3-arm Trial to Evaluate Pasireotide LAR/Everolimus Alone/in Combination in Patients With Lung/Thymus NET - LUNA Trial (LUNA)

Multicenter 3-arm Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Pasireotide LAR or Everolimus Alone or in Combination in Patients With Well Differentiated Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Lung and Thymus - LUNA Trial

This was a multicenter, randomized, phase II study evaluating Everolimus or Pasireotide LAR alone or in combination in adult patients with advanced (unresectable or metastatic) neuroendocrine carcinoma of the lung and thymus

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Lung and Thymus
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Pasireotide LAR; Drug: Everolimus; Drug: Pasireotide LAR and Everolimus Combination

Detailed Description

This was a prospective, multicenter, randomized, open-label, 3-arm, phase II study with a single-stage design in each arm. The purpose of this study was to test the effectiveness and safety of Everolimus or Pasireotide LAR alone or in combination in adult patients with advanced (unresectable or metastatic) neuroendocrine carcinoma (typical and atypical) of the lung and thymus. It was expected that a total of 120 patients with 40 patients in each arm were to be enrolled into this study. Patients were seen weekly for one month and monthly thereafter. Radiological and biochemical response assessments were performed every 3 months.

Patients with disease control (stable disease or better) in the combination arm or monotherapy with pasireotide LAR and everolimus who had not experienced unacceptable toxicity were permitted to continue treatment in the extension phase of the study and were seen every 3 months. Patients could remain in the extension phase as long as they continued to have clinical benefit and had not fulfilled any of the study discontinuation criteria. All patients had a safety follow-up visit 56 days after last treatment dose.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 124
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Denmark
  • Aarhus, Denmark, 8000 C
    • Novartis Investigative Site
  • Copenhagen N, Denmark, DK-2200
    • Novartis Investigative Site
• France
  • Creteil, France, 94000
    • Novartis Investigative Site
  • Lille Cedex, France, 59037
    • Novartis Investigative Site
  • Lyon, France, 69437
    • Novartis Investigative Site
  • Rennes, France, 35043
    • Novartis Investigative Site
  • Strasbourg Cedex, France, 67091
    • Novartis Investigative Site
  • Villejuif Cedex, France, 94800
    • Novartis Investigative Site
  • Cedex 9
    • Toulouse, Cedex 9, France, 31000
      • Novartis Investigative Site
• Germany
  • Bad Berka, Germany, 99438
    • Novartis Investigative Site
  • Berlin, Germany, 13125
    • Novartis Investigative Site
  • Mainz, Germany, 55131
    • Novartis Investigative Site
• Greece
  • GR
    • Athens, GR, Greece, 115 27
      • Novartis Investigative Site
• Italy
  • Napoli, Italy, 80131
    • Novartis Investigative Site
  • AN
    • Ancona, AN, Italy, 60126
      • Novartis Investigative Site
  • BS
    • Brescia, BS, Italy, 25123
      • Novartis Investigative Site
  • CT
    • Viagrande, CT, Italy, 95029
      • Novartis Investigative Site
  • MI
    • Milano, MI, Italy, 20141
      • Novartis Investigative Site
  • PD
    • Padova, PD, Italy, 35100
      • Novartis Investigative Site
  • PG
    • Perugia, PG, Italy, 06129
      • Novartis Investigative Site
  • PR
    • Parma, PR, Italy, 43100
      • Novartis Investigative Site
  • RM
    • Roma, RM, Italy, 00128
      • Novartis Investigative Site
  • TO
    • Orbassano, TO, Italy, 10043
      • Novartis Investigative Site
• Netherlands
  • Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1066 CX
    • Novartis Investigative Site
  • Groningen, Netherlands, 9713 GZ
    • Novartis Investigative Site
• Spain
  • Barcelona, Spain, 08041
    • Novartis Investigative Site
  • Madrid, Spain, 28046
    • Novartis Investigative Site
  • Andalucia
    • Granada, Andalucia, Spain, 18014
      • Novartis Investigative Site
    • Sevilla, Andalucia, Spain, 41013
      • Novartis Investigative Site
  • Asturias
    • Oviedo, Asturias, Spain, 33006
      • Novartis Investigative Site
  • Comunidad Valenciana
    • Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, 46014
      • Novartis Investigative Site
• Sweden
  • Lund, Sweden, 221 85
    • Novartis Investigative Site
• United Kingdom
  • Glasgow, United Kingdom, G12 0YN
    • Novartis Investigative Site
  • London, United Kingdom, SE1 9RT
    • Novartis Investigative Site
  • London, United Kingdom, NW3 2QG
    • Novartis Investigative Site
  • Greater Manchester
    • Withington, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom, M20 4BX
      • Novartis Investigative Site

