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NSCLC Stage IVPhase 2LUNGVIRNCT05597800

Nivolumab/Ipilimumab and Chemotherapy Combination in Advanced NSCLC Patients With HIV, HBV, HCV and Long Covid Syndrome

A Phase 2 study testing Nivolumab and Ipilimumab in people with NSCLC Stage IV and HIV, run by Universita di Verona at 1 site in Italy.

Not yet recruiting

Opening soon. The study is approved but enrolment has not started yet. Sites may already take enquiries.

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Trial summary

Study type: Phase 2 - Interventional Trial Number of patients to be enrolled: 105 Participating countries: Italy Study drugs: nivolumab and ipilimumab Cohort A: HBV and HCV patients Cohort B: HIV patients Cohort C: Long COVID syndrome The stratification factors are HBV/HCV positive (cohort A), HIV positive (cohort B)… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 75 years
Conditions the study is for
NSCLC Stage IV, HIV, HBV
What is being tested?
Nivolumab and Ipilimumab
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
105 participants
Where
1 siteItaly
Study dates
1 Feb 2023to 30 Mar 2027
Phase
Phase 2
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 to 75 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Participants must have histologically confirmed diagnosis of metastatic or unresectable NSCLC;
  • No sensitizing EGFR, ALK, ROS1, BRAF and NTRK alterations;
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) score 0-1 (physically able to carry out light housework or office work through to being fully active as they were before cancer);
  • No prior systemic anticancer therapy;
  • Tissue or Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) results available;
  • HIV-1 or HIV-2 chronic infection, defined as i) a positive HIV 1-2 western blot or other FDA/CE approved HIV confirmatory test (regardless the results of the HIV 1-2 screening test used [2nd, 3rd, 4th generation tests, rapid tests or laboratory tests (i.e., ELISA, EIA, CLIA, etc.)], ii) the referring physician's written record that HIV infection was documented, with supporting information on the participant's relevant medical history and/or current antiretroviral treatment for HIV infection;
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  • Only subjects with chronic or resolved HBV infections might be eligible. Chronic HBV infections is defined as: the persistence of HBsAg positivity for more than 6 months (regardless HBeAg result, HBV-DNA level and the presence of liver necroinflammation). Resolved HBV infection is defined by: the absence of liver inflammation (clinically and laboratory), HBsAg negativity and HBsAb (anti-HBs antibodies) and HBcAb (anti-HBc IgG) positive result;
  • Only subjects with resolved HCV infections might be eligible. Subjects with a newly diagnosed chronic HCV infection (defined as: positive HCV antibodies + detectable HCV-RNA) should be treated for HCV infection before enrollment. Acute HCV infection [defined as a positive HCV-RNA and i) a negative serological HCV assay (HCV-Ab) or ii) a positive serological HCV assay (HCV-Ab) with a negative test 6 months earlier] cannot be enrolled in the study.
  • Patients with past HCV infection, with no evidence of chronic infection (i.e., anti-HCV antibody positivity, HCV-RNA negativity) should be excluded;
  • Patients with confirmed Long Covid syndrome or PASC defined, as suggest by World Health Organization (WHO), as "condition occurs in individuals with a history of probable or confirmed SARS CoV-2 infection, usually 3 months from the onset of COVID-19 with symptoms and that last for at least 2 months and cannot be explained by an alternative diagnosis". This condition must be present at enrollment;
  • Participants must have a nasopharyngeal swab positive for Sars-Cov2 within 12 months before enrolment;
  • Participants must be either off corticosteroids, or on a stable or decreasing dose of ≤ 10 mg daily prednisone (or equivalent) for at least 2 weeks prior to first treatment;
  • Participants must have measurable disease, defined as at least one lesion that can be accurately measured in at least one dimension (longest diameter to be recorded for non-nodal lesions and short axis for nodal lesions) as ≥20 mm with conventional techniques or as ≥10 mm with spiral computed tomography (CT) scan, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or calipers by clinical exam; scans must have been performed within 4 weeks prior to registration.
  • Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test (minimum sensitivity 25 IU/L or equivalent units of HCG) within 24 hours prior to the start of study drug;
  • Ability to understand and to sign a written informed consent document.

