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NCT03769129
Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Pembrolizumab Combined With MWA for Advanced NSCLC
NA trial testing Pembrolizumab in Non Small Cell Lung Cancer in 100 participants. Currently enrolling.
1 November 2026
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Recruiting now |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | none |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 100 |
| Start date | 1 November 2018 |
| Primary completion | 1 November 2026 |
| Estimated completion | 1 November 2029 |
| Sites | 1 location across China |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Pembrolizumab (pembrolizumab) — full drug profile →
- microwave ablation
Conditions studied
- Non Small Cell Lung Cancer — all drugs for Non Small Cell Lung Cancer →
Sponsor
Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
Who can join
18 and older, any sex, with Non Small Cell Lung Cancer. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
This is a prospective, randomized, single clinical study designed to evaluate its safety and efficacy by using Microwave Ablation combine with Pembrolizumab in patients with Stage ⅢB-Ⅳ Non-small Cell Lung.Cancer (NSCLC) who failed with first-line therapy.
Publications & conference data
8 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Thermal ablation in non-small cell lung cancer: a review of treatment modalities and the evidence for combination with immune checkpoint inhibitors.
Rangamuwa K, Leong T, Weeden C, Asselin-Labat ML, et al · · 2021 · cited 65× · PMID 34295682 · DOI 10.21037/tlcr-20-1075 -
Contribution of immune cells in synergistic anti-tumor effect of ablation and immunotherapy.
He N, Jiang J. · · 2024 · cited 8× · PMID 38070356 · DOI 10.1016/j.tranon.2023.101859 -
Combining energy-based focal ablation and immune checkpoint inhibitors: preclinical research and clinical trials.
Jiang M, Fiering S, Shao Q. · · 2023 · cited 7× · PMID 37251920 · DOI 10.3389/fonc.2023.1153066 -
<i>In-situ</i> tumor vaccination by percutaneous ablative therapy and its synergy with immunotherapeutics: An update on combination therapy.
Kim NJ, Yoon JH, Tuomi AC, Lee J, et al · · 2023 · cited 6× · PMID 36969248 · DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1118845 -
[Advances and Challenges of Local Thermal Ablation in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer].
Gou Q, Zhou Z, Zhao M, Chen X, et al · · 2020 · cited 5× · PMID 32093455 · DOI 10.3779/j.issn.1009-3419.2020.02.06 -
Interventional oncology update.
Newbury A, Ferguson C, Valero DA, Kutcher-Diaz R, et al · · 2022 · cited 3× · PMID 35761853 · DOI 10.1016/j.ejro.2022.100430 -
[Current Status and Progress of Thermal Ablation Combined with Immunotherapy for Lung Tumors].
Liu B. · · 2022 · cited 1× · PMID 35477191 · DOI 10.3779/j.issn.1009-3419.2022.102.09 -
Interventional oncology and immunotherapy: current status and future perspectives.
Ma J, Wei Z, Ye X. · · 2025 · PMID 40264767 · DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2025.1541105
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Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03769129 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
- Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
- Last refreshed: 25 June 2024
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