Clinical trial • Phase III • Oncology
ACASUNLIMAB for Non-small cell lung cancer
Phase III trial of ACASUNLIMAB for Non-small cell lung cancer.
Overview
- Trial Therapeutic Area
- Oncology
- Trial Disease
- Non-small cell lung cancer
- Trial Stage
- Phase III
- Drug Modality
- Other antibody|Monoclonal antibody|Small molecule
Key dates
- Initial CTIS Submission Date
- 16-09-2024
- First CTIS Authorization Date
- 22-01-2025
Trial design
Randomised, open-label, active comparator: docetaxel, 75 mg/m^2 administered via iv infusion, once every 3 weeks (q3w) (cycle length=21 days). experimental arm receives acasunlimab 100 mg and pembrolizumab 400 mg administered via iv infusion, once every 6 weeks (q6w) (cycle length=42 days).-controlled Phase III trial.
- Randomised
- Yes
- Open Label
- Yes
- Comparator
- Active Comparator: Docetaxel, 75 mg/m^2 administered via IV infusion, once every 3 weeks (Q3W) (Cycle length=21 days). Experimental Arm receives Acasunlimab 100 mg and Pembrolizumab 400 mg administered via IV infusion, once every 6 weeks (Q6W) (Cycle length=42 days).
- Biomarker Stratified
- True, biomarker: PD-L1 expression (tumor cells ≥1%)
- Target Sample Size
- 304
Eligibility
Recruits 304 The CTIS record marks the population as including vulnerable populations (isVulnerablePopulationSelected = true). Specific vulnerable groups, assent/consent procedures or age-specific consent details are not described in the CTIS data provided; separate informed consent materials (eConsent, prescreening ICF, main ICF, pregnant-partner ICF) are supplied in multiple languages but explicit handling of assent or additional safeguards is not specified in the exposed fields..
- Vulnerable Population
- The CTIS record marks the population as including vulnerable populations (isVulnerablePopulationSelected = true). Specific vulnerable groups, assent/consent procedures or age-specific consent details are not described in the CTIS data provided; separate informed consent materials (eConsent, prescreening ICF, main ICF, pregnant-partner ICF) are supplied in multiple languages but explicit handling of assent or additional safeguards is not specified in the exposed fields.
Inclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Participant has histologically or cytologically confirmed metastatic NSCLC (stage IV with known subtype)."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Participant has progressed radiographically on or after receiving: - One prior line of therapy (PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor and platinum-based chemotherapy concomitantly) in the metastatic disease setting; OR - No more than 2 prior lines of therapy (PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor and platinum-based chemotherapy sequentially, irrespective of the order) in the metastatic disease setting."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Participant must have positive tumor PD-L1 expression (tumor cells ≥1%) determined prospectively on a tumor sample from the metastatic setting at a sponsor-designated central laboratory."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Participant has measurable disease according to RECIST v1.1 as assessed by the investigator at baseline."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Participant has an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status score of 0 or 1 within 7 days of Cycle 1 Day 1."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Participant has a life expectancy of ≥3 months."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Participant must have adequate organ and bone marrow function, per laboratory test results, within 7 days of trial treatment."}
Exclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Documentation of known targetable epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) sensitizing mutations, anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK), RET proto-oncogene (RET), ROS proto-oncogene 1; receptor tyrosine kinase (ROS1) rearrangement, Kirsten rat sarcoma virus (KRAS), B-Raf proto-oncogene (BRAF) mutations, and MET proto-oncogene; receptor tyrosine kinase (MET) exon 14 skipping mutations/MET amplification. NOTE: MET amplification testing is optional based on local availability of the test. – Participants with known KRAS/BRAF mutations are eligible for the trial if they do not have access to approved targeted therapies."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Participants with newly identified or known unstable or symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) metastases or history of carcinomatous meningitis."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Prior treatment with docetaxel for NSCLC."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Prior treatment with a 4-1BB (CD137) targeted agent, any type of antitumor vaccine, autologous cell immunotherapy, or any unapproved immunotherapy."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Treatment with an anticancer agent within 28 days prior to the first dose of trial treatment."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Note: Other protocol-defined inclusion and exclusion criteria may apply."}
Endpoints
Primary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Overall survival (OS)","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
Secondary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Progression-free survival (PFS)","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Confirmed objective response rate (ORR)","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Duration of response (DoR)","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Number of participants with adverse events (AEs)","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Time to treatment discontinuation due to AE","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Plasma concentration of acasunlimab","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Number of participants with anti-drug antibodies (ADAs) to acasunlimab","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Change from baseline in Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy item GP5 (FACIT-GP5, version 4) score","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Patient-Reported Outcomes version of the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (PRO-CTCAE)","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
Recruitment
- Registry Or Advocacy Recruitment
- True, Patient advocacy groups (materials and outreach letters are provided; no named advocacy organisations listed in CTIS metadata).
- Digital Remote Recruitment
- True, the submission includes eConsent materials (landing pages, participant-facing screenshots, eConsent video storyboard), digital patient brochures, online advertisements, social media posts, and use of digital patient-recruitment vendors (Massive Bio, IQVIA digital support).
- Planned Sample Size
- 304
- Recruitment Window Months
- 57
- Consent Approach
- Informed consent is planned using prescreening ICF and main ICF documents and eConsent platforms (participant-facing landing pages, screenshots, and an eConsent video storyboard). Country-specific ICFs and supportive materials (pregnant-partner ICF, privacy/security overview) are provided in multiple languages. Consent is obtained from the participant (no separate assent process is described in the CTIS metadata). Specific languages/materials are prepared per country (examples include English, Polish, French, Dutch, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, Bulgarian, Hungarian and others as indicated by provided ICF and recruitment documents).
