Unresectable Stage IIIA/IIIB Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03285321
• Recruitment Status: Active, not recruiting
• First Posted: September 18, 2017
• Last Update Posted: September 2, 2022
• Sponsor: Greg Durm, MD
• Collaborators: Bristol-Myers Squibb; Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium
• Information provided by (Responsible Party): Greg Durm, MD, Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium

Study Description

Brief Summary:

This study is an open label, multicenter, randomized phase II trial of consolidation immunotherapy with either nivolumab alone or the combination of nivolumab and ipilimumab following concurrent chemoradiation in patients with unresectable stage III NSCLC.

Condition or disease	Intervention/treatment	Phase
Non-small Cell Lung Cancer	Drug: Nivolumab; Drug: Ipilimumab	Phase 2

Detailed Description:

Patients with unresectable stage IIIA or IIIB NSCLC (unresectable as defined by treating physician) will be treated outside this study with concurrent chemoradiation with one of three chemotherapy regimens (cisplatin/etoposide, cisplatin/pemetrexed, or weekly carboplatin/paclitaxel) in addition to standard dose radiation (dosing can range from 59.4 Gy to 66.6 Gy). If repeat imaging between 28-56 days following completion of chemoradiation shows no progressive or metastatic disease, the patients will be eligible for enrollment on the study.

Randomization and Stratification:

At the time of enrollment, patients will be randomized in a 1:1 fashion to receive either nivolumab 480mg IV every 4 weeks or the combination of nivolumab 3mg/kg IV every 2 weeks with ipilimumab 1mg/kg IV every 6 weeks. Consolidation immunotherapy will be continued until progression or unacceptable toxicity for up to a total of 24 weeks.

Subjects will be stratified by stage (IIIA vs. IIIB) and histology (squamous vs. non-squamous).

Dose Calculations:

Arm 1: The dose of nivolumab will be a fixed dose (not based on subject's weight) at 480mg.

Arm 2: The dose of nivolumab will be weight-based at 3mg/kg. The dose of ipilimumab will be weight-based at 1mg/kg.

Nivolumab Alone (Arm 1):

Arm 1: Nivolumab Administration:

Nivolumab 480 mg will be administered as a 60 minute IV infusion on Day 1 of each 28 day cycle. Sites should make every effort to target infusion timing to be as close to 60 minutes as possible. However, given the variability of infusion pumps from site to site, a window of -five minutes and +10 minutes is permitted (i.e., infusion time is 60 minutes: -5 min/+10 min). Treatment will continue for up to 6 cycles, in the absence of prohibitive toxicities or disease progression.

Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab (Arm 2):

Arm 2: Nivolumb Administration:

Nivolumab 3mg/kg will be administered as a 60 minute IV infusion on Day 1, 15, and 29 of each 42 day cycle. Nivolumab should not be given any earlier than 12 days from the previous dose. Sites should make every effort to target infusion timing to be as close to 60 minutes as possible. However, given the variability of infusion pumps from site to site, a window of -five minutes and +10 minutes is permitted (i.e., infusion time is 60 minutes: -5 min/+10 min). Treatment will continue for up to 4 cycles, in the absence of prohibitive toxicities or disease progression.

Arm 2: Ipilimumab Administration:

Ipilimumab 1mg/kg will be administered as a 90 minute IV infusion on Day 1 of each 42 day cycle. Sites should make every effort to target infusion timing to be as close to 90 minutes as possible. However, given the variability of infusion pumps from site to site, a window of -five minutes and +10 minutes is permitted (i.e., infusion time is 60 minutes: -5 min/+10 min). Treatment will continue for up to 4 cycles, in the absence of prohibitive toxicities or disease progression.

On day 1 of cycle 1, nivolumab will be given first, followed by 30 minutes of monitoring, and then ipilimumab given second, followed by 30 minutes of monitoring. If the subject does not have an infusion reaction during the first cycle, the post-ipilimumab monitoring may be discontinued for subsequent cycles at the discretion of the treating physician. Day 1 monitoring between the nivolumab/ipilimumab infusions will continue throughout all 4 cycles. Post nivolumab monitoring on days 15 and 29 is not mandatory and should follow the guidelines of the local infusion center.

