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Updated June 2026 · ClinicalTrials.gov

RECRUITINGPhase 1INTERVENTIONAL

X-ray Psoralen Activated Cancer Therapy in Head and Neck, Breast, Sarcoma and Melanoma

Phase 1 Study of X-PACT (X-ray Psoralen Activated Cancer Therapy) for Intra-tumoral Injection of Superficial Tumors in Patients With Advanced Head and Neck Cancer, Breast Cancer, Soft Tissue Sarcoma or Melanoma

X-ray Psoralen Activated Cancer Therapy in Head and Neck, Breast, Sarcoma and Melanoma (NCT04389281) is a Phase 1 interventional studying Advanced Solid Tumor Cancer, sponsored by Immunolight, LLC. RECRUITING as of the most recent ClinicalTrials.gov update. Talk to your doctor before contacting the trial site.

Important: This information is not medical advice. Talk to your doctor about whether a clinical trial is right for you.

About This Trial

In this Phase I trial for subjects with advanced head \& neck cancer, breast cancer, soft tissue sarcoma or melanoma all subjects will receive open label X-PACT treatment as a intra-tumoral injection. The primary objective will be to establish the safety of X-PACT when dosed with 5 intra-tumoral injections of the combination product (the phosphor device and methoxsalen sterile solution and subsequently exposing the tumor to X-ray energy) over a period of 6 weeks (on day D1, D3 and D5 of Week 1, on D1 of Week 2, and a booster on D1 of Week 6). After the week 8 tumor assessment subjects demonstrating stable disease, partial response or unconfirmed progression assessed by iRecist, will be eligible to receive two additional booster treatments 4-6 weeks apart. Treatment will be considered safe provided ≤ 2 out of 12 patients experience a dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) during the 6 weeks after the first intra-tumoral injection. Two expansion cohorts have been added to the study. One for TNBC and one for soft tissue sarcoma. 16 additional subjects will be added in each of the expansion cohorts.

What Stage of Research Is This?

Phase 1 trials test a new treatment for the first time in humans, focusing on safety, dosing, and how the body processes the drug. For Advanced Solid Tumor Cancer, a Phase 1 study typically enrolls a small number of participants — often healthy volunteers or patients who have exhausted standard treatment options. Phase 1 results determine whether a treatment moves into larger Phase 2 efficacy studies.

This trial is currently recruiting participants. The sponsor has registered the study with ClinicalTrials.gov as actively enrolling, which means new applicants who meet the eligibility criteria can be considered for screening. Trial status can change between updates — confirm current recruiting status with the study contact before traveling for a screening visit.

Target enrollment of 52 participants puts this in the typical range for a Phase 2-style efficacy study or a moderate Phase 3 trial in a focused Advanced Solid Tumor Cancer subpopulation. At this scale, the study has enough statistical power to detect a clear treatment effect but is not the largest cohort in the field.

Who May Be Eligible (Plain English)

Who May Qualify: 1. Written willing to sign a consent form and HIPAA authorization for release of personal health information. NOTE: HIPAA authorization may be included in the willing to sign a consent form or obtained separately. 2. Age ≥ 18 years at the time of consent 3. ECOG Performance Status of ≤ 1 4. Subjects with diagnosed by tissue sample (biopsy-confirmed) advanced solid tumors which have progressed after standard therapy(ies), intolerant to standard therapy, refused standard therapy or for which no standard therapy(ies) exist. Furthermore, the tumor targeted for injections should be: 1. A non-visceral tumor, a metastatic lymph node, a metastasis from a visceral solid tumor provided the lesion is extravisceral, or a cutaneous tumor. Visceral tumors will not be treated. 2. The tumor must be measurable as per RECIST criteria. 3. The tumor should be directly accessible for injection or accessible with the use of ultrasound/CT guidance. 4. The tumor identified for injection should be selected so local control could potentially provide benefit to the patient. 5. 80% of the tumor must be accessible for injection with X-PACT (assessed by the treating physician) 6. The tumor must be superficial and not exceed a depth of 5 cm. 7. Eye or brain tumors will not be treated. 5. A patient with prior brain metastasis may be considered if they have completed their treatment for brain metastasis at least 4 weeks prior to day 1 of treatment, have been off of corticosteroids for ≥ 2 weeks, and brain metastases are asymptomatic. 6. The study site Radiation Oncologist Investigator/sub-investigator has determined additiional radiation delivered via X-PACT is appropriate given patient's prior radiation exposure. The treating Radiation Oncologist will review all prior radiation received to the proposed site of X-PACT treatment and assess the potential for unacceptable toxicity to the site or local organ(s) using QUANTEC. ...See full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov Always talk to your doctor about whether this trial is right for you.

