Purpose

PT217 is a bispecific antibody (bsAb) against human DLL3 (huDLL3) and human CD47 (huCD47). This is a first-in-human, Phase 1/2, open-label, dose-escalation and expansion study designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and preliminary efficacy of PT217 in subjects with neuroendocrine carcinomas. Patients with the following tumor types will be eligible for screening: small cell lung cancer (SCLC), large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the lung (LCNEC), and extrapulmonary neuroendocrine carcinoma (EP-NEC), including but not limited to neuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC) and gastroentero-pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma (GEP-NEC). Patients must have progressed after standard therapy (platinum-based chemotherapy) or standard therapy has proven to be ineffective, intolerable or is considered inappropriate.

Conditions

Eligibility

Eligible Ages
Over 18 Years
Eligible Genders
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

Inclusion Criteria

  1. 18 years or older and able to sign informed consent and comply with the protocol. 2. Measurable disease as defined by RECIST v1.1 criteria for solid tumors. 3. Part A and B: patients with histologically or cytologically confirmed unresectable advanced or metastatic small cell lung cancer (SCLC), large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the lung (LCNEC) or extrapulmonary neuroendocrine carcinoma (EP-NEC), including but not limited to neuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC) and gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma (GEP-NEC), previously treated with standard of care treatments (at least one line of platinum-based chemotherapy with or without immune checkpoint inhibitor for SCLC patients), and progressed after treatment, or for which treatment is not available or not tolerated. Treatment for limited stage disease qualifies as a line of therapy. SCLC that transformed from an EGFR mutant NSCLC are eligible for this study, given they meet the above criteria. 4. Parts A and B: patients with tumors that are of mixed histologies for any above type are eligible only if neuroendocrine carcinoma/small tumor cells component is predominant and represents at least 50% of the overall tumor tissue. 5. Able to provide a formalin fixed, paraffin embedded (FFPE) tumor tissue sample (preferably a fresh biopsy, or if not possible, archival tissue) to be assessed for DLL3 expression and other biomarkers. Biopsy must be excisional, incisional, or core needle. Fine needle aspiration is insufficient. Archival tissue is acceptable if biopsy was completed within 12 months, discuss with Medical Monitor if this is not feasible, for any potential exceptions. This biopsy may not be done if the biopsy poses a risk to the patient and/or per the Investigator's discretion. 6. ECOG performance status of 0 or 1. 7. Adequate organ function confirmed at screening and within 72 hours of initiating treatment, as evidenced by: - Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 × 109/L - Hemoglobin (Hgb) ≥ 9.0 g/dL (RBC transfusions not permitted in the 4-week period before enrollment) - Platelets (plt) ≥ 100 × 109/L - AST/SGOT and ALT/SGPT ≤ 2.5 × Upper Limit of Normal (ULN) or ≤ 5.0 × ULN if liver metastases are present. - Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 × ULN without liver metastases or < 3.0 x ULN if liver metastases are present. - Calculated creatinine clearance ≥ 30 mL/min (Cockcroft Gault formula) 8. Resolution of all acute adverse events resulting from prior cancer therapies to National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE v5.0) Grade ≤ 1 or baseline (except alopecia or neuropathy in Parts A and B ). 9. Negative serum pregnancy test within 72 hours before starting study treatment in all women of child-bearing potential, including pre-menopausal women, and women < 24 months after the onset of menopause (had a menstrual period in past 24 months) Women who underwent hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy do not need a pregnancy test. 10. Must agree to use effective contraceptive methods to avoid pregnancy (including male and female patients and partners of study patients) during the study and until at least 7 months after receiving the last dose of study treatment. 11. Life expectancy >3 months.

