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GT103 in Combination With Pembrolizumab for the Treatment of Advanced or Metastatic STK11 Mutant Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

  • PhasePhase 2
  • StatusRecruiting
  • Planned enrollment28 people
  • Recruiting US sites1
  • SponsorRoswell Park Cancer Institute
  • RegistryNCT07017829

Recruitment re-checked on ClinicalTrials.gov Oct 30, 2026. Public record; not medical advice.

GT103 in Combination With Pembrolizumab for the Treatment of Advanced or Metastatic STK11 Mutant Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: a one-minute explainerNCT070178291 min

Eligibility

Who can join

The film gives the main points. The full list below is copied from the registry; the study team makes the final decision.

  • Age18 Years to no maximum
  • SexAll
  • Healthy volunteersNo

You may be able to join if

  • Age ≥ 18 years.
  • Have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of ≤ 1 at the time of study treatment initiation.
  • Have pathologically confirmed diagnosis of STK11 mutant NSCLC. STK11 mutation will be based on subject's local clinically accredited laboratory testing (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments [CLIA]-certified) using deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequencing test.
  • Must have progressed on a pembrolizumab containing regimen and eligible for continuing pembrolizumab post-progression as determined by treating physician. Other anti-PD-1 or anti-PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitors may also be used in place of pembrolizumab
  • Adequate bone marrow and organ function as defined by the following lab values:
  • Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 x 10^9/L.
  • Platelets ≥ 100 x 10^9/L.
  • Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL.
  • Estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) (measured or calculated with Cockroft and Gault formula) > 45mL/min.
  • Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 3 x upper limit of normal (ULN) (ALT and AST ≤ 5 x ULN is acceptable if liver metastases are present).
  • Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN. For patients with well documented Gilbert's syndrome, total bilirubin ≤ 3 x ULN with direct bilirubin within normal range.
  • Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥ lower limit of normal (LLN) (institutional limit).
  • Patients must have measurable disease as defined in Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1.
  • Participants of child-bearing potential must agree to use adequate contraceptive methods (e.g., hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry. Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while she or her partner is participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately.
  • Participant must understand the investigational nature of this study and sign an Independent Ethics Committee/Institutional Review Board approved written informed consent form prior to receiving any study related procedure.
  • Participant agrees to provide blood samples at the start of treatment and at multiple times during the study. Participant agrees to provide tumor biopsy tissue or have adequate archival formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue available.

You cannot join if

  • Receipt of anticancer chemotherapy within 4 weeks before the first administration of study drug.
  • Prior radiotherapy or gamma knife within 2 weeks of study treatment for non-brain metastasis. Subjects must have recovered from all radiation related toxicities.
  • Active/untreated brain metastasis. Whole brain radiation or gamma knife radiosurgery performed less than 4 weeks prior to first administration of study drug. Previously treated brain metastasis allowed as long as not requiring steroids and stable on imaging at least 4 weeks after completing radiation therapy.
  • Leptomeningeal involvement regardless of treatment status.
  • Tumor with oncogenic mutation based on standard of care broad genomic profiling in EGFR, ALK, ROS1, RET, MET, or NTRK genes.
  • History of autoimmune disorder, with exception of patients with vitiligo or endocrine-related autoimmune conditions receiving appropriate hormonal supplementation who are eligible. Systemic use of immunosuppressant drugs such as steroids (except as hormone replacement therapy or short-course supportive medication such as chemotherapy or drug allergy, etc.), azathioprine, tacrolimus, cyclosporine, etc. within 4 weeks before the first administration of study drug.
  • Currently receiving or has received systemic corticosteroids within 4 weeks prior to starting study drug for management of brain metastases, or who have not fully recovered from side effects of such treatment. Steroids for endocrine replacement or receipt of short-course of steroids during the preceding 4 week period as supportive medication such as for drug allergy, anti-emetic, etc. is allowed.
  • Had major surgery within 14 days prior to starting study drug or has not recovered from major side effects (tumor biopsy is not considered major surgery) resulting from a prior surgery.
  • Has known immunosuppressive disease (e.g., HIV, AIDS or other immune depressing disease). Testing is not mandatory.
  • Active, clinically serious infections or other serious uncontrolled medical conditions.
  • Patient has known hypersensitivity to the components of the study drugs or any analogs.
  • History or current evidence of any condition, therapy, or laboratory abnormality that might confound the results of the study, interfere with the patient's participation for the full duration of the study, or is not in the best interest of the patient to participate, in the opinion of the treating Investigator, including, but not limited to:
  • Myocardial infarction or arterial thromboembolic events within 6 months prior to baseline or severe or unstable angina, New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III or IV disease.
  • History of documented congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association functional classification III or IV) within 6 months prior to baseline.
  • Uncontrolled hypertension (systolic blood pressure [SBP] > 160/diastolic blood pressure [DBP] > 100 despite medical intervention).
  • History of myocarditis of any etiology.
  • History of ventricular arrhythmias.
  • Patients diagnosed with an invasive cancer within 2 years prior to starting protocol therapy with the following exceptions: non-melanoma skin cancers, in-situ cancers, and prostate cancer Gleason ≤ 6 (under surveillance or treated), early-stage node-negative estrogen receptor positive (ER+)/progesterone receptor positive (PR+) breast cancer with Oncotype Dx score < 25 not taking adjuvant hormonal therapy.
  • Pregnant or nursing female participants.
  • Any condition which in the investigator's opinion deems the participant an unsuitable candidate to receive study drug.
  • Unwilling or unable to follow protocol requirements.

