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NCT Number: NCT07182591

A Study of DS5361b in Participants With Advanced Solid Tumors

This study aims to assess the safety, tolerability, and preliminary efficacy and to determine the MTD of DS5361b in monotherapy and combination with pembrolizumab in participants with advanced or metastatic solid tumors.

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 1

Primary location

Research Site, Kashiwa, Japan

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Key Inclusion Criteria:

The clinical site will screen for the full inclusion criteria per protocol.

  • Adults ≥18 years of age at the time the ICF is signed (Please follow local regulatory requirements if the legal age of consent for trial participation is >18 years old).
  • Has histologically- or cytologically documented recurrent, metastatic, or unresectable solid tumors that are refractory to or intolerable with standard treatment or for which no standard treatment is available (For Part 1 and Part 2 only).
  • Participants need to have documented TMB or MSI status using a validated or approved genomic test as per applicable regulations prior to Cycle 1 Day 1. In Part 1 and Part 2, participants need to have documented TMB-H and/or MSI-H status. In Part 3, participants need to have documented TMB-H status.
  • Has measurable disease based on local CT/MRI imaging as assessment by the investigator using RECIST v1.1.
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status of 0-1.
  • Has adequate organ and bone marrow function as assessed by local laboratory within 14 days prior to initiation of trial intervention.
  • For HNSCC participants only: have documented results from local testing of HPV for oropharyngeal cancer. If HPV status has previously been tested using this procedure, no retesting is required.

Dose Expansion (Part 3) Only:

  • Has histologically or cytologically confirmed, Stage IV NSCLC without actionable gene alteration.
  • No prior systemic therapy.
  • Participants with PD-L1 TPS ≥1%.
  • Has histologically or cytologically confirmed recurrent or metastatic HNSCC that is considered incurable by local therapies.
  • No prior systemic therapy administered in the recurrent or metastatic setting.
  • Participants with PD-L1 CPS ≥1.

Key Exclusion Criteria:

  • Has spinal cord compression or clinically active central nervous system metastases.
  • Has a history of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis.
  • Uncontrolled or significant cardiovascular disease.
  • Any of the following within the past 6 months prior to enrollment: cerebrovascular accident, transient ischemic attack, or other arterial thromboembolic event.
  • Has a history of (noninfectious) interstitial lung disease (ILD)/pneumonitis that required corticosteroids, has current ILD/pneumonitis, or where suspected ILD/pneumonitis cannot be ruled out.
  • Clinically severe pulmonary compromise (ie, requiring any supplemental oxygen).
  • Has any evidence of severe or uncontrolled systemic diseases.
  • Has active or uncontrolled HBV infection. Hepatitis B SCR testing is required.
  • Has active or uncontrolled HCV infection. Hepatitis C SCR testing is required.
  • For the dose escalation phase (Part 1 and Part 2), has HIV infection. For the dose expansion part (Part 3), has active or uncontrolled HIV infection.
  • Prior organ transplantation, including allogeneic stem cell transplantation.
  • Has an active, known, or suspected autoimmune disease.
  • Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving systemic steroid therapy or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 14 days prior to the trial intervention.

Treatment and study plan

DS5361b

Drug

Dose Escalation Part: DS5361b will be administered at escalating doses to determine the RDE.

Dose Expansion Part: DS5361b will be administered at RDE.

Pembrolizumab

Drug

Dose Escalation Part: Pembrolizumab will be administered at a standard dose.

Dose Expansion Part: Pembrolizumab will be administered at a standard dose.

Other names: Keytruda®

Primary outcomes

  1. Part 1 and 2: Number of participants with Dose-Limiting Toxicities (DLTs)

    Time frame: Cycle 1: Day 1 up to Day 21 (each cycle is 21 days)

    A DLT is defined as any Treatment Emergent Adverse Event (TEAE) not attributable to disease or disease-related processes, environmental factors, unrelated trauma, etc, that occurs during the DLT evaluation period (Day 1 to the end of Cycle 1) and is Grade ≥3.

  2. Part 1, 2, and 3: Number of Participants Experiencing a Treatment Emergent Adverse Event (TEAE)

    Time frame: From Screening up to approximately 5 years

    TEAEs are defined as those Adverse Events (AEs) with start or worsening date during the on-treatment period (from the first dose date of trial intervention to 30 days after the last dose date of trial intervention).

  3. Part 3 Only: Objective Response Rate (ORR) Following the Administration of DS5361b at RDE(s) in Combination with Pembrolizumab

    Time frame: From first dose up to approximately 5 years

    ORR is defined as the proportion of participants with a best overall response (BOR) of confirmed complete response (CR) or confirmed partial response (PR), as assessed by investigator per RECIST v1.1.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Maximum Plasma Concentration (Cmax) of DS5361b

    Time frame: Cycle 1: Day 1, Day 15 (each cycle is 21 days)

  2. Time to Reach Maximum Plasma Concentration (Tmax) of DS5361b

    Time frame: Cycle 1: Day 1, Day 15 (each cycle is 21 days)

  3. Area Under the Plasma Concentration-time Curve up to the Last Quantifiable Time (AUClast) of DS5361b

    Time frame: Cycle 1: Day 1 (each cycle is 21 days)

  4. Trough Plasma Concentration (Ctrough) of DS5361b

    Time frame: Cycle 1: Day 15 (each cycle is 21 days)

  5. Part 1 and 2: Objective Response Rate (ORR) Following the Administration of DS5361b Alone and in Combination with Pembrolizumab

    Time frame: From first dose up to approximately 5 years

    ORR is defined as the proportion of participants with a BOR of confirmed CR or PR, as assessed by investigator per RECIST v1.1.

  6. Disease Control Rate (DCR) Following Administration of DS5361b Alone and in Combination with Pembrolizumab

    Time frame: From first dose up to approximately 5 years

    DCR is defined as the proportion of participants who achieved a BOR of confirmed CR, confirmed PR, or stable disease as assessed by investigator per RECIST v1.1.

  7. Duration of Response (DoR) Following Administration of DS5361b Alone and in Combination with Pembrolizumab

    Time frame: From first dose up to approximately 5 years

    DoR is defined as the time (in months) from date of initial response (CR or PR) to the earlier date of the first objective documentation of radiographic disease progression or death due to any cause.

Study contacts

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

Contact for Trial Information

CONTACT

[email protected]

908-992-6400

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Daiichi Sankyo

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

A Phase 1, Open-label, Multicenter, First-in-Human Trial of DS5361b in Participants With Advanced Solid Tumors

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2030
Study completion
2030
First posted
Sep 19, 2025
Registry last updated
May 14, 2026

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