First In Human Study With ABBV-CLS-579 When Given Alone Or In Combination With Programmed Cell Death-1 Inhibitor In Participants With Locally Advanced Or Metastatic Tumors
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04417465 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : June 4, 2020
Last Update Posted : June 24, 2021
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The purpose of this study is to see how safe and effective ABBV-CLS-579 is when used alone or in combination with programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1) inhibitors in treating solid cancers.
ABBV-CLS-579 is an investigational drug being developed for the treatment of solid tumors. The study has two arms - Monotherapy and Combination Therapy. In the monotherapy arm, participants will receive ABBV-CLS-579 alone, in increasing doses. In the combination therapy arm, escalating doses of ABBV-CLS-579 will be given in combination with a PD-1 inhibitor. Adult participants with a diagnosis of some solid tumors for which no effective standard therapy exists, or has failed will be enrolled.
Participants will receive oral ABBV-CLS-579 capsule alone or in combination with intravenous (IV) PD-1 inhibitor. Participants will receive study drug treatment until disease progresses or discontinued.
There may be a higher treatment burden for participants in this trial compared to their standard of care. Participants will attend regular visits during the course of the study at a hospital or clinic. The effect of the treatment will be checked by medical assessments, blood tests, checking for side effects, and completing questionnaires.
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Advanced Solid Tumors Cancer | Drug: ABBV-CLS-579 Drug: Programmed Cell Death-1 (PD-1) Inhibitor | Phase 1 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 43 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Sequential Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase 1, Multi-center, Open Label First-in-Human Study With ABBV-CLS-579 Alone and in Combination With Anti-PD-1 in Subjects With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Tumors |
Actual Study Start Date : | June 3, 2020 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | August 5, 2023 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | August 5, 2023 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: ABBV-CLS-579 Monotherapy
Participants will receive escalating doses of ABBV-CLS-579
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Drug: ABBV-CLS-579
Oral Capsule |
Experimental: ABBV-CLS-579 And Programmed Cell Death-1 (PD-1) Inhibitor
Participants will receive escalating doses of ABBV-CLS-579 and PD-1 inhibitor.
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Drug: ABBV-CLS-579
Oral Capsule Drug: Programmed Cell Death-1 (PD-1) Inhibitor Intravenous (IV) infusion |
- Maximum Observed Plasma/Serum Concentration (Cmax) Of ABBV-CLS-579 [ Time Frame: Baseline Up to Approximately Day 44 ]Maximum plasma/serum concentration of ABBV-CLS-579
- Maximum Observed Plasma/Serum Concentration (Cmax) Of Metabolite M4 Maximum Observed Plasma/Serum Concentration (Cmax) Of Metabolite M4 [ Time Frame: Baseline Up to Approximately Day 44 ]Maximum plasma/serum concentration of Metabolite M4
- Maximum Observed Plasma/Serum Concentration (Cmax) Of Programmed Cell Death-1 (PD-1) Inhibitor [ Time Frame: Baseline Up to Approximately Day 64 ]Maximum plasma/serum concentration of PD-1 inhibitor
- Time To Cmax (Tmax) Of ABBV-CLS-579 [ Time Frame: Baseline Up to Approximately Day 44 ]The amount of time taken to reach Cmax
- Time To Cmax (Tmax) Of Metabolite M4 [ Time Frame: Baseline Up to Approximately Day 44 ]The amount of time taken to reach Cmax
- Time To Cmax (Tmax) Of PD-1 Inhibitor [ Time Frame: Baseline Up to Approximately Day 64 ]The amount of time taken to reach Cmax
- Terminal Phase Elimination Rate Constant (β) Of ABBV-CLS-579 [ Time Frame: Baseline Up to Approximately Day 44 ]Terminal phase elimination rate constant (β or Beta)
- Terminal Phase Elimination Rate Constant (β) Of Metabolite M4 [ Time Frame: Baseline Up to Approximately Day 44 ]Terminal phase elimination rate constant (β or Beta)
- Terminal Phase Elimination Rate Constant (β) Of PD-1 Inhibitor [ Time Frame: Baseline Up to Approximately Day 64 ]Terminal phase elimination rate constant (β or Beta)
- Terminal Phase Elimination Rate Half-Life (t1/2) Of ABBV-CLS-579 [ Time Frame: Baseline Up to Approximately Day 44 ]Terminal phase elimination half-life (t1/2)
- Terminal Phase Elimination Rate Half-Life (t1/2) Of Metabolite M4 [ Time Frame: Baseline Up to Approximately Day 44 ]Terminal phase elimination half-life (t1/2)
- Terminal Phase Elimination Rate Half-Life (t1/2) Of PD-1 Inhibitor [ Time Frame: Baseline Up to Approximately Day 64 ]Terminal phase elimination half-life (t1/2)
- Area Under The Plasma Or Serum Concentration-Time Curve (AUC) Of ABBV-CLS-579 [ Time Frame: Baseline Up to Approximately Day 44 ]AUC is the area under the serum concentration versus time curve of the last measurable concentration prior to next dose
- Area Under The Plasma Or Serum Concentration-Time Curve (AUC) Of Metabolite M4 [ Time Frame: Baseline Up to Approximately Day 44 ]AUC is the area under the serum concentration versus time curve of the last measurable concentration prior to next dose
- Area Under The Plasma Or Serum Concentration-Time Curve (AUC) Of PD-1 Inhibitor [ Time Frame: Baseline Up to Approximately Day 64 ]AUC is the area under the serum concentration versus time curve of the last measurable concentration prior to next dose
- Recommended Phase 2 Dose (RP2D) and/or Maximum Tolerated Dose of ABBV-CLS-579 [ Time Frame: Baseline through Study Completion (approximately 3 years) ]The MTD and/or RP2D of ABBV-CLS-579 will be determined during the monotherapy dose escalation phase of the study
- Recommended Phase 2 Dose (RP2D) and/or Maximum Tolerated Dose of ABBV-CLS-579 and a PD-1 Inhibitor [ Time Frame: Baseline through Study Completion (approximately 3 years) ]The MTD and/or RP2D of ABBV-CLS-579 and PD-1 inhibitor will be determined during the combination therapy dose escalation phase of the study
