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Advanced Solid TumorsPhase 1NCT02936102

A Study of FAZ053 Single Agent and in Combination With PDR001 in Patients With Advanced Malignancies.

A Phase 1 study testing FAZ053 and PDR001 in people with Advanced Solid Tumors and Triple Negative Breast Cancer, run by Novartis Pharmaceuticals at 12 sites in 9 countries.

Terminated

Stopped early. The study ended before it was planned to and will not resume.

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Trial summary

The purpose of this "first-in-human" study of FAZ053 is to characterize the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics (PD) and antitumor activity of FAZ053 administered Intravenously (i.v.)as a single agent or in combination with PDR001 in adult patients with advanced solid tumors. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 100 years
What is being tested?
FAZ053 and PDR001
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
154 participants
Where
12 sitesin 9 countries
Study dates
20 Oct 2016to 22 Nov 2024
Phase
Phase 1
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 100 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Written informed consent prior to any procedure.
  • Dose escalation cohorts of FAZ053 single agent and FAZ053 in combination with PDR001: Patients with advanced/metastatic solid tumors with measurable or non-measurable disease as determined by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) version 1.1 who may or may not have received prior treatment with an immune checkpoint inhibitor, who have progressed despite standard therapy, or for whom no standard therapy is available.
  • Dose expansion groups of FAZ053 single agent: Patients with advanced/metastatic solid tumors with at least one measurable lesion as determined by RECIST version 1.1 who may or may not have received prior treatment with an immune checkpoint inhibitor (for FAZ053 single agent no treatment with an anti-PD-L1 inhibitor is permitted), who have progressed despite standard therapy, or for whom no standard therapy is available and fit into one of the following groups:
  • FAZ053 single agent: TNBC/ Chordoma/ ASPS
  • Performance Status (PS) ≤ 2:
  • Patient must have a site of disease amenable to biopsy and be a candidate for tumor biopsy according to the treating institution's guidelines. Patient must be willing to undergo a new tumor biopsy at screening/ baseline and during therapy on this study.

Who cannot join

  • Presence of symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) metastases or CNS metastases that require local CNS-directed therapy (e.g. radiotherapy or surgery) or increasing doses of corticosteroids within the prior 2 weeks. Patients with treated brain metastases should be neurologically stable (for 4 weeks post-treatment and prior to study enrollment) and off of steroids for at least 2 weeks before administration of any study treatment.
  • History of severe hypersensitivity to study treatment excipients and additives or other monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and/or their excipients.
  • Active, known or suspected autoimmune disease. Patients with vitiligo, residual hypothyroidism only requiring hormone replacement, psoriasis not requiring systemic treatment or conditions not expected to recur in the absence of an external trigger should not be excluded. Patients previously exposed to anti-PD-1/PD-L1 treatment who are adequately treated for skin rash or with replacement therapy for endocrinopathies should not be excluded.
  • Treatment with cytotoxic or targeted antineoplastics within 3 weeks of initiation of study treatment. For cytotoxic agents that have major delayed toxicity a washout period of one cycle is indicated (examples are nitrosoureas and mitomycin C which typically require a 6 week washout). Prior antibodies or immunotherapies require a 6 week washout.
  • Patients receiving systemic chronic steroid therapy or any immunosuppressive therapy (≥ 10mg/day prednisone or equivalent). Topical, inhaled, nasal and ophthalmic steroids are allowed.
  • Active infection requiring systemic antibiotic therapy.
  • Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply.

Trial locations and contacts

12 sites in 9 countries.

12 sites in 9 countries

United States2 sites
  • UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas, 77030

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Ctr

    New York, New York, 10065

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Italy2 sites
  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Milan, MI, 20133

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Modena, MO, 41124

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Spain2 sites
  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Barcelona, Catalonia, 08035

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Seville, Andalusia, 41013

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Canada1 site
  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2M9

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France1 site
  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Toulouse, 31059

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Israel1 site
  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Tel Aviv, 6423906

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Japan1 site
  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Koto Ku, Tokyo, 135 8550

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Singapore1 site
  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Singapore, 119074

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Taiwan1 site
  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Taipei, 10002

Other trials in Taiwan

About this study

Official title: A Phase I, Open-label, Multi-center Dose Escalation Study of FAZ053 as Single Agent and in Combination With PDR001 in Adult Patients With Advanced Malignancies

The purpose of this "first-in-human" study of FAZ053 is to characterize the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics (PD) and antitumor activity of FAZ053 administered Intravenously (i.v.)as a single agent or in combination with PDR001 in adult patients with advanced solid tumors.

By blocking the interaction between Programmed Death Ligand-1 (PD-L1) and its receptors, Programmed Death-1 (PD-1) and B7.1, FAZ053 inhibits the PD-L1 immune checkpoint, resulting in activation of an antitumor immune response by activating effector T-cells and inhibiting regulatory T-cells.

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This study has been designed as a Phase I, open-label, multi-center study with a dose escalation part of FAZ053 as single agent and in combination with PDR001, followed by a dose expansion part of FAZ053 as single agent.

FAZ053 will initially be dosed every three weeks. A less frequent dosing regimen such as every 6 weeks may be evaluated in parallel.

