JS004 Combined With Toripalimab and With Standard Chemotherapy Treat Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer

A Phase Ib/II Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics and Initial Efficacy of Recombinant Humanized Anti-BTLA Monoclonal Antibody (JS004) Injection Combined With Toripalimab and With Standard Chemotherapy in Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer

This is an open-label phase Ib/II clinical study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and initial efficacy of JS004 injection combined with toripalimab and with or without standard chemotherapy in patients with advanced lung cancer

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Advanced Lung Cancer
• Intervention / Treatment: Biological: Recombinant humanized anti-BTLA monoclonal antibody (JS004) injection; Biological: Toripalimab; Drug: Docetaxel; Drug: Pemetrexed; Drug: Cisplatin; Drug: Carboplatin; Drug: Paclitaxel; Drug: Etoposide

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 119
• Phase: Phase 2; Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• China
  • Shanghai Municipality
    • Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China, 200030
      • Shanghai Chest Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

Subjects are eligible for the study if they meet all of the following criteria:

1. Sign the informed consent form voluntarily;
2. Males or females ≥18 years at the time of signing the informed consent;
3. Expected survival ≥3 months;
4. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1 ;
5. Pathologically confirmed locally advanced, metastatic or recurrent non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), which is currently not suitable for local treatment such as radical surgery or radiotherapy; For subjects with non-squamous carcinoma, there is no EGFR sensitive mutation or ALK fusion; for subjects with squamous carcinoma, genetic testing is not mandatory
6. Pathologically confirmed extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC, according to the Veterans Administration Lung Study Group (VALG) staging), previously received no systemic anti-tumor therapy for ES-SCLC (Cohort 5); Subjects with limited-stage SCLC who have previously received systemic anti-tumor therapy cannot be enrolled;
7. The subject has at least one measurable lesion as a target lesion (RECIST v1.1 criteria,);
8. The subject agrees to provide tumor tissue samples ;
9. The subject has good organ function as indicated by screening laboratory results:
10. Males of reproductive potential or females of childbearing potential must use effective contraceptive methods during the trial and continue for 6 months after the end of treatment;
11. The subject has good compliance and cooperates with the follow-up.

Exclusion Criteria:

Subjects who met any of the following criteria will be excluded from the study:

1. For the third line and second line populations with advanced lung squamous carcinoma (Cohorts 1 and 2), subjects who have received systemic anti-tumor therapy within 3 weeks before the first dose of study drug, including: chemotherapy, targeted therapy, anti-vascular drug therapy, biological therapy, immunotherapy, radiotherapy or other treatments with investigational products
2. Any adverse reactions caused by previous treatments have not recovered to CTCAE (Version 5.0) Grade 1 or below ;
3. Symptomatic metastases to central nervous system.;
4. Subjects with poorly controlled tumor-related pain who require analgesic treatment must receive the treatment at a stable dose before participating in the study;
5. Hydrothorax or ascites or pericardial effusion with clinical symptoms or unstable condition after symptomatic treatment;
6. Subjects previously discontinued treatment due to PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor toxicity;
7. Known history of severe allergic reactions to JS004 or toripalimab and its components, scheduled chemotherapeutic drugs and their components;
8. Known active or suspected autoimmune diseases, including but not limited to systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease;
9. History of interstitial lung disease or drug-induced interstitial lung disease or pulmonitis;
10. Received systemic corticosteroids (prednisone >10 mg/day or equivalent) or other immunosuppressive drugs within 14 days before the first study dose;
11. Subjects with a past history of immunodeficiency, including those with other acquired or congenital immunodeficiency diseases, or with a history of organ transplantation, or have received allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation or solid organ transplantation;
12. Had received live vaccines within 4 weeks before the first study dose;
13. Any major surgical procedure within 4 weeks before the first study dose. Planned major surgical procedure to be performed within 30 days after the first dose , or not fully recovered from the previous surgery;
14. Suffering from severe cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases;
15. Subjects with uncontrolled or serious underlying diseases, including but not limited to active infection requiring systemic antibiotic treatment;
16. Positive human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody test, active hepatitis B or C;
17. Known active Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB)..
18. Any active malignancy other than the disease under study within the past 2 years, except for malignancies that can be expected to be cured after treatment;
19. Subjects who have a history of psychotropic drug abuse and are unable to withdraw or have mental disorder;
20. Pregnant or breastfeeding woman;
21. Other severe, acute or chronic medical or psychiatric disorders or laboratory abnormalities that, at the discretion of the investigator, may increase the risk associated with study participation or may interfere with the interpretation of study results.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

