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A Study Assessing KB707 for the Treatment of Locally Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumors

A Phase 1/2 interventional study of KB707 and Opdualag in Cancer, Melanoma Stage III and Melanoma Stage IV, sponsored by Krystal Biotech, Inc.. Recruiting at 15 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-05-18.

Sponsored by Krystal Biotech, Inc. · Phase 1/2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Oct 2023; still recruiting 2 years 11 months later.
Phase
Phase 1/2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
240
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

KB707-01 is a Phase 1/2, open-label, multicenter, dose escalation and expansion study. The study will evaluate the safety and tolerability of KB707 in adults with locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors who have progressed on standard of care therapy, cannot tolerate standard of care therapy, refused standard of care therapy, or for whom there is no standard of care therapy as well as the safety, tolerability, preliminary efficacy, and immunologic effect of KB707 administered in combination with Opdualag to subjects with unresectable or metastatic melanoma.

Subjects in dose escalation (Cohorts 1 through 3) and dose expansion (Cohort 4) will receive intratumoral injections of KB707 approximately every three weeks. Cohorts 1 through 4 are closed to new enrollment. Dose expansion Cohort 5 and Cohort 6 will evaluate subjects with advanced melanoma. Subjects in Cohort 5 will receive intratumoral injections of KB707 biweekly (q2w), delivered in combination with Opdualag (dosed every q4w per prescribing information). Subjects in Cohort 6 will receive intratumoral injections of KB707 biweekly (q2w), delivered in combination with Keytruda (dosed every q6w per prescribing information). All subjects will be treated until disease progression, death, unacceptable toxicity, symptomatic deterioration, achievement of maximal response, subject choice, Investigator decision to discontinue treatment, or the Sponsor determines to terminate the study.

Read the detailed description

KB707 is a genetically modified herpes simplex type 1 virus that is designed to stimulate an anti-tumor immune response through the production of cytokines. This is a first-in-human (FIH) clinical study to evaluate the safety and tolerability and preliminary efficacy of KB707 in adult subjects with advanced and/or refractory solid tumors, including advanced melanoma. The study will include a dose escalation portion for single agent KB707 and an expansion portion to further evaluate single agent KB707 at a dose determined by preliminary data in the dose escalation phase as well as combination therapy of KB707 with immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy.

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Conditions studied

  • Cancer
  • Melanoma Stage III
  • Melanoma Stage IV
  • Cutaneous Melanoma

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Keywords

  • Krystal Biotech
  • cancer
  • melanoma
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In context

Melanoma

3,005 studies on the registry are indexed under Melanoma; 519 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 240 is above the median of 38 across 2,350 interventional studies indexed under Melanoma.

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Lead sponsor

Krystal Biotech, Inc. is the lead sponsor of 18 studies on the registry; 9 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 and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Eligibility criteria

Key Inclusion Criteria:

  • Life expectancy >12 weeks
  • ECOG performance status of 0 or 1
  • Have measurable disease per RECIST v1.1 at Screening
  • Cohorts 1-4 only: Histologically confirmed diagnosis of a locally advanced or metastatic solid tumor and the individual has progressed on standard of care therapy, cannot tolerate standard of care therapy, refused standard of care therapy, or there is no standard of care therapy.
  • Cohorts 5 and 6 only: Histologically confirmed stage III (unresectable) or stage IV melanoma, as per American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging system (8th edition; AJCC 2017) and

    1. Subject has previously failed one prior anti-PD-1/PD-L1 treatment (as monotherapy or in combination with other checkpoint inhibitors such as anti-LAG-3 or anti-CTLA-4); and
    2. If proto-oncogene B-Raf (BRAF) V600 mutation-positive, subject previously failed a BRAF inhibitor or BRAF inhibitor in combination with mitogen-activated extracellular signal-regulated kinase (MEK) inhibitor
  • Cohort 5 only: Age 12 years or older at the time of informed consent
  • Cohort 6 only: Age 18 years or older at the time of informed consent

Key Exclusion Criteria:

