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Not yet recruitingNCT05651269Updated Dec 15, 2022

Milciclib in Combination With Gemcitabine in Advanced NSCLC

A Phase 2 interventional study of Milciclib Dose: 150 mg/day Mode of administration: oral in NSCLC, sponsored by Tiziana Life Sciences LTD. Not yet recruiting. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-12-15.

Sponsored by Tiziana Life Sciences LTD · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Dec 2024, 1 year 11 months ago, but the record still lists the study as not yet recruiting.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
28
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The goal of this interventional clinical study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Milciclib plus gemcitabine in the treatment of persons with advanced NSCLC. This is an open label uncontrolled clinical trial

Eligible patients will receive 150 mg/day of milciclib orally using the 7 days on/7 days off schedule in combination with gemcitabine at the dose of 1000 mg/m² on Days 1, 8, and 15 every 4 weeks. Treatment cycles will be repeated every 4 weeks until progressive disease (radiologic or symptomatic deterioration), the start of a new systemic anticancer therapy, unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal per investigator's judgment, or withdrawal of consent, whichever occurs first.

Read the detailed description

This study is a multicenter, prospective, non-randomized, open-label, single-arm Phase 2 study in locally advanced non-resectable recurrent and/or metastatic KRAS-mutated NSCLC after failure of at least 1 line of SoC therapy.

All patients will be screened for KRAS mutation status. A total of up to 28 patients harboring G12A, G12D, G12F, G12R, G12S, G12V, or G13D KRAS mutations, or, any pathogenic KRAS mutation other than G12C mutations will be enrolled and treated. According to the Simon's 2-stage design, 13 patients will be treated at Stage 1 with up to 15 patients treated at Stage 2.

At the completion of Stage 1, a review of the tumor response evaluation will be undertaken to determine if the second stage should be conducted. If there are 2 or more patients with a complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) in the first 13 patients, an additional 15 patients will be accrued.

Stage 1 will be considered complete when all patients have experienced progressive disease (radiologic or symptomatic deterioration), started a new systemic anticancer therapy, have withdrawn per investigator's judgment or experienced unacceptable toxicity, have withdrawn consent, or have completed 6 cycles of treatment.

In addition, Stage 1 patients who, at the time of transition to Stage 2, were responding with a CR, PR, or stable disease, will be allowed to continue in the study at the recommended Phase 2 dose; or lower for safety reasons). These patients will not be part of the 15 new patients to be targeted in Stage 2, because they will have already received treatment with milciclib plus gemcitabine in Stage 1, but they will provide additional safety information regarding prolonged treatment with milciclib plus gemcitabine

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Conditions studied

  • NSCLC
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In context

Lead sponsor

Tiziana Life Sciences LTD is the lead sponsor of 14 studies on the registry; 5 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Go through the criteria one by one — yes, no or not sure — and take the list to your doctor or the study team. Kept in this browser only.

Inclusion criteria

  • confirmed NSCLC with an associated G12A, G12D, G12F, G12R, G12S, G12V, or G13D KRAS mutation, or, any pathogenic KRAS mutation other than G12C, as determined by a Sponsor-approved laboratory
  • Male or female patients at least 18 years of age
  • Advanced unresectable recurrent or disease not amenable to local treatment with surgery or radiotherapy
  • Documented disease progression after at least one line of prior SoC therapy
  • Presence of on computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan as defined by v1.1. A previously irradiated lesion may be considered a target lesion if clearly progressing
  • Previous systemic anticancer treatment completed ≥ 3 weeks, major surgery ≥ 2 weeks, and radiation therapy ≥ 4 weeks prior to study enrollment
  • Any adverse effects from prior surgery, radiotherapy, or antineoplastic therapy must have improved to Grade 1 or less by the time of enrollment
  • performance status 0-2 at the time of enrollment
  • at least 12 weeks
  • Adequate bone marrow function as evidenced by meeting all the following requirements:

    • (ANC) ≥ 1500 cells/μL without the use of hematopoietic growth factors within the last 2 weeks before screening
    • count 100,000 cells/μL without the use of platelet transfusion within the last 2 weeks before screening
    • ≥ 9 g/dL without the use of red blood cell (RBC) transfusion within the last 2 weeks before screening
  • Adequate hepatic function as evidenced by meeting all the following requirements:

