GEN1042 Safety Trial and Anti-tumor Activity in Participants With Malignant Solid Tumors
The goal of this trial is to learn about the antibody GEN1042 when it is used alone and when it is used together with another antibody cancer drug, pembrolizumab (with or without chemotherapy), for treatment of participants with certain types of cancer.
Checked against the public recordLast updated Aug 4, 2026 · Source: ClinicalTrials.gov
What this study is about
- Purpose
- Treatment
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 1 / Phase 2
- Sponsor
- Genmab
- Interventions being studied
- Biological: GEN1042; Drug: Pembrolizumab; Drug: Cisplatin; Drug: Carboplatin; Drug: 5-FU; Drug: Gemcitabine; Drug: Nab paclitaxel; Drug: Pemetrexed; Drug: Paclitaxel
How this study is categorized
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Who may be able to participate
Key Inclusion Criteria: Monotherapy - Dose Escalation and Dose Expansion Parts * Participants with non-CNS solid tumors that is metastatic or unresectable and for whom there is no available standard therapy. * Participants with a confirmed diagnosis of relapsed or refractory, advanced and/or metastatic melanoma, NSCLC, or CRC and for whom there is no available standard therapy Combination Therapy - Dose Expansion Part * Participants with unresectable Stage III or Stage IV melanoma with no prior systemic anticancer therapy for unresectable or metastatic disease. Primary ocular or mucosal melanoma is excluded. * Participants with Stage IV metastatic or recurrent NSCLC with no prior systemic anticancer therapy, no actionable mutation. * Participants with recurrent or metastatic HNSCC with no prior systemic therapy administered in the recurrent or metastatic setting. * Participants with confirmed metastatic PDAC with no previous radiotherapy, surgery, chemotherapy, or investigational therapy for the treatment of metastatic disease. General (all phases): * Must be age ≥ 18 years of age on the day of signing informed consent, or the legal age of consent in the jurisdiction in which the trial is taking place. * Measurable disease according to RECIST 1.1 * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) 0-1 * Normal or adequate liver, renal, cardiac and bone marrow function Key Exclusion Criteria: Monotherapy - Dose Escalation and Dose Expansion Parts * Treatment with an anti-cancer agent (within 21 days or after at least 5 half-lives of the drug, whichever is shorter), prior to GEN1042 administration * Radiotherapy within 14 days prior to first GEN1042 administration * Toxicities from previous anti-cancer therapies that have not resolved Combination Therapy - Dose Expansion Part * Has received prior systemic cytotoxic chemotherapy, biological therapy, OR major surgery within 3 weeks or at least 5 half-lives of the drug (whichever is shorter) of the first dose of trial treatment. * Radiotherapy within 14 days of start of trial treatment or received lung radiation therapy of \> 30 Gy within 6 months of the first dose of trial treatment. General (all phases) * Participants has an active, known, or suspected autoimmune disease. * History of non-infectious pneumonitis that required steroids or currently has pneumonitis. * History of ≥ grade 3 allergic reactions to monoclonal antibody (mAb) therapy * Participants with a condition requiring systemic treatment with either corticosteroids (\>10 mg daily prednisone equivalent) or other immunosuppressive medications within 14 days of first treatment. NOTE: Other protocol defined Inclusion/Exclusion criteria may apply.
Important: This is the sponsor’s public criteria, not a determination of eligibility. The study team must review your individual situation.
U.S. locations
- Alaska Oncology and Hematology LLCAnchorage, Alaska
- Cancer & Blood Specialty ClinicLos Alamitos, California
- Moores Cancer Center at the UC San Diego HealthSan Diego, California
- Yale University Cancer CenterNew Haven, Connecticut
- ChristianaCareNewark, Delaware
- Mount Sinai Comprehensive Cancer CenterMiami Beach, Florida
- Florida Cancer AffiliatesOcala, Florida
- Hope and Healing Cancer ServicesHinsdale, Illinois
- University of KentuckyLexington, Kentucky
- Norton Cancer InstituteLouisville, Kentucky
- Maryland Oncology Hematology PAColumbia, Maryland
- Washington University School of MedicineSt Louis, Missouri
Source and freshness
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