At a glance
- What the study gets you
- Access to the study treatment being tested
- Type of study
- Interventional (receives a drug or procedure)
- Time in hospital
- In-person visits at study sites — visit count not specified by the sponsor
- Drug or intervention
- MCLA-158 (drug), MCLA-158 + Pembrolizumab (combination product), MCLA-158 + FOLFIRI (combination product), MCLA-158 + FOLFOX (combination product)
- How long the study runs
- Study runs about 126 months (dates as stated)
- About the drug or intervention
- MCLA-158 — drug: full-length IgG1 bispecific antibody targeting EGFR and LGR5 · MCLA-158 + Pembrolizumab — combination product: MCLA-158 in combination with pembrolizumab will be explored first in HNSCC patients eligible to receive pembrolizumab as first-line monotherapy. · MCLA-158 + FOLFIRI — combination product: MCLA-158 in combination with FOLFIRI will be explored in mCRC patients with up to 1 line of prior regimen. · MCLA-158 + FOLFOX — combination product: MCLA-158 in combination with FOLFOX will be explored in mCRC patients with up to 1 line of prior regimen.
- Patient visit burden
- Not specified by the sponsor
In plain English
This study tests a bispecific antibody called MCLA-158 (also known as petosemtamab) in people with advanced or spread solid tumours, including bowel (colorectal), stomach, head and neck, lung, and food pipe (oesophageal) cancers. A bispecific antibody is a man-made protein designed to attach to two different targets in the body to help the immune system attack cancer. The sponsor is Merus B.V.
Who can take part
- Adults with confirmed advanced or spread solid tumours that cannot be treated with standard therapy aiming to cure
- Willing and able to provide a tumour sample (fresh biopsy) if safe and possible, plus a stored tumour sample
- Tumours that can be measured on scans
- Generally well and active (performance status 0 or 1), with a life expectancy of at least 12 weeks
- Good heart pumping function (at least 50%) and adequate organ function
- For the bowel cancer group: tumours without certain gene changes (RAS, BRAF and others), stable (MSS) disease, and 2–4 previous treatments in the advanced setting, or no previous anti-EGFR treatment for the combination groups (full details depend on the cohort)
Who may not be able to
- Untreated or symptomatic cancer spread to the brain, or needing steroids or radiation to control it, or spread to the tissues around the brain and spinal cord
- Taking part in another trial or having an experimental drug within the last 4 weeks
- Recent cancer treatment (within 4 weeks, or 6 weeks for some drugs or immunotherapies), major surgery, or radiotherapy within 3 weeks
- Ongoing significant side effects from previous cancer treatment (except hair loss and some mild numbness)
- Certain serious heart problems, uncontrolled high blood pressure, or a heart attack in the last 6 months
- Severe breathlessness at rest, needing oxygen, or a history of lung scarring or inflammation
- Another cancer in the past, unless it was minor skin or cervical changes, or cured with no signs of disease for 3 years
- Active hepatitis B (not on antiviral medicine) or hepatitis C infection
- Serious ongoing illness or infection
- Pregnant or breastfeeding; people who can become pregnant must use highly effective contraception during the study and for 6 months after the last dose
What taking part involves
- • MCLA-158 (petosemtamab) given on its own (some groups now closed to new patients, such as second- or third-line head and neck cancer)
- • MCLA-158 combined with pembrolizumab as a first treatment for head and neck cancer (group closed to new patients)
- • MCLA-158 combined with chemotherapy regimens called FOLFIRI or FOLFOX for bowel cancer that has spread (groups open to new patients)
Time commitment: Not stated — ask the trial team about how often you would attend hospital, how long the study lasts, and exactly what tests and treatments taking part would involve.
Plain-English summary (AI-generated) from registry data. Not eligibility advice — only the trial team can confirm whether you can take part. Use the eligibility checker to see how your health profile matches this trial.
- Type of study
- Testing a treatment
- Ages
- 18 Years and over
- Who
- All
- Number of participants
- 560
- Started
- 2018-05-02
- Last checked
- 2026-07
Plain English Summary
What is this study?
