Combination treatment for early-stage lung cancer
Official title: A Phase 1/2 Study of Combined Treatment With Dupilumab (Anti-IL-4Ra) and Cemiplimab (Anti-PD-1) in Patients With Early-stage, Resectable NSCLC
Run by Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · NCT06088771 · Data updated 2026-11-12
This study is testing a combination of two medications, dupilumab and cemiplimab, to see if they can help people with early-stage lung cancer before surgery.
Quick facts
| Phase | Phase1; Phase2 |
|---|---|
| Study type | Interventional |
| Ages | 18 Years and up |
| Sex | All |
| Enrollment | 21 (estimated) |
| Sponsor | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Academic / other |
| Drugs / interventions | dupilumab, chemotherapy, radiation, prednisone, cemiplimab |
| Locations | 1 site (New York, New York) |
| Status | Recruiting |
| Started | October 9, 2024 |
| Main results expected | December 1, 2026 |
| Study ends | July 1, 2027 |
| Registry record updated | July 21, 2026 |
| Trial ID | NCT06088771 on ClinicalTrials.gov |
Is this trial a fit for you?
✓Likely a good fit
Ideal candidates are patients with early-stage, resectable NSCLC or those with suggestive findings and a smoking history who are scheduled for a diagnostic biopsy.
✕Probably not a fit
Patients with advanced NSCLC that is not amenable to surgical intervention will not benefit from this study.
A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.
What this trial studies
This study evaluates the effectiveness of combining dupilumab and cemiplimab in patients with early-stage, resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Participants will receive neoadjuvant therapy consisting of dupilumab and cemiplimab before undergoing standard surgical procedures. The study aims to monitor adverse events and dose-limiting toxicities following treatment. Eligible patients include those with a confirmed diagnosis of NSCLC or those with suggestive radiographic findings and a smoking history. Follow-up will occur 30 days post-treatment to assess safety and efficacy.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this treatment could improve surgical outcomes and overall survival rates for patients with early-stage NSCLC.
How similar studies have gone: Other studies have shown promising results with similar immunotherapy approaches in lung cancer, indicating potential for success in this trial.
Who can join: the full rules
Show full inclusion / exclusion criteria
Inclusion Criteria * Histological diagnosis of NSCLC is required before initiation of treatment, however, patients who have a smoking history and radiographic findings highly suggestive of a diagnosis of NSCLC who are scheduled to undergo diagnostic biopsy may be consented so as they can undergo the biopsy mandated for research at the same time to avoid second procedure. Pre-treatment biopsies are mandatory before treatment initiation. Patients with NSCLC must have T1b or more advanced (\>1cm primary tumor). Only patients whose tumor is deemed amenable to surgical or needle biopsy by a multidisciplinary team including a medical oncologist and an interventionalist (radiologist, surgeon, pulmonologist) may be enrolled. * Patient must be willing and able to provide blood samples (6 heparinized tubes, 2 streck tubes, roughly 60mL) at the time points indicated in the Study Calendar. * Patient must be willing and able to have core needle biopsies (Goal 3-6 biopsies, final number to be determined by the surgeon and radiologist performing the procedure as safe) of tumor prior to initiation of therapy. * Age ≥ 18 years. * ECOG 0-1. The exception will be patients carrying long term disability (such as cerebral palsy) where the disability is not acute nor progressive, and unlikely to significantly affect their response to therapy. * Patient is determined to be a surgical candidate for resection of their tumor by a multidisciplinary team including a surgeon and a medical oncologist. * Women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception upon study entry, for the duration of study participation, and for 3 months following completion of therapy Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately. A female of child-bearing potential is any woman (regardless of sexual orientation, having undergone a tubal ligation, or remaining celibate by choice) who meets the following criteria: * Has not undergone a hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy; or * Has not been naturally postmenopausal for at least 12 consecutive months (i.e., has had menses at any time in the preceding 12 consecutive months). * Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent. * Adequate organ and marrow function as defined below: * System/Laboratory Value * Hematologic: Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1,000 /mcL Platelets ≥75,000 /mcL Hemoglobin ≥9 g/dL * Renal\* Serum creatinine ≤1.5 X upper limit of normal (ULN) OR Measured or calculated creatinine clearance (GFR can also be used in place of creatinine or CrCl) ≥60 mL/min for patient with creatinine levels \> 1.5 X institutional ULN Creatinine clearance should be calculated per institutional standard. * Hepatic\* Serum total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 X ULN OR Direct bilirubin ≤ ULN for patients with total bilirubin levels \> 1.5 ULN AST and