ST-001 nanoFenretinide in Relapsed/ Refractory Small Cell Lung Cancer

NCT ID: NCT06922539

Last Updated: 2025-12-15

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: PHASE1
• Total Enrollment: 44 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-12-11
• Study Completion Date: 2028-10-01

Brief Summary

This study evaluates a fenretinide phospholipid suspension for the treatment of small cell lung cancer (SCLC).

Detailed Description

Fenretinide has been shown to be a relatively safe and effective anticancer therapy; however, low fenretinide bioavailability and dose limiting toxicities due to excipients used in previous formulations has impeded its therapeutic utility. The product formulation in the current study (ST-001) is a phospholipid suspension of nanoparticle sized fenretinide. The current study is a Phase 1 trial in in relapsed/refractory small cell lung cancer to determine the safety profile, pharmacology, and maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of ST-001.

Conditions

Small Cell Lung Cancer

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NON_RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: SEQUENTIAL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Standard Phase 1a

During the Standard Phase 1a, three patients are enrolled into each dose level cohort and the three patients must be evaluated for cycle 1 toxicity before the decision can be made to open the next higher dose level.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Fenretinide

Intervention Type: DRUG

Intravenous administration

Expanded Phase 1b

Expansion of the dose-finding Phase 1a to determine the safety and maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of the investigative drug product (ST-001).

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Fenretinide

Intervention Type: DRUG

Intravenous administration

Interventions

Fenretinide

Intravenous administration

Intervention Type: DRUG

Fenretinide

Intravenous administration

Intervention Type: DRUG

Other Intervention Names

ST-001; ST-001

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Small cell lung cancer (SCLC).
• Patients must all have at least one measurable disease site using RECIST version 1.1 criteria.
• Patients must have had prior treatment with radiation therapy or with platinum-based chemotherapy ± immunotherapy with no limit on the number of prior systemic treatment regimens.
• Relapsed/refractory disease of any stage if incurable in nature, is eligible for enrollment.
• Minimum of 4 weeks must have elapsed since last systemic treatment or radiation therapy treatment (or 6 weeks for any nitrosourea-containing regimens), and patients must have recovered from all toxicity of last treatment and cleared the pharmacological agent(s) used previously.
• ECOG performance status 0-1 (Karnofsky ≥60%).
• Life expectancy greater than 6 months.
• Patients must have normal organ and marrow function.
• Triglyceride blood level (fasting) <300mg/dL at time of enrollment (normal: <150mg/dL; borderline high = 150-199mg/dL; high = 200-499mg/dL; very high = 500mg/dL or higher).
• Women of non-child bearing potential, that is women who have been menopausal or surgically sterile for more than 1 year, are eligible for enrolment in the study.
• Informed consent of the patient or a legal authorized representative (LAR) must be obtained prior to any study related procedures.

Exclusion Criteria

• Mixed SCLC/NSCLC tumors are not eligible. Pregnant or breastfeeding women cannot take part in this study. Patients who have had chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 4 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) prior to entering the study or those who have not recovered from adverse events due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier.
• Patients who are receiving any other investigational agents. SCLC patients with history of CNS metastasis may be included if CNS disease is asymptomatic and controlled without progression at least 4 weeks after treatment with radiotherapy, and patient is either no longer taking corticosteroids or on a stable dose of corticosteroids.
• History of allergic reactions or sensitivity to retinoids or to any excipients of ST-001.
• Patients who require concurrent treatment with drugs that are strong CYP3A inducers are excluded from the trial.
• Patients who require concurrent treatment with drugs that are strong to moderate CYP3A inhibitors are excluded from the trial.
• Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure (NY heart classification III/IV), unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, QTc interval >450 milliseconds for men and >460 milliseconds for women on baseline triplicate ECG, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
• HIV-positive patients on combination antiretroviral therapy are ineligible. Patients with any active hepatitis infections. Presence of nyctalopia (night blindness), or hemeralopia (defective vision in a bright light, 'day blindness') at enrollment, or any other retinal, ophthalmological condition (e.g.: retinitis pigmentosa, choroidoretinitis and xerophthalmia), and glaucoma.
• History of solid tumor malignancy other than the diseases under study, diagnosed within the last three (3) years of study enrollment, excluding adequately treated basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, or in situ cervical cancer, in situ breast cancer, in situ prostate cancer (patients must have shown no evidence of active disease for 2 years prior to enrollment).

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

Sponsors

SciTech Development, Inc.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Ali Moiin, MD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

SciTech Development, Inc.

Locations

University of Southern California

Los Angles, California, United States

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

United States

Central Contacts

Louis M Scarmoutzos, Ph.D.

Role: CONTACT

lou@scitechdevelopment.com

617-283-2182

Other Identifiers

ST-001-020

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id