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Advanced Solid TumorsPhase 1NCT07231458

A Study to Test a New Immunotherapy, ABX-001, Alone and in Combination With the Marketed Drug, Pembrolizumab, for the Treatment of Tumors Previously Treated With Other Therapies

A Phase 1 study testing ABX-001 and Pembrolizumab in people with Advanced Solid Tumors, run by Abalos Therapeutics GmbH at 5 sites in 2 countries.

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Sites and contacts
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Trial summary

This is a Phase I/Ib first-in-human, open-label, non-randomized, multicenter, multi-country study to evaluate the safety and tolerability and to establish a recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D) as well as assess preliminary clinical activity of ABX-001 administered intravenously (IV) alone (Part A) or co-administered with… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Advanced Solid Tumors
What is being tested?
ABX-001 and Pembrolizumab
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
27 participants
Where
5 sitesin 2 countries
Study dates
14 Oct 2025to 30 Oct 2026
Phase
Phase 1
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

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

Who may be able to join

  • Participants must satisfy all of the following criteria at the screening visit unless otherwise stated:
  • Participant must be capable of giving consent and at least 18 years of age at the time of signing the informed consent.
  • Participants with advanced/recurrent solid tumors.
  • Part A: Participants who have progressed despite standard therapy OR are intolerant of standard therapy, OR for whom no standard therapy exists.
  • Part B: Participant has histologically confirmed locally advanced or metastatic disease, who have progressed despite standard therapy OR are intolerant of standard therapy, OR for whom no standard therapy exists. Participant must have received pembrolizumab as approved standard of care and have primary refractory or acquired secondary resistance. Participants must have a tumor lesion amenable to biopsy and must have another lesion that can be followed for response.
  • As defined by the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer:
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  • Primary resistance/refractory to anti-programmed cell death ligand-1 [anti-PD-(L)1]: minimum drug exposure of 8 to 12 weeks or 2 doses of the immunotherapy with lack of benefit, defined as progressive disease (PD) at the time of the first planned assessment of stable disease (SD) lasting less than 6 months.
  • Secondary resistance: participants who experience disease progression following complete response (CR)/partial response (PR) or SD ≥6 months or immunotherapy treatment exposure.
  • Histological or cytological documentation of an advanced solid tumor.
  • Participants are willing to undergo tumor biopsy procedures. For tumor biopsies at screening, it is acceptable if a participant has a biopsy within 3 months from screening and/or during or after the most recent line of therapy (with no intervening anticancer therapy), if there is enough material to fulfil the requirements.
  • Measurable disease per RECIST version 1.1. Palpable lesions that are measurable by radiologic or photographic evaluations may be utilized as the only measurable lesion.
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status 0-1.
  • Life expectancy of at least 12 weeks.
  • Adequate organ functions:
  • absolute neutrophil count ≥1.5 × 10^9/Liter,
  • hemoglobin ≥90 g/L,
  • platelets ≥100 × 10^9/Liter,
  • lymphocyte count ≥0.5 × 10^9/L (500 / mL)
  • prothrombin time/international normalized ratio and partial thromboplastin time (unless participant is receiving anticoagulant) <1.5 times Upper limit of normal (ULN),
  • total bilirubin ≤1.5 times ULN, except for participants with Gilbert's syndrome who must have a total bilirubin <3.0 mg/dL,
  • aspartate transaminase/ alanine aminotransferase ≤2.5 times ULN, for participants with liver metastases/tumor infiltration ≤5 times ULN,
  • renal system: creatinine clearance ≥45 mL/min (measured or calculated by Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration [CKD-EPI] formula). Estimated glomerular filtration rate by CKD-EPI >60 mL/min,
  • endocrine system: thyroid stimulating hormone within normal limits,
  • cardiac system: ejection fraction ≥50% by echocardiogram.
  • Male or female contraceptive requirements:
  • Female participants are eligible to participate if they are not either pregnant or breastfeeding, and at least one of the following conditions applies: i. Is not a woman of childbearing potential (WOCBP) OR is a WOCBP and using a contraceptive method that is highly effective (with a failure rate of <1% per year), with low user dependency, during the study period (participants receiving monotherapy) or 180 days (participants receiving pembrolizumab) after the last dose of study treatment and agrees not to donate eggs (ova, oocytes) for the purpose of reproduction during this period. The investigator should evaluate the effectiveness of the contraceptive method in relation to the first dose of study treatment.
  • A WOCBP must have a negative highly sensitive pregnancy test (urine or serum, as required by local regulations) within 72 hours before the first dose of study intervention. If a urine test cannot be confirmed as negative (eg, an ambiguous result), a serum pregnancy test is required. In such cases, the participant must be excluded from participation if the serum pregnancy result is positive.
  • The investigator is responsible for review of medical history, menstrual history, and recent sexual activity to decrease the risk for inclusion of a woman with an early undetected pregnancy.
  • Male participants will agree to use contraception.
  • Participants must be willing and able to communicate and participate in the entire study.
  • Participants must be able and willing to comply with study assessments and study requirements.
  • Participants must be able to comprehend and willing to sign an Informed Consent Form (ICF) and to abide by the study restrictions.

