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ONC201 and Atezolizumab in Obesity-Driven Endometrial Cancer

A Phase 1 interventional study of Atezolizumab and ONC201 in Endometrial Cancer, Metastasis and Endometrioid Endometrial Cancer, sponsored by UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. Recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to female participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-01-29.

Sponsored by UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Oct 2023; still recruiting 3 years later.
Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
58
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
Female
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Study summary

Endometrial cancer (EC) is the fourth most common cancer in United States women, and alarmingly, the frequency and mortality from EC continues to rise, in part due to the obesity epidemic. Obese women with EC have a 6.3-fold increased risk of death from this disease, as compared to their non-obese counterparts. Patients with advanced/recurrent EC are unlikely to be cured by surgery, conventional chemotherapy (paclitaxel + carboplatin is the standard first-line treatment), radiation, or a combination of these. Thus, new treatments for EC are desperately needed as well as a better understanding of the impact of obesity on EC biology and treatment.

The purpose of this study is to test the safety of a combination of treatments, atezolizumab and ONC201, given based on body weight, to treat endometrial cancer. Using the combination of atezolizumab and ONC201, has not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of endometrial cancer. This clinical trial will examine the treatment of atezolizumab + ONC201 in obese and non-obese subjects with metastatic/recurrent EC.

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Conditions studied

  • Endometrial Cancer
  • Metastasis
  • Endometrioid Endometrial Cancer
  • Carcinosarcoma
  • Serous Adenocarcinoma of Endometrium (Diagnosis)
  • Clear Cell Endometrial Carcinoma
  • Endometrial Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma
  • Endometrial Mixed Cell Adenocarcinoma

Keywords

  • Atezolizumab
  • ONC201
  • obesity
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In context

Endometrial Neoplasms

1,425 studies on the registry are indexed under Endometrial Neoplasms; 473 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 58 is below the median of 71 across 1,026 interventional studies indexed under Endometrial Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center is the lead sponsor of 429 studies on the registry; 97 are open to participants now.

Of its 33 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 26 (79%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

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

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In order to participate in this study a subject must meet all of the eligibility criteria outlined below.

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  1. Ability to understand and willingness to sign a written obtained to participate in the study and HIPAA authorization for release of personal health information.
  2. Age ≥ 18 years at the time of consent.
  3. Performance Status of 0, 1, or 2
  4. confirmed or recurrent EC (endometrioid, carcinosarcoma, serous, clear cell, adeno-squamous and mixed histologies).
  5. Subjects must have , defined as at least one lesion that can be accurately measured in at least one dimension in accordance with criteria
  6. Must have radiographic disease progression after at least 1 line of systemic cytotoxic therapy for metastatic disease or with progression within 12 months of completing chemotherapy.
  7. of at least 3 months.
  8. Demonstrate adequate organ function as defined in the table below; all screening labs to be obtained within 72 hours prior to initiating study treatment.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria

  1. Prior treatment with ONC201.
  2. Prior treatment with CD137 agonists or immune checkpoint blockade therapies, including antiCTLA-4, and anti therapeutic antibodies
  3. Treatment with another agent or participation in another clinical trial within the last 28 days prior to initiating protocol therapy.
  4. Subjects who have had chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 4 weeks prior to study treatment or those who have not recovered from adverse events due to agents administered more than 4 weeks prior to initiating protocol therapy.
  5. Treatment with therapeutic oral or IV antibiotics within 2 weeks prior to initiation of protocol therapy Subjects receiving prophylactic antibiotics (e.g., to prevent a urinary tract infection or exacerbation) are eligible for the study.
  6. Treatment with systemic immunostimulatory agents (including, but not limited to, interferon and interleukin 2 [IL-2]) within 4 weeks or 5 half-lives of the drug (whichever is longer) prior to initiation of protocol therapy.
  7. Treatment with systemic medication (including, but not limited to, , cyclophosphamide, azathioprine, methotrexate, thalidomide, and anti TNF-agents) within 2 weeks prior to initiation
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(13)

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ECOG performance status

A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.

0
Fully active, no restrictions.
1
Limited in strenuous activity, but walking and able to do light work, such as housework or office work.
2
Walking and able to look after yourself, but unable to work; up and about more than half of waking hours.
3
Able to look after yourself only in part; in bed or a chair more than half of waking hours.
4
Unable to look after yourself at all; in bed or a chair all day.

Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.

Histologically or cytologically confirmed

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Metastases

Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.

Measurable disease

The amount of disease can be tracked with a defined measurement, so the study can see whether it shrinks or grows. It might be a tumour measured on a scan or, in some blood cancers such as myeloma, a marker measured in blood or urine.

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RECIST

The standard rules for measuring tumours on CT or MRI scans, to tell whether a cancer is shrinking, stable or growing during treatment.

“Measurable disease per RECIST 1.1” usually means at least one tumour 10 mm or more at its longest on a CT scan, or a lymph node 15 mm or more across its short axis.

Adjuvant and neoadjuvant

Neoadjuvant treatment is given before the main treatment (usually surgery), often to shrink a tumour. Adjuvant treatment is given after it, to lower the chance of the cancer coming back.

Life expectancy

The study doctor’s estimate of how long someone is likely to live. Criteria use it so that people can stay in the study long enough for it to answer its question.

PD-1, PD-L1 and checkpoint inhibitors

PD-1, PD-L1 and CTLA-4 are proteins that act as brakes on the immune system. Checkpoint inhibitors, such as pembrolizumab or nivolumab, block them so the immune system can attack a cancer.

PD-L1 can also be measured in a tumour sample. Some scores count stained tumour cells only (TPS); others also count certain immune cells (CPS). The study names the score and the minimum it uses.

Investigational drug or device

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It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.

COPD

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: long-term lung disease that makes it hard to breathe out, including emphysema and chronic bronchitis.

Immunosuppression

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Corticosteroids (steroids)

Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.

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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Obese

    Subjects with BMI \> 30 kg/m2

    Drug: Atezolizumab · Drug: ONC201

  • Experimental
    Non-Obese

    Subjects with BMI ≤ 29.9 kg/m2

    Drug: Atezolizumab · Drug: ONC201

Interventions

  • 10 mg/kg- 20 mg/kg Atezolizumab will be administered by intravenous, on day 1 of each 21-day cycle.

  • DrugONC201

    375 mg once weekly - 625 mg ONC201 will be administered orally, once or twice weekly.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D)

    The RP2D will be determined based on the incidence of dose-limiting toxicities (DLT)s. A DLT is defined as all grade 3 or above toxicities that are related to study treatment and occur within the first cycle of therapy. Adverse events are assessed using NCI Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE). A grading (severity) scale is provided for each AE term. Grade 1 Mild; asymptomatic or mild symptoms; clinical or diagnostic observations only; intervention not indicated. Grade 2 Moderate; minimal, local, or noninvasive intervention indicated; limiting age-appropriate Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (ADL). Grade 3 Severe or medically significant but not immediately life-threatening; hospitalization or prolongation of hospitalization indicated; disabling; limiting self-care ADL. Grade 4 Life-threatening consequences; urgent intervention indicated. Grade 5 Death related to AE.

    Time frame: Up to 3 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. Overall Response Rate (ORR)

    ORR is defined as the proportion of subjects achieving response complete response (CR) or partial response(PR) assessed by RECIST v1.1. Complete Response (CR): Disappearance of all target lesions; Partial Response (PR): \>=30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions.

    Time frame: Up to 2 years

  2. Progression Free Survival (PFS)

    PFS is defined as time from first day of treatment until disease progression as defined by RECIST v1.1 or death from any cause.

    Time frame: Up to 2 years

  3. Overall Survival (OS)

    OS is defined as the time of the start of study treatment to death from any cause.

    Time frame: Up to 2 years

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No — Deidentified individual data that supports the results will be shared beginning 9 to 36 months following publication provided the investigator who proposes to use the data has approval from an Institutional Review Board (IRB), Independent Ethics Committee (IEC), or Research Ethics Board (REB), as applicable, and executes a data use/sharing agreement with UNC.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 29, 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
NCT05542407
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Sep 15, 2022
Start date
Oct 23, 2023
Primary completion
Feb 21, 2028 (estimated)
Completion
Jul 31, 2028 (estimated)
Last update
Jan 29, 2026

Study contacts

De'Andrea Taylor
Contact
deandrea_taylor@med.unc.edu
919-966-1195
Victoria Bae-Jump, MD, PhD
principal investigator · UNC-Chapel Hill

Oversight

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