New hope for tough lung cancers: ivonescimab combo enters phase 3 trial
NCT ID NCT06928389
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This phase 3 trial is testing whether adding the experimental drug ivonescimab to standard chemotherapy (docetaxel) helps people with advanced non-small cell lung cancer live longer. The study includes 536 adults whose cancer worsened after prior immunotherapy. Participants are randomly assigned to receive either ivonescimab or a placebo, both combined with docetaxel. The main goal is to see if the combination improves overall survival.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- ivonescimab and docetaxel
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a new treatment option for people with advanced lung cancer whose disease has worsened after standard immunotherapy.
- What could go wrong
- This is still an experimental combination; it may not improve survival or could cause more side effects than the current standard. Results are not yet known.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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About 536 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2030
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: * Be able and willing to provide written informed consent and to comply with all requirements of study participation (including all study procedures). * Age ≥ 18 years old and ≤ 75 years old at the time of randomization. * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1. * Expected life expectancy of at least 3 months. * Histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of NSCLC. * Locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC (American Joint Committee on Cancer \[AJCC\] 8th edition). * Previously received systemic platinum-based chemotherapy and PD-1/L1 inhibitors. * At least one measurable lesion according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1. * Adequate organ function. Exclusion Criteria: * Histologic or cytopathologic evidence of the presence of small cell lung carcinoma. * Other malignancies within 3 years prior to randomization. * Known actionable genomic alterations. * Prior administration of any immunotherapy targeting immune mechanisms other than PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors. * Previous treatment with docetaxel. * History of severe bleeding tendency or coagulation dysfunction. * Active autoimmune disease requiring systemic therapy within 2 years prior to randomization. * History of myocarditis, cardiomyopathy, and malignant arrhythmia.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Shanghai East Hospital
RECRUITINGShanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
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