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Lung Cancer MetastaticPhase 3MOIONCT05078047

Study Comparing the Standard Administration of IO Versus the Same IO Administered Each 3 Months in Patients in Response After 6 Months of Standard IO

A Phase 3 study testing Reduced dose intensity of IO in people with Lung Cancer Metastatic and Renal Cell Carcinoma, run by UNICANCER at 33 sites in France.

Active, not recruiting

Under way, not looking for participants. Everyone needed has enrolled. The study is still running.

Official record
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Trial summary

Immunotherapy (IO), such as treatment with anti-PD-1, PD-L1, or CTLA-4 inhibitors, is a rapidly expanding treatment for multiple metastatic cancers with improved survival for certain cancers. However, the optimal duration of immunotherapies is currently unknown. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
Reduced dose intensity of IO
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
646 participants
Where
33 sitesFrance
Study dates
8 Mar 2022to 7 May 2029
Phase
Phase 3
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

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

  • Patients must have signed a written informed consent form prior to any trial specific procedures.
  • Patient aged ≥18 years old.
  • Metastatic disease (or locally advanced disease not suitable for local treatment) of initial tumor histologically confirmed including: lung cancer, renal cell cancer, head and neck cancer, urothelial carcinoma, triple negative breast cancer, Merkel cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, melanoma, colorectal carcinoma with microsatellite instability [MSI], esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, endometrial carcinoma,cervical cancer, gastric/gastro-oesophageal junction adenocarcinoma, basal cell carcinoma or squamous skin carcinoma.
  • Patients in partial or complete response after 6 months of standard immunotherapy (whatever the line of therapy) according to the RECIST or PERCIST v1.0 criteria (confirmed by local radiological assessment).
  • For metastatic melanoma only patients in partial response. Patients with metastatic or advanced cancer treated by immunotherapy as maintenance therapy can be included without any lesion at IO initiation. In this case, response after 6 months of standard immunotherapy will be evaluated by the non-appearance of a new lesion.
  • Eligible to maintain the same standard IO treatment.
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  • Patient with Eastern cooperative oncology group (ECOG) performance status ≤1.
  • Patients with brain metastases are allowed, provided they are stable according to the following definitions: treated with surgery or stereotactic radiosurgery and without evidence of progression prior to randomization and have no evidence of new or enlarging brain metastases.
  • Patients treated by IO previously combined with chemotherapy are allowed.
  • Patients with Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor (TKI)-IO or pemetrexed-IO or bevacizumab-IO are allowed.
  • Evidence of post-menopausal status, or negative urinary or serum pregnancy test for pre-menopausal patients.
  • Both sexually active women of childbearing potential and males (and their female partners) patients must agree to use adequate contraception method for the duration of the study treatment and after completing treatment according to the most recent version of the IO Summary of product characteristics (SmPC).
  • Patient is willing and able to comply with the protocol for the duration of the trial including undergoing treatment and scheduled visits, and examinations including follow-up.
  • Patient must be affiliated to a Social Security System.

Who cannot join

  • Metastatic melanoma in complete response.
  • Metastatic renal cell carcinoma with International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database (IMDC) favourable-risk treated TKI/IO combination.
  • Hematologic malignancies (leukaemia, myeloma, lymphoma…)
  • Active infection requiring systemic therapy.
  • Patients enrolled in another therapeutic study within 30 days before the inclusion in and during MOIO study.
  • Patient unable to comply with study obligations for geographic, social, or physical reasons, or who is unable to understand the purpose and procedures of the study.
  • Person deprived of their liberty or under protective custody or guardianship.

Trial locations and contacts

33 sites in 1 country.

