New hope for advanced prostate cancer: experimental drug cocktails enter human testing

NCT ID NCT07198633

First seen Nov 01, 2025

Summary

This study tests several new drug combinations for men with advanced prostate cancer that has spread. The experimental drugs include QLC5508 (a targeted therapy that delivers a toxin to cancer cells) and QLH12016 (a drug that breaks down the male hormone receptor). These are combined with standard hormone therapies. The trial has two phases: first, finding the safest dose, and then checking if the combinations shrink tumors or lower PSA levels. About 212 men will take part across multiple centers.

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Contacts and locations

Study contacts

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Locations

  • Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute & Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Tianjin, Tianjin Municipality, China

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What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance

QLC5508 (a targeted antibody-drug conjugate) and QLH12016 (an oral drug that degrades the androgen receptor), combined with standard hormone therapies abiraterone or enzalutamide

What this could lead to

If successful, this could point toward more effective combination treatments for advanced prostate cancer that has stopped responding to standard hormone therapy.

What could go wrong

This is an early-phase trial (Phase 1b/2) with a small number of participants, so the main goals are safety and dosing—not yet proof of effectiveness. Side effects from the new drug combinations are unknown, and many early-stage cancer trials do not lead to approved treatments.

Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

prostate cancer

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.