Advanced Malignant Solid TumorsPhase 1MNC-168NCT05383703
Clinical Study of MNC-168 Enteric-coated Capsule in the Treatment of Advanced Intestinal Solid Tumor
A Phase 1 study testing Treatment of MNC-168 enteric-coated capsules as a single oral drug in people with Advanced Malignant Solid Tumors, run by Moon (Guangzhou) Biotechnology Co., Ltd. at 1 site in China.
Trial summary
This study is a multicenter, open-label, dose-escalation Phase I clinical trial designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetic characteristics and preliminary efficacy of live bacterium MNC-168 as a single oral agent in subjects with advanced malignant solid tumors. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Advanced Malignant Solid Tumors
- What is being tested?
- Treatment of MNC-168 enteric-coated capsules as a single oral drug
- Type of treatment
- Pill or oral medicine
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 12 participants
- Where
- 1 siteChina
- Study dates
- 28 Oct 2022to 4 Jul 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 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Subjects must meet all of the following criteria to be included in this study:
- They voluntarily participate in the clinical study; fully understand, are informed about this study and sign the Informed Consent Form; are willing to follow and have the ability to complete all trial procedures.
- Subjects are required to meet the following criteria: they must be subjects with histologically or cytologically confirmed advanced malignant solid tumors who do not respond to, or are intolerant to, or reject standard treatment, or receive no effective treatment;
- ≥18 years old, both male and female;
- They have an expected survival of ≥ 3 months;
- Their performance status score is 0 to 1 according to the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) criteria;
- There is at least one measurable or assessable lesion according to RECIST V1.1;
- The organ function must meet the following requirements: 7.1 No serious hematopoietic abnormalities (no blood transfusion, and no use of blood products, granulocyte colony-stimulating factors, platelet-stimulating factors or other hematopoietic growth factors for correction within 14 days prior to the screening lab test): hemoglobin (HGB) ≥ 90 g/L, neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 × 109 /L, platelet count (PLT) ≥ 100 × 109 /L; 7.2 Liver function: alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 2.5 times the upper limit of normal (ULN) (subjects without liver metastases) or ≤ 5 × ULN (subjects with liver metastases); serum total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 × ULN, total bilirubin levels in subjects with Gilbert's syndrome ≤ 3.0 × ULN; 7.3 Coagulation function: prothrombin time (PT), international normalized ratio (INR) and partial thromboplastin time (APTT) ≤ 1.5 × ULN; 7.4 Renal function: Creatinine (Cr) ≤ 1.5 × ULN and serum creatinine clearance rate ≥ 50 ml/min (see Appendix 1);
- Eligible subjects (male or female) of childbearing potential must agree to take a medically approved contraceptive measure (e.g., intrauterine device, pill, or condom) during the trial and for 3 months after the last dose; female subjects of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test result during the screening period and must be non-lactating; See Appendix 2 for specific contraception measures.
Criteria for exclusion
Meeting any 1 of the following exclusion criteria results in exclusion:
- Subjects are known (including suspected) allergic to the active ingredient MNC-168 or its excipients, or have an allergic constitution (excluding mild asymptomatic seasonal allergies);
- Subjects have difficulty swallowing or do not tolerate venipuncture or have a history of needle and blood sickness;
- Toxic reactions from prior antineoplastic therapy have not returned to grade 1 or below (Grade > 1 based on CTCAE 5.0, except for toxicity such as alopecia, which in the judgment of the investigator is not a safety risk);
- Subjects have bleeding tendencies or are on thrombolytic or anticoagulant therapy.
- Subjects have received immunosuppressive drugs within 14 days before signing informed consent, except in the following cases: 5.1 Intranasal, inhalation, topical steroid or topical steroid injection (such as intra-articular injection); 5.2 Systemic corticosteroid therapy with prednisone or its equivalent physiological dose not more than 10 mg/day; 5.3 Use of steroids as prophylactic drugs for allergic reactions (such as pretreatment before computed tomography [CT]).
