A Phase 3 interventional study of Datopotamab Deruxtecan and Rilvegostomig in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, sponsored by AstraZeneca. Recruiting at 290 sites in 21 countries. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-28.
Sponsored by AstraZeneca · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment
The purpose of this study is to evaluate efficacy and safety of Dato-DXd in combination with rilvegostomig or rilvegostomig monotherapy compared with pembrolizumab monotherapy as a first line therapy in participants with locally advanced or metastatic non-squamous NSCLC with high PD-L1 expression (TC ≥ 50%) and without actionable genomic alterations.
This is a Phase III, randomized, open-label, Global Study of Datopotamab Deruxtecan (Dato-DXd) in Combination With Rilvegostomig or Rilvegostomig monotherapy compared with Pembrolizumab monotherapy for the first-line treatment of participants with locally-advanced or metastatic non-squamous NSCLC with high PD-L1 expression (TC ≥ 50%) and without actionable genomic alterations.
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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.
Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.
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.
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.
Cancer that has spread to the leptomeninges, the thin layers covering the brain and spinal cord, and the fluid between them. It is not the same as brain metastases.
Criteria often treat it separately, and many studies leave it out even where treated brain metastases are allowed.
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 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.
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.
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.
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Metastases
Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Clinically significant
Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.
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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.
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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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Leptomeningeal disease
Cancer that has spread to the leptomeninges, the thin layers covering the brain and spinal cord, and the fluid between them. It is not the same as brain metastases.
Criteria often treat it separately, and many studies leave it out even where treated brain metastases are allowed.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Participants in the Datopotamab Deruxtecan (Dato-DXd) in combination with Rilvegostomig group will receive Dato-DXd plus rilvegostomig as intravenous (IV) infusion every 3 weeks (Q3W) on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle.
Drug: Datopotamab Deruxtecan · Drug: Rilvegostomig
Participants in the rilvegostomig monotherapy group will receive rilvegostomig as intravenous (IV) infusion every 3 weeks (Q3W) on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle.
Drug: Rilvegostomig
Participants in the pembrolizumab group will receive pembrolizumab as intravenous (IV) infusion every 3 weeks (Q3W) on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle.
Drug: Pembrolizumab
Datopotamab Deruxtecan IV (intravenous)
Also known as: Dato-DXd
Rilvegostomig IV (intravenous)
Also known as: AZD2936
Pembrolizumab IV (intravenous)
Also known as: KEYTRUDA
Progression-Free Survival (PFS) in TROP2 biomarker positive participants.
PFS is defined as time from randomisation until progression per RECIST 1.1 as assessed by BICR, or death due to any cause. The analysis will include all randomised participants, as randomised, regardless of whether the participant withdraws from randomised therapy, receives another anti-cancer therapy or clinically progresses prior to RECIST 1.1 progression, in the following population: • TROP2 biomarker positive population The measure of interest is the HR of PFS. PFS by investigator will be reported as a sensitivity analysis.
Time frame: Approximately 4 years
Overall Survival (OS) in TROP2 biomarker positive participants.
OS is defined as the time from randomisation until the date of death due to any cause. The analysis will include all randomised participants, as randomised, regardless of whether the participant withdraws from randomised therapy or receives another anti-cancer therapy, in the following population: • TROP2 biomarker positive population The measure of interest is the HR of OS.
Time frame: Approximately 6 years
Progression-Free Survival (PFS) in the FAS population.
PFS is defined as time from randomisation until progression per RECIST 1.1 as assessed by BICR, or death due to any cause. The analysis will include all randomised participants, as randomised, regardless of whether the participant withdraws from randomised therapy, receives another anti cancer therapy or clinically progresses prior to RECIST 1.1 progression, in the following population: • FAS population The measure of interest is the HR of PFS. PFS by investigator will be reported as a sensitivity analysis.
Time frame: Approximately 4 years
Overall Survival (OS) in the FAS population.
OS is defined as the time from randomisation until the date of death due to any cause. The analysis will include all randomised participants, as randomised, regardless of whether the participant withdraws from randomised therapy or receives another anti-cancer therapy, in the following population: • FAS population The measure of interest is the HR of OS.
