The goal of this phase 2 trial is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of tislelizumab combined with intravenous chemotherapy and bronchial artery chemoembolization (BACE) as conversion therapy for patients with initially unresectable stage IIIA-IIIB non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The main questions it aims to answer are: * What is the 1-year event-free survival (EFS) rate with this treatment? * Can this treatment improve tumor response and the chance of curative-intent resection? * What adverse events occur during treatment? Participants will receive tislelizumab, intravenous chemotherapy, and BACE for up to 4 cycles. Tumor response and resectability will be evaluated by imaging and multidisciplinary team (MDT) assessment every 2 cycles. Participants who become resectable may undergo surgery followed by postoperative treatment per protocol. Participants who remain unresectable after 4 cycles will receive guideline-recommended chemoradiotherapy followed by tislelizumab consolidation. Regular follow-up will be performed for efficacy and safety assessment.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
39
Tislelizumab 200 mg is administered intravenously on Day 0 of each 21-day cycle for up to 4 cycles. Postoperative or consolidation tislelizumab may be given according to protocol-defined treatment pathways.
Intravenous chemotherapy is administered on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle for up to 4 cycles. Patients with lung squamous cell carcinoma receive albumin-bound paclitaxel, and patients with lung adenocarcinoma receive pemetrexed. Carboplatin is administered intra-arterially during BACE in cycles with the procedure; if BACE is not performed in a given cycle, carboplatin is administered intravenously on the same day per protocol.
BACE is performed on Day 1 of the first 21-day treatment cycle using intra-arterial carboplatin infusion followed by embolization with 300-500 μm blank microspheres. Subsequent BACE procedures are performed on demand, based on tumor response on contrast-enhanced chest CT and multidisciplinary team (MDT) evaluation. The total number of BACE procedures ranges from 1 to 4.
Sichuan Cancer Hospital and Research Institute
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
1-Year Event-Free Survival (EFS) Rate
The proportion of participants who remain event-free at 1 year after the first dose of study treatment. Events include radiographic disease progression according to RECIST 1.1, failure to complete the planned surgery for any reason, postoperative recurrence, or death from any cause.
Time frame: 1 year after the first dose of study treatment
R0 Resection Rate
The proportion of participants who undergo curative-intent surgery and achieve microscopically margin-negative (R0) resection after conversion treatment.
Time frame: Up to approximately 20 weeks after the first dose of study treatment
Objective Response Rate (ORR)
The proportion of evaluable participants who achieve a complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) according to RECIST version 1.1 based on center imaging assessment.
Time frame: Up to approximately 30 months after the first dose of study treatment.
Pathologic Complete Response (pCR) Rate
The proportion of participants who undergo surgery and have no residual viable tumor cells in the resected primary tumor and all resected lymph nodes.
Time frame: At the time of surgery, up to approximately 20 weeks after the first dose of study treatment.
Major Pathologic Response (MPR) Rate
The proportion of participants who undergo surgery and have 10% or less residual viable tumor cells in the resected primary tumor.
Time frame: At the time of surgery, up to approximately 20 weeks after the first dose of study treatment.
Event-Free Survival (EFS)
Time from the first dose of study treatment to the first occurrence of radiographic disease progression according to RECIST 1.1, failure to complete the planned surgery for any reason, postoperative recurrence, or death from any cause. Participants without an event will be censored at the date of last follow-up.
Time frame: From the first dose of study treatment up to approximately 30 months
Overall Survival (OS)
Time from the first dose of study treatment to death from any cause. Participants who are lost to follow-up or alive at the end of study follow-up will be censored at the last known date alive.
Time frame: From the first dose of study treatment up to approximately 30 months.
Incidence of Adverse Events
Incidence, severity, relationship to study treatment, and outcomes of adverse events assessed according to NCI-CTCAE version 5.0.
Time frame: From the first dose of study treatment up to approximately 30 months.
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