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Tests APG-2449 safety in adults with advanced solid tumors

Tests the new pill APG-2449 in adults with advanced solid cancers.

Key facts

Who runs it
Ascentage Pharma Group Inc.
Where
Beijing, Changsha, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Wuhan, and Zhengzhou, ChinaSee the 9 sites
Trial code
Registry title
APG-2449 in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors
Status
Recruiting
Phase
Phase 1
People taking part
165 people, planned
Started
27 May 2019
Expected to end
Jan 2028
Type of study
Interventional
Treatments tested
  • APG-2449
Record updated
23 July 2026

Who can take part

AI summary

From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.

The trial is looking for adults with advanced solid tumors, including non-small cell lung cancer with ALK/ROS1 gene fusion, mesothelioma, esophageal cancer or ovarian cancer, to test the pill APG-2449.

Age
18 years or older
Sex
All sexes can join
Disease stage
Advanced solid tumors. Lung cancer (non-small cell) with ALK/ROS1 gene fusion, malignant pleural mesothelioma, esophageal cancer or ovarian cancer. At least 1 measurable tumor lesion.
Earlier treatment
In one lung cancer group, the cancer must have progressed on, or not been tolerated with, earlier TKI therapy. In another group, people have not had TKI therapy. No other cancer therapy within 28 days and no TKI therapy within 8 days before the first dose.
Biomarker or test result
Lung cancer with ALK/ROS1 gene fusion. In one group, pFAK expression of about 10 or above.

Main reasons for not taking part

  • Other anti-cancer therapy within 28 days, or TKI therapy within 8 days, before the first dose
  • Difficulty swallowing or absorbing a pill
  • Obvious history of cardiovascular disease
  • Active symptomatic infection, such as active HIV or hepatitis B or C
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding

The registry criteria, word for word

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Who can take part

  • Dose exploration stage: non-small cell lung cancer diagnosed by histology and/or cytology and positive for ALK/ROS1 gene fusion (molecular diagnosis confirmed by the investigator) and malignant pleural mesothelioma, esophageal cancer and ovarian cancer. Kind of patients with advanced tumors; Expansion stage: cohort 1, patients with non-small cell lung cancer who have progressed or are intolerant to TKI therapy, including patients with second-generation ALK TKI, or either ROS1 TKI, or third-generation ALK inhibitor (lorlatinib, etc.) with pFAK expression (pFAK expression is subject to central laboratory results) of about 10 or above; Cohort 2, TKI-naïve patients with ALK/ROS1 fusion gene positive NSCLC. The molecular diagnosis results of the above patients can be confirmed by the investigator
  • ECOG Performance Status ≤ 1
  • Expectation of life ≥ 3 months
  • According to RECIST version 1.1, there is at least 1 measurable lesion
  • Adequate hematologic and bone marrow functions
  • Adequate renal and liver function
  • Normal cardiac function
  • Brain metastases with clinically controlled neurologic symptoms
  • Serum pregnancy test results of women of childbearing age were negative within 7 days before taking the first dose of study drug
  • Men, women of childbearing age (postmenopausal women must have been menopausal for at least 12 months before they can be considered infertile) and their partners voluntarily take the study drug for at least 30 days after signing the informed consent form and taking the study drug as deemed effective by the investigator Contraceptive measures
  • Ability to understand and willingness to sign a written informed consent form
  • Subjects must be willing and able to complete the research procedures and follow-up inspections
  • Subjects are required to provide fresh (for recurrent subjects only) or archived tumor tissue samples from within 28 days prior to treatment. If none of these specimens are available, they may be included after consultation with the sponsor
  • Subjects should provide fresh biopsy tumor tissue specimens prior to treatment

Who cannot take part

  • Receiving concurrent anti-cancer therapy (chemotherapy, radiotherapy, immunotherapy, biologic therapy); or any investigational therapy within 28 days prior to the first dose of study drug
  • Receiving TKI therapy within 8 days prior to the first dose of study drug
  • Continuance of toxicities due to prior therapy that do not recover (CTCAE V5.0 Grade> 1)
  • Failure to recover adequately, as judged by the investigator, from prior surgical procedures. Patients who have had major surgery within 28 days from study entry, and patients who have had minor surgery within 14 days of study entry
  • Subjects who have used CYP3A4, CYP2C9, or CYP2C19 moderately potent inhibitors or moderately potent inducers 1 week before receiving the study drug for the first time
  • Subjects who used CYP3A4 substrates and narrow treatment window 1 week before the first study drug
  • Has difficulty in swallowing, absorbing barrier, or other diseases blocking APG-2449' taken
  • Obvious cardiovascular disease history
  • Active symptomatic fungal, bacterial and/or viral infection including, but not limited to, active human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or viral hepatitis (B or C)
  • Known allergies to study drug ingredients or their analogs
  • According to the judgment of the investigator or sponsor, any symptoms or disease of the subject may endanger its safety or interfere with the safety assessment of the study drug
  • Female subjects who are pregnant or breastfeeding, or expecting to become pregnant during the study period

Where in China

  • Beijing Cancer HospitalBeijing, ChinaContact: Jun Zhao, M.D.Taking people
  • Hunan Provincial Oncology HospitalChangsha, ChinaContact: Jianhua Chen, ProfessorTaking people
  • Fujian Cancer HospitalFuzhou, ChinaContact: Wu Zhuang, Ph.DNot yet recruiting
  • Fujian Medical University Union HospitalFuzhou, ChinaContact: Xiaoyan Lin, Ph.DNot yet recruiting
  • Sun Yat-sen University Cancer CenterGuangzhou, ChinaContact: LI ZHANG, ProfessorTaking people
  • The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen UniversityGuangzhou, ChinaContact: Yubiao Guo, ProfessorTaking people
  • Zhejiang Provincial Oncology HospitalHangzhou, ChinaContact: Yiping Zhang, ProfessorTaking people
  • Union Hospital medical college Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan, ChinaContact: Gang Wu, ProfessorTaking people
  • Henan Provincial Oncology HospitalZhengzhou, ChinaContact: Yanqiu Zhao, ProfessorTaking people

About the trial

What the trial wants to find out

APG-2449 is a novel, orally active, multi-targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor, which inhibits FAK, ALK, and ROS1 with nanomolar potencies. In preclinical studies, APG-2449 demonstrated potent antiproliferative activity in various cancer cell lines as a single agent. In combination treatment, APG-2449 enhanced anti-proliferative activities of several chemotherapeutic and targeted agents. It is indicated that APG-2449 may have a broad therapeutic potential for the treatment of human cancer as a single agent and in combination with other classes of anticancer drugs. APG-2449 is intended for the treatment of patients with advanced solid tumors. Upon completion of the Phase 1 dose escalation study to establish the maximum tolerated dose (MTD), dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs), and/or recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D), several phase Ib/II studies will be implemented accordingly.

The group in the trial

  • APG-2449Treatment being tested

    APG-2449 will be explored sequentially using a standard 3+3 escalation scheme at the dose escalation phase and up to 30-40 patient at the MTD/RP2D dose level.

Questions to ask the study team

  1. How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
  2. Are travel costs paid?
  3. Can I keep my own doctor?
  4. What happens if I want to stop?

Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations

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Data and sources

Registry record
Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Official title
A Phase I Study of the Safety, Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Properties of Orally Administered APG-2449 in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors
Plain-language title
Tests APG-2449 safety in adults with advanced solid tumorsGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
Record updated
23 July 2026