Clinical trial • Phase I/II • Oncology|Other
TUB-040 for High-grade epithelial serous ovarian cancer | High-grade endometrioid epithelial ovarian cancer
Phase I/II trial of TUB-040 for High-grade epithelial serous ovarian cancer | High-grade endometrioid epithelial ovarian cancer.
Overview
- Trial Therapeutic Area
- Oncology|Other
- Trial Disease
- High-grade epithelial serous ovarian cancer | High-grade endometrioid epithelial ovarian cancer
- Trial Stage
- Phase I/II
- Drug Modality
- ADC
Key dates
- Initial CTIS Submission Date
- 07-01-2026
- First CTIS Authorization Date
- 12-02-2026
Trial design
open-label, none/not specified-controlled, adaptive Phase I/II trial in Belgium.
- Open Label
- Yes
- Comparator
- None/Not specified
- Adaptive
- True, dose-escalation design to determine maximum tolerated dose (MTD) if observed; primary endpoints include DLTs during first treatment cycle; interim safety assessments during escalation as per protocol.
- Single Multiple Or Escalation Dose Combined
- Yes
- Target Sample Size
- 72
Eligibility
Recruits 72 No vulnerable populations selected. Trial enrolls adult female patients ("Female ≥ 18 years of age"). The patient "must be able to understand, must be willing to sign informed consent form (ICF) and comply with all study-related procedures". Prescreening ICFs and Main ICFs are provided (documents available in English, French and Dutch for Belgium: L1_Main ICF_ BEL_EN_redacted, L1_Main ICF_ BEL_FR_Redacted, L1_Main ICF_ BEL_NL_Redacted; prescreening and pregnancy ICF forms also available in EN/FR/NL). No assent procedures are indicated..
- Pregnancy Exclusion
- 3. Patient pregnant, lactating or breastfeeding or having a positive serum pregnancy test during the screening period.
- Vulnerable Population
- No vulnerable populations selected. Trial enrolls adult female patients ("Female ≥ 18 years of age"). The patient "must be able to understand, must be willing to sign informed consent form (ICF) and comply with all study-related procedures". Prescreening ICFs and Main ICFs are provided (documents available in English, French and Dutch for Belgium: L1_Main ICF_ BEL_EN_redacted, L1_Main ICF_ BEL_FR_Redacted, L1_Main ICF_ BEL_NL_Redacted; prescreening and pregnancy ICF forms also available in EN/FR/NL). No assent procedures are indicated.
Inclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- 1. Female ≥ 18 years of age at the time of the first screening visit\n- 18.\tFemale patients will be considered post-menopausal if they have undergone bilateral salpingectomy, and/or bilateral oophorectomy, and/or hysterectomy or have been amenorrheic for 12 months without an alternative medical cause (treatment with anti-hormonal therapies is considered an alternative medical cause). The following age-specific requirements apply: a)\tWomen <50 years of age will be considered post-menopausal if they have been amenorrhoeic for 12 months or more following cessation of all hormonal replacement therapy and/or if they have luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone levels in the post-menopausal range for the institution. b)\tWomen ≥50 years of age will be considered post-menopausal if they have been amenorrhoeic for 12 months or more following cessation of all hormonal replacement therapy or had radiation-induced menopause with most recent menses >1 year ago or had chemotherapy-induced menopause with most recent menses >1 year ago.\n- 19. In the opinion of the INV, the patient must be able to understand, must be willing to sign informed consent form (ICF) and comply with all study-related procedures, medication use, and evaluations.\n- 2. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) 0 or 1.\n- 20.\tPatients must have 1-2 prior lines of systemic XXX therapy and have not progressed within 182 days after the date of the last dose of XXX.\n- 21. Prior treatment with PARPi is required (for patients who were previously documented to be HRD positive or have a germline or somatic BRCA 1/2 mutation), if PARPi therapy was locally approved at the time of testing.\n- 3.Histologically confirmed advanced high-grade serous or endometrioid epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer.\n- 4. Have XXX ovarian cancer (XXOC) defined as: Patients who had recurrences (radiologically confirmed) to XXX-based therapy and have responded to the last XXX therapy received before study entry and did not progress within 6 months (182 days) of the date of the last dose of XXX-based systemic treatment.