ALT ≤ 2.5 X ULN Albumin \>2.5 mg/dL * Coagulation\* International Normalized Ratio (INR) or Prothrombin Time (PT) ≤1.5 X ULN unless patient is receiving anticoagulant therapy as long as PT is within therapeutic range of intended use of anticoagulants * Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (aPTT) ≤1.5 X ULN unless patient is receiving anticoagulant therapy as long as PTT is within therapeutic range of intended use of anticoagulants * If laboratory criteria are not met due to what the investigator determines to be a biologic cause (e.g. Gilbert's syndrome causing elevated bilirubin or excessive muscle mass affecting creatinine) or drug-related cause (e.g. elevating in transaminases due to HAART therapy, elevated INR due to anticoagulation) then the lab values will not be used to exclude patient from this trial. Similarly, for patients with elevated bilirubin due to biliary obstruction from tumor, this will not serve as an exclusion criterion. This determination will be made by the PI. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with history of autoimmune disorder or any patient who has used an immunomodulatory drug, such as dupilumab, within 8 weeks of starting treatment. * Patients without any smoking history, or any patient for whom we already have tissue or ctDNA evidence of an activating EGFR mutation or an ALK or ROS1 rearrangement. * Patients who have had chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 4 months prior to entering the study for a different primary tumor, nor can they have received locoregional therapy (e.g. radiation) for the target lesion that will be biopsied and subsequently resected. Previous therapy for a different cancer (a different primary) is acceptable. * Patients may not be receiving any other investigational agents. * Patients with metastatic disease, for whom the intent of surgery would not be curative. * Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection requiring antibiotics (exception is a brief (≤10days) course of antibiotics to be completed before initiation of treatment), symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements, as determined the treating investigator. * Patients must not be pregnant or nursing due to the potential for congenital abnormalities and the potential of this regimen to harm nursing infants. * Use of another immunomodulatory drug, including dupilumab, that may confound interpretation of clinical and biospecimen analysis, within 8 weeks of enrollment. * Has a diagnosis of primary immunodeficiency or is receiving systemic steroid therapy or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the administration of trial treatment. Patients on chronic steroids equivalent to ≤ 10mg prednisone will not be excluded. * Has active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 1 year (i.e. with use of disease modifying agents, corticosteroids or immunosuppressive drugs). Replacement therapy (e.g. thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency, etc.) is acceptable. * Has a known additional malignancy that is progressing and requires active treatment. Exceptions include basal cell carcinoma of the skin or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin that has undergone potentially curative therapy or in situ cervical or anal cancer, prostate cancer on stable dose of hormonal therapy without rising PSA, and breast cancer whom have been treated with curative intent, who may be on hormonal therapy. * Has a history or current evidence of any condition, therapy, or laboratory abnormality that might confound the results of the trial, interfere with the patient's participation for the full duration of the trial, or is not in the best interest of the patient to participate, in the opinion of the treating Investigator. * HIV positive with detectable viral load, or anyone not on stable anti-viral (HAART) regimen. * Has known active Hepatitis B (e.g., HBV detected by PCR (\>200 IU/ml) or active Hepatitis C (e.g., HCV RNA \[qualitative\] is detected). * Patients whom have recently started (\>14d from C1D1) antiviral therapy may go on to the trial. * History of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation or solid organ transplantation. * Documented allergic or hypersensitivity response to any protein therapeutics (e.g., recombinant proteins, vaccines, intravenous immune globulins, monoclonal antibodies, receptor traps) * Principle investigator believes that for one or multiple reasons the patient will be unable to comply with all study visits, or if they believe the trial is not clinically in the best interest of the patient. * Any evidence of current ILD or pneumonitis or a prior history of ILD or pneumonitis requiring oral or IV glucocorticoids.
Where it's running
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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York, United States Recruiting
Study contacts
- Principal investigator: Thomas Marron, MD, PhD — Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Study coordinator: Thomas Marron, MD, PhD
- Email: thomas.marron@mssm.edu
- Phone: (212) 824-9472
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How to take part
- Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
- Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
- Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.