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Non Small Cell Lung CancerPhase 2NCT03217071

Pembrolizumab With and Without Radiotherapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

A Phase 2 study testing Pembrolizumab and stereotactic radiation therapy (SRT) in people with Non Small Cell Lung Cancer, run by Sue Yom 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

This is a randomized single-institution, phase II, open-label clinical trial of neoadjuvant pembrolizumab with or without low-dose stereotactic radiation therapy (SRT) in stage I-IIIA non-small lung cancer (NSCLC) patients who are planned to undergo surgical resection of their lung cancer. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
What is being tested?
Pembrolizumab and stereotactic radiation therapy (SRT)
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
12 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
4 Oct 2017to 31 Mar 2022
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.
  • Be at least 18 years of age on day of signing informed consent.
  • Demonstrate adequate organ function as defined below. All screening labs should be performed within 10 days of treatment initiation.
  • System Laboratory Value Hematological Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) greater than or equal to 1,500 /microliter (mcL) Platelets greater than or equal to 100,000 / mcL Hemoglobin greater than or equal to 9 g/dL or ≥5.6 mmol/L without transfusion or erythropoietin (EPO) dependency (within 7 days of assessment)
  • Renal Serum creatinine OR Measured or calculated creatinine clearance (GFR can also be used in place of creatinine or CrCl) less than or equal to 1.5 X upper limit of normal (ULN) OR
  • Greater than or equal to 60 mL/min for subject with creatinine levels greater than 1.5 X institutional ULN Hepatic Serum total bilirubin Less than or equal to 1.5 X ULN aspartate aminotransferase (AST)/serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT), alanine aminotransferase (ALT)/serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) Less than or equal to 2.5 X ULN
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  • Coagulation International Normalized Ratio (INR) or Prothrombin Time (PT)
  • Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (aPTT) Less than or equal to 1.5 X ULN unless subject is receiving anticoagulant therapy as long as PT or PTT is within therapeutic range of intended use of anticoagulants Less than or equal to 1.5 X ULN unless subject is receiving anticoagulant therapy as long as PT or PTT is within therapeutic range of intended use of anticoagulants
  • Creatinine clearance should be calculated per institutional standard.
  • 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 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 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 ineligible for an operation based on medical or oncologic contraindications to surgery.
  • Has history of non-infectious pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease that required steroids, or has current pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease.
  • Has evidence of interstitial lung disease.
  • Has an active second malignancy, i.e. patient known to have potentially fatal cancer present for which he/she may be (but not necessarily) currently receiving treatment. Patients with a history of malignancy that has been completely treated, with no evidence of that cancer currently, are permitted to enroll in the trial if curative therapy has been completed, such as basal cell carcinoma of the skin or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin that has undergone potentially curative therapy or in situ cervical cancer.
  • 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.
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  • Has a known history of active Bacillus Tuberculosis (TB)
  • 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., Less than or equal to 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., less than or equal to Grade 1 or at baseline) from adverse events due to a previously administered agent.
  • Note: Subjects with less than or equal to 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.
  • 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 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 (HCV) (e.g., HCV RNA [qualitative] is detected).
  • Has received a live vaccine or live-attenuated vaccine within 30 days prior to the first dose of the study drug. Administration of killed vaccines is allowed.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, California, 94143

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About this study

Official title: PembroX: Enhancing the Immunogenicity of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer With Pembrolizumab +/- Stereotactic Radiotherapy Delivered in the Preoperative Window, A Randomized Phase II Study With Correlative Biomarkers

This is a randomized single-institution, phase II, open-label clinical trial of neoadjuvant pembrolizumab with or without low-dose stereotactic radiation therapy (SRT) in stage I-IIIA non-small lung cancer (NSCLC) patients who are planned to undergo surgical resection of their lung cancer.

Read the detailed description

Two consecutive run-in cohorts will administer pembrolizumab or pembrolizumab with SRT of 12 Gy to the lateral aspect of the primary tumor. Patients will receive pembrolizumab for 2 cycles prior to surgery or SRT and surgery. Surgical resection of all involved areas of tumor will occur within 6 weeks of the last administration of pembrolizumab. It should be noted that surgery is expected to occur within a much shorter window and 6 weeks would represent the greatest allowable amount of delay.

If during the run-in, only the pembrolizumab-alone cohort meets pre-specified safety parameters, subsequently enrolled patients will enter a larger expansion cohort, with treatment given according to that cohort only. If during the run-in both cohorts meet pre-specified safety parameters, subsequently enrolled patients will enter the expansion cohort and be randomized between preoperative pembrolizumab versus pembrolizumab with SRT of 12 Gy.