Who cannot join

  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) score ≥2;
  • Untreated symptomatic brain metastases or leptomeningeal metastases;
  • Another active concomitant malignancy;
  • Active, known or suspected, autoimmune disease;
  • Active HBV or HCV infection, presence of any infectious disease requiring specific treatment.
  • Active Sars-Cov2 infection.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

Italy1 site
  • Centro Ricerche Cliniche

    Verona, Veneto/Verona, 37134

    Stefano Milleri, MD, +39 045 8126509, stefano.milleri@crc.vr.it

    Sara Pilotto, MD, PhD

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About this study

Official title: A Phase 2, Multicenter, Open Label, Clinical Trial Evaluating Safety and Activity of Nivolumab/Ipilimumab and Chemotherapy Combination in Advanced NSCLC Patients With HIV, HBV, HCV and Post-acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV2 Infection (PASC).

Study type: Phase 2 - Interventional Trial Number of patients to be enrolled: 105 Participating countries: Italy Study drugs: nivolumab and ipilimumab Cohort A: HBV and HCV patients Cohort B: HIV patients Cohort C: Long COVID syndrome The stratification factors are HBV/HCV positive (cohort A), HIV positive (cohort B), patients with Long Covid syndrome (Cohort C), histology (squamous vs non-squamous histology), and gender (male vs female).

Read the detailed description

Participants (≥ 18 years) must have histologically confirmed metastatic or unresectable non-small cell lung cancer (both non-squamous and squamous), without sensitizing EGFR, ALK, ROS1, BRAF and NTRK alterations, with chronic viral infections, such as HBV and HCV in cohort A and HIV in cohort B and with Long Covid syndrome in Cohort C.

The study is a multicenter, open-label trial designed according to Bryant and Day and including 1) a screening phase to establish study eligibility, 2) an open-label treatment phase, in which patients will receive nivolumab plus ipilimumab in combination with histology-based chemotherapy (2 induction cycles) to ascertain its safety, defined as incidence of grade 3 or 4 (G3/4) treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs) and activity, 3) and a follow-up phase to monitor survival status and subsequent therapies.

In detail, the study includes:

  1. A screening phase to establish study eligibility (including, for example, the availability of tumour tissue for molecular analyses) and document baseline assessments.
  2. An open-label treatment phase, in which patients will be treated with 2 cycles of chemotherapy and nivolumab plus ipilimumab until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity or for a maximum of 2 years. Upon disease progression or completion of trial treatment, further therapy will be at the discretion of the treating physician.
  3. A follow-up phase, to monitor safety, survival status and subsequent therapies.
Being tested
Nivolumab and Ipilimumab
Medical subject headings
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome

What participants receive

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

  • Nivolumab and IpilimumabDrug

    Also called Opdivo and Yervoy

    Nivolumab will be administered with ipilimumab, plus 2 cycles of histology-based platinum doublet chemotherapy:

