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NSCLC (Non-small Cell Lung Cancer)Phase 2NCT06977828

A Prospective, Single-arm, Phase II Clinical Study of Tislelizumab Combined With Anlotinib and Platinum-based Doublet Perioperative Therapy for Resectable Stage II-IIIB Driver Gene-negative NSCLC

A Phase 2 study testing tislelizumab in combination with anlotinib and platinum-based doublet chemotherapy in people with NSCLC (Non-small Cell Lung Cancer) and Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy, run by The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University at 1 site in China.

Not yet recruiting

Opening soon. The study is approved but enrolment has not started yet. Sites may already take enquiries.

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Trial summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if tislelizumab in combination with anlotinib and platinum-based doublet chemotherapy works to treat for resectable stage II-IIIB driver gene-negative NSCLC. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 75 years
What is being tested?
tislelizumab in combination with anlotinib and platinum-based doublet chemotherapy
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
40 participants
Where
1 siteChina
Study dates
20 Jul 2025to 31 Dec 2028
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 75 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Fully understand and voluntarily sign the informed consent for this study;
  • Age ≥18 years old and ≤75 years old, male or female;
  • Patients with histologically or cytologically confirmed resectable stage II-IIIB non-small cell lung cancer;
  • ECOG 0-1;
  • No EGFR sensitive mutation, ALK or ROS1 fusion mutation was confirmed by tissue genetic testing before enrollment.
  • Had not received any previous systemic treatment for non-small cell lung cancer;
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  • Patients with normal organ function within 7 days before enrollment met the following criteria:
  • Blood routine test (no blood transfusion history within 14 days) :
  • Hemoglobin (HB)≥90g/L; Absolute neutrophil count (ANC)≥1.5×109/L; j Platelet count (PLT)≥80×109/L.
  • Biochemical test results met the following criteria:
  • Total bilirubin (TBIL)≤1.5 ULN; Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST)≤2.5 ULN, or 5 ULN if liver metastasis occurs; Serum creatinine (Cr)≤1.5 ULN or creatinine clearance (CCr)≥60mL/min. Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF)≥50%; Urine routine examination showed urine protein < 2+ or 24-hour urine protein < 1g; Serum amylase and lipase ≤ ULN.
  • Male or female patients of childbearing potential voluntarily use an effective method of contraception, such as dual barrier methods, condoms, oral or injectable contraceptives, intrauterine devices, etc. during the study and for 6 months after the last study medication. All female patients will be considered fertile unless they have undergone natural menopause, artificial menopause, or sterilization (e.g., hysterectomy, bilateral adnophorectomy, or radioactive ovarian irradiation).

