Clinical trial · Interventional
A Study Evaluating AB248 Alone or in Combination With Pembrolizumab in Adult Patients With Solid Tumors
An Open-Label Phase 1a/1b Dose-Escalation and Expansion Study Investigating the Safety, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Activity of AB248 Alone or in Combination With Pembrolizumab in Adult Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumors
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This is a phase I, First-in-Human (FIH), open-label study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetic (PK) profile, and preliminary efficacy of AB248 as monotherapy OR in combination with pembrolizumab in adult participants with locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors. The study will consist of a dose escalation and a dose expansion stage.
Conditions
Conditions (5)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melanoma | Melanoma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
| Non Small Cell Lung Cancer | Lung Non-Small Cell Carcinoma | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Renal Cell Carcinoma | Renal Cell Carcinoma | CURATED_BROADER | 0.80 |
| Solid Tumor | Solid Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.80 |
| Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck | Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| etakafusp alfa (AB248) | Biological | — | UNRESOLVED |
| pembrolizumab | Biological | Pembrolizumab | ALIAS |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (4)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- etakafusp alfa (AB248) Monotherapy Dose-Escalation
- description
- etakafusp alfa (AB248) will be administered intravenously as a single agent
- interventionNames
- Biological: etakafusp alfa (AB248)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- etakafusp alfa (AB248) + pembrolizumab Combination Dose-Escalation
- description
- etakafusp alfa (AB248) and pembrolizumab will be administered intravenously
- interventionNames
- Biological: etakafusp alfa (AB248)
- Biological: pembrolizumab
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- etakafusp alfa (AB248) Monotherapy Indication Expansion
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥18 years of age at the time consent is signed. * Has adequate end organ function per laboratory testing. * Pregnancy prevention requirements * Has measurable disease per RECIST 1.1 as assessed by the local site Investigator/radiology. * Has a performance status of 0 or 1 on Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group scale. * Histologic documentation of incurable, locally advanced or metastatic tumor of the type being evaluated in individual cohorts Exclusion Criteria: * Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency. * Has a history of a previous, additional malignancy, unless potentially curative treatment has been completed, with no evidence of malignancy for 5 years. * Has known active CNS metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis. * Has an active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years. * Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy. * Inability to comply with study and follow-up procedures. * Has had a severe hypersensitivity reaction (Grade ≥3) to treatment with pembrolizumab, another monoclonal antibody, or has history of any hypersensitivity to any components of the study treatments or any of their excipients. * Has received prior systemic anticancer therapy including investigational agents within 4 weeks (or, if shorter, within 5 half-lives for kinase inhibitors) prior to first dose of study treatment. * Has received prior radiotherapy within 2 weeks of start of study treatment or has had a history of radiation pneumonitis. * Receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior the first dose of study treatment. * Has received previous treatment with another agent targeting the IL-2, IL-7, or IL-15 receptors. * Is expected to require any other form of antineoplastic therapy while on study
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