New drug duo aims to fight Hard-to-Treat cancers
NCT ID NCT07276373
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 20, 2026 · Updated 4 times
Summary
This study tests a new drug called nenocorilant combined with the immunotherapy nivolumab in people with advanced solid tumors that have not responded to standard treatments. The goal is to find the safest dose and see if the combination can shrink tumors. About 50 participants will take part in this early-stage trial.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- nenocorilant (a drug) combined with nivolumab (an immunotherapy)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a new treatment option for people with advanced solid tumors who have run out of standard therapies.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase trial with only 50 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The combination could cause side effects or fail to shrink tumors.
Why investors are watching
Corcept Therapeutics is testing nenocorilant, its experimental drug, combined with the immunotherapy nivolumab in 50 patients with advanced solid tumors. This early-stage trial checks whether the combination is safe and whether it can control disease, which matters for a small company because a positive signal could broaden its pipeline beyond its current focus.
If it works: If the trial shows the combination is safe and controls tumors, Corcept could advance nenocorilant into later-stage studies, potentially expanding its drug portfolio and attracting more attention from partners or investors.
If it fails: Early-stage cancer trials often fail because the drug is unsafe or does not work. A negative result or delay would set back nenocorilant's development and could hurt Corcept's prospects, since the company depends on this pipeline candidate.
AI-written from the trial record. Speculative, and not investment advice.
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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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About 50 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2027
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 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: Part 1 * Signed and dated institutional review board (IRB)/ independent ethics committee (IEC)-approved informed consent form (ICF) * Has solid malignancies that have received all available standard therapies for the specific tumor type or for which no standard therapy exists, unless patient is intolerant of treatment * Has a life expectancy of ≥ 3 months * Has evaluable disease based on RECIST v1.1 * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1 * Has adequate organ function * Negative serum or urine pregnancy test for female patients of childbearing potential * Agreement to use appropriate precautions to avoid pregnancy, unless the patient and/or their sole sexual partner is permanently sterilized Exclusion Criteria: Part 1 * Past or current immune-related adverse events (irAEs) due to anti-programmed cell death protein 1 ligand 1 (PD\[L\]1) therapy that meet any of the following criteria: 1. Grade ≥ 3 2. Resulted in discontinuation of anti-PD(L)1 therapy * Medical history of an autoimmune or inflammatory disease requiring immunosuppressive therapy * Medical history of adrenal insufficiency * Has had any major surgery within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of study treatment * Concurrent treatment with mifepristone or another glucocorticoid receptor (GR) modulator * Unable to swallow, retain, or absorb oral medication * Concurrent participation in another interventional clinical trial * Has toxicities due to prior therapies that are reversible and have not resolved * Requirement for treatment with prohibited medications, including but not limited to systemic corticosteroids and cytochrome P450(CYP)3A inducers or inhibitors * Has a known history of severe hypersensitivity to any of the study drugs, or other human/humanized monoclonal antibodies * Pregnant or lactating patients or female patients expecting to conceive children within the projected duration of the trial * Has clinically significant uncontrolled condition(s) which, in the opinion of the Investigator, may confound the results of the trial or interfere with the patient's safety or participation * Known psychiatric disorder that would interfere with trial compliance * Has infection with HIV, hepatitis C virus, or hepatitis B virus * Has untreated parenchymal brain metastasis or has uncontrolled central nervous system metastases * Has a history of another malignancy within 2 years prior to study treatment, unless cured * Has received prior autologous or allogeneic organ or tissue transplantation * A QTcF interval \>450 msec, a family history of long QT syndrome or unexplained sudden death at young age, or a requirement for use of medication that may prolong the QTc interval
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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
5 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Site 01
RECRUITINGSan Antonio, Texas, 78229, United States
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Site 02
RECRUITINGWest Valley City, Utah, 84119, United States
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Site 03
RECRUITINGLos Angeles, California, 90025, United States
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Site 04
RECRUITINGGrand Rapids, Michigan, 49546, United States
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Site 05
RECRUITINGChicago, Illinois, 60637, United States
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