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NCT Number: NCT07123415

A Phase 1 Study of APX-343A as Monotherapy or in Combination With Pembrolizumab in Subjects With Advanced Solid Tumors

This is a Phase 1, open-label, dose-escalation study to assess the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), and preliminary efficacy of APX-343A monotherapy (Part A) and in combination with pembrolizumab (Part B) in subjects with advanced solid tumors.

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Key information

Age range

19 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 1

Primary location

Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South Korea

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Male or female subjects aged ≥19 years, inclusive, at the time of informed consent.
  • Willing and able to give informed consent and to comply with the requirements of the study.
  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed advanced solid tumor.
  • Life expectancy of at least 3 months in the judgment of the investigator.
  • ECOG performance status of 0 to 1 during the screening period.
  • Measurable disease per RECIST v1.1 as assessed by the site investigator/radiology.
  • Archival tumor tissue sample or newly obtained biopsy of a tumor lesion not previously irradiated has been provided.
  • Subjects who have AEs due to previous anticancer therapies must have recovered to ≤ Grade 1 or baseline.
  • Adequate organ function as defined in the following table.
  • Subjects who are hepatitis B surface antigen positive are eligible if they have received HBV antiviral therapy for at least 4 weeks and have undetectable HBV viral load prior to the first dose of study drug.
  • Subjects with history of HCV infection are eligible if HCV viral load is undetectable at screening.
  • Male subjects must agree to use an adequate method of contraception.
  • Female subjects of childbearing potential must agree to use highly effective contraceptive methods, and to abstain from breastfeeding.

Exclusion criteria

  • Received any prior immunotherapy.
  • Received prior systemic anticancer therapy including investigational agents.
  • Received prior radiotherapy.
  • Received a live or live-attenuated vaccine .
  • Has received an investigational agent.
  • Diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy.
  • Known additional malignancy.
  • Known active CNS metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis.
  • Active autoimmune disease.
  • History of (noninfectious) pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease.
  • Active, uncontrolled infection requiring systemic therapy.
  • Unable to swallow study drug or disease that interfere with proper absorption of study drug.
  • Significant cardiovascular disease.
  • Cerebrovascular accident.
  • History or current evidence of any condition, therapy, laboratory abnormality, or other circumstance that might confound the results of the study or interfere with the subject's ability to cooperate with the requirements of the study.
  • History of severe hypersensitivity to pembrolizumab and/or any of its excipients.
  • History of hypersensitivity to APX-343A and/or any of its excipients.
  • History of allogeneic tissue/solid organ transplant.
  • History of HIV infection or HIV positive at screening.
  • Subjects who have not adequately recovered from major surgery or have ongoing surgical complications.

Treatment and study plan

APX-343A

Drug

Oral administration twice daily

Pembrolizumab

Drug

intravenous [IV]

Primary outcomes

  1. To assess the safety and tolerability and to determine the MTD and/or RP2D of APX-343A monotherapy and in combination with pembrolizumab

    Time frame: From enrollment to 90 days after End Of Treatment

    Number and severity of TEAEs according to NCI-CTCAE v5.0

Secondary outcomes

  1. Cmax of APX-343A

    Time frame: From enrollment to 3 weeks

    To characterize the PK of APX 343A monotherapy

  2. AUC of APX-343A

    Time frame: From enrollment to 3 weeks

    To characterize the PK of APX-343A monotherapy

  3. Tmax of APX-343A

    Time frame: From enrollment to 3 weeks

    To characterize the PK of APX-343A monotherapy

  4. t1/2 of APX-343A

    Time frame: From enrollment to 3 weeks

    To characterize the PK of APX-343A monotherapy

  5. CL of APX-343A

    Time frame: From enrollment to 3 weeks

    To characterize the PK of APX-343A monotherapy

  6. Response rate according to RECIST v1.1 and iRECIST

    Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year

    To evaluate preliminary efficacy of APX-343A monotherapy and in combination with pembrolizumab

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Clinical Center, Clinical Center

CONTACT

[email protected]

+82-31-365-3693

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Aptabio Therapeutics, Inc.

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

A Phase 1 Trial of APX-343A as Monotherapy or in Combination With Pembrolizumab to Assess the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Preliminary Efficacy in Subjects With Advanced Solid Tumors

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2028
Study completion
2028
First posted
Aug 14, 2025
Registry last updated
Nov 19, 2025

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