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CB-839

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Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma | Small Molecules | Oncology |Calithera Biosciences, Inc|Trials Updated: Sep 3, 2026

CB-839 development status

Highest phase Phase 2
Registered trials 13 across 3 sponsors since Feb 2014

CB-839 target and mechanism

ModalitySmall Molecules

Also known as CB-839 Capsules, telaglenastat, Glutaminase inhibitor

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Trial Design

RandomizedDouble-BlindPLACEBO_CONTROLLEDDMC
Total Trials9
Total Enrollment937

FDA Designations

No designations recorded

CB-839 clinical trials

CB-839 · 9 trials · 28 indications

Phase 2 4Phase 1 5
NCT05521997Glutaminase Inhibition and Chemoradiation in Advanced Cervical CancerAdvanced Cervical Carcinoma
NOT YET_RECRUITING42 Analytics
NCT03428217CANTATA: CB-839 With Cabozantinib vs. Cabozantinib With Placebo in Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell CarcinomaAdvanced Renal Cell Carcinoma
COMPLETED444 Analytics
NCT03163667CB-839 With Everolimus vs. Placebo With Everolimus in Participants With Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC)Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma
COMPLETED69 Analytics
NCT03057600Study of CB-839 in Combination w/ Paclitaxel in Participants of African Ancestry and Non-African Ancestry With Advanced Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC)Triple Negative Breast Cancer
COMPLETED52 Analytics
PHASE2NOT YET_RECRUITING
Glutaminase Inhibition and Chemoradiation in Advanced Cervical Cancer
Advanced Cervical CarcinomaUnlock trial analytics
PHASE2COMPLETED
CANTATA: CB-839 With Cabozantinib vs. Cabozantinib With Placebo in Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma
Advanced Renal Cell CarcinomaUnlock trial analytics
PHASE2COMPLETED
CB-839 With Everolimus vs. Placebo With Everolimus in Participants With Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC)
Clear Cell Renal Cell CarcinomaUnlock trial analytics
PHASE2COMPLETED
Study of CB-839 in Combination w/ Paclitaxel in Participants of African Ancestry and Non-African Ancestry With Advanced Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC)
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Study Endpoints

Primary Endpoints

Progression-free survival (PFS) - experimental arm only
Through completion of follow-up (estimated to be 24 months and 9 weeks)

* PFS is defined as the duration of time from start of telaglenastat to time of progression or death, whichever occurs first. * Progressive disease: New foci of abnormal FDG uptake not present on the pretreatment FDG-PET study

Progression-Free Survival (PFS) as Assessed by the Independent Radiology Committee (IRC)
Up to the primary analysis data cut-off date of 31 Aug 2020. Maximum duration of follow-up for PFS was 22.14 months.

PFS is defined as the time from randomization to the occurrence of disease progression as assessed by the IRC using RECIST v1.1 or death from any cause, whichever occurs first. Subjects not experiencing disease progression or death at the time of analysis of PFS will be censored at the date of the last evaluable radiographic disease assessment. RECIST v1.1 criteria: Complete Response (CR): Disappearance of all target lesions. Partial Response (PR): At least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum diameters. Progressive Disease (PD): At least a 20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum on study. In addition, the sum must also demonstrate an absolute increase of at least 5 mm. Stable Disease (SD): Neither sufficient shrinkage to qualify for PR nor sufficient increase to qualify for PD, taking as reference the smallest sum diameters while on study.

Progression Free Survival (PFS)
As of the primary data cutoff date of 26 Apr 2019; maximum duration of follow-up for PFS was 11.2 months.

PFS was defined as the time from randomization to the date of documented disease progression (assessed by Investigator per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors \[RECIST\] v1.1) within 2 scheduled scan intervals following previous evaluable radiologic tumor assessment or death for any cause, whichever occurred first. Participants with no documentation of disease progression or death on-study were censored at the date of last available tumor assessment. Progressive Disease (PD) per RECIST 1.1: At least a 20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum on study. In addition, the sum must also demonstrate an absolute increase of at least 5 mm.

Overall Response Rate (ORR)
Maximum duration of follow-up for ORR was 14.8 months.

ORR is defined as the percentage of patients with complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) v1.1criteria: Complete Response (CR): Disappearance of all target lesions. Partial Response (PR): At least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum diameters. To be assigned a status of CR or PR, changes in tumor measurements must be confirmed by repeat assessment performed no less than 4 weeks after the criteria for response were first met.

To assess the effects of telaglenastat on cardiac repolarization (relative to placebo) using the therapeutic dose and schedule in healthy adult subjects
Plasma samples and triplicate ECGs taken on Days 1 and 4 of each period at baseline, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 16 and 24 hours post administration

Evaluation of the relationship between the plasma concentrations of telaglenastat and its metabolite 110826 with the ΔQTc, placebo-adjusted and corrected for HR based on the Fridericia QT correction method (ΔΔQTcF)

Peak Plasma Concentration (Cmax)
Blood samples taken on Day 3 and Day 9 at 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 18, 24 hours post administration of the telaglenastat

To assess the effect of famotidine on the Cmax of telaglenastat in healthy adult subjects

Time to peak plasma concentration (Tmax)
Blood samples taken on Day 3 and Day 9 at 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 18, 24 hours post administration of the telaglenastat

To assess the effect of famotidine on the Tmax of telaglenastat in healthy adult subjects

Area under the concentration-time curve from time = 0 to the last determination (AUClast)
Blood samples taken on Day 3 and Day 9 at 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 18, 24 hours post administration of the telaglenastat with and without famotidine.

To assess the effect of famotidine on the time to maximum plasma concentration (Tmax) of telaglenastat in healthy adult subjects.

Area under the concentration-time curve from time = 0 to infinity (AUC0-inf)
Blood samples taken on Day 3 and Day 9 at 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 18, 24 hours post administration of the telaglenastat with and without famotidine.

To assess the effect of famotidine on the AUC0-inf of telaglenastat in healthy adult subjects

Half-life
Blood samples taken on Day 3 and Day 9 at 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 18, 24 hours post administration of the telaglenastat with and without famotidine.

To assess the effect of famotidine on the half-life of telaglenastat in healthy adult subjects

Elimination rate
Blood samples taken on Day 3 and Day 9 at 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 18, 24 hours post administration of the telaglenastat with and without famotidine.

To assess the effect of famotidine on the elimination rate of telaglenastat in healthy adult subjects

Safety and tolerability of CB-839: Incidence of adverse events
Every 21 days from study start until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity, assessed an expected average of 6 months

Secondary Endpoints

Acute toxicity as measured by number of acute adverse events experienced by participant - experimental arm only
From start of chemoradiation treatment through 90 days
Late toxicity as measured by number of late adverse events experienced by participant - experimental arm only
From day 91 through 24 months after completion of chemoradiation
Overall survival (OS)
Through completion of follow-up (estimated to be 24 months and 9 weeks)
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Study Design & Arms

