Study type: Phase 2 - Interventional Trial Number of patients to be enrolled: 105 Participating countries: Italy Study drugs: nivolumab and ipilimumab Cohort A: HBV and HCV patients Cohort B: HIV patients Cohort C: Long COVID syndrome The stratification factors are HBV/HCV positive (cohort A), HIV positive (cohort B), patients with Long Covid syndrome (Cohort C), histology (squamous vs non-squamous histology), and gender (male vs female).
Participants (≥ 18 years) must have histologically confirmed metastatic or unresectable non-small cell lung cancer (both non-squamous and squamous), without sensitizing EGFR, ALK, ROS1, BRAF and NTRK alterations, with chronic viral infections, such as HBV and HCV in cohort A and HIV in cohort B and with Long Covid syndrome in Cohort C. The study is a multicenter, open-label trial designed according to Bryant and Day and including 1) a screening phase to establish study eligibility, 2) an open-label treatment phase, in which patients will receive nivolumab plus ipilimumab in combination with histology-based chemotherapy (2 induction cycles) to ascertain its safety, defined as incidence of grade 3 or 4 (G3/4) treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs) and activity, 3) and a follow-up phase to monitor survival status and subsequent therapies. In detail, the study includes: 1. A screening phase to establish study eligibility (including, for example, the availability of tumour tissue for molecular analyses) and document baseline assessments. 2. An open-label treatment phase, in which patients will be treated with 2 cycles of chemotherapy and nivolumab plus ipilimumab until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity or for a maximum of 2 years. Upon disease progression or completion of trial treatment, further therapy will be at the discretion of the treating physician. 3. A follow-up phase, to monitor safety, survival status and subsequent therapies.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
105
Nivolumab will be administered with ipilimumab, plus 2 cycles of histology-based platinum doublet chemotherapy: * Squamous histology: carboplatin AUC 6 + paclitaxel 200 mg/m2 * Non-squamous histology: carboplatin AUC 5 or 6 + pemetrexed 500 mg/m2 or cisplatin 75 mg/m2 + pemetrexed 500 mg/m Dosing: nivolumab 360 mg every 3 weeks + ipilimumab 1 mg/kg every 6 weeks (up to maximum 2 years) + histology-based, platinum doublet chemotherapy (every 3 weeks for two cycles).
Centro Ricerche Cliniche
Verona, Veneto/Verona, Italy
Safety, defined as onset of grade 3 or 4 (G3/4) treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs), assessed by the National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria (NCI-CTC) version 5.
The primary objectives of the study are safety, defined as onset of grade 3 or 4 (G3/4) treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs), assessed by the National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria (NCI-CTC) version 5.
Time frame: 3 years
Objective Response Rate (ORR) measured as for RECIST 1.1 criteria
Activity in terms of objective response rate (ORR) of nivolumab plus ipilimumab in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy (2 cycles) in first-line advanced NSCLC patients with chronic viral infections.
Time frame: 3 years
Overall survival (OS)
Overall survival (OS) is defined as the time between the date of the randomization date and the date of death due to any cause. OS will be censored on the last date a participant was known to be alive.
Time frame: 3 years
Progression-free survival (PFS)
Progression free survival (PFS), according to response evaluation criteria in solid tumors (RECIST) 1.1 as assessed by local investigators, is defined as the time from randomization to the first documented progressive disease (PD) or death due to any cause, whichever occurred first. Per RECIST 1.1, PD is defined as a ≥20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum in study. In addition to the relative increase of 20%, the sum must also demonstrate an absolute increase of ≥5 mm. The appearance of one or more new lesions is also considered PD.
Time frame: 3 years
Duration of response (DOR)
Duration of response (DOR) is defined as the time from date of first documentation of confirmed response (CR or PR) to date of first documentation of progression or symptomatic deterioration, or death due to any cause among patients who achieve, assessed at 6 and 12 months.
Time frame: 3 years
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