of neurological or psychiatric disorders. 13. Presence of any active autoimmune disease, history of autoimmune disease or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. 14. Corticosteroids (\>10 mg/day prednisone equivalent) or other immunosuppressants within 4 weeks prior to study drug, or requiring long-term systemic steroids during study (topical steroids allowed). 15. Uncontrolled or significant cardiovascular disease, including severe/unstable angina pectoris, symptomatic congestive heart failure (NYHA II-IV), clinically significant supraventricular or ventricular arrhythmias requiring treatment or intervention, or myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to the first dose. 16. Poorly controlled hypertension despite antihypertensive therapy (i.e., SBP ≥150 mmHg and/or DBP ≥100 mmHg). 17. Uncontrolled diabetes (defined as HbA1c ≥8%, or 7% ≤ HbA1c \<8% with clinical symptoms of diabetes, such as polyuria, polydipsia, polyphagia, and weight loss) or other metabolic disorders, severe gastrointestinal bleeding, severe diarrhea (CTCAE ≥ Grade 2), or severe gastrointestinal obstruction requiring intervention. 18. Pulmonary disease defined as ≥ Grade 3 per NCI-CTCAE v6.0, including dyspnea at rest, requirement for continuous oxygen therapy, or history of ILD. 19. Known allergy to the investigational product or its major excipients, or kanamycin. 20. History of thromboembolism, cerebral infarction, hemorrhagic disorders, or evidence of bleeding tendency within 6 months prior to the first dose. 21. Any other concurrent severe and/or uncontrolled medical condition that, in the investigator's judgment, renders the patient unsuitable for participation. 22. Female patients of childbearing potential unwilling to use effective contraception during the trial and for 6 months post-treatment. Pregnancy test required for patients with amenorrhea on antineoplastics, even if \>12 months. 23. Intestinal stoma or obstruction. 24. Abdominal adhesions or infection precluding intraperitoneal drug administration. 25. Physical condition unsuitable for intraperitoneal injection or other factors precluding study completion per investigator.
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