Can a Dual-Drug combo shrink lung tumors before surgery?
NCT ID NCT06743581
First seen Aug 17, 2026 · Last updated Aug 18, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial is testing whether combining two immunotherapy drugs, cemiplimab and dupilumab, can safely and effectively shrink tumors in people with early-stage, operable non-small cell lung cancer. Participants receive both drugs before their scheduled surgery, and researchers will measure how much of the tumor is destroyed at the time of removal. The study also monitors safety, side effects, and long-term outcomes like survival.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Cemiplimab and dupilumab
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this combination could improve the chance of eliminating tumors before surgery, potentially leading to better long-term outcomes for people with early-stage lung cancer.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase trial with a small number of participants, so results may not apply broadly. The combination may cause side effects, and the added benefit of dupilumab is not yet proven.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 24 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2025
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2030
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: * Histological confirmation of NSCLC is required before treatment (however, patients with a smoking history and radiographic findings suggestive of NSCLC may consent prior to biopsy to combine research and diagnostic procedures. * Age ≥ 18 years. * ECOG performance status 0-1 * Determined to be a surgical candidate for tumor resection by a multidisciplinary team. * Women of childbearing potential and men must use approved contraception during the study and for 4 months post-treatment. Pregnancy or suspected pregnancy must be reported immediately. * Adequate organ and marrow function. * Pre-treatment biopsies are mandatory, and tumors must be T1b or larger (\>1cm) and amenable to biopsy as determined by a multidisciplinary team. * Patients must consent to provide blood at designated study time points. * Patients must consent to core needle biopsies (at least 3 samples, as deemed safe by the performing surgeon/radiologist) prior to treatment initiation Exclusion Criteria: * History of autoimmune disorders or use of immunomodulatory drugs (including dupilumab) within 2 months prior to treatment initiation. * Active autoimmune disease requiring systemic treatment in the past year, excluding replacement therapies like thyroxine or insulin. * Use of immunosuppressive drugs or systemic steroids within 7 days prior to treatment, except chronic steroids ≤10mg prednisone or equivalent. * No smoking history or confirmed tissue or ctDNA evidence of actionable driver alterations (e.g. EGFR mutation, ALK, or ROS1 rearrangements) * Prior chemotherapy or radiotherapy for another primary tumor, or prior locoregional therapy to the target lesion. Therapy for a different cancer is acceptable. * Metastatic disease where surgery would not have curative intent. * Uncontrolled illness, including active infections requiring antibiotics, symptomatic heart failure, unstable angina, or psychiatric/social conditions impeding study compliance. * Pregnancy or nursing, due to potential harm to the fetus or infant. * Progressive malignancy requiring active treatment, except for certain stable cancers treated with curative intent * HIV infection with detectable viral load or not on a stable HAART regimen * Active Hepatitis B or C (PCR-detectable) * History of allogeneic hematopoietic or solid organ transplantation. * Documented hypersensitivity to protein therapeutics. * Any condition, therapy, or abnormality that may interfere with trial results, patient participation, or their best interest as per the investigator's judgment.
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Conditions
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHUM
RECRUITINGMontreal, Quebec, H2X 0A9, Canada
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Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMontreal, Quebec, H2X 3E4, Canada
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