Who cannot join

  • Participants will be excluded from the study if they satisfy any of the following criteria at the screening visit unless otherwise stated:
  • Malignancy other than disease under study with the exception of those from which the participant has been disease-free for more than 2 years and not expected to affect the safety of the participant or the endpoints of the study. Curatively treated non-melanoma skin cancer is permitted.
  • Symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) metastases or asymptomatic CNS metastases that have required steroids within 2 weeks prior to first dose of study treatment.
  • Participants with carcinomatous meningitis or leptomeningeal spread are excluded regardless of clinical stability. Note: Participants with controlled brain metastases will be allowed but must have completed radiotherapy or surgery for CNS metastases >2 weeks prior to study entry. Participants must be neurologically stable, having no new neurologic deficits on clinical examination, and without evidence of progression for at least 4 weeks by repeat imaging (which should be performed during study screening).
  • Active autoimmune disease that has required systemic disease modifying or immunosuppressive treatment within the last 2 years. Replacement therapy (eg, thyroxine or physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency, etc.) is permitted.
  • Concurrent medical condition requiring the use of systemic immunosuppressive treatment within 28 days before the first dose of study treatment. Physiologic doses of corticosteroids for treatment of endocrinopathies or steroids with minimal systemic absorption, including topical, inhaled, or intranasal corticosteroids may be continued if the participant is on a stable dose, such as:
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  • Intranasal, inhaled, topical steroids, or local steroid injection (eg, intra-articular injection)
  • Systemic corticosteroids at physiologic doses ≤ 10 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent
  • Steroids as premedication for hypersensitivity reactions (eg, CT scan premedication).
  • Current unstable liver or biliary disease per investigator assessment defined by the presence of ascites, encephalopathy, coagulopathy, hypoalbuminemia, esophageal or gastric varices, persistent jaundice, or cirrhosis. Stable chronic liver disease (including Gilbert's syndrome or asymptomatic gallstones) or hepatobiliary involvement of malignancy is acceptable if participant otherwise meets entry criteria.
  • History of vasculitis at any time prior to study treatment.
  • Evidence or history of significant active bleeding or severe coagulation dysfunction within the last 6 months prior to receiving the first dose of study treatment.
  • Known human immunodeficiency virus infection, and active and chronic hepatitis B, or hepatitis C.
  • Participants with any kind of active infection, regardless of ongoing systemic treatment.
  • QT interval corrected for heart rate using Fridericia's method >450 msec or QTcF >480 msec for participants with bundle branch block. A QTcF is the QT interval corrected for heart rate according to Fridericia's formula, machine-read or manually over-read.
  • Recent history (within the past 6 months) of acute diverticulitis, inflammatory bowel disease, intra-abdominal abscess, or gastrointestinal obstruction.
  • Recent history of allergen desensitization therapy within 4 weeks of starting study treatment.
