E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated | Locally advanced, unresectable non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) (Stage III) with a PD-L1-expression of ≥ 1% | |
E.1.1.1 | Medical condition in easily understood language | |
E.1.1.2 | Therapeutic area | Diseases [C] - Cancer [C04] |
MedDRA Classification |
E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.2 | Version | 21.1 | E.1.2 | Level | PT | E.1.2 | Classification code | 10029519 | E.1.2 | Term | Non-small cell lung cancer stage III | E.1.2 | System Organ Class | 10029104 - Neoplasms benign, malignant and unspecified (incl cysts and polyps) | |
E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | No |
E.2 Objective of the trial |
E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial | To assess the feasibility of an FDG-PET-based small volume accelerated chemoradiotherapy followed by immunotherapy with durvalumab compared to standard FDG-PET-based chemoradiotherapy followed by immunotherapy with durvalumab | |
E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial | - To assess the safety and tolerability of an FDG-PET-based small volume accelerated chemoradiotherapy followed by immunotherapy with durvalumab - To assess the efficacy of an FDG-PET-based small volume accelerated chemoradiotherapy followed by immunotherapy with durvalumab compared to standard FDG-PET-based chemoradiotherapy followed by immunotherapy with durvalumab in terms of time to locoregional progression, time to locoregional in- and out-of-RT-field progression, time to distant progression, progression-free survival, overall survival, objective response rate, disease control rate - To assess symptoms and patient-reported health-related quality of life (QoL) in patients receiving an FDG-PET-based small volume accelerated chemoradiotherapy followed by immunotherapy with durvalumab compared to patients receiving standard FDG-PET-based chemo-radiotherapy followed by immunotherapy with durvalumab For more information please refer to the most current study protocol (chapter 2) | |
E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria | 1. Written informed consent 2. Patients irrespective of sex and gender, aged 18 years or older at the time of signing the ICF 3. Patients must be willing and able to comply with scheduled visits, treatment schedule, laboratory testing, and other requirements of the study as determined by the investigator 4. Patients with histologically or cytologically documented NSCLC who present with locally advanced, unresectable (Stage III) disease (according to version 8 of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Staging Manual in Thoracic Oncology (IASLC Staging Manual in Thoracic Oncology 2016)) 5. Patients fit for simultaneous chemoradiotherapy and consolidation immunotherapy according to interdisciplinary consensus 6. Histologically proven PD-L1-expression of ≥ 1% (tumor proportion score; TPS) in tumor sample as assessed in routine staging using a validated test such as Ventana SP236 assay 7. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) of 0 or 1 at enrolment 8. Tumor assessment by FDG-PET CT within 21 days prior to start of chemoradiotherapy. 9. Adequate pulmonary function test results a. Pre- or post-bronchodilator forced expiratory volume 1 of 1.0 L or >40% of predicted AND b. Diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO) >30% of predicted 10. Adequate bone marrow and organ function at enrolment a) Hemoglobin ≥9.0 g/dL b) Absolute neutrophil count >1.5 × 109/L c) Platelet count >100 × 109/L d) Serum bilirubin ≤1.5 × upper limit of normal (ULN) e) Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤2.5 × ULN f) Measured creatinine clearance (CrCl) >40 mL/min or calculated CL >40 mL/min as determined by Cockcroft-Gault (using actual body weight) 11. Body weight of >30 kg at enrolment 12. Evidence of post-menopausal status, or negative urinary or serum pregnancy test for female pre-menopausal patients. Women will be considered post-menopausal if they are amenorrhoic for 12 months or more without an alternative medical cause. The following age-specific requirements apply: a. Women <50 years old would be considered post-menopausal if they have been amenorrhoic for 12 months or more following cessation of exogenous hormonal treatments with luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone levels in the post-menopausal range for the institution b. Women ≥50 years old would be considered post-menopausal if they have been amenorrhoic for 12 months or more following cessation of all exogenous hormonal treatments, radiation-induced oophorectomy with last menses >1 year ago, chemotherapy-induced menopause with >1 year interval since last menses, or surgical sterilization (bilateral oophorectomy or hysterectomy) 13. Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) and male patients with partners of childbearing potential must agree to always use a highly effective form of contraception according to the Clinical Trials Facilitation and Coordination Group during the treatment phase of this study and for at least 90 days after the last dose durvalumab or 6 months after the last dose of chemotherapy, whichever occurs last | |
