This first-in-human study evaluates the safety, tolerability and efficacy of ALE.C04 as a monotherapy and in combination.
Alentis Therapeutics (“Alentis”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company within our portfolio developing treatments for Claudin-1 positive (CLDN1+) tumors and organ fibrosis, announced that the first patient has been dosed in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial of ALE.C04, a Claudin-1 (CLDN1) targeting investigational antibody for the treatment of CLDN1+ tumors. The patient is enrolled under the Phase I program, led by Anthony El-Khoueiry, MD, Associate Director of Clinical Research, at University of Southern California (USC) Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of Keck Medicine of USC.
The open-label, multi-center, Phase 1/2 clinical trial (NCT06054477) will investigate ALE.C04 as a single agent and in combination with pembrolizumab (anti-PD-1 antibody) in 220 adults with recurrent or metastatic (R/M) head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Endpoints include safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and anti-tumor efficacy.
About Alentis Therapeutics
Alentis Therapeutics, the CLDN1 company, is a clinical-stage biotech developing breakthrough treatments for CLDN1+ tumors and organ fibrosis. CLDN1 is a previously unexploited target that plays a key role in the pathology of cancer and fibrotic disease. Alentis is the leading company pioneering anti-CLDN1 antibodies to modify and reverse the course of disease.
Alentis was founded in 2019 based on ground-breaking research in the laboratory of Prof. Thomas Baumert, MD at the University of Strasbourg and the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm). Alentis is headquartered in pharma-biotech hub Basel, Switzerland with an R&D subsidiary in Strasbourg, France and clinical operations in the US.
Read more in Alentis’s official press release.
