New hope for tough lung cancers: drug combo trial launches
NCT ID NCT05117242
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This trial tests a new drug called acasunlimab, either alone or combined with the cancer drug pembrolizumab, in people with advanced non-small cell lung cancer that has come back or stopped responding to standard treatments. About 125 adults will receive the drugs intravenously every 3 or 6 weeks for around 6 months. The goal is to see if the combination shrinks tumors and is safe.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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125 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2021
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2026
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: * Have signed an informed consent form (ICF) * Be at least 18 years of age. * Have histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of stage 4 NSCLC with at least 1 prior line of systemic therapy containing an anti-PD-1/PD-L1 mAb for metastatic disease * Have a tumor PD-L1 expression result available prior to first treatment demonstrating PD-L1 expression in ≥1% of tumor cells as assessed by a central or local laboratory during screening. * Have measurable disease per RECIST v1.1. * Have Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) ≤1. * Have life expectancy of at least 3 months. * Have adequate organ and bone marrow function as defined in the protocol. Key Exclusion Criteria: * Documentation of known EGFR, KRAS, RET, ROS1, BRAF mutations, NTRK gene infusions, RET arrangement, ALK gene rearrangements, high-level MET amplification, or METex 14 skipping. Note: Subjects harboring such mutations, gene rearrangements or amplifications may be enrolled in the trial, if subjects have received prior approved targeted therapy for such mutations, the subject may still be eligible for this trial. * Treatment with an anti-cancer agent within 28 days prior to acasunlimab administration. * Any investigational agent (including investigational vaccines). * Radiotherapy within 14 days prior to first dose of acasunlimab. Note: palliative radiotherapy will be allowed for local pain control under certain conditions. * Chronic systemic immunosuppressive corticosteroid doses, ie, prednisone \>10 mg daily or a cumulative dose \>150 mg prednisone within 14 days before the first acasunlimab administration. * Subject has severe hypersensitivity (≥Grade 3) to pembrolizumab and/or any of its excipients. * Subject has contraindications to the use of pembrolizumab per local prescribing information. * Subject has a history of (non-infectious) pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease that required steroids or has current pneumonitis (interstitial lung disease). * Ongoing or active infection requiring intravenous treatment with anti-infective therapy or any ongoing systemic inflammatory condition requiring further diagnostic work-up or management during screening. * Symptomatic congestive heart failure (grade III or IV as classified by the New York Heart Association), unstable angina pectoris, or cardiac arrhythmia. * Uncontrolled hypertension defined as systolic blood pressure ≥160 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure ≥100 mmHg, despite optimal medical management. * Ongoing or recent (within 6 months) evidence of significant autoimmune disease that required treatment with systemic immunosuppressive treatments, which may suggest risk for irAEs. * Subject has a known history of any of the following: 1. Grade 3 or higher irAEs that led to treatment discontinuation of a prior immunotherapy treatment. 2. Myositis, Guillain-Barré syndrome, or myasthenia gravis of any grade. 3. Liver disease (eg, alcoholic hepatitis or non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, drug-related or autoimmune hepatitis, or evidence of hepatic cirrhosis). 4. Organ allograft (except for corneal transplant) or autologous or allogeneic bone marrow transplant, or stem cell rescue within 3 months prior to the first dose of acasunlimab. 5. Grade 3 or higher allergic reactions to monoclonal antibody therapy as well as known or suspected allergy or intolerance to any agent given in the course of this trial. NOTE: Other protocol defined Inclusion/Exclusion criteria may apply.
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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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Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico G Rodolico San Marco
Catania, Italy
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Cancer & Hematology Centers of Western Michigan CHCWM P.C.
Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503, United States
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Centro Clinico Champalimaud
Lisbon, Portugal
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Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto - Hospital de Santo Antonio
Porto, Portugal
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Cheltenham General Hospital
Cheltenham, United Kingdom
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Clinica Universidad de Navarra
Pamplona, Spain
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Clinica Universidad de Navarra CUN
Madrid, Spain
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Department of Internal Medicine II
Regensburg, Germany
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Erasmus MC
Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Florida Cancer Center
St. Petersburg, Florida, 33705, United States
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Florida Cancer Specialists - FCS South
Fort Myers, Florida, 33901, United States
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Fundacion Instituto Valenciano de Oncologia
Valencia, Spain
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Gustave Roussy
Villejuif, France
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Henry Ford Cancer Institute
Detroit, Michigan, 48202, United States
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Hopital Charles Nicolle Chu Rouen
Rouen, France
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Hopital Morvan CHU de Brest
Brest, France
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Hopital dInstruction Des Armees Begin
Saint-Mandé, France
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Hospital Universitari Vall dHebron
Barcelona, Spain
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Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre
Madrid, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Fundacion Jimenez Diaz
Madrid, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria
Málaga, Spain
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Hôpital Foch
Suresnes, France
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IFO Regina Elena
Roma, Italy
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IRCCS Istituto Europeo di Oncologia
Milan, Italy
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Institut Bergonie
Bordeaux, France
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Institut de Cancerologie Strasbourg Europe (ICANS)
Strasbourg, France
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LKI Lungenfachklinik Immenhausen
Immenhausen, Germany
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La Maddalena SPA
Palermo, Italy
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Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum
Leiden, Netherlands
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MD Anderson Cancer Center
Madrid, Spain
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Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology
Warsaw, Poland
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Med.Hochschule Hannover Klinik für Pneumologie
Hanover, Germany
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Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226, United States
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Netherlands Cancer Institute
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Samodzielny Publiczny Zespol Gruzlicy i Chorob Pluc
Olsztyn, Poland
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St. Joseph Heritage Healthcare
Santa Rosa, California, 95403, United States
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The Christie Hospital
Manchester, United Kingdom
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UOC Oncoematologia AOU L.Vanvitelli
Naples, Italy
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Universitatsklinik Giessen und Marburg Standort Giessen
Hessen, Germany
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VU University Medical Center
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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