Exclusion Criteria

  1. Women who are pregnant or lactating. 2. Women of child-bearing potential (WOCBP) who do not use adequate birth control. 3. Autoimmune disease requiring systemic treatment within the past twelve months. 4. Condition requiring systemic treatment with either corticosteroids or other immunosuppressive medications within 14 days prior to study treatment. Corticosteroid doses equivalent to Prednisone 10 mg per day or less are allowed, or a single application of up to 8 mg Dexamethasone as optional pretreatment for the first two dose applications of PT217 (from Dose Level 3). . 5. Patients who have experienced Grade ≥ 3 immune-related events, such as (non-infectious) pneumonitis, interstitial lung disease, myocarditis. Patients who have experienced Grade < 3 immune-related events that have been resolved for > 6 months, are eligible. 6. Uncontrolled pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, or ascites requiring recurrent drainage procedures (e.g., biweekly or more frequently pericardiocentesis or thoracentesis). 7. Patients with untreated brain or central nervous system (CNS) metastases or brain/ CNS metastases that have progressed (e.g., evidence of new or enlarging brain metastasis or new neurological symptoms attributable to brain/ CNS metastases). Note: Patients with treated brain metastases that are off corticosteroids and have been clinically stable for 14 days are eligible for enrollment. 8. Patients with a known concurrent malignancy that is progressing or has required treatment for active disease within the previous 24 months. Exceptions include basal cell carcinoma of the skin, carcinoma in situ of the cervix or other noninvasive or indolent malignancies that have either previously undergone potentially curative therapy or don't have active treatment indication (e.g., low grade prostate cancer). 9. Patients who have received an investigational product, within 4 weeks or 5 half-lives, whichever is shorter, prior to start of study drug or who have not recovered from adverse events of prior therapy, either in the metastatic or adjuvant setting. 10. Prior treatment with T-cell engager, CAR-T, NK cell engager, CAR-NK, DLL3 or CD47 targeting therapies, or anti-SIRPα (signal regulatory protein alpha) targeting agents (prior Checkpoint inhibitor anti PD-1 and anti PD-L1 therapies are allowed). 11. Patients that have received a live-virus vaccination within 30 days of planned treatment start. 12. Impaired cardiac function or significant diseases, including but not limited to any of the following: 1. LVEF < 45% as determined by MUGA scan or ECHO 2. Congenital long QT syndrome 3. QTcF ≥ 480 msec on screening ECG 4. Unstable angina pectoris ≤ 3 months prior to starting study drug. 5. Acute myocardial infarction or stroke ≤ 3 months prior to starting study drug. 13. Patients with uncontrolled hypertension. 14. Prior hemolytic anemia or Evans Syndrome in the last 3 months. 15. RBC transfusion during the 4-week period prior to enrollment. RBC transfusions are not permitted during the screening period and prior to enrollment to meet the hemoglobin inclusion criteria. 16. Patients who have ≥ Grade 3 neuropathy. 17. Other concurrent severe and/or uncontrolled concomitant medical conditions (e.g., uncontrolled hypertriglyceridemia [triglycerides > 500 mg/dL], or active infection requiring parenteral treatment) that could cause unacceptable safety risks or compromise compliance with the protocol. 18. Patients who have received chemotherapy or small molecule targeted therapy, ≤ 5 half-lives or 3 weeks, whichever is shorter (6 weeks for nitrosourea or mitomycin-C), other targeted therapy, or immunotherapy within 4 weeks prior to starting study drug. Concurrent use of hormone deprivation therapy for hormone refractory prostate cancer is permitted; patients on a stable bisphosphonate or denosumab for ≥ 30 days prior to study day 1 are eligible. 19. Patients who have received wide field radiotherapy ≤ 2 weeks prior to starting study drug or who have not recovered from adverse events of prior therapy. 20. Patients who have undergone major surgery ≤ 4 weeks prior to starting study drug or who have not recovered from adverse events of prior therapy. 21. Patients who are currently receiving treatment with therapeutic doses of warfarin sodium (Coumadin®) or any other coumarin-derivative anticoagulants (other anticoagulants such as anti-thrombin or factor X inhibitors are allowed as long as patients are on a stable dose). 22. Known diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (HIV testing is not mandatory; patients with well controlled HIV might be enrolled per Investigator's discretion). 23. Evidence of active infection with Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C that is not adequately controlled. (For patients with known prior history of Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C, enrollment may be allowed per Investigator's discretion). Note: No testing for Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C is required unless mandated by a local health authority. - Patients who are HBsAg positive are eligible if they have received HBV antiviral therapy for at least 4 weeks and have undetectable HBV viral load prior to treatment. Patients should remain on anti-viral therapy throughout study intervention and follow local guidelines for HBV anti-viral therapy post completion of study intervention. - Patients with history of HCV infection are eligible if HCV viral load is undetectable at screening. Patients must have completed curative anti-viral therapy at least 4 weeks prior to treatment. 24. Has a history or current evidence of any medical or psychiatric condition, therapy, or laboratory abnormality that, in the opinion of the Investigator, might confound the results of the trial, interfere with the patient's safe participation and compliance in the trial. For example, conditions that depend on the establishment of collateral circulation, such as peripheral arterial vascular disease, myocardial infarction recovery period, etc. 25. Has allergies or hypersensitivity to polysorbate 80, L-Histidine or Sucrose (PT217 inactive ingredients).

Study Design

Phase
Phase 1/Phase 2
Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Non-Randomized
Intervention Model
Sequential Assignment
Intervention Model Description
Dose escalation and dose expansion study.
Primary Purpose
Treatment
Masking
None (Open Label)

Arm Groups

ArmDescriptionAssigned Intervention
Experimental
Dose Escalation
A standard 3+3 dose escalation design will be employed. The starting dose of PT217 to be evaluated in the dose escalation study is 0.2 mg/kg weekly (QW). Additional provisional dose levels include: 0.6 mg/kg QW, 2 mg/kg QW, 6 mg/kg QW and 12 mg/kg QW.
  • Drug: PT217
    A bispecific antibody (bsAb) against human DLL3 (huDLL3) and human CD47 (huCD47).
Experimental
Dose Expansion
There will be two Dose Expansion Cohorts: Both cohorts will include SCLC, LCNEC and EP-NEC patients. Half of the enrolled patients should be SCLC and LCNEC. - Cohort 1 will use RDE1 a dose level that has been identified as an appropriate dose based on safety and PK data from Part A. - Cohort 2 will study a different dose level from RDE1, termed RDE2. This dose may be higher or lower than RDE1 but will not exceed the MTD.
  • Drug: PT217
    A bispecific antibody (bsAb) against human DLL3 (huDLL3) and human CD47 (huCD47).

Recruiting Locations

Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts 02114
Contact:
617-724-4000

More Details

Status
Recruiting
Sponsor
Phanes Therapeutics

Study Contact

Phanes Therapeutics
858-766-0852
clinical-trials@phanestx.com

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