Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy in Extensive-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer With Thoracic Radiotherapy (CHEST RT)

A Phase II Study of Platinum and Etoposide Chemotherapy, Durvalumab With Thoracic Radiotherapy in the First Line Treatment of Patients With Extensive-stage Small-cell Lung Cancer

This is a prospective, multi-centre, single arm, phase 2, open label clinical trial of patients with untreated extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) suitable for first-line platinum-based chemotherapy. The aim of the trial is to assess safety, feasibility and describe efficacy of the addition of concurrent thoracic radiotherapy to usual treatment of chemotherapy and immunotherapy (durvalumab) in patients with ES-SCLC.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Extensive-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer
• Intervention / Treatment: Radiation: Thoracic Radiotherapy; Drug: Etoposide with Carboplatin or Cisplatin; Drug: Durvalumab

Detailed Description

A phase II study of platinum and etoposide chemotherapy, durvalumab with thoracic radiotherapy in the first line treatment of patients with extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 35
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Bridget Rooney; Phone Number: +61 2 40143911; Email: CHESTRT@trog.com.au
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Eric Hau; Phone Number: +61 2 9881 8421; Email: eric.hau@health.nsw.gov.au

Study Locations

• Australia
  • New South Wales
    • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2145
      • Recruiting
      • Westmead Hospital
      • Principal Investigator: Harriet Gee
    • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2170
      • Recruiting
      • Liverpool Hospital
      • Principal Investigator: Shalini Vinod
    • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2148
      • Recruiting
      • Blacktown Hospital
      • Principal Investigator: Eric Hau
  • Queensland
    • Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 4102
      • Recruiting
      • Princess Alexandra Hospital
      • Principal Investigator: Margot Lehman
    • Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 4029
      • Recruiting
      • Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
      • Principal Investigator: Catherine Bettington
  • Victoria
    • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3000
      • Recruiting
      • Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
      • Principal Investigator: Susan Harden
    • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3084
      • Recruiting
      • Austin Health
      • Principal Investigator: Sagun Parakh
    • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3065
      • Recruiting
      • St. Vincent's Hospital
      • Principal Investigator: Melissa Moore

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Provided written informed consent
• Histologically or cytologically documented ES-ECLC
• Thoracic disease deemed suitable for radiation therapy following initial systemic therapy

• If brain metastases present, then they are to be;

  1. asymptomatic without steroid therapy may be included or
  2. have required treatment (radiotherapy and/or surgery) and are clinically stable and patient is on a stable or reducing steroid dose of no more than dexamethasone 4mg/day (or equivalent)
• Patients must be considered suitable to receive platinum-based chemotherapy regimen as first-line treatment for ES-SCLC
• ECOG performance-status score of 0 or 1 at registration
• Life expectancy ≥ 12 weeks at registration
• Body weight > 30 kg
• No prior exposure to immune-mediated therapy including, but not limited to, other anti-cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen-4, anti-programmed cell death-1, anti-programmed cell death ligand-1, and anti-programmed cell death ligand-2 antibodies, excluding therapeutic anticancer vaccines
• Adequate organ and marrow function as defined in the Protocol

• Female patients who;

  1. are willing to use adequate contraceptive measures until 90 days after the final dose of trial treatment
  2. are not breast feeding
  3. have a negative pregnancy test prior at registration if of child bearing potential or have evidence of non-child bearing potential by fulfilling the criteria as stated in the Protocol at screening

Exclusion Criteria:

• Treatment with any of the following:

  1. Concurrent chemotherapy (not relevant to patients registered prior to cycle 2 who will have received a cycle of platinum/etoposide chemotherapy), investigational product, biologic, or hormonal therapy for cancer treatment. Concurrent use of hormonal therapy for non-cancer-related conditions (e.g., hormone replacement therapy) is acceptable
  2. An investigational product during the last 4 weeks
  3. High dose radiotherapy to the chest prior to systemic therapy precluding further thoracic radiation therapy. Radiation therapy outside of the chest for palliative care (i.e., bone metastasis) is allowed but must be completed before first dose of the trial medication
  4. Immunosuppressive medication within 14 days before the first dose of durvalumab. Some exceptions apply
  5. Live, attenuated vaccine within 30 days prior to the first dose of durvalumab
  6. Major surgical procedure (as defined by the investigator) within 28 days prior to the first dose of Durvalumab. Surgical procedures to obtain a lung cancer diagnosis or for palliation are allowed
• Medical contraindication to, known allergy or hypersensitivity to durvalumab, etoposide, carboplatin (patients with allergy/hypersensitivity to carboplatin may receive cisplatin), cisplatin, or any of their excipients
• History of allogeneic organ transplantation
• Has a para-neoplastic syndrome (PNS) of autoimmune nature, requiring systemic treatment (systemic steroids or immunosuppressive agents) or has a clinical symptomatology suggesting worsening of PNS. Patients with hyponatraemia considered due to SIADH syndrome are eligible
• Active or prior documented autoimmune or inflammatory disorders (including inflammatory bowel disease [e.g., colitis or Crohn's disease], diverticulitis. Some exceptions apply
• Interstitial lung disease/pulmonary fibrosis. Patients with emphysema and associated limited areas of pulmonary fibrosis are eligible
• Uncontrolled intercurrent illness
• History of another primary malignancy. Some exceptions apply
• History of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis
• History of active primary immunodeficiency
• Patients of reproductive potential who are not willing to employ effective birth control from screening to 90 days after the last dose of durvalumab

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Intervention / Treatment

Experimental: Treatment; Participants will receive Durvalumab concurrently with chemotherapy (etoposide with carboplatin or cisplatin) for 4 cycles.