  • History or evidence of cardiovascular risk including any of the following: Recent (within the past 6 months) history of serious uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia or clinically significant electrocardiogram (ECG) abnormalities including second degree (Type II) or third degree atrioventricular block; cardiomyopathy, myocardial infarction, acute coronary syndromes (including unstable angina pectoris), coronary angioplasty, stenting, or bypass grafting within the past 6 months before enrolment; clinically uncontrolled hypertension, congestive heart failure (Class II, III, or IV) as defined by the New York Heart Association functional classification system.
  • Recent (within the past 6 months) history of symptomatic pericarditis.
  • History of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, interstitial lung disease, or organizing pneumonia, or evidence of active, non-infectious pneumonitis. Note: Post-radiation changes in the lung related to prior radiotherapy and/or asymptomatic radiation-induced pneumonitis not requiring treatment may be permitted if agreed by the investigator and sponsor.
  • History of (non-infectious) pneumonitis that required steroids or current pneumonitis.
  • Recent history (within 6 months) of uncontrolled symptomatic ascites or pleural effusions.
  • Any serious and/or unstable pre-existing medical, psychiatric disorder, or other condition that could interfere with the participant's safety, obtaining informed consent, or compliance to the study procedures.
  • Is or has an immediate family member (eg, spouse, parent/legal guardian, sibling, or child) who is investigational site or sponsor staff directly involved with this study, unless prospective institutional review board (IRB)/ethics committee (EC) approval (by chair or designee) is given allowing exception to this criterion for a specific participant.
  • Prior treatment with the following agents:
  • Checkpoint inhibitors, including Programmed cell death protein - 1 (PD-1), Programmed cell death ligand - 1 (PD-L1), and cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 inhibitors within 28 days
  • Anticancer therapy or investigational therapy within 28 days or 5 half-lives of the drug, whichever is shorter
  • Prior radiation therapy: permissible if at least 1 non-irradiated measurable lesion is available for assessment according to RECIST version 1.1 or if a solitary measurable lesion was irradiated, objective progression is documented. A washout of at least 28 days before start of study treatment for radiation of any intended use to the extremities for bone metastases and 28 days for radiation to the chest, brain or visceral organs is required. Palliative radiation is permissible at any time before or during the study.
  • Receipt of any live vaccine within 30 days of the start of study treatment.
  • Prior allogeneic or autologous bone marrow transplantation or other solid organ transplantation.
  • Toxicity from previous treatment including: Toxicity ≥ Grade 3 related to prior immunotherapy and that led to study treatment discontinuation; toxicity related to prior treatment that has not resolved to ≤ Grade 1 (except alopecia, hearing loss, or ≤ Grade 2 neuropathy or endocrinopathy managed with replacement therapy).
  • Received transfusion of blood products (including platelets or red blood cells) or administration of colony stimulating factors (including granulocyte colony-stimulating factor [G-CSF], Granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor [GM-CSF], and recombinant erythropoietin) within 14 days before the first dose of study treatment.
  • Major surgery ≤28 days before the first dose of study treatment. Participants must have also fully recovered from any surgery (major or minor) and/or its complications before initiating study treatment.
  • Known drug or alcohol abuse.
  • Hypersensitivity to the active substance or to any of the excipients of the IMP or checkpoint inhibitor.