33 sites in 1 country

France33 sites
  • Institut de cancérologie de l'Ouest

    Angers, 49055

  • Clinique Sainte Catherine

    Avignon, 84918

  • Centre Hospitalier de la Côte Basque

    Bayonne, 64109

  • CHU Bordeaux - Hôpial Saint André

    Bordeaux

  • CH Boulogne sur Mer

    Boulogne-sur-Mer

  • Centre François Baclesse

    Caen, 14076

  • Centre Jean Perrin

    Clermont-Ferrand, 63000

  • Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal

    Créteil, 94010

  • CHU Henri Mondor

    Créteil, 94010

  • Centre Georges François Leclerc

    Dijon, 21079

  • GH Mutualiste de Grenoble

    Grenoble

  • CHD Vendée

    La Roche-sur-Yon

  • Centre Oscar Lambret

    Lille

  • Clinique Chenieux

    Limoges, 87000

  • Hospices Civils de Lyon

    Lyon, 69310

  • Centre Léon Bérard

    Lyon

  • Centre Antoine Lacassagne

    Nice, 06189

  • CHU Nîmes/Institut de cancérologie du Gard

    Nîmes

  • Hôpital Saint Louis

    Paris, 75010

  • Hôpital Cochin APHP

    Paris

  • Hôpital Saint Antoine APHP

    Paris

  • CHU Poitiers

    Poitiers, 86000

  • Centre Eugene Marquis

    Rennes, 35042

  • CHI Elbeuf

    Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf

  • Institut de cancérologie de l'Ouest

    Saint-Herblain, 44805

  • Centre Hospitalier Mémorial de Saint-Lô

    Saint-Lô

  • Clinique Mutualiste de l'Estuaire

    Saint-Nazaire

  • ICANS

    Strasbourg, 67200

  • Hôpital Foch

    Suresnes, 92151

  • HIA Sainte Anne

    Toulon

  • IUCT

    Toulouse, 31059

  • CHU Bretonneau

    Tours, 37044

  • Centre Gustave Roussy

    Villejuif

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About this study

Official title: Randomized Phase III Trial of Standard Immunotherapy (IO) by Checkpoint Inhibitors, Versus Reduced Dose Intensity of IO in Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Cancer in Response After 6 Months of Standard IO

Immunotherapy (IO), such as treatment with anti-PD-1, PD-L1, or CTLA-4 inhibitors, is a rapidly expanding treatment for multiple metastatic cancers with improved survival for certain cancers. However, the optimal duration of immunotherapies is currently unknown. Our hypothesis is that a reduced dose intensity of IO could be as effective as the current standard treatment in term of prevention of the disease progression. If proved right, this study will have a positive medico-economic impact by reduction of the costs associated with the treatment and the toxicity, and an increase of the patients' quality of life.

Read the detailed description

Immunotherapy (IO) is a rapidly expanding treatment for multiple metastatic cancers with improved survival for certain cancers. For currently approved immunotherapies such as PD-1 / PD-L1 inhibitors and anti-CTLA-4, the rhythm and duration of treatment are recommended until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. However, the optimal duration of these treatments is currently unknown.

No major dose-dependent effect of anti-PD-1 have been observed and whether the frequency of infusion of IO could improve response or maintain efficacy. Moreover, phase I studies have shown that saturation of the target (PD-1 or PD-L1) can persist far beyond the serum half-life of the IO and 3-monthly infusions of an anti-PD-1 antibody could potentially generate the same level of activity as infusions administered every 2 weeks.

In silico modeling studies have suggested that alternate scheduling with IO couldn't compromise the efficacy of the treatment. Indeed, prolonged half-lives of IO drugs, time-varying clearance plus plasma concentrations far above the threshold associated with maximal target-engagement, suggest that the rhythm of administration of IO could be slowed down.

Without substantial international data for responding patients, apart metastatic melanoma in complete response, patients and physicians are afraid of stopping treatment, by fear of relapse. Over-treatment with IO may be toxic and inefficient. The rising cost of cancer care in the era of immunotherapy is of great concern for public and private payers around the world.

Chronic administration has important consequences for patients and health systems, with multiple medical visits and the risk of chronic, progressive and sometimes fatal toxicities induced by immunotherapy.

