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CompletedNCT04344795Updated Sep 12, 2025

Phase 1a/1b Study of TPST-1495 as a Single Agent and in Combination With Pembrolizumab in Subjects With Solid Tumors

A Phase 1 interventional study of TPST-1495 twice daily and TPST-1495 once daily or on intermittent schedule in Solid Tumor, Colorectal Cancer and Non Small Cell Lung Cancer, sponsored by Tempest Therapeutics. Completed at 11 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-09-12.

Sponsored by Tempest Therapeutics · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was Sep 2024, 2 years ago, and no results have been posted to the registry.
Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
89
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This is a first-in-human Phase 1a/1b, multicenter, open-label, dose-escalation, dose and schedule optimization, and expansion study of TPST-1495 as a single agent and in combination with pembrolizumab to determine its maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and or recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D), safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and preliminary anti-tumor activity in subjects with advanced solid tumors. Subjects with all histologic types of solid tumors are eligible for the escalation and dose-finding portions of the study. However, the preferred tumor types for enrollment are colorectal cancer (CRC), non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN), urothelial cancer, endometrial cancer, and gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) or gastric adenocarcinoma. Enrollment in the expansion cohorts is limited to the following tumor types: endometrial, SCCHN, CRC, and a basket cohort in subjects selected for an activating mutation in PIK3Ca.

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This is a first-in-human Phase 1a/1b, multicenter, open-label, dose-escalation, dose and schedule optimization, and expansion study of TPST-1495 as a single agent and in combination with pembrolizumab to determine its MTD, safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PD), pharmacodynamics (PK) and preliminary anti-tumor activity in subjects with advanced solid tumors. Subjects with all histologic types of solid tumors are eligible for the study. However, the preferred tumor types for enrollment are colorectal cancer (CRC), non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN), urothelial cancer, endometrial cancer, and gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) or gastric adenocarcinoma. Tumor prostaglandin production and downstream signaling in both tumor cells and other cell types, including immune suppressive cell population in the tumor microenvironment, is thought to be a principal driver of progression in each of these selected malignancies. To be eligible, subjects must have no remaining standard therapy known to confer clinical benefit.

The study is composed of 3 stages. The Dose-Escalation stage will determine the MTD of single-agent TPST-1495 administered twice a day (BID). The Schedule and Dose Optimization stage will evaluate alternative TPST-1495 single-agent administration schedules and determine an RP2D for the selected schedule. This arm will also evaluate TPST-1495 in combination with pembrolizumab. The Expansion stage will evaluate the activity of TPST-1495 as a single agent and in combination with pembrolizumab at the selected schedule and dose in disease-specific cohorts and in a basket cohort in subjects selected for an activating mutation in PIK3Ca.

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Conditions studied

  • Solid Tumor
  • Colorectal Cancer
  • Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
  • Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck
  • Urothelial Carcinoma
  • Endometrial Cancer
  • Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma
  • Gastric Adenocarcinoma
  • Solid Tumors With PIK3Ca Mutation

Keywords

  • TPST-1495
  • EP2 antagonist
  • EP4 antagonist
  • prostaglandin E2 (PGE2)
  • pembrolizumab
  • PIK3Ca mutation
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In context

Colorectal Neoplasms

5,599 studies on the registry are indexed under Colorectal Neoplasms; 1,459 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 89 is above the median of 77 across 4,123 interventional studies indexed under Colorectal Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Tempest Therapeutics is the lead sponsor of 3 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

Eligibility criteria

Subjects must meet all the following inclusion criteria to be eligible:

  1. Subjects must have a histologically-confirmed malignancy that is metastatic or unresectable for which there is no remaining standard therapy known to confer clinical benefit. While all solid tumor types are eligible for the dose-escalation and dose-finding portions of the study, there is a preference to enroll patients with colorectal cancer, squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, urothelial cancer, endometrial cancer, NSCLC, and gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma. The expansion cohorts are limited to the following tumor types: endometrial, SCCHN, CRC, and tumors with an activating mutation in PIK3Ca.
  2. Subjects must have a tumor that is at least 1 cm in a single dimension and is radiographically apparent on CT or MRI.
  3. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 0 or 1 at treatment initiation.
  4. Life expectancy estimated to be ≥ 12 weeks
  5. Adequate organ and marrow function (subjects must not have received transfusions or growth factor support within 1 month prior to first dose of investigational product) as defined below:

