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Metastatic NSCLC - Non-Small Cell Lung CancerNCT07363811

Large Granular Lymphocytes in mNSCLC Treated With Nivolumab

An observational study of Metastatic NSCLC - Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, run by Necmettin Erbakan University at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).

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Trial summary

Large granular lymphocytes (LGLs), which constitute 10-15% of peripheral blood mononuclear cells, are large lymphocytes with a round nucleus, large cytoplasm, and azurophilic granules in the cytoplasm. Most normal LGLs in peripheral blood are natural killer (NK) cells, but some are T lymphocytes. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 90 years
How many people
50 participants
Where
1 siteTurkey (Türkiye)
Study dates
1 Jul 2025to 1 Jun 2027
How long will I take part?
24 Months
Phase
Observational
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 90 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: Patients diagnosed with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer who were followed up at the Medical Oncology Clinic of Necmettin Erbakan University Hospital and treated with nivolumab as second-line therapy.

Who may be able to join

  • Histological and staging diagnosis of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer
  • ECOG performance score between 0 and 2
  • No contraindications for nivolumab

Who cannot join

  • Patients diagnosed with mNSCLC who received nivolumab as adjuvant or perioperative therapy
  • Those with a second primary malignancy undergoing active treatment
  • Those who have not signed the informed consent form
  • Those with additional hematological malignancies such as leukemia, lymphoma, or myelodysplastic syndrome
  • Those who have undergone palliative or curative radiotherapy within the last three months
  • Those with active viral/bacterial infections before nivolumab treatment
  • Patients who have used steroids in the last three months

Trial locations and contacts

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

Turkey (Türkiye)1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Necmettin Erbakan University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Oncology

    Konya, Meram, 42090

    Mehmet Artaç, MD, +90 532 267 98 38, mehmetartac@yahoo.com

    Recruiting

Other trials in Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

Official title: Large Granular Lymphocytes as a Prognostic Factor in Metastatic Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Treated With Nivolumab

Large granular lymphocytes (LGLs), which constitute 10-15% of peripheral blood mononuclear cells, are large lymphocytes with a round nucleus, large cytoplasm, and azurophilic granules in the cytoplasm.

Most normal LGLs in peripheral blood are natural killer (NK) cells, but some are T lymphocytes. These cells cannot be measured by a standard complete blood count (CBC) test. These cells, which can be detected by peripheral smear, are expressed numerically and as a percentage relative to other cells. The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between the percentage of LGLs at baseline and at three months and the response and clinical parameters in participants with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer treated with nivolumab in second-line therapy.

Read the detailed description

Non-small cell lung cancer ranks first worldwide in 2022 in terms of both incidence and mortality when both genders are considered . Historically, the 5-year survival rate for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) receiving chemotherapy was 5%. Effective treatment options for patients without targetable molecular alterations, especially those who progressed after first-line chemotherapy, were limited until recently. Immunotherapy checkpoint inhibitors, with clinically meaningful survival benefits, long-term responses, and favorable safety profiles compared to chemotherapy, have become the standard of care for patients who progress during or after platinum-based chemotherapy. Immune checkpoint inhibitors are also effective as first-line therapy and are recommended as standard treatment for untreated advanced NSCLC patients, either in combination with chemotherapy or without chemotherapy.

Nivolumab, a fully human, monoclonal, anti-programmed death-1 (PD-1) antibody, is the first PD-1 inhibitor to demonstrate clinically meaningful efficacy in NSCLC. Nivolumab is approved for second-line treatment of advanced NSCLC in patients with advanced squamous (CheckMate 017; NCT01642004) and non-squamous (CheckMate 057; NCT01673867) NSCLC, following platinum-based chemotherapy, compared to docetaxel, showing improved overall survival and a favorable safety profile. Pembrolizumab is a humanized IgG4 monoclonal antibody against programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1). Phase 1 KEYNOTE-0018 and phase 2/3 KEYNOTE-0109 studies demonstrated a correlation between increased expression of the PD-1 ligand PD-L1 in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer and the benefit achieved with pembrolizumab treatment. KEYNOTE-024 is a study comparing pembrolizumab monotherapy as first-line treatment with platinum-based chemotherapy in 305 patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer and a PD-L1 tumor proportion score (TPS) of 50% or higher. Both progression-free survival and overall survival were significantly longer in the pembrolizumab group compared to the standard chemotherapy group (median 10.3 months and 6.0 months vs. 30.0 months and 14.2 months).

Large granular lymphocytes (LGLs) are large lymphocytes with a round or kidney-shaped nucleus, a large cytoplasm, and azurophilic granules in the cytoplasm. They constitute 10-15% of peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Most normal LGLs in peripheral blood are natural killer (NK) cells, but some are T lymphocytes. These cells cannot be measured by a normal hemogram test. These cells, which can be detected by peripheral smear, are expressed both numerically and as a percentage relative to other cells. It has been shown that an absolute decrease in lymphocyte count reduces the response to immunotherapy. However, there are no studies in the literature showing the relationship between LGL and immunotherapy response.

In this prospectively planned study, the investigators aim to investigate the relationship between LGL (large granular lymphocyte) levels at the start of treatment and at 3 months in participants with non-small cell lung cancer treated with anti-PD-1 (programmed cell death-1) and survival and clinical parameters.

Keywords
Large granular lymphocyte, Nivolumab
Medical subject headings
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung

What is being measured

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

  1. Objective response rate according to RECIST 1.1 Evaluation of target lesions

    Complete Response (CR):

    Disappearance of all target lesions. Any pathological lymph nodes (whether target or non-target) must have reduction in short axis to <10 mm.

    Partial Response (PR): At least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum of diameters.

    Progressive Disease (PD): At least a 20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum on study (this may include the baseline sum). The sum must also demonstrate an absolute increase of at least 5 mm.

    Stable Disease (SD): Neither sufficient shrinkage to qualify for PR nor sufficient increase to qualify for PD.

    Measured: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 12 weeks

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. Progression-free survival

    It was defined as the time from the initiation of nivolumab treatment until disease progression or death, whichever occurred first. For patients without progression, PFS was calculated from the date of data entry onwards.

    Measured: From July 2025 to July 2027

  2. Overall survival

    It was defined as the time from the start of nivolumab treatment until death from any cause, or until the last follow-up date for patients still alive.

    Measured: From July 2025 to July 2027

Timeline

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

  1. First posted23 Jan 2026
  2. Study start1 Jul 2025
  3. Primary completion1 Jun 2026 (estimated)
  4. Study completion1 Jun 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
Observational
Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
50 participants (estimated)
Target duration
24 Months
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT07363811
Sponsor's protocol ID
26105/2025/5927
Status last verified
Jan 2026
First submitted
15 Jan 2026
Last updated
26 Jan 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Undecided

Publications

  • Conroy MR, O'Sullivan H, Collins DC, Bambury RM, Power D, Grossman S, O'Reilly S. Exploring the prognostic impact of absolute lymphocyte count in patients treated with immune-checkpoint inhibitors. BJC Rep. 2024 Apr 18;2(1):31. doi: 10.1038/s44276-024-00058-6.

    PubMed 39516713
  • Oshimi K. Clinical Features, Pathogenesis, and Treatment of Large Granular Lymphocyte Leukemias. Intern Med. 2017;56(14):1759-1769. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.56.8881. Epub 2017 Jul 15.

    PubMed 28717070
  • Mok TSK, Wu YL, Kudaba I, Kowalski DM, Cho BC, Turna HZ, Castro G Jr, Srimuninnimit V, Laktionov KK, Bondarenko I, Kubota K, Lubiniecki GM, Zhang J, Kush D, Lopes G; KEYNOTE-042 Investigators. Pembrolizumab versus chemotherapy for previously untreated, PD-L1-expressing, locally advanced or metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (KEYNOTE-042): a randomised, open-label, controlled, phase 3 trial. Lancet. 2019 May 4;393(10183):1819-1830. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32409-7. Epub 2019 Apr 4.

    PubMed 30955977
  • Borghaei H, Gettinger S, Vokes EE, Chow LQM, Burgio MA, de Castro Carpeno J, Pluzanski A, Arrieta O, Frontera OA, Chiari R, Butts C, Wojcik-Tomaszewska J, Coudert B, Garassino MC, Ready N, Felip E, Garcia MA, Waterhouse D, Domine M, Barlesi F, Antonia S, Wohlleber M, Gerber DE, Czyzewicz G, Spigel DR, Crino L, Eberhardt WEE, Li A, Marimuthu S, Brahmer J. Five-Year Outcomes From the Randomized, Phase III Trials CheckMate 017 and 057: Nivolumab Versus Docetaxel in Previously Treated Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2021 Mar 1;39(7):723-733. doi: 10.1200/JCO.20.01605. Epub 2021 Jan 15.

    PubMed 33449799
  • Reck M, Rodriguez-Abreu D, Robinson AG, Hui R, Csoszi T, Fulop A, Gottfried M, Peled N, Tafreshi A, Cuffe S, O'Brien M, Rao S, Hotta K, Leiby MA, Lubiniecki GM, Shentu Y, Rangwala R, Brahmer JR; KEYNOTE-024 Investigators. Pembrolizumab versus Chemotherapy for PD-L1-Positive Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer. N Engl J Med. 2016 Nov 10;375(19):1823-1833. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1606774. Epub 2016 Oct 8.

    PubMed 27718847
  • Assi HI, Kamphorst AO, Moukalled NM, Ramalingam SS. Immune checkpoint inhibitors in advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Cancer. 2018 Jan 15;124(2):248-261. doi: 10.1002/cncr.31105. Epub 2017 Dec 6.

    PubMed 29211297
  • Bray F, Laversanne M, Sung H, Ferlay J, Siegel RL, Soerjomataram I, Jemal A. Global cancer statistics 2022: GLOBOCAN estimates of incidence and mortality worldwide for 36 cancers in 185 countries. CA Cancer J Clin. 2024 May-Jun;74(3):229-263. doi: 10.3322/caac.21834. Epub 2024 Apr 4.

    PubMed 38572751

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Metastatic NSCLC - Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, run by Necmettin Erbakan University at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).

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 3 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: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 26 Jan 2026. 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 Turkey (Türkiye). 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.

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?

Contact Ahmet Oruç MD (+90 0505 704 50 20, mdahmetoruc@gmail.com), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Objective response rate according to RECIST 1.1 Evaluation of target lesions (time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 12 weeks). 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 NCT07363811, which also lists 7 linked publications.

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 26 Jan 2026.

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