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CAN1012 in Pre-malignant Oral Dysplasia

A Phase I/Ib Study Evaluating Intralesional TLR7 Agonist, CAN1012, in Pre-malignant Oral Dysplasia

Status
Not yet recruiting
Phases
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT07620496
Enrollment
36
Registered
2026-06-02
Start date
2026-07-01
Completion date
2033-07-01
Last updated
2026-06-02

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Conditions

Oral Epithelial Dysplasia (OED)

Brief summary

The primary objective of this trial is to examine the safety of CAN1012 delivered by intralesional injection ahead of planned surgical resection.

Detailed description

This is not a dose finding study, and therefore patients may be enrolled to any of the four arms in any order, based on clinical considerations (e.g. OR scheduling). No arm, per specific disease type, may expand beyond the first 3 patients, until 30-day post-op safety evaluation has been completed. Study analysis is planned after a single dose of intralesional CAN1012. The Safety Analysis Set will consist of all subjects who receive at least one dose of study treatment. The Safety Analysis Set will be used for safety analyses. The Intent-to-treat (ITT) Analysis Set will consist of all subjects who receive at least one dose of study treatment and have at least one post-Baseline assessment of tumor response. The disposition of subjects will be summarized by presenting the number of subjects enrolled, the number and percentage of subjects in each analysis population, the number for whom the study drug was discontinued with the reasons for discontinuation, and the number of subjects who discontinued participation in the study with the reason(s) for withdrawal.

Interventions

CAN1012 is an IFN-α biased, long-acting, highly selective TLR7 agonist, which acts as an immune modulator capable of priming both innate and adaptive immunity against tumors. It has previously been shown on intralesional injection to turn "cold" tumors "hot" through several mechanisms: 1. CAN1012 activates plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs), producing robust IFN-α but minimal IL-6 or TNF; 2. IFN-α primes NK and CD8+ T cell maturation and release of cytotoxic granules to kill tumor cells; 3. IFN-α promotes mature cDCs to migrate to tumor draining lymph nodes and present tumor antigens to CD4+ T cells; 4. Chemokines induced by TLR7 stimulation recruit inflammatory cells into the tumor microenvironment (TME).

Sponsors

Providence Health & Services
Lead SponsorOTHER
CanWell Pharma Inc.
CollaboratorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

1. Clinically-identified oral epithelial dysplasia (OED) 2. Age 18 years or above with ability to give informed consent, comply with the protocol, and sign a study-specific consent document. 3. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-1 deemed suitable by investigator or designee for requirements of study. 4. Laboratory values within 72 hours of Day 0: 1. WBC ≥ 2.0 K/µL, ANC ≥ 1.0 K/µL 2. Hgb ≥ 10 g/dL 3. Platelets ≥ 100,000 K/µL 4. Creatinine Clearance (using Cockcroft-Gault) 5. AST/ALT ≤ 2.5 x ULN 6. Total bilirubin ≤ 3 x ULN, (except subjects with Gilbert's Syndrome, who must have a total bilirubin less than 3.0 mg/dL) 7. Negative pregnancy test (bHCG urine or serum, people of childbearing potential only) 5. Patients and their partners who are capable of conceiving must agree to use effective methods of during the course of treatment and for 165 days after last dose of CAN1012.

Exclusion criteria

1. Any serious underlying medical or psychiatric condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, would pose a risk to patient safety or interfere with the study procedures, completion, or evaluation. 2. Need for corticosteroids ≥ 10mg prednisone daily equivalent; inhaled steroids are acceptable. 3. Need for hormonal contraception including oral contraceptives, implant, injectable depots, vaginal rings, skin patches, and the progestin IUD; or any medication that is a sensitive substrate of the major CYPs. 4. History of or current active autoimmune diseases which, in the judgment of the investigator, pose an active and significant risk. Vitiligo, lichen planus or lichenoid inflammation, and adequately controlled endocrine deficiencies such as hypothyroidism/ hyperthyroidism are not exclusionary. 5. Previous history of bone marrow transplantation or oral Graft Versus Host Disease (GVHD). 6. Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy. Investigator may allow if deemed not clinically significant. 7. Has active or uncontrolled Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, or HIV with AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome)- defined opportunistic infection. 8. Has a baseline electrocardiogram (ECG) with a prolonged QTc interval \> 480 msec. Medications which have a known and clinically significant risk of QT prolongation may be allowed per investigator discretion. 9. Patients who have had a history of acute diverticulitis, intra-abdominal abscess, GI obstruction and abdominal carcinomatosis which are known risk factors for bowel perforation, and in the judgment of the investigator still pose an active risk.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Safety and TolerabilityPost-operative follow-up visit (30 days after surgery)Assess safety \& tolerability of intralesional CAN1012 injection in subjects with OED by monitoring for adverse events and delays in surgery. Adverse events will be assessed using Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v6.0 and the Clavien-Dindo grading tool will be used for surgical complications.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Immunologic Monitoring5 yearsFlow cytometric analysis on pre/post whole blood, and tandem pre/post Multiplex IF for quantitative immunophenotyping, will be performed to ascertain if TLR7 agonists deplete immunosuppressive immune populations within the tumor and if the multiplex immunofluorescence (mIF) changes in the tumor will not be detectable in peripheral blood.
LINE-1 Expression5 yearsLINE-1 (L1) expression at the protein level will be evaluated using multiplex IF. Paraffin-embedded tissue blocks will be utilized for multiplex IF using the Lunaphore COMET platform.
Relapse Free Survival (RFS)5 yearsAssess whether recurrence of OED or invasive disease (relapse free survival, RFS) within the 5 years of the trial.

Contacts

CONTACTIsa Ngirailemesang, RN
canrsrchstudies@providence.org503-215-1979
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORSasha Stanton, MD, PhD

Providence Health & Services

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Jun 3, 2026