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TerminatedNCT01859351Updated May 16, 2014

Phase I Study of WX-037 Alone and in Combination With WX-554 in Solid Tumours

A Phase 1 interventional study of WX-037 and WX-554 in Advanced Solid Tumours, sponsored by Heidelberg Pharma AG. Terminated at 3 sites in United Kingdom. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2014-05-16.

Sponsored by Heidelberg Pharma AG · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

Why this study was terminated
Study terminated for business reasons
Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
13
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to test the safety of escalating doses of the novel PI3K inhibitor WX-037 and to explore its effectiveness in combination with WX-554 which targets mitogen activated protein kinase (MEK1 and MEK2). Preclinical evidence indicates that these two novel compounds could provide targeted inhibition of both pathways to block tumour growth.

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Conditions studied

  • Advanced Solid Tumours
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In context

Lead sponsor

Heidelberg Pharma AG is the lead sponsor of 9 studies on the registry; 1 is open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Go through the criteria one by one — yes, no or not sure — and take the list to your doctor or the study team. Kept in this browser only.

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients with advanced, and/or progressive solid tumors for whom there is no effective standard therapy available (for part 2 in addition patients for whom their PI3K pathway is deregulated)
  • Evaluable or
  • Has normal organ function; is no greater than 2 on the performance scale
  • Negative hCG test in women of

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • History of diabetes requiring daily medication or history of grade 3 or more fasting hyperglycemia
  • Patients with major surgery, radiotherapy, or immunotherapy within 4 weeks of starting the study
  • Clinical significant, unresolved toxicity from previous anti-cancer therapy
  • Patients who previously received a MEK inhibitor (for combination part only)
  • Presence of active gastrointestinal disease or other condition that will interfere significantly with the absorption, distribution, metabolism, or excretion of drugs
  • Known medical history of retinal vein occlusion, intraocular pressure greater than 21 mm Hg or patient considered at risk of retinal vein thrombosis (combination part only)
  • Known positivity or active or C infection
  • History of cardiac condition
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(7)

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Metastases

Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.

Measurable disease

The amount of disease can be tracked with a defined measurement, so the study can see whether it shrinks or grows. It might be a tumour measured on a scan or, in some blood cancers such as myeloma, a marker measured in blood or urine.

The criteria or the study team say which measurement counts — having no tumour visible on a scan does not by itself rule you out.

ECOG performance status

A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.

0
Fully active, no restrictions.
1
Limited in strenuous activity, but walking and able to do light work, such as housework or office work.
2
Walking and able to look after yourself, but unable to work; up and about more than half of waking hours.
3
Able to look after yourself only in part; in bed or a chair more than half of waking hours.
4
Unable to look after yourself at all; in bed or a chair all day.

Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.

Childbearing potential

Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).

Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.

Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.

Hepatitis B tests

Hepatitis B is a virus that infects the liver. These are separate tests: HBsAg positive usually means a current infection (a recent vaccination can briefly cause it too); total anti-HBc (HBcAb) positive means an infection now or in the past; HBV DNA measures how much virus is in the blood.

Some studies accept a past infection if HBV DNA is undetectable, sometimes with antiviral medicine during the study. Check what this study allows.

Clinically significant

Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
13 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    WX-037

    PI3K inhibitor

    Drug: WX-037

  • Experimental
    WX-037 in combination with WX-554

    PI3K inhibitor in combination with MEK inhibitor

    Drug: WX-037 · Drug: WX-554

Interventions

  • DrugWX-037
  • DrugWX-554
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Incidence of Dose limiting toxicities

    Time frame: during cycle 1 (21days) of treatment with WX-037

  2. Incidence of Dose Limiting toxicities

    Time frame: during cycle 1 (21 days) of treatment with WX-037 and WX-554

Secondary outcomes

  1. Number of patients with adverse Events and serious adverse events

    Time frame: from cycle 1 day 1 until treatment discontinuation, an estimated average of 18 weeks

  2. Assessment of PK variables, peak plasma concentration (Cmax), area under the curve (AUC)

    Time frame: two PK profiles in cycle 1

  3. Determination of PD markers; changes from baseline in biomarkers of pathway inhibition

    Time frame: predose until treatment discontinuation, an estimated average of 18 weeks

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Study locations

3 sites
  • Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
    Sutton, Surrey SM2 5PT, United Kingdom
  • Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre
    Glasgow, G12 0YN, United Kingdom
  • Guy's and St Thomas' Foundation Trust, Guy's Hospital
    London, SE1 9RT, United Kingdom
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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
Not marked actual or estimatedDates not marked actual or estimated

The record gives a start of Jul 2013, a primary completion of Apr 2014 and a completion of Apr 2014. It does not say whether these dates are actual or estimated.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Apr 23, 2013
First posted
May 21, 2013
Start
Jul 2013
Primary completionActual
Apr 2014
CompletionActual
Apr 2014
Last update
May 16, 2014
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 16, 2014, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01859351
Lead sponsor
Heidelberg Pharma AG
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
May 21, 2013
Start date
Jul 2013
Primary completion
Apr 2014
Completion
Apr 2014
Last update
May 16, 2014

Study contacts

Udai Banerji, MD
principal investigator · Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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