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

  • PhasePhase 2
  • StatusRecruiting
  • Planned enrollment107 people
  • Recruiting US sites13
  • SponsorCatalYm GmbH
  • RegistryNCT07098988

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

Trial Investigating Visugromab in Combination With Immunochemotherapy in 1L Treatment of Participants With Metastatic NSCLC: a one-minute explainerNCT070989881 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

  • 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.

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-GDF-15 monoclonal antibody CTL-002. A humanized, hinge-stabilized immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4) monoclonal antibody directed against growth/differentiation factor 15 (GDF-15; macrophage inhibitory cytokine-1; MIC-1; non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug-inducible gene-1; NAG-1; placental transforming growth factor-beta; pTGFB; prostate-derived factor; PDF; placental bone morphogenetic protein; PLAB), with potential antineoplastic activity. Upon administration, anti-GDF-15 monoclonal antibody CTL-002 specifically targets, binds to and inhibits the activity of GDF-15, which may include its inhibition of lymphocyte function-associated antigen 1 (LFA-1) activation on CD8+ T cells. This may restore immune cell infiltration into the tumor, leading to tumor cell killing and inhibition of tumor cell proliferation. GDF-15, a divergent member of the transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) superfamily of cytokines, is upregulated in tissue injuries and also secreted by various tumors. It has been linked to immunosuppression in the tumor microenvironment (TME) and is associated with drug resistance and poor prognosis. NCI Drug Dictionary

Treatments listed in the registry

  • Visugromab (Biological): Participants receive Visugromab (recommended dose) intravenous (IV) on Day 1 of every 21-day cycle (every 3 weeks, or Q3W) for up to 35 treatments.
  • Matching placebo for visugromab (Drug): Participants receive Matching Placebo intravenous (IV) on Day 1 of every 21-day cycle (every 3 weeks, or Q3W) for up to 35 treatments.
  • Pembrolizumab 200 mg Q3W (Biological): Participants receive Pembrolizumab 200 mg intravenous (IV) on Day 1 of every 21-day cycle (every 3 weeks, or Q3W) for up to 35 treatments after visugromab infusion.
  • Pemetrexed 500 mg/m^2 (Drug): Participants receive Pemetrexed 500 mg/m^2 IV on Day 1 of every 21-day cycle (every 3 weeks, or Q3W) for up to 35 treatments.
  • Carboplatin AUC 5 (Drug): Participants receive Carboplatin target dose Area Under Curve (AUC) 5 (maximum dose 750 mg) on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle for four cycles.

The study

Treatment groups

Randomized · Parallel · masking: Double

Visugromab (CTL-002) + Immunochemotherapy Combination (SoC treatment) - Arm A (Experimental)

Participants receive Visugromab (recommended dose), Pembrolizumab (200 mg), Pemetrexed (500 mg/m2) intravenous (IV) on Day 1 of every 21-day cycle (every 3 weeks, or Q3W) for up to 35 treatments and Carboplatin target dose Area Under Curve (AUC) 5 (max. dose 750 mg) IV on Day 1 of every 21-day cycle (every 3 weeks, or Q3W) for four cycles.

Placebo + Immunochemotherapy Combination (SoC treatment) - Arm B (Active Comparator)

Participants receive matching placebo for visugromab, Pembrolizumab (200 mg), Pemetrexed (500 mg/m2) intravenous (IV) on Day 1 of every 21-day cycle (every 3 weeks, or Q3W) for up to 35 treatments and Carboplatin target dose Area Under Curve (AUC) 5 (max. dose 750 mg) IV on Day 1 of every 21-day cycle (every 3 weeks, or Q3W) for four cycles.

Goals

What the study measures

Main goals

  • Objective Response Rate (up to 24 months)

Other goals

  • Adverse Events
  • CR rate
  • PR rate
  • DOR
  • ORR
  • TTR
  • PFS
  • OS
  • Participant weight course over time
  • Maximum Concentration (Cmax) of visugromab
  • Minimum Concentration (Cmin) of visugromab
  • Participants' subjective well-being as assessed by Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Symptom Assessment Questionnaire (NSCLC-SAQ)
  • Participants' quality of life as assessed by 5-day Functional Living Index-Emesis (5-day FLIE)

Planned enrollment: 107 (estimated).

Where

Recruiting US sites

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
  • USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California
  • Smilow Cancer Center, Derby, Derby, Connecticut
  • Smilow Cancer Center, Guilford, Guilford, Connecticut
  • Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, Connecticut
  • Smilow Cancer Hospital - North Haven, North Haven, Connecticut
  • Smilow Cancer Hospital - Trumbull, Trumbull, Connecticut
  • Smilow Cancer Hospital - Waterbury, Waterbury, Connecticut
  • Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida
  • NYU Langone Hospital - Long Island, Mineola, New York
  • NYU Longone Health, New York, New York
  • Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
  • Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina

38 recruiting sites outside the US. 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 Oct 18, 2026. Public record; not medical advice.

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