Smart drug delivers chemo directly to cancer cells in new trial
NCT ID NCT07439094
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a new drug called CKD-703 in people with advanced solid tumors or non-small cell lung cancer that has a specific protein (c-Met). The drug is designed to attach to cancer cells and release chemotherapy directly inside them, aiming to kill the cancer while reducing harm to healthy cells. The trial will enroll 140 adults and first check safety and dosing, then measure how well the drug shrinks tumors.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- CKD-703 (an antibody-drug conjugate that targets c-Met and delivers a chemotherapy drug directly to cancer cells)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a new targeted treatment option for people with certain advanced cancers, especially non-small cell lung cancer that has stopped responding to standard therapies.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase trial (Phase 1/2a) with a small number of participants, so the drug may not prove effective or may cause unexpected side effects. It is also only for people with specific genetic markers (c-Met), limiting who can benefit.
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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 140 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2026
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2029
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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19 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: * Males and females ≥ 19-year-old * Part 1 : Solid tumors including NSCLC for which standard therapy has failed or was not tolerated, and no other effective therapy exists * Part 2 : Histologically or cytologically documented c-Met overexpressing nonsquamous NSCLC having failed at least 1 line of SoC therapy (platinum-based chemotherapy and/or immune checkpoint inhibitor). * Part 3 : Histologically or cytologically documented c-Met expressing solid tumors for which standard therapy has failed or was not tolerated. * In all parts of the study, subjects with NSCLC with documented actionable genetic alterations must have failed at least 1 line of country-level approved targeted therapies * Life expectancy ≥ 12 weeks as judged by the Investigator * Documented progressive and measurable disease as defined by RECIST 1.1 * ECOG Performance Status 0 or 1 Exclusion Criteria: * Subject has received radiation therapy to the lung \< 6 months prior to the first dose of study drug * Prior radiotherapy to ≥ 25% of bone marrow * Anticancer systemic therapy such as immunotherapy, biologic, cytotoxic chemotherapy, or any investigational therapy (including cell therapy or gene therapy) within a period of 28 days prior to the first dose of study drug. Any anticancer therapy small molecule (eg. kinase inhibitor) or herbal therapy within 14 days prior to the first dose of study drug * Prior c-Met-targeted antibody therapy or any MMAE-containing ADC (prior c-Met targeting small molecules are allowed) * Use of strong P-gp and/or CYP3A4/5 inducers within 21 days prior or strong P-gp and/or CYP3A4/5 inhibitors within 14 days prior to the first dose of study drug * Use of sensitive CYP3A4/5 substrate within 3 days or 5 times half-life prior to the first dose of study drug. * Evidence of pulmonary fibrosis on screening imaging assessment or any history of pneumonitis that required treatment with systemic steroids within 12 months of the planned first dose of the study drug * History of drug induced interstitial lung disease * Prior or active ocular or corneal disease based on ophthalmic evaluation (slit lamp and visual acuity) * Prior Grade 3 neuropathy or chronic Grade 2 neuropathy
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Locations
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Gabrail Cancer Center
RECRUITINGOhio City, Ohio, 44718, United States
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