Promising cancer combo trial halted after just 2 patients
NCT ID NCT06939036
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This early-phase study tested a radioactive drug called 225Ac-SSO110 combined with standard immune checkpoint inhibitors for people with advanced small cell lung cancer or Merkel cell carcinoma. The goal was to check safety and find the right dose. However, the trial was terminated early after enrolling only 2 participants, so no meaningful results are available.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- 225Ac-SSO110 (a radioactive drug) plus standard immune checkpoint inhibitors
- What this could lead to
- If it had worked, this could have pointed toward a new treatment option for people with advanced lung or skin cancer.
- What could go wrong
- The trial was terminated early with only 2 participants enrolled, so no conclusions can be drawn. The approach is very early-stage and may not be safe or effective.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1/2
Runs two stages together: safety and dose first, then whether the treatment works.
- Participants
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2 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2025
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- 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.
Key Inclusion Criteria: * Signed Informed Consent Form and willing to comply with all study procedures. * Participants with ES-SCLC (defined as Stage IV per NCCN guidelines Version 1.2024) or recurrent locally advanced or metastatic MCC (per NCCN guidelines Version 1.2024) documented by histology or cytology. * Participants eligible to receive immune checkpoint inhibitor (CPI) monotherapy at the start of treatment with 225Ac-SSO110 or patients already on CPI monotherapy for 7 weeks. * ECOG performance status of 0 or 1. Life expectancy of at least 6 months. * Positive 68Ga-SSO120 scan (Investigator-assessed) during screening. Key Exclusion Criteria: * Participants with unstable spinal cord compression. * Any previous systemic radioligand therapy or extensive radiotherapy. * Participants receiving or planned to receive consolidative chest radiation. * History of primary immunodeficiency, transplantation or CAR-T cell therapy. * Major surgical procedure except diagnostic biopsy within 28 days prior to enrolment or scheduled to have major surgery during the study. * Inadequate organ or marrow function.
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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.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Biogenix Molecular
Miami, Florida, 33165, United States
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GenesisCare
Alexandria, Australia
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John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack UMC
Hackensack, New Jersey, 07601, United States
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UPMC
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15219, United States
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United Theranostics
Glen Burnie, Maryland, 21061, United States
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University of Louisville Health-Brown Cancer Center
Louisville, Kentucky, 40202, United States
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Virginia Cancer Specialists, PC
Fairfax, Virginia, 22031, United States
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