Radiation boosts immunotherapy in lung cancer trial
NCT ID NCT06121505
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This phase 2 trial tests whether adding low-dose radiation to standard immunotherapy (sintilimab) and chemotherapy can shrink tumors better than immunotherapy and chemo alone in people with advanced squamous cell lung cancer. About 114 participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups. The study is currently recruiting.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- sintilimab (PD-1 inhibitor) plus chemotherapy, with low-dose radiation therapy and stereotactic body radiation therapy
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a more effective first-line treatment for advanced squamous cell lung cancer by combining radiation with immunotherapy and chemo.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase (Phase 2) trial with only 114 participants. Adding radiation may increase side effects, and the benefit over standard treatment is not yet proven.
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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 114 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2024
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2027
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.
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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: 1. Age ≥ 18 years old and ≤ 75 years old; 2. Histologically or cytologically confirmed squamous cell lung cancer, imaging confirmed locally advanced or metastatic disease (unresectable or not eligible for definitive chemoradiotherapy, stage IIIB-IV); 3. According to the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST v1.1), there is at least one imaging measurable lesion; 4. Enough to provide quality control qualified tumor tissue or cell wax blocks to detect PD-L1 expression; 5. Have not received any systemic anti-tumor treatment for locally advanced or metastatic disease in the past; Exclusion Criteria: 1. The pathology is small cell lung cancer (SCLC), including lung cancer mixed with SCLC and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC); 2. The pathology is lung adenocarcinoma, including lung cancer mixed with lung adenocarcinoma and lung squamous cell carcinoma; 3. EGFR gene sensitive mutation or ALK fusion positive or ROS1 fusion positive; 4. Previously received the following therapies: anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1 or anti-PD-L2 drugs or another drug that stimulates or synergistically inhibits T cell receptors; 5. Pregnant or lactating women;
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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
6 sites. 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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Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College
RECRUITINGNanchong, Sichuan, 637503, China
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Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital
RECRUITINGGuiyang, Guizhou, 550002, China
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Sichuan Cancer Hospital
RECRUITINGChengdu, Sichuan, 610044, China
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The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University
RECRUITINGChongqing, Chongqing Municipality, 400010, China
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Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
RECRUITINGWuhan, Hunan, 430022, China
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West China Hospital of Sichuan University
RECRUITINGChengdu, Sichuan, 610044, China
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