Efficacy and Safety of Combination Therapy With Bojungikki-tang and Pembrolizumab Monotherapy in Patients With Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
A Multicenter, Open Label, Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Combination Therapy With Bojungikki-tang and Pembrolizumab Monotherapy in Patients With Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
About This Trial
This is a multicenter, open-label, randomized controlled clinical trial designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of combination therapy with Bojungikki-tang(BJIKT) and pembrolizumab monotherapy in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer whose tumors express PD-L1 positive with no EGFR or ALK genomic tumor aberrations. Based on prior pre-clinical studies, the combination of Bojungikki-tang and immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) can be expected to improve survival and enhance the therapeutic efficacy of ICIs by modulating the systemic tumor-immune environment. Therefore, this clinical trial aims to assess the efficacy and safety of the combined therapy with BJIKT and pembrolizumab and establish clinical evidence for an integrative cancer treatment strategy by examining the survival rate and immune status following combined ICI and BJIKT treatment.
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Treatments Being Tested
Bojungikki-tang(BJIKT)
Bojungikgitang, which is a classical formulation widely used in South Korea, China, and Japan for a long time, has been reported to have following anticancer activities. 1. Protective effect of intestine and hematopoietic organs against radiation damage 2. Improving localized radiotherapy-induced immune deterioration 3. Improving cancer-related fatigue and QOL 4. Reducing radiation or chemotherapy induced side effects
Pembrolizumab
It is a humanized antibody used in cancer immunotherapy for various types of cancer, including lung cancer. It targets the programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) receptor of lymphocytes. It was approved for medical use in the U.S. in 2014.