\n- 5.Radiologically measurable disease in at least 1 lesion by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) v 1.1, that can include a lesion in an irradiated field and that shows progression according to RECIST v1.1.\n- 6. Patients must have progressed radiographically on or after their most recent line of anti-cancer therapy.\n- 7. Adequate hematologic function as indicated by: a)\tPlatelet counts 100,000/mm3 (no transfusion or growth factors e.g. eltrombopag, romiplostim, or IL-11 within 4 weeks before first dose) b)\tHemoglobin ≥9.0 g/dL (no transfusion or growth factors e.g. erythropoietin [EPO], darbepoetin within 4 weeks before first dose or long-acting white blood cell growth factors within 20 days before first dose) c)\tAbsolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1500/μL (no growth factors, e.g., granulocyte colony stimulating factor [G-CSF], granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor [GM-CSF] within 4 weeks before first dose) d)\tInternational normalized ratio (INR) ≤1.5 and activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) ≤1.5 × upper limit of normal (ULN) in the absence of anticoagulation therapy. If patients are on anticoagulation therapy with a specific INR goal, INR should be within the therapeutic range for the medical indication.\n- 10. Adequate renal function defined by glomerular filtration rate ≥60 mL/min (according to the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration, CKD-EPI, formula).\n- 8. Adequate hepatic function defined as total bilirubin level ≤1.5 × ULN, an aspartate aminotransferase (AST) level ≤2.5 × ULN, and an alanine aminotransferase (ALT) level ≤2.5 × ULN a)\tFor documented Gilbert's Syndrome, a total bilirubin <3 × ULN is accepted b)\tFor patients with liver metastases, AST and ALT <5 × ULN is accepted.\n- 9. Alkaline phosphatase < 2.5 x ULN, except if there is an alternative explanation for ALP elevation rather than hepatic failure, such as the presence of bone metastasis.\n- 11. Patients must be willing to sign an archival tissue release form for research purposes and determination of biomarker (e.g., NaPi2b) expression. The patient must have an adequate tumor tissue sample available for biomarker assessment by the central laboratory. Mandatory is either a tissue (FFPE) block or a minimum of 6 freshly cut unstained sections based on the most recently available tumor sample. If no archival specimens are available, a new biopsy must be performed. For patients in which a fresh biopsy poses unacceptable clinical risk in the judgment of the treating investigator, enrollment may be considered on a case-by-case basis only after discussion with the Sponsor Medical Monitor.\n- 12. Resolution of all acute toxic effects of prior therapy or surgical procedures to Grade ≤1 including peripheral neuropathy (except alopecia, hyperpigmentation, or discoloration (incl. vitiligo) of the skin and nails, stable immune-related toxicity such as hypothyroidism on hormone) replacement, corticosteroid treatment on ≤10 mg daily prednisone (or equivalent).\n- 13. Patients with previous systemic topoisomerase 1 inhibitor treatment (e.g., Topotecan) or patients that are previously treated with ADCs are allowed (except for ADCs with a topoisomerase 1 inhibitor, such as SN38 or other camptothecin derivatives as payload or any ADC targeting NaPi2b)\n- 14. Completed washout of prior therapy: a.\tSystemic anti-neoplastic therapy: five half-lives or 4 weeks, whichever is shorter prior to first dose of study drug. Hormonal therapy is not considered anti-neoplastic therapy. b.\tRadiotherapy: last dose ≥ 2 weeks from first dose of study drug c.\tCompleted major surgery at least 4 weeks prior from first dose of study drug and recovered from side effects to Grade ≤1.\n- 15. \tViral infections: a)\tPatients who are hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positive are eligible if they have received hepatitis B (HBV) anti-viral therapy for at least 4 weeks and have undetectable HBV viral load b)\tPatients with history of hepatitis C viral (HCV) infection are eligible if HCV viral load is undetectable at screening.\n- 16. Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) who are sexually active with a non-sterilized partner must use at least 1 highly effective method of contraception (with a failure rate of ≤1% per year) from the time of screening and must agree to continue using such precautions until the end of exposure, plus at minimum 5 half-lives and 6 months after last dose of either TUB-040, carboplatin, or bevacizumab, whichever is later, in the case of patients of childbearing potential. Abstinence is acceptable only when this is in line with the preferred and usual lifestyle of the patient for the duration of the study treatment and the above-referred period after the end of the exposure. Periodic abstinence (e.g. calendar ovulation, symptom-thermal, post-ovulation methods), the rhythm method, and the withdrawal method are not acceptable methods of contraception. Notes see protocol.\n- 17.\tPatients must agree to continue a highly effective contraceptive method, refrain from egg cell donation and breastfeeding while on study treatment and for 5 half-lives plus 6 months after the last dose of study treatment."}
Exclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- 1.\tPatients with clear-cell, mucinous histology, mixed histology with mucinous component, sarcoma, sarcomatous component, or low-grade ovarian cancer.\n- 26.\tClinically significant proteinuria: urine-protein (UPC) ratio ≥ 1.0 or urine dipstick result ≥ 2+; patients with UPC ratio ≥ 1.0 or ≥ 2+ proteinuria should undergo 24-hour urine collection and must show result < 1 gram of protein in 24-hour period.\n- 3.\tPatient pregnant, lactating or breastfeeding or having a positive serum pregnancy test during the screening period.\n- 11.\tPatients with untreated spinal cord compression or cerebrovascular accident/stroke within <6 months of enrollment.\n- 5.\tHistory of hypersensitivity to exatecan or excipients of the TUB-040 formulation.\n- 6.\tPatients with unresolved malignant bowel obstruction (including patients with radiological findings indicating possible bowel obstruction on CT scans), history of abdominal fistula, gastrointestinal perforation or intra-abdominal abscess or Patients on total parenteral nutrition (TPN).\n- 7.\tPrior thoracocentesis for therapeutic drainage of malignant effusion < 4 weeks from trial inclusion and repeated paracentesis for therapeutic drainage of malignant effusion < 4 weeks before trial inclusion.\n- 8.\tPrior radiotherapy to the pelvis or abdomen (Dose Escalation phase only).\n- 9.\tPatients with serum albumin level <2,5 g/dL (subjects should not have received IV albumin within 4 weeks of the test).\n- 10.\tParticipation in interventional clinical studies either concurrently or within the previous 28 days or within 5 half-lives (whichever is shorter) of any investigational pharmacologic agents before study treatment\n- 4. Previous systemic topoisomerase-1 inhibitor treatment (except Topotecan).\n- 19.\tLive vaccines within 30 days prior to study entry or any known unresolved and active bacterial, viral (e.g. Hep B, Hep C, Varicella or CMV), fungal, mycobacterial, or other infection at screening.\n- 12.\tMajor surgery within 21 days prior to signing the ICF, unless the patient is recovered at that time.\n- 13.\tHistory of non-infectious ILD/pneumonitis/radiation pneumonitis that required steroids or has current ILD/pneumonitis.\n- 14.\tDocumented cardiac comorbidities: Corrected QT interval > 470 msec on the screening ECG, unstable or uncontrolled pectoral angina, myocardial infarction during the last 6 months, valvular heart disease that requires treatment, uncontrollable hypertension (≥Grade 3), uncontrollable arrhythmias, acute myocarditis, or congestive heart failure (CHF) (New York Heart Association III or IV).\n- 15.\tActive, uncontrolled or severe impairment of the urogenital, renal, hepatobiliary (including liver cirrhosis), cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, neurologic, or hematopoietic systems which, in the opinion of the INV, would predispose the patient to the development of complications from the administration of protocol therapy.\n- 16.\tDemyelinating diseases: History of multiple sclerosis or of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy.\n- 17.\tHistory of another malignancy with ongoing treatment or not yet free from disease for 2 years, except for appropriately treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix, non-melanoma skin carcinoma, or other malignancy with a similar expected curative outcome.\n- 18.\tAny concurrent anti-cancer chemotherapy, radiotherapy (except for local radiation therapy of lesions that may cause imminent complications), hormonal therapy, immunotherapy, or corticosteroid therapy,other than that permitted in Section 8.8 in protocol.\n- 27.\tAny patient who is required to take strong CYP3A4 inhibitors or inducers (see also Prohibited Medication and Guidance for Potential Use section).\n- 20.\tHistory of hypersensitivity to XXX and risk of further cumulative toxicity with additional XXX, including but not limited to myelosuppression, with febrile neutropenia, Grade 4 hematotoxicity, neuropathy Grade ≥2, renal insufficiency during prior XXX-based therapy.