CancerPhase 1NCT02044861
Phase 1 Safety Study of ACT-PFK-158, 2HCl in Patients With Advanced Solid Malignancies
A Phase 1 study testing PFK-158 in people with Cancer, run by Advanced Cancer Therapeutics at 4 sites in United States.
Trial summary
ACT-PFK-158 is a novel anti-cancer agent that inhibits glucose uptake in cancer cells. The primary objective of the study will be to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and to describe any dose limiting toxicity. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Cancer
- What is being tested?
- PFK-158
- Type of treatment
- Injection or infusion
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 56 participants
- Where
- 4 sitesUnited States
- Study dates
- Mar 2014to Sep 2015
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Histological or cytological evidence of solid malignancy.
- Patients must have:
- a. Have advanced solid tumors that are refractory to established therapies known to provide clinical benefit for the malignancy in question, OR
- b. Be intolerant of established therapies known to provide clinical benefit for the malignancy in question
- Patients enrolled in the dose-expansion part of the trial must have at least one lesion that may qualify as a target lesion based on the RECIST 1.1 criteria.
- Patient is ambulatory with an ECOG performance status of 0, 1 or 2 and an estimated life expectancy of > 3 months.
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- Patient is 18 years and older.
- Patients or their legal representatives must have the ability to read, understand and provide written informed consent for the initiation of any study related procedures.
- Patients must have adequate bone marrow reserve as evidenced by:
- a. WBC > 3,000/µL
- b. Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1,500/µL
- c. Platelet count ≥ 100,000/µL
- d. Hemoglobin ≥ 9 gm/dL.
- Patients must have adequate renal function as evidenced by a serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 X ULN for the reference laboratory OR a calculated creatinine clearance of ≥ 60 mL/min by the Cockroft-Gault equation.
- Patients must have adequate hepatic function as evidenced by AST and ALT values ≤ 3 X ULN (≤ 5 X ULN if the liver is known to be involved by metastatic disease) and serum total bilirubin values of ≤ 1.5 X ULN for the reference laboratory.
- Patients must have INR and PTT values ≤ 1.5X ULN for the reference laboratory.
- Patients must be recovered from the effects of any prior chemotherapy, radiotherapy or surgery (i.e., toxicity no worse than Grade 1); for patients who have been on monoclonal antibody therapy, at least one half-life or 4 weeks (whichever is shorter) should have elapsed prior to the first scheduled day of dosing with PFK-158.
- Patients on prior investigational agents must wait at least 5 half-lives before enrollment into the trial, or 4 weeks if the half-life of the investigational agent is not known.
- Female patients of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test within 7 days of the start of treatment.
- Women of childbearing potential and men with female sexual partners of childbearing potential must agree to use an effective method of contraception (e.g., oral contraceptives, double-barrier methods such as a condom and a diaphragm, intrauterine device) during the study and for 90 days following the last dose of study medication or to abstain from sexual intercourse for this time; a woman not of childbearing potential is one who has undergone bilateral oophorectomies or who is post-menopausal, defined as no menstrual periods for 12 consecutive months.
Who cannot join
- Patients with an active infection or with a fever ≥ 38.5°C within 3 days of the first scheduled day of dosing.
- Patients with primary CNS tumors as well as patients with CNS metastases are excluded.
- Patients with known hypersensitivity to any of the components of PFK-158.
- Patients who are receiving investigational therapies or who have been treated with investigational therapies or investigational devices within 5 half-lives of the investigational therapy or 4 weeks of first scheduled day of dosing with PFK-158 if the half-live of the investigational agent is not known.
- Uncontrolled hypertension as defined by SBP > 160 mm/Hg or DBP > 100 mm/Hg despite medical therapy.
- Subjects with diabetes.
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- Patients who require pharmacologic doses of corticosteroids; replacement, topical, ophthalmologic and inhalational steroids are permitted.
- Patients who require coumadin administration.
- Patients with mean QTcF values of > 470 msec (in females) or > 450 msec (in males) following 3 ECGs conducted 5 minutes apart from each other; patients who are known to have congenital prolonged QT syndromes; or patients who are on medications known to cause prolonged QT intervals on ECG.
- Patients with clinically significant cardiovascular co-morbidities including: congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association class III-IV heart disease), unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmias requiring medication or a pacemaker; myocardial infarction within the past six months; stroke within the past 6 months; or hypertension requiring more than 2 medications for blood pressure control.
- Patients with any other concurrent uncontrolled illness, including mental illness or substance abuse, which may interfere with the ability of the patient to cooperate and participate in the trial; other examples of such conditions would include COPD or diabetes mellitus that has required 2 or more hospitalizations in the last year; severe peripheral vascular disease; poorly controlled auto-immune conditions; recent serious trauma.
- Grade 2 or higher peripheral neuropathy.
- Patients currently known to be positive for, HIV, hepatitis B or C.
- Patients who are pregnant or lactating.
- Concurrent or recent (within 1 month) use of thrombolytic agents, or full-dose anticoagulants (except to maintain patency of preexisting, permanent indwelling IV catheters). Of note, therapy with low-molecular weight heparin is acceptable as long as the INR < 2.0.
- Significant traumatic injury within the past 4 weeks.
- Patients who are in-patients.
Trial locations and contacts
4 sites in 1 country.
