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Clinical Phase I Study Investigating MSC2490484A, an Inhibitor of a DNA-dependent Protein Kinase, in Advanced Solid Tumors or Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

A Phase 1 interventional study of MSC2490484A (M3814) in Advanced Solid Tumors and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, sponsored by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. Completed at 7 sites in 3 countries. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-04-28.

Sponsored by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
31
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

MSC2490484A is an investigational drug that is being evaluated for the treatment of subjects with advanced solid tumors or chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) that likely differs from other cancers in how it repairs damaged DNA (genetic material). This is a first-in-man Phase I study, which means that it is the first time the study drug is being used in humans. The main purpose is to determine the highest dose that does not cause unacceptable side effects. The second is to determine the appropriate dose to use in future research for subjects with cancer. Othergoals of the study are to learn about the drug's safety and side effects, how it affects the tumor, and how the body processes the drug.

Read the detailed description

This is a Phase I, first-in-human, open-label, dose escalation, and dose expansion trial designed to explore the safety, tolerability, PK and PD profiles, and clinical activity of MSC2490484A administered daily as a single agent to subjects with advanced solid tumors or CLL likely to have alterations in DNA repair mechanisms.

Dose Escalation : Subjects will receive MSC2490484A continuously at the starting dose of 100 mg once daily. Sequential treatment cohorts will receive ascending doses of MSC2490484A once daily or twice daily (if determined to be appropriate by the Safety Monitoring Committee [SMC]) following a standard "3+3" design. The SMC will make dose escalation decisions based on review of available safety, tolerability, Pharmacokinetic (PK), and Pharmacodynamic (PD) data. Once the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) has been established, an Recommended Phase II Dose (RP2D) will be defined by the SMC, either at the MTD level or another dose level, depending on the available data on safety, efficacy, PK, and PD observed in the trial. The SMC may decide to stop dose escalation at any time during the trial.

Up to 12 subjects will be enrolled at the RP2D/Optimal biologic dose (OBD) to confirm safety and tolerability and explore the PK and PD profile of MSC2490484A.

Expansion cohorts: Once subjects have been evaluated at the RP2D, additional subjects will be enrolled into 2 or more expansion cohorts (20 evaluable subjects per expansion cohort) to evaluate clinical efficacy in tumors likely to have alterations in the DNA repair mechanism (eg, CLL and other tumor types). Subjects are evaluable for efficacy if they have received at least 1 dose of study drug and have radiographic baseline. Subjects who are not evaluable for efficacy will be replaced.

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Conditions studied

  • Advanced Solid Tumors
  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Keywords

  • DNA-PK Inhibitor
  • Advanced solid tumors
  • Chronic lymphocytic Leukemia
  • Phase I, first-in-human
  • Dose escalation
  • Dose expansion
  • Safety profile
  • Tolerability
  • PK
  • Antitumor activity
  • Maximum tolerated dose
  • M3814
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In context

Leukemia

5,441 studies on the registry are indexed under Leukemia; 636 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 31 is below the median of 38 across 4,247 interventional studies indexed under Leukemia.

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Lead sponsor

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany is the lead sponsor of 269 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Advanced solid tumors likely to have alterations in DNA repair mechanisms, such as the BRCA and ATM pathways, or CLL, with no other standard surgical, radiation, or systemic anticancer therapies available. Subjects with CLL will be enrolled in 1 of the RP2D expansion cohorts only
  • Tumor accessible for biopsies and agree to pretreatment tumor biopsy
  • Measurable or evaluable disease in accordance with RECIST v 1.1 for solid tumors or Cheson´s criteria for CLL
  • Male or female subjects at least 18 years of age who sign written informed consent.
  • Other protocol-defined criteria could apply

