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Active, not recruitingNCT06118333Updated Apr 17, 2026

A Study Comparing BL-B01D1 With Physician's Choice of Chemotherapy in Patients With Recurrent or Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma(PANKU-NPC01)

A Phase 3 interventional study of BL-B01D1 and capecitabine in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, sponsored by Sichuan Baili Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.. Active, not recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-04-17.

Sponsored by Sichuan Baili Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
386
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

A phase III, randomized, open-label, multicenter study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of BL-B01D1 in patients with recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma who had failed at least two lines of platinum-based chemotherapy after receiving PD-1/PD-L1 monoclonal antibody as the last line of therapy.

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Primary objective: To evaluate BICR-based objective response rate (ORR) and overall survival (OS) benefit of BL-B01D1 versus physician's choice of chemotherapy.

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Conditions studied

  • Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
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In context

Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

816 studies on the registry are indexed under Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma; 282 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 386 is above the median of 84 across 668 interventional studies indexed under Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.

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Lead sponsor

Sichuan Baili Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. is the lead sponsor of 140 studies on the registry; 100 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 to 75 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. Voluntarily sign the informed consent form and comply with the protocol requirements;
  2. Age ≥18 years and ≤75 years;
  3. Expected survival time ≥3 months;
  4. Patients with recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma confirmed by histology or cytology, who have failed treatment with PD-1/PD-L1 monoclonal antibodies and at least two lines of chemotherapy (including at least one platinum-based regimen);
  5. Patients with recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma suitable for receiving the control group chemotherapy drugs specified in this protocol as the last-line treatment;
  6. Must have at least one measurable lesion as defined by RECIST v1.1;
  7. ECOG performance status score of 0 or 1;
  8. Toxicity from prior anti-tumor treatment has recovered to ≤ Grade 1 as defined by NCI-CTCAE v5.0;
  9. No severe cardiac dysfunction, with left ventricular ejection fraction ≥50%;
  10. Organ function levels must meet the requirements without transfusion, use of any cell growth factors, and/or platelet-raising drugs within 14 days before randomization;
  11. Coagulation function: International Normalized Ratio (INR) ≤1.5, and activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) ≤1.5×ULN;
  12. Urine protein ≤2+ or \<1000mg/24h;
  13. For premenopausal women with childbearing potential, a serum pregnancy test must be performed within 7 days before starting treatment, and the result must be negative. They must not be breastfeeding. All enrolled patients should take adequate barrier contraception measures throughout the treatment period and for 6 months after treatment ends.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Use of chemotherapy, targeted therapy, biologic therapy, etc., within 4 weeks or 5 half-lives before randomization, or palliative radiotherapy and antitumor therapy within 2 weeks;
  2. Patients with recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma suitable for curative-intent local treatment (surgery or radiotherapy) should be excluded;
  3. Prior treatment with ADC drugs containing topoisomerase I inhibitor as the small-molecule toxin, or ADC drugs targeting EGFR and/or HER3;
  4. History of severe cardiac disease;
  5. Unstable thrombotic events requiring therapeutic intervention within 6 months before screening (except for catheter-related thrombosis lasting >4 weeks);
  6. QT interval prolongation, complete left bundle branch block, third-degree atrioventricular block, or frequent and uncontrolled arrhythmias;
  7. Diagnosis of active malignancy within 3 years before randomization;
  8. Poorly controlled hypertension despite two antihypertensive medications, or poorly controlled diabetes, or presence of diabetic gangrene;
  9. History of ILD requiring steroid treatment, current ILD, or ≥Grade 2 radiation pneumonitis;
  10. Concurrent pulmonary disease resulting in clinically significant respiratory impairment;
  11. Imaging findings indicating tumor invasion or encasement of major thoracic, cervical, or vascular structures (if the investigator deems it does not affect patient eligibility, discussion with the sponsor's medical team is required);
  12. Patients with active central nervous system metastases;
  13. History of allergy to recombinant humanized antibodies or any excipient of BL-B01D1;
  14. History of autologous or allogeneic stem cell transplantation;
  15. Positive for HIV antibody, active HBV infection, or HCV infection;
  16. Severe infection within 4 weeks before randomization, or pulmonary infection or active pulmonary inflammation within 2 weeks before randomization;
  17. Pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, or ascites requiring drainage and/or symptomatic within 4 weeks before randomization;
  18. Use of other investigational drugs or therapies within 4 weeks before randomization;
  19. History of severe neurological or psychiatric disorders;
  20. Presence of severe unhealed wounds, ulcers, or fractures within 4 weeks before signing informed consent;
  21. Subjects with clinically significant bleeding or obvious bleeding tendency within 4 weeks before signing informed consent;
  22. History of intestinal obstruction, inflammatory bowel disease, extensive bowel resection, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, or chronic diarrhea;
  23. Subjects planning to receive or having received live vaccines within 28 days before randomization;
  24. Any other condition deemed by the investigator to make the patient unsuitable for participation in this clinical trial.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
386 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Experimental group

    Participants receive BL-B01D1 as intravenous infusion for the first cycle (3 weeks). Participants with clinical benefit could receive additional treatment for more cycles. The administration will be terminated because of disease progression or intolerable toxicity occurring or other reasons.

