Inclusion criteria:
1. Male or female participants ≥ 18 years of age on the day of signing informed consent.
2. Histologically or cytologically documented, recurrent, locally advanced, or metastatic solid malignancy that has failed at least one prior systemic standard therapy, or for which standard therapy is not appropriate, or for which no standard therapy exists.
3. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-2.
4. Life expectancy ≥ 3 months.
5. Adequate bone marrow, liver, and renal function, as assessed by the following laboratory requirements, to be conducted within 28 days before the start of the study IMP administration:
1. Hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 g/dL (transfusions are allowed).
2. Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1500/mm3.
3. Platelet count ≥ 100,000 mm3.
4. Total bilirubin ≤ 2.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) (in participants with liver metastases ≤ 5 ULN).
5. Alanine transaminase (ALT) and aspartate transaminase (AST) ≤ 5 x ULN.
6. On a stable dose of anti-coagulation therapy will be allowed to participate if they have no sign of bleeding or clotting and prothrombin/international normalized ratio and partial thromboplastin time (PT/INR and PTT, respectively) test results are compatible with the acceptable benefit-risk ratio at the Investigator's discretion.
7. Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 x ULN and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) \> 30 mL/min/1.73 m2 (per local values).
8. Contraceptive use by men and women should be consistent with local regulations regarding the methods of contraception for those participating in clinical studies.
1. Male participants must agree to use a highly effective method of birth control as defined in ICH M3(R2) starting with the first dose of study medication through 120 days after the last dose of study medication.
2. Female participants of childbearing potential\* must have a negative pregnancy test documented at Screening and Baseline and be willing to use a highly effective method of contraception\*\* or practice abstinence starting from ICF signature through to 120 days after the last dose of study medication.
* A female of childbearing potential is a sexually mature female who 1) has not undergone a hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy, or 2) has not been naturally postmenopausal for at least 24 consecutive months (i.e., had had menses at any time in the preceding 24 consecutive months).
* Effective contraception is defined as contraceptive methods with a failure rate of \< 1% to prevent pregnancy (combined \[estrogen and progestogen containing\] hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation \[oral, intravaginal, transdermal\], progestogen-only hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation \[oral, injectable, implantable\], intrauterine device \[IUD\] or intrauterine hormone-releasing system).
9. Written informed consent to study participation.
10. Be able to understand and comply with the requirements of the study, as judged by the Investigator.
11. Phase I: At least one lesion as per RECIST v1.1.
12. Phase IIa: At least one measurable lesion as per RECIST v1.1.
Exclusion criteria:
1. Unstable systemic disease (including but not limited to active infection, hepatic, renal, or metabolic disease).
2. Clinically significant cardiac disease including any of the following:
1. Congestive heart failure requiring treatment (New York Heart Association Grade ≥ 2).
2. LVEF of \< 50%, as determined by MUGA or ECHO.
3. Uncontrolled hypertension, defined as persistent systolic blood pressure ≥ 150 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 100 mmHg despite current therapy.
4. History or presence of clinically significant ventricular arrhythmias or atrial fibrillation.
5. Clinically significant resting bradycardia.
6. Unstable angina pectoris ≤ 3 months before the start of study treatment.
7. Acute myocardial infarction ≤ 3 months before the start of study treatment.
8. Mean triplicate QT interval corrected for heart rate using Fridericia's formula (QTcF) value \> 480 msec (as specified in Section 10.5).
3. Known hypersensitivity to pegylated drugs or vaccines (e.g., covid-19 vaccines).
4. Concurrent or active solid or hematologic malignancy within the last 2 years with a distinct primary site or histology from the cancer being evaluated in this study except for the following cancer types: cervical cancer in situ, treated basal cell carcinoma, superficial bladder tumors (Ta and Tis).
5. Infections not responding to therapy or active clinically serious infections.
6. Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, active hepatitis B virus (HBV), or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection requiring treatment. Participants with chronic HBV or HCV infection are eligible at the Investigator's discretion provided that the disease is stable and sufficiently controlled under treatment.
NB: Participants with CNS metastases may be included after discussion with Sponsor, except for the sentinel participants.
7. Chemotherapy, experimental cancer therapy, biologic therapy, or immunotherapy within 2 weeks (or 5 half-lives, whatever is shortest) before the start of the study IMP administration.
8. Palliative radiotherapy completed less than 2 weeks before the start of the study IMP administration will be allowed as long as no more than 10% of the participant's bone marrow was irradiated.
9. Not recovered to Grade 1 from any prior anti-cancer therapy, excluding alopecia.
10. Previous high-dose chemotherapy needing hemopoietin-stem-cell-rescue.
11. Major surgery, open biopsy, or significant trauma within 4 weeks before the start of study treatment.
12. A psychiatric or functional disorder that prevents participants from providing informed consent or following protocol instructions.
13. A participant that has a condition or is in a situation, in the Investigator's opinion may put the individual at significant risk, may confound the study results, or may interfere significantly with their participation in the study.
14. Is currently participating and receiving study therapy or has participated in a study of an investigational agent and received study therapy or used an investigational device within 2 weeks or 5 half-lives of the agent, whichever is the shortest.
