New drug combo targets Hard-to-Treat lung cancer in early trial
NCT ID NCT07174583
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jul 10, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study tests a new drug called IDE849, alone or with other drugs, in people with cancers that have a protein called DLL3, including small cell lung cancer. The trial has two phases and aims to see if the drug is safe and shrinks tumors. About 208 participants who have already tried standard treatments will take part.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- IDE849 (a drug given intravenously), sometimes combined with durvalumab (another IV drug) or IDE161 (an oral drug)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward a new treatment option for small cell lung cancer and other DLL3-expressing tumors that have stopped responding to standard therapy.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase trial (Phase 1/2) with only 208 participants, so the drug may not prove effective or safe enough for wider use. Side effects are still being studied.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1/2
Runs two stages together: safety and dose first, then whether the treatment works.
- Participants
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About 262 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2029
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.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Are willing to participate in this clinical study, understand the study procedures, and are able to sign the written ICF. 2. Subjects with histologically or cytologically confirmed ES- SCLC, neuroendocrine carcinoma (NEC), DLL3+ solid tumors, are eligible per protocol. Subjects must have radiologically progressed or recurred after previous standard treatment. For SCLC, this includes platinum-based therapy and programmed death-1/programmed death-ligand 1 inhibitors (except for subjects who refuse, or are judged by the Investigator to be unsuitable, or were intolerant to immunotherapy and chemotherapy may enroll to receive monotherapy or IDE161 combination. 3. Subjects with NEC, this includes * High-grade gastroenteropancreatic NEC * NEC of the prostate * Small cell NEC of any other organ * Merkel cell carcinoma * Transformed non-small cell adenocarcinoma of the lung (including but not limited to epidermal growth factor receptor or Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog mutated adenocarcinoma of the lung post progression on targeted therapies * Any other NEC that does not meet any of the indications noted above. 4. Subjects with other solid tumors demonstrated to express moderate/high expression of DLL3 including metastatic melanoma, Grade 3 gastrointestinal and pancreatic NETs, and pulmonary carcinoids. • metastatic melanoma 5. Subjects will be required to provide blood/tumor tissue samples for biomarker testing. 6. Have at least 1 measurable lesion according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) version 1.1. 7. Have Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status (PS) score of 0 or 1. 8. Have life expectancy \> 3 months. 9. Have adequate bone marrow and organ function within 7 days of the first dose (no use of any blood components and/or cell growth factors within 14 days prior to the start of the study treatment). 10. Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must agree to take highly effective contraceptive measures from signing of consent through 8 months after the last dose of IDE849; men with partners of child-bearing potential must use effective contraception through 5 months after the last dose. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Have mixed SCLC and NSCLC histology are not allowed (SCLC with components of large cell NEC are eligible). Participants with limited stage SCLC are ineligible. 2. Subjects with locally untreated (radiotherapy or surgery) or active central nervous system (CNS) tumor metastasis. 3. Have had other malignancies within 2 years prior to the first dose, except adequately treated carcinoma in situ (cervical, breast, or other), basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, localized prostate cancer after curative therapy with no recurrence, or papillary thyroid cancer after curative resection; other prior or concurrent malignancies may be eligible with Medical Monitor review and approval. 4. Have uncontrolled tumor-associated pain. 5. Have severe cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease 6. Have history of clinically significant bleeding within 3 months before the first study dose. 7. Have history of interstitial pneumonitis during previous treatment; current noninfectious pneumonitis requiring steroid therapy; known or suspected interstitial pneumonitis as seen on screening imaging; other moderate to severe lung diseases seriously affecting respiratory function within 3 months before the first dose, including, but not limited to, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and organizing pneumonia/obliterative bronchiolitis. 8. Have history of immunodeficiency, with a positive human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) test at screening (HIV antibody positive and HIV-RNA above the lower limit of detection of the analytical method). 9. Subjects with known or suspected viral hepatitis. 10. Have a history of active tuberculosis within 1 year before enrollment. 