New Beta Innovation Canada Ltd.

This is an early phase study to assess how safe and tolerable is the new study drug YQ23 and to compare the effectiveness of YQ23 against normal saline to treat critical limb ischaemia. The study also aims to understand how it affects the body and an optional substudy to assess how the human body takes up, breaks down, and clears the study drug.
Eligible patients will be randomised to have a 2:1 chance to receive a single, intravenous, fixed dose of YQ23 or normal saline. Neither the patient nor the study site will know which treatment has been given.
On the day of YQ23 administration, patients will be asked to stay in the study site for 3 days for safety observation. After discharge, they will be required to visit the study clinic for 3 times in a year to continue safety monitoring and assessment of treatment effect.
Each subject's participation will be about 13 months after signing the informed consent.

This is an early phase dose escalation study which is divided into two stages: (1) Single agent of the test drug YQ23, and (2) in combination with pembrolizumab administered to patients with advanced solid tumors.
The purpose of the study is find out the safety and tolerability profile, as well as maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of YQ23 as single agent (stage 1) and in combination with pembrolizumab (stage 2). Stage 2 will start only when the MTD of single agent YQ23 has been established in Stage 1.
The distribution of YQ23 in the blood, the tumor response to YQ23 (and pembrolizumab in stage 2), the change of some pre-defined biomarkers in the tumor tissues and blood, and the change of antibody response and its relationship with the disease response, safety and drug level in the blood will also be evaluated.
In stage 1, eligible patients will be given intravenous infusion of YQ23 weekly for 6 weeks. In stage 2, eligible patients will be also be given a fixed dose of pembrolizumab 200 mg on Day 1 and every 3 weeks thereafter in addition to the weekly dose of YQ23. Dose escalation decision will be made based on the safety data available for the 6 weeks study treatment(s).
Patients may continue study treatment(s) beyond 6 weeks if s/he tolerates the study drug(s) well, the disease does not get worse after first 6 doses and meet all treatment continuation criteria, as judged by the study doctor.