New drug cocktail targets tough lung cancers
NCT ID NCT07253142
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jul 22, 2026 · Updated 4 times
Summary
This phase 2 trial tests a combination of two drugs—HLX43 and serplulimab—in 120 people with advanced lung cancer (non-small cell or small cell). The goal is to see if the combo can shrink tumors and control the disease. Participants must have cancer that has spread or come back after other treatments.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- HLX43 (a targeted antibody-drug conjugate) combined with serplulimab (an immunotherapy)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a new treatment option for people with advanced lung cancer that hasn't responded to other therapies.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early phase 2 trial with only 120 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The combination 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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About 120 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2028
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 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: * 1\. Voluntarily to participate in the trial, and be able to complete the study as required by the protocol; * 2\. Age ≥18 years and ≤75 years; * 3\. Histologically or cytologically confirmed locally advanced (stage IIIB/IIIC) or metastatic (stage IV) NSCLC unsuitable for radical treatment without actionable gene alteration (AGA); or Histologically or cytologically confirmed SCLC unsuitable for radical treatment, with evidence of disease progression or recurrence; * 4\. Subjects must meet the following prior treatment requirements: 1. Have received platinum-based chemotherapy combined with anti-PD-1/L1 monoclonal or bispecific antibodies as prior first-line treatment; have received no more than second-line treatment; or 2. Have received platinum-based chemotherapy and anti-PD-1/L1 monoclonal or bispecific antibodies (in any sequence) as sequential treatment; have received no more than third-line treatment; * 5\. Within 4 weeks prior to randomization, have at least one measurable lesion according to RECIST 1.1 efficacy evaluation criteria; * 6\. Subjects agree to provide archived tumor tissue samples (from the most recent surgery or biopsy, preferably within 2 years) that meet testing requirements or agree to undergo a biopsy to collect tumor tissue for PD-L1 expression testing; * 7\. Before the first administration of the investigational drug, there must be at least a 3-week interval or 5 half-lives of the drug (whichever is shorter) from prior major surgical procedures, device therapy, local radiotherapy (excluding palliative radiotherapy for bone lesions), cytotoxic chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or biological therapy. There must be at least a 2-week interval from prior hormone therapy or small molecule targeted therapy, and at least a 1-week interval from traditional Chinese medicine with anti-tumor indications or minor surgical procedures. Adverse events caused by prior treatment must have recovered to CTCAE v5.0 ≤ grade 1 (excluding grade 2 peripheral neurotoxicity and alopecia); * 8\. ECOG performance status score of 0-1 within one week prior to randomization; * 9\. Expected survival time of more than 3 months; * 10\. Laboratory tests within one week prior to randomization confirm adequate organ function (within 14 days before the first administration, without receiving treatments such as transfusion, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, thrombopoietin, or erythropoietin); * 11\. Male and female subjects with reproductive potential must agree to use at least one highly effective contraceptive method during the trial and for at least 6 months after the last administration of the investigational drug. Female subjects of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test within 7 days prior to enrollment. Exclusion Criteria: * 1\. Mixed SCLC, mixed NSCLC, or sarcomatoid carcinoma components confirmed by tumor histology or cytology; * 2\. Imaging suggests tumor invasion of major blood vessels or important organs, or the presence of a risk of esophago-tracheal fistula or esophagopleural fistula; * 3\. Previously received any drug therapy targeting topoisomerase I, including chemotherapy or ADC drugs; * 4\. Received radical radiotherapy within 3 months prior to the first dose; * 5\. History of any second malignancy within 2 years prior to randomization, except for early-stage malignancies treated with radical therapy (carcinoma in situ or stage I tumors), such as non-melanoma skin cancer, cervical carcinoma in situ, localized prostate cancer, ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast, or papillary thyroid carcinoma; * 6\. History of adverse events leading to permanent discontinuation of immunotherapy, or a history of ≥ grade 2 immune-related pneumonitis or immune-related myocarditis; * 7\. Presence of uncontrolled pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, or ascites requiring repeated drainage; * 8\. Presence of spinal cord compression or clinically active central nervous system metastases (referring to untreated or symptomatic metastases, or metastases requiring corticosteroids or anticonvulsants to control related symptoms), or meningitis carcinomatosa. Subjects who have previously received treatment for brain metastases (e.g., whole-brain radiotherapy or stereotactic brain radiotherapy) may participate in the study, provided they have been clinically stable for at least 4 weeks with no imaging evidence of brain metastasis progression; * 9\. History or current presence of clinically severe lung impairment caused by pulmonary diseases, including but not limited to any underlying pulmonary disease (e.g., pulmonary embolism, severe asthma, severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, restrictive pulmonary disease, interstitial pneumonia, pneumoconiosis, drug-related pneumonia, pleural effusion, etc., within 3 months prior to the first dose) or any autoimmune, connective tissue, or inflammatory diseases potentially involving the lungs (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis, Sjogren's syndrome, sarcoidosis, etc.), or subjects who have undergone pneumonectomy, which may interfere with the detection and management of suspected drug-related pulmonary toxicity; subjects with radiation pneumonitis within 6 months; * 10\. Subjects with poorly controlled cardiovascular or cerebrovascular clinical symptoms or diseases; * 11\. Presence of active systemic infectious diseases requiring intravenous antibiotic therapy within 2 weeks prior to randomization; * 12\. Use of moderate or strong CYP2D6 or CYP3A inhibitors or inducers within 2 weeks prior to randomization; * 13\. Patients who received systemic corticosteroids (prednisone \>10mg/day or equivalent doses of similar drugs) or other immunosuppressive therapy within 2 weeks prior to randomization; * 14\. Presence of known active or suspected autoimmune diseases. However, patients with autoimmune-related hypothyroidism receiving thyroid hormone replacement therapy are allowed to participate in the study; patients with controlled type 1 diabetes receiving insulin therapy are allowed to participate in the study; * 15\. Received live or attenuated live vaccines within 4 weeks prior to randomization; * 16\. Known history of allergic reactions to macromolecular protein preparations/monoclonal antibodies, or allergies to components of the investigational drug formulation; * 17\. Active pulmonary tuberculosis; * 18\. History of immunodeficiency diseases, including positive HIV test, or other acquired or congenital immunodeficiency diseases, or history of organ transplantation; * 19\. Active HBV or HCV infection or HBV/HCV co-infection; * 20\. Pregnant or lactating women; * 21\. Subjects with a known history of psychiatric drug abuse, substance abuse, or alcoholism; patients who have ceased alcohol consumption may be enrolled; * 22\. The investigator considers the subject unsuitable for participation in this clinical study due to any clinical or laboratory abnormalities or other reasons.
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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.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
10 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cancer Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
RECRUITINGGuangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Cangzhou People's Hospital
RECRUITINGCangzhou, Hebei, China
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Fujian Cancer Hospital
RECRUITINGFu'zhou, Fujian, China
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Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital
RECRUITINGHarbin, Heilongjiang, China
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Hubei Cancer Hospital
RECRUITINGWuha, Hubei, China
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Shanghai Chest Hospital
RECRUITINGShanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
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THE Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University
RECRUITINGXuzhou, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University
RECRUITINGXinxiang, Henan, China
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The People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuangzu Autonomous Region
RECRUITINGNanning, Guangxi, 530016, China
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The Second Hospital of Anhui Medical University
RECRUITINGHefei, Anhui, China
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