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Randomized Trial of Glutathione With Anti-PD-1 and Chemotherapy in Advanced NSCLC

A Phase 1 interventional study of Glutathione and PD1 Inhibitor in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Chemotherapy and PD1 Antibody, sponsored by The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University. Recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-08-07.

Sponsored by The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University · Phase 1, Interventional, and Prevention

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Jun 2025; still recruiting 1 year 4 months later.
Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
80
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Chemotherapeutic agents exert significant immunomodulatory effects by influencing tumor-infiltrating immune cells. However, the sequence and combination of chemotherapy regimens differentially modulate immune cell dynamics, ultimately impacting treatment efficacy and patient survival. Glutathione, a critical bioactive molecule, demonstrates broad potential in tumor immunotherapy. Through mechanisms such as scavenging free radicals, modulating immune cell proliferation and differentiation, and regulating cytokine expression, glutathione achieves precise modulation of immune responses to enhance immune system functionality. To investigate whether glutathione can enhance the clinical efficacy of current chemo-immunotherapy regimens in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), investigators conducted this clinical study.

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Conditions studied

  • Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
  • Chemotherapy
  • PD1 Antibody
  • Glutathione
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In context

Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung

6,488 studies on the registry are indexed under Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung; 1,632 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 80 is above the median of 62 across 5,213 interventional studies indexed under Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung.

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Lead sponsor

The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University is the lead sponsor of 123 studies on the registry; 72 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

Inclusion criteria

  1. Histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of lung squamous cell carcinoma or adenocarcinoma.
  2. Documented disease progression following first-line chemotherapy or chemo-immunotherapy.
  3. Age ≥18 years at the time of enrollment.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients with small cell lung cancer or other histological subtypes of lung cancer.
  2. Patients lost to follow-up, who discontinued treatment, or died within one year of diagnosis.
  3. Pregnant or lactating women
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
80 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Placebo comparator
    PD-1 inhibitor plus chemotherapy arm

    Drug: PD1 Inhibitor · Drug: Chemotherapy

  • Experimental
    Glutathione combined with PD-1 inhibitor plus chemotherapy arm

    Drug: Glutathione · Drug: PD1 Inhibitor · Drug: Chemotherapy

Interventions

  • DrugGlutathione

    Glutathione is administered as an adjunct intervention to the PD-1 inhibitor plus chemotherapy regimen.

  • DrugPD1 Inhibitor

    e.g. pembrolizumab, camrelizumab, sintilimab, tislelizumab, toripalimab

  • DrugChemotherapy

    Platinum-based doublet chemotherapy

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Progression-Free Survival (PFS)

    Time frame: From randomization until the first documented disease progression or death from any cause, whichever occurs first, assessed up to 24 months."

  2. Overall Response Rate (ORR)

    Proportion of patients achieving predefined tumor volume reduction with sustained duration, defined as those attaining a complete response (CR) or partial response (PR).

    Time frame: From the initiation of treatment until 12 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. Improvement in Immune Parameters

    assess every 4 weeks via flow cytometry for peripheral CD8+ T-cell proportion and cytokine levels (e.g., IFN-γ, IL-2).

    Time frame: From baseline until 12 weeks post-treatment completion

  2. QLQ-LC43

    Quality of Life Questionnaire for Lung Cancer from the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC), assessed at baseline, the end of each treatment cycle (every 3 weeks), and at 12 and 24 weeks post-treatment using the Chinese version of the EORTC QLQ-LC43 questionnaire.

    Time frame: From baseline until 24 weeks post-treatment completion

  3. Overall survival

    the time from randomization (or treatment initiation) to death from any cause, serving as the gold-standard endpoint for evaluating long-term therapeutic efficacy in oncology.

    Time frame: From randomization until death from any cause, assessed up to 60 months.

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University
    Zhengzhou, Henan 450052, China
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 7, 2025, 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
NCT06896422
Lead sponsor
The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University
Responsible party
Yi Zhang (Director, Biotherapy Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Mar 26, 2025
Start date
Jun 1, 2025
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 31, 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Aug 7, 2025

Study contacts

Yi Zhang
Contact
yizhang@zzu.edu.cn
+86 15138928971

Oversight

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