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Stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung CancerPhase 2NCT02658097

Pembrolizumab Alone or Sequentially Following Single Fraction Non-ablative Radiation to One of the Target Lesions, in Previously Treated Patients With Stage IV NSCLC

A Phase 2 study testing Pembrolizumab and Single Fraction Radiation Therapy in people with Stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, run by Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to determine if low single palliative dose radiation to the lung cancer will improve your immune response against the tumor and if sequential treatment with pembrolizumab (the study drug) would offer superior results compared to pembrolizumab alone in participants with non-small cell… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
What is being tested?
Pembrolizumab and Single Fraction Radiation Therapy
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
13 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
7 Jun 2017to 10 Mar 2023
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Be willing and able to provide written informed consent/assent for the trial.
  • Have measurable disease based on RECIST 1.1.
  • Be willing to provide tissue from a newly obtained core or excisional biopsy of a tumor lesion. Newly-obtained is defined as a specimen obtained up to 6 weeks (42 days) prior to initiation of treatment on Day 1. Subjects for whom newly-obtained samples cannot be provided (e.g. inaccessible or subject safety concern) may submit an archived specimen only upon agreement from the Sponsor and primary investigator.
  • Have a performance status of ≤1 ECOG Performance Scale.
  • Demonstrate adequate organ function
  • Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1,500/mcL
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  • Platelets ≥ 100,000/mcL
  • Hemoglobin ≥ 9g/dL
  • Serum creatinine or measured ≤1.5 times the upper limit of normal (ULN) or measured or calculated creatinine clearance ≥ 60 mL/min for subjects with creatinine levels >1.5 times the institutional ULN
  • Serum total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 X ULN or direct bilirubin ≤ ULN for subjects with total bilirubin levels > 1.5 ULN
  • AST (SGOT) and ALT (SGPT) ≤ 2.5 times ULN or ≤ 5 times ULN for subjects with liver metastases
  • Albumin ≥ 2.5 mg/dL
  • Have one measurable lesion of at least 1 cm outside the planned radiation field (defined as not receiving direct beam from any of the treatment portals).
  • Female subject of childbearing potential should have a negative urine or serum pregnancy within 72 hours prior to receiving the first dose of study medication. If the urine test is positive or cannot be confirmed as negative, a serum pregnancy test will be required.
  • Female subjects of childbearing potential must be willing to use an adequate method of contraception - Contraception, for the course of the study through 120 days after the last dose of study medication.
  • Note: Abstinence is acceptable if this is the usual lifestyle and preferred contraception for the subject
  • Male subjects of childbearing potential must agree to use an adequate method of contraception- Contraception, starting with the first dose of study therapy through 120 days after the last dose of study therapy.
  • Note: Abstinence is acceptable if this is the usual lifestyle and preferred contraception for the subject.

