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TerminatedNCT03436056PRIMINGUpdated Jan 29, 2026Results posted

PembRolIzuMab and Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy In Metastatic Non-small-cell lunG Cancer Patients

A Phase 1 interventional study of Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) 30 Gy 3 fractions (#) and Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) 54 Gy 3 fractions (#) in Metastatic Non-small-cell lunG Cancer, sponsored by Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. Terminated at 1 site in United Kingdom. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-01-29.

Sponsored by Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

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Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
2
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-14

Among 10 studies in Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung by Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust — 2 open to participants now, 3 under way, none of them phase 3. Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung · Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust.

Started
2018
with 1 other
Phase 1
2 of 10
none open now
Registered
7th of 10
by date

Among the 10 studies in Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung by Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, this one is one of 2 that started in 2018, is one of 2 in phase 1, and was the 7th registered.

Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung

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Who these studies take

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This study: 18 Years and older · all sexes · no healthy volunteers.

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Study summary

This is a single centre non-randomised open label phase 1 trial of lung SBRT to part of a lung lesion in patients with advanced NSCLC in combination with pembrolizumab. This study will recruit up to 24 patients whose lung cancer has progressed beyond one line of palliative chemotherapy, and an EGFR or ALK inhibitor if an EGFR driver mutation or ALK gene rearrangement is present, respectively, and now requires further palliative systemic treatment.

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The study will be conducted in two parts; an initial lung SBRT dose escalation phase (Part A), followed by a lung SBRT dose expansion cohort (Part B). The dose escalation phase is based on a 3+3 design such that patients will be treated in cohorts of 3-6 patients. A maximum of 12 patients will be allocated to one of two doses of lung SBRT in combination with pembrolizumab to determine the MTD, DLTs and RP2D. If there is more than one DLT in cohort 1, this treatment combination will be deemed as being unacceptable, and it would lead to termination of the study. Note, there is no de-escalation in cohort 1. During the dose expansion cohort, 12 patients will have lung SBRT dosed at the RP2D determined during the dose escalation phase in combination with pembrolizumab to obtain additional safety and response data. Maintenance pembrolizumab will continue until disease progression, unacceptable toxicities, the patient withdraws consent to the trial, or the patient has completed 24 months of treatment. A maximum of 24 patients will be treated in the study.

All patients will receive pembrolizumab on cycle (C) 1 day (D) 1, in Part A and B of the study. All patients will receive lung SBRT on C1D15, C1D17, and C1D19 as per lung SBRT protocol (See Appendix 3). Although C1D1 can occur +/- 3 days, C1D15, C1D17, and C1D19, must be scheduled for a Monday, Wednesday and Friday, respectively. Patients in part A will receive lung SBRT dosed at 30 Gy in 3# in cohort 1, or 54 Gy in 3# in cohort 2. Patients in Part B will receive the RP2D of lung SBRT, determined in Part A. All patients in Part A and Part B will receive pembrolizumab dosed at 200 mg every 3 weeks, until disease progression, unacceptable toxicities, the patient withdraws consent from the trial, or the patient has completed 24 months of treatment.

In the dose escalation phase, a minimum of 3 patients will be required per dose level being assessed. A minimum gap of 1 week will be left between the treatment of the first and the second, and between the second and the third patients with the combination of pembrolizumab and lung SBRT to mitigate against multiple patients suffering from acute toxicity. The DLT period for this study is 12 weeks from the last dose of lung SBRT (i.e. at C6D1). The dose escalation will be considered by the Safety Review Committee (SRC) once the 3rd or 6th patient in the cohort has completed the DLT period. If no DLT is observed at a dose level, then lung SBRT will be dose escalated to the next dosing level (see Table 1). If 1 out of 3 patients experience a DLT, then the cohort will be expanded to 6 patients. If 1 in 6 patients experience a DLT, then the dose will be escalated to the next dosing level. However, if ≥ 2 in 6 patients experience a DLT then the maximum administered dose (MAD) will have been reached, and the RP2D will be the previous dosing level that will be used for the dose expansion cohorts. If the MAD is seen at dose level 1 then the study will be terminated. While waiting for 3 or 6 patients to complete the DLT period, no additional patients will be recruited. Further patients can only be recruited after the SRC has reviewed the toxicity data for the cohort and taken a decision to dose escalate to the next cohort or expand the current cohort to 6 patients.