These are translations of the protocol\'s inclusion and exclusion criteria, simplified for patients and caregivers. The original clinical text appears below. Eligibility is ultimately confirmed by the trial site\'s screening process — this summary is a starting point for a conversation with your doctor, not a final determination.

Original Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Written informed consent and HIPAA authorization for release of personal health information. NOTE: HIPAA authorization may be included in the informed consent or obtained separately. 2. Age ≥ 18 years at the time of consent 3. ECOG Performance Status of ≤ 1 4. Subjects with histologically or cytologically confirmed advanced solid tumors which have progressed after standard therapy(ies), intolerant to standard therapy, refused standard therapy or for which no standard therapy(ies) exist. Furthermore, the tumor targeted for injections should be: 1. A non-visceral tumor, a metastatic lymph node, a metastasis from a visceral solid tumor provided the lesion is extravisceral, or a cutaneous tumor. Visceral tumors will not be treated. 2. The tumor must be measurable as per RECIST criteria. 3. The tumor should be directly accessible for injection or accessible with the use of ultrasound/CT guidance. 4. The tumor identified for injection should be selected so local control could potentially provide benefit to the patient. 5. 80% of the tumor must be accessible for injection with X-PACT (assessed by the treating physician) 6. The tumor must be superficial and not exceed a depth of 5 cm. 7. Eye or brain tumors will not be treated. 5. A patient with prior brain metastasis may be considered if they have completed their treatment for brain metastasis at least 4 weeks prior to day 1 of treatment, have been off of corticosteroids for ≥ 2 weeks, and brain metastases are asymptomatic. 6. The study site Radiation Oncologist Investigator/sub-investigator has determined additiional radiation delivered via X-PACT is appropriate given patient's prior radiation exposure. The treating Radiation Oncologist will review all prior radiation received to the proposed site of X-PACT treatment and assess the potential for unacceptable toxicity to the site or local organ(s) using QUANTEC. 7. All toxicities from prior therapy should be ≤Grade 1 before start of study treatment. All radiation associated toxicities must have completely resolved to be considered for inclusion into the study. 8. Demonstrate adequate organ function as defined in the table below: Hematological: White blood cell (WBC) ≥ 3 x 109/L Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 x 109/L Platelet Count ≥ 100 x 109/L Hemoglobin (Hgb) ≥ 8 g/dL2 Renal: Serum creatinine OR Creatinine clearance ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) OR, in patients with a serum creatinine 1.5 x ULN, ≥ 60 mL/min as measured by a 24-hour urine collection or estimated by the Cockcroft and Gault formula Hepatic: Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 × ULN (in patients with known Gilbert Syndrome a total bilirubin ≤3.0× ULN with direct bilirubin ≤1.5 X ULN) Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 2.5 × ULN (or ≤ 5 if liver metastases are present) Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 2.5 × ULN (or ≤ 5 if liver metastases are present) Coagulation: International Normalized Ratio (INR) ≤ 1.5 9. Females of childbearing potential (FCBP) must have a negative serum pregnancy test within 3 days prior to day 1 of treatment. NOTE: Females are considered of childbearing potential unless they are surgically sterile (have undergone a hysterectomy, bilateral tubal ligation, or bilateral oophorectomy) or are postmenopausal (at least 12 consecutive months with no menses without an alternative medical cause). 10. FCBP must be willing to use a highly effective contraceptive method (i.e., achieves a failure rate of \<1% per year when used consistently and correctly) from the time of informed consent until 28 days after treatment discontinuation. Contraceptive methods with low user dependency are preferable but not required (see table below, adapted from: http://www.hma.eu/fileadmin/dateien/Human\_Medicines/01-About\_HMA/Working\_Groups/CTFG/2014\_09\_HMA\_CTFG\_Contraception.pdf) Highly Effective Birth Control Methods: * combined (estrogen and progestogen containing) hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation o oral * intravaginal * transdermal * progestogen-only hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation o oral * injectable * implantable * intrauterine device (IUD) * intrauterine hormone-releasing system (IUS) * vasectomised partner * sexual abstinence 11\. Male patients must be willing to use condoms from the time of informed consent until 28 days after treatment discontinuation. For a non-pregnant FCBP partner, contraception recommendations should also be considered. 12\. As determined by the enrolling physician, ability of the patient to understand and comply with study procedures for the entire length of the study 13\. Patient is expected to have a life expectancy of at least 4 months 14\. If the proposed site of treatment with X-PACT had prior exposure to curative-intent radiation, the patient may be entered into the trial with the following provisions satisfied. * There is at least a 6 month wash out period from the last date radiation was received to assess for radiation toxicity. * If there was previous radiation toxicity at the proposed site of X-PACT, the toxicity resolved at least three months ago and the site did not involve a major organ. * The site investigator in addition to the radiation oncologist (as a part of criterion #6) has fully reviewed the subject's radiation history, has examined the area for radiation toxicity and assessed the cumulative dose for either 5 or 7 X-PACT treatments and determined they will not pose additional risk for radiation toxicity or re-activate any other previous toxicity. Exclusion Criteria: * Exclusion Criteria: 1. Pregnant or breastfeeding (NOTE: breast milk cannot be stored for future use while the mother is being treated on study.) 