New antibody drug targets Hard-to-Treat neuroendocrine cancers
NCT ID NCT05652686
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jul 16, 2026 · Updated 4 times
Summary
This study tests a new drug, peluntamig (PT217), in people with advanced neuroendocrine cancers like small cell lung cancer. The drug is designed to attach to two proteins (DLL3 and CD47) found on cancer cells, potentially helping the immune system attack them. The trial will first find a safe dose, then test peluntamig alone or with chemotherapy or immunotherapy in about 203 participants.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Peluntamig (PT217), a bispecific antibody targeting DLL3 and CD47 proteins on cancer cells
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a new treatment option for several aggressive neuroendocrine cancers that are hard to treat.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early first-in-human trial, so safety and effectiveness are not yet known. The drug 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 1/2
Runs two stages together: safety and dose first, then whether the treatment works.
- Participants
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About 203 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2023
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2028
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.
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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.
Key Inclusion Criteria 1. 18 years or older and able to sign informed consent and comply with the protocol. 2. Measurable disease as defined by RECIST v1.1 criteria for solid tumors. 3. NECs that have transformed from NSCLC are not eligible. Part A: Patients with histologically or cytologically confirmed unresectable advanced or metastatic small cell lung cancer (SCLC), large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the lung (LCNEC), or extrapulmonary neuroendocrine carcinoma (EP-NEC). Patients with tumors that are of mixed histology are eligible only if neuroendocrine carcinoma/small cell cancer component is predominant and represents at least 50% of the overall tumor tissue. Patients with well differentiated grade 3 neuroendocrine tumors (Ki-67 ≥ 55%) may be considered if their tumors are DLL3 positive. Patients may have progressed after standard of care treatments (at least one line of platinum-based chemotherapy with or without immune checkpoint inhibitor for SCLC patients) or other treatment options, or for whom treatment is not available or not tolerated. Part B: Patients must meet the same eligibility criteria as patients in Part A, C or D. Part C: * Substudy C1: patients with LCNEC or EP-NEC eligible for first-line (1L) CE treatment. SCLC patients who have relapsed on a 1L treatment (including platinum-based therapy with or without ICI) but remain platinum sensitive (defined as patients who experienced disease progression at least 90 days after their last platinum based chemotherapy) and are eligible for CE treatment rechallenge. * Substudy C2: patients with SCLC, LCNEC and EP-NEC eligible for second line (2L) paclitaxel treatment. * Substudies C3 and C5: patients with SCLC eligible for 2L or 3L treatment with lurbinectedin (C3) or topotecan (C5) are eligible. Patients with SCLC who progressed on or were intolerant of DLL3-targeting therapies (including but not limited to tarlatamab) can be enrolled into substudies C3 or C5 for 3L treatment. * Substudy C4: patients with SCLC, LCNEC or EP-NEC eligible for 2L irinotecan, or patients with SCLC eligible for 3L irinotecan. Patients with SCLC who progressed on or were intolerant of DLL3-targeting therapies (including but not limited to tarlatamab) can be enrolled into substudy C4 for 3L treatment. Part D: * Substudy D1: will include 2L patients with SCLC, LCNEC, pr EP-NEC (excluding GEP-NEC) that have progressed/relapsed from their first-line treatment that may have included an ICI. * Substudy D2: will include 1L ES-SCLC patients that have completed their induction therapy with carboplatin and etoposide plus atezolizumab and are eligible to continue with atezolizumab. These patients must have either stable disease or partial response prior to enrollment. * Substudy D3: will include 1L ES-SCLC patients that are treatment naïve or have received C1D1/2/3 and are eligible for treatment with CE plus atezolizumab. 4. Able to provide a formalin fixed, paraffin embedded (FFPE) tumor tissue sample (preferably a newly acquired biopsy, or if not possible, archival tissue) to be assessed for DLL3 expression and other biomarkers. 5. ECOG performance status of 0 or 1. 6. Adequate organ function confirmed at screening and within 72 hours of initiating C1D1 of Peluntamig (PT217) treatment. Key Exclusion Criteria 1. Women who are pregnant or lactating. 2. Women of child-bearing potential (WOCBP) who do not use adequate birth control. 3. Autoimmune disease requiring systemic treatment within the past twelve months. Additional inclusion and exclusions criteria will apply.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The study's own enquiry address
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The places running it
15 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Study contacts
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Contact
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Locations
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City of Hope (City of Hope National Medical Center, City of Hope Medical Center)
RECRUITINGDuarte, California, 91010, United States
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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
RECRUITINGBoston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
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Duke University Medical Center
RECRUITINGDurham, North Carolina, 27710, United States
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Fred Hutch Cancer Center
RECRUITINGSeattle, Washington, 98109, United States
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Massachusetts General Hospital
RECRUITINGBoston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
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Mays Cancer Center / University of Texas, San Antonio
RECRUITINGSan Antonio, Texas, 78229, United States
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NEXT Virginia
RECRUITINGFairfax, Virginia, 22031, United States
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Providence Portland Medical Center
RECRUITINGPortland, Oregon, 97213, United States
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Sarah Cannon Research Institute University of Oklahoma
RECRUITINGOklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73104, United States
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Sarah Cannon Research Institute at HealthONE
RECRUITINGDenver, Colorado, 80218, United States
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Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at John Hopkins
RECRUITINGBaltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States
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USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
RECRUITINGLos Angeles, California, 90033, United States
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
RECRUITINGChapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, United States
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Washington University School of Medicine (Siteman Cancer Center)
RECRUITINGSt Louis, Missouri, 63108, United States
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Yale University Cancer Center
RECRUITINGNew Haven, Connecticut, 06520, United States
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