- Subjects have received an allogeneic tissue/solid organ transplant;
- Subjects develop spinal cord compression, brain metastases or meningeal metastases, excluding those who do not need steroid therapy after surgery, whole brain radiotherapy or stereotactic radiosurgery, and whose disease is stable for ≥ 8 weeks and/or ≥ 4 weeks before the first administration;
- Subjects have had a cerebrovascular accident or a history of transient ischemic attack within 6 months prior to signing the informed consent form;
- Subjects require systemic antibacterial, antiviral or antifungal therapy for any uncontrolled active infection at the time of signing the informed consent and/or within 1 week prior to Cycle 1 Day 1 (C1D1); and subjects have received a course of systemic antibiotics within 2 weeks prior to C1D1;
- Subjects have a history of other primary malignancies within 5 years prior to the investigational therapy, with the following exceptions: radically treated malignancies that have not recurred, such as cervical carcinoma in situ, basal cell carcinoma of the skin or squamous cell carcinoma;
- Subjects have active gastrointestinal diseases or other diseases that may significantly affect the absorption, distribution, metabolism or excretion of MNC-168;
- Subjects have a clear history of neurological or psychiatric disorders (including epilepsy and dementia);
- Subjects have received chemotherapy, radiotherapy or biological anticancer therapy, herbal therapy with antitumor effects, and palliative local radiotherapy within 2 weeks prior to the first dose;
- Subjects have taken live biotherapeutic products (LBPs), prebiotic foods and/or beverages and/or supplements (e.g., yogurt) within 1 week prior to the first dose or require regular doses of LBPs, prebiotic foods or supplements during the study period;
- Subjects have received fecal transplantation, preparation of spores or other fecal materials, isolated bacterial products, genetically engineered bacteria, or similar drug treatment;
- Subjects have participated in a clinical trial of another investigational drug or investigational device within 4 weeks (or 5 half-lives of the drug, whichever is more appropriate in the judgment of the investigator) prior to the first dose; note: subjects who have entered the follow-up phase of a clinical study may be eligible as long as it has been more than 4 weeks (or 5 half-lives of the drug, whichever is more appropriate in the judgment of the investigator) since the last dose in the previous study;
- Subjects have undergone major surgical procedures or active ulcers or wounds that have not fully healed within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of the trial; or require major surgical procedures during the trial;
- Subjects develop peripheral neuropathy ≥ grade 2;
- Subjects have clinically significant cardiovascular diseases, including any of the following cases: 19.1 Subjects have a history of myocardial infarction (within 6 months prior to trial), severe or unstable angina, coronary or peripheral artery bypass grafting; 19.2 New York Heart Association (NYHA) grade 3~4 heart failure; 19.3 Cardiac function: left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) < 50%. 19.4 Poorly controlled hypertension (systolic blood pressure ≥ 150 mm Hg and/or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 95 mm Hg); 19.5 Subjects are considered by the investigator to have clinically significant arrhythmias or electrocardiographic (ECG) abnormalities, such as the mean of three heart rate-corrected QT intervals (QTcF) intervals of > 470 msec calculated for three 12-lead ECG measurements performed at the investigation site; 19.6 Subjects are currently receiving certain medications that have a known risk of prolonging the QT interval or inducing tip-twist ventricular tachycardia and are unable to discontinue the medication or switch to another medication 1 week prior to the start of treatment with the investigational drug.
- Subjects were HIV-infected or active hepatitis B virus-infected (HBsAg and/or HBcAb positive with a peripheral blood hepatitis B virus DNA titer test ≥ 1 × 103 IU/ml), or active hepatitis C virus-infected (hepatitis C virus antibody positive with hepatitis C virus RNA ≥ 500 IU/ml);
- Subjects have received an attenuated/inactivated vaccine within 28 days prior to signing informed consent or are scheduled to receive an attenuated/inactivated vaccine during the screening period;
- Subjects, in the judgment of the investigator, have a serious concomitant disease that endangers the safety of the subject, or interferes with the subject's ability to complete the study;
- Subjects are those with a history of psychotropic substance abuse or drug use;
- Or an investigator has determined that the subject has other conditions that make him/her eligible for the study.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: A Phase I Clinical Study on Safety, Tolerance, Pharmacokinetics and Preliminary Efficacy of MNC-168 Enteric-coated Capsules in Patients With Advanced Malignant Solid Tumors
This study is a multicenter, open-label, dose-escalation Phase I clinical trial designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetic characteristics and preliminary efficacy of live bacterium MNC-168 as a single oral agent in subjects with advanced malignant solid tumors. To explore the changes of biomarkers and intestinal flora related to curative effect, mechanism of action, safety and/or pathological mechanism.
Read the detailed description
A total of four dose groups (0.25 × 10^10 colony forming unit, 1 × 10^10 colony forming unit, 5 × 10^10 colony forming unit, and 12.5 × 10^10 colony forming unit) are pre-designed for this study in patients with advanced malignant solid tumors, with three subjects in each dose group in a "3+3" dose escalation design.
- Conditions
- Advanced Malignant Solid Tumors
- Being tested
- Treatment of MNC-168 enteric-coated capsules as a single oral drug
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Treatment of MNC-168 enteric-coated capsules as a single oral drugDrug
Also called Therapy of Live bacteria MNC-168
Treatment of live bacterium MNC-168 as a single oral agent as a single oral drug in subjects with advanced malignant solid tumors. First, live fungi can directly or indirectly inhibit tumor growth or induce tumor cell apoptosis through their metabolites or surface proteins, and can also regulate the immune system, especially the tumor microenvironment, to play an antitumor function. Second, tumor immunotherapies exhibit different response levels in different populations, and live bacterial analogs derived from gut microbes may enhance the response to immunotherapy in weakly responding patients.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Treatment of MNC-168 enteric-coated capsules as a single oral drug | Experimental | Treatment of live bacterium MNC-168 as a single oral agent as a single oral drug in subjects with advanced malignant solid tumors. The dosage increased in different stages. Each phase was administered once a day for three weeks. Receives: Drug: Treatment of MNC-168 enteric-coated capsules as a single oral drug |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Safety and tolerability indexes
The safety is evaluated by The National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events(NCI-CTCAE)V5.0.
