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Updated June 2026 · ClinicalTrials.gov

RECRUITINGPhase 2INTERVENTIONAL

MRG003 and Pucotenlimab to Treat Locally Advanced or Metastatic ATC/PDTC

A Phase II Clinical Trial Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of MRG003 in Combination With Pucotenlimab for the Treatment of EGFR-positive Unresectable Locally Advanced or Metastatic ATC/PDTC

MRG003 and Pucotenlimab to Treat Locally Advanced or Metastatic ATC/PDTC (NCT07235566) is a Phase 2 interventional studying Thyroid Cancer, sponsored by Fudan University. RECRUITING as of the most recent ClinicalTrials.gov update. Talk to your doctor before contacting the trial site.

Important: This information is not medical advice. Talk to your doctor about whether a clinical trial is right for you.

About This Trial

This study is a single-arm, open-label, multi-cohort, single-center phase II clinical trial designed to observe and evaluate the efficacy and safety of MRG003 (a EGFR-ADC) in combination with pucotenlimab (a PD-1 inhibitor) for the treatment of EGFR-positive unresectable recurrent or metastatic ATC/PDTC. All patients will receive the combination therapy every three weeks until disease progression or other event as defined in the protocol occurs.

What Stage of Research Is This?

Phase 2 trials evaluate whether a treatment actually works against Thyroid Cancer and continue monitoring side effects. Phase 2 enrolls larger groups (typically 100–300 patients) and produces the first real efficacy signal. A successful Phase 2 readout is what unlocks the much larger Phase 3 confirmatory trials needed for FDA approval.

This trial is currently recruiting participants. The sponsor has registered the study with ClinicalTrials.gov as actively enrolling, which means new applicants who meet the eligibility criteria can be considered for screening. Trial status can change between updates — confirm current recruiting status with the study contact before traveling for a screening visit.

Target enrollment of 60 participants puts this in the typical range for a Phase 2-style efficacy study or a moderate Phase 3 trial in a focused Thyroid Cancer subpopulation. At this scale, the study has enough statistical power to detect a clear treatment effect but is not the largest cohort in the field.

Who May Be Eligible (Plain English)

Who May Qualify: - Voluntarily sign the willing to sign a consent form form and comply with the protocol requirements. - Age ≥18 years on the day of signing the willing to sign a consent form form, regardless of gender. - Expected survival time ≥12 weeks. - Patients with pathologically confirmed EGFR-positive ATC or PDTC, currently in a recurrent or metastatic stage and not eligible for curative resection. ATC/PDTC may coexist with differentiated thyroid cancer. EGFR positivity is defined as \>10% of tumor cells showing positive immunohistochemical staining. - For subjects with either BRAF V600E wild-type or mutant-type, treatment-naive patients or those who have previously received targeted therapy ± immunotherapy are eligible for enrollment. Regarding neoadjuvant/adjuvant therapy, if recurrence occurs within 6 months after completing neoadjuvant/adjuvant therapy, such treatment will be considered as systemic therapy for the recurrent/metastatic stage. - Subjects must be able to provide tumor tissue specimens (paraffin blocks, paraffin-embedded sections, or fresh tissue sections) from primary or metastatic sites for pathological testing. The most recent archived tumor tissue specimen should be used. If archived tissue is unavailable, a new biopsy must be performed. - There must be radiographic evidence of disease progression during or after the most recent treatment, confirmed by the investigator. According to RECIST 1.1 criteria, there must be at least one measurable extracranial lesion at baseline. Measurable lesions should not have been irradiated, unless the lesion within a prior radiation field or after local treatment has demonstrated progression. - Adverse events related to prior anti-tumor treatment have recovered to ≤ Grade 1 according to NCI CTCAE v5.0 (except for alopecia, non-clinically significant or asymptomatic laboratory abnormalities). ...See full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov Always talk to your doctor about whether this trial is right for you.

These are translations of the protocol\'s inclusion and exclusion criteria, simplified for patients and caregivers. The original clinical text appears below. Eligibility is ultimately confirmed by the trial site\'s screening process — this summary is a starting point for a conversation with your doctor, not a final determination.

