Trial Investigating Visugromab in Combination With Immunochemotherapy in 1L Treatment of Participants With Metastatic NSCLC

NCT ID: NCT07098988

Last Updated: 2025-09-08

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

107 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-08-01

Study Completion Date

2031-03-31

Brief Summary

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This is an exploratory, signal finding, randomized, placebo-controlled, blinded, multi-center Phase 2b trial of the anti GDF-15 antibody Visugromab (CTL-002) versus Placebo, combined with Immunochemotherapy (ICT: Pembrolizumab, Pemetrexed, Carboplatin) in the first-line treatment of participants with newly diagnosed metastatic non-squamous NSCLC. The trial consists of 3 Parts, a non-randomized Safety-run-in part (Part A) and the subsequent randomized Ph2b trial with 2 treatment arms. After the treatment of 15 participants with visugromab at the expansion dose, an interim safety and preliminary efficacy analysis will be conducted (Part B), followed by the treatment of the remaining participants (Part C).

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Metastatic Non-Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Adult Solid Tumor

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Part A: Safety Run-In Part B and Part C: Randomized Part The randomized part consists of two arms: Visugromab + ICT (Arm A) and Placebo + ICT (Arm B) Participants will be allocated in 2:1 ratio to treatment arm A or B.
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators
Participants, Investigator and Site trial team, Sponsor and Service Providers' trial teams (including Imaging vendor) are blinded

Study Groups

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Visugromab (CTL-002) + Immunochemotherapy Combination (SoC treatment) - Arm A

Participants receive Visugromab (recommended dose), Pembrolizumab (200 mg), Pemetrexed (500 mg/m2) intravenous (IV) on Day 1 of every 21-day cycle (every 3 weeks, or Q3W) for up to 35 treatments and Carboplatin target dose Area Under Curve (AUC) 5 (max. dose 750 mg) IV on Day 1 of every 21-day cycle (every 3 weeks, or Q3W) for four cycles.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Visugromab

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Participants receive Visugromab (recommended dose) intravenous (IV) on Day 1 of every 21-day cycle (every 3 weeks, or Q3W) for up to 35 treatments.

Pembrolizumab 200 mg Q3W

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Participants receive Pembrolizumab 200 mg intravenous (IV) on Day 1 of every 21-day cycle (every 3 weeks, or Q3W) for up to 35 treatments after visugromab infusion.

Pemetrexed 500 mg/m^2

Intervention Type DRUG

Participants receive Pemetrexed 500 mg/m\^2 IV on Day 1 of every 21-day cycle (every 3 weeks, or Q3W) for up to 35 treatments.

Carboplatin AUC 5

Intervention Type DRUG

Participants receive Carboplatin target dose Area Under Curve (AUC) 5 (maximum dose 750 mg) on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle for four cycles.

Placebo + Immunochemotherapy Combination (SoC treatment) - Arm B

Participants receive matching placebo for visugromab, Pembrolizumab (200 mg), Pemetrexed (500 mg/m2) intravenous (IV) on Day 1 of every 21-day cycle (every 3 weeks, or Q3W) for up to 35 treatments and Carboplatin target dose Area Under Curve (AUC) 5 (max. dose 750 mg) IV on Day 1 of every 21-day cycle (every 3 weeks, or Q3W) for four cycles.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Matching placebo for visugromab

Intervention Type DRUG

Participants receive Matching Placebo intravenous (IV) on Day 1 of every 21-day cycle (every 3 weeks, or Q3W) for up to 35 treatments.

Pembrolizumab 200 mg Q3W

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Participants receive Pembrolizumab 200 mg intravenous (IV) on Day 1 of every 21-day cycle (every 3 weeks, or Q3W) for up to 35 treatments after visugromab infusion.

Pemetrexed 500 mg/m^2

Intervention Type DRUG

Participants receive Pemetrexed 500 mg/m\^2 IV on Day 1 of every 21-day cycle (every 3 weeks, or Q3W) for up to 35 treatments.

Carboplatin AUC 5

Intervention Type DRUG

Participants receive Carboplatin target dose Area Under Curve (AUC) 5 (maximum dose 750 mg) on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle for four cycles.

Interventions

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Visugromab

Participants receive Visugromab (recommended dose) intravenous (IV) on Day 1 of every 21-day cycle (every 3 weeks, or Q3W) for up to 35 treatments.

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Matching placebo for visugromab

Participants receive Matching Placebo intravenous (IV) on Day 1 of every 21-day cycle (every 3 weeks, or Q3W) for up to 35 treatments.

Intervention Type DRUG

Pembrolizumab 200 mg Q3W

Participants receive Pembrolizumab 200 mg intravenous (IV) on Day 1 of every 21-day cycle (every 3 weeks, or Q3W) for up to 35 treatments after visugromab infusion.

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Pemetrexed 500 mg/m^2

Participants receive Pemetrexed 500 mg/m\^2 IV on Day 1 of every 21-day cycle (every 3 weeks, or Q3W) for up to 35 treatments.

Intervention Type DRUG

Carboplatin AUC 5

Participants receive Carboplatin target dose Area Under Curve (AUC) 5 (maximum dose 750 mg) on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle for four cycles.

