Clinical trial • Phase I/II • Oncology

BNT327 for Metastatic colorectal cancer

Phase I/II trial of BNT327 for Metastatic colorectal cancer.

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Oncology
Trial Disease
Metastatic colorectal cancer
Trial Stage
Phase I/II
Drug Modality
Peptide/protein/enzyme

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
03-07-2025
First CTIS Authorization Date
20-10-2025

Trial design

Randomised, open-label, bevacizumab + chemotherapy (folfiri) as standard-of-care comparator arm (bevacizumab + folfiri). dose and schedule for bevacizumab and chemotherapy not specified in the provided record.-controlled, adaptive Phase I/II trial in Germany, Spain.

Randomised
Yes
Open Label
Yes
Comparator
Bevacizumab + chemotherapy (FOLFIRI) as standard-of-care comparator arm (bevacizumab + FOLFIRI). Dose and schedule for bevacizumab and chemotherapy not specified in the provided record.
Adaptive
True, includes dose-escalation and dose-optimization adaptive elements: Part A safety run-in with DLT observation and defined escalation dose levels (A-DL1 to A-DL5 for BNT314) and Part B dose optimization to determine optimal combination dose; DLT-based decisions for cohort escalation and monitoring.
Single Multiple Or Escalation Dose Combined
Yes
Target Sample Size
330

Eligibility

Recruits 330 Vulnerable population selected in the trial record; no detailed description of consent or assent handling is provided in the CTIS record. Subject information and informed consent forms are listed for participating Member States (e.g. L1_Part A Main ICF and other ICF documents), but content details are not available in the provided extract..

Vulnerable Population
Vulnerable population selected in the trial record; no detailed description of consent or assent handling is provided in the CTIS record. Subject information and informed consent forms are listed for participating Member States (e.g. L1_Part A Main ICF and other ICF documents), but content details are not available in the provided extract.

