A Study of the Intratumoral Microdose Administration of PBA-0405 in Patients With Solid Tumors

NCT ID: NCT06273852

Last Updated: 2025-08-11

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: EARLY_PHASE1
• Total Enrollment: 8 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-04-29
• Study Completion Date: 2025-03-31

Brief Summary

This is a multi-center, single arm, open-label, localized pharmacodynamic biomarker Phase 0 trial designed to study the biological effects within the tumor microenvironment of PBA-0405 when administered intratumorally in microdose quantities via the CIVO device.

Detailed Description

CIVO is a research tool composed of a hand-held single-use sterile injector coupled with fluorescent tracking microspheres called CIVO GLO that mark the sites of drug microdose injection, enabling rapid assessment of multiple oncology drugs or drug combinations simultaneously within a patient's tumor. In this Phase 0 intratumoral microdosing study in human patients with localized or metastatic primary HNSCC, STS, or TNBC tumors (who will be undergoing previously planned tumor and regional nodes dissection), we will evaluate PBA-0405's ability to trigger a variety of immune-mediated effector functions that kill tumor cells, within the local tumor microenvironment.

The CIVO device penetrates solid tumors and delivers subtherapeutic microdoses of up to eight anti-cancer agents or combinations of anti-cancer agents co-injected with CIVO GLO into discrete regions of the tumor. At the time of the planned surgical intervention (one to two days after the CIVO microdose injection), the injected tumor tissue is then excised, and tumor responses are assessed via histological staining of tumor cross-sections sampled perpendicular to each injection column. Co-injection with CIVO GLO enables identification of each injection site during resection as well as in tissues stained for analysis. Because the platform delivers microdose amounts of each test agent or combination directly into the patient's tumor tissue, hypotheses can be tested earlier in the drug development process, consistent with the goals of the 2006 FDA Exploratory IND Guidance for Industry.

Conditions

Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma; Soft Tissue Sarcoma Adult; Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: BASIC_SCIENCE
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

PBA-0405

Patients who are scheduled for surgical biopsy or tumor resection surgery will be injected at 1-2 days prior to surgery using the CIVO device. Each needle of the CIVO device will deliver up to 8.3 microliters of solution, including a vehicle control (sterile saline) or subtherapeutic microdoses of PBA-0405, as single agents. Each microdose is simultaneously injected in a columnar fashion through each of 8, or 5, (in a device configuration determined by tumor dimensions) into a single solid tumor or effaced metastatic lymph node.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

PBA-0405

Intervention Type: DRUG

Intratumoral microdose injection by the CIVO device.

Interventions

PBA-0405

Intratumoral microdose injection by the CIVO device.

Intervention Type: DRUG

Other Intervention Names

PB004.22.0405.aF

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. Ability and willingness to comply with the study's visit and assessment schedule.

2. Male or female ≥ 18 years of age at Visit 1 (Screening).

3. Pathologic diagnosis of HNSCC, STS (see restrictions in Note below), or TNBC (see restrictions in Note below; TNBC defined as estrogen receptor negative [<1% positive tumor cells], progesterone receptor negative [<1% positive tumor cells], and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 negative [0 to 1+]) with a tumor planned for surgical resection.

Note: For STS, only the following subtypes are eligible: undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma, alveolar soft part sarcoma, synovial sarcoma, cutaneous angiosarcoma, or myxofibrosarcoma.

Note: For TNBC, if prior neoadjuvant therapy, evidence of progressive disease, at the discretion of the investigator.

4. Ability and willingness to provide written informed consent. Voluntary written consent must be given before performance of any study related procedure not part of standard medical care, with the understanding that consent may be withdrawn by the patient at any time without prejudice to future medical care.

