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Not yet recruitingNCT06961201Updated May 7, 2025

Nano-crystalline Megestrol Acetate Combined With Standard Treatment Versus Standard Treatment for First-line Extensive-stage Small Cell Lung Cancer in the Cachexia Phase

A Phase 3 interventional study of Nano-crystalline Megestrol Acetate Oral Suspension and standard treatment in Extensive-stage Small Cell Lung Cancer (ES-SCLC) and The Pre-cachexia or Cachexia Patients Who Have Not Received Systemic Treatment and Are Not Eligible for Curative Therapy, sponsored by Changchun GeneScience Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.. Not yet recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 85 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-05-07.

Sponsored by Changchun GeneScience Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
94
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 85 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study is a prospective, randomized, parallel-controlled clinical trial, aiming to evaluate the efficacy and safety of nano-crystalline megestrol acetate combined with standard treatment compared to standard treatment alone as first-line therapy for extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) in both the pre-cachexia and cachexia phases. Participants enrolled in the study are those with ES-SCLC in the pre-cachexia or cachexia phase who have not received systemic treatment and are not eligible for curative therapy.

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Conditions studied

  • Extensive-stage Small Cell Lung Cancer (ES-SCLC)
  • The Pre-cachexia or Cachexia Patients Who Have Not Received Systemic Treatment and Are Not Eligible for Curative Therapy
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In context

Small Cell Lung Carcinoma

1,234 studies on the registry are indexed under Small Cell Lung Carcinoma; 350 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 94 is above the median of 56 across 1,058 interventional studies indexed under Small Cell Lung Carcinoma.

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Lead sponsor

Changchun GeneScience Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. is the lead sponsor of 111 studies on the registry; 48 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 85 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status score of 0-2.
  • Life expectancy of ≥6 months.
  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) (according to the Veterans Administration Lung Study Group (VALG) staging system).
  • Participants must not have previously received systemic chemotherapy for ES-SCLC. For participants who have previously received adjuvant/neoadjuvant chemotherapy for non-metastatic disease with curative intent or concurrent/sequential chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced disease, they are eligible for this study if disease progression occurs >6 months after the completion of the last treatment.
  • Participants who have previously received PD-1/L1 inhibitors in the neoadjuvant setting are allowed to participate in this study after investigator assessment and agreement. Participants who have previously received PD-1/L1 inhibitors in the adjuvant setting or as consolidation therapy after curative chemoradiotherapy are not eligible for this study.
  • At least one measurable tumor lesion according to RECIST v1.1.
  • Meet the criteria for pre-cachexia or cachexia diagnosis (based on the Fearon diagnostic criteria).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Presence of conditions that may affect gastrointestinal absorption, such as dysphagia, malabsorption, history of gastrectomy, or uncontrollable vomiting; ongoing enteral feeding or parenteral nutrition; or anorexia due to neurological causes, psychiatric conditions, or pain that makes eating difficult.
  • Currently taking or planning to take other medications that increase appetite or weight, such as corticosteroids (excluding short-term use of dexamethasone during chemotherapy), androgens, progestogens, thalidomide, olanzapine, anamorelin, or other appetite stimulants.
  • Patients with Cushing's syndrome, adrenal or pituitary insufficiency; patients with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus.
  • Concurrent enrollment in another clinical trial, unless it is an observational, non-interventional trial or the follow-up period of an interventional study.
  • Presence of unresolved toxicities from prior anti-tumor treatments. Unresolved is defined as not having returned to Grade 0 or 1 according to NCI CTCAE Version 5.0 (except for alopecia) or not having returned to the levels specified in the enrollment/exclusion criteria.
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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Nano-crystalline Megestrol Acetate Oral Suspension + Standard Therapy

    Drug: Nano-crystalline Megestrol Acetate Oral Suspension · Drug: standard treatment

  • Active comparator
    Standard Therapy

    Drug: standard treatment

Interventions

  • Nano-crystalline Megestrol Acetate Oral Suspension, with a specification of 125 mg/mL, the study group takes 5 mL orally per day (625 mg/day), and continues medication.

  • Drugstandard treatment

    standard treatment

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. The proportion of subjects with improved appetite based on A/CS-12 assessment

    Time frame: Week 3

  2. The proportion of subjects with a relative increase in BMI from baseline

    Time frame: Week 12

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Study locations

1 site
  • West China School of Medicine/West China Hospital of Sichuan University
    Chengdu, Sichuan 610000, China
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 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
NCT06961201
Collaborators
West China Hospital
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
May 7, 2025
Start date
May 1, 2025 (estimated)
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Jun 30, 2027 (estimated)
Last update
May 7, 2025

Study contacts

Lu Li
Contact
windflower1991@vip.163.com
18980601778
Dan Pu
Contact
danpu_87@163.com
13348826654

Oversight

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