Tests M701 infusion for fluid around the lungs from lung cancer
Tests M701 in the chest of adults with lung cancer and fluid buildup.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Wuhan YZY Biopharma Co., Ltd.
- Where
- Hangzhou, ChinaSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- A Phase Ib/II Clinical Trial of M701 in the Treatment of Malignant Pleural Effusions Caused by NSCLC
- Status
- Recruiting
- Phase
- Phase 1/2
- People taking part
- 116 people, planned
- Started
- 30 Sept 2022
- Expected to end
- 15 Dec 2026
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets a sham (pretend) treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- M701 pleural infusion
- Pleural drainage
- Cisplatin pleural infusion
- Record updated
- 8 July 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults with advanced non-small cell lung cancer who have fluid around the lung caused by the cancer and need treatment given into the chest.
- Age
- Over 18 years and up to 75 years.
- Sex
- Men and women can join.
- Disease stage
- Advanced non-small cell lung cancer that got worse after at least one line of treatment for the whole body. Cancer-related pleural effusion of moderate or larger amount, needing treatment through the chest. Fluid depth on ultrasound at least 4 cm (1.6 in) and drained volume at least 500 mL.
- Earlier treatment
- At least one earlier line of systemic anti-tumor treatment. Side effects from earlier cancer treatment must have settled to Grade 0-1 (with some exceptions). Expected survival at least 12 weeks.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Fluid came back within 4 weeks after the last treatment given into the chest
- Earlier immune drug (for example PD-1, PD-L1, CTLA-4 inhibitors) given into the chest
- Fluid on both sides needing treatment, fluid that cannot be drained well, or fluid around the heart
- Brain metastases causing symptoms or needing treatment
- Pregnant or breastfeeding women
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Aged >18 years and ≤ 75 years, male or female
- Histologically or cytologically confirmed advanced non-small cell lung cancer that has progressed after at least one line of systemic anti-tumor treatment (including subjects with local malignant pleural effusion progression or inadequately controlled)
- Malignant pleural effusion requiring intrathoracic perfusion treatment (malignant pleural effusion should be diagnosed histologically or cytologically), with moderate or above amount of pleural effusion (the depth of pleural effusion by B-mode ultrasound in sitting position is ≥ 4 cm, and the actual drainage volume of pleural effusion is ≥ 500 mL), and the study physician judges that clinical intervention is required
- If the subject received latest systemic treatment regimen at least 1 course (at least 21 days for targeted therapy) and poorly controlled pleural effusion , then no washout interval is required
- Any toxicity from prior antineoplastic therapy should have recovered to Grade 0-1 as determined by National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI-CTCAE) V5.0, except alopecia, pigmentation, and Grade ≤ 2 neuropathy, hypothyroidism on hormone replacement therapy, or other adverse events that are confirmed to be chronic
- ECOG score (PS) of 0-1 (for subjects with inadequately controlled malignant pleural effusion of whom ECOG score is 2 can be enrolled)
- An expected survival ≥ 12 weeks. 8.8.Organ functions must meet the following criteria: Hemogram (no transfusion of blood or blood products, no correction with granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) or other hematopoietic stimulating factors within 14 days before the first dose): absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 109/L, platelet (PLT) ≥ 100 109/L, and hemoglobin (HGB) ≥ 85 g/L; Hepatic function: total bilirubin (TBIL) ≤ 1.5 × ULN, aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 3 × ULN (AST and ALT ≤ 5 × ULN in case of liver metastasis), serum albumin > 28 g/L; Renal function: Serum creatinine (Cr) ≤ 1.5 × ULN; 9.Understand and voluntarily sign the written informed consent form
Who cannot take part
- Subjects who have received intrathoracic infusion of immune drugs, such as PD-1, PD-L1, CTLA-4, and other immune checkpoint inhibitors (excluding interleukins)
- Subjects with central nervous system (CNS) metastases resulting in clinical symptoms or requiring therapeutic intervention; patients with previously treated brain metastases can be enrolled if they are asymptomatic and have stable disease as indicated by imaging examination ≥ 4 weeks before the first dose and do not require corticosteroids or anticonvulsant therapy
- Subjects who have undergone major surgery within 4 weeks before the first dose
- Subjects combined with active infection that have not been controlled to a clinically stable state within the previous 3 days before randomization
