New hope for lung cancer: immunotherapy without chemo shows promise
NCT ID NCT05047250
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jul 02, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This phase III trial is testing the immunotherapy drug atezolizumab (Tecentriq) in 60 people with advanced non-small cell lung cancer that has high PD-L1 levels and has not been treated before. Participants receive the drug every three weeks. The study aims to see if it helps them live longer and controls the cancer, while monitoring side effects.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Atezolizumab (Tecentriq)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a new first-line treatment option for people with advanced lung cancer who have high PD-L1 levels, potentially improving survival without chemotherapy.
- What could go wrong
- This is a single-arm study with no comparison group, so results may be less definitive. The drug may not work for everyone and can cause immune-related side effects.
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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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60 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2022
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2027
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: * ECOG performance status of 0 or 1. * Histologically or cytologically confirmed, Stage IV non-squamous or squamous NSCLC. * No prior treatment for Stage IV non-squamous or squamous NSCLC. * Patients who have received prior neo-adjuvant, adjuvant chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or chemo-radiotherapy with curative intent for non-metastatic disease must have experienced a treatment free interval of at least 6 months from enrollment since the last chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or chemo-radiotherapy cycle. * Tumor TC3 or IC3, as determined by SP142 performed by a central laboratory on previously obtained archival tumor tissue or tissue obtained from a biopsy at screening. * Measurable disease, as defined by RECIST v1.1. * Adequate hematologic and end-organ function. * Life expectancy ≥3 months. * For women of childbearing potential: agreement to remain abstinent or use contraception, and agreement to refrain from donating. Exclusion Criteria: * Known sensitizing mutation in the EGFR gene or ALK fusion oncogene. * Symptomatic, untreated, or actively progressing CNS metastases. * Spinal cord compression not definitively treated with surgery and/or radiation, or previously diagnosed and treated spinal cord compression without evidence that disease has been clinically stable for ≥2 weeks prior to enrollment. * Current leptomeningeal disease. * Uncontrolled tumor-related pain. * Uncontrolled pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, or ascites requiring recurrent drainage procedures. * Uncontrolled or symptomatic hypercalcemia. * Malignancies other than NSCLC within 5 years prior to enrollment, with the exception of those with a negligible risk of metastasis or death treated with expected curative outcome. * Pregnancy or breastfeeding, or intention of becoming pregnant during study treatment or within at least 5 months after the last dose of atezolizumab. * History of severe allergic, anaphylactic, or other hypersensitivity reactions to chimeric or humanized antibodies or fusion proteins. * Known allergy or hypersensitivity to biopharmaceuticals produced in Chinese hamster ovary cells or any component of the atezolizumab formulation. * Active or history of autoimmune disease or immune deficiency. * History of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, organizing pneumonia, drug-induced pneumonitis, idiopathic pneumonitis, or evidence of active pneumonitis on screening chest CT scan. * Positive human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) test result at screening. * Patients with active hepatitis B or active hepatitis C at screening. * Active tuberculosis. * Severe infections within 4 weeks prior to randomization, including, but not limited to, hospitalization for complications of infection, bacteremia, or severe pneumonia. * Significant cardiovascular 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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Anhui Province Cancer Hospital
Hefei, 230001, China
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Beijing Chest Hospital
Beijing, 101149, China
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Beijing Tiantan Hospital,Capital Medical University
Beijing, 100050, China
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Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College
Shantou, 515041, China
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Daping Hospital of Third Military Medical University
Chongqing, 400042, China
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Fujian Cancer Hospital
Fuzhou, 350014, China
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Linyishi Cancer Hospital
Linyi, 276034, China
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Nanjing Chest Hospital
Nanjing, 210029, China
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Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University
Wuhan, 430060, China
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Shanghai Chest Hospital
Shanghai, 200000, China
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Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, 310016, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University
Hefei, 230022, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University
Xiamen, 361003, China
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The Third Xiangya Hospital Of Central South University
Changsha, 410013, China
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Tianjin Cancer Hospital
Tianjin, 300060, China
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Tianjin Medical University General Hospital
Tianjin, 300052, China
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Tumor Center,Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Wuhan, 430023, China
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Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University
Beijing, 100053, China
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