    • Albumin ≥ 3.0 g/dL
    • Hemoglobin ≥ 10.0 g/dL
    • Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,000/mm3
    • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm3
    • Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 × institutional upper limit of normal (ULN); for subjects with documented/suspected Gilbert's disease, bilirubin should be ≤ 2 × ULN.
    • Aspartate transaminase (AST) and alanine transaminase (ALT) ≤ 2.5 × ULN; for subjects with liver metastases, AST or ALT ≤ 5 × ULN
    • Creatinine ≤ 1.5×ULN OR calculated creatinine clearance (CrCl) ≥ 60 mL/min for subjects with creatinine levels > 1.5× ULN.

Subjects who meet any of the following exclusion criteria will not be eligible to receive investigational product:

  1. Concurrent enrollment in another clinical study, unless it is an observational (non interventional) clinical study, a specimen-collection study or the follow-up period of an interventional study.
  2. Received more than 4 doses of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or COX-2 inhibitors within 2 weeks prior to study treatment initiation.
  3. History of allergy or hypersensitivity, GI bleed, or ulceration secondary to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or COX-2 inhibitors.
  4. History of GI ulcer within 1 year of treatment initiation or history of untreated helicobacter pylori infection. Subjects with history of treated helicobacter pylori infection with confirmation of eradication are eligible
  5. History of diverticulitis or any GI bleed within 2 years of treatment initiation.
  6. Receipt of any anticancer therapy within the following windows:

    • Small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) therapy (including investigational) within 2 weeks or 5 half-lives prior to treatment initiation, whichever is longer
    • Any type of anti-cancer antibody or cytotoxic chemotherapy within 4 weeks prior to treatment initiation
    • Radiation therapy for bone metastasis within 2 weeks, any other external radiation therapy within 4 weeks before treatment initiation. Patients with clinically relevant ongoing complications from prior radiation therapy are not eligible
    • Other investigational therapy within 2 weeks or 5 half-lives prior to dosing, whichever is longer
  7. Subjects with active or untreated central nervous system (CNS) metastases
  8. New York Heart Association Classification II, III or IV.
  9. Baseline QTcF > 470 milliseconds
  10. Receipt of live attenuated vaccines within 30 days prior to the first dose of investigational product. (Killed virus or other non-live vaccines are allowed (including most seasonal influenza vaccines, streptococcus pneumonia vaccines, and newly approved COVID-19 vaccines).
  11. Active autoimmune disease or inflammatory disorders including inflammatory bowel disease (e.g., ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease) requiring systemic treatment (i.e., with use of disease modifying agents, systemic corticosteroids or immunosuppressive drug) within 2 years prior to treatment initiation.
  12. Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, active Hepatitis B (HBV), or hepatitis C (HCV). Active HBV is defined as a known positive HBsAg result. Active HCV is defined by a known positive HCV antibody result and known quantitative HCV RNA results greater than the lower limits of detection of the assay. Patients receiving antiviral therapy for Hepatitis B or C also are not eligible
  13. Uncontrolled intercurrent illness, including but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, uncontrolled hypertension, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, serious chronic gastrointestinal conditions associated with diarrhea, or psychiatric illness/social situations including a history of substance abuse that would limit compliance with study requirement, substantially increase risk of incurring AEs or compromise the ability of the patient to give written informed consent.
  14. Subjects who are receiving anti-coagulant therapy or who are considered to be at increased risk of bleeding (i.e bleeding disorder or coagulopathy).
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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    TPST-1495 monotherapy dose escalation

    Subjects will receive escalating doses of TPST-1495 administered orally twice daily until maximum tolerated dose is reached or until disease progression

    Drug: TPST-1495 twice daily

  • Experimental
    TPST-1495 monotherapy dose and schedule optimization

    Subjects will receive alternative TPST-1495 administration schedules until RP2D for the selected schedule is determined or until disease progression.

    Drug: TPST-1495 once daily or on intermittent schedule

  • Experimental
    TPST-1495 monotherapy dose expansion

    Subjects will receive selected dose regimen from dose and schedule optimization stage until disease progression

    Drug: TPST-1495 once daily or on intermittent schedule

  • Experimental
    TPST-1495 in combination with pembrolizumab dose and schedule optimization

    Subjects will receive alternative TPST-1495 administration schedules in combination with pembrolizumab until RP2D for the selected schedule is determined or until disease progression.

