New drug hope for Tough-to-Treat throat cancer

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Voluntarily sign the informed consent form and comply with the protocol requirements; 2. Age ≥18 years and ≤75 years; 3. Expected survival time ≥3 months; 4. Patients with recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma confirmed by histology or cytology, who have failed treatment with PD-1/PD-L1 monoclonal antibodies and at least two lines of chemotherapy (including at least one platinum-based regimen); 5. Patients with recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma suitable for receiving the control group chemotherapy drugs specified in this protocol as the last-line treatment; 6. Must have at least one measurable lesion as defined by RECIST v1.1; 7. ECOG performance status score of 0 or 1; 8. Toxicity from prior anti-tumor treatment has recovered to ≤ Grade 1 as defined by NCI-CTCAE v5.0; 9. No severe cardiac dysfunction, with left ventricular ejection fraction ≥50%; 10. Organ function levels must meet the requirements without transfusion, use of any cell growth factors, and/or platelet-raising drugs within 14 days before randomization; 11. Coagulation function: International Normalized Ratio (INR) ≤1.5, and activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) ≤1.5×ULN; 12. Urine protein ≤2+ or \<1000mg/24h; 13. For premenopausal women with childbearing potential, a serum pregnancy test must be performed within 7 days before starting treatment, and the result must be negative. They must not be breastfeeding. All enrolled patients should take adequate barrier contraception measures throughout the treatment period and for 6 months after treatment ends. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Use of chemotherapy, targeted therapy, biologic therapy, etc., within 4 weeks or 5 half-lives before randomization, or palliative radiotherapy and antitumor therapy within 2 weeks; 2. Patients with recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma suitable for curative-intent local treatment (surgery or radiotherapy) should be excluded; 3. Prior treatment with ADC drugs containing topoisomerase I inhibitor as the small-molecule toxin, or ADC drugs targeting EGFR and/or HER3; 4. History of severe cardiac disease; 5. Unstable thrombotic events requiring therapeutic intervention within 6 months before screening (except for catheter-related thrombosis lasting \>4 weeks); 6. QT interval prolongation, complete left bundle branch block, third-degree atrioventricular block, or frequent and uncontrolled arrhythmias; 7. Diagnosis of active malignancy within 3 years before randomization; 8. Poorly controlled hypertension despite two antihypertensive medications, or poorly controlled diabetes, or presence of diabetic gangrene; 9. History of ILD requiring steroid treatment, current ILD, or ≥Grade 2 radiation pneumonitis; 10. Concurrent pulmonary disease resulting in clinically significant respiratory impairment; 11. Imaging findings indicating tumor invasion or encasement of major thoracic, cervical, or vascular structures (if the investigator deems it does not affect patient eligibility, discussion with the sponsor's medical team is required); 12. Patients with active central nervous system metastases; 13. History of allergy to recombinant humanized antibodies or any excipient of BL-B01D1; 14. History of autologous or allogeneic stem cell transplantation; 15. Positive for HIV antibody, active HBV infection, or HCV infection; 16. Severe infection within 4 weeks before randomization, or pulmonary infection or active pulmonary inflammation within 2 weeks before randomization; 17. Pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, or ascites requiring drainage and/or symptomatic within 4 weeks before randomization; 18. Use of other investigational drugs or therapies within 4 weeks before randomization; 19. History of severe neurological or psychiatric disorders; 20. Presence of severe unhealed wounds, ulcers, or fractures within 4 weeks before signing informed consent; 21. Subjects with clinically significant bleeding or obvious bleeding tendency within 4 weeks before signing informed consent; 22. History of intestinal obstruction, inflammatory bowel disease, extensive bowel resection, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, or chronic diarrhea; 23. Subjects planning to receive or having received live vaccines within 28 days before randomization; 24. Any other condition deemed by the investigator to make the patient unsuitable for participation in this clinical trial.