Actively Recruiting
IFx-Hu2.0 As An Adjunctive Therapy To Pembrolizumab In Advanced Or Metastatic Merkel Cell Carcinoma (MCC)
Led by TuHURA Biosciences, Inc. · Updated on 2025-10-15
9
Participants Needed
2
Research Sites
139 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This Phase 1, multicenter, open-label trial will assess the safety and feasibility of IFx-Hu2.0 as adjunctive therapy to pembrolizumab in adult patients (≥18 years) with non-cutaneous Merkel Cell Carcinoma. Nine subjects will receive IFx-Hu2.0 as a visceral lesion injection in a single lesion followed by pembrolizumab.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
IFx-Hu2.0 As An Adjunctive Therapy To Pembrolizumab In Advanced Or Metastatic Merkel Cell Carcinoma (MCC)
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- At least 18 years of age.
- Life expectancy equal to or greater than six months.
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status less than 2.
- Active disease measurable by CT or MRI with lesions measurable in at least one dimension.
- Recurrent and/or unresectable Stage III or Stage IV Merkel cell carcinoma confirmed by histology.
- At least one visceral injectable lesion equal to or greater than 3 mm.
- No prior treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors including pembrolizumab, avelumab, ipilimumab, or nivolumab.
- Tumor tissue available from archival biopsy or new biopsy for biomarker analysis.
- Adequate blood, liver, and kidney function as defined by study protocol.
You will not qualify if you...
- Uncontrolled illnesses including active infections, symptomatic heart failure, unstable angina, arrhythmia, or psychiatric/social issues limiting study compliance.
- Active brain metastases except treated, stable brain metastases without new lesions or steroid requirement.
- Recurrent resectable Merkel cell carcinoma.
- Prior systemic chemotherapy.
- Pregnant or breastfeeding females or those planning pregnancy or breastfeeding during the study.
- Active, known, or suspected autoimmune disease, except certain conditions not requiring systemic treatment.
- Need for systemic corticosteroids over 10 mg prednisone equivalent or other immunosuppressive drugs within 14 days before IFx-Hu2.0 administration. Inhaled or topical steroids allowed if no active autoimmune disease.
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 2 locations
1
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Tampa, Florida, United States, 33612
Actively Recruiting
2
University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center
Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53792
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
J
James Bianco, MD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
NA
Model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
1
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