Active Cancer NIHR-supported project Infection & Immunity

A Phase I/II, open-label, adaptive two-part trial to evaluate the safety, efficacy, optimal dose and pharmacokinetics of BNT326 as monotherapy and in combination with cancer immunotherapies in participants with advanced solid tumors.

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A new cancer drug, BNT326, is being tested in up to 370 patients with advanced solid tumours to see if it can stop their disease from getting worse, either alone or combined with an immunotherapy. This matters because many advanced solid tumours—such as lung, colorectal, or ovarian cancers—eventually stop responding to existing treatments. BNT326 is a novel agent, and the trial is designed to find the safest dose and to check whether pairing it with an immunotherapy (BNT327) boosts its anti-cancer activity more than either drug alone. The trial is split into two parts: Part 1 tests BNT326 alone across six groups, including one that examines how other drugs affect its levels in the blood; Part 2 tests BNT326 plus BNT327 in two different tumour types. If the drug proves safe and effective, it could offer a new treatment option for patients who have run out of standard therapies. The immediate impact is clinical: a potential extension of life or delay in progression for people with advanced cancer. The trial also generates crucial safety and dosing data that would underpin larger, later-stage studies.

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This is a phase I/II open-label, two part trial to look how safe and well tolerated the study drug (called BNT326) is, when given alone (Part 1) or in combination with an immunotherapy (Part 2), and whether it helps to prevent certain types of cancer from getting worse in participants with advanced solid tumours. This study is divided into two separate parts:• Part 1: Part 1 has six cohorts:o Five cohorts (called 1A to 1E) will evaluate the safety, how well BNT326 is tolerated, and its anti-cancer activity when given alone (BNT326 monotherapy).o One cohort (called 1F) will evaluate the effects of other drugs on the levels of BNT326 in participants blood, as well as the safety, tolerability, and anti-cancer activity of BNT326. This cohort will use BNT326 given with drugs that could change the levels of BNT326 in participants blood.• Part 2: Part 2 has two cohorts (called 2A and 2B). All cohorts will evaluate the safety, how well BNT326 is tolerated, and the anti-cancer activity of BNT326 when given in combination with an immunotherapy (combination therapy). Cohorts differ with regard to the immunotherapy given in combination with BNT326 and the type of tumour studied. In Cohort 2A and 2B BNT326 will be combined with BNT327.In total, up to 370 participants are planned to be enrolled (up to 270 participants in Part 1 and up to 100 participants in Part 2). For each trial participant, the treatment and follow-up periods are projected to be completed within~38 months (Part 1) and ~48 months (Part 2).

Researchers

Heather Shaw (Principal Investigator)

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Cancer

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