Clinical trial • Phase II • Oncology|Respiratory
pembrolizumab for Non-small cell lung cancer|Unresectable stage III non-small cell lung cancer
Phase II trial of pembrolizumab for Non-small cell lung cancer|Unresectable stage III non-small cell lung cancer.
Overview
- Trial Therapeutic Area
- Oncology|Respiratory
- Trial Disease
- Non-small cell lung cancer|Unresectable stage III non-small cell lung cancer
- Trial Stage
- Phase II
- Drug Modality
- Monoclonal antibody
Key dates
- Initial CTIS Submission Date
- 15-11-2024
- First CTIS Authorization Date
- 16-12-2024
Trial design
Randomised, control: chemo-radiotherapy (ct-rt) followed by observation (no active maintenance); experimental: pembrolizumab maintenance following ct-rt (up to 24 months). dose/schedule not specified in the ctis record. Phase II trial across 13 sites in Italy.
- Randomised
- Yes
- Comparator
- Control: Chemo-radiotherapy (CT-RT) followed by observation (no active maintenance); Experimental: Pembrolizumab maintenance following CT-RT (up to 24 months). Dose/schedule not specified in the CTIS record.
- Target Sample Size
- 126
- Trial Duration For Participant
- 730
Eligibility
Recruits 126 No vulnerable population selected. Participants must be willing and able to provide written informed consent/assent for the trial. The trial enrols adults (inclusion requires being 18 years of age at consent). Prescreening and adult informed consent documents are present..
- Pregnancy Exclusion
- 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.
- Vulnerable Population
- No vulnerable population selected. Participants must be willing and able to provide written informed consent/assent for the trial. The trial enrols adults (inclusion requires being 18 years of age at consent). Prescreening and adult informed consent documents are present.
Inclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Be willing and able to provide written informed consent/assent for the trial.\n- Be 18 years of age on day of signing informed consent.\n- Have measurable disease based on RECIST 1.1\n- Be willing to provide tissue from a newly obtained core, trucut biopsy or excisional biopsy of a tumor lesion. Newly-obtained is defined as a specimen obtained up to 6 weeks (42 days) prior to initiation of treatment on Day 1. Subjects for whom newlyobtained samples cannot be provided (e.g. inaccessible or subject safety concern) may submit an archived specimen only upon agreement from the PI\n- Have a performance status of 0 or 1 on the ECOG Performance Scale\n- Demonstrate adequate organ function as defined in Table 1, all screening labs should be performed within 10 days of treatment initiation\n- 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.\n- Female subjects of childbearing potential should be willing to use 2 methods of birth control or be surgically sterile, or abstain from heterosexual activity for the course of the study through 120 days after the last dose of study medication (Section 8.14.2). Subjects of childbearing potential are those who have not been surgically sterilized or have not been free from menses for > 1 year.\n- Male subjects should 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."}
Exclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- 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\n- 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.\n- Has known psychiatric or substance abuse disorders that would interfere with cooperation with the requirements of the trial\n- 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.\n- Has received prior therapy with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti-PD-L2 agent.\n- Has a known history of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) (HIV 1/2 antibodies).\n- Has known active Hepatitis B (e.g., hepatitis B virus surface antigen [HBsAg] reactive) or Hepatitis C (e.g., HCV ribonucleic acid [RNA] qualitative is detected).\n- Has received a live vaccine within 30 days of planned start of study therapy\n- 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 treatmen\n- Has a known history of active Bacillus Tuberculosis (TB)\n- Hypersensitivity to pembrolizumab or any of its excipients.\n- Has had a prior anti-cancer monoclonal antibody (mAb) within 4 weeks prior to study Day 1 or who has not recovered (i.e., ≤ Grade 1 or at baseline) from adverse events due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier\n- Has a known additional malignancy that is progressing or requires active treatment. Exceptions include basal cell carcinoma of the skin or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin that has undergone potentially curative therapy or in situ cervical cancer.\n- 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 (e.g., thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency, etc.) is not considered a form of systemic treatment.\n- Has a history of (non-infectious) pneumonitis that required steroids or current pneumonitis, or has evidence of interstitial lung disease\n- Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy."}
Endpoints
Primary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Median overall survival (OS) time","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
Secondary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Overall survival (OS) defined as the time from randomization to death or last follow-up","definition_or_measurement_approach":"OS defined as the time from randomization to death or last follow-up"}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Progression Free Survival (PFS) intended as the time from randomization to disease progression or death","definition_or_measurement_approach":"PFS intended as the time from randomization to disease progression or death"}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Overall Response Rate (ORR)","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
Recruitment
- Planned Sample Size
- 126
- Recruitment Window Months
- 94
- Consent Approach
- Written informed consent is required from participants. Inclusion criteria state: "Be willing and able to provide written informed consent/assent for the trial." Prescreening consent forms and adult consent forms are included in the documents. Participant population is adults (18+). Documents available include English-language recruitment/informed consent materials (document title includes 'en') and Italian-language consent forms (titles in Italian).
