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NCT07098988RecruitingPhase 2

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

A Ph2, Randomized, Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Trial Investigating the Efficacy and Safety of Visugromab Versus Placebo, in Combination With Pembrolizumab, Pemetrexed, and Carboplatin, in 1L Treatment of Participants With Metastatic NSCLC (GDFATHER-NSCLC-01)

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 19 Oct 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

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).

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
107 (estimated)
First submitted
10 Jul 2025
Start date
1 Aug 2025
Primary completion date
31 Mar 2029
Lead sponsor
CatalYm GmbH
Diseases
Lung cancer
NCT number
NCT07098988
EU CT number
2024-516792-32-01

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
  • Planned participants: 107
  • From 1 Aug 2025 to the primary completion date, 31 Mar 2029
  • 51 sites in 7 countries
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Criteria the registry did not label

  • Main 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 tumor tissue 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).
    • Main 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 or metformin-containing antidiabetics 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.

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (51)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
University Hospital Basel
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BaselSwitzerlandRecruiting
Fribourg Cantonal Hospital
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FribourgSwitzerlandRecruiting
Cantonal Hospital Saint Gallen, Clinic of Oncology and Hematology
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Sankt GallenSwitzerlandRecruiting
Evangelical Hospital Bethel, Clinic for Internal Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, Palliative Medicine Johannesstift
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BielefeldGermanyRecruiting
Clinics Essen-Mitte
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EssenGermanyRecruiting
Großhansdorf Hospital - Clinical Center for Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery, Department of Thoracic Oncology
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GroßhansdorfGermanyRecruiting
Thorax Clinic Heidelberg
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HeidelbergGermanyRecruiting
Foundation Bethanien Moers
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MoersGermanyRecruiting
University Hospital Würzburg
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WürzburgGermanyRecruiting
Hospital Quiron Dexeus Barcelona
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BarcelonaSpainRecruiting
Hospital del Mar
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BarcelonaSpainRecruiting
Catalan Institute of Oncology of Girona
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GironaSpainRecruiting
University Hospital of Jaen
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JaénSpainRecruiting
University Hospital Lucus Augusti (HULA)
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LugoSpainRecruiting
University Hospital 12 de Octubre
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MadridSpainRecruiting
University Clinic of Navarra - Madrid
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MadridSpainRecruiting
MD Anderson International Cancer Center Spain
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MadridSpainRecruiting
University Hospital HM Sanchinarro
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MadridSpainRecruiting
Regional University Hospital of Malaga
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MálagaSpainRecruiting
University Clinic of Navarra - Pamplona
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PamplonaSpainRecruiting
START Rioja
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RiojaSpainRecruiting
University Hospital Marques de Valdecilla (HUMV)
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SantanderSpainRecruiting
University Hospital Complex of Santiago (CHUS)
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Santiago de CompostelaSpainRecruiting
University Hospital Virgen del Rocio (HUVR)
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SevilleSpainRecruiting
University Hospital Virgen Macarena
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SevilleSpainRecruiting
Oncology Reference Center
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AvianoItalyRecruiting
Institute of Cancer Research and Treatment of Candiolo
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CandioloItalyRecruiting
Institute of Romagna for Cancer Research " Dino Amadori" - IRCCS IRST
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MeldolaItalyRecruiting
National Cancer Institute, IRCCS
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MilanItalyRecruiting
Local Health Unit of Romagna - Santa Maria delle Croci Hospital of Ravenna, Onco-Hematology Department
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RavennaItalyRecruiting
National Cancer Institute Regina Elena, IRCCS
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RomeItalyRecruiting
University Teaching Hospital No. 4 in Lublin, Multi-Profile Non-Invasive Treatment Department
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LublinPolandRecruiting
MED-Polonia, Sp. z o.o. (LLC)
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PoznanPolandRecruiting
Specialist Hospital in Prabuty Sp. z o.o. (LLC), Department of Pulmonology
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PrabutyPolandRecruiting
"Sf. Nectarie" Oncology Center, Department of Medical Oncology
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CraiovaRomaniaRecruiting
Gral Medical S.R.L. - Oncofort Hospital
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PiteştiRomaniaRecruiting
Clinica Polisano S.R.L.
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SibiuRomaniaRecruiting
SC Oncomed SRL, Department of Medical Oncology
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TimișoaraRomaniaRecruiting
University of Alabama at Birmingham
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BirminghamUnited StatesRecruiting
Medical University of South Carolina
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CharlestonUnited StatesRecruiting
Smilow Cancer Center, Derby
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DerbyUnited StatesRecruiting
Duke University Medical Center
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DurhamUnited StatesRecruiting
Smilow Cancer Center, Guilford
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GuilfordUnited StatesRecruiting
USC / Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Los AngelesUnited StatesRecruiting
NYU Langone Hospital - Long Island
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MineolaUnited StatesRecruiting
Yale Cancer Center
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New HavenUnited StatesRecruiting
NYU Longone Health
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New YorkUnited StatesRecruiting
Smilow Cancer Hospital - North Haven
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North HavenUnited StatesRecruiting
Moffitt Cancer Center
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TampaUnited StatesRecruiting
Smilow Cancer Hospital - Trumbull
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TrumbullUnited StatesRecruiting
Smilow Cancer Hospital - Waterbury
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WaterburyUnited StatesRecruiting

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