- • Testing a new treatment for advanced/metastatic solid tumors
- • Phase1/Phase2 - 560 participants
- • This is a Phase 1/2 open-label, multi-center, multi-national study with an initial dose escalation part to determine the recommended Phase II dose (RP2D) of MCLA-158 single agent in patients with mCRC
Who can take part?
- • Ages 18 Years and over
- • Diagnosed with advanced/metastatic solid tumors
Where?
- • Cambridge - Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- • London - Sarah Cannon Research Institute
This is a simplified summary. Always discuss with your doctor before making any decisions.
About This Trial
This is a Phase 1/2 open-label, multi-center, multi-national study with an initial dose escalation part to determine the recommended Phase II dose (RP2D) of MCLA-158 single agent in patients with mCRC. The dose escalation part has been completed and the RP2D will be further evaluated in an expansion part of the study. Cohorts of selected solid tumor indications for which there is evidence of EGFR dependency and potential sensitivity to EGFR inhibition will be evaluated including head and neck cancer and metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). The study will further assess the safety, tolerability, PK, PD, immunogenicity, and anti-tumor activity of MCLA-158 in monotherapy or in combination with other therapies.
More detail
Study Design: This open label, multicenter, first-in-human study consists of 2 parts. Part 1 is a dose escalation to find the recommended Phase II dose (RP2D) of MCLA-158 studying patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). Enrollment in the dose escalation part has been completed. In the dose expansion (single-agent cohorts) part of the study, the activity, safety, and tolerability of MCLA-158 at 1500 mg every 2 weeks (Q2W) (preliminary RP2D) as a single agent will be evaluated in cohorts of selected solid tumor indications with dependency on EGFR signaling. The most recently enrolled cohorts were in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Enrollment into the HNSCC cohort of single-agent MCLA-158 for the treatment of patients with second/third line (2L/3L) HNSCC is closed. In the dose expansion part of the study, safety was also characterized at two dose levels in this setting. Other closed cohort indications included gastric/ gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma (GEA) with EGFR amplification and/or high EGFR expression, esophageal carcinoma, and pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Enrollment is currently being explored in mCRC (RAS/RAF wild type) patients in the 3L/4L/5L setting. Additionally, in the dose expansion (combination cohorts) part of the study, the activity, safety, and tolerability of MCLA-158 at 1500 mg Q2W will be evaluated in combination with other therapies. Enrollment in the combination cohort of treatment of MCLA-158 with pembrolizumab for the treatment of patients with first line (1L) HNSCC is closed. Additionally, two combination cohorts of MCLA-158 with FOLFIRI or with FOLFOX chemotherapy (i.e., 5-fluorouracil \[5-FU\], leucovorin, and irinotecan (FOLFIRI) or oxaliplatin (FOLFOX)) will be explored in mCRC (RAS/RAF wild type) patients in the 1L/2L setting. Other expansion cohorts may be considered for monotherapy or combination treatment in the future
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Eligibility at a Glance
Key info
- Age: 18 Years and over
- Who can join: All genders
Biomarkers mentioned
Treatment history
Treatments you must have had:
- ✓ in the metastatic setting including:
- ✓ an MSS tumor
What the study is looking for
- ✓confirmed by testing a sample solid tumors with evidence of that has spread or that has grown locally disease not...
- ✓A baseline fresh tumor sample (FFPE) from a that has spread or primary site (if safe/feasible).
- ✓Amenable for biopsy (if safe/feasible).
- ✓cancer that can be measured on scans as defined by RECIST version 1.1 by radiologic methods.
- ✓activity scale (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1.
Who cannot take part
- ✗Central nervous system metastases that are untreated or causing symptoms, or require radiation, surgery, or continued...
- ✗Known leptomeningeal involvement.
- ✗Participation in another clinical study or treatment with any investigational drug within 4 weeks prior to study entry.
- ✗Requirement for immunosuppressive medication (e.g. methotrexate, cyclophosphamide)
- ✗Persistent grade \>1 clinically significant toxicities related to prior antineoplastic therapies (except for...
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Where Is This Study? (2 UK sites)
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Sarah Cannon Research Institute
London, United Kingdom
How to Get in Touch
Silke Thiele, MD
Sponsor contactCONTACT
Eduardo Pennella, MD
Sponsor contactCONTACT