This is a pragmatic and strategic study challenging the routine practice which compares for the first time in a randomized phase III study, the standard administration of IO versus the same agent administered each three months in patients with metastatic cancer in partial or complete response after 6 months of standard IO ( except melanoma in CR).

If our hypothesis of non-inferiority of PFS with a reduced dose intensity of IO is verified, this could replace standard treatment and have a positive medico-economic impact, allowing, on the one hand, a reduction of the costs associated with the treatment and the toxicity, and on the other hand, an increase of the patients' quality of life.

Being tested
Reduced dose intensity of IO
Keywords
Immunotherapy
Medical subject headings
Carcinoma, Renal Cell, Head and Neck Neoplasms, Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms, Carcinoma, Merkel Cell, Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, Melanoma, Carcinoma, Transitional Cell, Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

What participants receive

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

  • Reduced dose intensity of IODrug

    After 6 months of treatment with standard IO, IO will be administered every 3 months (at the same dose levels) until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, death or patient's choice or investigator's decision

Study groups in NCT05078047
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Experimental armExperimentalReduced dose intensity of IO: IO will be administered every 3 months (at the same dose levels) until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, death or patient's choice or investigator's decision
Receives: Drug: Reduced dose intensity of IO
Control armNo interventionStandard IO: Continuation of IO at the same dose levels and rhythmicity until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, death or patient's choice.

What is being measured

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

  1. Progression-free survival (PFS)

    The progression-free survival is the length of time during and after the treatment of a disease that a patient lives with the disease but it does not get worse.

    Measured: From randomization to disease progression or death, up to 3 years

Secondary outcomes (10)
  1. Cost-effectiveness analysis of the proposed therapeutic strategy

    Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) expressed as a cost per quality-adjusted life year (QALY) gained at 36 months.

    Measured: 3 years

  2. Immune progression-free survival (iPFS)

    The progression-free survival is the length of time during and after the treatment of a disease that a patient lives with the disease but it does not get worse (Immune disease progression (iPD)). iPD will be determined locally by the investigator through the use of iRECIST in case of lesions identified at Baseline.

    Measured: From randomization to disease progression or death, up to 3 years

  3. Objective response rate (ORR)

    Objective response rate (ORR) defined as the percentage of patients with a confirmed complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) as assessed by the investigator using RECIST v1.1 at 12 and 24 months post-randomization.

    Measured: From randomization to 12 and 24 months post-randomization

  4. Overall survival (OS)

    The overall survival is the length of time from randomization that patients enrolled in the study are still alive.

    Measured: From randomization to death from any cause, up to 3 years

  5. Duration of response (DoR)

    Duration of response (DoR) defined as the time from randomization to first documented response until disease progression or death, whichever occurs first.

    Measured: From randomization to disease progression or death, up to 3 years

  6. Quality of life questionnaire - Core 30 (QLQ-C30)

    Developed by the EORTC, this self-reported questionnaire assesses the health-related quality of life of cancer patients in clinical trials.

    The questionnaire includes five functional scales (physical, everyday activity, cognitive, emotional, and social), three symptom scales (fatigue, pain, nausea and vomiting), a health/quality of life overall scale, and a number of additional elements assessing common symptoms (including dyspnea, loss of appetite, insomnia, constipation, and diarrhea), as well as, the perceived financial impact of the disease.

    All of the scales and single-item measures range in score from 0 to 100. A high scale score represents a higher response level.

    Measured: At inclusion visit (pre-randomization) and 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 24, and 36 months post-randomization

  7. The Developed 5-level version of EQ-5D (EQ-5D-5L) questionnaire

    Developed by the EuroQol group, the self-reported questionnaire assesses the health-related quality of life of cancer patients in clinical trials consists of a descriptive system and a visual analogue scale (VAS).

