Lung cancer drug trial halted early: what happened?
NCT ID NCT04189614
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested an experimental drug called cofetuzumab pelidotin for people with a specific type of advanced lung cancer (non-small cell lung cancer) that had returned after other treatments. The drug was designed to target a protein called PTK7 found on cancer cells. The study was stopped early, and results are limited. It involved 65 participants.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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65 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2020
- Finished
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May 2026
- 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: * Histologically confirmed non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with PTK7-expressing tumor using an immunohistochemistry (IHC) assay previously validated at a designated laboratory * Recurrent NSCLC that has progressed after treatment with at least the following approved therapies with demonstrated clinical benefit: a platinum-based chemotherapy doublet and an immune checkpoint inhibitor for tumors without targetable genetic alterations; a platinum-based chemotherapy doublet and targeted agent(s) for tumors with targeted genetic alterations * Received ≤ 2 prior lines of systemic therapy, including no more than 1 line of systemic cytotoxic chemotherapy (≤ 3 prior lines for tumors treated with targeted agent(s) for genetic alterations, including no more than 1 line of systemic chemotherapy) * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status of 0 to 1 * Measurable disease per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) version 1.1 * Adequate bone marrow, renal, and hepatic function per the protocol Exclusion Criteria: * Known uncontrolled metastases to the central nervous system (CNS). Participants with CNS metastases may be eligible provided that definitive therapy has been given, and participants are asymptomatic and off systemic steroids and anticonvulsants used for management of brain metastases for at least 2 weeks prior to the first dose of study drug * Unresolved clinically significant adverse events Grade ≥ 2 from prior anticancer therapy (with the exception of alopecia or anemia) * Has clinically significant medical condition(s) as described in the protocol * Received anticancer therapy including chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, biologic, or any investigational therapy within 28 days prior to the first dose of study drug (no washout period required for participants on EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors). Palliative radiation therapy for bone, skin or subcutaneous metastases with 10 fractions or less is not subject to a washout period * Received anti-cancer herbal therapies within 7 days prior to the first dose of study drug
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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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Asan Medical Center /ID# 222280
Seoul, Seoul Teugbyeolsi, 05505, South Korea
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CHA Bundang Medical Center /ID# 232514
Seongnam, Gyeonggido, 13496, South Korea
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Duplicate_Stanford University School of Med /ID# 213450
Stanford, California, 94305-2200, United States
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Highlands Oncology Group, PA /ID# 215383
Springdale, Arkansas, 72762, United States
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Hospital Universitario Fundacion Jimenez Diaz /ID# 215110
Madrid, 28040, Spain
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Hospital Universitario HM Sanchinarro /ID# 215102
Madrid, 28050, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Vall de Hebron /ID# 215729
Barcelona, 08035, Spain
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Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital /ID# 222603
Taoyuan City, 333, Taiwan
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Moffitt Cancer Center /ID# 215101
Tampa, Florida, 33612-9416, United States
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National Cancer Center Hospital /ID# 218536
Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0045, Japan
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National Cancer Center Hospital East /ID# 218537
Kashiwa-shi, Chiba, 277-8577, Japan
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National Cheng Kung University Hospital /ID# 222602
Tainan, 704, Taiwan
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Oncology Consultants /ID# 215932
Houston, Texas, 77030-3306, United States
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Rabin Medical Center. /ID# 217537
Petah Tikva, Central District, 4941492, Israel
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Rambam Health Care Campus /ID# 217536
Haifa, 3109601, Israel
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Samsung Medical Center /ID# 222906
Seoul, Seoul Teugbyeolsi, 06351, South Korea
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Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center /ID# 216433
Miami, Florida, 33136-1002, United States
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Tennessee Oncology, PLLC /ID# 215326
Nashville, Tennessee, 37203, United States
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The Chaim Sheba Medical Center /ID# 217538
Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv, 5265601, Israel
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The Ohio State University /ID# 211088
Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States
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Univ of Colorado Cancer Center /ID# 215295
Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States
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University of Alabama at Birmingham - Main /ID# 213605
Birmingham, Alabama, 35233, United States
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University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center /ID# 215876
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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Virginia Cancer Specialists - Fairfax /ID# 216427
Fairfax, Virginia, 22031, United States
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Washington University-School of Medicine /ID# 213453
St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States
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Yonsei University Health System Severance Hospital /ID# 222281
Seoul, 03722, South Korea
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