A Study With NKT3964 for Adults With Advanced/Metastatic Solid Tumors
A Phase 1, First-in-human, Open-label Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, PK, and Preliminary Anti-tumor Activity of the Novel Oral CDK2 Degrader NKT3964 in Adults With Advanced/Metastatic Solid Tumors
- Solid Tumor
- Advanced Solid Tumor
- Solid Tumor, Adult
- Metastatic Tumor
- Ovarian Cancer
- Ovarian Neoplasms
- Ovarian Carcinoma
- Metastatic Ovarian Carcinoma
At a glance
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Study type
- Interventional
- Sponsor
- NiKang Therapeutics, Inc.
- Enrolment target
- 238
- Started
- 19 September 2024
- Main results due
- January 2029
- Study sites
- 19
- Registry updated
- 28 September 2026
Can you take part?
- Aged 19 years and over.
- Open to any sex.
- You need the condition being studied — healthy volunteers are not accepted.
These are the headline rules only. Every study has a longer list, and whether you are eligible is decided by the research team at the site — never by this page.
Read the full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: \- Must have a pathologically confirmed advanced and unresectable or metastatic solid tumor listed below with documented disease progression on last standard treatment. Part 1 Monotherapy Dose Escalation (including Food Effect Sub-study): subjects must be refractory to, or intolerant of existing therapy(ies) known to provide clinical benefit for their condition. Part 1 Monotherapy Dose Escalation: 1. Ovarian cancer 2. Endometrial cancer (only endometrioid subtype will require CCNE1 amplification) 3. Gastric, gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) or esophageal adenocarcinoma with CCNE1 amplification 4. Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) 5. Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC; HER2, estrogen receptor and progesterone receptor negative) 6. HR+ (includes estrogen-receptor or progesterone-receptor) and HER2- breast cancer (must have progressed following treatment with a CDK4/6 inhibitor, and is not suitable for endocrine therapy \[ET\]) 7. Other solid tumors with CCNE1 amplification Part 2 Monotherapy Dose Expansion: Part 2A: HR+ and HER2- breast cancer that is locally advanced and unresectable (Stage III) or metastatic (Stage IV); previously treated with ≥1 line of standard of care (SOC) including CDK4/6 inhibitor plus ET and not suitable for further ET. Subjects must have progressed after receiving therapy for ≥3 months in the metastatic setting or for ≥6 months in the adjuvant setting. Subjects must have received ≤2 lines of systemic cytotoxic therapy (chemotherapy or cytotoxic antibody drug conjugate \[ADC\]) in the metastatic setting.. Part 2B: Advanced platinum-based-chemotherapy resistant or refractory epithelial ovarian/fallopian/primary peritoneal carcinoma or clear cell ovarian cancer (defined as recurrence ≤6 months after completing platinum-based regimen) with progression on at least one platinum containing therapy and previously treated with ≤4 prior lines of systemic therapy administered for advanced/metastatic disease and with CCNE1 amplification. Part 2C: Advanced unresectable or metastatic gastric, GEJ or esophageal adenocarcinoma with progression on at least one systemic therapy and previously treated with ≤3 prior lines of systemic therapy administered for advanced/metastatic disease, with CCNE1 amplification. Part 2D: Advanced endometrial adenocarcinoma or uterine papillary serous carcinoma previously treated with ≤4 prior lines of systemic therapy administered for advanced/metastatic disease with CCNE1 amplification. Subjects with clear cell carcinoma or uterine serous carcinoma histology may be considered regardless of CCNE1 status after discussion and approval from the Sponsor. Part 2E: Advanced/recurrent uterine carcinosarcoma previously treated with 1 prior platinum-based chemotherapy regimen and ≤3 prior lines of systemic therapy. Prior bevacizumab or PARP inhibitors are allowed and must be at least 3 weeks prior to the start of study drug. \- Part 3 Combination Dose Escalation: • Advanced endometrial adenocarcinoma or uterine papillary serous carcinoma previously treated with ≤4 prior lines of systemic therapy administered for advanced/metastatic disease with CCNE1 amplification. Subjects with clear cell carcinoma or uterine serous carcinoma histology may be considered regardless of CCNE1 status after discussion and approval from the Sponsor Part 4 Combination Dose Expansion: • Advanced endometrial adenocarcinoma or uterine papillary serous carcinoma previously treated with ≤4 prior lines of systemic therapy administered for advanced/metastatic disease with CCNE1 amplification. ο Subjects with clear cell carcinoma or uterine serous carcinoma histology may be considered regardless of CCNE1 status after discussion and approval from the Sponsor * Have adequate organ function * Subjects with female reproductive organs must be surgically sterile, post-menopausal, or must be willing to use highly effective method(s) of contraception * Ability to swallow oral medications. * Consent to provide archived tumor tissues and paired tumor biopsy at pretreatment Exclusion