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NCT Number: NCT07620496

CAN1012 in Pre-malignant Oral Dysplasia

The primary objective of this trial is to examine the safety of CAN1012 delivered by intralesional injection ahead of planned surgical resection.

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 1

About this study

This is not a dose finding study, and therefore patients may be enrolled to any of the four arms in any order, based on clinical considerations (e.g. OR scheduling). No arm, per specific disease type, may expand beyond the first 3 patients, until 30-day post-op safety evaluation has been completed. Study analysis is planned after a single dose of intralesional CAN1012.

The Safety Analysis Set will consist of all subjects who receive at least one dose of study treatment. The Safety Analysis Set will be used for safety analyses.

The Intent-to-treat (ITT) Analysis Set will consist of all subjects who receive at least one dose of study treatment and have at least one post-Baseline assessment of tumor response.

The disposition of subjects will be summarized by presenting the number of subjects enrolled, the number and percentage of subjects in each analysis population, the number for whom the study drug was discontinued with the reasons for discontinuation, and the number of subjects who discontinued participation in the study with the reason(s) for withdrawal.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Clinically-identified oral epithelial dysplasia (OED)
  • Age 18 years or above with ability to give informed consent, comply with the protocol, and sign a study-specific consent document.
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-1 deemed suitable by investigator or designee for requirements of study.
  • Laboratory values within 72 hours of Day 0:
  • WBC ≥ 2.0 K/µL, ANC ≥ 1.0 K/µL
  • Hgb ≥ 10 g/dL
  • Platelets ≥ 100,000 K/µL
  • Creatinine Clearance (using Cockcroft-Gault)
  • AST/ALT ≤ 2.5 x ULN
  • Total bilirubin ≤ 3 x ULN, (except subjects with Gilbert's Syndrome, who must have a total bilirubin less than 3.0 mg/dL)
  • Negative pregnancy test (bHCG urine or serum, people of childbearing potential only)
  • Patients and their partners who are capable of conceiving must agree to use effective methods of during the course of treatment and for 165 days after last dose of CAN1012.

Exclusion criteria

  • Any serious underlying medical or psychiatric condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, would pose a risk to patient safety or interfere with the study procedures, completion, or evaluation.
  • Need for corticosteroids ≥ 10mg prednisone daily equivalent; inhaled steroids are acceptable.
  • Need for hormonal contraception including oral contraceptives, implant, injectable depots, vaginal rings, skin patches, and the progestin IUD; or any medication that is a sensitive substrate of the major CYPs.
  • History of or current active autoimmune diseases which, in the judgment of the investigator, pose an active and significant risk. Vitiligo, lichen planus or lichenoid inflammation, and adequately controlled endocrine deficiencies such as hypothyroidism/ hyperthyroidism are not exclusionary.
  • Previous history of bone marrow transplantation or oral Graft Versus Host Disease (GVHD).
  • Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy. Investigator may allow if deemed not clinically significant.
  • Has active or uncontrolled Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, or HIV with AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome)- defined opportunistic infection.
  • Has a baseline electrocardiogram (ECG) with a prolonged QTc interval > 480 msec. Medications which have a known and clinically significant risk of QT prolongation may be allowed per investigator discretion.
  • Patients who have had a history of acute diverticulitis, intra-abdominal abscess, GI obstruction and abdominal carcinomatosis which are known risk factors for bowel perforation, and in the judgment of the investigator still pose an active risk.

Treatment and study plan

CAN1012

Drug

CAN1012 is an IFN-α biased, long-acting, highly selective TLR7 agonist, which acts as an immune modulator capable of priming both innate and adaptive immunity against tumors. It has previously been shown on intralesional injection to turn "cold" tumors "hot" through several mechanisms:

  • CAN1012 activates plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs), producing robust IFN-α but minimal IL-6 or TNF;
  • IFN-α primes NK and CD8+ T cell maturation and release of cytotoxic granules to kill tumor cells;
  • IFN-α promotes mature cDCs to migrate to tumor draining lymph nodes and present tumor antigens to CD4+ T cells;
  • Chemokines induced by TLR7 stimulation recruit inflammatory cells into the tumor microenvironment (TME).

Primary outcomes

  1. Safety and Tolerability

    Time frame: Post-operative follow-up visit (30 days after surgery)

    Assess safety & tolerability of intralesional CAN1012 injection in subjects with OED by monitoring for adverse events and delays in surgery. Adverse events will be assessed using Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v6.0 and the Clavien-Dindo grading tool will be used for surgical complications.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Immunologic Monitoring

    Time frame: 5 years

    Flow cytometric analysis on pre/post whole blood, and tandem pre/post Multiplex IF for quantitative immunophenotyping, will be performed to ascertain if TLR7 agonists deplete immunosuppressive immune populations within the tumor and if the multiplex immunofluorescence (mIF) changes in the tumor will not be detectable in peripheral blood.

  2. LINE-1 Expression

    Time frame: 5 years

    LINE-1 (L1) expression at the protein level will be evaluated using multiplex IF. Paraffin-embedded tissue blocks will be utilized for multiplex IF using the Lunaphore COMET platform.

  3. Relapse Free Survival (RFS)

    Time frame: 5 years

    Assess whether recurrence of OED or invasive disease (relapse free survival, RFS) within the 5 years of the trial.

Study contacts

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

Isa Ngirailemesang, RN

CONTACT

[email protected]

503-215-1979

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Providence Health & Services

Other

Collaborators

  • CanWell Pharma Inc.

Registry information

Official study title

A Phase I/Ib Study Evaluating Intralesional TLR7 Agonist, CAN1012, in Pre-malignant Oral Dysplasia

Important dates

Study start
2026
Primary completion
2031
Study completion
2033
First posted
Jun 2, 2026
Registry last updated
Jun 2, 2026

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