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CR-001 in Adult Participants With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumors

A Phase 1/2, Multicenter, Open-label, Dose Escalation and Dose Expansion Study to Evaluate the Safety, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Antitumor Activity of CR-001 in Adult Participants With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumors

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 1Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT07335497
Acronym
ASCEND
Enrollment
290
Registered
2026-01-13
Start date
2026-02-17
Completion date
2029-02-01
Last updated
2026-09-10

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Locally Advanced / Metastatic Solid Tumors

Keywords

solid tumors, metastatic, VEGF, PD-1, anti-PD-1, anti VEGF, immuno-oncology, anti-angiogenic therapy, checkpoint inhibitor, metastatic cancer, advanced cancer, First-in-Human, Dose Escalation, Dose Optimization

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and tolerability of monotherapy CR-001 and identify the maximum tolerated dose (MTD), and/or optimal biologic dose and Recommended Phase 2 Dose(s) (RP2D) in participants with locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors.

Detailed description

The study will initially comprise 3 parts: dose escalation, backfill, and dose optimization cohorts. The study will follow a stepwise approach, beginning with a typical dose escalation in participants with selected indications of advanced solid tumors. Additional participants will enroll in the backfill part at select dose levels that have been previously cleared for safety by the safety review committee. In dose optimization, participants will be randomized to one of two CR-001 dose levels. All participants will undergo a screening period, a treatment period of up to 2 years, a safety follow-up period, and long-term efficacy and survival follow-up. During the treatment period, participants will undergo clinical and safety assessments including disease assessment scans and blood laboratory safety, pharmacokinetic, and pharmacodynamic assessments. After treatment ends, disease scans will continue until disease progression, and long-term follow-up visits will be conducted by telephone every 3 months.

Interventions

DRUGCR-001

Intravenous Infusion

Sponsors

Crescent Biopharma, Inc.
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SEQUENTIAL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

Key Inclusion Criteria * Life expectancy ≥ 3 months * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status score of 0 - 1 * Adequate organ function and hematologic reserve based on laboratory parameters * Have measurable disease defined by RECIST v1.1 * For Backfill and Dose Optimization: Willingness to provide recent archival tumor tissue sample or willingness to undergo biopsy * Tumor Indication specific inclusion criteria: * For dose escalation or backfill: progressing from, intolerant to, or ineligible for (due to unavailability or contraindication) local standard of care therapies and have one of the following locally advanced or metastatic tumor types: * Hepatocellular carcinoma * Biliary tract cancer * Endometrial carcinoma * Cervical cancer * Ovarian cancer * Gastric or gastroesophageal cancer * Colorectal cancer * Non-small cell lung cancer Key

Exclusion criteria

* Has malignancies other than disease under study within the past 3 years * Has conditions requiring treatment with clinically significant or increasing doses of systemic steroid therapy * Has not adequately recovered from recent major surgery * Has ongoing clinically significant toxicity related to prior therapy * Has active central nervous system (CNS) metastases * Has active autoimmune disease requiring systemic therapy in the past 2 years (replacement therapy is permitted) * Has a history of serious Grade ≥ 3 immune-related adverse event (irAE) * Has a history of noninfectious pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease * Has an active severe infection * Has received a live or attenuated vaccine within 30 days of the first dose * Has undergone prior allogeneic stem cell or solid organ transplantation * Has protocol-specified events related to gastrointestinal perforation, surgery, wound healing complications, and bleeding * Has clinically significant cardiovascular disease NOTE: Other protocol defined Inclusion and

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Dose Escalation - Incidence and nature of dose-limiting toxicitiesFrom the first dose of study drug up until approximately 1 monthPer cohort
Dose Escalation - Characterization of the maximum tolerated dose, if applicableFrom the first dose of study drug up until approximately 1 monthPer Cohort
All parts - Incidence, nature, and severity of treatment emergent adverse events (TEAEs) and treatment - emergent serious adverse eventsFrom the first dose of study drug until 90 days after the last dose of study drugEvents graded according to National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI CTCAE)
All parts - Incidence and severity of TEAEs leading to dose modificationsFrom the first dose of study drug until 90 days after the last dose of study drug
All parts - Incidence and severity of TEAEs leading to treatment discontinuationFrom the first dose of study drug until 90 days after the last dose of study drug

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
All parts - Determination of recommended Phase 2 dose(s)From the first dose of study drug until 90 days after the last dose of study drug
All parts - Serum CR-001 pharmacokinetic parametersPredose until up to approximately 36 monthsAUC0--inf after a single dose and steady state parameters, as appropriate
All parts - Incidence of participants with detectable antidrug antibodiesPredose until up to approximately 36 months
All parts - Overall response rateFrom the first dose of study drug until up to approximately 36 months
All parts - Duration of responseFrom the first dose of study drug until up to approximately 36 months
All parts - Time to responseFrom the first dose of study drug until up to approximately 36 months
All parts - Progression free survivalFrom the first dose of study drug until up to approximately 36 months
All parts - Overall survivalFrom the first dose of study drug until up to approximately 36 months
All parts - Best percent change in target lesionsFrom the first dose of study drug until up to approximately 36 months

Countries

Australia, Ireland, Italy, Romania, South Korea, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Contacts

CONTACTCrescent Clinical Trials
clinicaltrials@crescentbiopharma.com617-430-5595
STUDY_DIRECTORBrad Sumrow, MD

Crescent Biopharma, Inc.

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Sep 11, 2026