Who cannot join

  • The pathological types of the patients were mixed with components of small cell lung cancer, neuroendocrine carcinoma, sarcoma, salivary gland tumor and mesenchymal tumor.
  • Central, caenorrhea squamous cell carcinoma or hemoptysis non-small cell lung cancer (hemoptysis >50 mL/ day);
  • The tumor is surrounded by large blood vessels, and there is a potential risk of hemoptysis after anlotinib treatment;
  • Presence of symptomatic or clinically significant thyroid dysfunction at screening (hypothyroidism controlled only with thyroid hormone replacement could be included);
  • Patients who have been diagnosed with immunodeficiency or are receiving systemic glucocorticoid therapy or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy (prednisone at a dose of >10mg/ day or other equivalent efficacy hormone) and continue to use it within 2 weeks before the first dose;
  • Active autoimmune disease requiring systemic therapy (e.g., disease-modifying medications, corticosteroids, or immunosuppressive agents), including but not limited to inflammatory bowel disease such as ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease, occurred within 2 years before enrollment; Diverticulitis; Celiac disease; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Sarcoidosis syndrome or Wegener syndrome (granulomatosis with polyangiitis); Graves' disease; Rheumatoid arthritis; Multiple sclerosis; Vasculitis; Glomerulonephritis; Antiphospholipid syndrome; Hypophysitis; Uveitis and so on. Alternative therapies (e.g., thyroxine, insulin, or physiological doses of corticosteroids for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency) were not considered systemic treatments. Patients who were positive for autoimmune antibodies were eligible for enrollment after investigator evaluation to confirm the absence of autoimmune disease requiring systemic treatment. ;
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  • Vaccination or attenuated vaccine within 4 weeks before enrollment;
  • Received approved or investigational systemic anti-tumor therapy within 4 weeks before enrollment, including chemotherapy, radical radiotherapy, biological immunotherapy, targeted therapy, and traditional Chinese medicine therapy (traditional Chinese medicine therapy with clear indications for anti-tumor, after a 3-week washout period can also be enrolled);
  • Participated in clinical trials of other drugs not yet approved or marketed in China and received treatment with corresponding drugs within 4 weeks before enrollment;
  • Patients who underwent major surgery or unhealed wounds, ulcers, or fractures within 4 weeks before enrollment;
  • International normalized ratio (INR) >1.5 or activated partial prothrombin time (APTT) >1.5×ULN; twelve Electrolyte abnormalities that were judged by the investigator to be clinically significant;
  • Patients have drug-uncontrolled hypertension defined as systolic blood pressure ≥140 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mmHg;
  • The patient has any current disease or condition that affects drug absorption or the patient is unable to take anlotinib orally;
  • Patients with active gastric and duodenal ulcer, ulcerative colitis and other gastrointestinal diseases or unresected tumors with active bleeding, or other conditions that may cause gastrointestinal bleeding or perforation as judged by the investigators;
  • Patients with evidence or history of significant bleeding tendency within 3 months before enrollment (bleeding >30 mL within 3 months, hematemesis, melena, hematochezia), hemoptysis (>5 mL of fresh blood within 4 weeks) or thromboembolic events (including stroke events and/or transient ischemic attack) within 12 months;
  • Grade 1 or above myocardial ischemia, myocardial infarction or severe arrhythmia (including QTc≥450 ms(male), QTc≥ 470ms(female) and NYHA class 1 or above congestive heart failure;
  • Other malignant tumors in the past 5 years, excluding basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin after radical resection, or carcinoma in situ of the cervix;
  • Severe active or uncontrolled infection (≥CTCAE v5.0 grade 2 infection);
  • Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection; A known history of clinically significant liver disease, including viral hepatitis (known hepatitis B virus (HBV) carriers must rule out active HBV infection, defined as HBV DNA positivity (>1×104 copies /mL or >2000 IU/ml); Known hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and HCV RNA positive (>1×103 copies /mL), or other hepatitis, liver cirrhosis] (excluding patients with previous antiviral treatment, the relevant test results returned to normal);
  • Tuberculosis that is active or currently in need of medical intervention, including but not limited to tuberculosis;
  • A history of acute or chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic surgery, or risk factors that may increase the risk of pancreatitis;
  • Has not fully recovered from any intervention-induced toxicity and/or complications before enrollment (i.e., > grade 1 or not recovered to baseline required levels);
  • Women who are pregnant (positive pregnancy test before medication) or breastfeeding;
  • Received blood transfusion, blood products, and hematopoietic factors such as albumin and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) within 14 days before enrollment;
  • Brachytherapy (radioactive seed implantation) within 60 days before enrollment;
  • Known response to tislelizumab and/or chemotherapy of choice (non-squamous NSCLC: pemetrexed plus cisplatin or carboplatin; Squamous NSCLC: allergic reaction to the active ingredient and/or any excipients of paclitaxel or albumin paclitaxel plus cisplatin or carboplatin);
  • Any other medical condition, clinically significant metabolic, physical or laboratory abnormality, medical history, disease, treatment or laboratory abnormality that may interfere with the results of the trial or prevent the subject from participating fully in the study, in the investigator's judgment, There is a reason to suspect that the patient has a disease or condition (e.g., having seizures and requiring treatment) that would be inappropriate for the study drug, that would affect the interpretation of the study results, or that the investigator believes that participation in the study would not be in the subject's best interest;
  • The presence of any clinically significant systemic disease that is judged by the investigator to require treatment, including but not limited to thyroid disease (patients with stable thyroid function after hormone replacement therapy can be enrolled), organ transplant recipient, history of mental illness, and history of drug abuse/addiction, alcohol or drug abuse;
  • Local or systemic disease that is not caused by malignancy, or a secondary reaction to cancer, and may result in a high medical risk and/or uncertainty in the evaluation of survival.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

Lingxiang Lingxiang Liu, MD, Doctor of Medicine(M.D.) contact

86+13851892074

llxlau@163.com

China1 site
  • The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University

    Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210029

    The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 86+025-83714511

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About this study

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if tislelizumab in combination with anlotinib and platinum-based doublet chemotherapy works to treat for resectable stage II-IIIB driver gene-negative NSCLC. It will also learn about the safety of tislelizumab in combination with anlotinib and platinum-based doublet chemotherapy.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

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  1. Does tislelizumab combined with anlotinib and platinum-based doublet perioperative therapy can increase pCR rate as well as MPR rate、EFS、DFS、ORR、OS for resectable stage II-IIIB driver gene-negative NSCLC?
  2. Is tislelizumab combined with anlotinib and platinum-based doublet perioperative therapy safe?

Participants with histologically or cytologically confirmed NSCLC, potentially resectable, driver gene negative (II- IIIB stage), and without prior systemic treatment, who have signed the informed consent, will be screened for inclusion. After receiving 4 cycles of tislelizumab combined with anlotinib and platinum-based doublet chemotherapy, the subjects will be evaluated by a multidisciplinary team (MDT) to determine whether to proceed with radical surgical resection. The surgery will be performed within 3 to 7 weeks after the last neoadjuvant treatment. Postoperatively, patients will be divided into two subgroups based on the pathological results: For patients with postoperative pathological pCR, tislelizumab monotherapy will be used for maintenance treatment; For patients with postoperative pathological non-pCR, tislelizumab combined with anlotinib will be used for maintenance treatment. Both groups will continue treatment until disease progression as defined by RECIST 1.1, intolerable toxicity, withdrawal of informed consent, initiation of other anti-tumor therapy, death, or other situations specified in the protocol that require treatment cessation, whichever occurs first. The maximum treatment duration is 12 months. Survival and safety assessments will be continuously conducted thereafter.

Being tested
tislelizumab in combination with anlotinib and platinum-based doublet chemotherapy
Medical subject headings
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • tislelizumab in combination with anlotinib and platinum-based doublet chemotherapyDrug

    After receiving 4 cycles of tislelizumab combined with anlotinib and platinum-based doublet chemotherapy, the subjects will be evaluated by a multidisciplinary team (MDT) to determine whether to proceed with radical surgical resection. The surgery will be performed within 3 to 7 weeks after the last neoadjuvant treatment. Postoperatively, patients will be divided into two subgroups based on the pathological results: For patients with postoperative pathological pCR, tislelizumab monotherapy will be used for maintenance treatment; For patients with postoperative pathological non-pCR, tislelizumab combined with anlotinib will be used for maintenance treatment. Both groups will continue treatment until disease progression, intolerable toxicity, withdrawal of informed consent, initiation of other anti-tumor therapy, death, or other situations specified in the protocol that require treatment cessation, whichever occurs first. The maximum treatment duration is 12 months

Study groups in NCT06977828
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
tislelizumab in combination with anlotinib and platinum-based doublet chemotherapyExperimentalNot described
Receives: Drug: tislelizumab in combination with anlotinib and platinum-based doublet chemotherapy

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Pathological Complete Response (pCR) rate

    Pathological complete response (pCR) is measured as the percentage of participants with a pathological complete response as assessed by the central pathologist at the time of definitive surgery. pCR is defined as having no residual invasive squamous cell carcinoma within the resected primary tumor specimen and all sampled regional lymph nodes.

    Measured: Up to ~64 months

Secondary outcomes (6)
  1. Major Pathological Response (mPR) rate

    The percentage of participants with a major pathological response (mPR) as assessed by the Central Pathologist at the time of definitive surgery. mPR is defined as ≤10% invasive squamous cell carcinoma within the resected primary tumor specimen and all the sampled regional lymph nodes.

    Measured: Up to ~64 months

  2. Event-free Survival (EFS)

    EFS is the time from the date of randomization to the date of first record of any of the following events: radiographic disease progression; local or distant progression or recurrence as assessed with imaging or biopsy as indicated; or death due to any cause. Radiographic disease progression during neoadjuvant phase that precludes surgery will be considered an event; a secondary malignancy will not be considered an event.

    Measured: Up to ~80 months

  3. Disease-free survival (DFS)

    defined as the period from the first day after radical surgery (when the disease is confirmed to be cured) to local recurrence or distant metastasis or the time of death for any reason was determined by the investigator during the period of adjuvant therapy and safety follow-up, whichever occurred first.Only patients who underwent R0 resection will be analyzed.

    Measured: Up to ~80 months

  4. Objective response rate (ORR)

    defined as the proportion of all patients with measurable disease at baseline as assessed by the investigator according to RECIST version 1.1 who achieved a complete response (CR) or partial response (PR). The proportion of patients achieving complete remission (CR) or partial remission (PR) among the patients

    Measured: Up to ~64 months

  5. Overall survival (OS)

    It is defined as the time from the date of patient enrollment to the date of death due to any cause.

    Measured: Up to ~92 months

  6. Percentage of Participants Experiencing An Adverse Event (AEs)

    Percentage of participants experiencing any sign, symptom, disease, or worsening of preexisting condition temporally associated with study therapy and irrespective of causality to study therapy

    Measured: From time of first dose of study treatment until the end of follow-up (up to ~92 months)

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted18 May 2025
  2. Study start20 Jul 2025 (estimated)
  3. Primary completion30 Jun 2027 (estimated)
  4. Study completion31 Dec 2028 (estimated)

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
40 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT06977828
Sponsor's protocol ID
2025-SR-259
Status last verified
Jun 2025
First submitted
11 May 2025
Last updated
29 Jun 2025
Results posted
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing tislelizumab in combination with anlotinib and platinum-based doublet chemotherapy in people with NSCLC (Non-small Cell Lung Cancer) and Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy, run by The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University at 1 site in China.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 12 inclusion and 29 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: opening soon, as of the sponsor's last update on 29 Jun 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in China. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Lingxiang Lingxiang Liu, MD, Doctor of Medicine(M.D.) (86+13851892074, llxlau@163.com), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Pathological Complete Response (pCR) rate (time frame: Up to ~64 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 29 Jun 2025.

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