The SCION Trial is a clinical trial in patients with early stage non-small cell lung cancer. The purpose of the trial is to investigate whether it is safe and effective to combine standard radiation treatment with a drug called durvalumab, a type of immunotherapy. In addition, the study will use a blood test to look for cancer cell DNA to determine how long treatment with durvalumab should last. Both the use of durvalumab and the use of the blood test are new strategies for managing early stage non-small cell lung cancer.
PURPOSE The intent of the study is to determine whether disease control in early non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) achieved by stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy (SABR) can be augmented locally, regionally, and distantly by safely combining it with durvalumab. Moreover, the study will assess whether patients who are likeliest to benefit from extended treatment with durvalumab can be predicted by assaying for molecular residual disease (MRD) after initial treatment using the AVENIO assay for circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA). HYPOTHESIS Combining SABR and Durvalumab in patients with T1-2 N0 M0 NSCLC reduces the overall relapse rate at 18 months by 50% compared with historical controls treated with SABR alone, from 19.3% to 9.7%. OBJECTIVES Primary • To determine the overall relapse rate at 18 months in patients with T1-2 N0 M0 NSCLC treated with SABR and Durvalumab. Secondary * To determine rates of Local Relapse, Regional Nodal Relapse, Distant Relapse, and Second Primary Lung Cancer in patients with T1-2 N0 M0 NSCLC treated with SABR and Durvalumab. * To determine rates of Overall Survival, Cause-Specific Survival, and Relapse Free Survival in patients with T1-2 N0 M0 NSCLC treated with SABR and Durvalumab * To determine rates of pneumonitis, immune-related toxicity, adverse events, serious adverse events in patients with T1-2 N0 M0 NSCLC treated with SABR and Durvalumab. * To determine the rate of MRD detection using the AVENIO ctDNA assay in patients with T1-2 N0 M0 NSCLC treated with SABR and Durvalumab. * To compare clinical outcomes between patients with detectable versus undetectable MRD using the AVENIO ctDNA assay following treatment with SABR and Durvalumab. * To compare clinical outcomes between patients with detectable MRD using the AVENIO ctDNA assay following treatment with SABR and Durvalumab who receive extended Durvalumab versus no further therapy. STUDY DESIGN Subjects who meet the eligibility criteria will be candidates for enrolment. All subjects will receive one infusion of Durvalumab every 4 weeks for four cycles (4 weeks = 1 cycle), with SABR delivered concurrently with cycle 2. Subjects will be assessed at baseline using the AVENIO assay initially on tumor tissue. This will allow the subsequent evaluation for molecular residual disease (MRD) following cycle 4 to be tumor-informed, and ultrasensitive. Subjects with no detectable ctDNA at the MRD assessment will receive no further therapy. Subjects with detectable ctDNA at the MRD assessment will be randomized to receive either no further therapy or 8 additional cycles of q4w Durvalumab. Safety will be evaluated by recording the occurrence of adverse events, serious adverse events, and laboratory abnormalities, with special attention to pneumonitis and immune-related toxicity. Future research will be enabled through the collection of biospecimens. Subjects will separately consent to the optional collection of these biospecimens. Blood samples collected for this purpose at multiple timepoints (0, 4, 12, 24 months) will be archived in a biorepository created for this study operated by the BC Cancer Tumour Tissue Repository (Victoria, BC). Stool samples collected for this purpose at multiple timepoints (0, 4, and 12 months) will be archived in the Oncomicrobiome Repository (Montreal, QC).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Subjects will receive durvalumab 1500mg IV every four weeks for four cycles, undergo assessment for residual disease, then a subset of subjects will receive an additional eight cycles of durvalumab.
Subjects will receive stereotactic radiation therapy concurrent with cycle 2 of durvalumab to a dose of 48Gy in four fractions. Fractionation may be modified for central tumors.
After four cycles of durvalumab, subjects will be evaluated at the MRD Landmark for residual ctDNA to determine subsequent treatment assignment.
BC Cancer--Kelowna
Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
BC Cancer--Surrey
Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
BC Cancer--Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
BC Cancer--Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Overall Risk of Relapse
Fraction of subjects experiencing relapse at 18 months following initial therapy
Time frame: 18 months
Radiographic Response by RECIST criteria
Evaluation of radiographic response by CT and PET/CT
Time frame: 6 months (CT) and 12 months (PET/CT)
Local Relapse
Recurrence at irradiated primary tumor site
Time frame: 18 months
Regional Nodal Relapse
Recurrence in a hilar or mediastinal node
Time frame: 18 months
Distant Metastatic Relapse
Recurrence in a distant metastatic site
Time frame: 18 months
Overall Survival
Proportion of subjects remaining alive
Time frame: 18 months
Cause-Sepcific Survival
Proportion of subjects surviving lung cancer in the absence of other causes of death
Time frame: 18 months
Relapse Free Survival
Proportion of subjects surviving without relapse
Time frame: 18 months
Second Primary Lung Cancer rate
Proportion of subjects diagnosed with a second primary lung cancer at a site beyond the treatment volume
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Juravinski Cancer Centre
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Time frame: 18 months
Molecular Residual Disease rate
Proportion of subjects with detectable ctDNA on MRD Landmark assay
Time frame: 6 months
Adverse Events
Number and severity of adverse events
Time frame: 18 months
Serious Adverse Events
Number and severity of serious adverse events
Time frame: 18 months
Pneumonitis
Number and severity of subjects experiencing pneumonitis
Time frame: 12 months
Immune-related Adverse Events
Number and severity of subjects experiencing immune-related adverse events
Time frame: 18 months