- Combined with severe cardiovascular disease, including cardiac insufficiency (New York Heart Association class III-IV), or acute cardiovascular event (such as acute myocardial infarction, acute cerebral infarction, angina pectoris unstable, hemorrhage brain, etc.) or pulmonary embolism within the past 6 months, or received a vascular stent implantation (such as coronary artery stent implantation, intracranial artery stent implantation, etc.) within the past 6 months; or experienced a new venous thrombotic disease such as lower extremity venous thrombosis has occurred within the past 1 month
- Subjects with malignant pleural effusion requiring clinical intervention on both sides, or those in whom adequate drainage of pleural effusion is not possible due to objective reasons (including loculated pleural effusion), or complicated with chylothorax, or with moderate or greater pericardial effusion, or pneumothorax
- Subjects with known history of severe allergy to any ingredient of M701 or similar macromolecular antibody drugs
- Subjects who require long-term hormone or immunosuppressive therapy, such as active autoimmune diseases, maintenance therapy after organ transplantation, but patients with the following conditions are allowed to be screened: type I diabetes; hypothyroidism that can be controlled by replacement therapy only; skin diseases that do not require systemic treatment (e.g., vitiligo, psoriasis, or alopecia)
- Subjects with severe respiratory diseases or interstitial pneumonia, who are not suitable for enrollment as determined by the investigator
- History of malignancy (other than the study tumor) within 3 years prior to the date of first dose of investigational drug (except for squamous or basal cell carcinoma of the skin, carcinoma in situ of the cervix or breast, or other non-invasive diseases that are considered by the investigator and the sponsor to be cured with minimal risk of recurrence within 3 years)
- Subjects with a history of confirmed neurological or mental disorders who cannot cooperate with the treatment and follow the doctor's advice as judged by the investigator
- Other conditions that the investigator considers unsuitable for participating in this clinical study
- The mean corrected QT interval (QTcF) > 450 ms (male) or > 470 ms (female) in 3 electrocardiogram (ECG) examinations at screening (only those with QTcF > 450 ms (male) or > 470 ms (female) at the first ECG examination should be retested to obtain the mean corrected value of 3 retests); family or personal history of long or short QT syndrome; clinically significant history of arrhythmia, or implantation of defibrillation device for ventricular arrhythmia
- Combined with active chronic hepatitis B (e.g., hepatitis B surface antigen [HBsAg]-positive and/or hepatitis B core antibody (HBcAb)-positive, with HBV-DNA quantification ≥1×10⁴ copies/mL or ≥2000 IU/mL), active hepatitis C (hepatitis C antibody-positive, and [e.g., hepatitis C virus (HCV-RNA) higher than the analytical method] antibody-positive, with HCV-RNA ≥ the lower limit of detection), [,] human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody-positive or active syphilis, HIV antibody-positive infection (syphilis-specific antibody-positive and syphilis non-specific antibody-positive)
- Subjects with recurrent pleural effusion within 4 weeks after the last intrathoracic perfusion treatment and requiring clinical intervention
- Subjects with contraindications to thoracentesis
- Pregnant or lactating women; men or women who plan to have children within 6 months after the end of this clinical study
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 75 years old?
Where in China
- Cancer Hospital of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Zhejiang Cancer Hospital)Hangzhou, ChinaContact: Weizhen XuTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
This is a phase 1/phase 2, multicenter, open-label study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, PK, PD, immunogenicity and preliminary efficacy of M701 in patients with treatment of malignant pleural effusions caused by NSCLC.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Experimental groupTreatment being tested
Pleural drainage and M701 infusion
Treatment: M701 pleural infusion and Pleural drainage
- Control groupSham treatment, for comparison
Pleural drainage only or plus chemotherapy as investigator's choice.
Treatment: Pleural drainage and Cisplatin pleural infusion
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- A Phase 1, Multicenter, Open-label, Dose-increasing Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, PK/PD and Preliminary Efficacy of M701, a Recombinant Epcam and CD3 Bispecific Antibody , in Patients With Malignant Pleural Effusions Caused by NSCLC
- Plain-language title
- Tests M701 infusion for fluid around the lungs from lung cancerGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT05543330, who can take part
- Record updated
- 8 July 2026