5

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Cohort 1; NSCLC-squamous carcinoma third line;JS004 200mg + JS001 240mg Q3w, maintained until disease progression	Biological: Recombinant humanized anti-BTLA monoclonal antibody (JS004) injection; 200mg via IV infusion once every 3 weeks;JS004 will be administered in combination with toripalimab until disease progression or intolerable toxicity or up to 2 years of treatment or other reasons specified in the protocol; Biological: Toripalimab; 240mg via IV infusion once every 3 weeks;JS004 will be administered in combination with toripalimab until disease progression or intolerable toxicity or up to 2 years of treatment or other reasons specified in the protocol
Experimental: Cohort 2; NSCLC-squamous carcinoma second line;JS004 200mg + JS001 240 mg + docetaxel Q3w, maintained until disease progression	Biological: Recombinant humanized anti-BTLA monoclonal antibody (JS004) injection; 200mg via IV infusion once every 3 weeks;JS004 will be administered in combination with toripalimab until disease progression or intolerable toxicity or up to 2 years of treatment or other reasons specified in the protocol; Biological: Toripalimab; 240mg via IV infusion once every 3 weeks;JS004 will be administered in combination with toripalimab until disease progression or intolerable toxicity or up to 2 years of treatment or other reasons specified in the protocol; Drug: Docetaxel; 60 or 75mg/m2 via IV infusion on Day 1 of a 21-day cycle, which may be maintained until disease progression
Experimental: Cohort 3; NSCLC-non-squamous carcinoma first line;JS004 200mg + JS001 240 mg + pemetrexed + carboplatin/cisplatin Q3w, for 4 cycles;JS004 200mg + JS001 240 mg + pemetrexed, maintained until disease progression	Biological: Recombinant humanized anti-BTLA monoclonal antibody (JS004) injection; 200mg via IV infusion once every 3 weeks;JS004 will be administered in combination with toripalimab until disease progression or intolerable toxicity or up to 2 years of treatment or other reasons specified in the protocol; Biological: Toripalimab; 240mg via IV infusion once every 3 weeks;JS004 will be administered in combination with toripalimab until disease progression or intolerable toxicity or up to 2 years of treatment or other reasons specified in the protocol; Drug: Pemetrexed; 500mg/m2 via IV infusion on Day 1 of a 21-day cycle for 4 cycles; Subjects who have disease progression after 4 cycles may continue to receive maintenance treatment with pemetrexed; Drug: Cisplatin; 75mg/m2 via IV infusion on Day 1 of a 21-day cycle for 4 cycles; Drug: Carboplatin; AUC 5 via IV infusion on Day 1 of a 21-day cycle for 4 cycles
Experimental: Cohort 4; NSCLC-squamous cell carcinoma first line;JS004 200mg + JS001 240 mg + paclitaxel + carboplatin Q3w, for 4 cycles; JS004 200mg + JS001 240 mg, maintained until disease progression	Biological: Recombinant humanized anti-BTLA monoclonal antibody (JS004) injection; 200mg via IV infusion once every 3 weeks;JS004 will be administered in combination with toripalimab until disease progression or intolerable toxicity or up to 2 years of treatment or other reasons specified in the protocol; Biological: Toripalimab; 240mg via IV infusion once every 3 weeks;JS004 will be administered in combination with toripalimab until disease progression or intolerable toxicity or up to 2 years of treatment or other reasons specified in the protocol; Drug: Carboplatin; AUC 5 via IV infusion on Day 1 of a 21-day cycle for 4 cycles; Drug: Paclitaxel; 175mg/m2 via IV infusion on Day 1 of a 21-day cycle for 4 cycles
Experimental: Cohort 5; SCLC first line;JS004 200mg + JS001 240 mg + etoposide + carboplatin/cisplatin Q3w, for 4 cycles; JS004 200mg + JS001 240 mg, maintained until disease progression	Biological: Recombinant humanized anti-BTLA monoclonal antibody (JS004) injection; 200mg via IV infusion once every 3 weeks;JS004 will be administered in combination with toripalimab until disease progression or intolerable toxicity or up to 2 years of treatment or other reasons specified in the protocol; Biological: Toripalimab; 240mg via IV infusion once every 3 weeks;JS004 will be administered in combination with toripalimab until disease progression or intolerable toxicity or up to 2 years of treatment or other reasons specified in the protocol; Drug: Cisplatin; 75mg/m2 via IV infusion on Day 1 of a 21-day cycle for 4 cycles; Drug: Carboplatin; AUC 5 via IV infusion on Day 1 of a 21-day cycle for 4 cycles; Drug: Etoposide; 100mg/m2 via IV infusion on Days 1, 2, and 3 of a 21-day cycle for 4 cycles

