Phase I Multicenter Trial Combining Nivolumab, Ipilimumab and Hypo-fractionated Radiotherapy for Pretreated Advanced Stage Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Patients

Phase I Multicenter Trial Combining Nivolumab, Alone or With Ipilimumab, Plus Hypo-fractionated Radiotherapy for Pretreated Advanced Stage Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Patients

Nivolumab is superior to docetaxel monotherapy as second line treatment in advanced stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. However, the long term survival advantage seems to be limited to a 20% proportion of treated patients. To date, no definitive biomarker, including tumor cells or infiltrative cells PD-L1 expression, has been demonstrated to predict nivolumab (or other PD1 or PD-L1 inhibitors) efficacy. Ipilimumab has also suggested efficacy in the same patient population. Finally, the addition of ipilimumab to nivolumab has a suggested better efficacy over nivolumab alone in advanced stage NSCLC patients with an acceptable safety profile.

In parallel, hypo-fractionated radiotherapy alone has been suggested to elicit the immune system activity as demonstrated by the occurrence of an abscopal effect. Some case reports in melanoma but also lung cancer patients reinforced this hypothesis.

Furthermore, preclinical and clinical data suggest that radiation may have a synergistic effect with antibodies targeting the immune checkpoints (PD1, PD-L1, CTLA4) and improve antitumor efficacy. Moreover, it has been shown that fractionated radiotherapy delivered in combination with aPD-1 or aPD-L1 mAbs is able to generate efficacious CD8þ T-cell responses that will in turn improve local tumor control, long-term survival, and protection against tumor rechallenge.

Therefore, the combination of single fraction or hypo-fractionated radiotherapy with the anti PD1 nivolumab and/or the anti CTLA4 ipilimumab warrants further investigation. However, a large number of doses, sequences and schedules remain possible. In order to select the best combination, a mathematical modeling of immunotherapy in cancer and its synergy with radiotherapy has been set up. This work provides with mathematical formulas to link the drug serum concentrations of nivolumab and ipilimumab, and the dose of radiation therapy, to the immune response. In silico, the single and three fractions schedule have been found to have the same efficacy while activation of the immune response seems to be better using a hypo-fractionated (less than 6 fractions) radiotherapy in vivo.

Study Overview

Status

Terminated

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

6

Phase

  • Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

      • Marseille, France, 13005
        • Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Marseille

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Advanced NSCLC
  • One site of measureable disease by RECIST 1.1
  • Eligible for localized palliative radiotherapy of a bone lesion as per current national and international recommendations (part #1) or
  • Ability to tolerate hypo-fractionated radiotherapy of a tumoral lesion chosen according to the lower risk of radiation adverse event (lymph node > subcutaneous > liver > bone > lung) (part #2)
  • Received at least one prior line of therapy for incurable or metastatic NSCLC
  • Disease progression at study entry

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Received systemic anticancer therapy within the previous 21 days
  • Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B or C, or severe/uncontrolled infections or concurrent illness, unrelated to the tumor, requiring active therapy
  • Any condition requiring concurrent systemic immunosuppressive therapy
  • Known immunodeficiency disorders, either primary or acquired
  • Bone lesion with indication of surgery (part #1) ; especially in case of spinal compression.
  • Known leptomeningeal disease
  • Active malignancies within 12 months with the exception of those with a negligible risk of metastasis or death treated with expected curative outcome
  • Prior treatment with immune checkpoints inhibitors
  • Administration of a live, attenuated vaccine within 30 days prior to first dose of study drug
  • Long-term use of systemic corticosteroids (unless to a dose of 20mg of methylprednisolone)

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: part #1a
non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with bone metatase(s) eligible for localized hypo-fractionated radiotherapy
Stereotactic hypo-fractionated irradiation (3 x 8 Gys) radiotherapy fraction
administration of nivolumab
Experimental: part #1b
non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with bone metatase(s) eligible for localized hypo-fractionated radiotherapy
Stereotactic hypo-fractionated irradiation (3 x 8 Gys) radiotherapy fraction
administration of nivolumab
administration of ipilimumab
Experimental: part #2a
NSCLC patients eligible for a localized radiotherapy of one target lesion (outside the brain)
Stereotactic hypo-fractionated irradiation (3 x 8 Gys) radiotherapy fraction
administration of nivolumab
Experimental: part #2b
NSCLC patients eligible for a localized radiotherapy of one target lesion (outside the brain)
Stereotactic hypo-fractionated irradiation (3 x 8 Gys) radiotherapy fraction
administration of nivolumab
administration of ipilimumab

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Incidence of immune related adverse events
Time Frame: 48 weeks
evaluate the safety of the combination of the radiotherapy plus nivolumab alone or in combination with ipilimumab, by physical examinations
48 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Investigators

  • Study Director: Urielle DESALBRES, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Marseille

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

June 7, 2018

Primary Completion (Actual)

July 2, 2019

Study Completion (Actual)

July 2, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 10, 2018

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 17, 2018

First Posted (Actual)

April 26, 2018

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

June 15, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 14, 2023

Last Verified

June 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2017-21
  • 2017-001198-18 (EudraCT Number)

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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