Morning vs. afternoon chemo: which is better for lung cancer?
NCT ID NCT05549037
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looked at whether giving immunochemotherapy in the morning or afternoon affects how long people with advanced non-small cell lung cancer live without their disease getting worse. 210 patients were randomly assigned to receive treatment before or after 3 PM. The goal is to see if timing can improve treatment effectiveness.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Pembrolizumab, Sintilimab (immunochemotherapy given at different times of day)
- What this could lead to
- If timing matters, this could lead to a simple way to improve how well standard lung cancer treatments work without adding new drugs.
- What could go wrong
- This is a completed phase 3 trial, but the effect of timing may be small or not apply to all patients. Results are not yet widely confirmed.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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210 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2022
- Finished
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Apr 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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: 1. Understand the requirements and contents of the clinical trial, and provide a signed and dated informed consent form. 2. Age ≥ 18 years. 3. Histopathology or cytology confirmed and recorded local progression or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer without systemic treatment. 4. EGFR, ALK and ROS1 mutations negative confirmed by an accredited local laboratory. 5. ECOG 0-1. 6. Predicted survival ≥ 12 weeks. 7. Adequate bone marrow hematopoiesis and organ function 8. Presence of measurable lesions according to RECIST 1.1. 9. Subjects with stable brain metastases may be included in the study. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Prior systemic therapy for locally advanced or metastatic disease. 2. Subjects who have received any of the following treatments must be excluded: * Ant Treatment with chemotherapy or molecules such as EGFR, VEGFR antibodies within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of study drug. * Have received radiation within 14 days prior to the first dose or have not recovered from radiation-related toxicity. Chest and extra-brain palliative radiotherapy, stereotactic radiosurgery, and stereotactic body radiotherapy may be performed 7 days prior to the first dose. 3. Presence of spinal cord compression or meningeal metastasis. 4. History of other malignant tumors within 2 years. 5. Adverse events (except alopecia of any degree) of CTCAE \> grade 1 due to prior treatment (e.g., adjuvant chemotherapy, radiotherapy, etc.) prior to the first dose. 6. History of stroke or intracranial hemorrhage within 6 months prior to the first dose. 7. The presence of any severe or poorly controlled systemic disease, including poorly controlled hypertension and active bleeding in the judgment of the investigator. 8. Subjects with persistent or active infection, including but not limited to hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and COVID-19 infection. 9. Heart-related diseases or abnormalities 10. Past history of interstitial lung disease, drug-induced interstitial lung disease, radiation pneumonitis requiring steroid therapy or interstitial lung disease with active clinical symptoms, immune pneumonia caused by immunotherapy. 11. Refractory nausea and vomiting, chronic gastrointestinal disease, difficulty swallowing drugs, or inability to adequately absorb sunvozertinib or anlotinib due to previous bowel resection. 12. Live vaccine was given 2 weeks before the first medication. 13. Women who are breastfeeding or pregnant. 14. Hypersensitivity to the test drug and the ingredients. 15. Other conditions assessed by the investigator to be unsuitable for participation in the study.
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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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Hunan Cancer Hospital
Changsha, Hunan, 410013, China
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