    Drug: BL-B01D1

  • Experimental
    Control group

    Participants receive capecitabine, gemcitabine, docetaxel in the first cycle (3 weeks). Participants with clinical benefit could receive additional treatment for more cycles. The administration will be terminated because of disease progression or intolerable toxicity occurring or other reasons.

    Drug: capecitabine · Drug: gemcitabine · Drug: docetaxel

Interventions

  • DrugBL-B01D1

    Administration by intravenous infusion

    Also known as: iza-bren, izalontamab brengitecan, BMS-986507

  • Drugcapecitabine

    Oral administration

  • Druggemcitabine

    Administration by intravenous infusion

  • Drugdocetaxel

    Administration by intravenous infusion

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Objective Response Rate (ORR)

    Objective response rate (ORR) is defined as the number of CR and PR in the treatment and control groups divided by the number of that group in the full analysis set (FAS).

    Time frame: Up to approximately 24 months

  2. Overall survival (OS)

    Overall survival (OS) is defined as the time between the subject's randomization date and subject's death.

    Time frame: Up to approximately 24 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Progression-free survival (PFS)

    Progression-free survival (PFS) as assessed by BIRC was defined as the time between the date subjects were randomized and the first observation of disease progression (based on BICR's image-based assessment) or death.

    Time frame: Up to approximately 24 months

  2. Disease Control Rate (DCR)

    Disease Control Rate (DCR) : Percentage of all randomized subjects who rated the best overall response (BOR) as complete response (CR), partial response (PR), and disease stabilization (SD) according to RECIST 1.1 criteria.

    Time frame: Up to approximately 24 months

  3. Duration of Response (DOR)

    Duration of Response (DOR) : defined as the period from the date when tumor response is first recorded to the date when objective tumor progression is first recorded or the date of death.

    Time frame: Up to approximately 24 months

  4. Treatment Emergent Adverse Event (TEAE)

    TEAE is defined as any unfavorable and unintended change in the structure, function, or chemistry of the body temporally emerging, or any worsening (i.e., any clinically significant adverse change in frequency and/or intensity) of a pre-existing condition during the treatment of BL-B01D1. The type, frequency and severity of TEAE will be evaluated during the treatment of BL-B01D1.

    Time frame: Up to approximately 24 months

  5. Cmax

    Maximum serum concentration (Cmax) of BL-B01D1 will be investigated.

    Time frame: Up to approximately 24 months

  6. T1/2

    Half-life (T1/2) of BL-B01D1 will be investigated.

    Time frame: Up to approximately 24 months

  7. Anti-drug antibody (ADA)

    Frequency of anti-BL-B01D1 antibody (ADA) will be investigated.

    Time frame: Up to approximately 24 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center
    Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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References and documents

Publications

  • Yang Y, Zhou H, Tang L, Qiu S, Han Y, Ji D, Chen X, Lei F, Qu S, Deng B, Chen L, Huang J, Guo Y, Liu Z, Chen D, Li J, Shu X, Qin Y, Fu Z, Li B, Zhang P, Chen S, Hong J, Wei Y, Qin X, Qu S, Yang K, Lin D, Wang J, Yang L, Xiao S, Zhu H, Zhu Y, Zhang L; BL-B01D1-303 Investigators. Izalontamab brengitecan, an EGFR and HER3 bispecific antibody-drug conjugate, versus chemotherapy in heavily pretreated recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a multicentre, randomised, open-label, phase 3 study in China. Lancet. 2025 Nov 8;406(10516):2235-2243. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01954-3. Epub 2025 Oct 19. PubMed 41125110 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 17, 2026, 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
NCT06118333
Lead sponsor
Sichuan Baili Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Collaborators
Baili-Bio (Chengdu) Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Nov 7, 2023
Start date
Dec 4, 2023
Primary completion
Nov 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Nov 2026 (estimated)
Last update
Apr 17, 2026

Study contacts

Li Zhang, PHD
principal investigator · Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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