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CompletedNCT03739931Updated Aug 15, 2025

Dose Escalation Study of mRNA-2752 for Intratumoral Injection to Participants in Advanced Malignancies

A Phase 1 interventional study of mRNA-2752 and Durvalumab in Dose Escalation: Relapsed/Refractory Solid Tumor Malignancies or Lymphoma and Dose Expansion: Triple Negative Breast Cancer, HNSCC, Non-Hodgkins, Urothelial Cancer, Immune Checkpoint Refractory Melanoma, and NSCLC Lymphoma, sponsored by ModernaTX, Inc.. Completed at 24 sites in 3 countries. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-08-15.

Sponsored by ModernaTX, Inc. · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was Aug 2025, 1 year 2 months ago, and no results have been posted to the registry.
Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
134
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The clinical study will assess the safety and tolerability of escalating intratumoral doses of mRNA-2752 in participants with relapsed/refractory solid tumor malignancies or lymphoma.

Read the detailed description

This is a Phase 1, open-label, multicenter, dose-escalation study of intratumoral injections of mRNA-2752 alone and in combination with intravenously administered immune checkpoint blockade therapy in participants with histologically confirmed advanced or metastatic solid tumor malignancies or lymphoma. The study consists of Dose Escalation and Dose Confirmation Parts, which will occur in Arm A and Arm B, followed by a Dose Expansion Part, which will occur in Arm B, and a Dose Exploration in Arm C as a neoadjuvant therapy for cutaneous melanoma.

Participants in Arm A and in Arm B will be enrolled into the Dose Escalation Part and the doses of mRNA-2752 will be administered in a dose escalation regimen until a maximum tolerated dose (MTD) or a recommended dose for expansion (RDE) is identified. When the MTD/RDE is identified, participants with solid tumors or lymphoma with visceral lesions may be enrolled into the Dose Confirmation Part to confirm that the dose is also appropriate for this subgroup.

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Conditions studied

  • Dose Escalation: Relapsed/Refractory Solid Tumor Malignancies or Lymphoma
  • Dose Expansion: Triple Negative Breast Cancer, HNSCC, Non-Hodgkins, Urothelial Cancer, Immune Checkpoint Refractory Melanoma, and NSCLC Lymphoma

Keywords

  • mRNA-2752
  • OX40L
  • IL-23
  • IL-36γ
  • Intratumoral injection
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In context

Lymphoma

5,578 studies on the registry are indexed under Lymphoma; 825 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 134 is above the median of 40 across 4,508 interventional studies indexed under Lymphoma.

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Lead sponsor

ModernaTX, Inc. is the lead sponsor of 112 studies on the registry; 14 are open to participants now.

Of its 60 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 32 (53%) have results posted.

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Written informed consent prior to completing any study-specific procedure
  • Histologically confirmed advanced or metastatic disease with at least 1 measurable lesion as determined by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) version 1.1 or Cheson 2016 criteria
  • Dose Escalation/Confirmation:

    o Has disease progression after adequate standard of care therapies for metastatic disease that are known to confer clinical benefit, is intolerant to treatment, or refuses standard treatment (no limit to prior lines of therapy)

  • Dose Expansion:

    • Group 1 Triple negative breast cancer: Must have objective evidence of disease progression during or following at least one prior line of therapy for metastatic or locally advanced disease. Enrollment to Stage 3 of this cohort will include participants who have previously progressed on prior immune checkpoint blockade or participants with programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) negative tumor based on archival tissue (if available).
    • Group 2 Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: Must have objective evidence of disease progression during or following platinum-containing chemotherapy as well as a PD-1/L1 therapy
    • Group 3 Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: Must have objective evidence of disease progression and have received 2 or more prior lines of therapy. Participants with large B-cell lymphoma must have received prior anthracycline containing chemotherapy.
    • Group 4 Urothelial cancer, first line: Must be cisplatin ineligible and PD-L1 negative
    • Group 5 Urothelial cancer: Must have objective evidence of disease progression during or following platinum-containing chemotherapy
    • Group 6 Cutaneous melanoma: Must be refractory to immune checkpoint blockade in the primary or secondary acquired resistance setting.
    • Group 7 Non-small cell lung cancer, primary refractory or secondary acquired resistance to immune checkpoint blockade.
  • Dose Exploration:

    o Newly diagnosed resectable, BRAF wild-type, Stage IIIB/C/D and Stage IV cutaneous melanoma with clinically evident lymph node involvement in the neoadjuvant setting.

  • Has a tumor lesion amenable to biopsy and must be willing to provide the baseline and on-treatment tumor biopsy samples if medically feasible. For participants with only 1 lesion amenable to injection, biopsy, and RECIST assessment, that lesion must be ≥2 centimeters (cm)
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of ≤1, with no deterioration over the previous 2 weeks prior to baseline or day of first dosing.
  • Has a body weight of >30 kilograms (kg)
  • Adequate hematological and biological function
  • Has evidence of post-menopausal status or negative urinary or serum pregnancy test for female pre-menopausal participants
  • Treatment Arm B and Arm C: Clinical euthyroid status. Participants with clinically stable hypothyroidism, on adequate thyroid supplementation, are permitted on study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Has received prior systemic anticancer therapy including investigational agents within 5 half-lives or 28 days of the start of study treatment, whichever is shorter. Participants enrolled to Arm C may not have received any previous anti-cancer therapy, immune therapy, radiotherapy, or investigational agents.
  • Has received prior radiotherapy within 14 days before the first dose of study treatment. Participants enrolled to Arm C may not have had prior anticancer therapy including radiotherapy.
  • Has received a live vaccine within 30 days before the first dose of study treatment
  • Has current or prior use of immunosuppressive medication within 14 days before the first dose of study treatment
  • Have major surgical procedures within 28 days or non-study-related minor procedures within 7 days before the first dose of study treatment.
  • Requires active systemic anticoagulation at the time of intratumoral injection or biopsy
  • Active central nervous system tumors or metastases
  • Any unresolved toxicity National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) Grade ≥2 from previous anticancer therapy with the exception of alopecia, vitiligo, and protocol defined laboratory values

