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TerminatedNCT03655613Updated May 6, 2022

APL-501 or Nivolumab in Combination With APL-101 in Locally Advanced or Metastatic HCC and RCC

A Phase 1/2 interventional study of APL-501 and APL-101 in Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Renal Cell Carcinoma, sponsored by Apollomics (Australia) Pty. Ltd.. Terminated at 9 sites in 2 countries. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-05-06.

Sponsored by Apollomics (Australia) Pty. Ltd. · Phase 1/2, Interventional, and Treatment

Why this study was terminated
Study terminated due to administrative reasons.
Phase
Phase 1/2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
20
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Study Design and Investigational Plan:

This is an open-label Phase 1/2 study to assess the safety and tolerability of combination PD-1 inhibitor (APL-501 or nivolumab) administered concomitantly with c-Met inhibitor (APL-101), to determine the recommended Phase 2 dose of the combination, and to obtain preliminary efficacy in HCC or RCC subjects with advanced or metastatic disease that have not been previously treated with a PD 1 inhibitor or a c-Met inhibitor. HCC subjects will receive the combination APL-501 plus APL-101 while RCC subjects will receive the combination nivolumab plus APL-101. In Phase 1, mandatory archival or fresh tumor biopsies will be collected. In Phase 2, a mandatory fresh tumor biopsy will be required for study entry and another fresh biopsy will be collected between Cycles 2 and 4. The frequency of administration of PD-1 inhibitors will be every 2 weeks starting in Cycle 1 on Day 8 and Day 22 of a 35-day cycle with all subsequent cycles on Day 1 and Day 15 of 28-day cycles. APL-101 will be administered orally every 12 hours continuously on an empty stomach.

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For each potential subject, there is a 28-day screening and eligibility assessment period before enrollment; the first dose of study treatment will be administered on Day 1 of Cycle 1 (C1D1) (Safety population). Subjects will continue to receive their assigned treatment throughout the study until the occurrence of confirmed disease progression [progressive disease (PD)] by irRECIST, death, unacceptable treatment-related toxicity, or until the study is closed by the Sponsor. During the treatment period, study visits will occur on Day 1, Day 2, Day 8, Day 15, Day 22 of Cycle 1 and Day 1 and Day 15 of every subsequent cycle. Subjects who experience a response [Complete Response (CR), Partial Response (PR)] ≥ 2 cycles, PD 1 plus APL-101 combination will be continued until disease progression based on irRECIST. Subjects should receive a minimal of 2 cycles of PD-1 and APL-101 for adequate evaluation of response (Evaluable population). Discontinuation of PD-1 and APL-101 should occur upon determination of disease progression as determined by irRECIST, intolerable toxicity or when the risk/benefit ratio is no longer beneficial for the subjects as determined by the Principal Investigator, or upon subject withdrawal of consent. Upon permanent discontinuation of study treatment, there is a Treatment Termination visit and three monthly follow-up visits for a 90-day safety follow-up visit period. Subjects who drop out before they complete the first cycle of combination treatment for reasons other than toxicity will be replaced

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Conditions studied

  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma
  • Renal Cell Carcinoma

Keywords

  • Immunotherapy
  • PD-1 inhibitor
  • c-Met inhibitor
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In context

Carcinoma

6,741 studies on the registry are indexed under Carcinoma; 1,161 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 20 is below the median of 45 across 5,170 interventional studies indexed under Carcinoma.

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Lead sponsor

Apollomics (Australia) Pty. Ltd. is the lead sponsor of 2 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

  1. Able to understand and comply with the study procedures, understand the risks involved in the study, and provide written informed consent.
  2. Men and women 18 years of age or older.
  3. Histologically confirmed advanced or metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma that progressed while receiving at least one previous line of systemic therapy, including sorafenib, or who are intolerant of or refused sorafenib treatment following progression on standard therapy including surgical and/or local regional therapies, or standard therapy considered ineffective, intolerable, or inappropriate or for which no effective standard therapy is available.
  4. Histologically confirmed advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma with clear cell component who received one or two prior lines of antiangiogenic therapy in addition to no more than three previous regimens of systemic therapy including cytokines and cytotoxic chemotherapy agents.
  5. Disease according to irRECIST that can be reliably and consistently followed.
  6. Documented disease progression during or after the last treatment regimen and within 6 months before study enrollment.
  7. Tumor amenable to tumor biopsy and subject agreeable to tumor biopsy at study entry and during therapy with study treatment.
  8. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-1.
  9. Acceptable organ function.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. History of severe hypersensitivity to mAbs, excipients of the APL-501, nivolumab, or APL-101.
  2. History of receiving treatment with any c-Met signaling pathway inhibitor (marketed or investigational agents).
  3. Prior therapy with anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, anti-PDL-2, or anti-CTLA-4 antibody (or any other antibody targeting T cell co-stimulation pathways).
  4. Unwilling to swallow orally administered medication whole.
  5. Impairment of gastrointestinal function or gastrointestinal disease that may significantly alter drug absorption (e.g., Crohn's, ulcerative colitis, active inflammatory bowel disease, uncontrolled nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, or malabsorption syndrome).
  6. Documented and/or known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) for HCC and RCC subjects, or historical seropositive results consistent with active infection for hepatitis C virus (HCV) or hepatitis B virus (HBV) (RCC only).
  7. HCC subjects receiving active antiviral therapy for HCV.
  8. Active co-infection with HBV and HCV.
  9. Active co-infection with HBV and hepatitis D virus.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1 / Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
20 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Arm A: Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    PD-1 inhibitor (APL-501) 3 mg/kg intravenously every 2 weeks + c-Met inhibitor (APL-101) 150 mg or 200 mg administered twice daily continuously until documented disease progression, discontinuation due to toxicity withdrawal of consent or the study ends