    Drug: TPST-1495 once daily or on intermittent schedule · Drug: Pembrolizumab

  • Experimental
    TPST-1495 in combination with pembrolizumab dose expansion

    Subjects will receive selected dose regimen from dose and schedule optimization stage until disease progression

    Drug: TPST-1495 once daily or on intermittent schedule · Drug: Pembrolizumab

Interventions

  • DrugTPST-1495 twice daily

    TPST-1495 administered orally twice daily

  • DrugTPST-1495 once daily or on intermittent schedule

    TPST-1495 administered orally once daily or on intermittent schedule

  • DrugPembrolizumab

    Pembrolizumab dosed per label recommendations

    Also known as: Keytruda

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Determination of maximum tolerated dose and/or recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D) and optimum dose schedule for TPST-1495 as a single agent and in combination with pembrolizumab

    Determination of maximum tolerated dose and/or recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D) and optimum dose schedule for TPST-1495 as a single agent and in combination with pembrolizumab based on dose limiting toxicities

    Time frame: From start of treatment to treatment termination visit, up to 24 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Incidence of adverse events and serious adverse events as assessed by NCI-CTCAE v.5.0

    Incidence of treatment-emergent adverse events and serious adverse events for TPST-1495

    Time frame: From start of treatment to treatment termination visit, up to 24 months

  2. Assess pharmacokinetics: maximum serum concentration (Cmax)

    Maximum serum concentration (Cmax) of TPST-1495

    Time frame: From start of treatment to treatment termination visit, up to 24 months

  3. Assess pharmacokinetics: area under the serum concentration-time curve (AUC)

    Area under the serum concentration-time curve (AUC) of TPST-1495

    Time frame: From start of treatment to treatment termination visit, up to 24 months

  4. Assess pharmacokinetics: Clearance (CL)

    Clearance (CL) of TPST-1495

    Time frame: From start of treatment to treatment termination visit, up to 24 months

  5. Assess pharmacokinetics: terminal elimination half-life (t 1/2)

    Terminal elimination half-life (t 1/2) of TPST-1495

    Time frame: From start of treatment to treatment termination visit, up to 24 months

  6. Overall response rate (ORR) using RECIST version 1.1

    Preliminary efficacy of TPST-1495 as a single agent and in combination with pembrolizumab as assessed by overall response rate (ORR) using RECIST version 1.1

    Time frame: From start of treatment to treatment termination visit, up to 24 months

  7. Progression free survival (PFS)

    Preliminary efficacy of TPST-1495 as a single agent and in combination with pembrolizumab as assessed by progression free survival (PFS)

    Time frame: From start of treatment to treatment termination visit, up to 24 months

  8. Duration of response (DoR)

    Preliminary efficacy of TPST-1495 as a single agent and in combination with pembrolizumab as assessed by duration of response (DoR)

    Time frame: From start of treatment to treatment termination visit, up to 24 months

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Study locations

11 sites
  • University of Colorado
    Aurora, Colorado 80045, United States
  • Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
    Baltimore, Maryland 21287, United States
  • Baystate Gynecologic Oncology
    Springfield, Massachusetts 01107, United States
  • University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center
    Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
  • START Midwest
    Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546, United States
  • Carolina BioOncology Institute
    Huntersville, North Carolina 28078, United States
  • SCRI-OK Stephenson Cancer Center
    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, United States
  • University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
  • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
  • Tennessee Oncology
    Nashville, Tennessee 37203, United States
  • South Texas Accelerated Research Therapeutics (START)
    San Antonio, Texas 78229, United States
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References and documents

Publications

  • Wang D, Cabalag CS, Clemons NJ, DuBois RN. Cyclooxygenases and Prostaglandins in Tumor Immunology and Microenvironment of Gastrointestinal Cancer. Gastroenterology. 2021 Dec;161(6):1813-1829. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2021.09.059. Epub 2021 Oct 2. PubMed 34606846 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 12, 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
NCT04344795
Lead sponsor
Tempest Therapeutics
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Apr 14, 2020
Start date
May 6, 2020
Primary completion
Sep 25, 2024
Completion
Sep 25, 2024
Last update
Sep 12, 2025

Study contacts

Samuel Whiting, MD PhD
study director · Tempest Therapeutics

Oversight

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