Two-Drug cocktail shows promise for tough cancers
NCT ID NCT02779751
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This early-phase study tests whether combining two drugs, abemaciclib and pembrolizumab, is safe and effective for people with advanced non-small cell lung cancer or a certain type of breast cancer. About 100 participants with stage IV disease will receive the combination. The goal is to see if the drugs work together to shrink tumors or slow cancer growth.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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About 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2016
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
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: * Have a Stage IV diagnosis of 1 of the following: Part A: NSCLC (Kirsten rat sarcoma mutant \[KRAS mt\], PD-L1+); Part B: NSCLC (squamous histology); Part C: metastatic breast cancer (HR+, HER2-); or Part D: locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer (HR+, HER2-) * Part A: must be chemotherapy naïve for metastatic NSCLC * Part B: must have received at least 1 prior therapy containing platinum-based chemotherapy for advanced/metastatic NSCLC * Part C: must have previously received prior treatment with at least 1 but no more than 2 chemotherapy regimens in the metastatic setting * Part D: cannot have received endocrine therapy or chemotherapy as treatment in the locoregionally recurrent or metastatic breast cancer disease setting. Note: Participants may be enrolled if they received prior (neo)adjuvant chemotherapy or endocrine therapy for localized disease. * Are amenable to provide tumor tissue prior to treatment and provide tumor tissue after treatment initiation (both mandatory). * Have presence of measurable disease as defined by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST 1.1). * Have a performance status (PS) ≤1 on the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) scale. * Have discontinued all previous treatments for cancer and recovered from the acute effects of therapy. * Have an estimated life expectancy of ≥12 weeks. * For Part D: Have postmenopausal status due to surgical/natural menopause or chemical ovarian suppression (initiated 28 days prior to Day 1 of Cycle 1) with a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist such as goserelin or radiation-induced ovarian suppression. Exclusion Criteria: * Have a personal history of any of the following conditions: syncope of either unexplained or cardiovascular etiology, ventricular arrhythmia (including but not limited to ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation), or sudden cardiac arrest. Exception: subjects with controlled atrial fibrillation for \>30 days prior to study treatment are eligible. * Have central nervous system (CNS) metastasis with development of associated neurological changes 14 days prior to receiving study drug. * Have corrected QT interval of \>470 milliseconds on screening electrocardiogram (ECG). * Have history of interstitial lung disease or pneumonitis. * Have history of or active autoimmune disease, or other syndrome that requires systemic steroids or autoimmune agents for the past 2 years. * Have received a live vaccination within 30 days of study start. * Have received prior treatment with an anti PD-1, anti-programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1), or anti cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (CTLA-4) agent. * For Part D Only: * Have initiated bisphosphonates or approved RANK ligand (RANK-L) targeted agents (for example, denosumab) \<7 days prior to Cycle 1 Day 1. * Are currently receiving or have previously received endocrine therapy for locoregionally recurrent or metastatic breast cancer. Note: A participant may be enrolled if she received prior (neo)adjuvant endocrine therapy (including, but not limited to anti-estrogens or aromatase inhibitors) for localized disease. * Are currently receiving or have previously received chemotherapy for locoregionally recurrent or metastatic breast cancer. Note: Participants may be enrolled if they received prior (neo)adjuvant chemotherapy for localized disease.
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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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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sart Tilman
Liège, 4000, Belgium
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Centre Oscar Lambret
Lille, Hauts-de-France, 59020, France
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Chi Mei Hospital - Liouying Branch
Tainan, 73657, Taiwan
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Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
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Ege Universitesi Hastanesi
Izmir, 35100, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Highlands Oncology Group - Duplicate 2
Springdale, Arkansas, 72762, United States
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Hopital Larrey
Toulouse, 31059, France
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Hospital Madrid Norte Sanchinarro
Madrid, 28050, Spain
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Hospital Nuestra Senora de Sonsoles
Ávila, 05004, Spain
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Hospital San Pedro de Alcantara
Cáceres, 10003, Spain
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Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre
Madrid, 28041, Spain
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Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve - CHU Montpellier
Montpellier, Hérault, 34090, France
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IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele
Milan, 20132, Italy
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Istanbul Universitesi-Cerrahpasa Cerrahpasa Tip Fakultesi Yerleskesi
Istanbul, 34098, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo - Studio e la Cura dei Tumori
Meldola, Forli, 47014, Italy
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Karmanos Cancer Institute
Detroit, Michigan, 48201, United States
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Karmanos Cancer Institute
Farmington Hills, Michigan, 48334, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, 10065, United States
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National Taiwan University Hospital
Taipei, 10048, Taiwan
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Taipei Medical University- Shuang Ho Hospital
New Taipei City, 235, Taiwan
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Tri-Service General Hospital
Neihu Taipei, 114, Taiwan
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Univ of California San Francisco
San Francisco, California, 94158, United States
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Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven - Campus Gasthuisberg
Leuven, 3000, Belgium
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University of Colorado School of Medicine
Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States
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