A Study to Determine the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Preliminary Efficacy of ABBV-368 Plus Tilsotolimod and Other Therapy Combinations in Participants With Recurrent/Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04196283 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : December 12, 2019
Last Update Posted : February 27, 2023
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Advanced Solid Tumors Cancer | Drug: ABBV-368 Drug: Tilsotolimod Drug: Nab-paclitaxel Drug: ABBV-181 | Phase 1 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 30 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Sequential Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase 1b, Multicenter, Open-Label Study to Determine the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Preliminary Efficacy of ABBV-368 Plus Tilsotolimod and Other Therapy Combinations in Subjects With Recurrent/Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma |
Actual Study Start Date : | January 22, 2020 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | October 27, 2022 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | October 27, 2022 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Arm 1: ABBV-368 + Tilsotolimod
Participants will be administered ABBV-368 and Tilsotolimod at various timepoints as described in the protocol.
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Drug: ABBV-368
Intravenous (IV) infusion Drug: Tilsotolimod Intratumoral (IT) injection |
Experimental: Arm 2: ABBV-368 + Tilsotolimod + Nab-paclitaxel
Participants will be administered ABBV-368, Tilsotolimod and Nab-paclitaxel at various timepoints as described in the protocol.
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Drug: ABBV-368
Intravenous (IV) infusion Drug: Tilsotolimod Intratumoral (IT) injection Drug: Nab-paclitaxel Intravenous (IV) infusion |
Experimental: Arm 3: ABBV-368 + Tilsotolimod + Nab-paclitaxel + ABBV-181
Participants will be administered ABBV-368, Tilsotolimod, Nab-paclitaxel and ABBV-181 at various timepoints as described in the protocol.
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Drug: ABBV-368
Intravenous (IV) infusion Drug: Tilsotolimod Intratumoral (IT) injection Drug: Nab-paclitaxel Intravenous (IV) infusion Drug: ABBV-181 Intravenous (IV) infusion
Other Name: Budigalimab |
- Number of Participants with Adverse Events (AEs) [ Time Frame: Up to approximately 2 years following the first dose ]An adverse event (AE) is defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a patient or clinical investigation participant administered a pharmaceutical product which does not necessarily have a causal relationship with this treatment. The investigator assesses the relationship of each event to the use of study.
- Change in Vital Signs [ Time Frame: Up to approximately 2 years following the first dose ]Number of participants with clinically significant change from baseline in vital signs like systolic and diastolic blood pressure will be reported.
- Change in Clinical Laboratory Test Results [ Time Frame: Up to approximately 2 years following the first dose ]Number of participants with clinically significant change from baseline in clinical laboratory test results like hematology will be reported.
- Maximum Observed Serum Concentration (Cmax) of ABBV-368 [ Time Frame: Cycle 1 through Cycle 3 (each cycle is approximately 28 days) ]Maximum Serum Concentration (Cmax) of ABBV-368
- Time to Maximum Serum Concentration (Tmax) of ABBV-368 [ Time Frame: Cycle 1 through Cycle 3 (each cycle is approximately 28 days) ]Time to Maximum Serum Concentration (Tmax) of ABBV-368
- Area Under Serum Concentration-Time Curve of ABBV-368 From Time 0 to the Time of Last Measurable Concentration (AUCt) [ Time Frame: Cycle 1 through Cycle 3 (each cycle is approximately 28 days) ]Area Under Serum Concentration-Time Curve of ABBV-368 From Time 0 to the Time of Last Measurable Concentration (AUCt)
- Terminal-Phase Elimination Rate Constant (β) of ABBV-368 [ Time Frame: Cycle 1 through Cycle 3 (each cycle is approximately 28 days) ]Terminal-Phase Elimination Rate Constant (β) of ABBV-368
- Terminal Half-Life (t1/2) of ABBV-368 [ Time Frame: Cycle 1 through Cycle 3 (each cycle is approximately 28 days) ]Terminal Half-Life (t1/2) of ABBV-368
- Maximum Plasma Concentration (Cmax) of Tilsotolimod [ Time Frame: Cycle 1 through Cycle 3 (each cycle is approximately 28 days) ]Maximum Observed Plasma Concentration (Cmax) of Tilsotolimod
- Time to Maximum Plasma Concentration (Tmax) of Tilsotolimod [ Time Frame: Cycle 1 through Cycle 3 (each cycle is approximately 28 days) ]Time to Maximum Plasma Concentration (Tmax) of Tilsotolimod
- Area Under Plasma Concentration-Time Curve of Tilsotolimod From Time 0 to the Time of Last Measurable Concentration (AUCt) [ Time Frame: Cycle 1 through Cycle 3 (each cycle is approximately 28 days) ]Area Under Plasma Concentration-Time Curve of Tilsotolimod From Time 0 to the Time of Last Measurable Concentration (AUCt)