Who cannot join

  • Is currently participating and receiving study therapy or has participated in a study of an investigational agent and received study therapy or used an investigational device within 4 weeks of the first dose of treatment.
  • Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving systemic steroid therapy or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the first dose of trial treatment.
  • Has a known history of active TB (Bacillus Tuberculosis)
  • Hypersensitivity to pembrolizumab or any of its excipients.
  • Has had a prior anti-cancer monoclonal antibody (mAb) within 4 weeks prior to study Day 1 or who has not recovered (i.e., ≤ Grade 1 or at baseline) from adverse events due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier.
  • Has had prior chemotherapy, targeted small molecule therapy, or radiation therapy within 2 weeks prior to study Day 1 or who has not recovered (i.e., ≤ Grade 1 or at baseline) from adverse events due to a previously administered agent.
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  • Note: Subjects with ≤ Grade 2 neuropathy are an exception to this criterion and may qualify for the study.
  • Note: If subject received major surgery, they must have recovered adequately from the toxicity and/or complications from the intervention prior to starting therapy.
  • Patient who have previously received radiation overlapping with the current planned radiation treatment fields are ineligible. Overlap is defined as any tissue falling within the direct path of both prior and current planned radiation fields.
  • Has a known additional malignancy that is progressing or requires active treatment. Exceptions include basal cell carcinoma of the skin or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin that has undergone potentially curative therapy or in situ cervical cancer.
  • Patients with active central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis. Subjects with previously treated brain metastases may participate provided they are clinically stable for at least 4 weeks and, have no evidence of new or enlarging brain metastases and also are off steroids 3 days prior to dosing with study medication. Stable brain metastases by this definition should be established prior to the first dose of pembrolizumab.
  • Has had prior chemotherapy, within 2 weeks prior to study treatment. Patients on targeted therapy (tyrosine kinase inhibitor) may go on the study after 5 days off therapy.
  • Patients who have not recovered (i.e., ≤ Grade 2 or at baseline) from adverse events due to a previously administered agent.
  • --Note: If subject received major surgery, they must have recovered adequately from the toxicity and/or complications from the intervention prior to starting therapy. Has active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years (i.e. with use of disease modifying agents, corticosteroids or immunosuppressive drugs). Replacement therapy (eg., thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency, etc.) is not considered a form of systemic treatment.
  • Has history of (non-infectious) pneumonitis that required steroids, evidence of interstitial lung disease or active, non-infectious pneumonitis.
  • Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy.
  • Has a history or current evidence of any condition, therapy, or laboratory abnormality that might confound the results of the trial, interfere with the subject's participation for the full duration of the trial, or is not in the best interest of the subject to participate, in the opinion of the treating investigator.
  • Has known psychiatric or substance abuse disorders that would interfere with cooperation with the requirements of the trial.
  • Is pregnant or breastfeeding, or expecting to conceive or father children within the projected duration of the trial, starting with the pre-screening or screening visit through 120 days after the last dose of trial treatment.
  • Has received prior therapy with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti-PD-L2 agent.
  • Has a known history of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) (HIV 1/2 antibodies).
  • Has known active Hepatitis B (e.g., HBsAg reactive) or Hepatitis C.
  • Has received a live vaccine within 30 days of planned start of study therapy.
  • Note: Seasonal influenza vaccines for injection are generally inactivated flu vaccines and are allowed; however intranasal influenza vaccines (e.g., Flu-Mist®) are live attenuated vaccines, and are not allowed.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Cleveland Clinic, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44118

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About this study

Official title: A Phase II Trial of Pembrolizumab Sequentially Following Single Fraction Non-ablative Radiation to One of the Target Lesions, in Previously Treated Patients With Stage IV NSCLC

The goal of this clinical trial is to determine if low single palliative dose radiation to the lung cancer will improve your immune response against the tumor and if sequential treatment with pembrolizumab (the study drug) would offer superior results compared to pembrolizumab alone in participants with non-small cell lung cancer.

The purpose of this research is also to study whether there are any changes present in the DNA, RNA, and proteins of a participant's tumor or the blood cells that may contribute to a response to the study treatment or progression of cancer. This research may help researchers in the future to learn more about the causes, risks, treatments, or prevention of cancers or other health problems.

Participants will consent to a screening period, a core or treatment phase, and a post-study observation phase. During the screening phase, participants will undergo a series of tests to determine if they are eligible for the study. The core study period, or treatment period, will start with a single dose of radiation and then continue for the first eight treatments of pembrolizumab, approximately 24-28 weeks. Participants will have a new biopsy taken after two treatments of the study drug. Following the 24-28 week treatment cycle, if the cancer is responding to treatment, the participant's physician will continue to treat with pembrolizumab as a standard treatment. Following treatment, the post-study observation phase will monitor participant response to drugs and outcomes.

Read the detailed description

The primary goal of this trial is to compare the efficacy of focal radiation (RT) to an index lesion as a way of enhancing the anti-tumor immune response to pembrolizumab to that of pembrolizumab alone. The primary efficacy endpoint is overall RECIST-defined response outside the radiation field.

Primary Objective: To determine the tumor responses outside the radiation field (abscopal effect) after radiation followed by pembrolizumab in metastatic NSCLC.

