About this trial
Open-label, uncontrolled, phase 1-2 study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacodynamic effects, and preliminary efficacy of ABX196 administered in combination with nivolumab in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Men or women, Age ≥18 years
Patients with ECOG performance status 0 or 1
Patients with histologically confirmed diagnosis of HCC not amenable to curative surgery or local therapy
Patients with documented objective radiographic progression during or after local therapy or after treatment with sorafenib or lenvatinib or intolerance to or refusal to receive either agent
Disqualifiers
Patients with tyrosine kinase inhibitor treatment within 2 weeks of first study dose
Patients with esophageal or gastric variceal bleeding within the past 6 months
Patients with portal vein invasion at the main portal (Vp4) or the inferior vena cava or cardiac involvement of HCC based on imaging
Patients with previous solid organ or hematologic transplantation
Trial design
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
ABX196
DrugABX196 will be administered as an IM injection 120 minutes (+/- 15 minutes) after the completion of the nivolumab infusion on Day 1 of every other 28-Day treatment cycle (i.e., every 8 weeks).
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Incidence of adverse events (AEs)
Adverse Events evaluated according to CTC-AE
Secondary outcomes
Objective Response Rate (ORR)
Partial and Complete response according to RECIST V1.1
Duration of Response (DOR)
Progression-Free Survival
Alpha Fetoprotein Serum concentrations
Sponsors and contacts
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Abivax S.A.
Lead sponsor
C3 Research Associates
Collaborator