The aim of the trial is to assess efficacy and safety of the treatment with durvalumab in PS 2 patients with treatment-naïve, locally advanced or metastatic, PD-L1 positive NSCLC who are considered unsuitable for combination platinum-containing therapy.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths. An estimated 30 to 40% of patients diagnosed with NSCLC have a poor Performance status (PS) defined as a score of 2 or higher on the ECOG scale. PS 2 patients are often underrepresented in clinical trials despite representing a very frequent and important subgroup. Platinum-based (preferably carboplatin) doublets should be considered as standard of care in eligible PS 2 patients. However the toxicity profile of platinum-based doublets remains a concern. Single-agent chemotherapy represents an alternative treatment option for the PS 2 patients considered unsuitable for platinum doublet chemotherapy but its efficacy is limited and the outcome poor. Given the superiority of the anti-PD-1 antibody pembrolizumab versus standard chemotherapy as first line therapy in a PD-L1 positive NSCLC population, it now became the standard treatment. The PS of patients enrolled in these trials were PS 0 or 1, making the benefit of PD-L1 antibodies in PS 2 patients unclear. A retrospective real-life data analysis of nivolumab in metastatic NSCLC revealed similar treatment-related AE between patients with a PS of 0 or 1 with those having a PS of 2, confirming good treatment tolerability in poor PS patients. The overall favorable toxicity profile of durvalumab and the absence of robust efficacy data of checkpoint inhibitors in first line treatment of patients with PD-L1 positive NSCLC with a PS of 2, encourage to investigate its activity in this cohort of patients when considered unsuitable for platinum doublet chemotherapy. Finally, this trial aims to prolong overall survival by treating this cohort of frail patients with durvalumab, compared to historical controls, treated with single agent chemotherapy.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
48
Durvalumab 1500mg q4W until progression or unacceptable toxicity
Kantonsspital Aarau
Aarau, Switzerland
Kantonsspital Baden
Baden, Switzerland
Universitaetsspital Basel
Basel, Switzerland
IOSI Ospedale Regionale di Bellinzona e Valli
Overall survival (OS) at 6 months
OS at 6 months is defined as being alive at 6 months after registration.
Time frame: At 6 months after registration
Objective response (OR) according to RECIST 1.1
OR is defined as any complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) according to RECIST 1.1 criteria achieved during trial treatment.
Time frame: At trial treatment discontinuation or the latest 5 years after last patient discontinued trial treatment
Objective response according to iRECIST (iOR)
iOR is defined as any complete response (CR/iCR) or partial response (PR/iPR) according to RECIST1.1 or iRECIST criteria achieved during trial treatment.
Time frame: At trial treatment discontinuation or the latest 5 years after last patient discontinued trial treatment
Duration of response (DoR) according to RECIST 1.1
DoR is defined as the time from the first documentation of OR until disease progression according to RECIST 1.1 criteria or death due to disease progression, whichever occurs first.
Time frame: At disease progression according to RECIST 1.1 criteria or death due to disease progression or the latest 5 years after last patient discontinued trial treatment
Duration of response according to iRECIST (iDoR)
iDoR is defined as the time from the first documentation of iOR until disease progression according to iRECIST criteria (iPD) or death due to disease progression.
Time frame: At disease progression according to iRECIST criteria (iPD) or death due to disease progression or the latest 5 years after last patient discontinued trial treatment
Progression-free survival (PFS) according to RECIST 1.1
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Bellinzona, Switzerland
Inselspital
Bern, Switzerland
Kantonsspital Graubuenden
Chur, Switzerland
Hopital Fribourgeois HFR
Fribourg, Switzerland
Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève
Geneva, Switzerland
Kantonsspital - St. Gallen
Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
Spital STS AG
Thun, Switzerland
...and 1 more locations
PFS is defined as the time from registration until disease progression according to RECIST v1.1 criteria or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first.
Time frame: At disease progression according to RECIST v1.1 criteria or death due to any cause or the latest 5 years after last patient discontinued trial treatment
Progression-free survival according to iRECIST (iPFS)
iPFS is defined as the time from registration until disease progression according to iRECIST criteria (iPD) or death due to any reason, whichever occurs first. iPD is defined as the time point of first iUPD without subsequent iSD, iPR or iCR before trial treatment discontinuation. Patients not experiencing an event at the time of the analysis, as well as patients starting a subsequent anticancer treatment in the absence of an event, will be censored at the date of their last available tumor assessment showing no evidence of iPD before starting a subsequent anticancer treatment, if any.
Time frame: At disease progression according to iRECIST criteria (iPD) or death due to any reason or the latest 5 years after last patient discontinued trial treatment
Overall survival (OS)
OS is defined as the time from registration until death due to any cause
Time frame: At death of the patient or the latest 5 years after last patient discontinued trial treatment
Adverse events (AEs)
All AEs will be assessed according to NCI CTCAE v5.0
Time frame: From registration until 28 days after last trial treatment dose
Quality of life (QoL): Core 30 (QLQ-C30)
QoL is measured by the Questionnaire Core 30 (QLQ-C30) including the complementary Lung Cancer Module (QLQ-LC13)
Time frame: From registration until trial treatment discontinuation or the latest 1 year after registration
Geriatric assessment (GA) - Screening instrument (G8)
Screening instrument (G8)
Time frame: At baseline
Geriatric assessment (GA) - Assessment with IADL
Assessment with IADL
Time frame: At baseline
Geriatric assessment (GA)
Comorbidities assessment with CCI
Time frame: At baseline