New drug cocktail shows promise for tough lung cancer cases
NCT ID NCT06029127
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This phase 2 trial tested a new drug called gimistotug (BGB-A445) combined with either another experimental drug (BGB-15025) or the standard chemo docetaxel in 35 people with advanced non-small cell lung cancer. All participants had already tried an immunotherapy and chemotherapy. The main goal was to see if the combinations could shrink tumors.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- gimistotug (BGB-A445) plus BGB-15025 or docetaxel
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward a new combination treatment option for people with non-small cell lung cancer whose disease has progressed after standard therapy.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial with only 35 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The drugs may cause side effects or fail to shrink tumors.
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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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35 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2023
- Finished
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Dec 2024
- 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: * Advanced or metastatic NSCLC (nonsquamous or squamous) that is histologically or cytologically confirmed * Participants who have received no more than 2 lines of prior systemic therapies which must include anti-programmed cell death protein ligand-1 (anti-PD-(L)1) treatment and a platinum-based chemotherapy administered in combination with, or sequentially before or after the anti-PD-(L)1 treatment * At least 1 measurable lesion as defined per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) v1.1 * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status of 0 or 1 * Adequate organ function as indicated by laboratory values during screening Exclusion Criteria: * With mixed small cell lung cancer * Has received prior therapy targeting OX40 or any other T-cell agonists * Has received prior therapy containing docetaxel and/or ramucirumab for advanced or metastatic NSCLC * Has received any Chinese herbal medicine or Chinese patent medicines used to control cancer ≤ 14 days before the first dose of study drug(s) * Active leptomeningeal disease or uncontrolled and untreated brain metastasis NOTE: Other 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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Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University South Campus
Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, China
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Cancer Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Beijing, Beijing Municipality, 100021, China
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Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University
Chongqing, Chongqing Municipality, 400042, China
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Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200000, China
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Gansu Provincial Hospital
Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China
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Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital
Harbin, Heilongjiang, 150000, China
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Henan Cancer Hospital
Zhengzhou, Henan, 450000, China
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National Cancer Center
Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, 10408, South Korea
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Severance Hospital Yonsei University Health System
Seoul, Seoul Teugbyeolsi, 03722, South Korea
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Shanxi Provincial Cancer Hospital
Taiyuan, Shanxi, 030013, China
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The Catholic University of Korea, St Vincents Hospital
Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, 16247, South Korea
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510405, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University Branch Donghu
Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, China
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The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University
Taian, Shandong, 271099, China
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The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
Changsha, Hunan, 410011, China
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Union Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Wuhan, Hubei, 430022, China
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Weihai Municipal Hospital
Weihai, Shandong, 264299, China
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West China Hospital, Sichuan University
Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
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