Once the MTD has been determined the trial enters the dose expansion phase (unless the MTD is dose level 1). Here, 12 patients will be treated with the RP2D of SBRT combined with pembrolizumab.

If there is ongoing clinical benefit at 24 months, the CI/PI will need to discuss with the sponsor and MSD, on a case by case basis for the continuation of pembrolizumab.

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Conditions studied

  • Metastatic Non-small-cell lunG Cancer

Keywords

  • Non-small-cell lunG cancer
  • NSCLC
  • metastatic
  • pembrolizumab
  • radiotherapy
04

Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Go through the criteria one by one — yes, no or not sure — and take the list to your doctor or the study team. Kept in this browser only.

Inclusion criteria

  1. Patients should be ≥18 years old on the day of signing the .
  2. Patients must have a histological or cytological diagnosis of NSCLC.
  3. Patients should have non-radically treatable stage IIIB or IV disease.
  4. Patients must have as assessed by v1.1.
  5. Patients must have had disease progression or be intolerant of standard palliative chemotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer. If they are known to have a driver mutation for which there is a small molecule targeted therapy, they must have had disease progression or be intolerant of this.
  6. Patient should have an performance status 0-1.
  7. Patients should be able to tolerate a course of stereotactic radiotherapy as assessed by the investigator.
  8. Patients should have disease within the lung, away from critical structures, suitable for treatment to part of a lesion with lung SBRT.
  9. Patients must have adequate organ function including MRC dyspnoea score \<3 and adequate baseline lung function tests, with an > 0.8L or >30% of predicted and a TLCO > 30%
  10. Demonstrate adequate organ function (based on bloods within 10 days of C1D1).
  11. Have provided tissue from an sample or newly obtained tissue sample.
  12. Female patient of should have a negative urine or serum pregnancy within 72 hours prior to receiving the first dose of study medication (C1D1). If the urine test is positive or cannot be confirmed as negative, a serum pregnancy test will be required.
  13. Female patients of childbearing potential should be willing to use 2 methods of or be surgically sterile, or abstain from heterosexual activity for the course of the study through 120 days after the last dose of study medication. Patients of childbearing potential are those who have not been surgically sterilized or have not been free from menses for > 1 year.
  14. Male patients should agree to use an adequate method of contraception starting with the first dose of study therapy through 120 days after the last dose of study therapy.
  15. Be willing to provide informed consent for the trial.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients who have taken any medicinal product or have used an investigational device within 4 weeks of the first dose of pembrolizumab. Patients may participate in additional observational studies.
  2. Patients who have received prior chemotherapy, targeted small molecule therapy or radiotherapy within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of pembrolizumab.
  3. Patients with a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or be receiving systemic therapy (>7.5 mg of prednisone / >1 mg of dexamethasone or their equivalent dose) or any other form of therapy within 7 days prior to the first dose.
  4. Patients with evidence of active disease requiring systemic treatment within the past 3 months or a documented history of clinically severe autoimmune disease, or a syndrome that requires systemic steroids or immunosuppressive agents.
  5. Patients who have received prior therapy with an , anti-PD-L1, anti-PD-L2, anti-CD137, or anti-Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 (CTLA-4) antibody (including ipilimumab or any other antibody or drug specifically targeting T-cell co-stimulation or checkpoint pathways).
  6. Patients with evidence of active central nervous system (CNS) and/or carcinomatous meningitis. Patients with previously treated may participate provided the brain metastases are stable and there is no evidence of new or enlarging brain metastases.
  7. Patients who have had previous radiotherapy to the lung or other neighbouring region that would preclude the safe administration of lung SBRT.
  8. Patients with evidence of interstitial lung disease, or history of pneumonitis (including non-infectious pneumonitis) that required steroids, or current pneumonitis (including non-infectious pneumonitis).
  9. Patients with evidence of additional that is progressing or requires active treatment.
  10. Patients with a history or current evidence of any condition, therapy, or laboratory abnormality that might confound trial results, interfere with the patient's participation or is not in the best interest of the patient.
  11. Patients with psychiatric or substance abuse disorders that would interfere with patient's participation.
  12. Patients who are pregnant / breastfeeding or expecting to conceive within the duration of the trial, starting with the screening visit through 120 days after the last dose.
  13. Patients with a history of , HIV 1/2 antibodies, or .
  14. Patients who have received a within 30 days prior to the first dose of trial treatment.
  15. Patients with known to the active substance pembrolizumab or to any of the listed in the SmPC.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(23)

