Tests AZD9793 in adults with advanced solid tumours that are GPC3-positive
Tests AZD9793, an antibody treatment, in adults with GPC3-positive solid tumours.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- AstraZeneca
- Where
- Pokfulam and Shatin, Hong KongSee the 2 sitesAlso in 6 other countries, 18 sites
- Trial code
- Registry title
- First in Human Study to Evaluate AZD9793 in Participants With Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumours
- Status
- Recruiting
- Phase
- Phase 1/2
- People taking part
- 304 people, planned
- Started
- 27 Mar 2025
- Expected to end
- 30 Jun 2028
- Type of study
- Interventional, 4 groups
- Treatments tested
- AZD9793 Intravenous (IV) monotherapy
- AZD9793 Subcutaneous (SC) monotherapy
- Record updated
- 14 October 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 or spread liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma) whose tumour is GPC3 positive, to test the new antibody AZD9793.
- Age
- 18 years or older
- Sex
- All sexes can join.
- Disease stage
- Advanced, recurrent, spread or inoperable hepatocellular carcinoma proven by tissue examination. BCLC stage B (not able to have local treatment) or stage C. Child-Pugh class A. At least one measurable lesion (RECIST v1.1). ECOG performance status 0-1. Expected life span of at least 12 weeks.
- Earlier treatment
- Part A: at least one earlier standard systemic treatment for liver cancer. Part B: no more than one earlier systemic treatment for advanced or spread disease. CAR-T cell therapy in the last 6 months is not allowed.
- Biomarker or test result
- GPC3 positive tumour, shown by a central laboratory test (IHC assay). People who had GPC3-targeted therapy need new GPC3 testing on tumour tissue taken after that therapy.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Unresolved side effects of grade 2 or higher from earlier cancer treatment
- Serious cytokine release syndrome or neurotoxicity after earlier T cell engager or CAR-T therapy
- Active or earlier autoimmune or inflammatory disease within 3 years
- Active HIV or uncontrolled active infection
- Spread to the brain or other brain disease within 3 months before consent
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Age ≥ 18 at the time of signing the informed consent
- GPC3 positive tumour as determined by a central laboratory using an analytically validated IHC assay. Patients who previously received any therapy targeting GPC3 must undergo central laboratory GPC3 testing on tumour tissue collected after completion of the prior GPC3-targeted therapy
- Must have at least one measurable lesion according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) v1.1
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance status (ECOG PS): 0-1 at screening
- Predicted life expectancy of ≥ 12 weeks
- Adequate organ and bone marrow function measured within 28 days prior to first dose as defined by the protocol
- Contraceptive use by men or women should be consistent with local regulations, as defined by the protocol
- Confirmed advanced recurrent and/or metastatic and/or unresectable HCC, which is histopathologically proven based on the criteria established by the World Health Organization
- Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) stage B (that is not eligible for locoregional therapy) or stage C
- Child-Pugh Score class A
- Previous therapy:; Part A: Patients who have received at least one prior line of standard systemic therapy for HCC as per National Comprehensive Cancer Network or other local scientific guidelines and for which a clinical study is the best option for next treatment based on prior response and/or tolerability and/or patient/investigator decision; Part B: Patients must not have received more than one prior line of systemic therapy in the advanced recurrent and/or metastatic setting
Who cannot take part
- Prior to enrolment, participation in another clinical study with an investigational product administered in the last 21 days or 5 half-lives whichever is shorter
- CAR-T cell therapy within the last 6 months prior to enrolment on this study
- Requires chronic immunosuppressive therapy (including steroids > 10 mg prednisone/day or equivalent)
- Received radiation within 14 days prior to first dose of study treatment; palliative radiation to reduce the risk of tumour lysis syndrome (TLS) or CRS/neurotoxicity in participants with bulky disease is permitted
- Undergone a major surgical procedure within 14 days prior to first dose of study treatment days to allow adequate healing
- Experienced unacceptable cytokine release syndrome (CRS) or Immune Effector Cell Associated Neurotoxicity (ICANS) following prior T cell engagers (TCE) or chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cell therapy
- Previous history of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) / macrophage activation syndrome (MAS)
- Active or prior documented autoimmune or inflammatory disorders within 3 years of start of treatment
- History of thromboembolic event within the past 3 months prior to the scheduled first dose of study intervention
- Central nervous system (CNS) metastases or CNS pathology, as defined by the protocol, within 3 months prior to consent
- Known allergy or hypersensitivity to AZD9793 or any of the excipients of the product as outlined in the IB
- Cardiac conditions as defined by the protocol
- Infectious disease including active human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and uncontrolled active systemic fungal, bacterial or other infection
- Known fibrolamellar HCC, sarcomatoid HCC, or combined hepatocellular malignant cholangiocarcinoma
- Unresolved toxicity from prior anticancer therapy, including imAEs, of Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) Grade ≥ 2 except for vitiligo, peripheral neuropathy related to prior anti-cancer therapy, alopecia, endocrine disorders that are controlled with replacement hormone therapy and asymptomatic laboratory abnormalities
Where in Hong Kong
Also in 6 other countries, 18 sites
- PokfulamHospital not named in the registryTaking people
- ShatinHospital not named in the registryTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
This research is designed to determine if experimental treatment with AZD9793, a T cell-engaging antibody that targets GPC3, is safe, tolerable and has anti-cancer activity in patients with advanced or metastatic solid tumours which are GPC3+.
The 4 groups in the trial
- Module 1: AZD9793 Intravenous (IV) monotherapy Part ATreatment being tested
Module 1: AZD9793 Intravenous (IV) monotherapy Part A: Dose Escalation
Treatment: AZD9793 Intravenous (IV) monotherapy
- Module 2: AZD9793 Subcutaneous (SC) monotherapy Part ATreatment being tested
Module 2: AZD9793 Subcutaneous (SC) monotherapy Part A: Dose Escalation
Treatment: AZD9793 Subcutaneous (SC) monotherapy
- Module 1: AZD9793 Intravenous (IV) monotherapy Part BTreatment being tested
Module 1: AZD9793 Intravenous (IV) monotherapy Part B: Dose Expansion
Treatment: AZD9793 Intravenous (IV) monotherapy
- Module 2: AZD9793 Subcutaneous (SC) monotherapy Part BTreatment being tested
Module 2: AZD9793 Subcutaneous (SC) monotherapy Part B: Dose Expansion
Treatment: AZD9793 Subcutaneous (SC) monotherapy
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov and on the EU's official list of trials (CTIS).
- Official title
- A Modular Phase I/II Open-label Dose Escalation and Dose Expansion Study to Evaluate the Safety, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Efficacy of AZD9793, a T Cell-engaging Antibody Targeting Glypican-3 (GPC3) in Adult Participants With Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumours (RHEA-1)
- Plain-language title
- Tests AZD9793 in adults with advanced solid tumours that are GPC3-positiveGenerated 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
- 14 October 2026