P1, N=18, Active, not recruiting, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota | Recruiting --> Active, not recruiting | Trial completion date: Jan 2027 --> Feb 2026 | Trial primary completion date: Jan 2027 --> Feb 2025
9 months ago
Enrollment closed • Trial completion date • Trial primary completion date • Metastases
5 mg/kg in heavily pretreated advanced solid tumor patients resulted in immune cell activation, proliferation, and infiltration into the tumor microenvironment without causing unacceptable toxicity. HCW treatment presents a promising approach to enhancing the antitumor activity of immune checkpoint inhibitors in patients with solid tumors.
Collectively, the results of this studydemonstrated that HCW9218 treatment of mice bearing solid tumors resulted in modulating the TdLN immune landscape and invigorating T cells for enhanced checkpoint blockade therapy. HCW9218 are currently in two clinical trials (clinicaltrials.org: NCT05322408, NCT05304936) against chemo-resistant/refractory solid tumors.
Conclusions HCW9218 safely and robustly expands NK cells after a single dose and escalation continues as planned to DL2 (0.5 mg/kg). Trial Registration NCT05322408
Herein, we showed that the immunotherapeutic HCW9218, comprising TGF-β receptor II and IL-15/IL-15 receptor α domains, enhanced metabolic and cytotoxic activities of immune cells and reduced TIS tumor cells in vivo to improve the efficacy of docetaxel and gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel against B16F10 melanoma and SW1990 pancreatic tumors, respectively. We also show that HCW9218 treatment decreased TIS cells and lowered SASP factors in off-target tissues caused by chemotherapy of tumor-bearing mice. Collectively, HCW9218 has the potential to significantly enhance anti-tumor efficacy of chemotherapy, therapeutic antibodies, and checkpoint blockade by eliminating TIS cancer cells while reducing TIS-mediated proinflammatory side effects in normal tissues.