2. Prior exposure to methoxsalen 3. History of any of the following: a. Idiosyncratic or hypersensitivity reactions to any psoralen compounds or any of their excipients b. Light sensitive disease state c. Disease associated with photosensitivity including lupus erythematosus, porphyria cutanea tarda, erythropoietic protoporphyria, variegate porphyria, xeroderma pigmentosum and albinism d. Aphakia 4. History of idiosyncratic or hypersensitivity reactions to any of the phosphor device components 5. Known diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B or hepatitis C infection (NOTE: testing not required) 6. Active infection requiring systemic therapy (NOTE: at discretion of investigator, patients with uncomplicated urinary tract infections may be eligible.) 7. Has a known additional other primary malignancy that is active and/or progressive requiring treatment; exceptions include basal cell skin cancer, in situ cervical or bladder cancer, or other cancer for which the patient has been disease-free for at least five years. 8. Systemic anti-cancer treatment within 28 days (or 5 half-lives, whichever is shorter) prior to day 1 of treatment 9. Treatment with any investigational drug within 5 half-lives or 28 days, whichever is shorter (or if half-life is unknown, within 28 days) prior to day 1 of treatment 10. Impaired cardiac function or clinically significant cardiac diseases, including any of the following: a. Uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia (patients with rate-controlled atrial fibrillation are not excluded) b. Uncontrolled hypertension (systolic BP \> 170 mmHg or diastolic BP \> 105 mmHg at screening) despite two concomitant antihypertensive therapies. c. Acute myocardial infarction or unstable angina ≤ 6 months prior to day 1 of treatment d. New York Heart Association Class III or IV congestive heart failure ( 11. Other uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements as determined by the investigator. 12. The tumor identified for treatment has a volume greater than 500 cc (Soft Tissue Sarcoma only). All other tumor types may have a maximum volume of 300 cc 13. Receiving or planned use of corticosteroids. Subjects will require a one-week washout period from prior corticosteroid use. Inhaled or topical steroids are permitted. 14. Subjects with active autoimmune disease requiring 10 mg or greater of prednisone and/or biologic agents. 15. Subjects with a history of pancreatitis or elevated baseline serum lipase without otherwise specified etiology. For the Expansion Cohorts, the inclusion criteria remain the same except for Inclusion Criteria #4 and #14 and which reads: 4\. Subjects with histologically and/or cytologically confirmed, inoperable locally advanced, recurrent or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer\* (TNBC Cohort) or advanced, metastatic or relapsed soft tissue sarcoma\*\* (STS Cohort). Furthermore, the tumor targeted for injections should be: 1. A non-visceral tumor, a metastatic lymph node, a metastasis from a visceral solid tumor provided the lesion is extravisceral, or a cutaneous tumor. Visceral tumors will not be treated. 2. The tumor must be measurable as per RECIST criteria, at least 1 cm for masses and 1.5 cm for lymph nodes. 3. The tumor should be directly accessible for injection or accessible with the use of ultrasound/CT guidance. 4. 80% of the tumor must be accessible for injection with X-PACT (assessed by the treating physician) 5. Up to 4 target lesions may be selected for injection in up to two radiation fields, but the radiation fields may not overlap, however, the total phosphors delivered may not exceed 840 mg for each treatment day (e.g. investigators may elect to treat only one very large tumor, two medium tumors, one large and one small tumor, or 4 very small tumors to ensure the total phosphors limit per treatment). Selected lesions must represent at least 50% of the tumor load by investigator determination. * For the TNBC Cohort, participants must have either unresectable, locally advanced, relapsed, refractory or metastatic disease with HER2 negative/low ER/PR status (\<10%) or HER2 negative/ER/PR negative. Patients determined to be HER2 ultra-low will not be enrolled. Furthermore, participants must have received at least one prior treatment (best medical treatment for cancer stage, PDL-1 status, BRCA 1 or 2 status and general health status) as per Figure 26-1 (see Protocol for schematic . Participants who are intolerant or refuse best medical care would also be eligible. * For the STS Cohort, participants must have received at least one prior treatment (best medical treatment recommended for the participants sub-type) for unresectable, locally advanced, relapsed, refractory or metastatic disease. Participants who are intolerant to or have refused best medical treatment for their subtype will also be eligible. Best medical treatment includes: surgery, radiation, chemotherapy (including doxorubicin, Trabectedin), gene therapy, targeted therapy (pazopanib) or antibody-drug conjugates. * 14 It is preferable to select tumors that have not been previously radiated, but if other options are not available and the tumor selected is in a field which received curative-intent radiation, then the participant may only be enrolled with the following provisions satisfied. * There is at least a 6 month wash out period from the last date radiation was received to assess for radiation toxicity. * If there was previous radiation toxicity at the proposed site of X-PACT, the toxicity resolved at least three months ago and the site did not involve a major organ. * The site investigator in addition to the radiation oncologist (as a part of criterion #6) has fully reviewed the subject's radiation history, has examined the area for radiation toxicity, has assessed the cumulative dose for total X-PACT treatments and determined they will not pose additional risk for radiation toxicity or re-activate any other previous toxicity. For the TNBC cohort the following exclusion criteria has been added: 17\. For the TNBC Cohort, patients determined to be HER2 ultra-low.

