Clinical trial • Phase II • Oncology

Zimberelimab for Non-small cell lung cancer

Phase II trial of Zimberelimab for Non-small cell lung cancer.

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Oncology
Trial Disease
Non-small cell lung cancer
Trial Stage
Phase II
Drug Modality
Monoclonal antibody|ADC

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
17-06-2025
First CTIS Authorization Date
22-09-2025

Trial design

Adjuvant zimberelimab with or without sacituzumab govitecan; specific doses and schedules for comparator arms are not specified in the CTIS record.-controlled Phase II trial across 14 sites in Germany.

Comparator
Adjuvant zimberelimab with or without sacituzumab govitecan; specific doses and schedules for comparator arms are not specified in the CTIS record.
Target Sample Size
50

Eligibility

Recruits 50 The record indicates 'isVulnerablePopulationSelected'. Written informed consent must be obtained from each subject (inclusion requires written informed consent). Patients who are unable to consent ("Patients who are unable to consent because they do not understand the nature, significance and implications of the clinical trial and therefore cannot form a rational intention in the light of the facts") are explicitly excluded. Only adults (≥18 years) are eligible; no paediatric assent process is described..

Pregnancy Exclusion
Female subjects who are pregnant or breast-feeding or patients of reproductive potential who are not employing a highly effective method of birth control (failure rate of less than 1% per year).
Vulnerable Population
The record indicates 'isVulnerablePopulationSelected'. Written informed consent must be obtained from each subject (inclusion requires written informed consent). Patients who are unable to consent ("Patients who are unable to consent because they do not understand the nature, significance and implications of the clinical trial and therefore cannot form a rational intention in the light of the facts") are explicitly excluded. Only adults (≥18 years) are eligible; no paediatric assent process is described.

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Patients ≥ 18 years of age at the time of informed consent signature.\n- Histological confirmed, resectable NSCLC, stage II to IIIB (N2) (UICC8), after completion of the full staging according to current guidelines including systematic mediastinal staging by EBUS and/or surgery, PD-L1 testing of tumor tissue, PET-CT, and cMRI.\n- Adequate hematologic counts without growth factor support within 2 weeks of study drug initiation (hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL, ANC ≥ 1500/mm3, and platelets ≥ 100,000/μL).\n- Adequate liver function (bilirubin ≤ 1.5 ULN, AST and ALT ≤ 2.5 x ULN)\n- Creatinine clearance ≥ 30 mL/min as assessed by the CKD-EPI method.\n- Patients are amenable to neoadjuvant treatment followed by surgery and adjuvant treatment.\n- ECOG 0-1\n- Written informed consent obtained from subject and ability for subject to comply with the requirements of the study.\n- Female subjects of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must use highly effective contraceptive measures during the study and for 6 months after the last dose of study drug and must not be breast-feeding prior to start of trial. Non-child-bearing potential must be evidenced by fulfilling one of the following criteria at screening: a.\tPost-menopausal defined as aged more than 50 years and amenorrheic for at least 12 months following cessation of all exogenous hormonal treatments b.\tWomen under 50 years old would be considered postmenopausal if they have been amenorrheic for 12 months or more following cessation of exogenous hormonal treatments and with LH and FSH levels in the post-menopausal range for the institution. c.\tDocumentation of irreversible surgical sterilisation by hysterectomy, bilateral oophorectomy or bilateral salpingectomy but not tubal ligation."}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Concurrent enrollment in another clinical study, unless it is an observational (non-interventional) clinical study, or during the follow-up period of an interventional study.\n- Must have recovered to grade ≤ 1 from all AEs due to previous therapies for other medical conditions. Patients participating in observational studies are eligible. Must have recovered from any previous surgical procedure prior to enrollment\n- Has previously received topoisomerase 1 inhibitors\n- Has an active second malignancy. Note: Patients with a history of malignancy that have been completely treated, with no evidence of active cancer for 3 years prior to enrollment, or patients with surgically cured tumors with low risk of recurrence (eg, nonmelanoma skin cancer, histologically confirmed complete excision of carcinoma in situ, or similar) are allowed to enroll.\n- 13.\tHas an active chronic inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease), or has a history of GI perforation within 6 months prior to enrollment.\n- Has an active serious infection requiring systemic therapy, or has a history of an active serious infection that required systemic therapy within 7 days prior to enrollment.\n- Female subjects who are pregnant or breast-feeding or patients of reproductive potential who are not employing a highly effective method of birth control (failure rate of less than 1% per year).\n- Medication that is known to interfere with any of the agents applied in the trial.\n- Presence of a condition or abnormality that in the opinion of the Investigator would compromise the safety of the patient or the quality of the data.\n- Any condition or disease, which might interfere with the subject's ability to comply with the study procedures (e.g. dementia).\n- Has been incarcerated or involuntarily institutionalized by court order or by the authorities.\n- Has previously received topoisomerase 1 inhibitors.\n- Patients who are unable to consent because they do not understand the nature, significance and implications of the clinical trial and therefore cannot form a rational intention in the light of the facts.\n- Has an active second malignancy. Note: Patients with a history of malignancy that have been completely treated, with no evidence of active cancer for 3 years prior to enrollment, or patients with surgically cured tumors with low risk of recurrence (eg, nonmelanoma skin cancer, histologically confirmed complete excision of carcinoma in situ, or similar) are allowed to enroll.\n- Has an active chronic inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease), or has a history of GI perforation within 6 months prior to enrollment.\n- Has an active serious infection requiring systemic therapy, or has a history of an active serious infection that required systemic therapy within 7 days prior to enrollment.\n- Female subjects who are pregnant or breast-feeding or patients of reproductive potential who are not employing a highly effective method of birth control (failure rate of less than 1% per year).\n- Medication that is known to interfere with any of the agents applied in the trial.\n- Presence of a condition or abnormality that in the opinion of the Investigator would compromise the safety of the patient or the quality of the data.\n- Has received prior radiotherapy of the primary tumor and/or mediastinum."}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Pathological complete response (pCR) rate in the resected primary tumor and all resected lymph nodes, defined as the proportion of patients whose resected samples are negative for residual viable tumor cells","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Defined as the proportion of patients whose resected samples are negative for residual viable tumor cells (pathological assessment of resected primary tumor and all resected lymph nodes)."}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Major pathological response (MPR) rate in the resected primary tumor and all resected lymph nodes (defined as the proportion of patients whose resected samples show 10% or less residual viable tumor cells)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Defined in-text as the proportion of patients whose resected samples show 10% or less residual viable tumor cells (pathological assessment)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Objective response rate (ORR) following completion of neoadjuvant therapy assessed by imaging using RECIST 1.1. Surgical resection rate. Time to surgery following C4D1","definition_or_measurement_approach":"ORR assessed by imaging using RECIST 1.1; surgical resection rate and time to surgery measured from C4D1 (as stated)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Disease-free survival, DFS (inclusion to any recurrence of disease or death from any cause in the intent-to-treat population)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"DFS defined as time from inclusion to any recurrence of disease or death from any cause in the intent-to-treat population."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Overall survival, OS (inclusion to death from any cause in the intent-to-treat population). Adverse events, AE (CTCAE 5)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"OS defined as time from inclusion to death from any cause in the intent-to-treat population; safety assessed by adverse events using CTCAE v5."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Quality of life, QoL (EORTC-QLQ-C30 and EQ-5D-5L)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"QoL measured using EORTC QLQ-C30 and EQ-5D-5L instruments."}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
50
Recruitment Window Months
72
Consent Approach
Written informed consent is required from each subject ("Written informed consent obtained from subject"). Study documents include subject information and informed consent forms for adults (L1_SIS and ICF adults). Only adults (≥18 years) are eligible; no paediatric assent or separate paediatric consent described. Languages of consent documents are not specified in the CTIS record.