    • Squamous histology: carboplatin AUC 6 + paclitaxel 200 mg/m2
    • Non-squamous histology: carboplatin AUC 5 or 6 + pemetrexed 500 mg/m2 or cisplatin 75 mg/m2 + pemetrexed 500 mg/m Dosing: nivolumab 360 mg every 3 weeks + ipilimumab 1 mg/kg every 6 weeks (up to maximum 2 years) + histology-based, platinum doublet chemotherapy (every 3 weeks for two cycles).
Study groups in NCT05597800
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Cohort A: HBV and HCV patientsExperimentalParticipants (≥ 18 years) must have histologically confirmed metastatic or unresectable non-small cell lung cancer (both non-squamous and squamous), without sensitizing EGFR, ALK, ROS1, BRAF and NTRK alterations, with chronic viral infections, such as HBV and HCV in cohort A. Squamous histology: carboplatin AUC 6 + paclitaxel 200 mg/m2 Non-squamous histology: carboplatin AUC 5 or 6 + pemetrexed 500 mg/m2 or cisplatin 75 mg/m2 + pemetrexed 500 mg/m2.
Receives: Drug: Nivolumab and Ipilimumab
Cohort B: HIV patientsExperimentalParticipants (≥ 18 years) must have histologically confirmed metastatic or unresectable non-small cell lung cancer (both non-squamous and squamous), without sensitizing EGFR, ALK, ROS1, BRAF and NTRK alterations, with chronic viral infections such as HIV in cohort B. Squamous histology: carboplatin AUC 6 + paclitaxel 200 mg/m2 Non-squamous histology: carboplatin AUC 5 or 6 + pemetrexed 500 mg/m2 or cisplatin 75 mg/m2 + pemetrexed 500 mg/m2.
Receives: Drug: Nivolumab and Ipilimumab
Cohort C: Long COVID syndromeExperimentalParticipants (≥ 18 years) must have histologically confirmed metastatic or unresectable non-small cell lung cancer (both non-squamous and squamous), without sensitizing EGFR, ALK, ROS1, BRAF and NTRK alterations, with chronic viral infections such as Long Covid syndrome in Cohort C. Squamous histology: carboplatin AUC 6 + paclitaxel 200 mg/m2 Non-squamous histology: carboplatin AUC 5 or 6 + pemetrexed 500 mg/m2 or cisplatin 75 mg/m2 + pemetrexed 500 mg/m2.
Receives: Drug: Nivolumab and Ipilimumab

What is being measured

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

  1. Safety, defined as onset of grade 3 or 4 (G3/4) treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs), assessed by the National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria (NCI-CTC) version 5.

    The primary objectives of the study are safety, defined as onset of grade 3 or 4 (G3/4) treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs), assessed by the National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria (NCI-CTC) version 5.

    Measured: 3 years

  2. Objective Response Rate (ORR) measured as for RECIST 1.1 criteria

    Activity in terms of objective response rate (ORR) of nivolumab plus ipilimumab in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy (2 cycles) in first-line advanced NSCLC patients with chronic viral infections.

    Measured: 3 years

Secondary outcomes (3)
  1. Overall survival (OS)

    Overall survival (OS) is defined as the time between the date of the randomization date and the date of death due to any cause. OS will be censored on the last date a participant was known to be alive.

    Measured: 3 years

  2. Progression-free survival (PFS)

    Progression free survival (PFS), according to response evaluation criteria in solid tumors (RECIST) 1.1 as assessed by local investigators, is defined as the time from randomization to the first documented progressive disease (PD) or death due to any cause, whichever occurred first. Per RECIST 1.1, PD is defined as a ≥20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum in study. In addition to the relative increase of 20%, the sum must also demonstrate an absolute increase of ≥5 mm. The appearance of one or more new lesions is also considered PD.

    Measured: 3 years

  3. Duration of response (DOR)

    Duration of response (DOR) is defined as the time from date of first documentation of confirmed response (CR or PR) to date of first documentation of progression or symptomatic deterioration, or death due to any cause among patients who achieve, assessed at 6 and 12 months.

    Measured: 3 years

Timeline

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

  1. First posted28 Oct 2022
  2. Study start1 Feb 2023 (estimated)
  3. Primary completion31 Dec 2026 (estimated)
  4. Study completion30 Mar 2027 (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 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
Study type: Phase 2 - Interventional Trial Study drugs: nivolumab and ipilimumab Cohort A: HBV and HCV patients Cohort B: HIV patients Cohort C: Long COVID syndrome
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
105 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05597800
Sponsor's protocol ID
2022-002313-41
Other IDs
2022-002313-41
Acronym
LUNGVIR
Status last verified
Oct 2022
First submitted
21 Oct 2022
Last updated
28 Oct 2022
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing Nivolumab and Ipilimumab in people with NSCLC Stage IV and HIV, run by Universita di Verona at 1 site in Italy.

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 15 inclusion and 6 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: opening soon, as of the sponsor's last update on 28 Oct 2022. 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 Italy. 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?

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?

Each site lists its own contact: choose the nearest one under Trial locations. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Safety, defined as onset of grade 3 or 4 (G3/4) treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs), assessed by the National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria (NCI-CTC) version 5. (time frame: 3 years). 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 28 Oct 2022.

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