New hope for rare thymic cancer: targeted drug trial launches
NCT ID NCT07324629
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Aug 13, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This phase 2 trial tests a drug called sacituzumab tirumotecan (Sac-TMT) in 30 people with advanced thymic carcinoma that has worsened after platinum-based chemotherapy. Participants receive the drug every two weeks, and doctors will check how well it shrinks tumors and monitor side effects. The goal is to see if this drug can help when standard treatments stop working.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Sacituzumab tirumotecan (Sac-TMT, also known as SKB264)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a new treatment option for people with advanced thymic carcinoma who have run out of standard chemotherapy options.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial with only 30 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The drug may cause side effects, and it is not yet known if it will shrink tumors or extend life.
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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 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2026
- Expected to finish
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Oct 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.
- Ages
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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: * Males or females aged ≥ 18 to ≤ 75 years at the time of signing the Informed Consent Form; * Participants with histologically or cytologically confirmed thymic carcinoma, and locally advanced or metastatic thymic carcinoma who are not suitable for curative intent therapy; * Participants with advanced thymic carcinoma who have progressed after at least one prior platinum-based chemotherapy; * Able to provide a tumor tissue sample at the time of or after the diagnosis of locally advanced or metastatic tumor; * At least one measurable target lesion that has not received radiotherapy according to RECIST v1.1; * ECOG performance status score of 0 or 1; * Expected survival ≥ 12 weeks; * Adequate organ and bone marrow function. Exclusion Criteria: * Participants with histologically or cytologically confirmed thymoma or thymic neuroendocrine tumor; * Participants with known metastases to meninges, brainstem metastases, spinal cord metastases and/or compression, active or untreated brain metastases; * Participants with other malignant tumors within 3 years prior to the first dose; * Presence of any of conditions or risk factors related to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases; * Uncontrolled systemic disease as judged by the investigator; * History of interstitial lung disease/noninfectious pneumonitis requiring steroid therapy; * Clinically severe pulmonary impairment due to lung disorder; * Presence of active hepatitis B or hepatitis C; * Known active tuberculosis; * Known hypersensitivity to the study drug or any of its components.
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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 places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Shanghai Chest Hospital
RECRUITINGShanghai, China
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