An overview of the most relevant ongoing trials in Thoracic Surgical Oncology by Dr. Alex Brunelli. There is a need for high quality surgery delivered in the context of multimodal treatment of lung cancer
3. Harry J. de Koning, Erasmus MC, Public Health Rotterdam
Males: 26% reduction of risk of dying of lung cancer
Females: up to 39% reduction of risk of dying of lung cancer
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Patient population: Multicenter, Global, Phase III, RCT, 2 groups
assignment
Resectable
Stage II, IIIA,
or select
IIIB (T3N2)
NSCLC
• Patient group that would typically receive
neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy
• Must be eligible for an R0 resection at
screening as evaluated by the attending
thoracic surgeon
• All-comer population regardless of PDL-1
status
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GO40241 Phase III randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study
(Neoadjuvant early stage resectable NSCLC)
Double Blinded Unblinded
Survival
Follow-up
Surgery
and
pathological
response
assessment
(MPR, pCR)
Placebo +
Platinum-based
chemotherapy
Q3W x 4 cycles
Arm B:
Best Supportive Care
and Observational
Follow-up
Arm B:
Resectable
Stage II, IIIA, or
select IIIB (T3N2)
NSCLC
ECOG PS 0–1
ALK-/EGFR-
(NSQ only)
N=302
Stratification
• II vs. IIIA N2- vs.
IIIA/B N2+
• Pemetrexed vs.
Nab-Pac
R
1:1
Platinum-based
chemotherapy
options:
Non-squamous
i. Cisplatin + Pemetrexed
ii. Carboplatin + Pemetrexed
iii. Carboplatin + Nab-Paclitaxel
Squamous
i. Carboplatin + Nab-Paclitaxel
Atezolizumab +
Platinum-based
chemotherapy
Q3W x 4 cycles
Arm A:
Atezolizumab
Q3W x 16 cycles
Arm A:
Note: PORT required for patients
with N2+ disease at resection or
positive margins prior to initiating
post-operative atezo or BSC
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Primary Efficacy Objective
Primary Outcome Measure
• Major Pathological Response (MPR) defined as
≦ 10% viable tumor tissue from the primary
tumor
10. 10
Surrogate endpoint in induction treatment trials:
pathologic response rate (% viable cancer cells)
Pataer A et al JTO 2012; 7: 825-832
11. 11
Additional Efficacy Objectives
Secondary Outcome Measures
• Investigator assessed EFS, OS, ORR, DFS, pCR
• Centrally assessed pCR
• HRQoL scores: Changes from baseline score in by cycle and between
treatment arms during the neoadjuvant treatment phase, and during
the post-surgery adjuvant treatment phase
12. 12
Estimated enrollment 302 patients
Estimated Study completion Date: November 2024
Estimated completion date for primary outcome: March 2020
Recruitment and Completion
* Additional PRO data will be collected as Exploratory Efficacy Objectives (To be covered by Agnes Hong)
14. 14
Patient population: Multicenter, North America, Single Group
Assignment
Resectable
Stage Ib, II, IIIA,
or select
IIIB (T3N2)
NSCLC
• 2 cycles of Ate > Surgery,
• 12 months of adjuvant Ate
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Primary Efficacy Objective
Primary Outcome Measure
• Major Pathological Response (MPR) defined as
≦ 10% viable tumor tissue from the primary
tumor
16. 16
Estimated enrollment 180 patients
Estimated Study completion Date: Oct 2024
Estimated completion date for primary outcome: Feb 2020
Recruitment and Completion
17. 17
Initial report on the first 54 patients
50 patients underwent resection after Ate treatment
MPR rate was 20%
In PDL-1 + patients MPR was 29%
Initial Results- Presented at WCLC 2018 Toronto
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Patient population: MultiCenter RCT, Global,
3 Groups Assignment
Resectable
Stage Ib, II, IIIA
NSCLC
• Group 1: Nivolumab + Ipilumab + Surgery
• Group 2: Nivolumab + Chemotherapy +
surgery
• Group 3: Chemotherapy + surgery
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Estimated enrollment 642 patients
Estimated Study completion Date: Nov 2028
Estimated completion date for primary outcome: May 2023
Recruitment and Completion
25. 25
Estimated enrollment 786 patients
Estimated Study completion Date: June 2026
Estimated completion date for primary outcome: January 2024
Recruitment and Completion
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Patient population: MultiCenter, Global Investigation, Randomized
2 Groups Assignment
Resected
Stage Ib, II, IIIA
NSCLC
• Primary Surgery with or without adjuvant
chemotherapy
• Group 1: Pembrolizumab every 3 weeks for
12 months
• Group 2: Placebo every 3 weeks for 12
months
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Estimated enrollment 1380 patients
Estimated Study completion Date: August 2021
Estimated completion date for primary outcome: August 2021
Recruitment and Completion
32. 32
Patient population: MultiCenter, Global Investigation, Randomized
2 Groups Assignment
Resected
Stage Ib, II, IIIA
NSCLC
• Primary Surgery with or without adjuvant
chemotherapy
• Group 1: Dorvalumab from day 1 for 12
months (with or without additional
chemotherapy)
• Group 2: Placebo from day 1 for 12 months
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Patient population: NCI, ECOG-ACRIN RESEARCH GROUP,
Randomized, Phase III
2 Groups Assignment
Resected
Stage Ib, II, IIIA
NSCLC
• Primary Surgery
• Group 1: NIVOLUMAB for up to 1 year and
standard chemotherapy
• Group 2: standard chemotherapy + no
additional intervention
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Patient population: MultiCenter, global, Randomized, Phase III
2 Groups Assignment
Resected
Stage Ib, II, IIIA
NSCLC
• Primary Surgery with adjuvant
chemotherapy> randomized
• Group 1: Atezolizumab 16 cycles
• Group 2: best supportive care
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Patient population:Feasibility study, randomized, multicenter (5 units),
UK
Stage T1-T2bN0
Peripheral
High risk patients
NSCLC
• High risk estimated by the multidisciplinary
team consensus using several parameters
including PFTs, exercise test, and risk
scores
• Eligible patients were approached by a
respiratory physician and randomised 1:1
• SABR vs Surgery (any extent)
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Results
Final recruitment rate was 1.7 per month
The main reason for declining the study was patient preference with 29% preferring surgery and 42% SABR.
Overall 9/24 (38%) did not receive their randomised treatment.
CONCLUSIONS: Conducting a large RCT in the UK was shown not to be feasible.