Experimental lung cancer combo trial ends early
NCT ID NCT04914897
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This phase 2 trial tested a new drug called THOR-707 (Pegenzileukin) combined with other cancer treatments, including pembrolizumab, in 106 people with advanced lung cancer or pleural mesothelioma. The goal was to see if the combination could shrink tumors. However, the study was terminated early, so the full results are not available.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- THOR-707 (Pegenzileukin) combined with pembrolizumab
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this combination could offer a new treatment option for people with certain types of lung cancer or mesothelioma.
- What could go wrong
- The trial was terminated early, so we don't have full results. It's unclear if the combination is effective or safe enough to continue.
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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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106 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2021
- Finished
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Oct 2024
- 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 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: * Participant must have been ≥18 years of age (or country's legal age of majority if \>18 years), at the time of signing the informed consent. * Histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of Stage IV NSCLC (cohorts A1, A2, and B1), or unresectable malignant pleural mesothelioma (cohort C1). * Cohort A1: PD-L1 expression TPS ≥ 50% * Cohort A2: PD-L1 expression TPS 1 - 49% * Prior anticancer therapy * Cohorts A1 and A2: No prior systemic therapy for advanced/metastatic NSCLC. Participants who received adjuvant or neoadjuvant therapy are eligible if the adjuvant/neoadjuvant therapy was completed at least 6 months prior to the development of metastatic disease. * Cohort B1: One prior anti-PD1/PD-L1 regimen (may include chemotherapy) plus one additional chemotherapy regimen * Cohort C1: One or two prior systemic treatments that include pemetrexed-based regimen in combination with platinum agent. * All cohorts must have had a measurable disease * Mandatory baseline biopsy for the first 20 participants to enroll in cohorts A1, A2 * Cohort B1: Based on the Investigator's judgment, either docetaxel or pemetrexed is not the best treatment option for the participant. * Females were eligible to participate if they were not pregnant or breastfeeding, not a woman of childbearing potential (WOCBP) or are a WOCBP that agrees: * to use approved contraception method and submit to regular pregnancy testing prior to treatment and for 150 days after discontinuing study treatment * to refrain from donating or cryopreserving eggs for 150 days after discontinuing study treatment. * Males were eligible to participate if they agree to refrain from donating or cryopreserving sperm, and either abstain from heterosexual intercourse OR use approved contraception during study treatment and for at least 210 days after discontinuing study treatment. * Capable of giving signed informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: Participants were excluded from the study if any of the following criteria applied: * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of ≥ 2. * Poor bone marrow reserve * Poor organ function * Participants with baseline SpO2 ≤ 92%. * Active brain metastases or leptomeningeal disease. * History of allogenic tissue/solid organ transplant * Last administration of prior antitumor therapy or any investigational treatment within 28 days or less than 5 times the half-life, whichever is shorter; major surgery or local intervention within 28 days. * Has received prior IL-2-based anticancer treatment. * Comorbidity requiring corticosteroid therapy * Antibiotic use (excluding topical antibiotics) ≤14 days prior to first dose of IMP * Severe or unstable cardiac condition within 6 months prior to starting study treatment * Active, known, or suspected autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years * Known second malignancy either progressing or requiring active treatment within the last 3 years * Cohorts A1, A2, and C1: Prior treatment with an agent (approved or investigational) that blocks the PD1/PD-L1 pathway (participants who joined a study with an anti-PD1/PD-L1 but have written confirmation they were on control arm are allowed). * Receipt of a live-virus vaccination within 28 days of planned treatment start. Seasonal flu vaccines that do not contain live virus are permitted. The above information is not intended to contain all considerations relevant to the potential participation in a clinical trial.
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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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Investigational Site Number : 0320002
CABA, Buenos Aires, 1430, Argentina
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Investigational Site Number : 0360002
Richmond, Victoria, 3121, Australia
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Investigational Site Number : 1520001
Santiago, Reg Metropolitana de Santiago, 8420383, Chile
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Investigational Site Number : 1520002
Santiago, Reg Metropolitana de Santiago, 7500921, Chile
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Investigational Site Number : 1520003
Temuco, 4800827, Chile
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Investigational Site Number : 1520004
Santiago, Reg Metropolitana de Santiago, 7500713, Chile
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Investigational Site Number : 1520005
Santaigo, Reg Metropolitana de Santiago, 8241470, Chile
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Investigational Site Number : 1580002
Tainan, 704, Taiwan
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Investigational Site Number : 1580003
Taichung, 404, Taiwan
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Investigational Site Number : 1580005
Taipei, Taiwan
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Investigational Site Number : 2500001
Saint-Herblain, 44800, France
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Investigational Site Number : 2500003
Toulouse, 31059, France
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Investigational Site Number : 2500005
Paris, 75018, France
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Investigational Site Number : 2500006
Bordeaux, France
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Investigational Site Number : 3800001
Rozzano, Milano, 20089, Italy
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Investigational Site Number : 3800002
Orbassano, Torino, 10043, Italy
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Investigational Site Number : 3800004
Milan, 20133, Italy
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Investigational Site Number : 3800005
Aviano (PN), Friuli Venezia Giulia, 33081, Italy
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Investigational Site Number : 3800006
Bologna, 40138, Italy
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Investigational Site Number : 3800008
Padova, 35128, Italy
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Investigational Site Number : 3920001
Sapporo, Hokkaido, 003-0804, Japan
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Investigational Site Number : 4100001
Seoul, Seoul-teukbyeolsi, 06351, South Korea
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Investigational Site Number : 4100002
Seoul, Seoul-teukbyeolsi, 03080, South Korea
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Investigational Site Number : 4100003
Seoul, Seoul-teukbyeolsi, 05505, South Korea
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Investigational Site Number : 6160001
Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, 02-781, Poland
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Investigational Site Number : 6160002
Poznan, Greater Poland Voivodeship, 60-693, Poland
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Investigational Site Number : 6160003
Gdansk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, 80-214, Poland
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Investigational Site Number : 6160004
Olsztyn, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, 10-357, Poland
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Investigational Site Number : 7240001
Madrid, 28041, Spain
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Investigational Site Number : 7240002
Madrid, 28034, Spain
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Investigational Site Number : 7240003
Girona, Girona [Gerona], 17007, Spain
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Investigational Site Number : 7240004
Madrid, Madrid, Comunidad de, 28046, Spain
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Investigational Site Number : 7240006
Barcelona, Barcelona [Barcelona], 08035, Spain
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Thomas Jefferson University - North East Site Number : 8401009
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19114, United States
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Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Site Number : 8400009
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States
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