Tests HLX43 with serplulimab in advanced lung cancer
Tests HLX43 combined with serplulimab to find a dose in advanced lung cancer patients.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Shanghai Henlius Biotech
- Where
- Cangzhou, Fu'zhou, Guangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Nanning, Shanghai, Wuha, Xinxiang, and Xuzhou, ChinaSee the 10 sites
- Trial code
- Registry title
- A Phase II Clinical Study to Evaluate HLX43 in Combination With Serplulimab in Subjects With Advanced Lung Cancer
- Status
- Recruiting
- Phase
- Phase 2
- People taking part
- 120 people, planned
- Started
- 5 Feb 2026
- Expected to end
- 19 Jun 2028
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groups
- Treatments tested
- HLX43 dose 1
- HLX43 dose 2
- Record updated
- 21 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 aged 18 to 75 with advanced non-small cell or small cell lung cancer who already had standard drug treatment.
- Age
- 18 to 75 years.
- Sex
- Men and women can join.
- Disease stage
- Non-small cell lung cancer, locally advanced (stage IIIB/IIIC) or metastatic (stage IV), that cannot be treated with radical treatment, with no actionable gene alteration. Or small cell lung cancer that cannot be treated with radical treatment, with signs of progression or recurrence.
- Earlier treatment
- Must have had platinum-based chemotherapy together with an anti-PD-1/L1 antibody as first-line treatment, with no more than second-line treatment. Or both given one after the other, with no more than third-line treatment. Cannot have had any drug aimed at topoisomerase I, including chemotherapy or ADC drugs.
- Biomarker or test result
- Tumor tissue must be available or collected by biopsy for PD-L1 testing. Non-small cell lung cancer must have no actionable gene alteration.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Mixed small cell or non-small cell cancer, or sarcomatoid carcinoma
- Active brain or spinal cord metastases, or meningitis carcinomatosa
- Serious lung disease, or an autoimmune disease that is active or suspected
- HIV-positive, active HBV or HCV infection, or a history of organ transplantation
- Pregnant or breastfeeding women
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- 1. Voluntarily to participate in the trial, and be able to complete the study as required by the protocol
- 2. Age ≥18 years and ≤75 years
- 3. Histologically or cytologically confirmed locally advanced (stage IIIB/IIIC) or metastatic (stage IV) NSCLC unsuitable for radical treatment without actionable gene alteration (AGA); or Histologically or cytologically confirmed SCLC unsuitable for radical treatment, with evidence of disease progression or recurrence
- 4. Subjects must meet the following prior treatment requirements:; Have received platinum-based chemotherapy combined with anti-PD-1/L1 monoclonal or bispecific antibodies as prior first-line treatment; have received no more than second-line treatment; or; Have received platinum-based chemotherapy and anti-PD-1/L1 monoclonal or bispecific antibodies (in any sequence) as sequential treatment; have received no more than third-line treatment
- 5. Within 4 weeks prior to randomization, have at least one measurable lesion according to RECIST 1.1 efficacy evaluation criteria
- 6. Subjects agree to provide archived tumor tissue samples (from the most recent surgery or biopsy, preferably within 2 years) that meet testing requirements or agree to undergo a biopsy to collect tumor tissue for PD-L1 expression testing
- 7. Before the first administration of the investigational drug, there must be at least a 3-week interval or 5 half-lives of the drug (whichever is shorter) from prior major surgical procedures, device therapy, local radiotherapy (excluding palliative radiotherapy for bone lesions), cytotoxic chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or biological therapy. There must be at least a 2-week interval from prior hormone therapy or small molecule targeted therapy, and at least a 1-week interval from traditional Chinese medicine with anti-tumor indications or minor surgical procedures. Adverse events caused by prior treatment must have recovered to CTCAE v5.0 ≤ grade 1 (excluding grade 2 peripheral neurotoxicity and alopecia)
- 8. ECOG performance status score of 0-1 within one week prior to randomization
- 9. Expected survival time of more than 3 months
- 10. Laboratory tests within one week prior to randomization confirm adequate organ function (within 14 days before the first administration, without receiving treatments such as transfusion, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, thrombopoietin, or erythropoietin)
- 11. Male and female subjects with reproductive potential must agree to use at least one highly effective contraceptive method during the trial and for at least 6 months after the last administration of the investigational drug. Female subjects of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test within 7 days prior to enrollment
Who cannot take part
- 3. Previously received any drug therapy targeting topoisomerase I, including chemotherapy or ADC drugs
- 4. Received radical radiotherapy within 3 months prior to the first dose
- 5. History of any second malignancy within 2 years prior to randomization, except for early-stage malignancies treated with radical therapy (carcinoma in situ or stage I tumors), such as non-melanoma skin cancer, cervical carcinoma in situ, localized prostate cancer, ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast, or papillary thyroid carcinoma
