A Clinical Study to Test if an Investigational Treatment Called BNT326 is Safe and Potentially Beneficial When Used Alone or in Combination With Other Investigational Treatments Such as BNT327, for People With Advanced Malignant Tumors

Launched by BIONTECH SE · Jul 15, 2025

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This clinical trial is testing a new treatment called BNT326 to see if it is safe and helpful for people with advanced solid tumors—these are cancers that have spread or come back after other treatments. The study will look at how well BNT326 works on its own and when combined with other investigational treatments. It’s designed for adults with certain types of advanced cancers, such as melanoma (a type of skin cancer), lung cancer, breast cancer, and other solid tumors that are no longer responding to standard treatments.

To join the study, participants need to be 18 or older and have a confirmed diagnosis of advanced cancer that can be measured on scans or tests. They must be in generally good health aside from their cancer and able to provide a sample of their tumor for testing. Some groups of patients must have tried specific previous treatments, especially those with melanoma or lung cancer. The trial is not yet recruiting, but if eligible, participants can expect close monitoring for safety, tests to understand how the drug behaves in the body, and regular check-ins to see if the cancer is responding. The study excludes people with certain health conditions that could increase risks or interfere with the treatment. This trial aims to find new options for patients with difficult-to-treat cancers by exploring how this new treatment works alone or with others.

