Targeted drug takes aim at Hard-to-Treat lung cancer
NCT ID NCT06933329
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This phase 2 study tests an experimental drug called zelenectide pevedotin in 73 people with advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer that has a specific genetic change (NECTIN4 amplification) and has already been treated with at least one prior therapy. The drug is given intravenously on days 1 and 8 of each 21-day cycle. The main goal is to see how many patients' tumors shrink or disappear, while also monitoring side effects.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- zelenectide pevedotin (BT8009)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward a new treatment option for people with a specific genetic subtype of advanced lung cancer that has stopped responding to standard therapies.
- What could go wrong
- This is a mid-stage trial with only 73 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The drug may cause side effects or fail to shrink tumors in enough patients to move forward.
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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 73 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2025
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2029
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.
Key Inclusion Criteria * Histologically or cytologically confirmed advanced or metastatic NSCLC. 1. Cohort A: Histologically or cytologically confirmed non-squamous NSCLC. 2. Cohort B: Histologically or cytologically confirmed squamous NSCLC. * Confirmed NECTIN4 gene amplification by an analytically validated clinical trial assay. * Participants must have received at least 1 prior line of systemic therapy in the advanced/metastatic setting. * Participants with no known actionable genomic alterations must have received both platinum based therapy and immunotherapy given either sequentially or in combination for advanced/metastatic NSCLC. Must not have received more than 3 prior lines of systemic therapy in the advanced/metastatic setting. * Participants with known actionable genomic alterations (eg, EGFR, ALK, BRAF, MET, ROS1, NTRK1/2/3, RET, etc.) are eligible provided they have received or are not candidates for available standard targeted therapy in the advanced/metastatic setting. * Measurable disease as defined by RECIST v1.1. * Adequate archival or fresh tumor tissue comprised of advanced or metastatic NSCLC should be available for submission to central laboratory, if not provided during prescreening. * Life expectancy ≥ 12 weeks. * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status of ≤ 1. Key Exclusion Criteria * Evidence of mixed small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and NSCLC histology. * Prior treatment with monomethyl auristatin E (MMAE) (vedotin) based therapy. * Known hypersensitivity or allergy to any of the ingredients of any of the study interventions, or to MMAE. * Ongoing clinically significant toxicity (Grade ≥ 2) associated with prior treatment for NSCLC (including radiotherapy or surgery), with the exception of well-controlled immuno-oncology related endocrine disorders on supportive or replacement therapy, and alopecia. (Note: Immunosuppressive therapies should be stopped or tapered down to ≤10 mg/day prednisone or equivalent before first study drug administration.) * Active keratitis or corneal ulcerations. * Active or untreated central nervous system (CNS) metastases. * Uncontrolled diabetes or hypertension. * Uncontrolled pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, or ascites requiring recurrent draining procedures (monthly or more frequently). * Active interstitial lung disease or pneumonitis requiring ongoing treatment with steroids (\>10mg/day of prednisone or equivalent) or other immunosuppressive medications; or any prior history of ILD or non-infectious pneumonitis requiring high-dose glucocorticoids. * History of another active malignancy, except adequately resected non-melanoma skin cancer, curatively treated in situ disease, or other malignancies curatively treated with no evidence of disease for ≥3 years. * Known requirement, while on study, for treatment with strong inhibitors or strong inducers of human cytochrome P450 3A (\[cytochrome P450 3A\] CYP3A) including herbal- or food-based inhibitors/inducers. * Prior treatment with any systemic anticancer therapy within 28 days or 5 half-lives, whichever is shorter, prior to first dose of study treatment. Note: Additional protocol defined Inclusion/Exclusion criteria apply
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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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Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña
A Coruña, 15006, Spain
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Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre
Madrid, 28041, Spain
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Institut Curie
Paris, 75005, France
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