Neoadjuvant Chemo-immunotherapy for Stage III PD-L1 Positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 2
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-99
SponsorFondazione Ricerca Traslazionale

About this trial

A Ph.2, single-arm, monocentric, trial of neo-adjiuvant chemo-immunotherapy for stage III, PD-L1 positive, NSCLC.

Adults and smokers (past or current) diagnosed with stage III NSCLC without driver molecular alterations (EGFR, ALK, ROS1, RET).

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Histologically confirmed stage III disease.

PD-L1 TPS ≥ 1% according to local testing.

No evidence of EGFR mutations or ALK or ROS1 or RET rearrangements by local testing.

Pulmonary function tests within 6 months of the planned resection.

Disqualifiers

Histology of large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (LCNEC).

Any previous therapy for current lung cancer, including chemotherapy or radiation therapy.

Previous treatment with an antibody or drug against the immune checkpoint pathway, including but not limited to, therapeutic anti-cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4-associated antibodies (anti-CTLA-4), anti-PD-1 and anti-PD-L1.

Never smoking patients.

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Tislelizumab

    Drug

    Compared to clinical practice in Italy this trial is adding a neoadjuvant chemoimmuno treatment with adjuvant immuno

  • surgery (any volume) and / or pharmaceuticals treatment initiated or planned or only dynamic observation, in accordance with current clinical guidelines

    Procedure/Surgery

    surgery if resectable after neoadjuvant treatment

  • Chemoradiotherapy

    Radiation

    if patient not resectable after neoadjuvant treatment, chemoradiotherapy performed

Treatment groups

30 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: surgeryExperimental treatment 2 interventions
Group B: chemoradioActive comparator 2 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

radical surgery (R0) in patients with stage III PD-L1 positive

To evaluate the rate of radical surgery (R0) in patients with stage III PD-L1 positive NSCLC treated with tislelizumab plus platinum-based doublet chemotherapy as neoadjuvant treatment.

Time frame
3 years

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

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