E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria | 1. Mixed small cell and NSCLC histology 2. Neuroendocrine tumour 3. Distant metastases 4. Malignant pleural effusion or pericardial effusion 5. Acute superior vena cava obstruction 6. Receipt of prior or current cancer treatment for NSCLC, including but not limited to, surgical resection, radiation therapy, investigational agents, hemotherapy, and mAbs. Exception: Prior surgical resection of limited metachronous NSCLC (i.e., stage I or II) is permitted. 7. Receipt of live attenuated vaccine within 30 days prior to the start of therapy. Note: Patients, if enrolled, should not receive live vaccine during treatment phase and up to 30 days end of treatment 8. Major surgical procedure (as defined by the Investigator) within 28 days prior start of treatment. 9. Prior exposure to immune-mediated therapy, including but not limited to, other anti-CTLA-4, anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1 (including durvalumab), and anti-PD-L2 antibodies, including therapeutic anticancer vaccines 10. Current use of ongoing long-term immunosuppressive medication. The following are exceptions to this criterion a. Intranasal, inhaled, topical steroids, or local steroid injections (e.g., intra articular injection) b. Systemic corticosteroids at physiologic doses not to exceed 10 mg/day of pred-nisone or its equivalent c. Steroids as premedication for hypersensitivity reactions (e.g., CT scan premedication) 11. History of allogeneic organ transplantation 12. Active or prior documented autoimmune or inflammatory disorders including inflammatory bowel disease [e.g., colitis or Crohn's disease], diverticulitis [with the exception of diverticulosis], systemic lupus erythematosus, Sarcoidosis syndrome, Wegener syndrome [granulomatosis with polyangiitis, Graves' disease, rheumatoid arthritis, hypophysitis, uveitis, etc.]). The following are exceptions to this criterion: a. Patients with vitiligo or alopecia b. Patients with hypothyroidism (e.g., following Hashimoto syndrome) stable on hormone replacement c. Any chronic skin condition that does not require systemic therapy d. Patients without active disease in the last 5 years at randomization may be included but only after consultation with the local study physician e. Patients with celiac disease controlled by diet alone 13. Uncontrolled intercurrent illness, including but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, uncontrolled hypertension, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, ILD, serious chronic gastrointestinal conditions associated with diarrhea, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirement, substantially increase risk of incurring AEs, or compromise the ability of the patient to give written informed consent 14. Patients with oxygen dependence 15. Acute inflammation of mediastinal lymph nodes/mediastinal lymphadenopathy in the context of active pneumoconiosis, sarcoidosis or tuberculosis 16. History of another primary malignancy except for a. Diagnosis of second malignancy (except basal cell carcinoma) < 2 years prior to NSCLC diagnosis, or persistence or progression of previously diagnosed malignancy. Patients with a previous history of radiation therapy are eligible provided field overlap is minimal and the risk of toxicity to tissues in the overlapping region(s) is deemed to be acceptable by treating radiation oncologist. b. Adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer or lentigo maligna without evi-dence of disease c. Adequately treated carcinoma in situ without evidence of disease 17. History of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis 18.Positive diagnostic test for hepatitis B (hepatitis B surface antigen) or hepatitis C (hepatitis C antibody or hepatitis C RNA) 19. Known active infection of tuberculosis or human immunodeficiency virus 20. Known allergy or hypersensitivity to concomitant chemotherapy and durvalumab or any of the excipients 21. Any medical contraindication to treatment with platinum-based doublet chemotherapy as listed in the applying SmPCs 22. Patients who have disease considered for surgical treatment as part of their care plan, such as Pancoast or superior sulcus tumors. 23. Concurrent enrolment in another clinical study, unless it is an observational (noninterventional) clinical study or the follow-up period of an interventional study 24. Participation in another clinical study with an investigational product during the 4 weeks prior to enrolment 25. Pregnancy or breast-feeding | |
