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Toripalimab(JS001) as Monotherapy in Participants With POLE or POLD-1 Mutated and Non-MSI-H Advanced Solid Tumors

A Phase 2 interventional study of Toripalimab in Solid Tumor and Advanced Cancer, sponsored by Sun Yat-sen University. Recruiting at 4 sites in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-04-23.

Sponsored by Sun Yat-sen University · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Jan 2019; still recruiting 7 years 8 months later.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
35
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the response of toripalimab (JS001), a PD1 antibody, in participants with POLE or POLD-mutated and non microsatellite instability (non-MSI-H) advanced solid cancers.

Read the detailed description

Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy including antibodies targeting PD-1/PD-L1 or CTLA-4 has greatly advanced the cancer treatments. Recent studies have identified several predictive markers for ICI which includes microsatellite instability (MSI), PD-L1 expression and tumor mutation burden (TMB). DNA polymerase epsilon (POLE) and delta (POLD) are in charge of DNA replication as well as proofreading during DNA replication. Their germline or somatic mutations can lead to DNA repair deficiencies and carcinogenesis. The investigators has found that the POLE or POLD mutation causes an increased TMB in cancer patients and may lead to a better survival to ICI. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of toripalimab , a PD1 antibody, in participants with POLE or POLD-mutated and non microsatellite instability high (non-MSI-H) advanced solid cancers. This is a Phase II, open label, single arm study. Participants enrolled in this study received toripalimab 240mg, every 3 weeks until disease progress or intolerable toxicity. Primary endpoints is ORR and secondary endpoints are OS, PFS and safety.

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Conditions studied

  • Solid Tumor
  • Advanced Cancer

Keywords

  • Immune checkpoint inhibitor
  • POLE/POLD mutation
  • non-MSI-H
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In context

Lead sponsor

Sun Yat-sen University is the lead sponsor of 1,644 studies on the registry; 602 are 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 to 75 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Participants must provide written informed consent to participate
  • Adult aged between 18 and 75 years old
  • Participants with Histologically- or cytologically- proven advanced solid tumors and not responding to standard therapy
  • MSS (microsatellite sability) or MSI-L (microsatellite instability-low) or pMMR status
  • Germline mutations or somatic mutations in POLE or POLD (synonymous mutation is excluded)
  • Patients refuse any conventional chemotherapy or targeted therapy
  • Patients are willing to take biopsy of tumor tissue and take blood samples before treatment (blood samples are also taken at each time of therapeutic evaluation)
  • Participants must have at least one measurable site of disease according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) criteria. Lesions previously treated with radiotherapy should not be regarded as target lesions unless there is a definite progression of the lesion after radiotherapy.
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 or 1
  • Estimated life expectancy is greater than 3 months
  • Participants can provide more than 10 paraffin sections of tumor tissue
  • No history of radiotherapy or received non-targeted radiotherapy outside the target lesions for this study more than 4 weeks ago before the first dose of study treatment
  • Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 2.5 x (5 x in participants with liver metastasis) upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Albumin ≥ 3 g/dL
  • Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 2.5 x ULN.
  • Serum bilirubin \<1.5 mg/dL
  • Creatinine ≤ ULN.
  • Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1.5X10E9/L
  • Platelets ≥ 100 x 10E9/L
  • Hemoglobin ≥ 90 g/L
  • For females of childbearing potential (defined as \<2 years after last menstruation or not surgically sterile), a negative serum pregnancy test must be performed within 21 days of the first dose of study treatment.
  • For females: agreement to contraception during the study treatment period and for at least 28 days after the last dose of study treatment

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with confirmed or suspected brain metastases
  • Patients with cancerous meningitis
  • Patients without germline mutations or somatic mutations in POLE and POLD
  • MSI-H (microsatellite instability-high) or dMMR
  • Prior treatment with PD-1 inhibitors, PD-L1 inhibitors or CTLA-4 inhibitors (or other inhibitors in T cell co-stimulatory signals or checkpoint pathways)
  • Known history or evidence of cytotoxic drug therapy, biologic drug therapy (such as monoclonal antibodies), immunotherapy (such as interleukin 2 or interferon), or other investigational drugs therapy in the 4 weeks before the first dose of study treatment
  • Known history or evidence of significant immunodeficiency (including but not limited to: interstitial pneumonia, uveitis, enteritis, hepatitis, pituitary inflammation, nephritis, hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism; Patients with vitiligo or asthma completely relieved can be included. Asthma that requires medical intervention cannot be included)
  • Patients with a condition requiring systemic treatment with either corticosteroids (> 10 mg daily prednisolone equivalent) or other immunosuppressive medications
  • Patients with active tuberculosis. Known history of antituberculosis drugs treatment in 1 year before the first dose of study treatment
  • Administration of an anti-infection vaccine (e.g. influenza vaccine, chickenpox vaccine) in the 4 weeks before the first dose of study treatment
  • Symptomatic heart failure, coronary heart disease (CHD), myocardial infarction in the 6 months before the first dose of study treatment
  • Known allergy to JS001 or its excipients
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding females
  • Other prior malignancy active within the previous 5 years except for non-melanoma skin cancer
  • Persons without legal capacity
  • Positive test for HIV or AIDS
  • Positive test for HbsAg and HBV-DNA copy numbers (≥ 1000cps/ml)
  • Positive test for HCV
  • Any medical disorder or condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, may affect the compliance or the signing of informed consent, etc.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
35 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Toripalimab

    Toripalimab, 240mg, every 3 weeks until disease progress or intolerable toxicity

    Drug: Toripalimab

Interventions

  • DrugToripalimab

    Toripalimab, 240mg, every 3 weeks until disease progress or intolerable toxicity

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Objective Response Rates (ORR)

    the ratio of patients whose efficiency evaluation is CR or PR

    Time frame: up to 2 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. Overall Survival (OS)

    defined as the period from the first dose of study treatment to loss of follow-up or death

    Time frame: up to 2 years

  2. Progression free survival (PFS)

    defined as the time from the first dose of study treatment to disease progression

    Time frame: up to 2 years

  3. Adverse Events (AEs)

    All treatment-related adverse events (AEs) were categorized according to the National Cancer Institute's Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events.

    Time frame: up to 2 years

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Study locations

4 of 4 sites recruiting
  • Cancer center of Sun Yat-sen University
    Guangzhou, Guangdong 510060, China
    • Zhi-da Lv, BS · Contact · lvzd@sysucc.org.cn · +862087342635
    • Rui-hua Xu, MD, PhD · Principal investigator
    • Feng Wang, MD, PhD · Principal investigator
    • Ying Jin, MD · Principal investigator
    Recruiting
  • The Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University
    Guiyang, Guizhou, China
    Recruiting
  • Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
    Wuhan, Hubei, China
    Recruiting
  • The Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University
    Dalian, Liaoning, China
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 23, 2026, 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
NCT03810339
Lead sponsor
Sun Yat-sen University
Responsible party
Rui-hua Xu, MD, PhD (President and Professor, Sun Yat-sen University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jan 18, 2019
Start date
Jan 15, 2019
Primary completion
Jan 15, 2028 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 31, 2029 (estimated)
Last update
Apr 23, 2026

Study contacts

Feng Wang, MD, PhD
Contact
wangfeng@sysucc.org.cn
+862087342635
YING JIN, MD
Contact
jinying1@sysucc.org.cn
+862087342479
Rui-hua Xu, MD, PhD
principal investigator · Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center
FENG WANG, MD,PhD
principal investigator · Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center
Ying Jin
principal investigator · Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center

Oversight

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