Phase 1/2 Open Label, Safety and Preliminary Efficacy Study of a Live Biotherapeutic Product (CJRB-101) in Combination With Pembrolizumab in Subjects With Selected Types of Advanced or Metastatic Cancer
Study CJB-101-01 will be conducted at multiple centers in the USA and Republic of Korea as an open-label safety and preliminary efficacy study of CJRB-101 in combination with pembrolizumab in subjects with selected types of advanced or metastatic cancer. The proposed study intends to address the unmet medical needs of low response rate and refractoriness to immune checkpoint inhibitors typically observed in this subject population by performing assessments of response, dose limiting toxicities, pharmacodynamic, and the effect on microbiome biomarkers at different dose levels of CJRB-101 combined with pembrolizumab.
• Willing and able to provide informed consent
• ≥18 years of age at the time of signing the informed consent form
• Pathologically documented histological or cytological evidence of NSCLC, HNSCC, or melanoma.
• Has at least 1 measurable target lesion per RECIST v1.1 that has not been resected/biopsied/or irradiated before enrollment in the study
• Diagnosis of locally advanced unresectable or metastatic NSCLC, HNSCC, or melanoma in subjects who are ICI treatment-naive or relapsed/refractory, including PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors
• ICI treatment-naive subjects must meet the following criteria:
∙ NSCLC: Subjects with metastatic or with unresectable, recurrent NSCLC whose tumors must have no EGFR or ALK genomic aberrations and express PD-L1 \[TPS≥50%\]
‣ HNSCC: Subjects with metastatic or with unresectable, recurrent HNSCC whose tumors express PD-L1 \[CPS ≥20\]
‣ Melanoma: Irrespective of PD-L1 result and BRAF V600 mutation
‣ Subjects has not received prior systemic treatment for their metastatic tumor. Subjects who received adjuvant or neoadjuvant therapy are eligible if the adjuvant/neoadjuvant therapy was completed at least 6 months before the development of metastatic disease.
• ICI treatment-refractory subjects as defined by the following criteria:
∙ Has received at least 2 cycles of anti-PD-(L)1 therapy either as monotherapy or in combination
‣ Has demonstrated disease progression after ICI treatment by RECIST v1.1
‣ Has received less than three lines of systemic therapy for metastatic tumor
• ECOG performance status of 0 or 1
• Be willing to provide archival tissue or fresh biopsy
⁃ Have adequate organ function
⁃ All Grade 3 or greater AEs resolved earlier to Grade 2 or less