Recruiting
Phase 1

EBC-129 & Pembrolizumab

Sponsor:

EDDC (Experimental Drug Development Centre), A*STAR Research Entities

Code:

NCT05701527

Conditions

Advanced Solid Tumours

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

EBC-129

Pembrolizumab

Study Details

Brief summary:

This study will assess the safety and tolerability of EBC-129 as a single agent and in combination with pembrolizumab in patients with advanced solid tumours

Conditions

Advanced Solid Tumours

Study ID

NCT05701527

Start date

Apr 28, 2023

Status verified date

Feb, 2026

Completion date

Dec 24, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec 24, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Male or female patients ≥18 years (US) or ≥21 years (Singapore) old
2. Body weight within ≥40 kg - ≤100 kg during Parts A and B, and ≤120 kg during all other parts of the study
3. Demonstrated progression of a locally advanced unresectable or metastatic solid tumour with no alternative standard-of-care therapeutic option with a proven clinical benefit, or are intolerant to these therapies
4. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) ≤ 2 for Part A and 0-1 for Parts B, C and D
5. Hepatic function and adequate renal function, as per protocol standard
6. Adequate bone marrow function as per protocol standard

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Unable or not willing to provide tumour tissue sample (from archival tissue or de-novo biopsy) unless if there is a significant risk for the patient to undergo biopsy
2. Has received investigational or anti-cancer therapy within 4 weeks (28 days) prior to starting study drug
3. Is receiving any concomitant anti-cancer therapy
4. Known severe hypersensitivity to E coli-derived products or filgrastim or peg-filgrastim and have significant allergies to such biological products
5. Has clinically active brain metastases
6. Has received prior radiation therapy
7. Has received prophylactic administration of haematopoietic colony stimulating factors within 4 weeks (28 days) prior to starting study drug
8. Patients concurrently using any strong P-glycoprotein (P-gp) inducers/inhibitors or strong cytochrome P3A (CYP3A) inhibitors within 14 days prior to the first dose of study drug or patients that use restricted or prohibited medications listed in the concomitant and other treatments section of the protocol
9. Pregnancy or breast feeding
10. For patients receiving pembrolizumab:

1. Has an active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years
2. Patients who, according to the currently approved Keytruda (pembrolizumab) US package insert (USPI)/summary of product characteristics, had an immune-related adverse event (irAE) for which permanent discontinuation is mandated (any Grade 4 event and Grade 3 events of pneumonitis, hepatitis, and nephritis). Also, patients without formal contraindication due to previous irAE with any immune checkpoint inhibitor (approved or investigational) are not eligible if the AE has not resolved to grade 1 or better and/or still requires steroids (>10 mg of prednisone equivalent per day) for ongoing management.
3. Patients with a history of pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease, patients who received live vaccines within 30 days of enrolment, and patients who discontinued prior immune checkpoint inhibitors due to Grade 2 myocarditis are excluded from enrolment into pembrolizumab-containing cohorts
11. Has had a major surgical procedure within 4 weeks (28 days) from starting the study drug
12. Patients with active or chronic corneal disorders, with other active ocular conditions requiring ongoing therapy or with any clinically significant corneal disease that prevents adequate monitoring of drug-induced keratopathy
13. Active infection including HIV, Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C

Study Design

Enrollment

98 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Non randomized

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Part A-Cohort 1

Patients will be administered Dose 1 of EBC-129 as a monotherapy.

experimental: Part A-Cohort 2

Patients will be administered Dose 2 of EBC-129 as a monotherapy.

experimental: Part A-Cohort 3

Patients will be administered Dose 3 of EBC-129 as a monotherapy.

experimental: Part A-Cohort 4

Patients will be administered Dose 4 of EBC-129 as a monotherapy.

experimental: Part A-Cohort 5

Patients will be administered Dose 5 of EBC-129 as a monotherapy.

experimental: Part B

Patients will be administered three different dose levels of EBC-129 in combination with a fixed dose of pembrolizumab.

experimental: Part C

Patients will be administered the highest dose of EBC-129 as a monotherapy at the RP2D determined in Part A of the study.

experimental: Part D: EBC-129

Patients will be administered EBC-129 as a monotherapy as per two-dose or three-dose per cycle regimen.

Interventions

EBC-129

EBC-129 will be administered on Day 1 of each 21-Day cycle (Parts A, B, and C), and two doses starting from Day 1 for 21-day cycle and three doses starting from Day 1 for 28-day cycle (Part D) via a 30-120-minute intravenous (IV) fusion.

Pembrolizumab

Pembrolizumab will be administered at the dose of 200 mg IV every 21 days.

Primary outcome measure

  • Part A, Part B, Part C and Part D- Number of patients with serious adverse events (SAEs) and treatment emergent adverse events (TEAEs) [ Time Frame: From pre-screening (≥28 days from planned date of treatment i.e. Day 1) until end of study (EOS i.e., 30 days from last dose). Approximately 2 years ]
  • Part A, Part B and Part D- Determination of Maximum tolerated dose (MTD) [ Time Frame: Approximately 2 years ]
  • Part A, Part B and Part D- Determination of the Recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D) [ Time Frame: Approximately 2 years ]
  • Part C- Objective response rate (ORR) [ Time Frame: Day 1 through 12 cycles (each cycle is 21 days) ]
  • Part D- ORR [ Time Frame: Day 1 through 12 cycles (each cycle is 21 or 28 days) ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Venkateshan Srirangam Prativadibhayankara, MD

+65 6407 4213Venkateshan_Srirangam@eddc.sg

Locations

University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) - University of Colorado Cancer Center (UCCC) - Neuroendocrine Tumor Center

Recruiting

Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045-2517

Principal Investigator:

Sunnie Kim

UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Recruiting

Houston, Texas, United States, 77030

Principal Investigator:

Meric-Bernstam Funda

More Information

Sponsor

EDDC (Experimental Drug Development Centre), A*STAR Research Entities

Last update posted

Feb 5, 2026

Last verified

Feb, 2026

Keywords

  • Advanced solid tumours
  • Antibody drug conjugates (ADCs)
  • Recommended phase-2 dose (RP2D)
  • Monomethyl auristatin E (MMAE)
  • N-glycosylated CEACAM5/6

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by EDDC (Experimental Drug Development Centre), A*STAR Research Entities on 2026-02-05.