New cocktail of drugs and radiation takes on tough lung cancer
NCT ID NCT05386888
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This phase 2 trial tested whether adding two newer drugs—GFH018 and toripalimab—to standard chemoradiotherapy could help people with stage III non-small cell lung cancer that cannot be surgically removed. The study enrolled 65 adults and measured how many patients saw their tumors shrink or disappear. The goal is to find a more effective way to control this advanced cancer.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- GFH018 (a targeted drug) and toripalimab (an immunotherapy) combined with chemotherapy (paclitaxel, carboplatin, cisplatin, or pemetrexed) and radiation therapy
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this combination could offer a new treatment option to shrink or control advanced lung cancer that cannot be removed by surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early phase 2 trial with only 65 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. Adding multiple drugs and radiation raises the risk of serious side effects.
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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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65 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2022
- Finished
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Dec 2023
- 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: * Age ≥ 18 years * Newly diagnosed, pathologically (histologically or cytologically) confirmed, locally advanced, unresectable stage III NSCLC * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status 0-1 * Measurable disease (according to RECIST v1.1 criteria) * Life expectancy \> 6 months Exclusion Criteria: * Has small cell lung cancer (SCLC) or tumors with the presence of small cell elements. * Has received prior treatment (chemotherapy, targeted therapy, or radiotherapy) for Stage III NSCLC * Prior exposure to immune-mediated therapy, including but not limited to, TGFβ inhibitors, anti CTLA-4, anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, and anti PD L2 antibodies. * Known allergy or hypersensitivity to any of the IPs or any of the IP excipients. * Patients whose radiation treatment plans are likely to encompass a volume of whole lung receiving ≥20 Gy in total (V20) of more than 35% of lung volume.
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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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West China Hospital, Sichuan University
Chengdu, Sichuan, 610000, China
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