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Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

Measurable disease

The amount of disease can be tracked with a defined measurement, so the study can see whether it shrinks or grows. It might be a tumour measured on a scan or, in some blood cancers such as myeloma, a marker measured in blood or urine.

The criteria or the study team say which measurement counts — having no tumour visible on a scan does not by itself rule you out.

RECIST

The standard rules for measuring tumours on CT or MRI scans, to tell whether a cancer is shrinking, stable or growing during treatment.

“Measurable disease per RECIST 1.1” usually means at least one tumour 10 mm or more at its longest on a CT scan, or a lymph node 15 mm or more across its short axis.

Line of therapy

A line of therapy is one course of treatment, which may combine several drugs. First-line is the first course given; second-line follows when that stops working or is not tolerated.

“Two prior lines” means two courses that count separately under the study’s rules — not simply two drugs. Ask the study team if you are unsure how yours are counted.

ECOG performance status

A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.

0
Fully active, no restrictions.
1
Limited in strenuous activity, but walking and able to do light work, such as housework or office work.
2
Walking and able to look after yourself, but unable to work; up and about more than half of waking hours.
3
Able to look after yourself only in part; in bed or a chair more than half of waking hours.
4
Unable to look after yourself at all; in bed or a chair all day.

Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.

FEV1

From a breathing test (spirometry): how much air you can blow out in the first second. Often given as a percentage of what is expected for your age, height and sex.

Biopsy and archival tissue

A biopsy takes a small piece of tissue to examine. “Archival tissue” is a sample already taken, for example at diagnosis, and kept by the hospital.

Whether a stored sample will do depends on when it was taken, how much there is and what the study needs. Ask whether the study accepts your stored sample or needs a new biopsy.

Childbearing potential

Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).

Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

Investigational drug or device

A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.

It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.

Corticosteroids (steroids)

Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.

Studies differ in what they allow: check which steroid medicines, routes (tablets, injections, creams, inhalers, eye drops) and doses this study accepts.

Immunosuppression

A weakened immune system. It can come from an illness, such as HIV or some blood cancers, or from medicines that turn the immune system down, for example after an organ transplant or for an autoimmune disease; steroids at higher doses count.

Read whether the line is about a condition or about medicines, and which medicines and doses it means.

Autoimmune disease

A condition in which the immune system attacks the body’s own tissues, such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, psoriasis, type 1 diabetes or inflammatory bowel disease.

Immunotherapy studies often leave out active autoimmune disease, and some name exceptions, such as thyroid disease on replacement hormone. Check the exceptions this study lists.

PD-1, PD-L1 and checkpoint inhibitors

PD-1, PD-L1 and CTLA-4 are proteins that act as brakes on the immune system. Checkpoint inhibitors, such as pembrolizumab or nivolumab, block them so the immune system can attack a cancer.

PD-L1 can also be measured in a tumour sample. Some scores count stained tumour cells only (TPS); others also count certain immune cells (CPS). The study names the score and the minimum it uses.

Metastases

Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.