    • Serum total ≤ 1.5 × (ULN), unless explicitly related to documented Gilbert's syndrome
    • (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 3 × ULN; if liver metastases are present, then ≤ 5 × ULN is allowed
    • Adequate renal function as evidenced by an estimated (eGFR) ≥ 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 of body surface area.
  • Female patients of (FCBP) must present with a negative serum pregnancy test and must agree to employ adequate measures for the duration of the study and until 3 months after the end of last dose of the study drug. Female patients who are lactating must agree to stop breastfeeding from the start of study treatment until 1 month after the end of treatment. Lack of childbearing potential is indicated by > 12 months without menses, or after surgical sterility, or as indicated by follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) concentration.
  • Male patients must be surgically sterile or agree to use a double-barrier contraception method or abstain from heterosexual activity with an FCBP starting at the first dose of treatment and until 3 months after the last dose of the study drug. Male patients must also agree to refrain from sperm donation, storage, or banking during these same time periods.
  • Patient is willing and able to comply with the requirements of the study protocol.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Previous treatment with sotorasib or any experimental anti-KRAS targeted agent, and/or previous treatment with gemcitabine
  • Documented KRAS G12C mutation and previously untreated with sotorasib
  • Existing Grade 2 or higher retinal conditions (e.g., retinal tear, exudate, hemorrhage)
  • Existing Grade 2 or higher neurological condition (tremor, ataxia, hypotension, confusion)
  • Significant intercurrent illnesses and/or any of the following:

    • Active uncontrolled peptic ulcer disease
    • Uncontrolled seizure disorders
    • Active and uncontrolled (indicated by clinical symptoms, cerebral edema, and/or anticonvulsant requirement, or progressive disease); for controlled CNS metastases, patient should have been off corticosteroids for at least 14 days or on a tapering or stable dose of corticosteroids at a maximum dose of 12 mg/day prednisone-equivalent, without overt evidence of significant neurological deficits prior to enrollment
  • Significant cardiac conduction abnormalities, including known familial prolonged syndrome, or screening QTcF > 480 msec
  • Symptoms of congestive heart failure Grade 2 or higher
  • Active, uncontrolled bacterial, fungal, or viral infection or an unexplained fever > 38.5°C which in the investigator's opinion might compromise the patient's participation in the study
  • Known history of difficulty swallowing, malabsorption, or other conditions that may reduce absorption of the product
  • Chronic Grade ≥ 2 diarrhea
  • Presence or history of any other active within 2 years other than a history of adequately treated basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, or any adequately treated in situ carcinoma
  • Active known ( HIV), virus (HBV), or virus (HCV) infection. Active hepatitis B is defined as positive hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) or immunoglobulin (Ig)M hepatitis B core antibody (anti-HBc) with or without positive HBV DNA. Active hepatitis C is defined as positive HCV RNA and/or anti-HCV antibody. HIV test according to local practice and local regulatory guidance
  • Female patient who is pregnant or lactating at the time of enrollment
  • Any other medical or social condition deemed by the investigator to be likely to interfere with a patient's ability to cooperate and participate in the study or interfere with the interpretation of the results.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(22)

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Histologically or cytologically confirmed

The diagnosis was confirmed by looking at a sample under a microscope: tissue from a biopsy or surgery (histology), or cells from a fluid or needle sample (cytology).

Your pathology report is the document that shows this.

Metastases

Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.

Measurable disease

The amount of disease can be tracked with a defined measurement, so the study can see whether it shrinks or grows. It might be a tumour measured on a scan or, in some blood cancers such as myeloma, a marker measured in blood or urine.

The criteria or the study team say which measurement counts — having no tumour visible on a scan does not by itself rule you out.

RECIST

The standard rules for measuring tumours on CT or MRI scans, to tell whether a cancer is shrinking, stable or growing during treatment.

“Measurable disease per RECIST 1.1” usually means at least one tumour 10 mm or more at its longest on a CT scan, or a lymph node 15 mm or more across its short axis.

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.

0
Fully active, no restrictions.
1
Limited in strenuous activity, but walking and able to do light work, such as housework or office work.
2
Walking and able to look after yourself, but unable to work; up and about more than half of waking hours.
3
Able to look after yourself only in part; in bed or a chair more than half of waking hours.
4
Unable to look after yourself at all; in bed or a chair all day.

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.

Life expectancy

The study doctor’s estimate of how long someone is likely to live. Criteria use it so that people can stay in the study long enough for it to answer its question.

Absolute neutrophil count (ANC)

The number of neutrophils, white blood cells that help fight infection, in a given amount of blood. Too few raises the risk of infection.

It is a count, not a percentage of the white cells. Limits are written in units that mean the same: ≥ 1.5 × 10⁹/L is ≥ 1,500 per mm³ (µL). Each lab has its own reference range.

Platelets

Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.

Hemoglobin (Hb)

The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A low level is anaemia, which can cause tiredness and breathlessness. Measured in g/dL or g/L (9 g/dL is 90 g/L).

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.

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.