Time frame: Approximately 6 years
Assessment of Objective Response Rate (ORR) by BICR in TROP2 biomarker positive and FAS populations
ORR is defined as the proportion of participants who have a CR or PR, as determined by BICR per RECIST 1.1. The analyses will include all randomised participants, as randomised, with measurable disease at baseline, in the following populations: * TROP2 biomarker positive population * FAS population Data obtained from randomisation up until progression, or the last evaluable assessment in the absence of progression, will be included in the assessment of ORR, regardless of whether the participant withdraws from therapy. Participants who go off treatment without a response or progression, receive a subsequent therapy, and then respond will not be included as responders in the ORR. The measure of interest is the difference of the ORR. ORR by investigator will be reported as a sensitivity analysis.
Time frame: Approximately 4 years
Assessment of Duration of Response (DoR) by BICR in TROP2 biomarker positive and FAS populations
DoR is defined as the time from the date of first documented response until date of documented progression per RECIST 1.1, as assessed by BICR or death due to any cause. The analyses will include all randomised participants who have a response, as randomised, regardless of whether the participant withdraws from randomised therapy, receives another anti cancer therapy or clinically progresses prior to RECIST 1.1 progression, in the following populations: * TROP2 biomarker positive population * FAS population The measure of interest is the median of DoR. DoR by investigator will be reported as a sensitivity analysis.
Time frame: Approximately 4 years
Participant-reported lung cancer symptoms of NSCLC and participant-reported GHS/QOL in participants treated with Dato-DXd in combination with rilvegostomig relative to pembrolizumab.
Time to deterioration in: pulmonary symptoms (dyspnoea, cough, and chest pain) as measured by the NSCLC-SAQ, in overall lung cancer symptoms as measured by the NSCLC-SAQ, and in GHS/QoL as measured by the GHS/QoL scale from EORTC IL172. Time to deterioration is defined as the time from randomisation until the date of deterioration. Deterioration is defined as change from baseline that reaches a clinically meaningful deterioration threshold. The analyses will include all randomised participants, in the following populations: * TROP2 biomarker positive population * FAS population The measure of interest is the HR of time to deterioration in pulmonary symptoms, HR of time to deterioration in overall lung cancer symptoms, and HR of time to deterioration in GHS/QoL.
Time frame: Approximately 6 years
Participant-reported physical functioning in participants treated with Dato DXd in combination with rilvegostomig relative to pembrolizumab.
Time to deterioration in physical functioning as measured by PROMIS Physical Function short form 8c. Time to deterioration is defined as the time from randomisation until the date of deterioration. Deterioration is defined as change from baseline that reaches a clinically meaningful deterioration threshold. The analyses will include all randomised participants, in the following populations: * TROP2 biomarker positive population * FAS population The measure of interest is the HR of time to deterioration in physical functioning.
Time frame: Approximately 6 years
Pharmacokinetics (PK)
Concentration of rilvegostomig, Dato-DXd, total anti TROP2 antibody, and MAAA 1181a (payload deruxtecan) in plasma or serum and PK parameters (peak and trough concentrations).
Time frame: Approximately 6 years
Immunogenicity
Presence of ADA for Dato-DXd and rilvegostomig (confirmatory results, titres and neutralising antibodies for confirmed positive samples).
Time frame: Approximately 6 years
Second Progression-Free Survival (PFS2).
PFS2 is defined as the time from randomisation to the earliest of the progression events (following the initial progression), subsequent to first subsequent therapy, or death. Progression event includes radiological (RECIST 1.1) or clinical disease progression. The date of second progression will be recorded by the investigator in the eCRF and defined according to local standard practice. The analyses will include all randomised participants, as randomised, regardless of whether the participant withdraws from subsequent therapy and regardless of missed visits, in the following populations: * TROP2 biomarker positive population * FAS population The measure of interest is the HR of PFS2.
Time frame: Approximately 6 years
Safety of Dato-DXd in combination with rilvegostomig and rilvegostomig monotherapy as compared with pembrolizumab.
Safety and tolerability will be evaluated in terms of AEs (graded by CTCAE Version 5.0).
Time frame: Approximately 6 years
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Started Apr 2024 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Dec 2029, 68 months after the start.
Of 314 industry-sponsored phase 3 interventional studies under Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, half reached primary completion within 39 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 27 and three quarters within 57. This study's planned 68 months is above that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 423 studies reached it within 45 months; a quarter within 30 and three quarters within 69.
How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.
From the registry record's own update history. This site started tracking changes on Sep 25, 2026; for anything earlier, see the record history on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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