Original Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria: * Voluntarily sign the informed consent form and comply with the protocol requirements. * Age ≥18 years on the day of signing the informed consent form, regardless of gender. * Expected survival time ≥12 weeks. * Patients with pathologically confirmed EGFR-positive ATC or PDTC, currently in a recurrent or metastatic stage and not eligible for curative resection. ATC/PDTC may coexist with differentiated thyroid cancer. EGFR positivity is defined as \>10% of tumor cells showing positive immunohistochemical staining. * For subjects with either BRAF V600E wild-type or mutant-type, treatment-naive patients or those who have previously received targeted therapy ± immunotherapy are eligible for enrollment. Regarding neoadjuvant/adjuvant therapy, if recurrence occurs within 6 months after completing neoadjuvant/adjuvant therapy, such treatment will be considered as systemic therapy for the recurrent/metastatic stage. * Subjects must be able to provide tumor tissue specimens (paraffin blocks, paraffin-embedded sections, or fresh tissue sections) from primary or metastatic sites for pathological testing. The most recent archived tumor tissue specimen should be used. If archived tissue is unavailable, a new biopsy must be performed. * There must be radiographic evidence of disease progression during or after the most recent treatment, confirmed by the investigator. According to RECIST 1.1 criteria, there must be at least one measurable extracranial lesion at baseline. Measurable lesions should not have been irradiated, unless the lesion within a prior radiation field or after local treatment has demonstrated progression. * Adverse events related to prior anti-tumor treatment have recovered to ≤ Grade 1 according to NCI CTCAE v5.0 (except for alopecia, non-clinically significant or asymptomatic laboratory abnormalities). * ECOG performance status of 0 or 1 within 7 days prior to treatment. * No severe cardiac dysfunction, with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥50% within 28 days prior to treatment. * Organ function levels must meet the following requirements within 7 days prior to treatment. * Fertile male and female subjects of childbearing potential must agree to use effective contraception from the time of signing the informed consent form until 6 months after the last dose of the study drug. Women of childbearing potential include premenopausal women and women within 2 years of menopause. A negative serum pregnancy test result within ≤7 days prior to the first dose of the study drug is required for women of childbearing potential. Exclusion Criteria: * Medullary thyroid carcinoma or other malignancies not originating from thyroid follicular cells; * History of other primary malignancies; Except for basal cell carcinoma of the skin, superficial bladder cancer, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, or carcinoma in situ of the cervix; or patients who have received radical treatment and have had no recurrence within 5 years may participate in this trial; * Received any of the following treatments: 1. Prior treatment with an ADC drug; 2. Treatment with an investigational drug from another clinical trial within 28 days prior to the first dose (excluding already marketed drugs); 3. Treatment with anti-tumor Chinese patent medicines or herbal medicines within 14 days prior to the first dose; 4. Radiotherapy within 28 days prior to the first dose, or palliative radiotherapy for bone metastases within 2 weeks prior to the first dose; 5. Major surgery within 28 days prior to the first dose without full recovery, or planned major surgery within the first 12 weeks after receiving the study drug. * Untreated or unstable brain parenchymal metastases, spinal cord metastases or compression, carcinomatous meningitis, or leptomeningeal metastases; Note: Patients who have received local brain therapy may be enrolled if brain imaging shows stability for at least 28 days prior to the first dose, with no evidence of cerebral edema and no requirement for corticosteroid therapy. * Presence of third-space fluid that cannot be controlled by methods such as drainage (e.g., massive ascites, pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, etc.), or subjects who required drainage to control third-space fluid within 14 days prior to dosing; * Any severe or uncontrolled systemic disease, in the investigator's judgment, including poorly controlled hypertension (systolic blood pressure \>160 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure \>100 mmHg), poorly controlled diabetes, signs of active bleeding, etc.; * Poorly controlled cardiac disease, including heart failure of NYHA class II or above, unstable angina, myocardial infarction within the past year, clinically significant supraventricular or ventricular arrhythmia requiring treatment, or long QT syndrome, such as QTcF \> 450 ms (men) or QTcF \> 470 ms (women); * Evidence of active infection, including hepatitis B (requiring both HBsAg positivity and HBV DNA ≥2000 IU/ml, excluding hepatitis due to drugs or other causes), hepatitis C (requiring both anti-HCV antibody positivity and HCV RNA above the lower limit of detection), or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection; uncontrolled active bacterial, other viral, fungal, rickettsial, or parasitic infections, unless treated and resolved prior to study drug administration; * History of allergy to any component of pucotenlimab or MRG003 (histidine, histidine hydrochloride, sucrose, mannitol, and polysorbate 80), or history of ≥ Grade 3 allergy to macromolecular protein preparations/monoclonal antibodies; * History of primary immunodeficiency or active autoimmune disease, currently using immunosuppressants or systemic hormonal therapy (at a dose ≥10 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent), and continuing use within 2 weeks prior to enrollment; * Positive serum pregnancy test or lactating women who are unwilling to use adequate contraception during the study and for 6 months after the end of study drug treatment; * Any other situation considered by the investigator as unsuitable for participation in this clinical trial.

