New cocktail targets lung cancer in the brain: triple therapy shows promise in early trial
NCT ID NCT06812871
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Aug 14, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This phase 2 study tested a combination of three drugs in 46 people with a specific type of lung cancer (EGFR-mutated) that had spread to the lining of the brain and spinal cord (meningeal metastasis). The treatment included a high-dose targeted pill (furmonertinib), an intravenous drug that cuts off blood supply to tumors (bevacizumab), and chemotherapy injected directly into the spinal fluid (pemetrexed). The goal was to see if this triple approach could control the brain tumors longer and improve survival.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- furmonertinib (a targeted cancer pill), bevacizumab (an anti-angiogenic drug), and pemetrexed (chemotherapy given into the spinal fluid)
- What this could lead to
- If this combination works, it could offer a new treatment option for lung cancer that has spread to the brain and spinal cord lining, potentially improving survival and quality of life.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, single-arm phase 2 study with only 46 participants, so results may not apply to all patients. The combination also carries risks like bleeding, infection, and nerve damage from the spinal chemotherapy.
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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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46 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2024
- Finished
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Jun 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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 to 75 years
- 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: * Histological or cytological confirmed NSCLC; * confirmed EGFR sensitive mutations; * Diagnosis of leptomeningeal metastases according to the European Association of Neuro-Oncology European Society for Medical Oncology (EANO-ESMO) guidelines: clinical symptoms of intracranial hypertension (headache, dizziness, vomiting, etc.) ; imaging confirmation (cerebral MRI diagnosis of meningeal aggravation) or cerebrospinal fluid cytology confirmation (meets two or more criteria); * Patients with mild to minimal CNS symptoms who are tolerable for the treatment were allowed, and given the unique clinical nature of leptomeningeal metastasis, the use of corticosteroid is allowed; * Newly diagnosed leptomeningeal metastasis, including meningeal metastasis after previous brain surgery and/or local radiotherapy for solid metastatic disease; * Patients did not received systemic treatment after diagnosed meningeal metastases. * Obtain informed consent signed by the patient's legal representative; * Aged ≥18 years and ≤75 years; * Eastern Tourism Cooperation Group (ECOG) Physical condition evaluation 0-2; * Life expectancy ≥12 week; * Able to follow the requirements of the study protocol and confirmation procedures, and able to accept cranial wall medications; * contraception. Exclusion Criteria: * Mixed non-small cell and small cell carcinoma, or squamous cell carcinoma as the main pathological type; * history of hypersensitivity reaction to active or inactive excipients of furmonertinib, bevacizumab or pemetrexed or to drugs of similar structure or class to the investigational drug; * Currently participating in an interventional clinical trial, or having received other study drugs or study devices within 4 weeks before the first study drug; * Patients who have received solid organ or blood system transplantation; * Patients with severe intracranial hypertension symptoms that cannot be relieved by discontinuation of dexamethasone and/or glycol treatment, or patients in intensive care; * Ensure control of the patient's symptomatic pericardial, peritoneal, and pleural effusions; * History of cancer in the last five years Other malignancies or a history of other malignancies; * Recent active digestive events, such as duodenitis, ileitis, intestinal perforation, intestinal catheters, or other conditions that may cause gastrointestinal tract or perforation; or refractory vomiting, chronic gastrointestinal disease, inability to swallow study drugs, or previous colorectal cancer resection that prevents adequate drug absorption; * The patient has a physique that is prone to Japanese language learning or has active Japanese language learning; Central squamous cell carcinoma or Patients at greater risk for hemoptysis; Any diamond event ≥ CTCAE grade 3, presence of open wounds, injuries or fractures in the 28th century before the first creation; if in the first Asthma was accepted 28 days before the organization meeting, the wound treatment should be evaluated by the interval period; * History of arterial thromboembolism within the last 6 months, including vascular cerebral accident, myocardial infarction, transient cerebral contemplation; * History of grade 4 venous thrombosis within the last 6 months, including fire embolism; * The presence of any severe or uncontrolled systemic evidence, including difficult-to-control hypertension (systolic blood pressure ≥150 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure ≥100 mmHg), uncontrolled diabetes, etc.; * Active infections include, for example, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections (including those requiring intravenous therapy, active hepatitis B infection includes patients with positive hepatitis B surface test based on serological assessment and hepatitis B virus DNA \>1000 copies/ml); * previous history of interstitial lung disease, drug-induced interstitial lung disease, pneumonitis requiring steroid therapy, or any evidence of active interstitial lung disease; * The first 28-day inspection of the drug preparation showed Lack of adequate bone marrow reserve or organ function (Within 2 weeks before blood test, No blood transfusion or blood products, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor or other hematopoietic stimulating factors were used for repair): * Absolute neutrophil count \<1.5 × 109/L; continuous count \<100×109/L; hemoglobin \<90 g/L; * Alanine aminotransferase \> 2.5 times Upper limit of normal value (Upper limit of normal); Aspartate aminotransferase\>2.5 times ULN; Total bilirubin\>1.5 times ULN; or liver transplant patients with AST and/or ALT \> 5× ULN; * Albumin \<30 g/L; * Serum creatinine \>1.5 times ULN, and Creatinine clearance \<50 mL/min (Measured or calculated by Cockcroft and Gault formula); * International normalized ratio (INR) \> 1.5,Partially activated zymogen time (APTT\>1.5 times Upper limit of normal; * Urine protein ≥++, and 24-hour protein \>2.0g; * Any of the following Bishop criteria: * Clinically significant resting electrocardiogram rhythm, respiratory, or morphological abnormalities, such as left bundle branch block, third-degree myocardial insufficiency, and second-degree myocardial insufficiency, within 28 days before the first study drug perfume; * Possibility Interphase Factors that increase the risk of prolonged or arrhythmic events, such as heart failure, congenital long Quantum Dots Syndrome, long Quantum Dots Family history or first-degree relatives 40 Sudden death due to coma or known prolonged Quantum Dots Any sudden or difficult to fully compensate low potassium tariffs, low tariff tariffs, and low tariff-to-tariff tariffs during the period; * Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF)Left ventricular ejection fraction)\<50%, recent History of myocardial infarction, severe or unstable angina, or coronary artery bypass grafting within the past month or heart failure≥ New York Heart Association (New York Heart Association (NYHA) 2 class; * Pregnancy or breastfeeding.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center
Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510000, China
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