New drug shows promise in helping immune system fight advanced cancers
NCT ID NCT04181788
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested a drug called PF-06801591 in 155 people with advanced solid tumors or non-small-cell lung cancer. The drug works by blocking a protein that stops the immune system from attacking cancer cells. The goal was to check safety, how the drug moves through the body, and whether it can shrink tumors. Results will help decide if larger studies are worthwhile.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- PF-06801591 (a drug that helps the immune system attack cancer cells)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a new treatment option for advanced cancers, especially non-small-cell lung cancer, by helping the immune system fight tumors.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase trial (Phase 1b/2) with a small number of participants, so results may not apply to all patients. Immune-related side effects are possible, and the drug may not work for everyone.
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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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155 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2020
- Finished
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May 2026
- 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: * Age ≥18 years (≥ 20 years in Japan; ≥ 19 years in South Korea) * Easter Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 or 1 * Adequate bone marrow function, renal and liver functions Phase 1b * Histological or Cytological diagnosis of advanced solid tumor with clinical evidence of response to anti-PD-1 or PD-L1 agent * Participant must have received at least 1 prior line of therapy for recurrent or metastatic disease, and must have progressed/relapsed, be refractory, or intolerant to standard therapy approved for the specific tumor type Phase 2 * Participants must have a documented diagnosis of stage III where participants are not candidates for surgical resection or definitive chemoradiation, or stage IV NSCLC * EGFR mutation, BRAF mutation, and ALK or ROS1 translocation/rearrangement are not permitted * Participants whose tumor is known to be PD-L1 positive (Tumor Proportion Score \[TPS\] ≥1%) or unknown are eligible * Up to 1 line of prior therapy in advanced or metastatic disease settings allowed * Participant should not have received prior treatment with anti PD-1/PD-L1 drugs * At least one measurable lesion as defined by RECIST version 1.1 Exclusion Criteria: * Participants with known symptomatic brain metastases requiring steroids * Participants with Interstitial Lung Disease history or complication * Q-T interval corrected for heart rate QTc \> 450 msec for male participants or QTc \> 470 msec for female participants or QTc \> 480 msec in participants with right bundle branch block. * Hypertension that cannot be controlled by medications (eg, systolic \> 150 mmHg and diastolic \> 90 mmHg) despite optimal medical therapy. * Known or suspected hypersensitivity to active ingredient or excipients of the study drug. * History of Grade ≥3 immune mediated AE (including AST/ ALT elevations that where considered drug related and cytokine release syndrome \[CRS\]) that was considered related to prior immune modulatory therapy (eg, immune checkpoint inhibitors, co-stimulatory agents, etc.) and required immunosuppressive therapy (For Phase 1b only). * Vaccination with live attenuated vaccines within 4 weeks prior to randomization is prohibited; however inactivated vaccines are permitted.
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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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"Medeya Sumy" LLC
Sumy, Sumska Oblast, 40021, Ukraine
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Ars Medika Center, LLC
Kaliningrad, 236006, Russia
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Asan Medical Center
Seoul, 05505, South Korea
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Asklepion Medical Center
Khodosovka, Kyivska Oblast, 08173, Ukraine
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Beijing Cancer hospital
Beijing, Beijing Municipality, 100142, China
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Chelyabinsk Regional Clinical Centre of Oncology and Nuclear Medicine
Chelyabinsk, 454087, Russia
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Chongqing Cancer Hospital
Chongqing, Chongqing Municipality, 400030, China
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Communal Non-profit Enterprise City Clinical Hospital #4 of Dnipro City Council
Dnipro, 49102, Ukraine
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Enlimed Llc
Kopeysk, 456620, Russia
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Evimed Llc
Chelyabinsk, 454048, Russia
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GBUZ Regional Clinical Hospital of Kaliningrad region
Kaliningrad, 236016, Russia
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Gachon University Gil Medical Center
Incheon, 21656, South Korea
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Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 201107, China
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Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital
Kaohsiung City, 807, Taiwan
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Klinika UZI 4D, LLC
Pyatigorsk, Stavropol Kray, 357502, Russia
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LLC "AR DI PI Ukraine"
Dnipro, 49102, Ukraine
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LLC "Diagnostic center "Energo"
Saint Petersburg, 196247, Russia
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LLC Medical Center "Magnit"
Saint Petersburg, 190005, Russia
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Limited Liability Company "MedX-ray International Group"
Pliuty Village, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
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Llc "Mdc Expert"
Dnipro, 49102, Ukraine
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Llc "Mss"
Saint Petersburg, 191025, Russia
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Llc Lidermed
Odesa, 65062, Ukraine
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Llc Medical Center Diamed
Uzhhorod, 88000, Ukraine
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Llc Medical Centre
Odesa, 65006, Ukraine
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MNPE Central City Clinical Hospital of Uzhhorod City Council
Uzhhorod, 88000, Ukraine
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Medical University REAVIZ
Samara, 443001, Russia
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Medical University REAVIZ
Samara, 443011, Russia
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Medical centre "Verum" Limited Liability Company
Kyiv, 03039, Ukraine
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Municipal Non Profit enterprise of Sumy Regional Council "Sumy Regional Clinical Oncology Center"
Sumy, 40022, Ukraine
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Municipal Non-profit Enterprise "SubCarpathian Clinical Oncological Centre of Ivano-Frankivsk RC"
Ivano-Frankivsk, 76018, Ukraine
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Municipal Non-profit Enterprise Odesa Regional Clinical Hospital of Odesa Regional Council
Odesa, 65025, Ukraine
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NS HI "Road Clinical Hospital of JSC "Russian Railways""
Saint Petersburg, 195271, Russia
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Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital
Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210008, China
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National Cancer Center Hospital
Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0045, Japan
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North-West Medical Center
Saint Petersburg, 191119, Russia
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Orenburg Regional Clinical Oncological Dispensary
Orenburg, 460021, Russia
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Private Enterprise of Private Manufacturing Company "Acinus", Medical and Diagnostic Center
Kropyvnytskyi, 25006, Ukraine
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Private Healthcare Institution "Clinical Hospital "RZD-Medicine" of St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, 195271, Russia
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Private Medical Institution "Euromedservice"
Pushkin, Sankt-Peterburg, 196603, Russia
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Road clinical clinic of JSC "RZD"
Saint Petersburg, 192007, Russia
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Russian Research Centre for Radiology and Surgical Technologies
Saint Petersburg, Pesochny, 197758, Russia
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Russian Scientific Center For Radiology and Surgical Technologies
Pesochny, 197758, Russia
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Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, 13620, South Korea
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Severance Hospital, Yonsei Univ. Health System
Seoul, 03722, South Korea
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State budgetary institution of healthcare of Yaroslavl region "Clinical oncology hospital"
Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Oblast, 150054, Russia
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Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Taipei, 11217, Taiwan
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The State Institution "Romodanov Neurosurgery Institute,
Kyiv, 04050, Ukraine
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Vita Сom LLC
Kyiv, 03141, Ukraine
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Мunicipal non-profit enterprise "Zhytomyr Regional Oncology Dispensary" of Zhytomyr Regional Council
Zhytomyr, 10002, Ukraine
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