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NCT05081609Active, not recruitingPhase 1/2

A Study to Investigate Safety and Tolerability of TransCon IL-2 β/γ Alone or in Combination With Pembrolizumab and/or TransCon TLR7/8 Agonist or Other Anticancer Therapies in Adult Participants With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumor Malignancies

IL Believe: A Phase 1/2, Open-label, Dose Escalation and Dose Expansion Study to Investigate the Safety and Tolerability of TransCon IL-2 β/γ Alone or in Combination With Pembrolizumab, TransCon TLR7/8 Agonist, or Other Anticancer Therapies, in Adult Participants With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumor Malignancies

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 13 Oct 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

TransCon IL-2 β/γ is an investigational drug being developed for treatment of locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors. This is a first-in-human, open-label, Phase 1/2, dose escalation and dose expansion study of TransCon IL-2 β/γ as monotherapy or in combination therapy in adult participants with advanced or metastatic solid tumors. Given the unique PK profile enabled by the TransCon technology, TransCon IL-2 β/γ presents the opportunity to enhance the therapeutic index of current IL-2 therapy.

Status (registry)
Active, not recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 1/2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
320 (actual)
First submitted
5 Oct 2021
Start date
11 Jan 2022
Primary completion date
31 Aug 2027
Lead sponsor
Ascendis Pharma Oncology Division A/S
NCT number
NCT05081609
EU CT number
2023-509143-27-00
EudraCT number
2022-001191-34

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 1/2
  • Participants enrolled: 320
  • From 11 Jan 2022 to the primary completion date, 31 Aug 2027
  • 60 sites in 10 countries
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.

Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Participants who have been previously treated with IL-2 or IL-2 variants (all participants)
  • Systemic immunosuppressive treatment with the exception for patients on corticosteroid taper (for example, for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation).
  • Vaccination with live, attenuated vaccines within 4 weeks of C1D1
  • Treatment with any other anti-cancer systemic treatment (approved or investigational) or radiation therapy within 4 weeks of C1D1

Other illness

  • Active autoimmune diseases, regardless of need for immunosuppressive treatment, with the exception of participants well controlled on physiologic endocrine replacement
  • Any uncontrolled bacterial, fungal, viral, or other infection
  • Significant cardiac disease
  • Positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or has known active hepatitis B or C infection
  • Known hypersensitivity to any study treatment(s) used in the specific study part/cohort
  • Part 3: Other active malignancies within the last 2 years

Lab values

  • A marked clinically significant baseline prolongation of QT/QTc interval (e.g., repeated demonstration of a QTc interval \>480 ms) \[CTCAE Grade 1\]) using Fridericia's QT correction formula
  • Women who are breastfeeding or have a positive serum pregnancy test during screening

Other

  • Symptomatic central nervous system metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis

Who the study is looking for

  • At least 18 years of age, or country defined local legal age
  • Demonstrated adequate organ function at screening
  • Life expectancy \>12 weeks as determined by the Investigator
  • Female and male participants of childbearing potential who are sexually active must agree to use highly effective methods of contraception
  • Participants must have histologically confirmed locally advanced, recurrent, or metastatic solid tumor malignancies that cannot be treated with curative intent (surgery or radiotherapy), with the exception of the neoadjuvant cohorts
  • Part 1 and Part 2: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0, 1, or 2
  • Part 3 and Part 4: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 or 1
  • Participants who have undergone treatment with anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti-cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein (CTLA-4) antibody must have a washout of at least 4 weeks from the last dose and evidence of disease progression per investigator assessment before Cycle 1 Day 1 (C1D1) with the exception of the neoadjuvant cohorts
  • Participants who have previously received an immunotherapy prior to C1D1 must have any immune-related toxicities resolved to ≤Grade 1 or baseline (prior to the immunotherapy) to be eligible, with the exception of participants on well controlled physiologic endocrine replacement
  • Part 3: Neoadjuvant cohorts: participants must have completely resectable disease