    • Participants with Grade ≥2 neuropathy will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis after consultation with the Medical Monitor.
    • Participants with irreversible toxicity not reasonably expected to be exacerbated by treatment with durvalumab may be included only after consultation with the Medical Monitor.
  • Any active or prior documented autoimmune or inflammatory disorders
  • History of primary immunodeficiency, allogenic solid organ transplantation, or tuberculosis
  • Active infection including tuberculosis (clinical evaluation that includes clinical history, physical examination and radiographic findings, and tuberculosis testing in line with local practice), hepatitis B (known positive HBV surface antigen [HBsAg] result), hepatitis C, or human immunodeficiency virus (positive HIV 1/2 antibodies). Participants with a past or resolved HBV infection (defined as the presence of hepatitis B core antibody [anti-HBc] and absence of HBsAg) are eligible. Participants positive for hepatitis C (HCV) antibody are eligible only if polymerase chain reaction is negative for HCV ribonucleic acid (RNA).
  • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness, including but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, uncontrolled hypertension, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, interstitial lung disease (ILD), serious chronic gastrointestinal conditions associated with diarrhea, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirement, substantially increase risk of incurring AEs, or compromise the ability of the participant to give written informed consent
  • Has active GI bleeding or hemoptysis or history of bleeding disorder
  • Is a female participant who is pregnant or breastfeeding or male or female participant of reproductive potential who are not willing to employ effective birth control from screening to 120 days after the last dose of study treatment
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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Arm A: mRNA-2752

    Participants will be administered mRNA-2752 at an applicable dose as monotherapy.

    Biological: mRNA-2752

  • Experimental
    Arm B: mRNA-2752 + Durvalumab

    Participants will be administered mRNA-2752 at an applicable dose in combination with durvalumab.

    Biological: mRNA-2752 · Biological: Durvalumab

  • Experimental
    Arm C: mRNA-2752 Alone or mRNA-2752 + Durvalumab

    Participants will be administered mRNA-2752 at an applicable dose as monotherapy or in combination with durvalumab.

    Biological: mRNA-2752 · Biological: Durvalumab

Interventions

  • BiologicalmRNA-2752

    Solution for intratumoral injection

  • BiologicalDurvalumab

    Solution for infusion after dilution

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of Participants with Dose Limiting Toxicities (DLTs)

    Time frame: Up to Day 28

  2. Number of Participants with Adverse Events (AEs)

    Time frame: Up to 27 months

  3. Arm B: Overall Response Rate (ORR): Percentage of Participants with Tumor Response (Partial or Complete) Based on Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST v1.1) in Cutaneous Melanoma

    Time frame: Up to 2 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. ORR: Percentage of Participants with Tumor Response (Partial or Complete) Based on RECIST v1.1 and modified RECIST (iRECIST), and Cheson and Lymphoma Response to Immunomodulatory Therapy Criteria (LYRIC) for Participants With Lymphoma

    Time frame: Up to 2 years

  2. Pharmacokinetics: Maximum Observed Concentration (Cmax)

    Time frame: Predose, immediately after injection, and 15 minutes up to 168 hours postdose

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Study locations

24 sites
  • UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
    San Francisco, California 94143, United States
  • Providence St. John's Health Center
    Santa Monica, California 90404, United States
  • University of Colorado Denver
    Aurora, Colorado 80045, United States
  • Yale Cancer Center
    New Haven, Connecticut 06510, United States
  • Sarah Cannon Research Institute at Florida Cancer Specialists
    Sarasota, Florida 34232, United States
  • The University of Chicago Medicine
    Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
    Boston, Massachusetts 02114, United States
  • Cancer Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
  • Henry Ford Hospital
    Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
  • NYU Langone Medical Center
    New York, New York 10016, United States
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    New York, New York 10029, United States
  • James P. Wilmot Cancer Center
    Rochester, New York 14642, United States
  • The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Cleveland, Ohio 44195, United States
  • Oregon Health and Science University
    Portland, Oregon 97239-3011, United States
  • Sarah Cannon Research Institute
    Nashville, Tennessee 37203, United States
  • One Clinical Research Perth
    Nedlands, Western Australia 6009, Australia
  • Alfred Health
    Melbourne, 3004, Australia
  • Westmead Hospital
    Westmead, 2145, Australia
  • Melanoma Institute of Australia
    Wollstonecraft, Australia
  • Rambam Medical Center
    Haifa, 3109601, Israel
  • Rabin Medical Center
    Petah Tikva, 4941492, Israel
  • Chaim Sheba Medical Center
    Ramat Gan, 5224213, Israel
  • Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
    Tel Aviv, 6423906, Israel
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References and documents

Publications

  • Srikrishna D, Sachsenmeier K. We need to bring R0 < 1 to treat cancer too. Genome Med. 2021 Jul 26;13(1):120. doi: 10.1186/s13073-021-00940-9. PubMed 34311780 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 15, 2025, 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
NCT03739931
Lead sponsor
ModernaTX, Inc.
Collaborators
AstraZeneca
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Nov 14, 2018
Start date
Nov 27, 2018
Primary completion
Aug 1, 2025
Completion
Aug 1, 2025
Last update
Aug 15, 2025

Oversight

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