Being tested
Pembrolizumab, stereotactic radiation therapy (SRT), Surgery (Non-interventional, standard of care)
Keywords
non small cell lung cancer, resectable
Medical subject headings
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung

What participants receive

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

  • PembrolizumabDrug

    Also called Keytruda

    All study participants will receive pembrolizumab every 3 weeks, for 2 cycles.

  • stereotactic radiation therapy (SRT)Radiation

    Patients in Cohort 2 of the Safety run-in and patients in the expansion cohort who are randomized to the 'pembrolizumab +radiation arm' will receive one dose of SRT within 1 week (+/- 3 days) following the second administration of pembrolizumab.

  • Surgery (Non-interventional, standard of care)Procedure or surgery

    Standard of care surgery to remove cancer

Study groups in NCT03217071
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Pembrolizumab + SurgeryExperimentalPatients will receive 200mg pembrolizumab on Day 1 of each 3 week cycle, for 2 cycles, prior to surgery. Pembrolizumab will be administered via IV infusion for 30 minutes. Surgery will occur no later than 6 weeks following the last dose of pembrolizumab.
Receives: Drug: Pembrolizumab; Procedure: Surgery (Non-interventional, standard of care)
Pembrolizumab + Radiation + SurgeryExperimentalPatients will receive 200mg pembrolizumab on Day 1 of each 3 week cycle, for 2 cycles. Pembrolizumab will be administered via IV infusion for 30 minutes.Within the week (7 days +/- 3 days) following administration of the second cycle, a single 12 Gy dose of stereotactic radiation therapy (SRT) will be delivered to 50% of the primary tumor only. Definitive surgical resection will occur no later than 6 weeks following the last dose of pembrolizumab.
Receives: Drug: Pembrolizumab; Radiation: stereotactic radiation therapy (SRT); Procedure: Surgery (Non-interventional, standard of care)

What is being measured

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

  1. Change in the Mean Number of Infiltrating Absolute Cluster of Differentiation 3 (CD3+) T Cells/ μm2

    The primary endpoint for this study is the change in the mean number of infiltrating CD3+ T cells/ μm2 in the lung cancer tissue from before and after pembrolizumab +/- SRT by group, based on quantification using immunohistochemistry (IHC) and image analysis by group.

    Measured: Up to 1 year

  2. Percentage of Participants Achieving a Two-fold Increase CD3+ T Cells/μm2

    The percentage of participants achieving a two-fold increase from baseline in CD3+ T cells/μm2 will be reported. The goal of achieving a two-fold increase in 40 percent (%) of the evaluable population is a reasonable one, as estimated from a previous study showing greater-than-three-fold increase in 57% of patients when CD3+ T cells/μm2 were measured in prostate cancer tissue treated with a cell- based cancer immunotherapy.

    Measured: Up to 1 year

Secondary outcomes (6)
  1. Percentage of Participants With Treatment-Related Adverse Events (AEs)

    Adverse events with an attribution of possible, probable, or definite according to NCI Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v. 4 including immune-related AEs will be considered treatment related

    Measured: Up to 1 year

  2. Percentage of Participants With Grade 3 or Higher Immune-related AEs

    Immune-related Adverse events with a Grade of 3 or higher according to NCI Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 4 will be reported

    Measured: Up to 1 year

  3. Median Overall Survival in Months

    Overall survival is defined as the time from treatment initiation until death in months with the median and full range reported. Participants lost to follow-up will be censored at the last study visit where survival data was obtained, and those still alive at 12 months will be censored.

    Measured: Up to 1 year

  4. Median Relapse Free Survival

    Relapse free survival is defined as the time from treatment initiation until documented disease progression, in months, with the median and full range reported. Participants who have not progressed at the end of 12 months will be censored to the last study visit.

    Measured: Up to 1 year

  5. Percentage of Participants With Distant Metastases

    The percentage of participants who demonstrated distant metastases at 12 months will be reported

    Measured: Up to 1 year

  6. Percentage of Participants Determined to Have Unresectable Tumors After Progression

    The percentage of participants with demonstrated progression that were determined to have tumor unresectability following the preoperative program will be reported.

    Measured: Up to 1 year

Timeline

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

  1. First posted13 Jul 2017
  2. Study start4 Oct 2017
  3. Primary completion31 Mar 2022
  4. Study completion31 Mar 2022

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
Randomised
Intervention model
Sequential
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
12 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03217071
Sponsor's protocol ID
166520
Other IDs
NCI-2017-01727
Status last verified
Sep 2024
First submitted
10 Jul 2017
Last updated
23 Oct 2024
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing Pembrolizumab and stereotactic radiation therapy (SRT) in people with Non Small Cell Lung Cancer, run by Sue Yom 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 14 inclusion and 21 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 23 Oct 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 23 Oct 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?

Change in the Mean Number of Infiltrating Absolute Cluster of Differentiation 3 (CD3+) T Cells/ μm2 (time frame: Up to 1 year). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. 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 23 Oct 2024.

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