A patient may continue treatment with FAZ053 single agent or in combination with PDR001 until the patient experiences unacceptable toxicity, confirmed disease progression per immune related Response Criteria and/or treatment is discontinued at the discretion of the investigator or the patient.

Being tested
FAZ053, PDR001
Keywords
Phase I, FAZ053, PDR001, Checkpoint inhibitor, PD-L1, PD-1
Medical subject headings
Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms, Chordoma, Sarcoma, Alveolar Soft Part

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • FAZ053Drug

    Anti-PD-L1 Antibody

  • PDR001Drug

    Anti-PD-1 Antibody

Study groups in NCT02936102
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
FAZ053 single agentExperimentalNot described
Receives: Drug: FAZ053
FAZ053 + PDR001ExperimentalNot described
Receives: Drug: FAZ053; Drug: PDR001

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Number of participants with Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)

    Incidence and severity of AEs and SAEs by treatment group, including changes in vital signs, electrocardiograms (ECGs) and laboratory parameters qualifying and reported as AEs.

    Measured: throughout the study and up to 150 days after end of treatment (up to approximately 46 months)

  2. Incidence of Dose Limiting Toxicities (DLTs)

    A DLT is defined as an adverse event or abnormal laboratory value of Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) grade ≥ 3 assessed as unrelated to disease, disease progression, inter-current illness or concomitant medications, which occurs within the first 21 days of treatment with FAZ053 alone or within the first 42 days when FAZ053 is given in combination with PDR001 during the dose escalation part of the study. Other clinically significant toxicities may be considered to be DLTs, even if not CTCAE grade 3 or higher.

    Measured: 21 days (single agent FAZ053) and 42 days (FAZ053+PDR001)

  3. Dose interruptions and reductions

    Number of participants with dose interruptions and reductions as a measure of tolerability.

    Measured: Up to approximately 41 months

  4. Dose intensity

    Dose intensity is defined as actual dose received divided by actual duration of exposure.

    Measured: Up to approximately 41 months

Secondary outcomes (22)
  1. Serum concentration-time profiles of FAZ053 as single agent and FAZ053 in combination with PDR001.

    Measured: 41 months

  2. Presence of anti-FAZ053 and anti-PDR001.

    Measured: 41 months

  3. Concentration of anti-FAZ053 and anti-PDR001.

    Measured: 41 months

  4. Receptor Occupancy (RO) profiles when FAZ053 is given as single agent.

    Measured: 41 months

  5. Total soluble/shed PD-L1 concentration-time profiles when FAZ053 is given as single agent and for FAZ053 in combination with PDR001.

    Measured: 41 months

  6. Histopathology of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) by hematoxylin.

    Measured: 41 months

  7. Histopathology of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) by eosin (H&E) stain.

    Measured: 41 months

  8. Overall response rate (ORR) per RECIST v1.1

    Measured: 41 months

  9. Best overall response per RECIST v1.1

    Measured: 41 months

  10. Disease control rate per RECIST 1.1

    Measured: 41 months

  11. Progression free survival (PFS) per RECIST 1.1

    Measured: 41 months

  12. Duration of response per RECIST 1.1

    Measured: 41 months

  13. Overall response rate (ORR) per immune related Response Criteria (irRC).

    Measured: 41 months

  14. Progression free survival (PFS) per immune related Response Criteria (irRC).

    Measured: 41 months

  15. Characterization of Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes (TILs) by Immunohistochemistry (IHC)

    Measured: 41 months

  16. Characterization of myeloid cell infiltrate by IHC.

    Measured: 41 months

  17. Area under the curve (AUC) for FAZ053 as single agent and FAZ053 in combination with PDR001.

    Measured: 41 months

  18. Cmax for FAZ053 as single agent and FAZ053 in combination with PDR001.

    Measured: 41 months

  19. Tmax for FAZ053 as single agent and FAZ053 in combination with PDR001.

    Measured: 41 months

  20. Half-life for FAZ053 as single agent and FAZ053 in combination with PDR001.

    Measured: 41 months

  21. Clast for FAZ053 as single agent and FAZ053 in combination with PDR001.

    Measured: 41 months

  22. Tlast for FAZ053 as single agent and FAZ053 in combination with PDR001.

    Measured: 41 months

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted18 Oct 2016 (estimated)
  2. Study start20 Oct 2016
  3. Primary completion22 Nov 2024
  4. Study completion22 Nov 2024

Why it stopped: The early termination was based on a business decision that FAZ053 would no longer be formulated and was not a consequence of any safety concern.

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
154 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02936102
Sponsor's protocol ID
CFAZ053X2101
Other IDs
2016-001470-15, 2016
Status last verified
Nov 2025
First submitted
15 Sep 2016
Last updated
14 Nov 2025
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing FAZ053 and PDR001 in people with Advanced Solid Tumors and Triple Negative Breast Cancer, run by Novartis Pharmaceuticals at 12 sites in 9 countries.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 6 inclusion and 7 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 14 Nov 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 12 sites in United States, Italy, Spain, Canada, France and 4 more countries. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study was stopped early (reason given: The early termination was based on a business decision that FAZ053 would no longer be formulated and was not a consequence of any safety concern.). Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Number of participants with Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs) (time frame: throughout the study and up to 150 days after end of treatment (up to approximately 46 months)). The study lists 4 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 14 Nov 2025.

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