Can a new drug boost chemotherapy for a rare cancer?
NCT ID NCT07720193
First seen Jul 22, 2026 · Last updated Sep 02, 2026 · Updated 4 times
Summary
This phase III trial is testing whether adding an experimental drug called LBL-024 to standard chemotherapy can help people with advanced extrapulmonary neuroendocrine carcinoma (EP-NEC), a rare and aggressive cancer. Participants will receive either LBL-024 or a placebo alongside etoposide and cisplatin or carboplatin. The study aims to see if the combination improves overall survival compared to chemotherapy alone.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- an experimental drug called LBL-024 combined with standard chemotherapy (etoposide plus cisplatin or carboplatin)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a new first-line treatment option for people with advanced extrapulmonary neuroendocrine carcinoma, potentially improving survival.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase trial, so the drug may not prove more effective than chemotherapy alone. Side effects from the combination could also be significant.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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About 280 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Aug 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Agrees to follow the investigational treatment protocol, visit schedule and laboratory test, comply with other requirements of the protocol, voluntarily enroll, and sign a written informed consent. 2. Age ≥ 18 years (inclusive) at the time of signing informed consent. 3. The Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group's physical status scoring standard (ECOG) is 0\~1. 4. expected survival time of at least 12 weeks. 5. According to RECIST 1.1, participants were required to have at least one measurable lesion. 6. Male of childbearing potential and Females of childbearing age are willing to take highly effective contraceptive measures From the signing of the informed consent form to within 6 months after the last administration of the trial drug. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Diagnosed with Mixed neuroendocrine-non endocrine neoplasm (MiNENs). 2. Major surgery (other than aspiration biopsy) within 28 days prior to the first dose of study drug or significant trauma,or required to undergo scheduled surgery during the trial. 3. Use of immunomodulatory drugs within 14 days before the first use of study drug,Including but not limited to thymopeptide, interleukins, interferon, etc. 4. Patients with active infection requiring intravenous anti-infective therapy within 2 weeks prior to the first dose of study drug. 5. serious cardiac and cerebrovascular disorder. 6. History of immunodeficiency including HIV antibody test positive. 7. patients with active hepatitis B or C. 8. Women during pregnancy or lactation. 9. The investigator believes that the subject has other conditions that may affect compliance or are not suitable for participating in this study.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
28 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Beijing Cancer Hospital
Beijing, Beijing Municipality, 100142, China
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Beijing GoBroad Hospital
Beijing, Beijing Municipality, 100070, China
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First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University
Taiyuan, Shanxi, 30012, China
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Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200032, China
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Fujian Cancer Hospital
Fuzhou, Fujian, 350014, China
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Fujian Medical University Union Hospital
Fuzhou, Fujian, 350001, China
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Gansu Cancer Hospital
Lanzhou, Gansu, 730050, China
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Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital
Nanning, Guangxi, 530200, China
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Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital
Harbin, Heilongjiang, 150081, China
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Henan Cancer Hospital
Zhengzhou, Henan, 450003, China
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Hunan Cancer Hospital
Changsha, Hunan, 410013, China
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Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200025, China
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Shandong Cancer Hospital
Jinan, Shandong, 250117, China
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Shanxi Provincial Cancer Hospital
Taiyuan, Shanxi, 030013, China
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Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital
Chengdu, Sichuan, 610072, China
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Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center
Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510060, China
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The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School
Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210008, China
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The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University
Xuzhou, Jiangsu, 221006, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Science & Technology
Luoyang, Henan, 471023, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University
Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510630, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University
Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325000, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University
Xi’an, Shanxi, 710061, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital,Sun Yat-sen University
Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510062, China
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The First Hospital of Jilin University
Changchun, Jilin, 130021, China
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The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University
Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330200, China
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Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute & Hospital
Tianjin, Tianjin Municipality, 300060, China
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Yunnan Cancer Hospital
Kunming, Yunnan, 650118, China
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Zhejiang Cancer Hospital
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310022, China
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