- Terminal-Phase Elimination Rate Constant (β) of Tilsotolimod [ Time Frame: Cycle 1 through Cycle 3 (each cycle is approximately 28 days) ]Terminal-Phase Elimination Rate Constant (β) of Tilsotolimod
- Terminal Half-Life (t1/2) of Tilsotolimod [ Time Frame: Cycle 1 through Cycle 3 (each cycle is approximately 28 days) ]Terminal Half-Life (t1/2) of Tilsotolimod
- Maximum Observed Serum Concentration (Cmax) of ABBV-181 (Arm 3 Only) [ Time Frame: Cycle 1 through Cycle 3 (each cycle is approximately 28 days) ]Maximum Observed Serum Concentration (Cmax) of ABBV-181
- Time to Maximum Serum Concentration (Tmax) of ABBV-181 (Arm 3 Only) [ Time Frame: Cycle 1 through Cycle 3 (each cycle is approximately 28 days) ]Time to Maximum Serum Concentration (Tmax) of ABBV-181
- Area Under Serum Concentration-Time Curve of ABBV-181 From Time 0 to the Time of Last Measurable Concentration (AUCt) (Arm 3 Only) [ Time Frame: Cycle 1 through Cycle 3 (each cycle is approximately 28 days) ]Area Under Serum Concentration-Time Curve of ABBV-181 From Time 0 to the Time of Last Measurable Concentration (AUCt)
- Terminal-Phase Elimination Rate Constant (β) of ABBV-181 (Arm 3 Only) [ Time Frame: Cycle 1 through Cycle 3 (each cycle is approximately 28 days) ]Terminal-Phase Elimination Rate Constant (β) of ABBV-181
- Terminal Half-Life (t1/2) of ABBV-181 (Arm 3 Only) [ Time Frame: Cycle 1 through Cycle 3 (each cycle is approximately 28 days) ]Terminal Half-Life (t1/2) of ABBV-181
- Objective Response Rate (ORR) [ Time Frame: Up to approximately 2 years following the first dose ]ORR is measured as the percentage of participants with a complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) as a confirmed response.
- Clinical Benefit Rate (CBR) [ Time Frame: Up to approximately 2 years following the first dose ]CBR is measured as the percentage of participants with a confirmed complete response (CR), confirmed partial response (PR), or stable disease (SD)
- Time to Response (TTR) [ Time Frame: Up to approximately 2 years following the first dose ]TTR is the time from date of first study drug exposure to the first instance of a complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) as a confirmed response, whichever occurs first.
- Progression Free Survival (PFS) [ Time Frame: Up to approximately 2 years following the first dose ]PFS is the time from date of first study drug exposure to disease progression or death, whichever occurs first.
- Duration of Response (DOR) [ Time Frame: Up to approximately 2 years following the first dose ]DOR is the time from the participant's initial response (CR or PR as a confirmed response) to disease progression or death, whichever occurs first.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Participants should weigh at least 35 kg.
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 0 or 1 and a life expectancy of >= 3 months.
- Participant have >= 1 lesion accessible for intratumoral injection.
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Histologically or cytologically confirmed R/M HNSCC (of the following 4 subsites: oral cavity, oropharynx, larynx, and hypopharynx) who previously progressed either during or after <= 3 prior treatment regimens administered in the recurrent or metastatic setting.
- Must have received 1 immunotherapy regimen which included a PD-(L)1 inhibitor.
- Must have received platinum-based therapy, or be considered ineligible for platinum-based therapy by the investigator.
Exclusion Criteria:
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Uncontrolled metastases to the central nervous system (CNS).
- Participants with brain metastases are eligible provided that evidence of clinical and radiographic stable disease for at least 4 weeks after definitive therapy is given and participants have not used prohibited levels of steroids for at least 4 weeks prior to first dose of the study.
- Received prior treatment with OX40 or toll-like receptor (TLR) agonists (excluding topical agents).

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT04196283

Study Director: | ABBVIE INC. | AbbVie |
Responsible Party: | AbbVie |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT04196283 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
M19-894 2019-003167-22 ( EudraCT Number ) |
First Posted: | December 12, 2019 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | February 27, 2023 |
Last Verified: | February 2023 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Product Manufactured in and Exported from the U.S.: | No |
Squamous Cell Carcinoma Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Locally Advanced Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cancer |
Carcinoma Carcinoma, Squamous Cell Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms Neoplasms, Squamous Cell Head and Neck Neoplasms |
Neoplasms by Site Paclitaxel Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic Antineoplastic Agents Tubulin Modulators Antimitotic Agents Mitosis Modulators Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action |