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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CTL-002 Keytruda®

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Histologically confirmed, newly diagnosed stage IV non-squamous NSCLC.
* Demonstrated absence of actionable mutations (e.g., EGFR, ALK, among others) that suggest/require treatment with available targeted agent.
* Measurable disease determined by the local site Investigator/radiology by their assessment per RECIST v1.1.
* Have not received prior systemic treatment for advanced/metastatic NSCLC. Participants who received adjuvant or neoadjuvant therapy are eligible if the adjuvant/neoadjuvant therapy was completed at least 12 months prior to the development of metastatic disease and did not contain any PD 1/PD L1 directed CPI therapy.
* Availability of locally determined PD L1 TPS, determined with a test validated for this purpose, from a biopsy obtained after any potential prior systemic treatment for this disease. Participants with PD-L1 TPS ≥ 50% can only be enrolled in case CPI monotherapy is not clinically indicated.
* Availability of a tissue/histological biopsy for translational research investigations and Informed Consent Form (ICF) for biopsy release for translational research signed by participant. The biopsy has to be obtained after any potential prior systemic treatment for this disease and be available for shipment. A cytological sample is not accepted.
* Age ≥ 18 years on the day of signing the informed consent.
* Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-1.
* Adequate organ function (bone marrow, hepatic, renal function and coagulation).

Exclusion Criteria

* Presence of predominantly squamous cell histology or predominantly neuroendocrine histology NSCLC (mixed tumors will be categorized by the predominant cell type) or presence of small cell lung cancer elements (ineligibility independent of percentage).
* Any acute or chronic major tissue injury that may require maintained GDF 15 function for tissue protection as per Investigator assessment (diagnosed with myocardial infarction, or liver, kidney or other major organ failure, all within \< 3 months prior to planned treatment start).
* Major surgery (defined as a surgery which requires general anesthetic and/or involves opening of body cavities), within 4 weeks of the first dose of study drug.
* Received potentially curative radiation therapy to the lung that is \> 30 Gy within 6 months prior to the first dose of study drug.
* Received or completed any focal radiotherapy for symptoms within 28 days of the first dose of study drug.
* Expected to require any other form of antineoplastic therapy while on trial.
* Clinically active inflammatory bowel disease, active diverticulitis, intra-abdominal abscess, and/or gastrointestinal obstruction.
* Known history of prior malignancy with the exception that the participant has undergone potentially curative therapy with no evidence of that disease recurrence for 5 years since initiation of that therapy.
* Known or detected clinically active central nervous system (CNS) involvement by NSCLC or other tumors, e.g., with symptomatic metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis. Participants with CNS involvement may be enrolled with mandatory regular imaging of the brain under protocol-defined conditions.
* Have one of the following cardiovascular risk factors: myocardial infarction in the past 3 months before planned treatment start; uncontrolled heart failure; uncontrolled ventricular arrhythmia; QT interval corrected for heart rate using Fridericia's formula interval ≥ 470 ms regardless of sex; peri/myocarditis in the past 3 months before planned treatment start; history of ischemic stroke in the past 3 months before planned treatment start.
* Any active autoimmune that has required systemic treatment in the past 3 months before planned treatment start (i.e., with use of disease modifying agents, corticosteroids, or immunosuppressive drugs).
* Comedication with metformin in participants with type II diabetes.
* Has interstitial lung disease or a history of non-infectious pneumonitis that required systemic steroids or current pneumonitis.
* Is pregnant or breastfeeding or expecting to conceive or father children within the projected duration of the trial.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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CatalYm GmbH

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Felix Lichtenegger, MD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

CatalYm GmbH

Locations

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University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center

Los Angeles, California, United States

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Yale Cancer Center

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Duke University Medical Center

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Evangelical Hospital Bethel, Clinic for Internal Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, Palliative Medicine Johannesstift

Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Clinics Essen-Mitte

Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Site Status RECRUITING

Großhansdorf Hospital - Clinical Center for Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery, Department of Thoracic Oncology

Großhansdorf, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Site Status RECRUITING

University Hospital of Jaen

Jaén, Andalusia, Spain

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Regional University Hospital of Malaga

Málaga, Andalusia, Spain

Site Status RECRUITING

University Hospital Lucus Augusti (HULA)

Lugo, , Spain

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

University Hospital Basel

Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Site Status ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Fribourg Cantonal Hospital

Fribourg, Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland

Site Status ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Cantonal Hospital Saint Gallen, Clinic of Oncology and Hematology

Sankt Gallen, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland

Site Status ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Countries

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United States Germany Spain Switzerland

Central Contacts

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Felix Lichtenegger, MD

Role: CONTACT

+49 89 200066440

Gerda Vlasitz-Kocks

Role: CONTACT

+49 89 200066440

Facility Contacts

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Leigh McManus, RN, MSHQS, CCRP

Role: primary

205-934-4173

Sandy Tran

Role: primary

323-865-3935

Sarah Goldberg, MD

Role: primary

203-785-7564

Alicia Wilkerson

Role: primary

919-681-4768

Florian Weissinger, Prof.

Role: primary

+49 (521) 77275750

Konstantinos Ferentinos, Dr.

Role: primary

+49 (201) 174-24061

Martin Reck, Dr.

Role: primary

04102 / 601-2101

Ana Laura Ortega, Dr.

Role: primary

+34 (95) 322 0306

Manuel Cobo Dols, Dr.

Role: primary

+34 (95) 130 8130

Sergio Vázquez Estévez, Dr.

Role: primary

+34 (98) 229 6028

Other Identifiers

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2024-516792-32-01

Identifier Type: CTIS

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CTL-002-003

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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