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional (Clinical Trial)
• Actual Enrollment: 105 participants
• Allocation: Randomized
• Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)
• Masking Description: Open label
• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Official Title: Phase II Study of Consolidation Immunotherapy With Nivolumab and Ipilimumab or Nivolumab Alone Following Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy for Unresectable Stage IIIA/IIIB Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC): BTCRC-LUN16-081
• Actual Study Start Date: September 15, 2017
• Estimated Primary Completion Date: August 2023
• Estimated Study Completion Date: December 2023

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/treatment
Experimental: Arm 1; Nivolumab 480mg IV every 4 weeks for up to 6 cycles	Drug: Nivolumab; 480mg; Other Name: OPDIVO
Experimental: Arm 2; Nivolumab 240mg IV every 2 weeks PLUS Ipilimumab 1mg/kg IV every 6 weeks for up to 4 cycles (12 doses Nivolumab and 4 doses of Ipilimumab)	Drug: Nivolumab; 240mg; Other Name: OPDIVO; Drug: Ipilimumab; 1mg/kg; Other Name: Yervoy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures :

1. Progression Free Survival (PFS) [ Time Frame: 18 months ]
   PFS is defined as the time from randomization until the criteria for disease progression is met as defined by RECIST 1.1 or death as a result of any cause.

Secondary Outcome Measures :

1. Overall Survival (OS) [ Time Frame: 4 years ]
   The time from randomization until death from any cause. Will be assessed with RECIST 1.1
2. Time to Metastatic Disease [ Time Frame: 4 years ]
   the time from randomization until evidence of disease outside of the radiated field. Will be assessed with RECIST 1.1
3. Assess Adverse Events [ Time Frame: 4 years ]
   By the NCI Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI CTCAE) v4.

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Subject must meet all of the following applicable inclusion criteria to participate in this study:

• Written informed consent and HIPAA authorization for release of personal health information.
• Age ≥ 18 years at the time of consent.
• ECOG Performance Status of 0 or 1 within 14 days prior to registration.
• Histological or cytological confirmation of NSCLC. A pathology report confirming the diagnosis of NSCLC must be obtained and reviewed by the treating physician prior to registration to study.
• Must have unresectable or inoperable stage IIIA or IIIB disease according to the 7th edition IASLC stage classification for lung cancer. Subjects must be considered unresectable or inoperable based on the judgment of the treating physician.
• Subjects must have completed concurrent chemoradiation with a platinum doublet and a dose of radiation ranging from 59.4-66.6 Gy. Subjects must have stable disease or disease response as evidenced on CT or PET scan evaluation. For those eligible, protocol therapy should begin within 56 days of completing chemoradiation OR Subjects must have completed up to 2 cycles of consolidation therapy started within 56 days of completion of radiation. After completion of consolidation chemotherapy, subjects must have stable disease or disease response as evidenced by CT or PET scan evaluation. For those eligible, protocol therapy should begin within 56 days after the last cycle of chemotherapy.
• Prior cancer treatment must be completed between 1-56 days prior to registration and the subject must have recovered from all reversible acute toxic effects of the regimen (other than alopecia) to ≤Grade 1 or baseline.
• Demonstrate adequate organ function, all screening labs to be obtained within 14 days prior to registration:

Hematological:

• Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 K/mm^3
• Hemoglobin (Hgb) ≥ 9 g/dL
• Platelets ≥100,000/mcl

Renal:

• Serum creatinine OR Measured or calculated creatinine clearance (GFR can also be used in place of creatinine or CrCl) ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) OR ≥ 60 mL/min for subjects with creatinine levels >1.5 x institutional ULN

Hepatic:

• Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 × ULN OR Direct bilirubin of ≤ ULN for subjects with total bilirubin levels of >1.5x ULN
• Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 2.5 × ULN
• Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 2.5 × ULN

Coagulation:

• International Normalized Ratio (INR) or Prothrombin Time (PT) Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (aPTT) ≤1.5 X ULN unless subject is receiving anticoagulant therapy as long as PT/INR/PTT is within therapeutic range of intended use of anticoagulants

  • Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test (minimum sensitivity 25 IU/L or equivalent units of HCG) within 7 days prior to registration. NOTE: Women are considered of childbearing potential unless they are surgically sterile (have undergone a hysterectomy, bilateral tubal ligation, or bilateral oophorectomy) or are post-menopausal. Menopause is defined clinically as 12 months of amenorrhea in a woman over 45 in the absence of other biological or physiological causes. In addition, women under the age of 62 must have a documented serum follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) level less than 40 mIU/mL to be considered post-menopausal.
  • Women of childbearing potential must be willing to abstain from heterosexual activity or use an effective method of contraception from the time of informed consent until 23 weeks after treatment discontinuation.
  • Men who are sexually active with women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must use any contraceptive method with a failure rate of less than 1% per year. Men receiving study drug and who are sexually active with WOCBP will be instructed to adhere to contraception for a period of 31 weeks after the last dose of investigational product.
  • As determined by the enrolling physician or protocol designee, ability of the subject to understand and comply with study procedures for the entire length of the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

