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
Sites (60)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Adelaide | Australia | Unknown status |
| Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Brisbane | Australia | Unknown status |
| Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Frankston | Australia | Unknown status |
| Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Southport | Australia | Unknown status |
| Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Toorak Gardens | Australia | Unknown status |
| Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Waratah | Australia | Unknown status |
| GasthuisZusters Antwerpen Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Antwerp | Belgium | Completed |
| Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Montreal | Canada | Unknown status |
| Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Toronto | Canada | Unknown status |
| Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Barcelona | Spain | Active, not recruiting |
| Hospital Quirónsalud Barcelona Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Barcelona | Spain | Active, not recruiting |
| Instituto Oncologico Dr. Rosell S.L. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Barcelona | Spain | Active, not recruiting |
| Institut Catala D'oncologia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | L'Hospitalet de Llobregat | Spain | Active, not recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madrid | Spain | Active, not recruiting |
| Clinica Universidad de Navarra Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madrid | Spain | Active, not recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario de la Princesa Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madrid | Spain | Active, not recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario HM Sanchinarro Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madrid | Spain | Active, not recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madrid | Spain | Active, not recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario Regional de Málaga Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Málaga | Spain | Active, not recruiting |
| University Clinical Hospital Virgen De La Arrixaca Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Murcia | Spain | Active, not recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario Central De Asturias Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Oviedo | Spain | Active, not recruiting |
| Clínica Universidad de navarra Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pamplona | Spain | Active, not recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario Virgen De La Macarena Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sevilla | Spain | Active, not recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario Virgen De Valme Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sevilla | Spain | Active, not recruiting |
| Hospital General Universitario de Valencia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Valencia | Spain | Active, not recruiting |
| Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Valencia | Spain | Active, not recruiting |
| Azienda Unita' Sanitaria Locale Toscana Nord Ovest Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Camaiore | Italy | Completed |
| Istituto Di Candiolo Fondazione Del Piemonte Per Loncologia IRCCS Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Candiolo | Italy | Completed |
| Azienda Ospedaliera Santa Croce E Carle Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cuneo | Italy | Completed |
| Careggi University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Florence | Italy | Completed |
| Azienda USL Toscana Sud Est Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Grosseto | Italy | Completed |
| Azienda Unita' Sanitaria Locale Toscana Nord Ovest Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Leghorn | Italy | Completed |
| Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori "Dino Amadori" - IRST S.r.l Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Meldola | Italy | Completed |
| Fondazione IRCCS - Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Milan | Italy | Completed |
| European Institute Of Oncology S.r.l. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Milan | Italy | Completed |
| Azienda Ospedaliero - Universitaria di Modena Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Modena | Italy | Completed |
| Istituto Oncologico Veneto Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Padova | Italy | Completed |
| Fondazione Luigi Maria Monti Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rome | Italy | Completed |
| Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Citta Della Salute E Della Scienza Di Torino Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Turin | Italy | Completed |
| Centro Ricerche Cliniche di Verona s.r.l. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Verona | Italy | Completed |
| Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Seongnam-si | South Korea | Unknown status |
| Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Seoul | South Korea | Unknown status |
| Krakowskie Centrum Medyczne Sp. z o.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cracow | Poland | Completed |
| Med Polonia Sp z o.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Poznan | Poland | Completed |
| Narodowy Instytut Onkologii im Marii Sklodowskiej Curie Panstwowy Instytut Badawczy Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Warsaw | Poland | Completed |
| Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Singapore | Singapore | Unknown status |
| Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Taipei | Taiwan | Unknown status |
| Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Unknown status |
| Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Canton | United States | Unknown status |
| Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cincinnati | United States | Unknown status |
| Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Huntersville | United States | Unknown status |
| Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Los Angeles | United States | Unknown status |
| Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Louisville | United States | Unknown status |
| Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Morristown | United States | Unknown status |
| Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nashville | United States | Unknown status |
| Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New York | United States | Unknown status |
| Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Oklahoma City | United States | Unknown status |
| Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pittsburgh | United States | Unknown status |
| Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Richmond | United States | Unknown status |
| Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Springfield | United States | Unknown status |
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