Brain metastases

Cancer deposits in the brain from a cancer that started elsewhere in the body (CNS metastases include the spinal cord).

Studies differ: some leave out any brain metastases, some accept ones treated and stable for some weeks. Check what this study allows.

Cancer (malignancy)

Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.

Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.

HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.

Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.

Hepatitis B tests

Hepatitis B is a virus that infects the liver. These are separate tests: HBsAg positive usually means a current infection (a recent vaccination can briefly cause it too); total anti-HBc (HBcAb) positive means an infection now or in the past; HBV DNA measures how much virus is in the blood.

Some studies accept a past infection if HBV DNA is undetectable, sometimes with antiviral medicine during the study. Check what this study allows.

Hepatitis C tests

Hepatitis C is a virus that infects the liver. An HCV antibody test can stay positive after an infection has cleared (and is occasionally positive without one); an HCV RNA test shows whether the virus is there now.

After treatment, hepatitis C counts as cured when HCV RNA is still undetectable 12 weeks or more after the treatment ended. Studies often accept people cured this way.

Live vaccines

Vaccines made with a weakened form of the germ, such as measles–mumps–rubella (MMR), chickenpox and yellow fever. They can be risky when the immune system is weakened. Flu injections are not live; the nasal flu spray is.

Hypersensitivity

An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.

Excipients

The other ingredients in a medicine besides the active drug, such as fillers, colours or preservatives.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Sequential assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
2 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Other
    Dose escalation cohort - DOSE LEVEL 1

    Intervention: One dose pembrolizumab 200 mg (week 1) followed by lung Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) 30 Gy 3 fractions (#) in week 3. Treatment with pembrolizumab 200 mg will be continued given every 3 weeks.

    Radiation: Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) 30 Gy 3 fractions (#) · Drug: Pembrolizumab

  • Other
    Dose escalation cohort - DOSE LEVEL 2

    Intervention: One dose of pembrolizumab 200 mg (week 1) followed by lung Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) 54 Gy 3 fractions (#) in week 3. Treatment with pembrolizumab 200 mg will be continued given every 3 weeks.

    Radiation: Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) 54 Gy 3 fractions (#) · Drug: Pembrolizumab

  • Other
    Part B - Expansion cohort

    Intervention: One dose of pembrolizumab 200 mg (week 1) followed in by lung Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) dosed at the maximum tolerated dose determined in Part A in week 3, dosed at the maximum tolerated dose determined in Part A. Treatment with pembrolizumab 200 mg will be continued given every 3 weeks.

    Radiation: Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) dosed at the maximum tolerated dose · Drug: Pembrolizumab

Interventions

  • RadiationStereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) 30 Gy 3 fractions (#)

    Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) dosed at 30 Gy in 3 fractions (#) in week 3

  • RadiationStereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) 54 Gy 3 fractions (#)

    Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) dosed at 54 Gy in 3 fractions (#) in week 3

  • RadiationStereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) dosed at the maximum tolerated dose

    Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) dosed at the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) determined in Part A in week 3

  • Pembrolizumab in week 1 dosed at 200 mg (prior to SBRT) and then treatment with pembrolizumab will be continued dosed at 200 mg given every 3 weeks.

    Also known as: Keytruda

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Proportion of Patients With Dose Limiting Toxicity

    Proportion of all treated patients who have experience at least one Dose Limiting Toxicity (DLT). DLT is assessed using NCI CTCAE v4.0 and defined as any one or more of: neutropenia with fever grade \>=3; thrombocytopenia with bleeding grade \>=3; any grade \>=3 non-haematological toxicity which is definitely, probably, or possibly related to the trial treatment.