Trial locations and contacts

5 sites in 2 countries. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

Thomas Bogenrieder, Chief Medical Officer, MD, PhD contact

+49 173162 2682

bogenrieder@abalos-tx.com

5 sites in 2 countries

Spain3 sites, 3 recruiting

  • Vall d'Hebron Institut d'Oncologia

    Barcelona, 08035

    Recruiting

  • Hospital Universitario Fundacion Jimenez Diaz

    Madrid, 28040

    Recruiting

  • The START Center for Cancer Care - CIOCC

    Madrid, 28050

    Recruiting

Other trials in Spain

Germany2 sites, 2 recruiting

  • Charite-Universitaetsmedizin Berlin - Campus Benjamin Franklin (CBF)

    Berlin, 12200

    Recruiting

  • Universitaetsklinikum Tuebingen

    Tübingen, 72076

    Recruiting

Other trials in Germany

About this study

Official title: A Phase I/Ib Open-Label Study of ABX-001 Administered With and Without the Anti-PD-1 Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Pembrolizumab in Participants With Advanced Solid Tumors Who Are Beyond Standard of Care

This is a Phase I/Ib first-in-human, open-label, non-randomized, multicenter, multi-country study to evaluate the safety and tolerability and to establish a recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D) as well as assess preliminary clinical activity of ABX-001 administered intravenously (IV) alone (Part A) or co-administered with pembrolizumab (Part B) in participants with refractory/relapsed advanced solid tumors.

Read the detailed description

The study will consist of the following periods or visits:

  • A 28-day screening period
  • Treatment period -
  • Parts A and B: On Day 0, participants will be admitted to hospital for 22-24 hours after injection of ABX-001, which will be administered by a single IV injection as described in the Pharmacy Manual. In the absence of clinical signs and symptoms, participants will be discharged from hospital.
  • Part B: Beginning at Week 3, participants in Part B will receive treatment with pembrolizumab every 3 weeks.
Being tested
ABX-001, Pembrolizumab
Keywords
Immunotherapy, Non-oncolytic virus, Arenavirus

What participants receive

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

  • ABX-001Drug

    ABX-001 administered intravenously (IV)

  • PembrolizumabDrug

    Pembrolizumab administered intravenously (IV)

Study groups in NCT07231458
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Part AExperimentalABX-001 is administered intravenously (IV) alone
Receives: Drug: ABX-001
Part BExperimentalABX-001 is co-administered intravenously (IV) with pembrolizumab
Receives: Drug: ABX-001; Drug: Pembrolizumab

What is being measured

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

  1. Number of participants with Dose Limiting Toxicities (DLTs) in the DLT evaluation period

    Measured: 3 weeks from start of treatment

  2. Incidence and severity of Adverse Events (AEs) throughout the study

    Measured: Part A: Up to 12 weeks, Part B: Up to 2 years

Secondary outcomes (2)

  1. Objective Responses (OR) based on Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1 criteria and immune RECIST

    Measured: From start of treatment until progression, death, or end of study, whichever occurs first (Part A: Up to 12 weeks, Part B: Up to 2 years)

  2. Best percentage change from baseline in size of target lesions

    Measured: From start of treatment until progression, death, or end of study, whichever occurs first (Part A: Up to 12 weeks, Part B: Up to 2 years)

Timeline

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

  1. First posted17 Nov 2025
  2. Study start14 Oct 2025
  3. Primary completion30 Oct 2026 (estimated)
  4. Study completion30 Oct 2026 (estimated)

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
Sequential
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
27 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT07231458
Sponsor's protocol ID
ABX-001-01
Other IDs
2024-512403-39-01
Status last verified
Jan 2026
First submitted
14 Nov 2025
Last updated
16 Jan 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing ABX-001 and Pembrolizumab in people with Advanced Solid Tumors, run by Abalos Therapeutics GmbH at 5 sites in 2 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 32 inclusion and 35 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: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 16 Jan 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 5 sites in Spain, Germany. 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?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

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

Contact Thomas Bogenrieder, Chief Medical Officer, MD, PhD (+49 173162 2682, bogenrieder@abalos-tx.com), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Number of participants with Dose Limiting Toxicities (DLTs) in the DLT evaluation period (time frame: 3 weeks from start of treatment). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT07231458.

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 16 Jan 2026.

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