Overall survival (OS) of patients with advanced (stage IIIB/IV) non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remains short after the first line of treatment with a median OS of 12.2 months in non squamous NSCLC and 9.2 months in squamous NSCLC . In this setting the programmed death 1/ligand 1 (PD-1/-L1) were targeted with nivolumab (IgG4) in advanced squamous and nonsquamous NSCLC leading to an increase of the 1-year OS rate of approximately 10-15% in both histologies. Nivolumab, pembrolizumab and atezolizumab are now considered a standard of care in 2nd line advanced NSCLC and in 1st line for pembrolizumab but but prognosis still remains poor in advanced NSCLC. Overall survival (OS) of patients with advanced (stage III/IV) NSCLC remains limited with a median OS of 12.2 months in non-squamous NSCLC and 9.2 months in squamous NSCLC if anti-PD1 alone. It is of around 16 months if pembrolizumab is combined with chemotherapy. Preclinical data indicates that anti-tumor efficacy is increased when anti-PD-1/-L1 are combined with irradiation (IR). Radiotherapy alone can elicit tumor cell death which can increase tumor antigen in the blood stream, favoring recognition by the immune system and its activation against tumor cells outside of the radiation field (="abscopal effect"). IR may also reverse acquired resistance to PD-1 blockade immunotherapy by limiting T-cell exhaustion. Because of these preclinical and clinical data several studies analysing the combination of IR and anti-PD1 in NSCLC are ongoing. Among them, two studies are testing the administration of IR and nivolumab in stage III NSCLC: the NCT02768558 phase III trial (RTOG), and the NCT02434081 phase II trial (ETOP). Antonia et al \[2017\] tested the use of anti-PD-L1 after chemoradiotherapy in unresectable stage III NSCLC. Median time to distant metastasis was increased (23.2 months vs. 14.6 months, p\<0.001). An increase of OS is consequently expected. However, no study involving concurrent RT and pembrolizumab combined with chemotherapy in advanced NSCLC is ongoing, which is the purpose of the present study, NIRVANA-Lung.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
327
Irradiation technique (3D-CRT or SABR) will be at physician discretion.
pembrolizumab will be administered as per standard of care every 3 weeks until progression or toxicity
for squamous NSCLC carboplatin AUC6, paclitaxel 200 mg/m² every 3 weeks for 4 cycles; for non-squamous NSCLC carboplatin AUC5 or cisplatin 75 mg/m² every 3 weeks for 4 cycles, and pemetrexed 500 mg/m² every 3 weeks until progression or toxicity
Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest - Site Paul Papin
Angers, France
RECRUITINGCentre Marie Curie
Arras, France
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGHôpital Privé Arras Les Bonnettes
Arras, France
RECRUITINGInstitut Sainte Catherine
Avignon, France
1-year Overall Survival
The primary endpoint of this trial is overall survival (OS) defined as the time from randomization to the date of documented death from any cause or last follow-up.
Time frame: 1 year
Tumour response
Tumour response is defined as the percentage of patients with a complete response (CR) or partial response (PR), according to RECIST 1.1 and iRECIST (centralized response evaluation).
Time frame: 1 year
Progression-free survival
Progression-free survival (PFS) is defined as the time from randomization until documented disease progression (PD) according to RECIST 1.1 and iRECIST (centralized response evaluation for both arms), or death, whichever occurs first.
Time frame: 1 year
Local and distant controls in irradiated patients
Local and distant controls in irradiated patients are defined as the time from randomization to the first documented local event or distant event.
Time frame: 6 months and 1 year
Quality of life of the patients using EORTC-QLQ-C 30
Quality of life will be assessed using QLQ-C 30 questionnaire from the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC). It is a 30-item self-reporting questionnaire developed to assess the quality of life of cancer patients. It is grouped into five functional subscales (role, physical, cognitive, emotional and social functioning). In addition, there are three multi-item symptom scales (fatigue, pain, and nausea and vomiting), individual questions concerning common symptoms in cancer patients,and two questions assessing overall Quality of Life
Time frame: up to 2 years
Acute/Late toxicities
Acute/ late toxicity will be assessed according to the flowchart and graded by CTCAE v5
Time frame: 1 year
Non-small lung cancer specific survival
To evaluate, compared to standard of care, whether the addition of radiotherapy improves survival of patients until death from non-small lung cancer
Time frame: 1 year
2-year Overall survival
Overall survival (OS) is defined as the time from randomization to the date of documented death from any cause or last follow-up.
Time frame: 2 years
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Centre Pierre Curie
Beuvry, France
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGClinique Ambroise Pare
Beuvry, France
RECRUITINGHôpital Simone Veil Blois
Blois, France
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGInstitut Bergonie
Bordeaux, France
RECRUITINGCHRU de Brest
Brest, France
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGCentre François Baclesse
Caen, France
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