NCT06858813RecruitingPhase 1
A Study to Assess Adverse Events and Change in Disease Activity of Intravenously (IV) Infused ABBV-324 in Adult Participants With Hepatocellular Cancer (HCC) or Squamous-Cell Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (LUSC)
A Phase 1 First-in-Human Study Evaluating Safety, Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy of ABBV 324 in Adults With Hepatocellular Cancer or Squamous Cell Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 22 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
HCC is a common cancer worldwide and a leading cause of cancer-related death. Lung cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in the world, and the leading cause of cancer deaths. The purpose of this study is to assess adverse events and change in disease activity when ABBV-324 is given to adult participants to treat hepatocellular cancer (HCC) or squamous-cell non-small cell lung cancer (LUSC). ABBV-324 is an investigational drug being developed for the treatment of HCC and LUSC. Study doctors put the participants in groups called arms. Each arm receives ABBV-324 alone (monotherapy) or a comparator drug, lenvatinib followed by a safety follow-up period. Approximately 232 HCC or LUSC will be enrolled in the study in approximately 45 sites worldwide. In the dose escalation stage participants will be treated with increasing intravenous (IV) doses of ABBV-324 until the dose reached is tolerable and expected to be efficacious. In the dose optimization stage participants will receive ABBV-324, or a comparator of oral lenvatinib. The study will run for a duration of approximately 6.5 years. There may be higher treatment burden for participants in this trial compared to their standard of care. Participants will attend regular visits during the study at an approved institution (hospital or clinic). The effect of the treatment will be frequently checked by medical assessments, blood tests, questionnaires and side effects.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 1
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 232 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 28 Feb 2025
- Start date
- 14 Apr 2025
- Primary completion date
- Sept 2030
- Lead sponsor
- AbbVie
- NCT number
- NCT06858813
- EU CT number
- 2024-518012-39-00
- EudraCT number
- 2024-518012-39
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 1
- Planned participants: 232
- From 14 Apr 2025 to the primary completion date, Sept 2030
- 22 sites in 7 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
- Unresolved clinically significant adverse events (AEs) \> Grade 1 from prior anticancer therapy except for alopecia.
- History of interstitial lung disease (ILD) or pneumonitis that required treatment with systemic steroids, or any evidence of active ILD or pneumonitis on screening chest computed tomography (CT) scan.
- Must have discontinued anticancer therapy with antineoplastic intent including chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, biologic, or any investigational therapy within 14 days or 5 half lives of the drug (whichever is shorter) prior to the first dose of ABBV-324. Palliative radiation therapy for bone, skin or subcutaneous metastases with 10 fractions or less is permitted and not participant to a washout period.
Other illness
- Untreated brain or meningeal metastases (i.e., participants with history of metastases are eligible provided they do not require ongoing steroid treatment for cerebral edema and have shown clinical and radiographic stability for at least 14 days after definitive therapy). Participants may continue with antiepileptic therapy if required.
- History of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, organizing pneumonia (e.g., bronchiolitis obliterans), drug-induced pneumonitis, or idiopathic pneumonitis.
- History of clinically significant, intercurrent lung-specific illnesses including, but not limited to:
- Underlying pulmonary disorder (i.e., pulmonary emboli within 3 months of the study enrollment, severe asthma, severe COPD, restrictive lung disease, pleural effusion, dependence on supplemental oxygen, etc.).
- Any autoimmune, connective tissue or inflammatory disorders with documented or suspicious pulmonary involvement at Screening.
Who the study is looking for
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1.
- Hepatocellular cancer (HCC) only: Child-Pugh A classification within 7 days before Cycle 1, Day 1 dosing.
- Laboratory values meeting the criteria outlined in the protocol.
- QT interval corrected for heart rate (QTc) \< 470 msec (using Fridericia's correction), no Grade 3 arrythmia, and no other clinically significant cardiac abnormalities.
- Measurable disease per RECIST version 1.1.
- Part 1 and Part 2 - participants with HCC meeting the following disease activity criteria:
- Locally advanced or metastatic and/or unresectable HCC with diagnosis confirmed by histology or cytology. Participants with fibrolamellar HCC, sarcomatoid HCC, or mixed cholangiocarcinoma/HCC are not eligible to enroll.
- Disease that is not amenable to surgical and/or locoregional therapies, or progressive disease after surgical and/or locoregional therapies. For participants who progressed after locoregional therapy for HCC, locoregional therapy must have been completed \>= 28 days prior to baseline scan for the current study.
- Part 1: Failure of at least 1 prior systemic treatment for HCC.
- Part 2: Failure of at least 1 prior systemic treatment consisting of an immune checkpoint inhibitor (CPI) containing regimen for HCC, including but not limited to, atezolizumab in combination with bevacizumab or tremelimumab in combination with durvalumab. Note: Participants who have received prior lenvatinib will not be eligible for Part 2.
- Part 1 only - participants with squamous-cell non-small cell lung cancer (LUSC) meeting the following disease activity criteria:
- Advanced or metastatic LUSC that is not amenable to surgical resection.
- Must have failed at least 1 prior line of therapy that included at least platinum-based chemotherapy and an immune CPI, and/or an appropriate targeted therapy (if applicable), or is not suitable for other approved therapeutic options that have demonstrated clinical benefit at the judgment of the investigator. Participants should have no more than 2 lines of prior cytotoxic chemotherapy excluding neoadjuvant and/or adjuvant. Participants who are intolerant of standard therapy are eligible.
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (22)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nanfang Hospital - Southern Medical University /ID# 276916 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Guangzhou | China | Recruiting |
| Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University /ID# 276917 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Shanghai | China | 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 |
| Rambam Health Care Campus /ID# 270604 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Haifa | Israel | Recruiting |
| Hadassah Medical Center-Hebrew University /ID# 271235 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Jerusalem | Israel | Recruiting |
| Rabin Medical Center. /ID# 271236 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Petah Tikva | Israel | Recruiting |
| National Cancer Center Hospital /ID# 270583 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chuo-Ku | Japan | Recruiting |
| Kansai Medical University Hospital /ID# 272884 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hirakata-shi | Japan | Recruiting |
| National Cancer Center Hospital East /ID# 270585 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kashiwa-shi | Japan | Recruiting |
| Fdi Clinical Research /ID# 272960 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Juan | Puerto Rico | Completed |
| National Taiwan University Hospital /ID# 270593 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Taipei | Taiwan | Recruiting |
| University of Chicago Medical Center /ID# 270517 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chicago | United States | Recruiting |
| City of Hope National Medical Center /ID# 270526 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Duarte | United States | Recruiting |
| City of Hope - Orange County Lennar Foundation Cancer Center /ID# 276120 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Irvine | United States | Recruiting |
| USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center /ID# 271573 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Los Angeles | United States | Recruiting |
| SCRI Oncology Partners /ID# 272750 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nashville | United States | Recruiting |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center /ID# 271228 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New York | United States | Recruiting |
| University Of California Irvine Medical Center /ID# 270507 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Orange | United States | Recruiting |
| Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center /ID# 276269 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Philadelphia | United States | Recruiting |
| UCLA - Santa Monica /ID# 275995 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Santa Monica | United States | Recruiting |
| Washington University /ID# 275757 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | St Louis | United States | Recruiting |
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