Geography
- Total Number Of Sites
- 13
- Total Number Of Participants
- 126
Italy
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 15-11-2024
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 07-05-2025
- Processing Time Days
- 173
- Number Of Sites
- 13
- Number Of Participants
- 126
Sites
- Site Name
- Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria San Luigi Gonzaga
- Department Name
- Oncology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Francesco Passiglia
- Principal Investigator Email
- francesco.passiglia@unito.it
- Contact Person Name
- Francesco Passiglia
- Contact Person Email
- francesco.passiglia@unito.it
- Site Name
- Azienda Sanitaria Locale Di Taranto
- Department Name
- oncology
- Principal Investigator Name
- salvatore pisconti
- Principal Investigator Email
- salvatorepisconti@hotmail.it
- Contact Person Name
- salvatore pisconti
- Contact Person Email
- salvatorepisconti@hotmail.it
- Site Name
- Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Di Modena
- Department Name
- oncology
- Principal Investigator Name
- federica Bertolini
- Principal Investigator Email
- bertolini.federica@aou.mo.it
- Contact Person Name
- federica Bertolini
- Contact Person Email
- bertolini.federica@aou.mo.it
- Site Name
- IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione Pascale
- Department Name
- oncology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Alessandro Morabito
- Principal Investigator Email
- a.morabito@istitutotumori.na.it
- Contact Person Name
- Alessandro Morabito
- Contact Person Email
- a.morabito@istitutotumori.na.it
- Site Name
- San Raffaele Hospital
- Department Name
- oncology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Stefano Cascinu
- Principal Investigator Email
- cascinu.stefano@hsr.it
- Contact Person Name
- Stefano Cascinu
- Contact Person Email
- cascinu.stefano@hsr.it
- Site Name
- Careggi University Hospital
- Department Name
- radiotherapy
- Principal Investigator Name
- Vieri Scotti
- Principal Investigator Email
- vieri.scotti@unifi.it
- Contact Person Name
- Vieri Scotti
- Contact Person Email
- vieri.scotti@unifi.it
- Site Name
- Istituto Tumori Bari Giovanni Paolo II
- Department Name
- oncology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Domenico Galetta
- Principal Investigator Email
- galetta@oncologico.bari.it
- Contact Person Name
- Domenico Galetta
- Contact Person Email
- galetta@oncologico.bari.it
- Site Name
- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino
- Department Name
- oncology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Carlo Genova
- Principal Investigator Email
- carlo.genova@hsanmartino.it
- Contact Person Name
- Carlo Genova
- Contact Person Email
- carlo.genova@hsanmartino.it
- Site Name
- Centro Di Riferimento Oncologico Di Aviano
- Department Name
- oncology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Alessandra Bearz
- Principal Investigator Email
- abearz@cro.it
- Contact Person Name
- Alessandra Bearz
- Contact Person Email
- abearz@cro.it
- Site Name
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-medico In Forma A Bbreviata Fon
- Department Name
- radiotherapy
- Principal Investigator Name
- Sara Ramella
- Principal Investigator Email
- S.Ramella@unicampus.it
- Contact Person Name
- Sara Ramella
- Contact Person Email
- S.Ramella@unicampus.it
- Site Name
- Azienda Ospedaliera Papardo
- Department Name
- oncology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Vincenzo Adamo
- Principal Investigator Email
- vadamo@unime.it
- Contact Person Name
- Vincenzo Adamo
- Contact Person Email
- vadamo@unime.it
- Site Name
- Humanitas Mirasole S.p.A.
- Department Name
- Oncology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Armando Santoro
- Principal Investigator Email
- armando.santoro@cancercenter.humanitas.it
- Contact Person Name
- Armando Santoro
- Contact Person Email
- armando.santoro@cancercenter.humanitas.it
- Site Name
- Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Citta Della Salute E Della Scienza Di Torino
- Department Name
- oncology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Enrica Milanesi
- Principal Investigator Email
- sperimentazionicliniche@cittadellasalute.to.it
- Contact Person Name
- Enrica Milanesi
- Contact Person Email
- sperimentazionicliniche@cittadellasalute.to.it
Sponsor
Primary sponsor
- Full Name
- Universita' Degli Studi Di Torino
- Organisation Type
- Educational Institution
- Country Of Registered Address
- Italy
Third parties
- {"country":"Italy","full_name":"Depo-pack S.r.l.","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties code: 14","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
Investigational products
- Investigational Product Name
- KEYTRUDA 25 mg/mL concentrate for solution for infusion
- Active Substance
- pembrolizumab
- Modality
- Monoclonal antibody
- Routes Of Administration
- INTRAVENOUS INFUSION
- Route
- Intravenous infusion
- Authorisation Status
- Authorised (marketing authorisation referenced in product data)
- Maximum Dose
- 200 mg
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