Measured: 2 years
Secondary outcomes (3)
pharmacokinetic index
Total colony forming unit(CFU) of Enterococcus lactis excreted in stools, expressed as raw values and log10 conversion
Measured: 2 years
pharmacokinetic indexes
CFU/g of Enterococcus lactis excreted in stools, expressed as raw values and log10 conversion
Measured: 2 years
Efficacy evaluation indexes
Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST) v1.1 are adopted for solid tumor efficacy evaluation in this study. The guidelines describe a standard method for measuring solid tumors and defining objective changes in tumor size in adult and pediatric tumor clinical trials.
Measured: 2 years
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted20 May 2022
- Study start28 Oct 2022
- Primary completion1 Jul 2024
- Study completion4 Jul 2024
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Advanced Malignant Solid TumorsStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
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
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Model description
- This study is a multicenter, open-label, dose-escalation Phase I clinical trial designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetic characteristics and preliminary efficacy of live bacterium MNC-168 as a single oral agent in subjects with advanced malignant solid tumors. To explore the changes of biomarkers and intestinal flora related to curative effect, mechanism of action, safety and/or pathological mechanism.
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 12 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Moon (Guangzhou) Biotechnology Co., Ltd.
- Sponsor type
- Industry (pharma, biotech, devices)
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05383703
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- MNC-168-101
- Acronym
- MNC-168
- Status last verified
- Apr 2025
- First submitted
- 5 May 2022
- Last updated
- 2 Jul 2025
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 2 Jul 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- A Phase I Clinical Study on Safety, Tolerance, Pharmacokinetics and Preliminary Efficacy of MNC-168 Enteric-coated Capsules in Patients With Advanced Malignant Solid Tumors
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05383703
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- MNC-168 / MNC-168-101
- Conditions
- Advanced Malignant Solid Tumors
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 12 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Moon (Guangzhou) Biotechnology Co., Ltd.Industry (pharma, biotech, devices)
- Study start
- 28 Oct 2022 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 1 Jul 2024 (actual)
- Study completion
- 4 Jul 2024 (actual)
- First posted
- 20 May 2022 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
This study is a multicenter, open-label, dose-escalation Phase I clinical trial designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetic characteristics and preliminary efficacy of live bacterium MNC-168 as a single oral agent in subjects with advanced malignant solid tumors. To explore the changes of biomarkers and intestinal flora related to curative effect, mechanism of action, safety and/or pathological mechanism.
Detailed description
A total of four dose groups (0.25 × 10^10 colony forming unit, 1 × 10^10 colony forming unit, 5 × 10^10 colony forming unit, and 12.5 × 10^10 colony forming unit) are pre-designed for this study in patients with advanced malignant solid tumors, with three subjects in each dose group in a "3+3" dose escalation design.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
- Model description
- This study is a multicenter, open-label, dose-escalation Phase I clinical trial designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetic characteristics and preliminary efficacy of live bacterium MNC-168 as a single oral agent in subjects with advanced malignant solid tumors. To explore the changes of biomarkers and intestinal flora related to curative effect, mechanism of action, safety and/or pathological mechanism.
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Treatment of MNC-168 enteric-coated capsules as a single oral drug | Experimental | Drug: Treatment of MNC-168 enteric-coated capsules as a single oral drugTreatment of live bacterium MNC-168 as a single oral agent as a single oral drug in subjects with advanced malignant solid tumors. The dosage increased in different stages. Each phase was administered once a day for three weeks. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Treatment of MNC-168 enteric-coated capsules as a single oral drugAlso: Therapy of Live bacteria MNC-168Treatment of live bacterium MNC-168 as a single oral agent as a single oral drug in subjects with advanced malignant solid tumors. First, live fungi can directly or indirectly inhibit tumor growth or induce tumor cell apoptosis through their metabolites or surface proteins, and can also regulate the immune system, especially the tumor microenvironment, to play an antitumor function. Second, tumor immunotherapies exhibit different response levels in different populations, and live bacterial analogs derived from gut microbes may enhance the response to immunotherapy in weakly responding patients. | Drug | Treatment of MNC-168 enteric-coated capsules as a single oral drug |
Primary outcome
Safety and tolerability indexes
Time frame: 2 years
The safety is evaluated by The National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events(NCI-CTCAE)V5.0.
3 secondary outcomes
pharmacokinetic index
Time frame: 2 years
pharmacokinetic indexes
Time frame: 2 years
Efficacy evaluation indexes
Time frame: 2 years
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 2 Jul 2025.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
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Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Phase 1 study testing Treatment of MNC-168 enteric-coated capsules as a single oral drug in people with Advanced Malignant Solid Tumors, run by Moon (Guangzhou) Biotechnology Co., Ltd. at 1 site in China.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
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: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 2 Jul 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in China. 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 is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
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?
Safety and tolerability indexes (time frame: 2 years). 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 2 Jul 2025.