Can a new drug shrink Hard-to-Treat tumors?
NCT ID NCT07739966
First seen Jul 31, 2026 · Last updated Jul 31, 2026
Summary
This trial is testing an experimental drug called DS-3939a in adults with advanced solid tumors, including a type of lung cancer. The study has two parts: the first checks safety and the best dose, and the second looks at whether the drug, alone or with other cancer treatments, can shrink tumors. The goal is to find a new option for people whose cancer has spread or cannot be removed.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- DS-3939a, an experimental drug given by IV infusion, tested alone or with pembrolizumab, carboplatin, pemetrexed, or DS-1103a
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a new treatment option for people with advanced solid tumors, including non-small cell lung cancer, potentially slowing or shrinking their cancer.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase trial, so the drug may not work as hoped or may cause significant side effects. The results will need confirmation in larger studies before it becomes available.
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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 400 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Oct 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2032
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: 1. Sign and date the Main Trial informed consent form (ICF), prior to the start of any trial-specific procedures. 2. Adults greater than or equal to (≥)18 years of age at the time the Main Trial ICF is signed (follow local regulatory requirements if the legal age of consent for trial participation is \>18 years old). 3. Histologically documented Stage IIIB, IIIC disease who is not candidate for surgical resection or definitive chemoradiation, or Stage IV NSQ NSCLC. 4. Has a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥50 percent (%) by either an echocardiogram (ECHO) or multigated acquisition scan (MUGA) within 28 days of the first trial intervention. 5. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) of 0 or 1 assessed no more than 14 days prior to initiation of trial interventions. 6. Has adequate organ function. 7. Participants must have measurable disease by investigator assessment according to RECIST v1.1. Additional Inclusion Criteria for Substudy 1: 1\. Participants must not have received prior systemic therapy for locally advanced unresectable or metastatic NSCLC. Additional Inclusion Criteria for Substudy 2: 1. Participants with AGA (excluding EGFR mutation): Participants have been previously treated with targeted therapy for the AGA and platinum-based chemotherapy for the advanced disease setting. 2. Participants without AGA: Participants have been previously treated with platinum-based chemotherapy and anti-programmed death-1 (anti-PD-1)/programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) antibody 3. Part 2 only: Participants must have received only 1 or 2 prior lines of anticancer therapy for the advanced disease setting. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Prior systemic anticancer therapy targeting MUC1 or TA-MUC1. 2. Prior systemic anticancer therapy with topoisomerase 1 inhibitor or topoisomerase 1 inhibitor-based antibody-drug conjugate (ADCs) (e.g., datopotamab deruxtexan and Sacituzumab govitecan). 3. Has spinal cord compression or clinically active central nervous system (CNS) metastases. 4. Has multiple primary malignancies. 5. Has any history of interstitial lung disease (ILD)/pneumonitis irrespective of steroid use, or current ILD, or suspected ILD, or ILD that cannot be ruled out by imaging at screening 6. Has active or uncontrolled human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. 7. Has active or uncontrolled hepatitis B virus (HBV)/hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. 8. Any of the following within the past 6 months: cerebrovascular accident, transient ischemic attack, or other arterial thromboembolic event. 9. Current participation in other therapeutic investigational procedures, except for participation in long term survival follow-up (LTSFU) without any investigational treatment.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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Study contacts
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