NCT05592626RecruitingPhase 1/2
A Study of a Selective T Cell Receptor (TCR) Targeting, Bifunctional Antibody-fusion Molecule STAR0602 in Participants With Advanced Solid Tumors
A Phase 1/2, First-in-Human, Open-Label, Dose Escalation and Expansion Study of STAR0602, a Selective T Cell Receptor (TCR) Targeting, Bifunctional Antibody-fusion Molecule, in Subjects With Unresectable, Locally Advanced, or Metastatic Solid Tumors That Are Antigen-rich (START-001)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 11 Aug 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This is an open label, multicenter, phase 1/2 study to assess the safety/tolerability and preliminary clinical activity of STAR0602 as a single agent and in combination with chemotherapy administered intravenously in participants with advanced solid tumors that are antigen-rich.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 1/2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 366 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 13 Oct 2022
- Start date
- 4 Jan 2023
- Primary completion date
- Sept 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Marengo Therapeutics, Inc.
- Diseases
- Head and neck cancer, Bladder cancer, Melanoma, Endometrial cancer, Cervical cancer, Lung cancer, Colorectal cancer, Gastric and esophageal cancer
- NCT number
- NCT05592626
- EU CT number
- 2023-505334-10-01
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 1/2
- Planned participants: 366
- From 4 Jan 2023 to the primary completion date, Sept 2027
- 19 sites in 4 countries
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Major surgery or traumatic injury within 8 weeks before first dose of study drug.
- Unhealed wounds from surgery or injury.
- Treatment with \>10 mg per day of prednisone (or equivalent) or other immune-suppressive drugs within 7 days prior to the initiation of study drug. Exceptions may be made for patients who have had allergic reaction to iodinated contrast media. Steroids for topical, ophthalmic, inhaled, or nasal administration are allowed.
- Prior therapy within the following timeframe before planned infusion of STAR0602 as follows:
- Cytotoxic chemotherapy, small molecule inhibitors, radiation, interventional radiology procedure, or similar investigational therapies within ≤ 2 weeks or participants who have not recovered (i.e., ≤ Grade 1 or to baseline) from AEs due to a previously administered agent;
- Monoclonal antibodies, antibody-drug conjugates, radioimmunoconjugates, or similar investigational therapies within 6 weeks prior to the initiation of study drug or participants who have not recovered (i.e., ≤ Grade 1 or to baseline) from AEs due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier. Note: Participants with ≤ Grade 2 neuropathy or ≤ Grade 2 alopecia are an exception to this criterion and may qualify for the study.
- Active viral, bacterial, or systemic fungal infection requiring parenteral treatment within 7 days prior to the initiation of study drug.
- Vaccination with any live virus vaccine within 4 weeks prior to the initiation of study drug administration. Inactivated annual influenza vaccination is allowed.
- Hepatic metastases unless adequately treated, either locally (e.g., by surgery, radiofrequency ablation, or chemoembolization) or systemically or both, and stable for 3 months.
Other illness
- Participants with a history of known autoimmune disease with exceptions of:
- Vitiligo;
- Psoriasis, atopic dermatitis or other autoimmune skin condition not requiring systemic treatment;
- History of Graves' disease, now euthyroid for \> 4 weeks;
- Hypothyroidism managed by thyroid replacement;
- Alopecia;
- Arthritis managed without systemic therapy beyond oral nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
- Adrenal insufficiency well controlled on replacement therapy.
- Clinically significant cardiovascular/vascular disease, gastrointestinal disorders, inflammatory processes, pulmonary compromises
- Participants who are known to be human immunodeficiency virus positive or hepatitis B or C positive and have uncontrolled disease.
- Second primary invasive malignancy not in remission for ≥ 1 year. Exceptions include non-melanoma locally advanced skin cancer, cervical carcinoma in situ, localized prostate cancer (Gleason score ≤ 7), resected melanoma in situ, or any malignancy considered to be indolent and never required systemic therapy, with the exception of indolent lymphomas.
- Bulky disease defined as any lesion ≥ 5 cm in greatest dimension unless approved by the Sponsor.
Other
- Pregnant, likely to become pregnant, or lactating women (where pregnancy is defined as the state of a female after conception and until the termination of gestation).
Who the study is looking for
- Participants must have histologically confirmed solid tumors that are unresectable, locally advanced, or metastatic and for which standard curative therapies do not exist or are no longer effective or have intolerable toxicities. Participants should not have received more than three regimens of prior therapies for their advanced or metastatic diseases. For Phase 2 Cohorts 8 and 10 (see below), participants should not have received more than one line of prior therapy.
- For Phase 1, participants must have one of the following solid tumors:
- High mutational burden (TMB-H)
- Microsatellite Instability (MSI-H)/DNA mismatch repair (dMMR)
- Virally associated tumors
- Solid tumors generally considered as immunogenic (e.g., melanoma and renal cell carcinoma) are eligible without prior testing for TMB, MSI or viral status after the Sponsor's approval.
- For Phase 2, participants must have one of the following solid tumors:
- TMB-H (not enrolling)
- MSI-H/dMMR (not enrolling)
- CRC (both Ras wild type and mutant) (not enrolling)
- NSCLC (recurrent or Primary Stage 4)
- CRC with pMMR/MSS (without TMB-H requirement)
- (Other tumor histologies may also be included in Phase 2 as additional data emerge to support their inclusion.)
- Symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) metastases must have been treated, be asymptomatic for ≥ 14 days, and meet the following at the time of enrollment:
- No concurrent treatment for CNS disease (e.g., surgery, radiation, corticosteroids \> 10 mg prednisone/day or equivalent);
- No concurrent leptomeningeal disease or cord compression.
- Subjects who have previously received a CPI (e.g., anti-PD-L1, anti-PD-1, anti CTLA 4) prior to enrollment must have CPI immune-related toxicity resolved to either Grade ≤ 1 or baseline (prior to the CPI) to be eligible for enrollment.
- Subjects who experienced previous CPI-related endocrine abnormalities are eligible for the study regardless of CTCAE grade if well controlled on replacement therapy.
- Subjects who have had previous CPI-related Grade 3 to 4 pneumonitis, peri/myocarditis, colitis and bowel perforation, myositis, encephalitis, or peripheral neuropathy will need Sponsor approval.
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (19)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Toronto | Canada | Recruiting |
| Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Barcelona | Spain | Recruiting |
| START Madrid-FJD Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madrid | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario Quirónsalud Madrid Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madrid | Spain | Recruiting |
| Instituto de Investigacion Sanitaria, INCLIVA Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Valencia | Spain | Recruiting |
| Institute Gustave Roussy Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Villejuif | France | Recruiting |
| National Institutes of Health Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bethesda | United States | Recruiting |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Recruiting |
| AdventHealth Celebration Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Celebration | United States | Recruiting |
| The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Columbus | United States | Recruiting |
| Karmanos Cancer Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Detroit | United States | Recruiting |
| The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Houston | United States | Recruiting |
| The University of Kansas Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kansas City | United States | Recruiting |
| University of Wisconsin - Madison Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madison | United States | Recruiting |
| University of Miami - Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Miami | United States | Active, not recruiting |
| Sarah Cannon Research Institute Oncology Partners (SCRI-Nashville) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nashville | United States | Recruiting |
| UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sacramento | United States | Active, not recruiting |
| UT Health Mays Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Antonio | United States | Recruiting |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Seattle | United States | Active, not recruiting |
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