Clinical trial • Phase I/Phase II • Oncology
DARIZMETINIB HYDROCHLORIDE for Colorectal liver metastases | Colon carcinoma metastases
Phase I/Phase II trial of DARIZMETINIB HYDROCHLORIDE for Colorectal liver metastases | Colon carcinoma metastases.
Overview
- Trial Therapeutic Area
- Oncology
- Trial Disease
- Colorectal liver metastases | Colon carcinoma metastases
- Trial Stage
- Phase I/Phase II
- Drug Modality
- Small molecule
Key dates
- Initial CTIS Submission Date
- 09-01-2026
- First CTIS Authorization Date
- 20-04-2026
Trial design
Randomised, open-label, placebo (white opaque capsules, size 1); dose/schedule not specified-controlled Phase I/Phase II trial in France, Germany, Spain.
- Randomised
- Yes
- Open Label
- Yes
- Comparator
- Placebo (White opaque capsules, size 1); dose/schedule not specified
- Target Sample Size
- 39
Eligibility
Recruits 39 Written signed informed consent is required. The protocol excludes legally incapacitated persons and subjects deprived of liberty; inability to sign informed consent for geographical, social or psychological reasons is an exclusion. No paediatric participants are included (age 18-75)..
- Pregnancy Exclusion
- Pregnancy (βHCG positive), breastfeeding
- Vulnerable Population
- Written signed informed consent is required. The protocol excludes legally incapacitated persons and subjects deprived of liberty; inability to sign informed consent for geographical, social or psychological reasons is an exclusion. No paediatric participants are included (age 18-75).
Inclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Participants aged 18 to 75 years (inclusive)\n- Written signed informed consent\n- Participants with liver metastases originating from a colon carcinoma planned for R0-intended hepatectomy for colorectal liver metastases. a. For pilot part 1 only: stable within 1-3 days after minor liver resection, otherwise normal nontumor liver parenchyma proven by histopathology assessment of a liver biopsy within 3 months before surgery\n- Participants with remnant liver volume (RLV) or estimated future liver remnant (FLR) after resection: a. For participants in pilot Part 1, after minor liver resection (RLV > 69%) by preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).b. For participants in pilot Part 2 and main study Part 3: participants with an estimated FLR of 30% - 50% (inclusive) prior to resection, calculated from preoperative CT or MRI after subtraction of tumor volume.\n- Preoperative assessment indicating that the participant is at low risk for PHLF (estimated <3–5%) based on surgeon’s standard practice and consistent with E-AHPBA-ESSO-ESSR Innsbruck Consensus guidelines for preoperative liver function assessment before hepatectomy\n- General health status World Health Organization (WHO) 0 or 1 or ECOG status 0 or 1\n- Estimated life expectancy > 6 months\n- Patients whose preoperative biological parameters are: a. Platelets ≥ 100,000/mm3, b. Polynuclear neutrophils ≥ 1000/mm3 c. Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL (Posttransfusion patients can be included) d. Creatinine < 1.5 × upper limit of normal (ULN) e. Bilirubin ≤ ULN f. Albumin > LLN g. Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ ULN h. INR ≤ 1.5\n- Must agree to use highly effective contraception specified in the Appendix A of the protocol from the time of informed consent until at least 36 days (5 half-lives + 30 days) after the last dose of study drug.\n- Participants must have adequate non-tumor liver tissue available for baseline histology for safety assessment purposes, either from planned resection or archival tissue collection within 3 months"}
Exclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Liver cirrhosis\n- Contraindication to iodine contrast agents\n- Current treatment with anticoagulants (including DOACs, heparin,antivitamin K) that cannot be safety interrupted for at least 48 hrs before study treatment (Part 2 and 3).\n- Chemotherapy within the last 30 days preoperatively\n- More than 12 cycles or more than 6 months of preoperative chemotherapy\n- Anticipated need to start adjuvant chemotherapy prior to completion of 28 day treatment period including chemotherapy via intrahepatic arterial pump\n- Positive test at screening for active hepatitis B virus (HBV)/hepatitis C virus (HCV) or autoimmune hepatitis\n- Incomplete liver metastasis resection (recognized at time of surgery) (part 1).\n- Portal vein and/or hepatic vein embolization procedure (pilot part 2 and main study part) or surgical hepatic augmentation procedure e.g. ALPPS\n- Presence of high-grade dysplastic lesions which cannot be completely resected at the time of liver resection or a history of malignancy within the past five years prior to screening, except for subjects with completely resected basal cell carcinoma of the skin or carcinoma in situ of the cervix\n- Legal incapacity (persons in custody or under guardianship)\n- Preoperative presence of clinical ascites\n- Deprived of liberty Subject (by judicial or administrative decision)\n- Impossibility to sign the informed consent document or to adhere to the medical follow-up of the trial for geographical, social or psychological reasons\n- Contraindications against MRI or CT exams (according to local medical practice)\n- Inability to discontinue a concomitant medication which is primarily cleared by CYP2D6 from initiation of study treatment through day 28.