APG-2449 in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors

Launched by ASCENTAGE PHARMA GROUP INC. · Apr 15, 2019

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This clinical trial is studying a new drug called APG-2449, which is designed to treat patients with advanced solid tumors, including specific types of lung cancer, esophageal cancer, ovarian cancer, and malignant pleural mesothelioma. APG-2449 works by targeting certain proteins that help cancer cells grow, and early studies suggest it can slow down or stop cancer growth on its own and may work even better when combined with other treatments. The trial is currently in its first phase, where researchers are determining the safest dose of the drug and monitoring any side effects.

To participate in this trial, patients must have advanced cancer that has been confirmed by a doctor. They should have a good performance status, meaning they can carry out daily activities with some limitations, and expect to live at least three more months. Participants will take the medication orally and will need to attend regular follow-up appointments to monitor their health and the drug's effectiveness. It's important to note that individuals currently receiving other cancer treatments or with certain health conditions may not be eligible. This trial offers hope for patients looking for new treatment options for their advanced cancer.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • 1. Dose exploration stage: non-small cell lung cancer diagnosed by histology and/or cytology and positive for ALK/ROS1 gene fusion (molecular diagnosis confirmed by the investigator) and malignant pleural mesothelioma, esophageal cancer and ovarian cancer. Kind of patients with advanced tumors.
• • Expansion stage: cohort 1, patients with non-small cell lung cancer who have progressed or are intolerant to TKI therapy, including patients with second-generation ALK TKI, or either ROS1 TKI, or third-generation ALK inhibitor (lorlatinib, etc.) with pFAK expression (pFAK expression is subject to central laboratory results) of about 10 or above; Cohort 2, TKI-naïve patients with ALK/ROS1 fusion gene positive NSCLC. The molecular diagnosis results of the above patients can be confirmed by the investigator.
• • 2. ECOG Performance Status ≤ 1.
• • 3. Expectation of life ≥ 3 months.
• • 4. According to RECIST version 1.1, there is at least 1 measurable lesion.
• • 5. Adequate hematologic and bone marrow functions.
• • 6. Adequate renal and liver function.
• • 7. Normal cardiac function.
• • 8. Brain metastases with clinically controlled neurologic symptoms.
• • 9. Serum pregnancy test results of women of childbearing age were negative within 7 days before taking the first dose of study drug.
• • 10. Men, women of childbearing age (postmenopausal women must have been menopausal for at least 12 months before they can be considered infertile) and their partners voluntarily take the study drug for at least 30 days after signing the informed consent form and taking the study drug as deemed effective by the investigator Contraceptive measures
• • 11. Ability to understand and willingness to sign a written informed consent form
• • 12. Subjects must be willing and able to complete the research procedures and follow-up inspections.
• • 13. Subjects are required to provide fresh (for recurrent subjects only) or archived tumor tissue samples from within 28 days prior to treatment. If none of these specimens are available, they may be included after consultation with the sponsor.
• • 14. Subjects should provide fresh biopsy tumor tissue specimens prior to treatment.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • 1. Receiving concurrent anti-cancer therapy (chemotherapy, radiotherapy, immunotherapy, biologic therapy); or any investigational therapy within 28 days prior to the first dose of study drug.
• • 2. Receiving TKI therapy within 8 days prior to the first dose of study drug.
• • 3. Continuance of toxicities due to prior therapy that do not recover (CTCAE V5.0 Grade\> 1).
• • 4. Has difficulty in swallowing, absorbing barrier, or other diseases blocking APG-2449' taken.
• • 5. Obvious cardiovascular disease history.
• • 6. Failure to recover adequately, as judged by the investigator, from prior surgical procedures. Patients who have had major surgery within 28 days from study entry, and patients who have had minor surgery within 14 days of study entry.
• • 7. Active symptomatic fungal, bacterial and/or viral infection including, but not limited to, active human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or viral hepatitis (B or C).
• • 8. Known allergies to study drug ingredients or their analogs.
• • 9. Female subjects who are pregnant or breastfeeding, or expecting to become pregnant during the study period.
• • 10. According to the judgment of the investigator or sponsor, any symptoms or disease of the subject may endanger its safety or interfere with the safety assessment of the study drug.
• • 11. Subjects who have used CYP3A4, CYP2C9, or CYP2C19 moderately potent inhibitors or moderately potent inducers 1 week before receiving the study drug for the first time.
• • 12. Subjects who used CYP3A4 substrates and narrow treatment window 1 week before the first study drug.