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ArticleJournal for immunotherapy of cancer2026

Phase I trial of CJRB-101 plus pembrolizumab in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma.

Jii Bum Lee, Sujeong Baek, Dong Kwon Kim, Bo-Eun Kwon, Jin Seok Ahn, Misako Nagasaka, Diwakar Davar, Hyunkyung Park, Hyunjeong Kim, Jieun Im and 14 more

Registry-linked trialAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase IMulticenter Study
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Article in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05877430 (Phase 1/2 Open Label, Safety and Preliminary Efficacy Study of a Live Biotherapeutic Product), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 · The registry

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NCT05877430 phase1 / phase2recruitingnot on this map

Phase 1/2 Open Label, Safety and Preliminary Efficacy Study of a Live Biotherapeutic Product (CJRB-101) in Combination With Pembrolizumab in Subjects With Selected Types of Advanced or Metastatic Cancer

TypeinterventionalSponsorCJ Bioscience, Inc.Ran2023 to 2027Enrolled160ConditionsNSCLC, HNSCC, Melanoma, Metastatic CancerArmsCJRB-101, Pembrolizumab injection
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors.

Jii Bum LeeDepartment of Internal Medicine and Yonsei Cancer Center, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of).
Sujeong BaekSeverance Biomedical Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of).
Dong Kwon KimBrain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of).ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1407-2369
Bo-Eun KwonCJ Bioscience, Inc, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of).
Jin Seok AhnDivision of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of).
Misako NagasakaDivision of Hematology-Oncology, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, California, USA.
Diwakar DavarDepartment of Medicine and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7846-8055
Hyunkyung ParkCJ Bioscience, Inc, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of).ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-5855-2403
Hyunjeong KimCJ Bioscience, Inc, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of).
Jieun ImCJ Bioscience, Inc, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of).
Junwon YangCJ Bioscience, Inc, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of).ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9814-6918
Eunchong YangCJ Bioscience, Inc, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of).
Ga-Hyun ShinCJ Bioscience, Inc, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of).
Soeun ChoiCJ Bioscience, Inc, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of).
Ji-Eun KwonCJ Bioscience, Inc, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of).
Jae-Min KimCJ Bioscience, Inc, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of).
So-Yeong KangCJ Bioscience, Inc, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of).
Youngtaek KimBrain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of).
So Young ParkSeverance Biomedical Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of).
Jae Hwan KimSeverance Biomedical Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of).
Hyun-Seok OhCJ Bioscience, Inc, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of).
Mauricio ChalitaCJ Bioscience, Inc, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of).
Arim MinCJ Bioscience, Inc, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of) cbc1971@yuhs.ac ferix1217@naver.com.
Byoung Chul ChoDepartment of Internal Medicine and Yonsei Cancer Center, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of) cbc1971@yuhs.ac ferix1217@naver.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5562-270X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDysbiosis of gut microbiome leads to resistance to immunotherapy in various advanced solid tumors. CJRB-101 is a live biotherapeutic product consisting of a novel strain belonging to the species

methodsPreclinical efficacy and mechanistic studies were performed using humanized non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models. This is a multicenter, first-in-human, two-part, phase I, open-label study of CJRB-101 (1×10

resultsIn four PDX models, CJRB-101 with pembrolizumab demonstrated enhanced antitumor efficacy, showing a tumor growth inhibition (TGI) of 77.3% in the CJRB-101 monotherapy group and 61.9% in the combination group, which was significantly improved compared with pembrolizumab alone. A distinct M2-to-M1 repolarization was observed and validated in vitro. Notably, increased activation of cytotoxic T cells was observed, suggesting an immune-mediated antitumor mechanism of CJRB-101. A total of 42 patients were enrolled in the low-dose cohort (one capsule once a day; n=6) and high-dose cohort (two capsules two times a day, n=36). Metastatic NSCLC accounted for 86% (n=36) and 67% (n=28) of the patients were refractory to ICIs. None of the patients experienced DLT. In ICI-naïve NSCLC (n=12) with programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) >50%, the overall response rate (ORR) and disease control rate (DCR) were 58% and 75%, respectively. The ORR was 5% and DCR was 41% in the ICI-refractory NSCLC (n=22) with an ORR of 5% and DCR of 41%. After a median follow-up of 15.6 months and 8.9 months for ICI-naïve and ICI-refractory NSCLC, the median progression-free survival was 9 months (95% CI 5.6 to not reached) and 1.8 months (95% CI 1.6 to 4.3), respectively. CJRB-101 plus pembrolizumab was well-tolerated, and none of the patients experienced grade

conclusionsEarly clinical data show encouraging antitumor response of CJRB-101 plus pembrolizumab in ICI-naïve metastatic NSCLC with PD-L1 TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT05877430.

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Antibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungHead and Neck NeoplasmsLung NeoplasmsMelanomaSquamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and NeckAdultAgedAnimalsFemaleHumansMaleMiceMiddle AgedAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedpembrolizumabImmunotherapyLung CancerMacrophageT-Lymphocytes

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PMID42140743
PMCPMC13182499

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