NCT03351361

Nivolumab and Ipilimumab Versus Chimiotherapy in First Line Treatment in PS 2 or Elderly in Advanced NSCLC Patients

Randomized Phase III Study Testing Nivolumab and Ipilimumab Versus a Carboplatin Based Doublet in First Line Treatment of PS 2 or Elderly (More Than 70 Years Old) Patients With Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 217 (actual)
• Sponsor: Rennes University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Lung cancer is the most common cancer in the world and the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in Western countries. Unfortunately, at the time of diagnosis, the majority of patients already have metastatic disease and a systemic, palliative treatment is the primary therapeutic option. Guidelines for PS 2 patients or older than 75 years old patients at the time of diagnosis recommend for fit patients a carboplatin doublet chemotherapy. Nivolumab has proven efficacy in 3rd line squamous cell lung carcinoma and is superior to chemotherapy in 2nd line treatment of squamous and non-squamous lung cancer in term of overall survival. In 1st line, nivolumab failed to show superiority compared to a platin based doublet in terms of progression free survival and overall survival in tumors ≥ 5% PD-L1 expression. The association Nivolumab plus Ipilimumab showed encouraging results in first line setting in phase 1 study. The investigators think that with regard to the manageable toxicity of nivolumab in lung cancer population and the possibility to obtain long responses, this association could be a valid option for this population of elderly and/or PS2 patients in term of overall survival.

Conditions

• Advanced Non Small Cell Lung Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Nivolumab + Ipilimumab	Nivolumab dosed intravenously over 30 minutes at 240 mg every 2 weeks combined with Ipilimumab dosed intravenously over 30 minutes at 1 mg/kg every 6 weeks until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or other reasons specified in the protocol.
DRUG	Chemotherapy	Doublet of chemotherapy according to standard of care carboplatin (AUC 5) with a dose that will be capped to 700 mg and pemetrexed (500 mg/m²) over 4 to 6 hours every three weeks (restricted to non-squamous histology) or carboplatin (AUC 6) with a dose that will be capped to 700 mg and paclitaxel (90 mg/m²) D1 D8 D15 over 4 to 6 hours every 4 weeks, with a maximum of 4 cycles of carboplatin based doublet, and the possibility to use maintenance with pemetrexed.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-02-19
• Primary completion: 2021-07-31
• Completion: 2022-07-31
• First posted: 2017-11-22
• Last updated: 2023-03-01

Locations

30 sites across 1 country: France

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated drug study