- 8. Presence of spinal cord compression or clinically active central nervous system metastases (referring to untreated or symptomatic metastases, or metastases requiring corticosteroids or anticonvulsants to control related symptoms), or meningitis carcinomatosa. Subjects who have previously received treatment for brain metastases (e.g., whole-brain radiotherapy or stereotactic brain radiotherapy) may participate in the study, provided they have been clinically stable for at least 4 weeks with no imaging evidence of brain metastasis progression
- 9. History or current presence of clinically severe lung impairment caused by pulmonary diseases, including but not limited to any underlying pulmonary disease (e.g., pulmonary embolism, severe asthma, severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, restrictive pulmonary disease, interstitial pneumonia, pneumoconiosis, drug-related pneumonia, pleural effusion, etc., within 3 months prior to the first dose) or any autoimmune, connective tissue, or inflammatory diseases potentially involving the lungs (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis, Sjogren's syndrome, sarcoidosis, etc.), or subjects who have undergone pneumonectomy, which may interfere with the detection and management of suspected drug-related pulmonary toxicity; subjects with radiation pneumonitis within 6 months
- 11. Presence of active systemic infectious diseases requiring intravenous antibiotic therapy within 2 weeks prior to randomization
- 12. Use of moderate or strong CYP2D6 or CYP3A inhibitors or inducers within 2 weeks prior to randomization
- 13. Patients who received systemic corticosteroids (prednisone >10mg/day or equivalent doses of similar drugs) or other immunosuppressive therapy within 2 weeks prior to randomization
- 14. Presence of known active or suspected autoimmune diseases. However, patients with autoimmune-related hypothyroidism receiving thyroid hormone replacement therapy are allowed to participate in the study; patients with controlled type 1 diabetes receiving insulin therapy are allowed to participate in the study
- 15. Received live or attenuated live vaccines within 4 weeks prior to randomization
- 16. Known history of allergic reactions to macromolecular protein preparations/monoclonal antibodies, or allergies to components of the investigational drug formulation
- 2. Imaging suggests tumor invasion of major blood vessels or important organs, or the presence of a risk of esophago-tracheal fistula or esophagopleural fistula
- 6. History of adverse events leading to permanent discontinuation of immunotherapy, or a history of ≥ grade 2 immune-related pneumonitis or immune-related myocarditis
- 10. Subjects with poorly controlled cardiovascular or cerebrovascular clinical symptoms or diseases
- 17. Active pulmonary tuberculosis
- 18. History of immunodeficiency diseases, including positive HIV test, or other acquired or congenital immunodeficiency diseases, or history of organ transplantation
- 19. Active HBV or HCV infection or HBV/HCV co-infection
- 21. Subjects with a known history of psychiatric drug abuse, substance abuse, or alcoholism; patients who have ceased alcohol consumption may be enrolled
- 22. The investigator considers the subject unsuitable for participation in this clinical study due to any clinical or laboratory abnormalities or other reasons
- 1. Mixed SCLC, mixed NSCLC, or sarcomatoid carcinoma components confirmed by tumor histology or cytology
- 7. Presence of uncontrolled pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, or ascites requiring repeated drainage
- 20. Pregnant or lactating women
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
- Cangzhou People's HospitalCangzhou, ChinaContact: Jinsheng ShiTaking people
- Fujian Cancer HospitalFu'zhou, ChinaContact: Zhangzhou HuangTaking people
- Cancer Hospital of Guangzhou Medical UniversityGuangzhou, ChinaContact: Chuan JinTaking people
- Harbin Medical University Cancer HospitalHarbin, ChinaContact: Yanbin ZhaoTaking people
- The Second Hospital of Anhui Medical UniversityHefei, ChinaContact: Mingjun ZhangTaking people
- The People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuangzu Autonomous RegionNanning, ChinaContact: Yanrong HaoTaking people
- Shanghai Chest HospitalShanghai, ChinaContact: Shun LuTaking people
- Hubei Cancer HospitalWuha, ChinaContact: Sheng HuTaking people
- The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical UniversityXinxiang, ChinaContact: Yinghua JiTaking people
- The affiliated hospital of xuzhou medical universityXuzhou, ChinaContact: Bi ChenTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The study is to explore the the reasonable dosage and to evaluate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of HLX43 (Anti-PD-L1 ADC) in combination with Serplulimab (anti-PD-1 humanized monoclonal antibody injection) in patients with advanced lung cancer.
The 2 groups in the trial
- HLX43 dose 1Treatment being tested
Patients with good tolerability and well controlled disease will receive the treatment once every 3 weeks (Q3W), until disease progression, initiation of a new anti-tumor therapy, death, emergence of intolerable toxicity, or withdrawal of informed consent (whichever occurs first).
- HLX43 dose 2Treatment being tested
Patients with good tolerability and well controlled disease will receive the treatment once every 3 weeks (Q3W), Until disease progression, initiation of a new anti-tumor therapy, death, emergence of intolerable toxicity, or withdrawal of informed consent (whichever occurs first)
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 II Clinical Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of HLX43 (Anti-PD-L1 ADC) in Combination With Serplulimab (Humanized Anti-PD-1 Monoclonal Antibody Injection) in Advanced Stage Lung Cancer
- Plain-language title
- Tests HLX43 with serplulimab in advanced 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 NCT07253142, who can take part
- Record updated
- 21 July 2026