5. As assessed or confirmed by the surgeon, at least one lesion (primary tumor, recurrent tumor, metastatic tumor, or metastatic lymph node) that is surface accessible for CIVO injection that contains viable minimum tumor tissue volume and characteristics (e.g., based on clinical evaluation, available pre-operative imaging, pre-injection ultrasound imaging, or pathology reports indicating lesion with appropriate viable tumor volume without excessive cysts or necrosis) and for which there is a planned surgical intervention. The patient's presentation, surgical and pathology plan may determine whether a lesion is eligible with respect to a given CIVO MID needle configuration.

6. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-2.

7. Female patients who:

• Are postmenopausal for at least one year before the screening visit, OR
• Are surgically sterile, OR
• Are of childbearing potential who agree to practice a highly effective method of contraception from the time of signing the ICF up to 3 months following the end of study participation OR agree to completely abstain from heterosexual intercourse.
• Agree to refrain from donating ova during study participation.

Male patients, even if surgically sterile (i.e., status post-vasectomy), who:

• Agree to practice effective barrier contraception from the time of signing the ICF up to 3 months following the end of study participation OR agree to completely abstain from heterosexual intercourse.
• Agree to refrain from donating sperm during study participation.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Tumors near or involving critical structures for which, in the opinion of the treating clinician, injection would pose undue risk to the patient.

2. Female patients who are:

• Both lactating and breastfeeding, OR
• Have a positive β-subunit human chorionic gonadotropin (β-hCG) pregnancy test at screening verified by the Investigator.

3. Any uncontrolled intercurrent illness, condition, serious medical or psychiatric illness, or circumstance that, in the opinion of the Investigator, could interfere with adherence to the study's procedures or requirements, or otherwise compromise the study's objectives.

4. HNSCC known to be of cutaneous origin.

5. Patients with uncontrolled autoimmune diseases (see Appendix 1 for examples) requiring systemic treatment

6. Patients with known HIV/AIDS.

7. Patients with known uncontrolled active hepatitis B (defined as hepatitis B surface antigen [HBsAg] positive or detectable hepatitis B virus [HBV] DNA) or hepatitis C (defined as anti-hepatitis C virus antibody [anti-HCV Ab] positive and detectable hepatitis C virus [HCV] RNA) infection.

Note: Hepatitis B and C screening tests are not required unless:

• Patient has a known history of hepatitis B/C infection
• Mandated by local health authority

8. Use of any of the following ≤ 3 weeks prior to CIVO injection:

1. Systemic anti-cancer therapy (e.g., cytotoxic chemotherapy, targeted agents, or checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy, etc.),

2. Immunosuppressive drugs (e.g., calcineurin inhibitors)

3. Biological response modifiers for autoimmune disease

4. Systemic glucocorticoids: oral or parenteral corticosteroids at a dose ≥ 20 mg/day prednisone, or equivalent Note: physiologic replacement dosing of steroids (≤ 3 mg/m2/d prednisone or equivalent), low-dose corticosteroids for dye allergies prior to staging scans or use in anti-emetic prophylaxis for patients undergoing chemotherapy, or topical steroids, are allowed

5. Hematopoietic growth factors

6. Chemotherapy

7. Local radiotherapy of the target lesion planned for CIVO injection and surgical resection

9. Patients who have received a live or live attenuated vaccine within 4 weeks of the baseline/screening visit.

10. Patients who have had allogenic tissue/solid organ transplant

11. Patients with an active infection requiring systemic therapy.

12. Patients for whom participation on this study results in a delay of planned surgical intervention.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Presage Biosciences

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Pure Biologics S.A.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

John Weinberg

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Pure Biologics

Locations

LSU Health Sciences Center

Shreveport, Louisiana, United States

Oregon Health and Science University

Portland, Oregon, United States

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Sarah Cannon Research Institute

Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Countries

United States

Related Links

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32299817

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25904742

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28364003

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27359113

A Platform for Rapid, Quantitative Assessment of Multiple Drug Combinations Simultaneously in Solid Tumors In Vivo.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27308571

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Other Identifiers

PBL-0405-01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id