Tests BNT329 safety in adults with advanced solid tumors expressing CA19-9
Tests investigational drug BNT329 in adults with advanced solid cancers expressing CA19-9.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- BioNTech SE
- Where
- Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, and Sutton, United KingdomSee the 5 sitesAlso in 4 other countries, 13 sites
- Trial code
- Registry title
- A Clinical Trial to Test if the Investigational Drug BNT329 is Safe and Potentially Beneficial for People With Advanced Solid Tumors Known to Express the Tumor Marker CA19-9
- Status
- Recruiting
- Phase
- Phase 1/2
- People taking part
- 245 people, planned
- Started
- 18 Nov 2025
- Expected to end
- May 2030
- Type of study
- Interventional, 4 groups
- Treatments tested
- BNT329
- CA19-9-targeting monoclonal antibody
- Record updated
- 15 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 solid cancers known to make the marker CA19-9, who have no standard treatment left that is likely to help.
- Age
- 18 years or older.
- Sex
- All sexes can join.
- Disease stage
- Advanced or metastatic cancer confirmed under the microscope, of a type known to make CA19-9. These include pancreatic, bile duct, bladder and urinary tract, colorectal, esophagogastric junction, stomach, endometrial and ovarian cancers. One part is only for pancreatic cancer (PDAC) that has grown on scans. Disease must be measurable. Performance score 0 to 1 and life expectancy of 3 months or more.
- Earlier treatment
- People must have had all available standard treatments, including targeted therapies based on mutation status, and at least first-line standard treatment did not work. No standard treatment likely to help must remain. There must be enough time since earlier cancer treatment.
- Biomarker or test result
- The cancer must be a type known to express CA19-9. The record does not name a specific test result.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Taking part in another investigational study
- Steroids above 10 mg/day prednisone or similar, or other immune-suppressing treatment, in the 2 weeks before the first dose
- Live vaccine in the 4 weeks before the first dose
- Brain metastases or spinal cord compression, unless without symptoms or treated and stable
- Lung inflammation (interstitial lung disease or pneumonitis), now or in the past needing steroids
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- All participants and parts:
- Have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance score of 0 to 1
- Have measurable disease per RECIST v1.1, except for ovarian cancer where participants will be evaluated according to Gynecologic Cancer InterGroup criteria
- Have a life expectancy of ≥3 months in the opinion of the investigator
- Have adequate organ, coagulation, and hematologic function as defined in the protocol; Parts A, B, and C:
- Have a histologically confirmed advanced/metastatic tumor type that is known to express CA19-9: PDAC, carcinoma of the bile ducts, invasive urothelial carcinoma of the bladder and urinary tract, colorectal adenocarcinoma, adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction, gastric adenocarcinoma, endometrial carcinoma, and epithelial ovarian cancer (including adenocarcinoma of the fallopian tube and peritoneal epithelial cancer [except mesothelioma])
- Have no available standard of care therapy likely to confer clinical benefit in the opinion of the investigator. Participants must have received all available standard therapies, including targeted therapies based on mutation status (per guidelines from the Food and Drug Administration, American Society of Clinical Oncology, European Society for Medical Oncology, or local guidelines used at the site), and failed at least first-line standard of care therapy prior to enrollment; Part D:
- Have a histologically confirmed diagnosis of PDAC
- Must have been offered all available standard therapies including targeted therapies based on mutation status. Established second-line therapies available must not be withheld
- Have radiographic disease progression and no available standard of care therapy likely to confer clinical benefit in the opinion of the investigator
Who cannot take part
- Have had an inadequate washout period for prior anticancer treatment prior to the first dose of investigational medicinal product (IMP) as defined in the protocol
- Have received systemic steroids (>10 mg/day of prednisone or its equivalent) or other immunosuppressive therapy within 2 weeks prior to the first dose of IMP. The following are exceptions to this criterion:; Inhaled sprays, topical steroids, or local steroid injections (e.g., intra-articular injection); Systemic steroids at physiological doses as replacement therapy (e.g., physiological corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency); Steroids as pre-medication for hypersensitivity reactions (e.g., computed tomography (CT) scan pre-medication)
- Have received any live vaccine within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of IMP or intend to receive a live vaccine during the study
- Have brain metastases or spinal cord compression unless asymptomatic or treated and stable off steroids and anticonvulsants for at least 2 weeks prior to the first dose of IMP
- Have an active infection that requires systemic therapy within 1 week prior to the first dose of IMP. Participants receiving prophylactic anti-infective therapy (e.g., to prevent a urinary tract infection or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation) may be eligible after discussion with the sponsor
- Have unresolved toxicities from previous anticancer therapy as defined in the protocol; NOTE: Other protocol defined inclusion/exclusion criteria apply
- Have a history of (noninfectious) interstitial lung disease (ILD)/pneumonitis that required steroids, current ILD/pneumonitis, or where suspected ILD/pneumonitis cannot be ruled out by imaging at screening
- Have active gastric and duodenal ulcers, ulcerative colitis, or other gastrointestinal conditions that may cause bleeding or perforation in the opinion of the treating investigator
- All participants and parts:
- Are enrolled in another investigational study or are subject to exclusion periods from another investigational study
Where in United Kingdom
Also in 4 other countries, 13 sites
- St James's University HospitalLeeds, United KingdomTaking people
- Royal Free HospitalLondon, United KingdomTaking people
- The Christie NHS Foundation TrustManchester, United KingdomTaking people
- Northern Centre for Cancer ResearchNewcastle upon Tyne, United KingdomTaking people
- The Royal Marsden HospitalSutton, United KingdomTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The main goal of this study is to evaluate the safety of BNT329 and to identify the best dose of BNT329. This will be done by measuring the number of side effects that participants experience and how severe they are.
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The second goal of this study is to evaluate how well BNT329 works. This will be done by measuring the number of participants who respond to the treatment. The length of time where the tumor does not grow or spread will also be measured.
The study will also evaluate how BNT329 moves into, through, and out of the body and how the treatment affects the body.
The 4 groups in the trial
- Dose Escalation - Part ATreatment being tested
BNT329 administered once every 3 weeks at protocol-defined dose levels
Treatment: BNT329
- Dose Escalation - Part BTreatment being tested
BNT329 administered once every 2 weeks at protocol-defined dose levels
Treatment: BNT329
- Dose Escalation: Part CTreatment being tested
BNT329 administered after pre-dosing with a CA19-9 targeting monoclonal antibody
Treatment: BNT329 and CA19-9-targeting monoclonal antibody
- Dose Expansion - Part DTreatment being tested
Participants will be randomized to one of two arms evaluating two different doses as selected from Parts A, B, and/or C
Treatment: BNT329
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
- First-in-human, Open-label, Multi-site, Phase I/IIa, Dose Escalation Trial With Expansion Cohorts to Evaluate Safety and Preliminary Efficacy of BNT329 in Participants With Advanced Solid Tumors Known to Express CA19-9
- Plain-language title
- Tests BNT329 safety in adults with advanced solid tumors expressing CA19-9Generated 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
- 15 October 2026