New hope for Hard-to-Treat lung cancer: experimental drug combo enters trial
NCT ID NCT07207395
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests an experimental drug called JBI-802, either alone or with the immunotherapy pembrolizumab, in 30 adults with advanced lung cancer that has a specific genetic change (STK11 mutation). The main goals are to check safety and see if the treatment can shrink tumors or slow cancer growth.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- JBI-802 (an experimental drug) and pembrolizumab (an immunotherapy)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a new treatment option for people with a specific type of lung cancer that has few effective therapies.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early Phase 2 trial with only 30 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The drug 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 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2025
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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 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. Males or females aged ≥18 years at Screening. 2. Participants with a histologically confirmed diagnosis of locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC harboring an STK11 mutation. 3. Screening laboratory values: * Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1500 cells/mm3. * Platelet count ≥100,000 cells/mm3. * Total bilirubin ≤1.5×ULN. Patients with Gilbert's syndrome may be enrolled with up to 3.0xULN. * AST and ALT ≤2.5×ULN (unless liver metastases are present then up to 5×ULN is allowed). * Calculated creatinine clearance (CrCL) ≥40 mL/min calculated per Institutional standard. * Prothrombin time (PT) or activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) * 1.5×ULN if participant is not anticoagulated (Note: If participant is on anticoagulants, the participant must be on a stable dose for at least 2 weeks prior to study entry. 4. Must have at least one measurable lesion on CT scan or MRI per RECIST 1.1 5. Resolution of any clinically significant toxic effects of prior therapy to Grade 0 or 1 according to the NCI CTCAE, Version 5.0 (exception of alopecia and Grade 2 peripheral neuropathy, chronic Grade 2 endocrinopathies as a result of prior immunotherapy). 6. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of ≤2. 7. Able to swallow oral medication. 8. Willing and able to give informed consent and comply with protocol requirements for the duration of the study. 9. Willingness to use contraception by a method that is deemed effective by the Investigator by both males and female participants of childbearing potential (post-menopausal women must have been amenorrheal for at least 12 months to be considered of non-childbearing potential) and their partners throughout the treatment period and for at least 3 months following the last dose of study drug. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Treatment with systemic anticancer therapy or an investigational agent within 2 weeks or 5 half-lives, whichever is shorter, prior to start of study drug treatment. 2. Major surgery ≤21 days prior to starting study drug or has not recovered from adverse effects of such procedure. 3. Surgery (eg, stomach bypass) or medical condition that might significantly affect absorption of medicines (as judged by the Investigator). 4. Radiotherapy within 2 weeks prior to start of study drug treatment (palliative radiation or stereotactic radiosurgery within 7 days prior to start of study treatment). Participants must have recovered from all radiotherapy-related toxicities. 5. Known malignant central nervous system disease other than neurologically stable, treated brain metastases- defined as metastasis having no evidence of progression or hemorrhage for at least 4 weeks after treatment (including brain radiotherapy). Must be off any systemic corticosteroids for the treatment of symptomatic brain metastases for at least 14 days prior to enrollment. 6. Severe or unstable medical condition, such as congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association \[NYHA\] Class III or IV), ischemic heart disease, uncontrolled hypertension, uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, psychiatric condition, as well as an uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia requiring medication (≥Grade 2, according to NCI CTCAE Version 5), myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to starting study treatment, or any other significant or unstable concurrent cardiac illness. Note: Stable chronic atrial fibrillation is allowed. 7. Congenital long QT syndrome or corrected QT interval by Fridericia (QTcF) interval \>480 msec for males and females, respectively, at Screening. 8. History of other previous or concurrent cancer that would interfere with the determination of safety or efficacy assessment with respect to the qualifying solid tumor malignancy. 9. Live vaccines within 30 days prior to the first dose of JBI-802. 10. Glucocorticoids for any purpose other than to modulate symptoms from an event of clinical interest) or for use as a premedication in participants with a known history of an IV contrast allergy administered as part of CT radiography. Inhaled, intranasal, intraocular, topical, and intraarticular joint injections of steroids are permitted. 11. Use of strong inhibitors of cytochrome P450 3A (CYP3A) within 14 days or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) or grapefruit juice or grapefruit containing products within 7 days prior to Cycle 1 Day 1. 12. Use of strong inducers of CYP3A within 14 days or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) prior to Cycle 1 Day 1. 13. Use of strong inhibitors of cytochrome CYP2D6 within 14 days or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) prior to Cycle 1 Day 1. 14. Use of strong inducers of CYP2D6 within 14 days or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) prior to Cycle 1 Day 1. 15. Major active infection requiring parenteral antibiotics. 16. Known active human immunodeficiency viruses infection or active infection with hepatitis B or C. 17. Active gastrointestinal disease (eg, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, or short gut syndrome) or other malabsorption syndromes that would reasonably impact drug absorption. 18. Acute illness within 14 days prior to IP dosing unless mild in severity and approved by the Principal Investigator. 19. Presence of active infection requiring antibiotics. 20. Pregnant or breastfeeding or expecting to conceive or father children within the projected duration of the trial, starting with the Screening Visit through 90 days after the last dose of trial treatment. 21. Current participation in another clinical study of an investigational agents. Simultaneous participation in observational studies is acceptable after Principal Investigator approval.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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The Christ Hospital
RECRUITINGCincinnati, Ohio, 45219, United States
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