New hope for stage 4 lung cancer: experimental combo therapy enters global trial
NCT ID NCT07365319
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 18, 2026 · Updated 10 times
Summary
This study tests whether adding an experimental drug (EIK1001) to standard immunotherapy and chemotherapy helps people with stage 4 non-small cell lung cancer live longer or slow tumor growth. About 750 adults whose cancer has spread will receive either the new combination or a placebo plus standard treatment. The goal is to see if the new drug improves survival and response rates.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2/3
Runs two stages together: whether the treatment works, then large-scale confirmation.
- Participants
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About 750 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2026
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2040
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.
Key Inclusion Criteria: 1. Participant must be ≥ 18 years old at the time of signing the informed consent. 2. Participant has a life expectancy of at least 3 months. 3. Participant has histologically or cytologically confirmed Stage 4 NSCLC predominately squamous or non-squamous) and is considered a candidate for standard therapy with pembrolizumab and chemotherapy. Participants with NSCLC-NOS (not otherwise specified) will be considered as non-squamous NSCLC. 4. Participant must have documented evidence that mutation-directed therapy is not indicated, based on the absence of tumor-activating mutations or fusions (e.g., but not limited to EGFR, ALK, RET, ROS1, BRAF) for which approved first-line targeted therapies are available to the participant in their respective country. 5. Participant has at least 1 lesion with measurable disease at Baseline according to RECIST 1.1 as determined locally. Lesions situated in a previously irradiated area are considered measurable if progression has been shown in such lesions. 6. Participant has not received prior systemic therapy for advanced/metastatic NSCLC. Note: Participants who received adjuvant or neoadjuvant treatment (after surgery and/or radiation therapy) and developed recurrent or metastatic disease more than 1 year after completing therapy are eligible. 7. Participant has an ECOG Performance Status of 0 to 1 assessed no more than 10 days before start of the treatment. 8. Participant has tumor tissue available for PD-L1 testing from a site that was not radiated prior to biopsy, and was obtained, ideally, after diagnosis of metastatic disease. Biopsies obtained prior to receipt of adjuvant/neoadjuvant chemotherapy will be permitted if recent biopsy is not feasible (provided the specimen is \< 3yrs old). Key Exclusion Criteria: 1. has small cell elements present histologically and/or the tumors are not predominantly non-squamous or squamous NSCLC. 2. is currently actively enrolled in or has recently participated in a study of an investigational agent and received investigational therapy within 4 weeks or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) of administration of EIK1001 or placebo. 3. has had major surgery (\< 3 weeks prior to the first dose of study intervention administration). 4. has received a live-virus vaccination within 30 days of the start of study intervention initiation. 5. has received radiation therapy within 7 days of the first dose of study intervention administration. 6. has completed palliative radiotherapy within 7 days of the first dose of study intervention administration.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
24 sites in 3 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Blue Ridge Cancer Center
RECRUITINGBlacksburg, Virginia, 24060, United States
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Calvary Mater Newcastle Hospital
RECRUITINGWaratah, New South Wales, 2298, Australia
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Cancer Care Northern Beaches
RECRUITINGFrenchs Forest, New South Wales, 2086, Australia
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Consorci Hospitalari Provincial de Castello
RECRUITINGCastellon, Castellón, 12006, Spain
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Florida Clinical Trials Group
RECRUITINGPlantation, Florida, 33322, United States
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Florida Clinical Trials Group - Tamarac
RECRUITINGTamarac, Florida, 33321, United States
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Hospital Quirónsalud Málaga
RECRUITINGMálaga, 29004, Spain
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Hospital Universitario de Jerez de la Frontera
RECRUITINGJerez de la Frontera, Cadiz, 11407, Spain
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Institut Catala D'Oncologia de Girona
RECRUITINGGirona, 17007, Spain
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Instituto Oncologico Dr. Rosell (IOR)
RECRUITINGBarcelona, 08028, Spain
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Jacobi Medical Center - Albert Einstein College of Medicine
RECRUITINGThe Bronx, New York, 10461, United States
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Los Angeles Cancer Network
RECRUITINGGlendale, California, 91204, United States
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NYU Langone Hospital Long Island
RECRUITINGMineola, New York, 11501, United States
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NYU Langone Hospital Manhattan
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10016, United States
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OSF Saint Francis Medical Center
RECRUITINGPeoria, Illinois, 61637, United States
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Peninsula and Southeast Oncology (PASO) Medical
RECRUITINGFrankston, Victoria, 3199, Australia
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Providence St. Joseph Hospital
RECRUITINGOrange, California, 92868, United States
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Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers, LLP
RECRUITINGPueblo, Colorado, 81103, United States
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Shenandoah Oncology P.C.
RECRUITINGWinchester, Virginia, 22601, United States
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Southern Cancer Center, P.C.
RECRUITINGDaphne, Alabama, 36526, United States
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Tennessee Oncology
RECRUITINGNashville, Tennessee, 37203, United States
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University of New Mexico - Comprehensive Cancer Center
RECRUITINGAlbuquerque, New Mexico, 87102, United States
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Virginia Cancer Specialists, PC
RECRUITINGFairfax, Virginia, 22031, United States
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White Plains Hospital
RECRUITINGWhite Plains, New York, 10601, United States
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