Subjects meeting any of the criteria below may not participate in the study:

• 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 23 weeks (female) or 31 weeks (male) after the last dose of trial treatment.
• Active central nervous system (CNS) metastases. Subjects must undergo a head computed tomography (CT) scan or brain MRI within 28 days prior to registration for protocol therapy to exclude brain metastases if symptomatic or without prior brain imaging.
• Treatment with any investigational agent within 28 days prior to registration for protocol therapy.
• Prior chemotherapy, adjuvant therapy, or radiotherapy for lung cancer other than standard concurrent chemoradiation or up to 2 cycles of consolidation.
• Prior therapy with a PD-1, PD-L1, PD-L2 or CTLA-4 inhibitor or a lung cancer-specific vaccine therapy.
• Presence of metastatic disease (stage IV NSCLC) is not allowed. Subjects must be evaluated with a CT or PET scan prior to registration for protocol therapy to exclude metastatic disease.
• Active second cancers.
• Evidence of active autoimmune disease requiring systemic treatment within the past 90 days or a documented history of clinically severe autoimmune disease, or a syndrome that requires systemic steroids or immunosuppressive agents. Subjects with vitiligo or resolved childhood asthma/atopy would be an exception to this rule. Subjects that require intermittent use of bronchodilators or local steroid injections would not be excluded from the study. Subjects with hypothyroidism stable on hormone replacement or Sjogren's syndrome will not be excluded from the study.
• Interstitial lung disease or history of pneumonitis requiring treatment with corticosteroids.
• Diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving chronic systemic corticosteroid therapy or other immunosuppressive therapy (excludes inhaled corticosteroids) within 7 days of first dose of study drug.
• History of psychiatric illness or social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
• Clinically active infection as judged by the site investigator (≥ Grade 2 by CTCAE v4).
• History of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or chronic hepatitis B or C.
• 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 site investigator.
• Has a known history of active TB (Bacillus Tuberculosis).
• Hypersensitivity to nivolumab, ipilimumab, or any of their excipients.
• Has received a live vaccine within 30 days prior to planned start of study therapy. Note: Seasonal influenza vaccines for injection are generally inactivated flu vaccines and are allowed; however, intranasal influenza vaccines (e.g., Flu-Mist®) are live attenuated vaccines, and are not allowed.

Contacts and Locations

Locations

United States, Illinois

Rush University Medical Center

Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612

University of Illinois Cancer Center

Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612

United States, Indiana

Indiana University

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202

United States, Kentucky

University of Louisville James Graham Brown Cancer Center

Louisville, Kentucky, United States, 40202

United States, Maryland

Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287

United States, Michigan

Karmanos Cancer Center (Wayne State University)

Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48201

Michigan State University

Lansing, Michigan, United States, 48910

United States, Minnesota

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55455

United States, Nebraska

University of Nebraska Medical Center

Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 68198

United States, New Jersey

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States, 08903

United States, Pennsylvania

Penn State Cancer Institute

Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States, 17033

United States, Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin

Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53705

Sponsors and Collaborators

Greg Durm, MD

Bristol-Myers Squibb

Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium

Investigators

• Study Chair: Greg Durm, M.D.; Indiana University Health Simon Cancer Center

More Information

Additional Information:

Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium Website 

• Responsible Party: Greg Durm, MD, Sponsor-Investigator, Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03285321
• Other Study ID Numbers: BTCRC-LUN16-081
• First Posted: September 18, 2017
• Last Update Posted: September 2, 2022
• Last Verified: August 2022

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: Yes
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No

Keywords provided by Greg Durm, MD, Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium:

Nivolumab; Ipilimumab; immunotherapy

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Lung Neoplasms; Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung; Respiratory Tract Neoplasms; Thoracic Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms; Lung Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Carcinoma, Bronchogenic; Bronchial Neoplasms; Nivolumab; Ipilimumab; Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological; Antineoplastic Agents; Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action