    Time frame: From first dose of Pembrolizumab to 12 weeks from the last dose of lung SBRT

Secondary outcomes

  1. Acute Toxicity Rate

    Percentage of patients any acute toxicity, by worst grade as assessed using CTCAE v4.0

    Time frame: From first dose of Pembrolizumab to 12 weeks from the last dose of lung SBRT

  2. Late Toxicity Rate

    Percentage of patients with any late toxicity, by worst grade as assessed using CTCAE v4.0

    Time frame: Assessed at start of each 21 day pembrolizumab cycle, starts from 12 weeks after last fraction of lung SBRT and ends 28 days after last on-trial dose of pembrolizumab (treatment ended at disease progression for all trial patients), up to 6 months

  3. Overall Response Rate

    Count of patients with best overall response of complete or partial response at any time, assessed using RECIST v1.1

    Time frame: Response assessed from start of pembrolizumab, every 9 weeks for the first 6 months, then every 12 weeks thereafter, until the first instance of documented disease progression (occurred no later than 7 months from start of treatment for all patients)

  4. Disease Control Rate

    Count of patients with best overall response at any time of complete or partial response, or stable disease, assessed by RECIST v1.1

    Time frame: Response assessed from start of pembrolizumab, every 9 weeks for the first 6 months, then every 12 weeks thereafter, until the first instance of documented disease progression (occurred no later than 7 months from start of treatment for all patients)

  5. Overall Response Rate (irRECIST)

    Count of patients with best response of complete or partial response, assessed using Immune Related Response Criteria (irRC) as defined by: Wolchok JD et al. Guidelines for the evaluation of immune therapy activity in solid tumors: Immune related response criteria. Clin Cancer Res 2009;15(23):7412. (72)

    Time frame: Response assessed from start of pembrolizumab, every 9 weeks for the first 6 months, then every 12 weeks thereafter, until the first instance of documented disease progression, start of new anti-cancer treatment, death or end of study

  6. Frequency of PD-1/PD-L1 Expression

    PD-1/PD-L1 expression distribution in responders and non-responders

    Time frame: Response to be defined as per previous endpoint, PD1/PD-L1 to be measured at study entry

  7. Overall Survival at Six Months

    Count of patients known to be alive at six months

    Time frame: 6 months after last dose of lung SBRT

  8. Overall Survival at 12 Months

    Count of patients known to be alive at 12 months

    Time frame: 12 months after last dose of lung SBRT

  9. Progression Free Survival at 6 Months

    Count of patients known to be alive and free from progression at 6 months

    Time frame: 6 months after last dose of lung SBRT

  10. Progression Free Survival at 12 Months

    Count of patients known to be alive and free from progression at 12 months

    Time frame: 12 months after last dose of lung SBRT

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Results

Posted Jan 29, 2026

Participant flow

During the period between June 2018 and January 2019, 2 patients were recruited to the study at the Royal Marsden Hospital in the United Kingdom.

Participant flow — Overall Study
MilestoneDose Escalation Cohort - DOSE LEVEL 1Dose Escalation Cohort - DOSE LEVEL 2Part B - Expansion Cohort
Started200
Completed000
Not completed200
Withdrew: Lack of efficacy200

Outcome measures

PrimaryProportion of Patients With Dose Limiting Toxicity

Proportion of all treated patients who have experience at least one Dose Limiting Toxicity (DLT). DLT is assessed using NCI CTCAE v4.0 and defined as any one or more of: neutropenia with fever grade \>=3; thrombocytopenia with bleeding grade \>=3; any grade \>=3 non-haematological toxicity which is definitely, probably, or possibly related to the trial treatment.

Time frame:
From first dose of Pembrolizumab to 12 weeks from the last dose of lung SBRT
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Proportion of Patients With Dose Limiting Toxicity
ParticipantsDose Escalation Cohort - DOSE LEVEL 1Dose Escalation Cohort - DOSE LEVEL 2Part B - Expansion Cohort
Proportion of Patients With Dose Limiting Toxicity0——
SecondaryAcute Toxicity Rate

Percentage of patients any acute toxicity, by worst grade as assessed using CTCAE v4.0