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 14 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Histological confirmed advanced well differentiated typical and atypical carcinoid tumors of the lung or thymus
• Patients of all treatment lines including naive patients could have been enrolled
• At least one measurable lesion of disease on CT scan or MRI
• Radiological documentation of disease progression within 12 months prior to randomization
• Adequate liver, renal and bone marrow function
• WHO Performance Status 0-2

Exclusion Criteria:

• Poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma
• Non-neuroendocrine thymoma
• Patients with severe functional disease who required symptomatic treatment with somatostatin analogs
• Prior therapy with mTOR inhibitors
• History of liver disease
• Baseline QTcF> 470 msec
• Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus despite adequate therapy

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

3

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Pasireotide LAR; Pasireotide long acting release (LAR) 60 mg will be administered as an intra muscular (i.m.) depot injection once every 28 days starting on Day 1	Drug: Pasireotide LAR; 60 mg was administered as an intra muscular depot injection once every 28 days starting at Day 1; Other Names: SOM230
Experimental: Everolimus; Everolimus 10 mg taken orally (p.o) once daily starting on Day 1	Drug: Everolimus; 10 mg tables administered orally once a day; Other Names: RAD001
Experimental: Pasireotide LAR and Everolimus Combination; Pasireotide LAR 60 mg i.m. injected once every 28 days + Everolimus 10 mg p.o. daily starting on Day 1	Drug: Pasireotide LAR and Everolimus Combination; Pasireotide LAR 60 mg i.m. injected once every 28 days + Everolimus 10 mg p.o. daily; Other Names: SOM230 + RAD001