Secondary Objectives:

  1. To determine the progression-free and overall survival in patients with NSCLC receiving pembrolizumab, who receive Single Fraction Radiation Therapy (SFRT)
  2. To determine the safety and toxicity of the combination of SFRT and pembrolizumab
  3. To examine potential predictive biomarkers in tumor samples and peripheral blood in patients treated with pembrolizumab and SFRT
  4. To determine the local control of SFRT in the radiated lesion, when SFRT is given with pembrolizumab
  5. To evaluate the induction of a T-cell response in patients with metastatic NSCLC treated with radiation and the effect of radiation
Being tested
Pembrolizumab, Single Fraction Radiation Therapy
Keywords
Lung Cancer, pembrolizumab, focal radiation, RT
Medical subject headings
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, Lung Neoplasms

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • PembrolizumabDrug

    200mg Pembrolizumab by IV infusion

  • Single Fraction Radiation TherapyRadiation

    Also called SFRT, RT

    8Gy radiation therapy will be given in a single fraction on the first day of treatment

Study groups in NCT02658097
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Single Fraction Radiation Therapy (SFRT) + pembrolizumabExperimental200mg Pembrolizumab by IV infusion on day 1 of each 3 week cycle. 8Gy will be given in a single fraction on the first day of treatment
Receives: Drug: Pembrolizumab; Radiation: Single Fraction Radiation Therapy

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Number of Patients With Each Response as Measured by RECIST 1.1

    The Best Overall Response is the best response recorded from the start of the treatment until disease progression (taking as reference for progressive disease the smallest measurements recorded since the treatment started). The anti-tumor activity will be evaluated as an efficacy endpoints based on radiographic (CT or PET/CT). RECIST 1.1 will be applied for evaluation of tumor response. RECIST 1.1 criteria are as follows: Complete Response (CR) is defined as the disappearance of all lesions and pathologic lymph nodes; Partial Response (PR) is ≥ 30% decrease in sum of diameters with no new lesions, no progression of non-target lesions; Stable disease(SD) is defined as no PR - no progressive disease; and Progressive Disease (PD) is defined as ≥ 20% increase compared to smallest sum of diameters in study or progression of non-target lesions or new lesions.

    Measured: From first visit to disease progression, up to 24 months after beginning treatment

Secondary outcomes (4)
  1. Median Time of Progression Free Survival

    Progression free survival, PFS is defined as the time from initiation of study drug post-SFRT, until the first documented, confirmed progression of disease. PFS will also be measured and report from the initiation of study drug, pre-SFRT.

    Measured: From first visit to disease progression, up to 24 months after beginning treatment

  2. Median Time of Overall Survival

    Overall Survival, OS will be measure from the initiation of study therapy

    Measured: From first visit to disease progression, up to 24 months after beginning treatment

  3. Number of Patients With Local Control of Disease With SFRT

    Local Control with SFRT: The target lesion selected for SFRT will be followed for local control. For the purpose of the study, local control will be defined as a complete response, partial response, or stable disease within the planning target volume.

    Measured: From first visit to disease progression, up to 24 months after beginning treatment

  4. Duration of Local Control of Disease With SFRT

    Local Control with SFRT: The target lesion selected for SFRT will be followed for local control. For the purpose of the study, local control will be defined as a complete response, partial response, or stable disease within the planning target volume. The duration of local control will be measured from the time of SBRT treatment fraction.

    Measured: From first visit to disease progression, up to 24 months after beginning treatment

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted18 Jan 2016 (estimated)
  2. Study start7 Jun 2017
  3. Primary completion26 Feb 2022
  4. Study completion10 Mar 2023

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
13 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02658097
Sponsor's protocol ID
CASE1516
Status last verified
May 2024
First submitted
14 Jan 2016
Last updated
3 May 2024
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing Pembrolizumab and Single Fraction Radiation Therapy in people with Stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, run by Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 18 inclusion and 24 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 3 May 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 3 May 2024). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Number of Patients With Each Response as Measured by RECIST 1.1 (time frame: From first visit to disease progression, up to 24 months after beginning treatment). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 3 May 2024.

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