Methods
- Social media and online advertising (banner ads, social media clinical-trial posts) targeted to potential participants (patient-facing digital channels) — country-specific language versions provided.
- Physician referral letters and physician referral brochures directed at HCPs to refer eligible patients.
- Patient brochures, flyers and posters for distribution at sites and clinics (site posters and patient-facing printed materials) in country/language variants.
- Patient advocacy group outreach (Patient Advocacy Group Letters) to engage patient organisations.
- Community engagement slides and materials for outreach events.
- Digital patient brochure, landing pages and eConsent materials including participant-facing screenshots and video storyboard (eConsent platform) enabling remote/ digital consent and information provision.
- Use of third-party recruitment vendors and digital workflows (Massive Bio and other patient recruitment vendors) to support identification and referral of patients.
- Site-based recruitment via trial sites and standard clinical referrals.
Sponsor
Primary sponsor
- Full Name
- Genmab A/S
- Organisation Type
- Pharmaceutical company
- Country Of Registered Address
- Denmark
Contract research organisations
- Name
- IQVIA Limited
- Responsibilities
- Trial Feasibility, Patient Recruitment and Retention, e-consent, regulatory and operational support
- Name
- PPD Development LP
- Responsibilities
- Soluble Target testing
- Name
- Almac Clinical Services Limited
- Responsibilities
- IP Packaging & Labeling, Distribution, Reconciliation
- Name
- Fortrea Development Limited / Fortrea Inc.
- Responsibilities
- Pharmacovigilance
Third parties
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Eresearchtechnology Inc.","duties_or_roles":"Patient questionnaire (eCOA)","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United Kingdom","full_name":"IQVIA Limited","duties_or_roles":"Trial Feasibility, Patient Recruitment and Retention, e-consent, regulatory/operational support (multiple study activities listed)","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"Belgium","full_name":"CellCarta","duties_or_roles":"Exploratory IHC testing on tumor biopsy","organisation_type":"Laboratory/Research/Testing facility"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Perceptive Informatics Inc.","duties_or_roles":"Medical Imaging","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United Kingdom","full_name":"Fortrea Development Limited","duties_or_roles":"Pharmacovigilance; other responsibilities","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"Netherlands","full_name":"Genmab B.V.","duties_or_roles":"Laboratory analysis: ADA (Neutralizing Ab) testing.","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"Greece","full_name":"IQVIA RDS Hellas Single Member S.A.","duties_or_roles":"Regulatory Applications in Greece (IQVIA office in Athens, Greece).","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)","full_name":"Almac Clinical Services Limited","duties_or_roles":"IP Packaging & Labeling, Distribution, Reconciliation","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Endpoint Clinical Inc.","duties_or_roles":"Role code listed (code 3) — duties not further specified in CTIS metadata","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Massive Bio Inc.","duties_or_roles":"Patient recruitment vendor","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Fortrea Inc.","duties_or_roles":"Pharmacovigilance; other responsibilities","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"PPD Development LP","duties_or_roles":"Soluble Target testing","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Medidata Solutions Inc.","duties_or_roles":"Role code listed (code 7) — responsibilities related to data systems","organisation_type":"Non-Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Celerion Inc.","duties_or_roles":"PK and ADA sample testing","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Q Squared Solutions LLC","duties_or_roles":"Role code listed (code 4) — duties related to laboratory services","organisation_type":"Laboratory/Research/Testing facility"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Perceptive Informatics Inc.","duties_or_roles":"Medical Imaging (duplicate entry for imaging-related duties)","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Guardant Health Inc.","duties_or_roles":"ctDNA testing","organisation_type":"Laboratory/Research/Testing facility"}
- {"country":"United Kingdom","full_name":"Q Squared Solutions Limited","duties_or_roles":"Sample logistics, Result Management, PDL1 analysis.","organisation_type":"Non-Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Genmab US Inc.","duties_or_roles":"Immune phenotyping (PBMC) testing","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"China","full_name":"Hangzhou Tigermed Consulting Co. Ltd.","duties_or_roles":"Statistical Programming, Biostatistics","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
Investigational products
- Investigational Product Name
- Acasunlimab
- Active Substance
- ACASUNLIMAB
- Modality
- Other antibody
- Routes Of Administration
- INTRAVENOUS INFUSION
- Route
- Intravenous infusion
- Authorisation Status
- Investigational / not marketed (no marketing authorisation number provided)
- Starting Dose
- 100 mg
- Frequency
- Once every 6 weeks (Q6W)
- Investigational Product Name
- Pembrolizumab (KEYTRUDA)
- Active Substance
- PEMBROLIZUMAB
- Modality
- Monoclonal antibody
- Routes Of Administration
- INTRAVENOUS INFUSION
- Route
- Intravenous infusion
- Authorisation Status
- Authorised (EU marketing authorisation EU/1/15/1024/002 listed)
- Starting Dose
- 400 mg
- Frequency
- Once every 6 weeks (Q6W)
- Maximum Dose
- 7200 mg (total max recorded in product metadata)
- Investigational Product Name
- Docetaxel
- Active Substance
- DOCETAXEL
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- Concentrate for solution for infusion (IV)
- Route
- Intravenous infusion
- Authorisation Status
- Authorised product in clinical use (product metadata present; marketing authorisation details in product dictionary absent in this record)
- Starting Dose
- 75 mg/m^2
- Frequency
- Once every 3 weeks (Q3W)
- Combination Treatment
- Yes
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