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Percentage of Participants Progression-free at 9 Months Based on Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors v1.1 (RECIST v1.1)	Patients with Complete Response (CR), Partial Response (PR), or Stable Disease (SD) at Month 9 were to be considered as "progression-free" based on RECIST v1.1. Patients with missing tumor assessment, or with overall lesion response "unknown" at Month 9 were considered as "non progression-free", unless any of the following assessments at Week 48 or Week 52 indicate CR, PR, or SD, in which case the patient was to be considered as progression-free at Month 9. Patients discontinuing the study for any reason prior to the 9 month assessment were to be considered as "non progression-free".	Baseline up to 9 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Summary of Progression-free Survival (PFS) Based on RECIST v1.1	Time from first study drug administration to objective tumor progression or death from any cause according to RECIST v1.1	Baseline, every 3 months up to 69 months
Kaplan-Meier Estimates of Progression-free Survival (PFS)	Percent (%) event-free probability estimate is the estimated probability that a patient will remain event-free up to the specified time point. Percent event-free probability estimates are obtained from the Kaplan-Meier survival estimates. Events are time from first study drug administration to objective tumor progression or death from any cause according to RECIST v1.1.	Baseline, every 3 months up to 69 months
Summary of Time to Response (Months)	Time from start of treatment to the first observed objective tumor response (partial response or complete response) observed according to RECIST v1.1.	Every 3 months up to Year 1
Summary of Duration of Response (Months)	Date of first objective tumor response to date of tumor progression or death due to any cause.	Every 3 months up to Year 1
12-month Disease Control Rate (DCR) and Objective Response Rate (ORR)	Objective response rate (ORR) was defined as the percentage of patients showing a best overall response (BOR) of CR or PR during the core study according to RECIST v1.1 criteria. The best overall response is interpreted as the best response recorded from the start of the treatment until disease progression/recurrence, death from any cause or until the patient withdraws consent, whichever is earliest. DCR was was defined as the percentage of participants with a best overall response of complete response, partial response or stable disease during 12 months of treatment according to RECIST v1.1.	Baseline up to Month 12
Biochemical Response Rate (BRR) for Chromogranin A (CgA) Levels	Percentage of patients showing normalization or a decrease of ≥ 30% of serum CgA concentrations compared to baseline.	Baseline up to Week 52
Duration of Biochemical Response (DBR), by Treatment (Full Analysis Set)	Time from the first documentation of biochemical response to the first documentation of biochemical progression or to death due to any cause, whichever occurred first. Biochemical progression is defined as an increase of serum CgA levels ≥ 25% compared to baseline.	Baseline up to Month 18
Kaplan-Meier Event-free Probability Estimate Based on CgA Levels	Kaplan Meier estimates are for Duration of biochemical response (DBR) outcome measure. Events are biochemical progressions i.e. an increase of CgA levels >= 25% compared to baseline or deaths due to any cause. Percent (%) Event-free probability estimate is the estimated probability that a patient will remain event-free up to the specified time point.	Baseline, every 3 months up to Month 18
Summary of Biochemical Progression-free Survival Based on CgA Levels by Treatment	Time from the first documentation of biochemical response to the first documentation of biochemical progression or to death due to any cause, whichever occurred first. Biochemical progression is defined as an increase of serum CgA levels ≥ 25% compared to baseline.	Baseline up Month 24
Kaplan-Meier Event-free Probability Estimate for Biochemical Progression-free Survival Based on CgA Levels	Percent (%) Event-free probability estimate is the estimated probability that a patient will remain event-free up to the specified time point. Percent event-free probability estimates are obtained from the Kaplan-Meier survival estimates. Events are biochemical progressions, i.e., an increase of CgA levels >= 25% compared to baseline or deaths due to any cause.	Baseline, every 3 months up to Month 24
Biochemical Response Rate (BRR) for 5HIAA Levels	The percentages are the biochemical response rates i.e. percentage of patients showing normalization i.e. return to within normal ranges, or a decrease of >= 50% from baseline of 5HIAA concentrations.	Baseline up Week 52

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Ferolla P, Brizzi MP, Meyer T, Mansoor W, Mazieres J, Do Cao C, Lena H, Berruti A, Damiano V, Buikhuisen W, Gronbaek H, Lombard-Bohas C, Grohe C, Minotti V, Tiseo M, De Castro J, Reed N, Gislimberti G, Singh N, Stankovic M, Oberg K, Baudin E. Efficacy and safety of long-acting pasireotide or everolimus alone or in combination in patients with advanced carcinoids of the lung and thymus (LUNA): an open-label, multicentre, randomised, phase 2 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2017 Dec;18(12):1652-1664. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(17)30681-2. Epub 2017 Oct 23.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): August 16, 2013
• Primary Completion (Actual): February 10, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): February 10, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 20, 2012
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 26, 2012
• First Posted (Estimate): March 27, 2012

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 2, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 8, 2021
• Last Verified: March 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: neuroendocrine carcinoma; lung; thymus; pasireotide LAR; everolimus,adult,SOM230,carcinoma,lung cancer,
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Respiratory Tract Diseases; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Lung Diseases; Neoplasms by Site; Adenocarcinoma; Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial; Respiratory Tract Neoplasms; Thoracic Neoplasms; Neuroectodermal Tumors; Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal; Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue; Neuroendocrine Tumors; Lung Neoplasms; Carcinoma; Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Antineoplastic Agents; Immunosuppressive Agents; Immunologic Factors; Hormones; Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists; Everolimus; Somatostatin; Pasireotide
• Other Study ID Numbers: CSOM230DIC03; 2011-002872-17 (EudraCT Number)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: Yes

IPD Plan Description

Novartis is committed to sharing with qualified external researchers, access to patient-level data and supporting clinical documents from eligible studies. These requests are reviewed and approved by an independent review panel on the basis of scientific merit. All data provided is anonymized to respect the privacy of patients who have participated in the trial in line with applicable laws and regulations.

This trial data availability is according to the criteria and process described on

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