  • Prior surgery or radiation therapy must be fully recovered, including all radiation -related toxicities and subject does not require systemic corticosteroids
  • The subject is pregnant, nursing, or plans to become pregnant during study treatment and through three months after the last dose of KB707
  • Have known history of positive human immunodeficiency virus (HIV 1/2)
  • Cohorts 5 and 6 only:

    1. Subject has a known additional malignancy that is progressing or requires active treatment.
    2. Subject has uveal/ocular melanoma.
    3. The subject has active brain metastases or leptomeningeal metastases
    4. Subject has received more than 2 lines of systemic therapy for unresectable or metastatic melanoma
    5. Prior anti-LAG-3 and/or anti-PD-1 therapy was intolerable and required discontinuation of treatment
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1 / Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Sequential assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
240 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Cohorts 1 through 4

    Dose escalation and expansion cohorts: KB707 monotherapy in subjects with solid tumors.

    Biological: KB707

  • Experimental
    Cohort 5

    Dose expansion cohort: KB707 administered in combination with Opdualag in approximately 100 subjects with advanced melanoma.

    Biological: KB707 · Drug: Opdualag

  • Experimental
    Cohort 6

    Dose expansion cohort: KB707 administered in combination with Keytruda in approximately 100 subjects with advanced melanoma.

    Biological: KB707 · Drug: KEYTRUDA ®( Pembrolizumab)

Interventions

  • BiologicalKB707

    Genetically modified herpes simplex type 1 virus

  • DrugOpdualag

    Dual immunotherapy (PD-1 and LAG-3 immune checkpoint inhibitors)

  • DrugKEYTRUDA ®( Pembrolizumab)

    Immunotherapy (PD-1 immune checkpoint inhibitor)

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Percentage of adverse events (AEs)

    Percentage of subjects with adverse events (AEs)

    Time frame: up to 36 months

  2. Percentage of serious adverse events (SAEs)

    Percentage of subjects with serious adverse events (SAEs)

    Time frame: up to 36 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Maximum tolerated dose (MTD)

    Assess whether the tested doses include the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of KB707 based on the safety and response data collected during the dose escalation portion of the study

    Time frame: up to 36 months

  2. Percentage of overall response rate (ORR)

    Percentage of ORR

    Time frame: up to 36 months

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Study locations

15 of 15 sites recruiting
  • UCLA Health
    Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
    Recruiting
  • Mission Dermatology Center
    Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688, United States
    Recruiting
  • BRCR Global
    Weston, Florida 33326, United States
    Recruiting
  • IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, United States
    Recruiting
  • Henry Ford Cancer Institute
    Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
    Recruiting
  • University of Nebraska Medical Center
    Omaha, Nebraska 68198, United States
    Recruiting
  • Morristown Medical Center / Atlantic Health System
    Morristown, New Jersey 07960, United States
    Recruiting
  • Weill Cornell Medicine-New York-Presbyterian Hospital
    New York, New York 10065, United States
    • Anna C Pavlick, DO · Contact · 646-962-6444
    Recruiting
  • Gabrail Cancer Center Research
    Canton, Ohio 44718, United States
    Recruiting
  • Cleveland Clinic
    Cleveland, Ohio 44195, United States
    • Cancer Answer Line · Contact · 216-444-7923
    Recruiting
  • UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15232, United States
    Recruiting
  • Sarah Cannon Research Institute
    Nashville, Tennessee 37203, United States
    Recruiting
  • Renovatio Clinical - El Paso
    El Paso, Texas 79915, United States
    Recruiting
  • MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Houston, Texas 77030, United States
    Recruiting
  • Renovatio Clinical - The Woodlands
    The Woodlands, Texas 77380, United States
    Recruiting
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 18, 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
NCT05970497
Lead sponsor
Krystal Biotech, Inc.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Aug 1, 2023
Start date
Oct 31, 2023
Primary completion
Jul 2027 (estimated)
Completion
Jul 2027 (estimated)
Last update
May 18, 2025

Study contacts

David Chien, MD
Contact
dchien@krystalbio.com
412-586-5830
Brittani Agostini, RN, CCRC
Contact
bagostini@krystalbio.com
412-586-5830
David Chien, MD
study director · Senior Vice President of Clinical Development

Oversight

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