Clinical trial • Phase II • Oncology

ONFEKAFUSP ALFA for Basal cell carcinoma | Locally advanced basal cell carcinoma

Phase II trial of ONFEKAFUSP ALFA for Basal cell carcinoma | Locally advanced basal cell carcinoma. None/Not specified-controlled. 92 participants.

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Oncology
Trial Disease
Basal cell carcinoma | Locally advanced basal cell carcinoma
Trial Stage
Phase II
Drug Modality
Peptide/protein/enzyme

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
06-10-2025
First CTIS Authorization Date
10-02-2026

Trial design

None/Not specified-controlled Phase II trial in Germany, Greece, Italy and others.

Comparator
None/Not specified
Target Sample Size
92

Eligibility

Recruits 92 No vulnerable populations selected (isVulnerablePopulationSelected: false). Trial enrols adults aged 18-100 years. Informed consent required; subject information and ICF documents are provided per country (country-specific ICFs listed in documentation)..

Pregnancy Exclusion
Pregnancy or breast-feeding.
Vulnerable Population
No vulnerable populations selected (isVulnerablePopulationSelected: false). Trial enrols adults aged 18-100 years. Informed consent required; subject information and ICF documents are provided per country (country-specific ICFs listed in documentation).

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Patients must have histologically documented, locally advanced BCC."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Male patients with WOCBP partners must agree to use simultaneously two acceptable methods of contraception"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patients must have at least one injectable and measurable cutaneous or subcutaneous lesion."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patients must have locally advanced BCC that has progressed on or cannot tolerate standard HHIs and anti-PD1 therapy as assessed by a local multidisciplinary tumor board."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patients with nodal, regional or in transit injectable BCC lesions."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patients must be willing to provide tissue from a core or excisional biopsy of a tumor lesion at screening and for confirmation of Objective Response or Stable Disease."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Male or female patients, age 18 - 100 years."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- ECOG Performance Status/WHO Performance Status ≤ 2. Hemoglobin > 10.0 g/dL. Platelets > 100 x 109/L. ALT and AST, GGT and Lipase ≤ 1.5 x the upper limit of normal (ULN)."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- All acute toxic effects (excluding alopecia) of any prior therapy must have resolved to National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE v. 5.0) Grade ≤ 1 unless otherwise specified"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must have negative pregnancy test results at screening."}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Presence of concomitant malignancies, with the exception of any cancer curatively treated more than 3 years prior to study entry and of tumors with a negligible risk for metastasis or death, such as adequately treated cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the skin (surgically removed at least 4 weeks prior to study entry), ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast, or carcinoma in situ of the cervix, early-stage asymptomatic CLL and not under active treatment (Rai 0, Binet A) will be eligible for the study"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- INR > 3. Uncontrolled hypertension. Known uncontrolled coagulopathy or bleeding disorder. Known hepatic cirrhosis or severe pre-existing hepatic impairment. Moderate to severe respiratory failure"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in past 2 years."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patients have a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or are receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy (in dosing exceeding 10 mg daily of prednisone equivalent) or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior the first dose of study drug. Limited use of corticosteroids to treat or prevent acute hypersensitivity reactions and asthma/COPD is not considered an exclusion criterion."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Known history of allergy to IL2, TNF, or other human proteins/peptides/antibodies"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Pregnancy or breast-feeding."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Ischemic peripheral vascular disease (Grade IIb-IV)."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Severe diabetic retinopathy."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Recovery from major trauma including surgery within 4 weeks prior to enrollment. Solid organ transplant recipient or patient with iatrogenic or pathologic severe immune suppression."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patients with a history or current evidence of any condition, therapy, or laboratory abnormality that might confound the results of the study, interfere with the participant's participation for the full duration of the study, or is not in the best interest of the participant to participate, in the opinion of the treating investigator."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patients who have received a live vaccine within 30 days prior to the first dose of study drug. Examples of live vaccines include, but are not limited to, the following: measles, mumps, rubella, varicella/zoster (chicken pox), yellow fever, rabies, Bacillus Calmette–Guérin, and typhoid vaccine. Seasonal influenza vaccines for injection are generally killed virus vaccines and are allowed; however, intranasal influenza vaccines (e.g., FluMist®) are live attenuated vaccines and are not allowed."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Radiation therapy on the tumor sites in the 4 weeks prior to study drug administration."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Any conditions that in the opinion of the investigator could hamper compliance with the study protocol."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Current topical or systemic chemotherapy, immunotherapy."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Presence of visceral metastasis."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Presence of active severe bacterial or viral infections or other severe concurrent disease/infection requiring therapy, including positive tests for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 or HIV-2 serum antibody, hepatitis B virus (HBV), or hepatitis C virus (HCV). For HBV serology, the determination of HBsAg and anti-HBcAg Ab is required. In patients with serology documenting previous exposure to HBV, negative serum HBV-DNA is required. For HCV, HCV-RNA or HCV antibody test is required. Subjects with a positive test for HCV antibody but no detection of HCV-RNA indicating no current infection are eligible."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- History within the last year of acute or subacute coronary syndromes including myocardial infarction, unstable or severe stable angina pectoris, inadequately treated cardiac arrhythmias and heart insufficiency (any grade, New York Heart Association (NYHA) criteria)."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Any abnormalities observed during baseline ECG investigations that are considered clinically significant by the investigator."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Known arterial aneurysms."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Chronically impaired renal function as indicated by creatinine clearance < 60 mL/min/1.73m2 or for patients older than 65 years without albuminuria or proteinuria, creatinine clearance < 45 mL/min/1.73m2."}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Best Overall Response Rate (BORR) as defined by the BCC-RECIST-like criteria according to an Independent Central Review (ICR).","definition_or_measurement_approach":"BORR measured as defined by the BCC-RECIST-like criteria, assessed by an Independent Central Review (ICR)."}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
92
Recruitment Window Months
58
Consent Approach
Informed consent required from each participant (adults 18-100). Subject information and informed consent forms are provided per participating country (documents listed for Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain and English recruitment/informed consent materials). No assent procedures referenced (adult population).