Treatments Being Tested

COMBINATION_PRODUCT

X-PACT

X-PACT is comprised of a phosphor device, the drug methoxsalen sterile solution and X-ray energy. The dose of methoxsalen sterile solution per injection will vary per patient and will remained fixed across injections within each patient as it is based on the applicable tumor volume at baseline. Immediately after each injection of the combination product, patients will be exposed to an X-ray beam delivered via a LINAC (and thus targeted at the tumor) at a fixed dose to activate the combination product.

Locations (4)

Trial sites listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for this study. Site activation status can vary — confirm with the specific site before traveling for a screening visit.

Sibley Hospital - Johns Hopkins University
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
Levine Cancer Institute
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Prisma Health
Greenville, South Carolina, United States

How to Talk to Your Doctor About This Trial

Bring the printable summary of this trial — including the NCT ID (NCT04389281), the sponsor (Immunolight, LLC), and the key eligibility criteria — to your next appointment. Your doctor can review the inclusion and exclusion criteria against your medical history, lab values, and current treatments to assess whether you are likely to qualify. They can also help you weigh whether trial participation makes sense alongside your existing care plan.

Useful questions to walk through together: What does the trial protocol require beyond standard care? How long is the active treatment phase, and how long is follow-up? Are there study visits at sites I can reach? Who pays for the trial-specific procedures, and who pays for standard-of-care portions? See our 25 questions to ask about clinical trials guide for a more complete checklist.

Authoritative Sources

The official record for this trial lives on ClinicalTrials.gov — the federal registry maintained by the National Library of Medicine at NIH. For background on how this trial fits into the FDA approval pathway, see the FDA drug approval process. For oncology-specific guidance for patients considering trials, the National Cancer Institute publishes patient-oriented overviews. International trial registries are aggregated by the WHO ICTRP.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the NCT04389281 clinical trial studying?

In this Phase I trial for subjects with advanced head \& neck cancer, breast cancer, soft tissue sarcoma or melanoma all subjects will receive open label X-PACT treatment as a intra-tumoral injection. The primary objective will be to establish the safety of X-PACT when dosed with 5 intra-tumoral injections of the combination product (the phosphor device and methoxsalen sterile solution and subsequently exposing the tumor to X-ray energy) over a period of 6 weeks (on day D1, D3 and D5 of Week 1, on D1 of Week 2, and a booster on D1 of Week 6). After the week 8 tumor assessment subjects demonstr… The full protocol is registered on ClinicalTrials.gov and includes the primary outcome measures, eligibility criteria, and study endpoints.

Who can participate in NCT04389281?

Eligibility for this trial depends on the specific inclusion and exclusion criteria set by the sponsor. The plain-English summary above translates the most important criteria into accessible language; the official clinical text is preserved in the collapsible section underneath. Whether you fit any specific trial is a medical decision your doctor needs to confirm — bring the trial information to your treating physician for a full review against your medical history.

How do I contact the trial site for NCT04389281?

Contact information registered with ClinicalTrials.gov is shown in the sidebar of this page. Before reaching out, confirm with your treating physician that this trial is appropriate for your situation. The trial site will then walk you through the screening process to determine final eligibility.

Is participating in a clinical trial safe?

Clinical trials in the United States are regulated by the FDA and overseen by Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) that review the protocol for safety. Risk varies by trial — Phase 1 studies test new treatments in humans for the first time, while Phase 3 trials use treatments that have already passed earlier safety screening. The informed consent document for any specific trial details the known risks and what to expect. Discuss those risks with your physician before deciding whether to participate.

Where can I verify the data on this page?

Every detail on this page comes directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov API. Click "View on ClinicalTrials.gov" in the sidebar to see the official, unmodified record. The federal record is always authoritative; this page is a structured presentation with a plain-English eligibility translation. For background on how clinical trials are regulated, see the FDA drug approval process documentation.

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Last updated 2026-06-26 · Data from ClinicalTrials.gov.