New drug cocktail shows promise in advanced lung cancer trial
NCT ID NCT05664971
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a new experimental drug called JS004, combined with another immunotherapy (toripalimab) and standard chemotherapy, in 119 people with advanced lung cancer. The goal was to see if the combination is safe and might help shrink tumors. The trial has finished, but results are not yet available.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- JS004 (anti-BTLA antibody) combined with toripalimab and standard chemotherapy
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this combination could offer a new treatment option for advanced lung cancer patients who have limited choices.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase trial (phase 1/2) focused on safety and dosing, so it is too soon to know if it works. Side effects from the immune-based drugs and chemotherapy are possible.
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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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119 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2023
- Finished
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Oct 2025
- 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: Subjects are eligible for the study if they meet all of the following criteria: 1. Sign the informed consent form voluntarily; 2. Males or females ≥18 years at the time of signing the informed consent; 3. Expected survival ≥3 months; 4. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1 ; 5. Pathologically confirmed locally advanced, metastatic or recurrent non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), which is currently not suitable for local treatment such as radical surgery or radiotherapy; For subjects with non-squamous carcinoma, there is no EGFR sensitive mutation or ALK fusion; for subjects with squamous carcinoma, genetic testing is not mandatory 6. Pathologically confirmed extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC, according to the Veterans Administration Lung Study Group (VALG) staging), previously received no systemic anti-tumor therapy for ES-SCLC (Cohort 5); Subjects with limited-stage SCLC who have previously received systemic anti-tumor therapy cannot be enrolled; 7. The subject has at least one measurable lesion as a target lesion (RECIST v1.1 criteria,); 8. The subject agrees to provide tumor tissue samples ; 9. The subject has good organ function as indicated by screening laboratory results: 10. Males of reproductive potential or females of childbearing potential must use effective contraceptive methods during the trial and continue for 6 months after the end of treatment; 11. The subject has good compliance and cooperates with the follow-up. Exclusion Criteria: Subjects who met any of the following criteria will be excluded from the study: 1. For the third line and second line populations with advanced lung squamous carcinoma (Cohorts 1 and 2), subjects who have received systemic anti-tumor therapy within 3 weeks before the first dose of study drug, including: chemotherapy, targeted therapy, anti-vascular drug therapy, biological therapy, immunotherapy, radiotherapy or other treatments with investigational products 2. Any adverse reactions caused by previous treatments have not recovered to CTCAE (Version 5.0) Grade 1 or below ; 3. Symptomatic metastases to central nervous system.; 4. Subjects with poorly controlled tumor-related pain who require analgesic treatment must receive the treatment at a stable dose before participating in the study; 5. Hydrothorax or ascites or pericardial effusion with clinical symptoms or unstable condition after symptomatic treatment; 6. Subjects previously discontinued treatment due to PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor toxicity; 7. Known history of severe allergic reactions to JS004 or toripalimab and its components, scheduled chemotherapeutic drugs and their components; 8. Known active or suspected autoimmune diseases, including but not limited to systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease; 9. History of interstitial lung disease or drug-induced interstitial lung disease or pulmonitis; 10. Received systemic corticosteroids (prednisone \>10 mg/day or equivalent) or other immunosuppressive drugs within 14 days before the first study dose; 11. Subjects with a past history of immunodeficiency, including those with other acquired or congenital immunodeficiency diseases, or with a history of organ transplantation, or have received allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation or solid organ transplantation; 12. Had received live vaccines within 4 weeks before the first study dose; 13. Any major surgical procedure within 4 weeks before the first study dose. Planned major surgical procedure to be performed within 30 days after the first dose , or not fully recovered from the previous surgery; 14. Suffering from severe cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases; 15. Subjects with uncontrolled or serious underlying diseases, including but not limited to active infection requiring systemic antibiotic treatment; 16. Positive human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody test, active hepatitis B or C; 17. Known active Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB).. 18. Any active malignancy other than the disease under study within the past 2 years, except for malignancies that can be expected to be cured after treatment; 19. Subjects who have a history of psychotropic drug abuse and are unable to withdraw or have mental disorder; 20. Pregnant or breastfeeding woman; 21. Other severe, acute or chronic medical or psychiatric disorders or laboratory abnormalities that, at the discretion of the investigator, may increase the risk associated with study participation or may interfere with the interpretation of study results.
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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.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Shanghai Chest Hospital
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200030, China
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