    Biological: APL-501 · Drug: APL-101

  • Experimental
    Arm B: Renal Cell Carcinoma

    PD-1 inhibitor (nivolumab) 3 mg/kg or 240 mg intravenously every 2 weeks + c-Met inhibitor (APL-101) 300 mg or 400 mg administered twice daily continuously until documented disease progression, discontinuation due to toxicity withdrawal of consent or the study ends

    Drug: APL-101 · Biological: Nivolumab

Interventions

  • BiologicalAPL-501

    Humanized IgG4 monoclonal antibody against programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1)

    Also known as: genolimzumab, GB226, CBT-501

  • DrugAPL-101

    Oral specific c-Met inhibitor

    Also known as: bozitinib, vebreltinib, CBT-501

  • BiologicalNivolumab

    Fully human IgG4 monoclonal antibody against PD-1

    Also known as: Opdivo

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Dose Limiting Toxicities (Phase 1)

    Dose limiting toxicities (DLTs)

    Time frame: Cycle 1 (up to 35 days)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Adverse events

    Toxicity grading will be performed in accordance with NCI CTCAE, version 4.0. including immune related adverse events (irAEs)

    Time frame: First dose up to 90 days post last dose (up to approximately 2 years)

  2. Drug discontinuation due to adverse events

    Toxicity grading will be performed in accordance with NCI CTCAE, version 4.0. including immune related adverse events (irAEs)

    Time frame: First dose up to 90 days post last dose (up to approximately 2 years)

  3. Overall Response Rate

    Tumor response will be assessed by immune related Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (irRECIST)

    Time frame: Duration of study, performed at baseline, then every 8 weeks until objective disease progression (up to approximately 2 years)

  4. Time to Response

    Time to response is the time from first dose to date of first response (Partial response or Complete response)

    Time frame: Duration of study, first dose to first response (up to approximately 2 years)

  5. Progression Free Survival

    Progression free survival will be collected on all enrolled subjects, defined as the time from first dose to death from any cause or first observed disease progression

    Time frame: Duration of study, performed at baseline, then every 8 weeks until objective disease progression at 6, 12, 18 and 24 months (up to approximately 2 years)

  6. Overall Survival

    Overall survival will be estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method with the follow-up starting at the initiation of therapy until date of death

    Time frame: Duration of study, performed every 8 weeks from enrollment to death from any cause at 6, 12, 18, 24 months (up to approximately 2 years)

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Study locations

9 sites
  • Border Medical Oncology Research Unit
    Albury, New South Wales 2640, Australia
  • Macquarie University
    Sydney, New South Wales 2109, Australia
  • Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre
    Westmead, New South Whales 2145, Australia
  • Ashford Cancer Center
    Adelaide, South Australia 5037, Australia
  • Royal Melbourne Hospital
    Melbourne, Victoria 3050, Australia
  • Sunshine Hospital
    Saint Albans, Victoria 3021, Australia
  • Fiona Stanley Hospital
    Murdoch, Western Australia 6150, Australia
  • Afffinity Clinical Research
    Perth, Western Australia 6018, Australia
  • Auckland City Hospital
    Auckland, 1023, New Zealand
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References and documents

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 6, 2022, 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
NCT03655613
Lead sponsor
Apollomics (Australia) Pty. Ltd.
Collaborators
Apollomics Inc. (formerly CBT Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), Novotech (Australia) Pty Limited
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Aug 31, 2018
Start date
Sep 5, 2018
Primary completion
Dec 15, 2021
Completion
Dec 15, 2021
Last update
May 6, 2022

Study contacts

Scott Houston
study director · Apollomics (Australia) Pty. Ltd.

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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