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Eligibility criteria

• Key Inclusion Criteria (applicable to all participants and all parts unless otherwise specified):
• • Aged ≥18 years at the time of giving informed consent.
• • Have histologic or cytologic documented advanced disease, either at relapse or upon diagnosis of metastatic disease. This requirement may be considered met when advanced disease derives from unequivocal progression of a previously biopsied site of disease (e.g., progression of residual tumor after concomitant chemo-radiation for Stage III NSCLC).
• • Have measurable disease defined by RECIST 1.1.
• • All participants must provide a tumor tissue sample (Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded \[FFPE\] slides) from archival tissue. The archival tissue can be an FFPE block or freshly cut slides derived from the advanced setting or a new/fresh tumor biopsy.
• • Have ECOG performance status of 0 or 1.
• • Have adequate organ and bone marrow function within 7 days before randomization/enrollment.
• * Cohort 1A:
• • Have histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of unresectable or metastatic cutaneous melanoma not amenable to local therapy.
• • Participants must have previously received a PD-1 or PD-L1 inhibitor, and, for participants with human gene that encodes a protein called B-Raf (BRAF) gene mutant melanoma, a prior treatment regimen that included vemurafenib, dabrafenib, or another BRAF gene inhibitor with or without mitogen-activated protein kinase protein inhibitor, if available and clinically indicated per local standard of care (SoC) and have experienced progression during or after the previous treatment or discontinued from prior therapy due to intolerance.
• • Cohort 1B and 1C: Have advanced (i.e., metastatic or locally recurrent where local therapy with curative intent is not possible) non-squamous or squamous NSCLC.
• * Cohort 1B:
• • Have no actionable genomic alterations, such as EGFR mutations, anaplastic lymphoma kinase rearrangements, or other genomic alterations for which targeted molecular therapies are available. For enrolled participants with predominantly squamous histology tumors, molecular testing will not be required in cases where it is not part of the SoC.
• • Have experienced relapse or progression during or after treatment with standard systemic therapy including platinum-based chemotherapy and/or immune checkpoint inhibitor in the advanced/metastatic setting or discontinued from prior therapy due to intolerance.
• • Participants must have received 1 to 3 lines of systemic treatment, which can include anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy (if PD-L1 positive), chemotherapy, and anti-angiogenic agents. These treatments may be administered concurrently or sequentially. Prior chemotherapy must be limited to fewer than 2 lines.
• * Cohort 1C:
• • Have documented positive test results for an EGFR-sensitizing mutation (EGFR-sensitizing mutation Exon 21-L858R and 19del).
• • Participants must have received one or two prior lines of systemic therapy for advanced and/or metastatic disease, which must include treatment with an approved EGFR Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors (TKI), with at least one being a third-generation EGFR TKI. If there is no third-generation EGFR TKI approved as part of SoC by local health authorities in a certain country, failure/progression on any EGFR TKI is acceptable for eligibility.
• • Participants receiving an EGFR TKI at the time of signing informed consent may continue to take the EGFR TKI until 5 days prior to Cycle 1 Day 1.
• • Chemotherapy is permitted only if it was administered in combination with an EGFR TKI as part of a single line of therapy and as the initial (first line) treatment for advanced/metastatic disease. Participants must not have received any other systemic therapies (such as chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or targeted agents) for advanced/metastatic disease, unless those treatments were given in combination with an EGFR TKI
• • Have experienced progression during or after treatment or discontinued from prior therapy due to intolerance.
• • Cohort 1D: Have histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of unresectable or metastatic acral/uveal/mucosal melanoma not amenable to local therapy.
• * Cohort 1D: Participants must have:
• • Previously been treated with a PD-1 or PD-L1 inhibitor, if clinically indicated and available per local SoC, and/or
• • For participants with Human Leukocyte Antigen Alleles (HLA-A)\*02:01 serotype-positive disease (only applicable for uveal melanoma), previously been treated with tebentafusp-tebn if clinically indicated and available per local SoC, and
• • Experienced progression during or after the previous treatment or discontinued from prior therapy due to intolerance.
• * Cohorts 1E and 1F (DDI): Have histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of unresectable or metastatic advanced solid tumor not amenable to ablative or curative approach including, but not limited to:
• • Cholangiocarcinoma, including tumors of the intra- and extrahepatic biliary tract and gallbladder
• • Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
• • Renal cell carcinoma
• • Endometrial carcinoma, excluding those classified as true sarcomas
• • Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) (see below other related inclusion criterion)
• • Neuroendocrine tumor of pancreatic, gastrointestinal, lung, and thymus that is well differentiated, Grade 1 to 3.
• • Cohort 1E and 1F (DDI): Have experienced disease progression on at least one and no more than three lines of prior therapy or, for Cohort 1E only, discontinued from prior therapy due to intolerance.
• • Cohort 1E and 1F (DDI): (For participants with PDAC only) Have received one or two lines of systemic therapy for metastatic tumors, and have experienced progression or intolerance to the treatment during or following therapy.
• • Cohort 2A: Have histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of unresectable or metastatic cutaneous melanoma not amenable to local therapy.
• • Cohort 2B: Have histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of recurrent unresectable or metastatic breast cancer that is documented as HER2-negative and either hormone receptor (HR)-negative or HR-positive per American Society of Clinical Oncology/College of American Pathologists guidelines.
• Key Exclusion Criteria (applicable to all participants and all parts unless otherwise specified):
• • Have a history of intolerance to treatment with a topoisomerase I inhibitor or intolerance to an ADC that consists of a topoisomerase I inhibitor, including but not limited to topotecan, irinotecan, and deruxtecan (e.g., severe diarrhea).
• * Have an uncontrolled concomitant or intercurrent illness that contra-indicates study participation, limits compliance with study procedures or substantially increases the risk of incurring adverse events, including:
• • Bleeding diathesis or active hemorrhage,
• • Active infection,
• • Child-Pugh class B or C cirrhosis,
• • Pulmonary disease with significant impact in lung function
• • Oncologic emergencies or complications (e.g., malignant hypercalcemia, superior vena cava syndrome, carcinoid syndrome that is unstable and with available alternative therapies),
• • Psychiatric or abuse condition
• • Have LVEF \<50% by either echocardiography or multi-gated acquisition (scanning) within 28 days before randomization/enrollment.
• • Have clinically uncontrolled pleural effusion, ascites or pericardial effusion requiring drainage, peritoneal shunt, or cell-free concentrated ascites reinfusion therapy within 2 weeks prior to randomization/enrollment.
• • Have a history of (non-infectious) interstitial lung disease (ILD) /pneumonitis that required steroids, have current ILD/pneumonitis, or where suspected ILD/pneumonitis cannot be ruled out by imaging at screening. Asymptomatic interstitial changes caused by previous radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or other factors such as smoking are acceptable.
• • Are a participant of child-bearing potential who are pregnant or breastfeeding or are planning pregnancy within 225 days (\~7.5 months) after receiving last dose of BNT326 and within 6 months after last dose of BNT327, whichever is longer.
• • Are potentially fertile males, who are planning to father children during the study or within 135 days (\~4.5 months) after the last dose of BNT326 and within 6 months after last dose of BNT327, whichever is longer.
• • Are subject to exclusion periods from another investigational study.
• • Participants with significant risks of hemorrhage or evidence of major coagulation disorders as specified in the protocol.
• • Cohort 1E: Have histological diagnosis of fibrolamellar HCC, sarcomatoid HCC, or mixed cholangiocarcinoma and HCC.
• • NOTE: Other protocol defined Inclusion/Exclusion criteria may apply.