Radiation: Thoracic Radiotherapy; Participants will receive thoracic radiotherapy to a dose of 30 Gray (Gy) in 10 fractions (3 Gy per day) concurrently with cycle 3 or 4 of chemo-immunotherapy (Group 1). Participants who are unsuitable for concurrent radiotherapy may receive consolidation radiotherapy. Consolidation thoracic radiotherapy will be administered to a dose of 30 Gy in 10 fractions, following 4 cycles of chemo-immunotherapy (Group 2). Treatment fractions will be delivered daily, where treatment should be completed within 15 days (9-10 fractions a fortnight).; Other Names: Thoracic Radiation Therapy; Drug: Etoposide with Carboplatin or Cisplatin; The chemotherapy in this study is a standard treatment for extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer (EC-SCLC). The combination of chemotherapy (etoposide + carboplatin or etoposide + cisplatin) which the participant will receive is dependent on what is standard at the treatment centre. Chemotherapy will be administered via an intravenous infusion every 3 weeks (21 days) for 4 cycles.; Other Names: Platinum + Etoposide; EP Chemotherapy; Drug: Durvalumab; The immunotherapy in this study is a standard treatment for ES-SCLC. Participants will receive a dose of 1500 mg of Durvalumab via an intravenous infusion every 3 weeks (21 days) for 4 cycles, concurrently with chemotherapy. A 1500 mg maintenance dose of Durvalumab will administered every 4 weeks after completion of chemotherapy (monotherapy).; Other Names: MEDI4736; IMFINZI

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Safety of chemo-immunotherapy with concurrent thoracic radiotherapy	Group 1 and Group 2 will be compared for the presence of toxicity, whereby the proportion of grade 3 or higher pneumonitis and grade 3 or higher oesophagitis will be monitored using the NCI Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events v5.	From date of consent to 90 days after trial treatment is discontinued
Feasibility of chemo-immunotherapy with concurrent thoracic radiotherapy	Group 1 and Group 2 will be compared for the proportion of participants which received concurrent radiotherapy vs the proportion of participants which did not receive concurrent radiotherapy. The two groups will also be assessed by the proportion of participants in which discontinued thoracic radiotherapy.	From date of consent to 90 days after trial treatment is discontinued

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Overall Survival	Overall survival will be defined as the time from the Cycle 1 day 1 of chemotherapy until the date of death by any cause. Participants who are alive by the analysis time point will be censored at the trial close out date.	12 months
Progression free survival	Progression free survival will be defined as the time from Cycle 1 Day 1 of chemotherapy until the date of objective disease progression or death (by any cause in the absence of progression), regardless of whether the participant withdraws from therapy or receives another anticancer therapy prior to progression. Participants who are alive or have not progressed by the analysis time point will be censored at the latest of the dates contributing to a particular overall visit assessment.	6 and 12 months
Patterns of failure	Patterns of failure assessed by the proportion of patients with first site of failure in: Thoracic, Extra-thoracic or cranial sites, seen on imaging (CT/MRI) and assessed by iRECIST and/or RANO-BM criteria. The first site of treatment relapse will be collected and categorised as thoracic, extra-thoracic or cranial.	From date of registration until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever comes first, assessed up to 152 weeks
Time to local failure and local control	Time to thoracic local failure and proportion of participants with thoracic local control.	6 and 12 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Trans Tasman Radiation Oncology Group
• Collaborators: AstraZeneca
• Investigators: Study Chair: Eric Hau, Westmead/Blacktown Hospital; Principal Investigator: Sagun Parakh, Austin Health

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 1, 2022
• Primary Completion (Estimated): September 30, 2027
• Study Completion (Estimated): February 28, 2028

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 9, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 21, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): April 3, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 7, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 5, 2023
• Last Verified: September 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Respiratory Tract Diseases; Neoplasms; Lung Diseases; Neoplasms by Site; Respiratory Tract Neoplasms; Thoracic Neoplasms; Carcinoma, Bronchogenic; Bronchial Neoplasms; Lung Neoplasms; Small Cell Lung Carcinoma; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Enzyme Inhibitors; Antineoplastic Agents; Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; Topoisomerase II Inhibitors; Topoisomerase Inhibitors; Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological; Carboplatin; Etoposide; Etoposide phosphate; Durvalumab
• Other Study ID Numbers: TROG 20.01 CHEST RT

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No