Time frame:
From first dose of Pembrolizumab to 12 weeks from the last dose of lung SBRT
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Acute Toxicity Rate
ParticipantsDose Escalation Cohort - DOSE LEVEL 1Dose Escalation Cohort - DOSE LEVEL 2Part B - Expansion Cohort
Patients with max grade 3 toxicity0——
Patients with max grade 2 toxicity1——
Patients with max grade 1 toxicity1——
SecondaryLate Toxicity Rate

Percentage of patients with any late toxicity, by worst grade as assessed using CTCAE v4.0

Time frame:
Assessed at start of each 21 day pembrolizumab cycle, starts from 12 weeks after last fraction of lung SBRT and ends 28 days after last on-trial dose of pembrolizumab (treatment ended at disease progression for all trial patients), up to 6 months
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Late Toxicity Rate
ParticipantsDose Escalation Cohort - DOSE LEVEL 1Dose Escalation Cohort - DOSE LEVEL 2Part B - Expansion Cohort
Patients with max grade 3 toxicity1——
patients with max grade 2 toxicity0——
Patients with max grade 1 toxicity1——
SecondaryOverall Response Rate

Count of patients with best overall response of complete or partial response at any time, assessed using RECIST v1.1

Time frame:
Response assessed from start of pembrolizumab, every 9 weeks for the first 6 months, then every 12 weeks thereafter, until the first instance of documented disease progression (occurred no later than 7 months from start of treatment for all patients)
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Overall Response Rate
ParticipantsDose Escalation Cohort - DOSE LEVEL 1Dose Escalation Cohort - DOSE LEVEL 2Part B - Expansion Cohort
Overall Response Rate0——
SecondaryDisease Control Rate

Count of patients with best overall response at any time of complete or partial response, or stable disease, assessed by RECIST v1.1

Time frame:
Response assessed from start of pembrolizumab, every 9 weeks for the first 6 months, then every 12 weeks thereafter, until the first instance of documented disease progression (occurred no later than 7 months from start of treatment for all patients)
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Disease Control Rate
ParticipantsDose Escalation Cohort - DOSE LEVEL 1Dose Escalation Cohort - DOSE LEVEL 2Part B - Expansion Cohort
Disease Control Rate2——
SecondaryOverall Response Rate (irRECIST)

Count of patients with best response of complete or partial response, assessed using Immune Related Response Criteria (irRC) as defined by: Wolchok JD et al. Guidelines for the evaluation of immune therapy activity in solid tumors: Immune related response criteria. Clin Cancer Res 2009;15(23):7412. (72)

Time frame:
Response assessed from start of pembrolizumab, every 9 weeks for the first 6 months, then every 12 weeks thereafter, until the first instance of documented disease progression, start of new anti-cancer treatment, death or end of study

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

SecondaryFrequency of PD-1/PD-L1 Expression

PD-1/PD-L1 expression distribution in responders and non-responders

Time frame:
Response to be defined as per previous endpoint, PD1/PD-L1 to be measured at study entry

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

SecondaryOverall Survival at Six Months

Count of patients known to be alive at six months

Time frame:
6 months after last dose of lung SBRT
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Overall Survival at Six Months
ParticipantsDose Escalation Cohort - DOSE LEVEL 1Dose Escalation Cohort - DOSE LEVEL 2Part B - Expansion Cohort
Overall Survival at Six Months2——
SecondaryOverall Survival at 12 Months

Count of patients known to be alive at 12 months

Time frame:
12 months after last dose of lung SBRT
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Overall Survival at 12 Months
ParticipantsDose Escalation Cohort - DOSE LEVEL 1Dose Escalation Cohort - DOSE LEVEL 2Part B - Expansion Cohort
Overall Survival at 12 Months1——
SecondaryProgression Free Survival at 6 Months

Count of patients known to be alive and free from progression at 6 months

Time frame:
6 months after last dose of lung SBRT
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Progression Free Survival at 6 Months
ParticipantsDose Escalation Cohort - DOSE LEVEL 1Dose Escalation Cohort - DOSE LEVEL 2Part B - Expansion Cohort
Progression Free Survival at 6 Months1——
SecondaryProgression Free Survival at 12 Months

Count of patients known to be alive and free from progression at 12 months

Time frame:
12 months after last dose of lung SBRT
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Progression Free Survival at 12 Months
ParticipantsDose Escalation Cohort - DOSE LEVEL 1Dose Escalation Cohort - DOSE LEVEL 2Part B - Expansion Cohort
Progression Free Survival at 12 Months0——

Adverse events

Collected over Adverse events were recorded from confirmation of entry into the trial at the start of each 21 day pembrolizumab cycle, until the patients 30 day safety follow up visit. All cause mortality was recorded up to 12 months after last dose of lung SBRT.. Non-serious events are listed at a 5% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
Dose Escalation Cohort - DOSE LEVEL 10/2 (0%)0/2 (0%)2/2 (100%)
Dose Escalation Cohort - DOSE LEVEL 2———
Part B - Expansion Cohort———
Most frequent other events
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Most frequent other events
EventDose Escalation Cohort - DOSE LEVEL 1Dose Escalation Cohort - DOSE LEVEL 2Part B - Expansion Cohort
FatigueGeneral disorders2/2——
ArthralgiaMusculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders2/2——
CoughRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders2/2——
Sinus tachycardiaCardiac disorders1/2——
DyspepsiaGastrointestinal disorders1/2——
Abdominal painGastrointestinal disorders1/2——
NauseaGastrointestinal disorders1/2——
Flu like symptomsGeneral disorders1/2——
Urinary tract infectionInfections and infestations1/2——
Upper respiratory infectionInfections and infestations1/2——

Baseline characteristics

No participants were recruited to Dose Level 2 of Dose Escalation Cohort and to Expansion Cohort.

Age, Categorical
Age, Categorical(Participants)Dose Escalation Cohort - DOSE LEVEL 1Dose Escalation Cohort - DOSE LEVEL 2Part B - Expansion CohortTotal
<=18 years0——0
Between 18 and 65 years0——0
>=65 years2——2
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)Dose Escalation Cohort - DOSE LEVEL 1Dose Escalation Cohort - DOSE LEVEL 2Part B - Expansion CohortTotal
Female1——1
Male1——1
Race (NIH/OMB)
Race (NIH/OMB)(Participants)Dose Escalation Cohort - DOSE LEVEL 1Dose Escalation Cohort - DOSE LEVEL 2Part B - Expansion CohortTotal
American Indian or Alaska Native0——0
Asian0——0
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander0——0
Black or African American0——0
White2——2
More than one race0——0
Unknown or Not Reported0——0
Region of Enrollment
Region of Enrollment(participants)Dose Escalation Cohort - DOSE LEVEL 1Dose Escalation Cohort - DOSE LEVEL 2Part B - Expansion CohortTotal
United Kingdom2——2
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG)
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG)(Participants)Dose Escalation Cohort - DOSE LEVEL 1Dose Escalation Cohort - DOSE LEVEL 2Part B - Expansion CohortTotal
0 = Normal activity.0——0
1 = Symptoms but ambulatory.2——2
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Study locations

1 site
  • Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
    Sutton, Surrey SM2 5PT, United Kingdom
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References and documents

Study documents

PDFs hosted by the registry, ClinicalTrials.gov.

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Ran from Mar 2018 to primary completion in Jul 2019, 16 months.

Results were first posted in Jan 2026, 6 years 6 months after primary completion.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Jan 16, 2018
First posted
Feb 19, 2018
StartActual
Mar 1, 2018
Primary completionActual
Jul 8, 2019
CompletionActual
Jul 8, 2019
Results first posted
Jan 29, 2026
Last update
Jan 29, 2026
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 29, 2026, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03436056
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Feb 19, 2018
Start date
Mar 1, 2018
Primary completion
Jul 8, 2019
Completion
Jul 8, 2019
Results posted
Jan 29, 2026
Last update
Jan 29, 2026

Study contacts

Fiona McDonald, MD
study chair · Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
View the source record on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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