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status > 1
  • Prior treatment with chemotherapy, immunotherapy, hormonal therapy, with the exception of luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LHRH) analogs, biologic therapy, any other anticancer therapy, or any other investigational agent within 28 days of the first dose of MSC2490484A (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C)
  • Extensive prior radiotherapy on more than 30% of bone marrow reserves or prior bone marrow/stem cell transplantation within 5 years of study start. The extent of previous radiotherapy to the bone marrow will be determined by the investigator.
  • Receiving medications or herbal supplements that are known to be potent inhibitors of cytochrome P450 3A4 or inducers of cytochrome P450 3A4.
  • Not recovered from toxicity due to prior therapy to baseline or an AE CTCAE Grade of 1 or less (except alopecia)
  • Poor vital organ function as defined in the protocol
  • Significant cardiac conduction abnormalities as defined in the protocol
  • Central nervous system metastases unless previously radiotherapy treated, stable by computerized tomography (CT) scan for at least 3 months without evidence of cerebral edema, and no requirements for corticosteroids or anticonvulsants
  • Other protocol-defined criteria could apply
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
31 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    MSC2490484A 100 mg QD

    Participants received MSC2490484A capsules 100 milligram (mg) orally, once daily (QD) from Day 1 to Day 21 of each treatment cycle until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal of consent, and/or occurrence of any criterion for withdrawal from study or M3814.

    Drug: MSC2490484A (M3814)

  • Experimental
    MSC2490484A 200 mg QD

    Participants received MSC2490484A capsules 200 mg orally, QD from Day 1 to Day 21 of each treatment cycle until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal of consent, and/or occurrence of any criterion for withdrawal from study or M3814.

    Drug: MSC2490484A (M3814)

  • Experimental
    MSC2490484A 150 mg BID

    Participants received MSC2490484A capsules 150 mg orally, twice daily (BID) from Day 1 to Day 21 of each treatment cycle until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal of consent, and/or occurrence of any criterion for withdrawal from study or M3814.

    Drug: MSC2490484A (M3814)

  • Experimental
    MSC2490484A 200 mg BID

    Participants received MSC2490484A capsules 200 mg orally, BID from Day 1 to Day 21 of each treatment cycle until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal of consent, and/or occurrence of any criterion for withdrawal from study or M3814.

    Drug: MSC2490484A (M3814)

  • Experimental
    MSC2490484A 300 mg BID

    Participants received MSC2490484A capsules 300 mg orally, BID from Day 1 to Day 21 of each treatment cycle until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal of consent, and/or occurrence of any criterion for withdrawal from study or M3814.

    Drug: MSC2490484A (M3814)

  • Experimental
    MSC2490484A 400 mg BID

    Participants received MSC2490484A capsules 400 mg orally, BID from Day 1 to Day 21 of each treatment cycle until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal of consent, and/or occurrence of any criterion for withdrawal from study or M3814.

    Drug: MSC2490484A (M3814)

  • Experimental
    MSC2490484A 400 mg BID RP2D

    Participants received MSC2490484A capsules 400 mg recommended Phase II dose (RP2D) orally, BID from Day 1 to Day 21 of each treatment cycle until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal of consent, and/or occurrence of any criterion for withdrawal from study or M3814.

    Drug: MSC2490484A (M3814)

Interventions

  • DrugMSC2490484A (M3814)

    Participants received MSC2490484A capsules at escalated dose from 100 mg to 400 mg orally from Day 1 to Day 21 of each treatment cycle until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal of consent, and/or occurrence of any criterion for withdrawal from study or M3814.

    Also known as: M3814, Peposertib

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of Dose limiting toxicities (DLTs) occurring in Cycle 1

    Time frame: up to Day 21 of Cycle 1

Secondary outcomes

  1. Maximum Observed Plasma Concentration (Cmax)

    Time frame: Day 1 of Cycle 1 (cycle length = 21 days)

  2. Time to Maximum Observed Plasma Concentration (tmax)

    Time frame: Day 1 of Cycle 1 (cycle length = 21 days)

  3. Minimum Observed Plasma Concentration During a Complete Dosing Interval (Cmin)

    Time frame: Day 1 of Cycle 1 (cycle length = 21 days)

