Cancer
Conditions
Brief summary
ARQ 501, an investigational anticancer drug, is intended to selectively kill cancer cells and spare normal cells by restoring and activating cellular checkpoints known to be defective in cancer using the Company's unique biology platform, Activated Checkpoint Therapy™ (ACT). ARQ 501 has the potential for improved activity and reduced toxicity over other molecular approaches and traditional cancer chemotherapy.
Interventions
DRUGARQ 501
Sponsors
ArQule, Inc., a subsidiary of Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc. (Rahway, NJ USA)
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Histologically or cytologically confirmed solid tumor that is metastatic, unresectable or recurrent and for which standard curative or palliative measures do not exist or are no longer effective. * ECOG performance status greater than or equal to 1 * Life expectancy greater than three months * Acceptable pretreatment clinical laboratory results
Exclusion criteria
* Subjects who have had chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 4 weeks * Subjects receiving any other investigational agents * Subjects with known untreated brain metastases * Subjects receiving hepatic enzyme-inducing antiseizure drugs (EIASD) * Subjects with uncontrolled intercurrent illnesses * Pregnant women
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed