New immunotherapy cocktail aims to tackle tough lung cancer
NCT ID NCT07245446
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests whether adding extra immunotherapy drugs to standard chemotherapy can better control extensive-stage small cell lung cancer. About 180 adults who have not had prior treatment will be randomly assigned to one of three groups, all receiving the immunotherapy ivonescimab plus chemo, with some also getting cadonilimab or AK117. The goal is to see which combination shrinks tumors most safely.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Ivonescimab (an immunotherapy drug) combined with chemotherapy (etoposide and carboplatin) and optionally cadonilimab or AK117
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a new first-line treatment option that shrinks tumors and controls extensive-stage small cell lung cancer for longer.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early Phase 2 trial with only 180 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. Side effects from combining multiple drugs could be significant, and the added drugs may not improve outcomes over standard chemo-immunotherapy.
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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 180 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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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: * Histologically or cytologically confirmed extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC). * No prior systemic therapy for ES-SCLC. * At least one measurable lesion as defined by RECIST v1.1. * Age 18 to 75 years. * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1. * Adequate organ function. Exclusion Criteria: * Active or untreated central nervous system (CNS) metastases (Treated, stable brain metastases are allowed). * History of severe hypersensitivity to monoclonal antibodies. * Active autoimmune disease requiring systemic treatment within the past 2 years. * Significant cardiovascular disease. * Active hepatitis B or C, or HIV infection. * Interstitial lung disease or non-infectious pneumonitis. * Significant bleeding tendency or risk, including tumor invasion of major blood vessels. * Pregnancy or lactation. * Other active malignancies within 5 years prior to enrollment.
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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
3 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 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBeijing, Beijing Municipality, 100020, China
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Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University
RECRUITINGShanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200433, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University
RECRUITINGXi'an, Shaanxi, 710000, China
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