\n- Any other hepatobiliary cancer\n- Body mass index > 35 kg/m2\n- American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Score ≥ 4\n- Peritoneal disease or findings indicating unresectability •Part 1: A Completeness of Cytoreduction (CC) Score greater than 0 identified: preoperatively or intraoperatively. Any preoperative or intraoperative findings indicating that curative resection is not achievable •Part 2 and main study part 3; Any preoperative radiologic finding consistent with peritoneal carcinomatosis. Any preoperative finding indicating that curative resection is not achievable\n- Ongoing participation or participation within the 28 days prior to inclusion in the study in another therapeutic trial with an experimental drug and during 6 month follow-up period post-hepatectomy.\n- Serious non-stabilized disease, active uncontrolled infection, or other serious underlying disorder likely to prevent the patient from receiving the treatment\n- Pregnancy (βHCG positive), breastfeeding"}
Endpoints
Primary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Incidence, severity, and relatedness of AEs/SAEs\n- Changes from baseline in vital signs and physical examination findings\n- Changes from baseline in clinical laboratory parameters (hematology,blood, glucose) at prespecified time points\n- Plasma PK of HRX215 (Cmax, Tmax, AUC etc.); comparison with Phase 1 healthy-subject PK data","definition_or_measurement_approach":"- Incidence, severity and relatedness recorded for adverse events and serious adverse events as safety outcomes\n- Changes from baseline measured for vital signs and physical examination findings\n- Changes from baseline measured for clinical laboratory parameters (hematology, blood glucose) at prespecified time points\n- Plasma pharmacokinetics of HRX215 measured by standard PK parameters (Cmax, Tmax, AUC etc.) and compared with Phase 1 healthy-subject PK data"}
Secondary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Establishment of Efficacy (main study part 3): • Liver volume on POD1 and POD7 and increase in liver volume at POD7 vs. POD1 (absolute change from POD1 CT)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Liver volume measured on postoperative day (POD) 1 and POD7 by CT; efficacy assessed as absolute change in liver volume at POD7 versus POD1 (change from POD1 CT)"}
Recruitment
- Planned Sample Size
- 39
- Recruitment Window Months
- 15
- Consent Approach
- Written signed informed consent is required from participants. Subject information and informed consent forms are listed in French, German and Spanish versions (Main ICF documents present for FR, DE, ES). A pregnancy partner ICF and a child ICF are listed among documents. Consent must be provided by the participant; legal incapacity and subjects deprived of liberty are excluded.
Geography
- Total Number Of Sites
- 13
- Total Number Of Participants
- 40
France
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 11-03-2026
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 23-04-2026
- Processing Time Days
- 43
- Number Of Sites
- 3
- Number Of Participants
- 10
Sites
- Site Name
- Hopital Paul Brousse
- Department Name
- Surgery
- Principal Investigator Name
- René Adam
- Principal Investigator Email
- stephanie.truant@chu-lille.fr
- Contact Person Name
- René Adam
- Contact Person Email
- stephanie.truant@chu-lille.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Lille
- Department Name
- Surgery
- Principal Investigator Name
- Stephanie Truant
- Principal Investigator Email
- rene.adam@aphp.fr
- Contact Person Name
- Stephanie Truant
- Contact Person Email
- rene.adam@aphp.fr
- Site Name
- Institut Gustave Roussy
- Department Name
- Surgery
- Principal Investigator Name
- Maximiliano Gelli
- Principal Investigator Email
- maximiliano.gelli@gustaveroussy.fr
- Contact Person Name
- Maximiliano Gelli
- Contact Person Email
- maximiliano.gelli@gustaveroussy.fr
Germany
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 30-03-2026
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 20-04-2026
- Processing Time Days
- 21
- Number Of Sites
- 6
- Number Of Participants
- 19
Sites
- Site Name
- Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
- Department Name
- Klinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral- und Transplantationschirurgie
- Principal Investigator Name
- Philipp Felgendreff
- Principal Investigator Email
- Felgendreff.Philipp@mh-hannover.de
- Contact Person Name
- Philipp Felgendreff
- Contact Person Email
- Felgendreff.Philipp@mh-hannover.de
- Site Name
- Universitaetsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz KöR
- Department Name
- Abteilung für Allgemein-, Viszeral- und Transplantationschirurgie
- Principal Investigator Name
- Hauke Lang
- Principal Investigator Email
- hauke.lang@unimedizin-mainz.de
- Contact Person Name
- Hauke Lang
- Contact Person Email
- hauke.lang@unimedizin-mainz.de
- Site Name
- Universitaetsklinikum Regensburg AöR
- Department Name
- Klinik und Poliklinik für Chirurgie
- Principal Investigator Name
- Jens Werner
- Principal Investigator Email
- Jens.Werner@ukr.de
- Contact Person Name
- Jens Werner
- Contact Person Email
- Jens.Werner@ukr.de
- Site Name
- Technische Universitaet Dresden
- Department Name
- Klinik und Poliklinik für Viszeral- Thorax- und Gefäßchirurgie
- Principal Investigator Name
- Lena Seifert
- Principal Investigator Email
- Lena.Seifert@uniklinikum-dresden.de
- Contact Person Name
- Lena Seifert
- Contact Person Email
- Lena.Seifert@uniklinikum-dresden.de
- Site Name
- Universitätsklinikum Essen
- Department Name
- Klinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral-, Gefäß- und Transplantationschirurgie
- Principal Investigator Name
- Ulf Neumann
- Principal Investigator Email
- ulf.neumann@uk-essen.de
- Contact Person Name
- Ulf Neumann
- Contact Person Email
- ulf.neumann@uk-essen.de
- Site Name
- Universitaetsklinikum Tuebingen AöR
- Department Name
- Universitaetsklinikum für Allgemein-, Viszeral- und Transplantationschirurgie
- Principal Investigator Name
- Silvio Nadalin
- Principal Investigator Email
- silvio.nadalin@med.uni-tuebingen.de
- Contact Person Name
- Silvio Nadalin
- Contact Person Email
- silvio.nadalin@med.uni-tuebingen.de
Spain
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 30-03-2026
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 07-05-2026
- Processing Time Days
- 38
- Number Of Sites
- 4
- Number Of Participants
- 11
Sites
- Site Name
- Hospital Universitario Hm Madrid
- Department Name
- Surgery
- Principal Investigator Name
- Riccardo Caruso
- Principal Investigator Email
- ricaruso2@gmail.com
- Contact Person Name
- Riccardo Caruso
- Contact Person Email
- ricaruso2@gmail.com
- Site Name
- Hospital Universitari Vall D Hebron
- Department Name
- Surgery
- Principal Investigator Name
- Gonzalo Sapisochin
- Principal Investigator Email
- gonzalo.sapisochin@valldhebron.cat
- Contact Person Name
- Gonzalo Sapisochin
- Contact Person Email
- gonzalo.sapisochin@valldhebron.cat
- Site Name
- Hospital Universitario La Paz
- Department Name
- Surgery
- Principal Investigator Name
- Constantino Fondevila Campo
- Principal Investigator Email
- constantino.fondevila@salud.madrid.org
- Contact Person Name
- Constantino Fondevila Campo
- Contact Person Email
- constantino.fondevila@salud.madrid.org
- Site Name
- Consorcio Hospital General Universitario De Valencia
- Department Name
- Surgery
- Principal Investigator Name
- José Mir Labrador
- Principal Investigator Email
- jomirla@gmail.com
- Contact Person Name
- José Mir Labrador
- Contact Person Email
- jomirla@gmail.com
Sponsor
Primary sponsor
- Full Name
- HepaRegeniX GmbH
- Organisation Type
- Pharmaceutical company
- Country Of Registered Address
- Germany
Contract research organisations
- Name
- Calian Contract Research Organisation Ltd.
- Responsibilities
- medical monitoring, CRO services
Third parties
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Qstat","duties_or_roles":"Courier","organisation_type":"Industry"}
- {"country":"United Kingdom","full_name":"Greens","duties_or_roles":"Printing","organisation_type":"Industry"}
- {"country":"Germany","full_name":"spm²-safety projects & more GmbH","duties_or_roles":"","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Scarritt Group Inc.","duties_or_roles":"Meeting Planners","organisation_type":"Non-Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Radmd LLC","duties_or_roles":"Central imaging reading","organisation_type":"Laboratory/Research/Testing facility"}
- {"country":"Germany","full_name":"Fortrea Germany GmbH","duties_or_roles":"","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Welocalize","duties_or_roles":"Translations","organisation_type":"Industry"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Advarra","duties_or_roles":"Central Institutional Review Board","organisation_type":"Industry"}
- {"country":"France","full_name":"Pharmaspecific","duties_or_roles":"Patient reimbursement","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"Canada","full_name":"Calian Contract Research Organisation Ltd.","duties_or_roles":"medical monitoring, CRO services","organisation_type":"Industry"}
- {"country":"Canada","full_name":"Biotrial Bioanalytical Services Inc.","duties_or_roles":"PK analyses","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
Investigational products
- Investigational Product Name
- HRX215
- Active Substance
- DARIZMETINIB HYDROCHLORIDE
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- ORAL
- Route
- ORAL
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