\n- 2.\tPatients with XXX refractory OC (XXX refractory is defined as disease that has not responded to a primary XXX-based regimen or progressed within 30 days after primary XXX-based therapy )or XXX resistant ovarian cancer.\n- 21.\tNon-healing wounds, ulcers, or bone fractures.\n- 22.\tHistory of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome.\n- 23.\tRecent history of hemoptysis of ≥1/2 teaspoon of red blood within 4 weeks before first study treatment.\n- 24.\tHistory of Grade 4 thromboembolic events.\n- 25.\tHypertension ≥ Grade 3 that is not controlled with medical management."}
Endpoints
Primary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- \tOccurrence and severity of treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs)\n- \tOccurrence of DLTs (Dose limiting toxicities) at different dose levels (during first treatment cycle)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Occurrence and severity of TEAEs: as recorded during treatment (protocol documents reference pro-CTCAE questionnaires); Occurrence of DLTs: DLTs assessed at different dose levels during the first treatment cycle (dose-limiting toxicities defined by protocol; primary endpoint timeframe = first treatment cycle for DLTs)."}
Secondary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- \tPK parameters of TUB-040 ADC, total mAb and free exatecan, including but not limited to maximum concentration Cmax, time to Cmax (Tmax), area under the curve (AUC) and as far as collected data allow an estimation of half-life (t1/2)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Pharmacokinetic parameters measured from collected plasma samples; includes Cmax, Tmax, AUC, and estimation of half-life (t1/2) as data allow."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- \tIncidence and titers of anti-drug antibodies (ADA) against TUB-040","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Immunogenicity assessed by ADA assays (incidence and titer measurements as per central lab methods)."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- \tObjective response rate (ORR) by RECIST v1.1 assessed by Investigator (INV)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Tumor response assessed by RECIST v1.1 by Investigator; ORR = proportion with complete or partial response."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- \tTime to first response (TTR) by RECIST v1.1 assessed by INV","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time from treatment start to first documented response per RECIST v1.1 assessed by Investigator."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- \tDuration of response (DoR) by RECIST v1.1 assessed by INV","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Duration from first documented response to progression or death per RECIST v1.1."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- \tProgression-free survival (PFS) by RECIST v1.1 assessed by INV","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time from treatment start to documented progression or death per RECIST v1.1."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- \tNumber of patients with Gynecologic Cancer Intergroup (GCIG) CA-125 criteria clinical responses","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Clinical responses assessed using GCIG CA-125 criteria."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- \tIncidence of serious adverse events (SAEs)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"SAEs recorded throughout the study per standard safety reporting procedures."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- \tIncidence of ≥Grade 3 laboratory abnormalities","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Laboratory abnormalities graded by CTCAE (protocol references pro-CTCAE documents); incidence of Grade ≥3 abnormalities recorded."}
Recruitment
- Planned Sample Size
- 72
- Recruitment Window Months
- 24
- Consent Approach
- Informed consent required from each participant (adult patients). "In the opinion of the INV, the patient must be able to understand, must be willing to sign informed consent form (ICF)". Prescreening ICFs and Main ICFs provided; ICF documents available in English, French and Dutch for Belgium (e.g., L1_Main ICF_ BEL_EN_redacted, L1_Main ICF_ BEL_FR_Redacted, L1_Main ICF_ BEL_NL_Redacted) and prescreening/pregnancy-specific ICFs (EN/FR/NL). No assent procedures specified (adult-only population).
