E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
Non small cell lung cancer, stage IV Patients are eligible if when they are planned to start immunotherapy according to standard routines and are not in need of radiotherapy |
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E.1.1.1 | Medical condition in easily understood language |
Non small cell lung cancer with extensive disease (metastases) and when immunotherapy is planned to start |
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E.1.1.2 | Therapeutic area | Diseases [C] - Respiratory Tract Diseases [C08] |
MedDRA Classification |
E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | No |
E.2 Objective of the trial |
E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial |
The aim of the trial is to study the acute and subacute toxicity of adding extensive radiotherapy to immunotherapy in the treatment of non small cell lung cancer with stage IV disease |
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
The secondary objectives are to study the effect and quality of life of the treatment in question. Specifically, secondary objectives are to evaluate: - progression free survival and overall survival - response rate, duration of respons - Time to NeXT treatment - Health related quality of life - therapy response in non-irradiated lesions, if any Exploratory objectives: Investigate - biomarkers of treatment response - immune response - imaging to predict therapy response - ctDNA as a tool to monitoring treatment effect |
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
1. Age >18 years 2. Written informed consent 3. Advanced NSCLC with clinical indication of starting systemic treatment with immunotherapy alone or in combination with chemotherapy (first or later lines) 4. Available core or excisional biopsy of a tumour lesion 5. Measurable disease according to RECIST criteria (RECIST 1.1) 6. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-2 7. Life expectancy > 3 months 8. At least 1 tumour lesion suitable for radiotherapy treatment 9. Adequate organ function based on clinical examination and lab values Hb>9 g/dL Neutrophils >1500 pr mm3 Estimated creatinin clearance >40 mL/min AST and ALT <2.5 x upper normal limit (if liver metastases: AST/ALT must be <5x upper normal limit) Serum bilirubin < 1.5 x upper normal limit 10. Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) should use a highly effective method during the treatment period and for at least 5 months after the last dose of immunotherapy to avoid pregnancy. Methods considered as highly effective birth control methods include combined (estrogen and progestogen containing) or progestogen-only hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation (oral, intravaginal, injectable, implantable or transdermal), intrauterine device (including hormone-releasing), male condom, bilateral tubal occlusion, vasectomised partner or sexual abstinence 11. Able to understand oral and written information and able to answer questionnaires
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
1. Disease suitable for curative salvage surgery 2. Indication for radiotherapy other than stereotactic radiosurgery of brain metastases 3. Treatment with any investigational medicinal product (IMP) that may interfere with the study treatment, within 2 weeks prior to first administration of study drug. 4. Expected use of anti-inflammatory medications as defined in 5.7.1 during the treatment period 5. Significant cardiac, pulmonary or other medical illness that would limit activity or survival 6. Previous treatment with PD1/PDL-1 inhibitor 7. Radiotherapy given within the last 4 weeks prior to inclusion 8. History of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, organizing pneumonia (e.g., bronchiolitis obliterans), drug-induced pneumonitis, or idiopathic pneumonitis, or evidence of active pneumonitis on screening chest computed tomography (CT) scan 9. Pregnancy or lactation 10. Women who are not postmenopausal (postmenopausal defined as ≥ 12 months of non-drug-induced amenorrhea) or surgically sterile must have a negative serum pregnancy test result within 2 weeks prior to initiation of study drug 11. Patients with EGFR-mutation or ALK-translocation not previously treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitor 12. Known hypersensitivity to the immunotherapy regimen planned for the patient the investigational product 13. Patients who test positive for hepatitis B, C or HIV. 14. Known larger active brain metastases that cannot be treated with stereotactic radiotherapy. Patients with stable/previously treated brain metastases can be included. Patients with several smaller brain metastases may be included if the larger metastases are treated with stereotactic radiotherapy 15. Live vaccine administered last 30 days, active infection requiring IV antibiotics, active viral hepatitis or HIV 16. Previous allogenic or organ transplant 17. Diagnosis of immunodeficiency or medical condition requiring high doses (>20 mg prednisolone daily) of systemic steroids or other forms of immunosuppressive therapy 18. Any reason why, in the opinion of the investigator, the patient should not participate
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
Primary: Acute (<3 months) and subacute (3-6 months) toxicity |
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E.5.1.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
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E.5.2 | Secondary end point(s) |
PFS OS ORR DoR TNT HR-QoL: EORTC QLQ-C30 and QLQ-LC29 |
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E.5.2.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
3, 6 and 12, 18 and 24 months |
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E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial |
E.6 | Scope of the trial |
E.6.1 | Diagnosis | No |
E.6.2 | Prophylaxis | No |
E.6.3 | Therapy | Yes |
E.6.4 | Safety | Yes |
E.6.5 | Efficacy | Yes |
E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | No |
E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | No |
E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No |
E.6.9 | Dose response | No |
E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | No |
E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic | No |
E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic | No |
E.6.13 | Others | Yes |
E.6.13.1 | Other scope of the trial description |
The Scope of the trial is to evaluate if the toxicity of adding radiotherapy to immunotherapy leads to increased toxicity and if so, if the increased toxicity seems to be in proportion to the increase in treatment effect. This will be used to consider creating a phase 3 trial. |
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E.7 | Trial type and phase |
E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) | No |
E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans | No |
E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | No |
E.7.1.3 | Other | No |
E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description | |
E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) | Yes |
E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | No |
E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | No |
E.8 Design of the trial |
E.8.1 | Controlled | Yes |
E.8.1.1 | Randomised | Yes |
E.8.1.2 | Open | Yes |
E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No |
E.8.1.4 | Double blind | No |
E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | No |
E.8.1.6 | Cross over | No |
E.8.1.7 | Other | No |
E.8.2 | Comparator of controlled trial |
E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) | No |
E.8.2.2 | Placebo | No |
E.8.2.3 | Other | Yes |
E.8.2.3.1 | Comparator description |
the comparator is without radiotherapy (the intervension arm is with radiotherapy) |
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E.8.2.4 | Number of treatment arms in the trial | 2 |
E.8.3 |
The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned
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E.8.4 | The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned | Yes |
E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | No |
E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA |
E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA | No |
E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | No |
E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee | Yes |
E.8.8 |
Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last
visit of the last subject undergoing the trial
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The end of trial is defined as 1 year after the last patient’s last visit for treatment. |
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E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned years | 3 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | 6 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | |