Radiation and Chemotherapy With Ipilimumab Followed by Nivolumab for Patients With Stage III Unresectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03663166 |
Recruitment Status :
Terminated
(Increased SAE occurrence per PI)
First Posted : September 10, 2018
Results First Posted : February 15, 2023
Last Update Posted : February 15, 2023
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung | Radiation: Thoracic Radiotherapy Drug: Platinum Based Chemotherapy Drug: ipilimumab Drug: Nivolumab | Phase 1 Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 19 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Sequential Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Radiation and Chemotherapy With Ipilimumab Followed by Nivolumab for Patients With Stage III Unresectable NSCLC |
Actual Study Start Date : | November 20, 2018 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | October 22, 2021 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | October 22, 2021 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Radiation and Chemotherapy
Thoracic Radiotherapy with cytotoxic platinum based chemotherapy with cytotoxic platinum based chemotherapy including cisplatin and etoposide, carboplatin and paclitaxel or cisplatin and pemetrexed (for patients with non-squamous histology) and Ipilimumab.
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Radiation: Thoracic Radiotherapy
2 Gy in 30 fractions directed at all sites of suspected disease Drug: Platinum Based Chemotherapy Platinum based chemotherapy including cisplatin and etoposide, carboplatin and paclitaxel or cisplatin and pemetrexed (for patients with non-squamous histology). Drug: ipilimumab ipilimumab 1mg/kg delivered concurrently with initiation of chemoradiotherapy and in week 4 of chemoradiotherapy |
Experimental: Nivolumab
Nivolumab 480 mg (30 minute IV infusion) after completion of radiation and chemotherapy for up to 12 cycles until progression.
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Drug: Nivolumab
Nivolumab 480 mg (30 minute IV infusion) at least 7 days but no more than 21 days after completion of radiation and chemotherapy every 4 weeks for up to 12 cycles. |
- Unacceptable Toxicity Status at the End of 8-week Safety Observation Period [ Time Frame: At 8 weeks of treatment ]
Unacceptable toxicity defined as:
- Any grade 4 immune related adverse event (irAE)
- Any grade 3 irAE, excluding pneumonitis, that does not downgrade to grade 2 within 7 days after onset of the event despite optimal medical management including systemic corticosteroids or does not downgrade to ≤ grade 1 or baseline within 14 days
- Liver transaminase elevation > 8 × ULN or total bilirubin > 5 × ULN,
- Any ≥ grade 3 non-irAE, with some exclusions. Result is provided as number of participants with unacceptable toxicity within 8 weeks of commencing study therapy.
- Percentage of Participants Without Disease Progression at 12 Months [ Time Frame: 12 months post treatment ]Disease Progression defined as the duration from date of registration to date of first documentation of progression as defined using Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) v 1.1 and assessed by local investigator or symptomatic deterioration (as defined in Outcome 1) or death due to any cause. Patients last known to be alive without report of progression are censored at date of last disease assessment. For patients with a missing scan (or consecutive missing scans) whose subsequent scan determines progression, the expected date of the first missing scan (as defined by the disease assessment schedule) will be used as the date of progression.
- Percentage of Participants Who Experienced 12 Month Distant Metastasis Free Survival (DMFS) [ Time Frame: 12 months post treatment ]DMFS is defined as the duration from date of registration to date of first documentation of distant metastatic progression beyond the primary tumor site as well as regional lymph nodes assessed by local investigator or symptomatic deterioration (as defined in Outcome 1) or death due to any cause. Patients last known to be alive without report of distant metastatic progression are censored at date of last disease assessment.
- Objective Response Rate (ORR) at 6 Months [ Time Frame: 6 months ]ORR is defined as the proportion of all treated subjects whose best overall response is either a complete response or partial response according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1 criteria. Best Objective Response (BOR) will also be reported Complete Response (CR) or Partial Response (PR) determinations included in the assessment must be confirmed by a consecutive second (confirmatory) evaluation meeting the criteria for response that is performed at least 4 weeks after the criteria for response are first met. When Stable Disease (SD) is believed to be the best response, it must meet a minimum SD duration of 49 days. Measurements must have met the SD criteria at least once after study entry.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Over 18 years of age
- Participants must have signed and dated a written informed consent form.
- Participants must be willing and able to comply with proposed visit and treatment schedule.
- Patients with NSCLC documented by histology or cytology from brushing, washing, or needle aspiration of a defined lesion, but not from sputum cytology alone.
- Patients must have presented at initial diagnosis with Stage III disease according to American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Staging Manual, 8th Edition;
- Patients must be deemed by the treating investigator to be surgically unresectable. I
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status (PS) 0 or 1
- Patients must initiate study treatment 60 days from the date of pathologic diagnosis.
- Tumor biopsy specimen including at least formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tumor tissue block or 10 unstained slides of tumor sample (archival or recent) for biomarker evaluation must be available for submission to the central lab for correlative studies.
- Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test within 14 days prior to the start of thoracic radiation therapy.
- Male participants must be willing to refrain from sperm donation during the entire study and for 5 half-lives of study drug plus 90 days (duration of sperm turnover).
- Investigators shall counsel WOCBP and male participants who are sexually active with WOCBP on the importance of pregnancy prevention and the implications of an unexpected pregnancy. Investigators shall advise on the use of highly effective methods of contraception which have a failure rate of </= 1% when used consistently and correctly. Azoospermic males are exempt from contraceptive requirements.
- WOCBP must agree to follow instructions for method(s) of contraception for the duration of treatment with study drug(s) plus 5 half-lives of study drug (half-life up to 25 days) plus 30 days (duration of ovulatory cycle) for a total of 5 months post-treatment completion.
- WOCBP who are continuously not heterosexually active are exempt from contraception requirements. However, they must still undergo pregnancy testing as described in this section.
- Males who are sexually active with WOCBP must agree to follow instructions for method(s) of contraception for the duration of treatment with study drug (s) plus 5 half-lives of the study drug (half-life up to 25 days) plus 90 days (duration of sperm turnover) for a total of 7 months post-treatment completion
Exclusion Criteria:
- All toxicities attributed to prior anti-cancer therapy must have been resolved to Grade 1 (NCI CTCAE Version 4) or baseline before administration of study drug(s). Exceptions may apply.
- Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding
- Active, known, or suspected autoimmune disease. Patients with an autoimmune paraneoplastic syndrome requiring concurrent immunosuppressive treatment are excluded. Patients with type I diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism only requiring hormone replacement, skin disorders (such as vitiligo, psoriasis, or alopecia) not requiring systemic treatment, or conditions not expected to recur in the absence of an external trigger are permitted to enroll
- A condition requiring systemic treatment with either corticosteroids (> 10 mg daily prednisone equivalent) or other immunosuppressive medications within 14 days of study initiation. Corticosteroids with minimal systemic absorption (inhaled or topical steroids) and adrenal replacement steroid doses > 10 mg daily prednisone equivalent are permitted in the absence of active autoimmune disease
- Prior therapy with anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, anti-PD-L2, anti-CD137, or anti-CTLA-4 antibody
- Interstitial lung disease that is symptomatic or may interfere with the detection or management of suspected drug-related pulmonary toxicity.
- Any patient requiring supplemental oxygen therapy.
- Previous malignancies (except non-melanoma skin cancers, and some in situ cancers) unless a complete remission was achieved at least 2 years prior to study entry AND no additional therapy is required during the study period.
- Known medical condition that, in the investigator's opinion, would increase the risk associated with study participation or study drug(s) administration or interfere with the interpretation of safety results
- Major surgery or significant traumatic injury that is not recovered at least 14 days before the initiation of thoracic radiation therapy.
- Positive test for hepatitis B virus (HBV) using HBV surface antigen (HBVsAg) test or positive test for hepatitis C virus (HCV) using HCV ribonucleic acid (RNA) or HCV antibody test indicating acute or chronic infection. Individuals with a positive test for HCV antibody but no detection of HCV RNA indicating no current infection are eligible.
- Known medical history of testing positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or known medical history of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
- Inadequate hematologic function.
- Inadequate hepatic function.
- Inadequate pancreatic function.
- History of allergy or hypersensitivity to any of the study drugs or study drug components

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03663166
United States, Florida | |
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute | |
Tampa, Florida, United States, 33612 | |
United States, North Carolina | |
UNC Limeberger Comprehensive Cancer Center | |
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27599 | |
Duke University | |
Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710 |
Principal Investigator: | Bradford Perez, MD | H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute |
Documents provided by H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute:
Responsible Party: | H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03663166 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
MCC-19704 |
First Posted: | September 10, 2018 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | February 15, 2023 |
Last Update Posted: | February 15, 2023 |
Last Verified: | February 2023 |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
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