The treatment

How it is intended to work

This is how the treatment is meant to work. Whether it helps, and how safe it is, is what this trial is testing.

anti-CFH monoclonal antibody GT103. A recombinant human-derived monoclonal antibody targeting the tumor cell-protective protein complement factor H (CFH), with potential immunomodulatory and antineoplastic activities. Upon administration, the anti-CFH monoclonal antibody GT103 targets and binds specifically to a conformationally distinct epitope within a specific crucial functional domain of CFH bound on tumor cells. This activates the complement cascade, triggers complement dependent cytotoxicity and leads to the destruction of the tumor cells. In addition, GT103 modulates the adaptive anti-tumor immune response, thereby reducing the number of immune suppressive T-regulatory cells (Tregs) and myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) in the tumor. This may potentially provide long-term anti-tumor immunity and protection. CFH, the major regulator of the central complement protein C3b in the alternative pathway of complement activation, normally prevents cells from destruction by the immune system. CFH may play a key role in protection against complement-mediated lysis in various cancer cells. NCI Drug Dictionary

pembrolizumab. A humanized monoclonal immunoglobulin (Ig) G4 antibody directed against human cell surface receptor PD-1 (programmed death-1 or programmed cell death-1) with potential immune checkpoint inhibitory and antineoplastic activities. Upon administration, pembrolizumab binds to PD-1, an inhibitory signaling receptor expressed on the surface of activated T cells, and blocks the binding to and activation of PD-1 by its ligands, which results in the activation of T-cell-mediated immune responses against tumor cells. The ligands for PD-1 include programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1), overexpressed on certain cancer cells, and programmed cell death ligand 2 (PD-L2), which is primarily expressed on APCs. Activated PD-1 negatively regulates T-cell activation and plays a key role in in tumor evasion from host immunity. NCI Drug Dictionary

Treatments listed in the registry

  • Anti-CFH Monoclonal Antibody GT103 (Biological): Given IV
  • Biopsy Procedure (Procedure): Undergo tumor biopsy
  • Biospecimen Collection (Procedure): Undergo blood sample collection
  • Computed Tomography (Procedure): Undergo CT
  • Echocardiography Test (Procedure): Undergo ECHO
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Procedure): Undergo MRI
  • Pembrolizumab (Biological): Given IV

The study

Treatment groups

Na · Single Group · masking: None

Treatment (GT103, pembrolizumab) (Experimental)

Patients receive GT103 IV over 60 minutes and pembrolizumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of each cycle. Cycles repeat every 21 days for up to 2 years in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo ECHO at baseline, MRI at baseline and as clinically indicated, and CT and blood sample collection throughout the study. Patients may also undergo biopsy throughout the study.

What it involves

Procedures

As the registry describes them. Requirements to join, such as a tissue sample, are in the eligibility list above even when on-study procedures are optional. Ask the study team which steps apply to you.

  • biopsy: Part of the study plan; some time points described as optional
  • blood samples: Part of the study plan; some time points described as optional
  • CT scans: Part of the study plan; some time points described as optional
  • MRI: Part of the study plan; some time points described as optional
  • echocardiogram: Described as optional

Goals

What the study measures

Main goals

  • Progression-free survival (Between study registration and documentation of disease progression or death, whichever is observed first, assessed up to 6 months (24 weeks))

Other goals

  • Objective response rate
  • Overall survival
  • Duration of response
  • Disease control rate
  • Incidence of adverse events

Planned enrollment: 28 (estimated).

Where

Recruiting US sites

  • Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York

Site status as of Oct 30, 2026. Check the live record before contacting a site.

Sources

Where this comes from

Registry record reviewed as fetched Oct 30, 2026, last updated by the sponsor Aug 18, 2026. Public record; not medical advice.

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