AllocationRANDOMIZED
MaskingNONE
ModelPARALLEL
PurposeTREATMENT

Treatment Arms

ArmTypeDescription
Control Arm: Standard of Care ChemoradiationACTIVE_COMPARATOR-Participants will receive 7 weeks of standard of care chemoradiation.
Experimental Arm #1: Telaglenastat + Standard of Care ChemoradiationEXPERIMENTAL-Participants will receive 2 weeks of telaglenastat and 7 weeks of standard of care chemoradiation plus telaglenastat.
Pbo-CaboPLACEBO_COMPARATORPlacebo twice daily (BID) + cabozantinib (60 mg once daily \[QD\]) administered orally on Days 1 through 28 of each 28-day cycle until disease progression per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors version 1.1 (RECIST v1.1) or unacceptable toxicity, whichever occurred first.
CB-CaboEXPERIMENTALCB-839 800 mg BID + cabozantinib (60 mg QD) administered orally on Days 1 through 28 of each 28-day cycle until disease progression per RECIST v1.1 or unacceptable toxicity, whichever occurred first.
CB-839 + EverolimusACTIVE_COMPARATORCB-839 is administered as oral tablets twice daily (BID) in combination with standard daily (QD) everolimus in 28 day cycles.
Placebo + EverolimusPLACEBO_COMPARATORPlacebo is administered as oral tablets BID in combination with standard QD everolimus in 28 day cycles.
Cohort 1 - African ancestry, 3rd line+EXPERIMENTALIntervention = Paclitaxel- CB-839 (Pac-CB) combination 1. Participants must self-identify as African ancestry (includes African American). 2. At least 2 prior lines of systemic therapy for advanced/metastatic disease including a taxane. * Prior taxane (paclitaxel, docetaxel, or nab-paclitaxel) for advanced/metastatic disease is required but must not have been received in the immediate prior line of therapy. * Systemic neoadjuvant and/or adjuvant therapy is considered a line of therapy for advanced/metastatic disease if the time to recurrence from completion of treatment was ≤ 12 mo.
Cohort 2 - African ancestry, 1st lineEXPERIMENTALIntervention = Pac-CB combination 1. Participants must self-identify as African ancestry (includes African American). 2. No prior systemic therapy for advanced or metastatic disease. * Systemic neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy, including taxane, is allowed if time to recurrence was \> 12 mo.
Cohort 3 - Non-African ancestry, 3rd line+EXPERIMENTALIntervention = Pac-CB combination 1. Participants do not self-identify as African ancestry. 2. Otherwise have the same criteria as Cohort 1.
Cohort 4 - Non-African ancestry, 1st lineEXPERIMENTALIntervention = Pac-CB combination 1. Participants do not self-identify as African ancestry. 2. Otherwise have the same criteria as Cohort 2.
TelaglenastatEXPERIMENTAL800 mg telaglenastat (4 x 200 mg tablets) administered twice daily (BID) on Days 1 3, with a single dose administered on the morning of Day 4
Telaglenastat PlaceboPLACEBO_COMPARATOR800 mg placebo (4 x 200 mg tablets) administered twice daily (BID) on Days 1 3, with a single dose administered on the morning of Day 4
MoxifloxacinACTIVE_COMPARATORSingle dose of 400 mg moxifloxacin (1 x 400 mg tablet) administered on the morning of Day 4
Telaglenastat and FamotidineEXPERIMENTALFamotidine
Telaglenastat and Placebo for FamotidinePLACEBO_COMPARATORPlacebo for famotidine
CB-839EXPERIMENTALCB-839 administered as oral capsules two (BID) or three times daily (TID) in 21-day cycles until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity
CB-AzaEXPERIMENTALCB-839 administered as oral capsules twice daily (BID) in combination with azacitidine in 28-day cycles until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity
Pac-CBEXPERIMENTALCB-839 administered as oral capsules twice daily (BID) in combination with standard dose paclitaxel in 28-day cycles until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity
CBEEXPERIMENTALCB-839 administered as oral capsules twice daily (BID) in combination with standard dose everolimus in 28-day cycles until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity
CB-ErlEXPERIMENTALCB-839 administered as oral capsules twice daily (BID) in combination with standard dose erlotnib in 28-day cycles until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity
CBDEXPERIMENTALCB-839 administered as oral capsules twice daily (BID) in combination with standard dose docetaxel in 21-day cycles until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity
CB-839 and low dose dexamethasoneEXPERIMENTALCB-839 is administered as oral capsules twice daily with food (BIDf) in 28 day cycles in combination with dexamethasone until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity
CB-839, pomalidomide, and low dose dexamethasoneEXPERIMENTALCB-839 is administered as oral capsules twice daily with food (BIDf) in 28 day cycles in combination with pomalidomide and dexamethasone until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity

Interventions

NameTypeDescription
TelaglenastatDRUG-800 mg twice per day by mouth
Radiation treatmentRADIATION* Standard of care * External beam radiation therapy delivered daily 4 days a week and 1 day per week of brachytherapy.
CisplatinDRUG* Standard of care * Weekly administration of cisplain
CB-839DRUGOral glutaminase inhibitor
CabozantinibDRUGOral receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor
PlaceboDRUGPlacebo tablets
everolimusDRUGoral tablets
PaclitaxelDRUGstandard weekly paclitaxel in 28-day cycles
telaglenastat placeboOTHERmatching placebo for telaglenastat
moxifloxicinOTHERpositive control
FamotidineDRUGHistamine-H2 Receptor Antagonist
Placebo for famotidineDRUGPlacebo for Histamine-H2 Receptor Antagonist
CB-AzaDRUGCB-839 in combination with standard dose azacitidine
Pac-CBDRUGCB-839 in combination with standard dose paclitaxel
CBEDRUGCB-839 in combination with standard dose everolimus
CB-ErlDRUGCB-839 in combination with standard dose erlotnib
CBDDRUGCB-839 in combination with standard dose docetaxel
CB-CaboDRUGCB-839 in combination with standard dose cabozantinib
CB-839 and low dose dexamethasoneDRUGCB-839 and low dose dexamethasone
CB-839, pomalidomide, and low dose dexamethasoneDRUGCB-839, pomalidomide, and low dose dexamethasone
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Eligibility Criteria

Age Range18 Years to N/A
SexALL
Healthy VolunteersNo
Study Sites1

Inclusion Criteria: Patients eligible for definitive chemoradiotherapy, including brachytherapy * Patient age ≥ 18 years. * Patients with histologically confirmed newly diagnosed advanced cervical cancer (squamous, adenosquamous, adenocarcinoma or poorly differentiated); Federation of Gynecology a...

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