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NCT Number: NCT07029399

A Study With NKT5097 for Adults With Advanced/Metastatic Solid Tumors

The goal of this open-label dose escalation and expansion study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of NKT5097 in adults with advanced/metastatic tumors (emphasis on breast cancer and solid tumors with CCNE1 amplification). Main questions to answer include:

* What is the recommended dose for expansion and/or Phase 2, for both monotherapy and in combination with ET * What medical issues/symptoms do participants experience when taking NKT5097 as monotherapy as well as in combination with ET

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 1

Primary location

City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States

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About this study

This First-in-Human, Open-Label Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, PK, and Preliminary Anti-tumor Activity of NKT5097, a novel dual protein degrader of CDK2 and CDK4, is split into 3 Parts:

Part 1: Monotherapy Dose Escalation in selected advanced/metastatic non-CNS primary solid tumors will be enrolled based on a projected total of 5 dose levels

Part 2: Food Effect Analysis: Subjects with solid tumors (as noted in Part 1) will be enrolled (by backfilling selected dose cohorts) to evaluate the effect of dosing with food on NKT5097.

Part 3: Monotherapy Tumor-specific Expansion: Subjects may be enrolled (by backfilling selected dose cohorts) into each selected tumor-specific cohort. One or more of these cohorts may be opened at the discretion of the Sponsor in consultation with the DEC

Part 4: Combination Dose Escalation with ET in selected HR+/HER2- breast cancer will be enrolled based on a projected 2 dose levels

Part 5: Combination Dose Expansion with ET in HR+/HER2- breast cancer in one or more various cohorts

In addition to the above, the study will explore pharmacokinetics, various pharmacodynamic biomarkers, gene mutations, and tumor responses such as PFS and DOR.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Able to provide written informed consent
  • Advanced unresectable or metastatic solid tumor (Part 1, 2 & 3 only)
  • Advanced unresectable or metastatic HR+/HER2- breast cancer (Part 4 & 5 only)
  • Refractory to or unable to tolerate existing therapies (Part 1, 2 & 4 only)
  • Measurable or evaluable disease (Part 1, 2, & 4 only).
  • Measurable disease (Part 3 & 5 only)
  • Eighteen years of age or older
  • ECOG status of 0 or 1
  • Adequate organ function
  • Patients with female reproductive organs must be surgically sterile, post- menopausal or willing to use effective contraception per protocol
  • Patients who are capable of insemination must be willing to use highly effective contraception and to refrain from sperm donation during treatment and for 28 days after the last dose
  • Able to swallow oral meds
  • Willing to provide tumor tissue

Exclusion criteria

  • Advanced solid tumor that is a candidate for curative treatment
  • History of another malignancy except for the following: adequately treated local basal cell or squamous carcinoma of the skin, in situ cervical cancer, adequately treated papillary noninvasive bladder cancer, other adequately treated Stage I or Stage II cancers currently in complete remission
  • Not recovered from the effects of prior anticancer therapy
  • Clinically significant cardiovascular event, including myocardial infarction, arterial thromboembolism, or cerebrovascular thromboembolism, within 6 months
  • Known active CNS metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis
  • Active interstitial lung disease requiring treatment
  • History of uveitis, retinopathy, or other clinically significant retinal disease
  • Major surgery within 30 days of administration of first dose
  • Active uncontrolled infectious disease
  • Significant liver disease (Child Pugh class B or C)
  • Should not have received any prior selective investigational inhibitors or degraders (Part 5 only)

Treatment and study plan

NKT5097 CDK2/CDK4 dual degrader

Drug

NKT5097 will be distributed in tablet form and dosed daily or twice a day

Fulvestrant

Drug

Fulvestrant will be administered as an injection and dosed on C1D1, C1D15 and Day 1 of every cycle thereafter.

letrozole

Drug

Letrozole will be administered orally once daily.

Primary outcomes

  1. Incidence of dose-limiting toxicities as Assessed by CTCAE

    Time frame: From enrollment through end of safety monitoring period of 28 days from first dose

Secondary outcomes

  1. Incidence of adverse events (AEs) as defined by CTCAE Version 5

    Time frame: From enrollment through end of treatment up to 2 years

  2. Maximum concentration Cmax after a single dose and multiple doses

    Time frame: Day 1 and Day 15 of Cycle 1 (Cycle 1 is 28 days)

  3. Area under the concentration-time curve (AUC last) after a single dose and multiple doses from first dose through the last timepoint with quantifiable concentration (Tlast)

    Time frame: Day 1 and Day 15 of Cycle 1 ((Cycle 1 is 28 days)

  4. Maximum concentration (Cmax) when dosed with and without food

    Time frame: Day 1 and Day 2 of Cycle 1 (Cycle 1 is 28 days)

  5. Area under the concentration-time curve (AUC last) when dosed with and without food from dosing through the last timepoint with quantifiable concentration (Tlast)

    Time frame: Day 1 through Day 3 of Cycle 1 (Cycle 1 is 28 days)

  6. Time to maximum plasma concentration (Tmax) after a single dose and multiple doses

    Time frame: Day 1 through Day 3 and Day 15 of Cycle 1 (Cycle 1 is 28 days)

  7. Investigator-assessed ORR by RECIST v1.1

    Time frame: From enrollment (Day 1) through end of treatment (up to 3 years) with an average of 4 months

  8. Investigator-assessed PFS by RECIST v1.1

    Time frame: From enrollment (Day 1) through end of treatment (up to 3 years) with an average of 4 months

  9. Duration of Response (DOR)

    Time frame: From enrollment (Day 1) through end of treatment (up to 3 years) with an average of 4 months

Study contacts

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

Sponsor Contact

CONTACT

[email protected]

302-596-8654

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

NiKang Therapeutics, Inc.

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

A Phase 1, First-in-Human, Open-Label Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, PK, and Preliminary Anti-tumor Activity of the Novel Oral Selective CDK2/CDK4 Dual Degrader NKT5097 in Adults With Advanced/Metastatic Solid Tumors

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2027
First posted
Jun 19, 2025
Registry last updated
Jun 26, 2026

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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