Conditions: Advanced Solid Tumor
Keywords: MEK inhibitor Solid Tumor Phase I
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 28
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
The main purpose of this study is to test the experimental drug, MSC2015103B at different dose levels and on different treatment schedules, to see whether it is safe and can be tolerated when given to subjects once a day one day per week over a 21-day period or once a day three times per week over a 21-day period. The investigators would also like to find out how MSC2015103B is broken down by the body.

Additional purposes of the trial are to assess side effects of MSC2015103B and to find out whether MSC2015103B has anti-cancer effects. In addition, the investigators would like to explore pharmacokinetics.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: None arm 2: None

Interventions: intervention 1: MSC2015103B intervention 2: MSC2015103B
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Schedule 1: MSC2015103B will be administered orally once weekly on Days 1, 8, and 15 of a 21-day cycle until MTD establishment. Starting dose will be 150 microgram (mcg), which will be escalated to 200 mcg, 300 mcg, 450 mcg, 650 mcg, 1000 mcg and 1500 mcg subsequently. intervention 2: Schedule 2: MSC2015103B will be administered orally thrice weekly on Days 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 15, 17 and 19 of a 21-day cycle until MTD was established. Starting dose will be 150 mcg, and will be escalated to 200 mcg subsequently.

Protocol document: