An interventional study of ICI and Chemotherapy in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, sponsored by Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-03-10.
Sponsored by Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
This is a double-blind, randomized controlled study evaluating the efficacy and safety of HGXJT in combination with ICI-based standard treatment in lung cancer patients with bone metastases. Enrolled participates will randomly receive HGXJT or placebo during the first 4-6 cycles of ICI-based standard treatment.
7,620 studies on the registry are indexed under Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung; 1,838 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 82 is above the median of 62 across 6,019 interventional studies indexed under Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung.
Browse Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung studies →Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine is the lead sponsor of 58 studies on the registry; 19 are open to participants now.
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Normal hepatic and renal function.
Normal hepatic function: total serum level ≤ 1.5 times of the value(ULN), serum serum (AST) \& alanine aminotransferase(ALT) ≤ 2.5 times ULN
Normal renal function: serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 mg/dl (133 μmol/L) and/or ≥ 60 ml/min.
Exclusion Criteria:
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Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.
PD-1, PD-L1 and CTLA-4 are proteins that act as brakes on the immune system. Checkpoint inhibitors, such as pembrolizumab or nivolumab, block them so the immune system can attack a cancer.
PD-L1 can also be measured in a tumour sample. Some scores count stained tumour cells only (TPS); others also count certain immune cells (CPS). The study names the score and the minimum it uses.
A line of therapy is one course of treatment, which may combine several drugs. First-line is the first course given; second-line follows when that stops working or is not tolerated.
“Two prior lines” means two courses that count separately under the study’s rules — not simply two drugs. Ask the study team if you are unsure how yours are counted.
A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.
Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.
A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.
Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.
The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.
“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.
Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.
Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.
How quickly the kidneys clear creatinine, a waste product, from the blood. A study may estimate it from a blood test with age, weight and sex (often by the Cockcroft–Gault formula), or measure it using blood and urine collected over a set time. Given in mL/min; higher is better.
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
A condition in which the immune system attacks the body’s own tissues, such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, psoriasis, type 1 diabetes or inflammatory bowel disease.
Immunotherapy studies often leave out active autoimmune disease, and some name exceptions, such as thyroid disease on replacement hormone. Check the exceptions this study lists.
A weakened immune system. It can come from an illness, such as HIV or some blood cancers, or from medicines that turn the immune system down, for example after an organ transplant or for an autoimmune disease; steroids at higher doses count.
Read whether the line is about a condition or about medicines, and which medicines and doses it means.
Metastases
Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
PD-1, PD-L1 and checkpoint inhibitors
PD-1, PD-L1 and CTLA-4 are proteins that act as brakes on the immune system. Checkpoint inhibitors, such as pembrolizumab or nivolumab, block them so the immune system can attack a cancer.
PD-L1 can also be measured in a tumour sample. Some scores count stained tumour cells only (TPS); others also count certain immune cells (CPS). The study names the score and the minimum it uses.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Line of therapy
A line of therapy is one course of treatment, which may combine several drugs. First-line is the first course given; second-line follows when that stops working or is not tolerated.
“Two prior lines” means two courses that count separately under the study’s rules — not simply two drugs. Ask the study team if you are unsure how yours are counted.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
ECOG performance status
A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.
Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Bilirubin
A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.
Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
ULN (upper limit of normal)
The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.
“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
ALT and AST (liver enzymes)
Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.
Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Creatinine clearance (CrCl)
How quickly the kidneys clear creatinine, a waste product, from the blood. A study may estimate it from a blood test with age, weight and sex (often by the Cockcroft–Gault formula), or measure it using blood and urine collected over a set time. Given in mL/min; higher is better.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Informed consent
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Autoimmune disease
A condition in which the immune system attacks the body’s own tissues, such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, psoriasis, type 1 diabetes or inflammatory bowel disease.
Immunotherapy studies often leave out active autoimmune disease, and some name exceptions, such as thyroid disease on replacement hormone. Check the exceptions this study lists.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Immunosuppression
A weakened immune system. It can come from an illness, such as HIV or some blood cancers, or from medicines that turn the immune system down, for example after an organ transplant or for an autoimmune disease; steroids at higher doses count.
Read whether the line is about a condition or about medicines, and which medicines and doses it means.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Standard treatment: 4-6 cycles (3 weeks per cycle) of ICI + chemotherapy followed by ICI maintenance therapy, until tumor progression or at least 1 year. HGXJT decoction: 1 dose daily, until tumor progression or accumulation for 1 year.
Drug: ICI · Drug: Chemotherapy · Drug: Bone-protecting and Mass-dispersesing Decoction
Standard treatment: 4-6 cycles (3 weeks per cycle) of ICI + chemotherapy followed by ICI maintenance therapy, until tumor progression or at least 1 year. Placebo: 1 dose daily, until tumor progression or accumulation for 1 year.
Drug: ICI · Drug: Chemotherapy · Drug: Placebo
PD-1 inhibitors selected by clinicians based on patients' condition
AP regimen（Pemetrexed 500mg/m2+carboplatin AUC=5,q3w） for non-squamous cancer patientsor or TP regimen（Paclitaxel 175mg/m2+carboplatin AUC=5, or albumin paclitaxel 100mg/m2+carboplatin AUC=5,q3w）for Squamous cancer patients.
The particle size and color are similar to the HGXJT, and the smell and taste are close to the HGXJT, and the bacteria test is qualified
Chinese Herbal Formula,also named as HGXJT
(Disease control rate assessed by investigators) DCR (CR+PR+SD)
DCR (disease control rate) is defined as sum of complete response (CR) rate, partial response (PR) rate and stable disease (SD) rate, according to RECIST v 1.1, based on the chest, abdomen and/or brain CT/MRI evaluation. Patients will undergo a follow-up imaging examination every 3 months, with an additional imaging examination after the first two cycles of treatment (normally 6 weeks).
Time frame: From the date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 120 months.
Progression-free survival (PFS)
The time from the date of randomization to the date of disease progression, date of withdraw, or death from any cause, whichever occurs first.
Time frame: From the date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 120 months.
Overall survival (OS)
The time from the date of randomization to the date of withdraw or date of death from any cause, whichever occurs first.
Time frame: From date of randomization to the date of withdraw or date of death from any cause, whichever occurs first, assessed up to 120 months.
ORR(Objective response rate)
ORR (overall response rate) is defined as sum of complete response (CR) rate and partial response (PR) rate , according to RECIST v 1.1, based on the chest, abdomen and/or brain CT/MRI evaluation. Patients will undergo a follow-up imaging examination every 3 months, with an additional imaging examination after the first two cycles of treatment (normally 6 weeks).
Time frame: From date of randomization until the date of death or date of withdraw, whichever came first, assessed up to 120 months
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