    The EQ-5D-5L descriptive system comprises five dimensions (mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, and anxiety/depression), each dimension has 5 levels. This questionnaire provide a 5-digit score which generate a health state profile. The VAS records the patient's self-rated health on a vertical visual analogue scale where the score range from 100 (Best imaginable health state) to 0 (Worst imaginable health state). The VAS is used as a quantitative measure of health outcome that reflects the patient's own judgement.

    Measured: At inclusion visit (pre-randomization) and 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 24, and 36 months post-randomization

  8. Hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS)

    The HADS is a 14 items questionnaire: 7 items related to anxiety and 7 items related to depression scored on a scale. Scores for items in each subscale of the HADS are summed to produce an anxiety score (HADS-A) or a depression score (HADS-D), or can be added to produce a total score corresponding to emotional distress (HADS-T). Each item is rated on a 4-point Likert scale (1 = "not at all", 2 = "a little", 3 = "quite a bit", and 4 = "very much"), for a total score ranging from 0-21 for each subscale. The entire scale (emotional distress) range from 0 to 42, with higher scores indicating more distress.

    Measured: At inclusion visit (pre-randomization) and 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 24, and 36 months post-randomization

  9. Fear of relapse questionnaire

    The Fear of relapse questionnaire is a self-reported questionnaire aiming to better understand how these concerns of fear of relapse by patients manifest themselves.

    The questionnaire contains 32 items rated on a five-point Likert-type scale (0 = "never", 1 = "seldom ", 2 = "sometimes", 3 = "often", and 4 = "always"). For all items, higher scores indicate more severe fear of relapse.

    Measured: At inclusion visit (pre-randomization) and 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 24, and 36 months post-randomization

  10. Safety profile

    The National Cancer Institute-Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 5 (NCI-CTCAE v5) is widely accepted in the community of oncology research as the leading rating scale for adverse events. This scale, divided into 5 grades (1 = "mild", 2 = "moderate", 3 = "severe", 4 = "life-threatening", and 5 = "death") determined by the investigator, will make it possible to assess the severity of the disorders.

    Measured: At 12 months and 3 years post-randomization

Timeline

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

  1. First posted14 Oct 2021
  2. Study start8 Mar 2022
  3. Primary completion7 May 2029 (estimated)
  4. Study completion7 May 2029 (estimated)

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 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
Patients will be randomized 1:1 into two arms: • Experimental arm: Reduced dose intensity of IO IO will be administered every 3 months (at the same dose levels) until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, death or patient's choice or investigator's decision. • Control arm: Standard IO Continuation of IO at the same dose levels and rhythmicity until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, death or patient's choice. Random allocation will be stratified by tumour type, by response status (partial response versus complete response) evaluated 6 months after the initiation of standard IO, by treatment line (first line vs others), and by type of IO
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
646 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05078047
Sponsor's protocol ID
UC-IMM-2101
Acronym
MOIO
Status last verified
Jul 2026
First submitted
30 Sep 2021
Last updated
17 Jul 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Yes: Unicancer will share de-identified individual data that underlie the results reported. A decision concerning the sharing of other study documents, including protocol and statistical analysis plan will be examined upon request.

Publications

  • Gravis G, Marino P, Olive D, Penault-LLorca F, Delord JP, Simon C, Lamrani-Ghaouti A, Sabatier R, Ciccolini J, Boher JM. A non-inferiority randomized phase III trial of standard immunotherapy by checkpoint inhibitors vs. reduced dose intensity in responding patients with metastatic cancer: the MOIO protocol study. BMC Cancer. 2023 May 2;23(1):393. doi: 10.1186/s12885-023-10881-8.

    PubMed 37131154

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 3 study testing Reduced dose intensity of IO in people with Lung Cancer Metastatic and Renal Cell Carcinoma, run by UNICANCER at 33 sites in France.

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 7 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: under way, not looking for participants, as of the sponsor's last update on 17 Jul 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 33 sites in France. 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 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.

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

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

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?

Progression-free survival (PFS) (time frame: From randomization to disease progression or death, up to 3 years). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT05078047, which also lists 1 linked publication.

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 17 Jul 2026.

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