Treatments Being Tested

DRUG

MRG003 in combination with pucotenlimab

After providing full informed consent and signing the informed consent form, eligible subjects will receive MRG003 2.0 mg/kg and pucotenlimab 200 mg. Pucotenlimab will be administered intravenously on the first day of each treatment cycle (infusion time: 60 min ± 15 min; for the first cycle, the infusion time should not be less than 60 minutes). At least 30 minutes after the completion of the pucotenlimab infusion, MRG003 will be administered (infusion time: 60 min ± 15 min; for the first cycle, the infusion time should not be less than 60 minutes). Patients will receive the combination therapy every three weeks until a treatment discontinuation event as defined in the protocol occurs.

Locations (1)

Trial sites listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for this study. Site activation status can vary — confirm with the specific site before traveling for a screening visit.

Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China

How to Talk to Your Doctor About This Trial

Bring the printable summary of this trial — including the NCT ID (NCT07235566), the sponsor (Fudan University), and the key eligibility criteria — to your next appointment. Your doctor can review the inclusion and exclusion criteria against your medical history, lab values, and current treatments to assess whether you are likely to qualify. They can also help you weigh whether trial participation makes sense alongside your existing care plan.

Useful questions to walk through together: What does the trial protocol require beyond standard care? How long is the active treatment phase, and how long is follow-up? Are there study visits at sites I can reach? Who pays for the trial-specific procedures, and who pays for standard-of-care portions? See our 25 questions to ask about clinical trials guide for a more complete checklist.

Authoritative Sources

The official record for this trial lives on ClinicalTrials.gov — the federal registry maintained by the National Library of Medicine at NIH. For background on how this trial fits into the FDA approval pathway, see the FDA drug approval process. For oncology-specific guidance for patients considering trials, the National Cancer Institute publishes patient-oriented overviews. International trial registries are aggregated by the WHO ICTRP.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the NCT07235566 clinical trial studying?

This study is a single-arm, open-label, multi-cohort, single-center phase II clinical trial designed to observe and evaluate the efficacy and safety of MRG003 (a EGFR-ADC) in combination with pucotenlimab (a PD-1 inhibitor) for the treatment of EGFR-positive unresectable recurrent or metastatic ATC/PDTC. All patients will receive the combination therapy every three weeks until disease progression or other event as defined in the protocol occurs. The full protocol is registered on ClinicalTrials.gov and includes the primary outcome measures, eligibility criteria, and study endpoints.

Who can participate in NCT07235566?

Eligibility for this trial depends on the specific inclusion and exclusion criteria set by the sponsor. The plain-English summary above translates the most important criteria into accessible language; the official clinical text is preserved in the collapsible section underneath. Whether you fit any specific trial is a medical decision your doctor needs to confirm — bring the trial information to your treating physician for a full review against your medical history.

How do I contact the trial site for NCT07235566?

Contact information registered with ClinicalTrials.gov is shown in the sidebar of this page. Before reaching out, confirm with your treating physician that this trial is appropriate for your situation. The trial site will then walk you through the screening process to determine final eligibility.

Is participating in a clinical trial safe?

Clinical trials in the United States are regulated by the FDA and overseen by Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) that review the protocol for safety. Risk varies by trial — Phase 1 studies test new treatments in humans for the first time, while Phase 3 trials use treatments that have already passed earlier safety screening. The informed consent document for any specific trial details the known risks and what to expect. Discuss those risks with your physician before deciding whether to participate.

Where can I verify the data on this page?

Every detail on this page comes directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov API. Click "View on ClinicalTrials.gov" in the sidebar to see the official, unmodified record. The federal record is always authoritative; this page is a structured presentation with a plain-English eligibility translation. For background on how clinical trials are regulated, see the FDA drug approval process documentation.

How This Page Is Built

Every field on this page is pulled directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov API v2 — no estimates, no proxies. The plain-English eligibility translation is generated from the original protocol text and reviewed for fidelity to the underlying clinical criteria. The original clinical text remains visible in the collapsible section above so users and clinicians can verify the translation. Read the full methodology for the data pipeline and known limitations.

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov API v2 record for NCT07235566. Maintained by the National Library of Medicine at NIH. Public domain. Cite as: "TrialFinderData. NCT07235566. Data: ClinicalTrials.gov."

Medical disclaimer: This page is informational, not medical advice. Talk to your doctor about whether a clinical trial is right for you.

Last updated 2026-06-07 · Data from ClinicalTrials.gov.