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
13
Total Number Of Participants
53

Germany

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
16-01-2026
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
10-02-2026
Processing Time Days
25
Number Of Sites
7
Number Of Participants
17

Sites

Site Name
Universitaetsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein AöR
Department Name
Dermatology
Principal Investigator Name
Katharina Kaehler
Principal Investigator Email
kkaehler@dermatology.uni-kiel.de
Contact Person Name
Katharina Kaehler
Site Name
Universitaetsklinikum Tuebingen AöR
Department Name
Dermatology
Principal Investigator Name
Lukas Flatz
Principal Investigator Email
lukas.flatz@med.uni-tuebingen.de
Contact Person Name
Lukas Flatz
Site Name
Universitaetsklinikum Essen AöR
Department Name
Dermatology
Principal Investigator Name
dirk Schadendorf
Principal Investigator Email
dirk.schadendorf@uk-essen.de
Contact Person Name
dirk Schadendorf
Contact Person Email
dirk.schadendorf@uk-essen.de
Site Name
Universitaetsklinikum Augsburg
Department Name
DermatoOncology
Principal Investigator Name
Julia Welzel
Principal Investigator Email
dermatologie@uk-augsburg.de
Contact Person Name
Julia Welzel
Contact Person Email
dermatologie@uk-augsburg.de
Site Name
Charite Universitaetsmedizin Berlin KöR
Department Name
Dermatology
Principal Investigator Name
Thomas Eigentler
Principal Investigator Email
thomas.eigentler@charite.de
Contact Person Name
Thomas Eigentler
Contact Person Email
thomas.eigentler@charite.de
Site Name
Heidelberg University
Department Name
Dermatology
Principal Investigator Name
Jessica Hassel
Principal Investigator Email
jessica.hassel@med.uni-heidelberg.de
Contact Person Name
Jessica Hassel
Site Name
Universitaetsklinikum Halle (Saale) AöR
Department Name
Dermatology
Principal Investigator Name
Johannes Wohlrab
Principal Investigator Email
johannes.wohlrab@medizin.uni-halle.de
Contact Person Name
Johannes Wohlrab

Greece

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
13-11-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
11-02-2026
Processing Time Days
90
Number Of Sites
1
Number Of Participants
8

Sites

Site Name
Andreas Syngros Hospital Of Venereal And Dermatological Diseases
Department Name
Dermatology-Venereology
Principal Investigator Name
Alexandros Stratigos
Principal Investigator Email
alstrat2@gmail.com
Contact Person Name
Alexandros Stratigos
Contact Person Email
alstrat2@gmail.com

Italy

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
14-01-2026
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
10-02-2026
Processing Time Days
27
Number Of Sites
4
Number Of Participants
17

Sites

Site Name
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Senese
Department Name
U.O.C. immunoterapia oncologica
Principal Investigator Name
Anna Maria Di Giacomo
Principal Investigator Email
annamaria.digiacomo@unisi.it
Contact Person Name
Anna Maria Di Giacomo
Contact Person Email
annamaria.digiacomo@unisi.it
Site Name
Humanitas Mirasole S.p.A.
Department Name
oncology and hematology
Principal Investigator Name
paolo bossi
Principal Investigator Email
paolo.bossi@hunimed.eu
Contact Person Name
paolo bossi
Contact Person Email
paolo.bossi@hunimed.eu
Site Name
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
Department Name
UOC Dermatologia
Principal Investigator Name
Ketty Perris
Principal Investigator Email
ketty.peris@unicatt.it
Contact Person Name
Ketty Perris
Contact Person Email
ketty.peris@unicatt.it
Site Name
IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione Pascale
Department Name
SC Oncologia clinica sperimentale del melanoma
Principal Investigator Name
Ascierto Paolo
Principal Investigator Email
p.ascierto@istitutotumori.na.it
Contact Person Name
Ascierto Paolo

Spain

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
30-01-2026
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
12-02-2026
Processing Time Days
13
Number Of Sites
1
Number Of Participants
11

Sites

Site Name
Hospital Clinic De Barcelona
Department Name
Dermatology
Principal Investigator Name
Agustin Toll Abello
Principal Investigator Email
atoll@clinic.cat
Contact Person Name
Agustin Toll Abello
Contact Person Email
atoll@clinic.cat

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Philogen S.p.A.
Organisation Type
Pharmaceutical company
Country Of Registered Address
Italy

Contract research organisations

Name
Pharmassist Ltd.
Responsibilities
Sponsor duties (code 1)

Third parties

  • {"country":"Greece","full_name":"Pharmassist Ltd.","duties_or_roles":"Sponsor duties (code 1)","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
Fibromun
Active Substance
ONFEKAFUSP ALFA
Modality
Peptide/protein/enzyme
Routes Of Administration
INTRALESIONAL USE
Route
INTRALESIONAL
Authorisation Status
1
Maximum Dose
0.4 mg
Investigational Product Name
Darleukin
Active Substance
BIFIKAFUSP ALFA
Modality
Peptide/protein/enzyme
Routes Of Administration
INTRALESIONAL USE
Route
INTRALESIONAL
Authorisation Status
1
Maximum Dose
2.17 mg
Combination Treatment
Yes

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