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.

GFR and eGFR (kidney filtering)

GFR (glomerular filtration rate) is how much blood the kidneys filter each minute. It is usually estimated from a blood test — eGFR, by formulas such as CKD-EPI or MDRD — and some studies ask for it to be measured directly instead. Usually given in mL/min/1.73 m².

Check the method, the units and the minimum the study states. A value of 90 or above is in the normal-or-high range, but kidney damage can show in other tests too.

Childbearing potential

Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).

Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

Brain metastases

Cancer deposits in the brain from a cancer that started elsewhere in the body (CNS metastases include the spinal cord).

Studies differ: some leave out any brain metastases, some accept ones treated and stable for some weeks. Check what this study allows.

Corticosteroids (steroids)

Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.

Studies differ in what they allow: check which steroid medicines, routes (tablets, injections, creams, inhalers, eye drops) and doses this study accepts.

QT and QTc

On an ECG, the QT interval is the time the heart’s lower chambers take to activate electrically and recover in each beat. QTc is that time adjusted for heart rate (QTcF by Fridericia’s formula, QTcB by Bazett’s). Some medicines lengthen it, and a long QTc can raise the risk of a dangerous heart rhythm.

The study may name a correction formula and a limit in milliseconds, often around 450–480.

Cancer (malignancy)

Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.

Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.

HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.

Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.

Hepatitis B tests

Hepatitis B is a virus that infects the liver. These are separate tests: HBsAg positive usually means a current infection (a recent vaccination can briefly cause it too); total anti-HBc (HBcAb) positive means an infection now or in the past; HBV DNA measures how much virus is in the blood.

Some studies accept a past infection if HBV DNA is undetectable, sometimes with antiviral medicine during the study. Check what this study allows.

Hepatitis C tests

Hepatitis C is a virus that infects the liver. An HCV antibody test can stay positive after an infection has cleared (and is occasionally positive without one); an HCV RNA test shows whether the virus is there now.

After treatment, hepatitis C counts as cured when HCV RNA is still undetectable 12 weeks or more after the treatment ended. Studies often accept people cured this way.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
28 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Milciclib plus gemcitabine

    Name: milciclib Dose: 150 mg/day Mode of administration: oral Combination product: Name: gemcitabine Dose: 1000 mg/m2 Mode of administration: intravenous

    Drug: Milciclib Dose: 150 mg/day Mode of administration: oral

Interventions

  • DrugMilciclib Dose: 150 mg/day Mode of administration: oral

    milciclib plus gemcitabine

    Also known as: Combination product: gemcitabine Dose: 1000 mg/m2 Mode of administration: intravenous

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Disease progression

    The primary endpoint is an independent, central reader-assessed, blinded to time of scan, and confirmed objective response rate (ORR), defined as the proportion of patients with a best overall response of complete response (CR) or partial response (PR), using RECIST v1.1. Any patient with CR or PR must be able to confirm the CR or PR at least 4 weeks following the first observation.

    Time frame: The study will be closed 6 months after the last scheduled visit

Secondary outcomes

  1. Duration of response

    The secondary efficacy endpoints (using central reader-assessed response according to RECIST v1.1 when applicable) are: * Duration of response (DoR), defined as the duration between first documentation of CR or PR to first documentation of disease progression or death * Progression-free-survival (PFS), defined as the time from the date of first dose of study drug to the date of first documented disease progression or death due to any cause * Time to response (TTR), defined as the time from first dose of study drug to first documentation of CR or PR * Overall survival (OS), defined as the time from the date of first dose of study drug to the date of death due to any cause

    Time frame: time from date of randomization to date of death from any cause or end of study up to 12 months

  2. Adverse Events

    Incidence of AEs and SAEs

    Time frame: Up to 6 months after the last scheduled visit

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No — There is no planned sharing of data

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Start is estimated for Mar 2023; primary completion for Dec 2024, 21 months later.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Dec 2, 2022
First posted
Dec 15, 2022
StartEst.
Mar 15, 2023
Primary completionEst.
Dec 2024
CompletionEst.
Jun 2025
Last update
Dec 15, 2022
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 15, 2022, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05651269
Lead sponsor
Tiziana Life Sciences LTD
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Dec 15, 2022
Start date
Mar 15, 2023 (estimated)
Primary completion
Dec 2024 (estimated)
Completion
Jun 2025 (estimated)
Last update
Dec 15, 2022

Study contacts

John Andrews, PhD
Contact
jandrews@TizianaLifeSciences.com
910-232-8932
Vaseem Palejwala
Contact
vpalejwala@tizianalifesciences.com
267-982-9784
Matthew Davis, MD
study chair · Tiziana Life Sciences

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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