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Have unresectable histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the colon or rectum."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Have confirmed non-microsatellite instability-high/mismatch repair proficient (non-MSI-H/pMMR) metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC)."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Have measurable disease defined by RECIST v1.1."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Must provide a tumor tissue sample (formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded or tissue slides) collected before Cycle 1 Day 1 for enrollment."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Have Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (Performance Status) of 0 or 1."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Have a life expectancy of 12 weeks or longer."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Have an adequate organ and bone marrow function within 7 days of Day 1 as defined in the protocol."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Have had an adequate previous treatment washout period before randomization/enrollment as defined in the protocol."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Fulfill cohort specific inclusion criteria as described in the trial protocol."}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Confirmed microsatellite instability-high/ deficient mismatch repair (MSI-H/dMMR) mCRC."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Have a history of another primary malignancy within 2 years, except adequately resected non-melanoma skin cancer, curatively treated in-situ disease, or other solid tumors curatively treated or have a known additional malignancy that is progressing or requires treatment."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Have a history of small bowel obstruction requiring hospitalization within the past 3 months prior to the first dose of IMP."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Have 24-h urine protein excretion ≥1 g. If qualitative urine protein is ≤1+, a 24-h urine protein quantitative test is not required."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Have history of autoimmune disease with a risk of exacerbation following PD-L1 inhibition or have an immune deficiency. Participants with protocol-specified conditions may be eligible."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Have serious non-healing wounds, ulcers, or bone fractures. This includes history of abdominal fistula, gastrointestinal perforation, or intra-abdominal abscess or esophageal and gastric varices, acute gastrointestinal bleeding for which an interval of 6 months must pass before enrollment into this trial."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Have evidence of major coagulation disorders or other significant risks of hemorrhage"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Prior treatment with epithelial cell-adhesion molecule or 4-1BB targeted or immunotherapy."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Prior treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors or programmed death-ligand 1 (PD[L]-1)/vascular endothelial growth factor bispecific antibody."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Is a candidate to locoregional treatment with potential to induce complete or near complete response and prolonged tumor control (sometimes described as “radical” intent), per investigator’s assessment."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Have uncontrolled or significant cardiovascular disease as specified in the protocol."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Have left ventricular ejection fraction below 50% by echocardiogram within 28 days before randomization/enrollment."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Have clinically uncontrolled pleural effusion, ascites or pericardial effusion requiring drainage, peritoneal shunt, or cell-free concentrated ascites reinfusion therapy within 2 weeks prior to randomization/enrollment."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Have unresolved toxicities from previous anticancer therapy, defined as toxicities (other than alopecia) not yet resolved to Grade 1 or less or baseline. toxicities that have resolved with sequelae are allowed, if not associated with increased risk of complications per investigator’s assessment."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Participants in Part B or C who fulfill one of the conditions: Prior treatment with 5-Flurouracil (5-FU), capecitabine or S1 with unusual toxicity. Known dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) deficiency."}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Phase I - Safety run-in (Part A): Occurrence of dose limiting toxicities (DLTs) during the DLT observation period","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Occurrence of dose limiting toxicities (DLTs) during the DLT observation period (DLT observation period as defined in protocol)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Phase I - Safety run-in (Part A): Occurrence of treatment emergent adverse events (TEAEs) and treatment related adverse events (TRAEs) assessed according to Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"TEAEs and TRAEs assessed and graded according to CTCAE (version referenced in protocol)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Phase I - Safety run-in (Part A): Occurrence of dose interruption or discontinuation of trial treatment due to TEAEs","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Occurrence of dose interruptions or discontinuations due to TEAEs as recorded during safety run-in."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Phase I - Dose optimization (Part B): Occurrence of DLTs during the DLT observation period for the first five participants in each dose cohort","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Occurrence of DLTs during the DLT observation period specifically evaluated for the first five participants in each dose cohort."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Phase I - Dose optimization (Part B): Occurrence of TEAEs and TRAEs assessed according to CTCAE v5.0 including Grade ≥3, serious, fatal TEAEs by relationship","definition_or_measurement_approach":"TEAEs and TRAEs graded per CTCAE v5.0, including reporting of Grade ≥3, serious and fatal events by relationship."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Phase I - Dose optimization (Part B): Occurrence of dose interruption or discontinuation of trial treatment due to TEAEs","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Occurrence of dose interruptions or discontinuations due to TEAEs recorded during dose optimization."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Phase I - Dose optimization (Part B): Objective response rate (ORR) is defined as the percentage of participants in whom a complete response (CR) or confirmed partial response (PR) is observed as best overall response.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"ORR = percentage of participants with confirmed CR or PR as best overall response (per RECIST v1.1 and BICR where applicable)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Pivotal Phase II (Part C): Progression free survival (PFS) is defined as the time from randomization to first documented tumor progression, or death from any cause, whichever occurs first.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"PFS measured as time (days) from randomization to documented tumor progression or death from any cause; assessment by blinded independent central review (BICR) for primary comparison."}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Pivotal Phase II (Part C): ORR is defined as the proportion of participants in whom a confirmed CR or PR is observed as best overall response","definition_or_measurement_approach":"ORR measured as proportion of participants with confirmed CR or PR as best overall response (per RECIST v1.1 and BICR)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- All Phases: Duration of response (DOR) is defined as the time from first objective response to first occurrence of objective tumor progression or death from any cause, whichever occurs first.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"DOR measured as time from first objective response to tumor progression or death."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Phase I - Safety run-in (Part A) and Dose optimization (Part B): Disease control rate (DCR) is defined as the proportion of participants with confirmed CR or PR or stable disease (SD) observed as best ORR per BICR.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"DCR measured as proportion with confirmed CR, PR or SD as best response per BICR."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Phase I - Safety run-in (Part A) and Dose Optimization (Part B): Pharmacokinetic (PK) concentration over time and PK parameters of BNT314 and BNT327 in serum, as data permits.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"PK concentration-time profiles and derived PK parameters for BNT314 and BNT327 in serum."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Phase I - Safety run-in (Part A) and Dose optimization (Part B): Anti-drug antibody (ADA) prevalence for up to 1 year from the last dose of IMP, by dose level.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"ADA prevalence assessed up to 1 year post-last dose, reported by dose level."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Phase I - Safety run-in (Part A) and Dose optimization (Part B): ADA incidence for up to 1 year from the last dose of IMP, by dose level.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"ADA incidence assessed up to 1 year post-last dose, reported by dose level."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Pivotal Phase II (Part C): Overall survival (OS) defined as the time from randomization to death from any cause","definition_or_measurement_approach":"OS measured as time from randomization to death from any cause."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Pivotal Phase II (Part C): Occurrence of TEAEs and TRAEs assessed according to Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v5.0 including Grade ≥3, serious, fatal TEAEs by relationship","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Safety assessed by occurrence and grading of TEAEs and TRAEs per CTCAE v5.0, including Grade ≥3, serious and fatal events."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Pivotal Phase II (Part C): Occurrence of dose interruption or discontinuation of study treatment due to TEAEs","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Occurrence of dose interruptions or discontinuations due to TEAEs recorded during Part C."}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
330
Recruitment Window Months
65
Consent Approach
Informed consent is required from participants; subject information and informed consent form documents are listed for participating Member States (German and Spanish versions present in the document list). No detailed description of assent, age-specific consent procedures or languages beyond listed ICF versions is provided in the extracted record.

