Can a Two-Drug attack reach cancer hiding in the brain?
NCT ID NCT07744529
First seen Aug 04, 2026 · Last updated Aug 05, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial is testing whether combining two drugs—amivantamab given intravenously and pemetrexed injected directly into the spinal fluid—can safely help people with a specific type of lung cancer that has spread to the membranes around the brain and spinal cord. This condition, called leptomeningeal metastasis, is hard to treat because many cancer drugs don't reach high enough levels in the spinal fluid. The study will include adults with EGFR-mutated lung adenocarcinoma and will monitor side effects, how long participants live without the disease worsening, and overall survival.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- amivantamab combined with intrathecal pemetrexed
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this combination could offer a new treatment option for a serious complication of lung cancer that is hard to treat because many drugs don't reach the brain and spinal cord.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase, small study (15 participants), so results may not be conclusive. The treatment may cause side effects, and it's not yet known if it will improve survival.
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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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About 15 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2026
- Expected to finish
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May 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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: * Voluntary participation in the clinical study: fully understands and is informed of this study and signs the written informed consent form; is willing and able to complete all trial procedures. * Age: \>=18 years; male or female. * Patients with EGFR-mutated lung adenocarcinoma with leptomeningeal metastasis diagnosed according to the EANO-ESMO guidelines. * Expected survival of at least 3 months. * Adequate organ and bone marrow function, with no severe hematopoietic abnormality and no severe cardiac, pulmonary, hepatic or renal dysfunction or immunodeficiency (within 14 days before use of study drug, no blood transfusion, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor or other relevant medical support): 1. Complete blood count: absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \>=1.5 x 10\^9/L (1500/mm\^3), platelets \>=75 x 10\^9/L, hemoglobin \>=9 g/dL (if bone marrow is involved, platelets \>=50 x 10\^9/L, ANC \>=1.0 x 10\^9/L and hemoglobin \>=8 g/dL). 2. Liver function: serum bilirubin \<=1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN), aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) \<=1.5 x ULN (if there is liver involvement, AST and ALT \<=5 x ULN are allowed). 3. Renal function: serum creatinine \<=1.5 x ULN. 4. Coagulation function: INR \<=1.5 x ULN; PT and APTT \<=1.5 x ULN (unless the subject is receiving anticoagulant therapy and PT and APTT are within the expected range of anticoagulant treatment at screening). * Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) in cardiac function examination \>=50%. * Negative serum pregnancy test, and effective contraception from signing the informed consent form until 6 months after the last chemotherapy dose. * Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), free thyroxine (FT4) or free triiodothyronine (FT3) within +/-10% of the normal range. * Ophthalmic examination, including dilated fundus examination, slit-lamp examination and color fundus photography. Exclusion Criteria: * Currently participating in another clinical study, or less than 4 weeks between the first dose of the study drug and the end of treatment in a previous clinical study. * History of other malignancies within the past 5 years. * Patients who have received CNS-directed prophylactic treatment. * Patients with known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and/or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. * Patients with active autoimmune disease or a history of autoimmune disease with a high risk of recurrence, including but not limited to immune-related neuropathy, multiple sclerosis, autoimmune (demyelinating) neuropathy, Guillain-Barre syndrome, myasthenia gravis, systemic lupus erythematosus, connective tissue disease, scleroderma, inflammatory bowel cancer (including Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis), autoimmune hepatitis, toxic epidermal necrolysis or Stevens-Johnson syndrome. * Patients with active chronic hepatitis B or active hepatitis C. Patients who are positive for hepatitis B surface antigen or hepatitis C virus antibody during screening may be enrolled only after further HBV DNA titer testing (not higher than 1000 IU/mL) and HCV RNA testing (not exceeding the lower limit of detection of the assay), and after active hepatitis B or hepatitis C infection requiring treatment has been excluded. Hepatitis B virus carriers, patients with stable hepatitis B after drug treatment and patients with cured hepatitis C may be enrolled. * Active pulmonary tuberculosis. * Current interstitial lung disease or infectious pneumonia. * Active infection requiring systemic anti-infective therapy, including but not limited to bacterial, fungal or viral infection. * Within 6 months before screening, New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III or IV heart failure, unstable angina, severe poorly controlled ventricular arrhythmia, or electrocardiographic evidence of acute ischemia or myocardial infarction. * QTcF interval \>480 msec, unless secondary to bundle branch block. * Uncontrolled comorbid disease, including but not limited to uncontrolled hypertension, active peptic ulcer or bleeding disorder. * History of psychiatric illness; incapacity or limited capacity for civil conduct. * In the judgment of the investigator, the patient's underlying condition may increase the risk of receiving study drug treatment or confound the occurrence and assessment of toxic reactions. * Other patients whom the investigator considers unsuitable for participation in this study.
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Locations
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The Second Affiliated Hospital,School of Medicine,Zhejiang University
RECRUITINGHangzhou, Zhejiang, 310000, China
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