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
14
Total Number Of Participants
50

Germany

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
05-09-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
22-09-2025
Processing Time Days
17
Number Of Sites
14
Number Of Participants
50

Sites

Site Name
Universitaetsklinikum Essen AöR
Department Name
-
Contact Person Name
Marcel Wiesweg
Contact Person Email
marcel.wiesweg@uk-essen.de
Site Name
Überörtliche Gemeinschaftspraxis für Hämatologie und Onkologie (GEHO)
Department Name
-
Contact Person Name
Rüdiger Liersch
Contact Person Email
liersch@onkologie-muenster.de
Site Name
SLK-Kliniken GmbH - Standort Fachklinik Löwenstein
Department Name
-
Contact Person Name
Jonas Kuon
Contact Person Email
jonas.kuon@slk-kliniken.de
Site Name
Universitaetsklinikum des Saarlandes AöR
Department Name
-
Contact Person Name
Jan Stratmann
Contact Person Email
jan.stratmann@uks.eu
Site Name
Pius-Hospital Oldenburg
Department Name
-
Contact Person Name
Frank Griesinger
Site Name
KEM I Evang. Kliniken Essen-Mitte gGmbH
Department Name
-
Contact Person Name
Julia Galuba
Contact Person Email
j.galuba@kem-med.com
Site Name
Universitaetsklinikum Frankfurt AöR
Department Name
-
Contact Person Name
Friederike Althoff
Contact Person Email
falthoff@med.uni-frankfurt.de
Site Name
Frankfurter Institut Fuer Klinische Krebsforschung IKF GmbH
Department Name
-
Contact Person Name
Akin Atmaca
Contact Person Email
atmaca.akin@khnw.de
Site Name
Universitaetsklinikum Jena KöR
Department Name
-
Contact Person Name
Jakob Hammersen
Site Name
Charite Universitaetsmedizin Berlin KöR
Department Name
-
Contact Person Name
Nikolaj Frost
Contact Person Email
nikolaj.frost@charite.de
Site Name
Klinikum Köln-Merheim
Department Name
-
Contact Person Name
Eva Lotte Buchmeier
Contact Person Email
buchmeiere@kliniken-koeln.de
Site Name
Evangelische Lungenklinik Berlin Krankenhausbetriebs gGmbH
Department Name
-
Contact Person Name
Christian Grohé
Contact Person Email
christian.grohe@pgdiakonie.de
Site Name
UNIVERSITÄTSKLINIKUM Schleswig-Holstein Campus Kiel
Department Name
-
Contact Person Name
Matthias Ritgen
Contact Person Email
matthias.ritgen@uksh.de
Site Name
Asklepios Klinik Gauting GmbH
Department Name
-
Contact Person Name
Niels Reinmuth
Contact Person Email
n.reinmuth@asklepios.com

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
AIO-Studien gGmbH
Organisation Type
Laboratory/Research/Testing facility
Country Of Registered Address
Germany

Third parties

  • {"country":"","full_name":"Gilead Sciences","duties_or_roles":"Source of monetary support","organisation_type":""}

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
Zimberelimab
Active Substance
Zimberelimab
Modality
Monoclonal antibody
Routes Of Administration
INTRAVENOUS INFUSION
Route
INTRAVENOUS INFUSION
Maximum Dose
360 mg
Investigational Product Name
Trodelvy 200 mg powder for concentrate for solution for infusion
Active Substance
Sacituzumab govitecan
Modality
ADC
Routes Of Administration
INTRAVENOUS INFUSION
Route
INTRAVENOUS INFUSION
Authorisation Status
Marketing authorisation number EU/1/21/1592/001
Maximum Dose
10 mg/kg
Combination Treatment
Yes

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