11. For participants enrolling to receive the combination with durvalumab, must not be deemed by the Investigator to be unsuitable to receive immunotherapy, or have had any prior intolerance to PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor therapy, or have had any prior Grade 2 or higher myocarditis or any other Grade 3 or higher immune-related AE. If the participant has had a prior immune-related AE, must have recovered to Grade \< 1. 12. For participants enrolling to receive the combination with IDE161, must not have had prior GI or upper bowel removal or any other gastrointestinal disorder or defect (eg, malabsorption disorder such as Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis), that would interfere with absorption of IDE161. 13. For patients receiving a combination with carboplatin, be deemed by the Investigator to be unsuitable to receive platinum-based chemotherapy, or have had intolerance to platinum-based chemotherapy 14. Have received chemotherapy within 3 weeks of first dose of IMP; immunotherapy or biologic targeted antitumor treatments within 2 weeks before the first dose of IMP; for small molecule treatments within 2 weeks before the first dose of the IMP or within 5 half lives of the drug (whichever is longer); other investigational products within 4 weeks or within 5 half-lives of the drug (whichever is longer) unless, in the opinion of the Investigator and Sponsor, the medication will not interfere with the study. Participants who received an immunotherapy agent (eg, PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor) immediately prior to study enrollment must have documented radiologic disease progression as per the Investigator prior to the first dose of IMP 15. Administration of any of the following: * Use of drugs that are inhibitors of P-gp, BCRP, and OATPIB1/OATP1B3 * Use of drugs with known risk of QT prolongation within 5 half-lives of their administration. 16. For participants enrolling to receive the combination with IDE161: * Use of drugs of narrow therapeutic index that are sensitive substrates of MATE2-K, BCRP, and P-gp * Use of known moderate and strong CYP3A4/5 inducers and inhibitors is not permitted * Administration of PPIs * Use of an H2 blocking agent * Use of a local antacid * Use of drugs with a known risk of QT prolongation 17. Have prior treatment with DLL3 ADC with a Topo1 inhibitor payload (except for participants enrolling to receive the IDE161 combination). 18. For participants enrolling to receive the combination with durvalumab, have history of prior intolerance to PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors. 19. Have received \> 30 Gy of chest radiotherapy within 8 weeks prior to the first dose of the IMP, \> 30 Gy of non-chest radiotherapy within 14 days prior to the first dose (subjects who have completed radiotherapy for brain metastases within 14 days prior to the first dose can be enrolled and palliative radiotherapy for other sites of ≤ 30 Gy is allowed if completed more than 14 days prior to the first dose). 20. Have undergone major surgery or experienced significant trauma within 4 weeks prior to the first dose. 21. Female subjects who are pregnant, lactating, or planning to become pregnant during the study period to 8 months after the last dose of the IMP.
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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
13 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
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Columbia University Medical Center - Herbert Irving Pavilion
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10032, United States
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Fort Wayne Medical Oncology and Hematology, Inc. - Fort Wayne North Office
RECRUITINGFort Wayne, Indiana, 46825-1623, United States
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NEXT Oncology Virginia
RECRUITINGFairfax, Virginia, 22031, United States
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Next Oncology Dallas
RECRUITINGIrving, Texas, 75039, United States
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Oncology Consultants, PA- Houston
RECRUITINGHouston, Texas, 77030, United States
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START Midwest
RECRUITINGGrand Rapids, Michigan, 49546, United States
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Sarah Cannon Research Institute - Oncology Partners
RECRUITINGNashville, Tennessee, 37203, United States
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Sarah Cannon Research Institute at Florida Cancer Specialists
RECRUITINGOrlando, Florida, 32827, United States
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Sarah Cannon Research Institute at HealthONE
RECRUITINGDenver, Colorado, 80218, United States
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Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University
RECRUITINGPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States
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Swedish Cancer Institute
RECRUITINGSeattle, Washington, 98104, United States
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The Cancer and Hematology Centers
RECRUITINGGrand Rapids, Michigan, 49546, United States
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The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
RECRUITINGHouston, Texas, 77030-4000, United States
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