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
7
Total Number Of Participants
168

Germany

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
24-09-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
22-10-2025
Processing Time Days
28
Number Of Sites
3
Number Of Participants
55

Sites

Site Name
National Center For Tumor Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg
Department Name
Medical Oncology
Contact Person Name
Sebastian Dieter
Site Name
Asklepios Kliniken Hamburg GmbH
Department Name
Oncology with Section Hematology
Contact Person Name
Dirk Arnold
Contact Person Email
d.arnold@asklepios.com
Site Name
Hämatologisch-Onkologische Praxis Eppendorf (Hope)
Department Name
Norddeutsches Studienzentrum für Innovative Onkologie (NIO)
Contact Person Name
Alexander Stein
Contact Person Email
stein@hope-hamburg.de

Spain

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
26-09-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
20-10-2025
Processing Time Days
24
Number Of Sites
4
Number Of Participants
113

Sites

Site Name
Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia
Department Name
Oncology
Contact Person Name
Rosa María Rodríguez Alonso
Contact Person Email
rosarodriguezalonso@gmail.com
Site Name
Hospital Universitario Hm Sanchinarro
Department Name
Oncology
Contact Person Name
Irene Moreno Candilejo
Contact Person Email
irene.moreno@startmadrid.com
Site Name
Hospital Hm Nou Delfos
Department Name
Oncology
Contact Person Name
Tatiana Hernández Guerrero
Site Name
Vall D Hebron Institute Of Oncology
Department Name
Oncology
Contact Person Name
Elena Elez Fernández
Contact Person Email
meelez@vhio.net

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
BioNTech SE
Organisation Type
Pharmaceutical company
Country Of Registered Address
Germany

Contract research organisations

Name
IQVIA Limited
Responsibilities
sponsorDuties codes: 1,12,2,5
Name
Icon Clinical Research Limited
Responsibilities
sponsorDuties code: 4
Name
4g Clinical LLC
Responsibilities
sponsorDuties code: 3
Name
Almac Clinical Services Limited
Responsibilities
Packaging, labeling, release of BNT327 kits and their shipment to Catalent only

Third parties

  • {"country":"United Kingdom","full_name":"IQVIA Limited","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties codes: 1,12,2,5","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"Germany","full_name":"Azenta Germany GmbH","duties_or_roles":"long term sample storage","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)","full_name":"Almac Clinical Services Limited","duties_or_roles":"Packaging, labeling, release of BNT327 kits and their shipment to Catalent only","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Bioagilytix Labs LLC","duties_or_roles":"Biomarker","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"Germany","full_name":"Foundation Medicine GmbH","duties_or_roles":"biomarker assays ct DNa detection","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Precision For Medicine Inc.","duties_or_roles":"PBMC","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"Ireland","full_name":"Icon Clinical Research Limited","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties code: 4","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"4g Clinical LLC","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties code: 3","organisation_type":"Non-Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"Germany","full_name":"Catalent Germany Schorndorf GmbH","duties_or_roles":"Packaging, labeling, storage, distribution, return and destruction of IMP","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
BNT327
Active Substance
BNT327
Modality
Peptide/protein/enzyme
Routes Of Administration
INTRAVENOUS INFUSION
Route
INTRAVENOUS INFUSION
Authorisation Status
1
Starting Dose
1400 mg Q2W
Dose Levels
1400 mg Q2W
Frequency
Q2W
Maximum Dose
1400 mg Q2W
Dose Escalation Increase
Initial: 1400 mg Q2W; no escalation steps listed (fixed at 1400 mg Q2W)
Investigational Product Name
BNT314
Active Substance
BNT314
Modality
Peptide/protein/enzyme
Routes Of Administration
INTRAVENOUS INFUSION
Route
INTRAVENOUS INFUSION
Authorisation Status
1
Starting Dose
6 mg Q6W
Dose Levels
6 mg Q6W | 20 mg Q6W | 50 mg Q6W | 100 mg Q6W | 200 mg Q6W
Frequency
Q6W
Maximum Dose
200 mg Q6W
Dose Escalation Increase
Initial: 6 mg Q6W; subsequent doses: 20 mg Q6W, 50 mg Q6W, 100 mg Q6W, 200 mg Q6W
Combination Treatment
Yes

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