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Incidence of adverse events (AEs)	Incidence of adverse events (AEs)	2 years
Incidence of SAEs	Incidence of serious adverse events (SAEs)	2 years
Incidence of irAEs	Incidence of immune-related adverse events (irAEs)	2 years
ORR	Efficacy endpoint: objective response rate (ORR) based on RECIST v1.1 criteria	2 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
DOR	Efficacy endpoints: duration of response	2 years
DCR	Efficacy endpoints: disease control rate	2 years
time to response (TTR)	Efficacy endpoints: time to response	2 years
PFS	Efficacy endpoints: progression-free survival	2 years
OS	Efficacy endpoints: overall survival (OS)	2 years
1-year OS rate	Efficacy endpoints: 1-Year overall survival (OS) rate	1 year
Drug concentration in plasma	drug concentration at different time points after administration in an individual subject	2 years
incidence of ADA	incidence of anti-drug antibodies (ADA)	2 years
titer of ADA	titer of anti-drug antibodies (ADA)	2 years
incidence of Nab	incidence of neutralizing antibodies (Nab)	2 years
titer of Nab	titer of neutralizing antibodies (Nab)	2 years

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Shanghai Junshi Bioscience Co., Ltd.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): February 9, 2023
• Primary Completion (Actual): October 23, 2025
• Study Completion (Actual): October 23, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 28, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 23, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): December 27, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): December 2, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 1, 2025
• Last Verified: December 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Lung Diseases; Respiratory Tract Neoplasms; Thoracic Neoplasms; Lung Neoplasms; Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins; Organic Chemicals; Heterocyclic Compounds; Heterocyclic Compounds, 2-Ring; Heterocyclic Compounds, Fused-Ring; Therapeutics; Drug Administration Routes; Drug Therapy; Hydrocarbons; Cycloparaffins; Hydrocarbons, Alicyclic; Hydrocarbons, Cyclic; Terpenes; Carbohydrates; Podophyllotoxin; Tetrahydronaphthalenes; Naphthalenes; Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; Hydrocarbons, Aromatic; Polycyclic Compounds; Glucosides; Glycosides; Inorganic Chemicals; Chlorine Compounds; Nitrogen Compounds; Coordination Complexes; Guanine; Hypoxanthines; Purinones; Purines; Glutamates; Amino Acids, Acidic; Amino Acids; Amino Acids, Dicarboxylic; Taxoids; Cyclodecanes; Diterpenes; Platinum Compounds; Docetaxel; Pemetrexed; Etoposide; Carboplatin; Paclitaxel; Cisplatin; Injections; toripalimab
• Other Study ID Numbers: JS004-007-Ib/II-LC

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No