Criteria: * Locally advanced solid tumor that is a candidate for curative treatment through radical surgery and/or radiotherapy, or chemotherapy. * History of another malignancy with exceptions * History of lymphohistiocytic or lymphoid hyperplasia; hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. * Failed to recover from effects of prior anticancer treatment therapy to baseline or Grade ≤ 1 severity (per CTCAE) * Clinically significant cardiovascular event within 6 months prior to start of NKT3964 treatment * Known active CNS metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis * Active interstitial lung disease currently requiring treatment * History of uveitis, retinopathy or other clinically significant retinal disease * Active or chronic corneal disorders, other active ocular conditions requiring ongoing therapy, or any clinically significant corneal disease * Active wound healing from major surgery within 1 month or minor surgery within 10 days before the first dose of NKT3964. * Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), active hepatitis B or C infection * Prior investigative treatment with a selective or nonselective CDK2 inhibitor or degrader * Childs-Pugh class B or C cirrhosis or any other clinically significant liver disorder * Palliative radiation therapy within 14 days or other radiation therapy within 4 weeks prior to C1D1 * Prior severe hypersensitivity reaction to paclitaxel or other drugs formulated in Polyoxyl 35 Castor Oil (Cohort 3A and 4A only) or severe hypersensitivity reaction to doxorubicin or any other component of the product, other anthracyclines or anthracenediones (Cohort 3B and 4B). For subjects in Cohort 3B or 4B only: * Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) \<50% as measured by echocardiogram (ECHO) or multigated acquisition (MUGA) scan within 4 weeks prior to first dose * Active cardiac conditions including myocarditis, pericarditis, or clinically significant valvular heart disease * Known elevated cardiac biomarkers at baseline * History of anthracycline-related cardiomyopathy regardless of recovery * Cumulative lifetime exposure to doxorubicin, including planned doxorubicin in Part 3b or Part 4b, exceeding 450 mg/m2
What this study is about
In the sponsor’s own words, from the registry.
The goal of the Monotherapy Dose Escalation phase (Part 1) of the study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK) and preliminary anti-tumor activity to determine the preliminary recommended dose for expansion (RDE) of NKT3964 in adults with advanced or metastatic solid tumors.
The goal of the Monotherapy Expansion phase of the study (Part 2) is to evaluate the preliminary anti-tumor activity of NKT3964 at the RDE based on objective response rate (ORR) and determine the preliminary recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D).
The goal of the Combination Dose Escalation phase (Part 3) of the study is to identify the RDE of NKT3964 in combination with chemotherapy in adult subjects with advanced/metastatic endometrial cancer. The goal of the Combination Expansion phase of the study (Part 4) is to evaluate the preliminary anti-tumor activity of NKT3964 in combination with chemotherapy at the RDE based on ORR.
Study sites(19)
University of Arkansas Medical School
Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Recruiting
University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, United States
Not yet recruiting
UCSF
San Francisco, California, United States
Withdrawn
SCRI at HealthOne
Denver, Colorado, United States
Recruiting
Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute
Lake Mary, Florida, United States
Terminated
AdventHealth Cancer Institute
Orlando, Florida, United States
Recruiting
Emory Winship Cancer Institute
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Recruiting
Augusta University
Augusta, Georgia, United States
Not yet recruiting
University of Kansas
Fairway, Kansas, United States
Withdrawn
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Recruiting
John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack UMC
Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
Recruiting
Sidney Kimmell Cancer Center - Jefferson Health
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Recruiting
UPMC
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Withdrawn
Sarah Cannon Research Institute (SCRI)
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Recruiting
NEXT Oncology
Austin, Texas, United States
Recruiting
UT Southwestern
Dallas, Texas, United States
Recruiting
Intermountain Health
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Recruiting
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Recruiting
NEXT Virginia
Fairfax, Virginia, United States
Recruiting
Showing 19 of 19 sites. 13 of the 19 sites on this study are recruiting right now — a site can stop enrolling while the study as a whole is still open.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT06586957. Trialion does not run this study, is not paid to refer anyone to it, and cannot enrol you. Eligibility is always decided by the research team at the site.
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