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (60)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site
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AdelaideAustraliaUnknown status
Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site
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BrisbaneAustraliaUnknown status
Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site
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FrankstonAustraliaUnknown status
Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site
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SouthportAustraliaUnknown status
Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site
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Toorak GardensAustraliaUnknown status
Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site
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WaratahAustraliaUnknown status
GasthuisZusters Antwerpen
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AntwerpBelgiumCompleted
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MontrealCanadaUnknown status
Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site
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TorontoCanadaUnknown status
Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron
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BarcelonaSpainActive, not recruiting
Hospital Quirónsalud Barcelona
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BarcelonaSpainActive, not recruiting
Instituto Oncologico Dr. Rosell S.L.
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BarcelonaSpainActive, not recruiting
Institut Catala D'oncologia
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L'Hospitalet de LlobregatSpainActive, not recruiting
Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre
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MadridSpainActive, not recruiting
Clinica Universidad de Navarra
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MadridSpainActive, not recruiting
Hospital Universitario de la Princesa
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MadridSpainActive, not recruiting
Hospital Universitario HM Sanchinarro
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MadridSpainActive, not recruiting
Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz
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MadridSpainActive, not recruiting
Hospital Universitario Regional de Málaga
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MálagaSpainActive, not recruiting
University Clinical Hospital Virgen De La Arrixaca
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MurciaSpainActive, not recruiting
Hospital Universitario Central De Asturias
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OviedoSpainActive, not recruiting
Clínica Universidad de navarra
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PamplonaSpainActive, not recruiting
Hospital Universitario Virgen De La Macarena
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SevillaSpainActive, not recruiting
Hospital Universitario Virgen De Valme
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SevillaSpainActive, not recruiting
Hospital General Universitario de Valencia
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ValenciaSpainActive, not recruiting
Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología
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ValenciaSpainActive, not recruiting
Azienda Unita' Sanitaria Locale Toscana Nord Ovest
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CamaioreItalyCompleted
Istituto Di Candiolo Fondazione Del Piemonte Per Loncologia IRCCS
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CandioloItalyCompleted
Azienda Ospedaliera Santa Croce E Carle
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CuneoItalyCompleted
Careggi University Hospital
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FlorenceItalyCompleted
Azienda USL Toscana Sud Est
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GrossetoItalyCompleted
Azienda Unita' Sanitaria Locale Toscana Nord Ovest
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LeghornItalyCompleted
Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori "Dino Amadori" - IRST S.r.l
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MeldolaItalyCompleted
Fondazione IRCCS - Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori
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MilanItalyCompleted
European Institute Of Oncology S.r.l.
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MilanItalyCompleted
Azienda Ospedaliero - Universitaria di Modena
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ModenaItalyCompleted
Istituto Oncologico Veneto
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PadovaItalyCompleted
Fondazione Luigi Maria Monti
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RomeItalyCompleted
Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Citta Della Salute E Della Scienza Di Torino
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TurinItalyCompleted
Centro Ricerche Cliniche di Verona s.r.l.
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VeronaItalyCompleted
Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site
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Seongnam-siSouth KoreaUnknown status
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SeoulSouth KoreaUnknown status
Krakowskie Centrum Medyczne Sp. z o.o.
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CracowPolandCompleted
Med Polonia Sp z o.o.
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PoznanPolandCompleted
Narodowy Instytut Onkologii im Marii Sklodowskiej Curie Panstwowy Instytut Badawczy
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WarsawPolandCompleted
Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site
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SingaporeSingaporeUnknown status
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TaipeiTaiwanUnknown status
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BostonUnited StatesUnknown status
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CantonUnited StatesUnknown status
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CincinnatiUnited StatesUnknown status
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HuntersvilleUnited StatesUnknown status
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Los AngelesUnited StatesUnknown status
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LouisvilleUnited StatesUnknown status
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MorristownUnited StatesUnknown status
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NashvilleUnited StatesUnknown status
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New YorkUnited StatesUnknown status
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Oklahoma CityUnited StatesUnknown status
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PittsburghUnited StatesUnknown status
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RichmondUnited StatesUnknown status
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SpringfieldUnited StatesUnknown status

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