- Objective Response Rate (ORR) Of ABBV-CLS-579 And PD-1 Targeting Agent Based On Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors (RECIST) v1.1 [ Time Frame: Baseline through Study Completion (approximately 3 years) ]ORR is defined as achieving complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) based on RECIST 1.1 criteria on treatment
- Objective Response Rate (ORR) Of ABBV-CLS-579 Monotherapy Based On Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors (RECIST) v1.1 [ Time Frame: Baseline through Study Completion (approximately 3 years) ]ORR is defined as achieving complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) based on RECIST 1.1 criteria on treatment
- Best Overall Response (BOR) Of ABBV-CLS-579 Monotherapy Based On RECIST v1.1 [ Time Frame: Baseline through Study Completion (approximately 3 years) ]BOR is defined as the best response recorded from the start of the treatment until disease progression/recurrence
- Best Overall Response (BOR) Of ABBV-CLS-579 And PD-1 Targeting Agent Based On RECIST v1.1 [ Time Frame: Baseline through Study Completion (approximately 3 years) ]BOR is defined as the best response recorded from the start of the treatment until disease progression/recurrence
- Change from Baseline QTc [ Time Frame: Baseline Up to Approximately Day 44 ]QT prolongation is measured by the QT interval measurement corrected for heart rate (QTc) change from baseline

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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:
- Must weigh at least 35 kilograms (kg).
- Histologically or cytologically proven metastatic or locally advanced tumors (with measurable disease defined by Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors [RECIST] v1.1), for which no effective standard therapy exists, or where standard therapy has failed. Participants must have received at least 1 prior anticancer therapy for the indication being considered.
- An Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status ≤ 2.
- Life expectancy of ≥ 12 weeks.
- Laboratory values meeting protocol criteria.
- QT interval corrected for heart rate < 450 msec (using Fridericia's correction), and no clinically significant electrocardiographic findings.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Untreated brain or meningeal metastases (participants with history of metastases are eligible provided they do not require ongoing steroid treatment and have shown clinical and radiographic stability for at least 28 days after definitive therapy).
- Unresolved Grade 2 or higher toxicities related to previous anticancer therapy except alopecia.
- History of hepatitis B, hepatitis C, or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
- Recent history (within 6 months) of congestive heart failure (defined as New York Heart Association, Class 2 or higher), ischemic cardiovascular event, pericarditis, or clinically significant pericardial effusion, cardiac arrythmia or peripheral artery disease.
- Recent history (within 6 months) of Childs-Pugh B or C classification of liver disease.
- History of clinically significant medical and/or psychiatric conditions or any other reason that, in the opinion of the investigator, would interfere with participation in this study or would make the participant an unsuitable candidate to receive study drug.
- History of uncontrolled, clinically significant endocrinopathy.
- Known gastrointestinal disorders making absorption of oral medications problematic. Inability to swallow capsules.
- If treated with anti-programmed cell death protein-1 (aPD-1)/antiprogrammed cell death protein-ligand 1(aPD-L1) targeting or other immunostimulatory agents in the past: excluded if had prior pneumonitis, prior Grade 3 or higher immune mediated toxicity, hypersensitivity to administered drug or drug related toxicity requiring discontinuation.
- Active autoimmune disease requiring systemic treatment in past 2-years (exceptions for endocrinopathies, vitiligo or atopic conditions)
- History of solid organ transplant or allogeneic stem cell transplant.
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History of other malignancy, with the following exceptions:
- No known active disease present for ≥ 3 years before first dose of study treatment and felt to be at low recurrence by investigator
- Adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer or lentigo maligna without evidence of disease
- Adequately treated carcinoma in situ without evidence of disease
- History of interstitial lung disease or pneumonitis.
- Major surgery ≤ 28 days prior to first dose of study drug.
- Known active severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection per local testing practices.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT04417465
Contact: ABBVIE CALL CENTER | 847.283.8955 | abbvieclinicaltrials@abbvie.com |
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United States, Pennsylvania | |
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center | Recruiting |
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Israel | |
Sheba Medical Center | Recruiting |
Ramat Gan, Israel, 5262100 | |
Japan | |
National Cancer Center Hospital | Recruiting |
Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, 104-0045 | |
Korea, Republic of | |
Seoul National University Hospital | Recruiting |
Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 03080 | |
Taiwan | |
National Taiwan University Hospital | Recruiting |
Taipei, Taiwan, 100 |
Responsible Party: | Calico Life Sciences LLC |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT04417465 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
M20-124 2020-000639-28 ( EudraCT Number ) |
First Posted: | June 4, 2020 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | June 24, 2021 |
Last Verified: | April 2021 |
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.: | Yes |
Cancer Tumor ABBV-CLS-579 anti-PD-1 |
Neoplasm Metastasis Neoplasms Neoplastic Processes Pathologic Processes |