New drug YH32364 targets Hard-to-Treat cancers in first human trial

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

Inclusion Criteria: * Must sign an informed consent form (ICF) prior to any study specific procedures * ECOG performance status 0 or 1 * Estimated life expectancy of at least 3 months * A woman must not be breastfeeding * Have at least one measurable lesion, not previously irradiated and not chosen for biopsy during the study screening period, that can be accurately measured at baseline ≥10 mm in the longest diameter (except lymph nodes which must have a short axis of ≥15 mm) with computerized tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), are suitable for accurate repeated measurements. \[Dose Escalation Only\] Locally advanced or metastatic EGFR overexpressing solid tumor\* that is refractory or intolerable on all available standard therapy and that is considered uncurable by local therapy \* One of the following pathologically confirmed EGFR overexpressing (IHC3+ or IHC2+) tumors. * Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) * Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): squamous cell carcinoma (SqCC) * Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) * Biliary tract cancer (BTC) * Uterine cervical cancer * Vulvar cancer * Urothelial cancer * Squamous cell carcinoma of other origin of tumor (e.g., skin squamous cell tumor) \[Dose Expansion Only\] Cohort 1: Pathologically confirmed EGFR overexpressing (IHC3+ or IHC2+), locally advanced or metastatic HNSCC other than nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC)\* that is refractory or intolerable on all available standard therapy and that is considered uncurable by local therapy. Exclusion Criteria: * Known uncontrolled central nervous system (CNS) metastases, spinal cord compression, and/or carcinomatous meningitis * Have history of a second primary cancer with the exception of * curatively treated non-melanomatous skin cancer * curatively treated cervical or breast carcinoma in situ, or * other malignancy with no known active disease present and no treatment administered during the last 2 years * Have history of or current Class II, III or IV heart failure as defined by the New York Heart Association (NYHA) * Have history of acute coronary syndromes, including myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass graft, unstable angina, coronary angioplasty or stenting within past 24 weeks * Have history of (non-infectious) interstitial lung disease (ILD) or pneumonitis that required steroids, or any evidence of current ILD or pneumonitis * Have autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment * Infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) * Active chronic hepatitis B or chronic hepatitis C \[Prior/Concomitant Therapy\] * Have received systemic steroid therapy * Previous treatment with a 4-1BB/CD137-modulating agent * Have used a live vaccine within 4 weeks * Have received treatment with immunotherapy, biological therapies, targeted small molecules, or hormonal therapies * Have received radiation therapy * Have received cytotoxic chemotherapy