E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) | Completion rate defined as rate of patients having received: • the prescribed radiotherapy dose ± 2 fractions and • simultaneous platinum-based chemotherapy and • immunotherapy consolidation with durvalumab starting within 42 days after the last dose of chemoradiotherapy and • either at least 3 doses of durvalumab or less than 3 doses of durvalumab in case immunotherapy was permanently discontinued due to documented extrathoracic immune-related toxicity. | |
E.5.1.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point | approximately 22 weeks after start of radio-chemotherapy | |
E.5.2 | Secondary end point(s) | Safety endpoints: Adverse events grade ≥ 3 (according to NCI CTCAE v5.0), SAEs, unexpected AEs Efficacy endpoints: • Time to locoregional progression: time from randomization to progression in the primary tumor or any of mediastinal lymph nodes • Time to locoregional in-RT-field progres-sion: time from randomization to progres-sion in primary tumor or mediastinal lymph nodes within the target volume • Time to locoregional out-of-RT-field progression: time from randomization to progression in mediastinal lymph nodes outside the target volume • Time to distant progression: time from randomization to appearance of metasta-ses elsewhere • Progression-free survival (PFS) • Overall survival (OS) • Objective response rate (ORR) defined as the proportion of randomized patients with best response of complete or partial response • Disease control rate (DCR) defined as the proportion of randomized patients with best response of complete response, partial response, or stable disease Quality of Life: EORTC QLQ-C30 and QLQ-LC13: Change in symptoms, functioning, and global healthstatus/QoL Radiotherapy quality: Percentage of patients without major proto-col deviations regarding radiotherapy quality | |
E.5.2.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point | Safety Endpoints: during the whole study PFS: time from randomization to disease progression or death by any cause OS: time from randomization to death by any cause ORR, DCR: end of study Quality of Life: during whole study Radiotherapy quality: during whole study | |
E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial |
E.6 | Scope of the trial |
E.6.1 | Diagnosis | No |
E.6.2 | Prophylaxis | No |
E.6.3 | Therapy | Yes |
E.6.4 | Safety | Yes |
E.6.5 | Efficacy | Yes |
E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | No |
E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | No |
E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No |
E.6.9 | Dose response | Yes |
E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | No |
E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic | No |
E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic | No |
E.6.13 | Others | No |
E.7 | Trial type and phase |
E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) | No |
E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans | No |
E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | No |
E.7.1.3 | Other | No |
E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description | |
E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) | Yes |
E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | No |
E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | No |
E.8 Design of the trial |
E.8.1 | Controlled | Yes |
E.8.1.1 | Randomised | Yes |
E.8.1.2 | Open | Yes |
E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No |
E.8.1.4 | Double blind | No |
E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | Yes |
E.8.1.6 | Cross over | No |
E.8.1.7 | Other | No |
E.8.2 | Comparator of controlled trial |
E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) | No |
E.8.2.2 | Placebo | No |
E.8.2.3 | Other | Yes |
E.8.2.3.1 | Comparator description | Standard FDG-PET-based radiotherapy with concurrent soc chemotherapy following immunotherapy | |
E.8.2.4 | Number of treatment arms in the trial | 2 |
E.8.3 | The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned | No |
E.8.4 | The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned | Yes |
E.8.4.1 | Number of sites anticipated in Member State concerned | 10 |
E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | Yes |
E.8.5.1 | Number of sites anticipated in the EEA | 10 |
E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA |
E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA | Yes |
E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | No |
E.8.6.3 | If E.8.6.1 or E.8.6.2 are Yes, specify the regions in which trial sites are planned | |
E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee | No |
E.8.8 | Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last visit of the last subject undergoing the trial | Overall end of study will be reached 24 months after the last patient has started durvalumab therapy | |
E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned years | 4 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | 3 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | 0 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial years | 4 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial months | 3 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial days | 0 |