Clinical trials

Gastric/GEJ adenocarcinomas are aggressive tumors with a high probability of death. Current treatment guidelines include two-drug cytotoxic chemotherapy with a fluoropyrimidine (mFOLFOX6: capecitabine or fluorouracil) and a platinum-based agent (CapOx: oxaliplatin or cisplatin). In addition, the FDA has approved nivolumab, a PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor, in combination with chemotherapy as first line treatment for advanced or metastatic gastric/GEJ cancer. TST001 is a recombinant humanized monoclonal antibody against Claudin 18.2 (a tumor marker found in gastric/GEJ cancer. In this study, the combination therapy of chemotherapy or chemotherapy and pembrolizumab with and without TST001 could provide additional benefits to the management of these tumors.

This is an open-label, multi-center, Phase I trial of TST001. Subjects with locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors will be enrolled. The study will consist of two parts: Part A is dose escalation and dose expansion phase for mono-therapy, and Part B is dose escalation and dose expansion phase for combination therapy in gastric, gastroesophageal junction(G/GEJ) and biliary tract cancer, etc.