Geography
- Total Number Of Sites
- 4
- Total Number Of Participants
- 72
Belgium
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 02-02-2026
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 01-04-2026
- Processing Time Days
- 58
- Number Of Sites
- 4
- Number Of Participants
- 42
Sites
- Site Name
- UZ Leuven
- Department Name
- Gynaecology Oncology
- Contact Person Name
- Toon van Gorp
- Contact Person Email
- toon.vangorp@uzleuven.be
- Site Name
- Centre hospitalier universitaire de Liege
- Department Name
- Medical Oncology
- Contact Person Name
- Christine Gennigens
- Contact Person Email
- Christine.gennigens@chuliege.be
- Site Name
- Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc
- Department Name
- Medical Oncology
- Contact Person Name
- Jean-Francoise Baurain
- Contact Person Email
- Jean-francois.baurain@saintluclovain.be
- Site Name
- Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent
- Department Name
- Medical Oncology
- Contact Person Name
- Hannelore Denys
- Contact Person Email
- Hannelore.denys@ugent.be
Sponsor
Primary sponsor
- Full Name
- Tubulis GmbH
- Organisation Type
- Pharmaceutical company
- Country Of Registered Address
- Germany
Contract research organisations
- Name
- Parexel International (IRL) Limited
- Responsibilities
- Safety/pharmacovigilance (sponsorDuty code 8); contact Tubulis_Safety@parexel.com
- Name
- ICON Clinical Research Germany GmbH
- Responsibilities
- Central Imaging Services (sponsorDuty code 15)
- Name
- Alira Health GmbH
- Responsibilities
- Multiple vendor/CRO responsibilities (sponsorDuty codes 1,10,14,2,5,6,7) as per sponsor listing
Third parties
- {"country":"Switzerland","full_name":"Swiss BioQuant AG","duties_or_roles":"code 4","organisation_type":"Laboratory/Research/Testing facility"}
- {"country":"Belgium","full_name":"CellCarta","duties_or_roles":"code 4","organisation_type":"Laboratory/Research/Testing facility"}
- {"country":"Ireland","full_name":"Parexel International (IRL) Limited","duties_or_roles":"code 8 (safety/pharmacovigilance contact: Tubulis_Safety@parexel.com)","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"Switzerland","full_name":"Lyo-X AG","duties_or_roles":"code 10","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"Germany","full_name":"ICON Clinical Research Germany GmbH","duties_or_roles":"Central Imaging Services (code 15)","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Labconnect LLC","duties_or_roles":"codes 14, 15; \"Sample shipment & storage, kit preparation & shipment\"","organisation_type":"Laboratory/Research/Testing facility"}
- {"country":"Germany","full_name":"Alira Health GmbH","duties_or_roles":"codes 1,10,14,2,5,6,7 (multiple operational and project functions as listed)","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
Investigational products
- Investigational Product Name
- TUB-040
- Active Substance
- TUB-040
- Modality
- ADC
- Routes Of Administration
- INTRAVENOUS INFUSION
- Route
- INTRAVENOUS INFUSION
- Combination Treatment
- Yes
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