Gilles Tapolsky, PhD contact
United States4 sites, 4 recruiting
- Recruiting
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, 77230
Siqing Fu, MD PhD, 713-742-4318, siqingfu@mdanderson.org
Jing Gong, RN, 713-563-8392, jinggong@mdanderson.org
- Recruiting
James Graham Brown Cancer Center
Louisville, Kentucky, 40202
Rebecca Redman, MD, 502-562-4673, rebecca.redman@louisville.edu
Rebecca Redman, MD
- Recruiting
UT Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas, 78229
Devalingam Mahalingam, MD PhD, 210-450-5970, Mahalingam@uthscsa.edu
Patricia O'Rourke, RN, 210-450-5976, ORourkeP@uthscsa.edu
- Recruiting
Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20007
Paula R Pohlmann, MD, PhD, 202-444-4655, Paula.R.Pohlmann@gunet.georgetown.edu
Paula R Pohlmann, MD PhD
About this study
Official title: Phase 1 Open-Label, Dose Escalation, Multi-Center Study of ACT-PFK-158, 2HCl in Patients With Advanced Solid Malignancies
ACT-PFK-158 is a novel anti-cancer agent that inhibits glucose uptake in cancer cells. The primary objective of the study will be to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and to describe any dose limiting toxicity. The secondary objectives of the study will be to determine the safety profile of the drug, to determine the pharmacokinetic profile, to identify any anti-tumor activity, and to determine the pharmacodynamic profile of ACT-PFK-158.
- Conditions
- Cancer
- Being tested
- PFK-158
- Medical subject headings
- Neoplasms
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
PFK-158Drug
IV dose escalation
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| ACT-PFK-158 | Experimental | dose escalation Receives: Drug: PFK-158 |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Maximum Tolerated Dose
Measured: End of cycle 1 (an average of 1 month)
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted24 Jan 2014 (estimated)
- Study startMar 2014
- Primary completionSep 2015 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (1)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for CancerStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 56 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Advanced Cancer Therapeutics
- Sponsor type
- Industry (pharma, biotech, devices)
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT02044861
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- ACT-PFK-01
- Status last verified
- Jun 2015
- First submitted
- 22 Jan 2014
- Last updated
- 23 Jun 2015
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
Publications
Aden D, Sureka N, Zaheer S, Chaurasia JK, Zaheer S. Metabolic Reprogramming in Cancer: Implications for Immunosuppressive Microenvironment. Immunology. 2025 Jan;174(1):30-72. doi: 10.1111/imm.13871. Epub 2024 Oct 27.
PubMed 39462179
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 23 Jun 2015. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Phase 1 Open-Label, Dose Escalation, Multi-Center Study of ACT-PFK-158, 2HCl in Patients With Advanced Solid Malignancies
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT02044861
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- ACT-PFK-01
- Conditions
- Cancer
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Unknown status
- Enrolment
- 56 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Advanced Cancer TherapeuticsIndustry (pharma, biotech, devices)
- Study start
- Mar 2014
- Primary completion
- Sep 2015 (estimated)
- First posted
- 24 Jan 2014 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
ACT-PFK-158 is a novel anti-cancer agent that inhibits glucose uptake in cancer cells. The primary objective of the study will be to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and to describe any dose limiting toxicity. The secondary objectives of the study will be to determine the safety profile of the drug, to determine the pharmacokinetic profile, to identify any anti-tumor activity, and to determine the pharmacodynamic profile of ACT-PFK-158.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| ACT-PFK-158 | Experimental | Drug: PFK-158dose escalation |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (20 listed)
- Histological or cytological evidence of solid malignancy.
- Patients must have:
- Patients enrolled in the dose-expansion part of the trial must have at least one lesion that may qualify as a target lesion based on the RECIST 1.1 criteria.
- Patient is ambulatory with an ECOG performance status of 0, 1 or 2 and an estimated life expectancy of > 3 months.
- Patient is 18 years and older.
Key exclusion criteria (17 listed)
- Patients with an active infection or with a fever ≥ 38.5°C within 3 days of the first scheduled day of dosing.
- Patients with primary CNS tumors as well as patients with CNS metastases are excluded.
- Patients with known hypersensitivity to any of the components of PFK-158.
- Patients who are receiving investigational therapies or who have been treated with investigational therapies or investigational devices within 5 half-lives of the investigational therapy or 4 weeks of first scheduled day of dosing with PFK-158 if the half-live of the investigational agent is not known.
- Uncontrolled hypertension as defined by SBP > 160 mm/Hg or DBP > 100 mm/Hg despite medical therapy.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| PFK-158IV dose escalation | Drug | ACT-PFK-158 |
Primary outcome
Maximum Tolerated Dose
Time frame: End of cycle 1 (an average of 1 month)
Results and safety
Results are not available in the source record.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 23 Jun 2015.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 39462179Aden D, Sureka N, Zaheer S, Chaurasia JK, Zaheer S. Metabolic Reprogramming in Cancer: Implications for Immunosuppressive Microenvironment. Immunology. 2025 Jan;174(1):30-72. doi: 10.1111/imm.13871. Epub 2024 Oct 27.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Gilles Tapolsky, PhD contact
4 sites in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Phase 1 study testing PFK-158 in people with Cancer, run by Advanced Cancer Therapeutics at 4 sites in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 20 inclusion and 17 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 23 Jun 2015. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 4 sites in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
What does this phase mean?
Phase 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.
Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.
Are results available for this study?
Results are not available in the source record.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Gilles Tapolsky, PhD (502 589 6404), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Maximum Tolerated Dose (time frame: End of cycle 1 (an average of 1 month)). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT02044861, which also lists 1 linked publication.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 23 Jun 2015.