  4. Average Observed Plasma Concentration (Cavg)

    Time frame: Day 1 of Cycle 1 (cycle length = 21 days)

  5. Fluctuation Index

    Time frame: Day 1 of Cycle 1 (cycle length = 21 days)

  6. Area Under the Concentration-Time Curve From Time Zero To 24 Hours (AUC0-24)

    Time frame: Day 1 of Cycle 1 (cycle length = 21 days)

  7. Area Under the Concentration-Time Curve From Time Zero To 12 Hours (AUC0-12)

    Time frame: Day 1 of Cycle 1 (cycle length = 21 days)

  8. Area Under the Concentration-Time Curve From Time Zero To the Time of Last Quantifiable Concentration (AUC0-t)

    Time frame: Day 1 of Cycle 1 (cycle length = 21 days)

  9. Area Under the Concentration-Time Curve From Time Zero Extrapolated To Infinity (AUC0-inf)

    Time frame: Day 1 of Cycle 1 (cycle length = 21 days)

  10. Area Under the Concentration-Time Curve From Time Zero to Time tau at Steady State (AUCtau)

    Time frame: Day 1 of Cycle 1 (cycle length = 21 days)

  11. Apparent Terminal Half-Life (t1/2)

    Time frame: Day 1 of Cycle 1 (cycle length = 21 days)

  12. Terminal Rate Constant (λz)

    Time frame: Day 1 of Cycle 1 (cycle length = 21 days)

  13. Oral Clearance (CL/f)

    Time frame: Day 1 of Cycle 1 (cycle length = 21 days)

  14. Apparent Volume of Distribution During Terminal Phase (Vz/f)

    Time frame: Day 1 of Cycle 1 (cycle length = 21 days)

  15. Apparent Volume of Distribution at Steady State (Vss/f)

    Time frame: Day 1 of Cycle 1 (cycle length = 21 days)

  16. Accumulation Ratio for Area Under The Concentration-Time Curve (Racc[AUC])

    Time frame: Day 1 of Cycle 1 (cycle length = 21 days)

  17. Accumulation Ratio for Maximum Concentration (Racc[Cmax])

    Time frame: Day 1 of Cycle 1 (cycle length = 21 days)

  18. Best overall response rate

    Time frame: Time from first dose to disease progression or death, whichever occurs first, assessed until 12 weeks after last patient treated

  19. Clinical benefit rate defined as the proportion of subjects with CR, PR, or stable disease at Week 12

    Time frame: Week 12

  20. Progression-free survival time (PFS)

    Time frame: Time from first dose to disease progression or death, whichever occurs first, assessed until 12 weeks after last patient treated

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Study locations

7 sites
  • Institut Jules Bordet
    Bruxelles, Belgium
  • UZ Leuven
    Leuven, Belgium
  • Rigshospitalet - Onkologisk KFE
    Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Herlev Hospital University of Copenhagen
    Herlev, Denmark
  • Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Ziekenhuis
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • VU Medisch Centrum - Dept of Medical Oncology
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Erasmus Medisch Centrum - Parent
    Rotterdam, Netherlands
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References and documents

Publications

  • van Bussel MTJ, Awada A, de Jonge MJA, Mau-Sorensen M, Nielsen D, Schoffski P, Verheul HMW, Sarholz B, Berghoff K, El Bawab S, Kuipers M, Damstrup L, Diaz-Padilla I, Schellens JHM. A first-in-man phase 1 study of the DNA-dependent protein kinase inhibitor peposertib (formerly M3814) in patients with advanced solid tumours. Br J Cancer. 2021 Feb;124(4):728-735. doi: 10.1038/s41416-020-01151-6. Epub 2020 Nov 24. PubMed 33230210 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 28, 2020, 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
NCT02316197
Lead sponsor
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Dec 12, 2014
Start date
Dec 31, 2014
Primary completion
Jun 29, 2017
Completion
Jun 29, 2017
Last update
Apr 28, 2020

Study contacts

Medical Responsible
study director · Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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