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CompletedNCT04059887BUDDYUpdated Feb 8, 2023

Evaluation of Blood TMB for the Efficacy of Atezolizumab [BUDDY]

A Phase 4 interventional study of Atezolizumab Injection [Tecentriq] in Lung Neoplasm Malignant, sponsored by Chonnam National University Hospital. Completed at 1 site in South Korea. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-02-08.

Sponsored by Chonnam National University Hospital · Phase 4, Interventional, and Diagnostic

Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
100
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This is single arm, prospective, multi-center, cohort study to evaluate blood TMB for improved efficacy of atezolizumab in locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC at the study enrollment who failed one or more prior lines of chemotherapy including at least 1 platinum-based.

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Atezolizumab is approved as the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC who have disease progression during or following platinum-containing chemotherapy by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) and the treatment is available on the National Health Insurance Service in South Korea. Patients will be treated with atezolizumab until loss of clinical benefit or unmanageable toxicity as routine practice.

In this study, the investigators will register patients who have a plan to be treated with atezolizumab as MFDS approval condition and meet study inclusion and exclusion criteria. The investigators will collect study related information during routine practice and collect blood and/or tissue(optional) samples to conduct the study.

Tumor assessment will be performed by investigator on the base of RECIST (version 1.1) and related information will be collected until disease progression for patients who have discontinued treatment. However, it will be collected until treatment discontinuation for patients who continue to receive atezolizumab following initial disease progression.

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Conditions studied

  • Lung Neoplasm Malignant

Keywords

  • Non-small cell lung cancer
  • Immune checkpoint inhibitor
  • Tumor mutation burden
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In context

Lung Neoplasms

7,333 studies on the registry are indexed under Lung Neoplasms; 1,554 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 100 is above the median of 60 across 5,345 interventional studies indexed under Lung Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Chonnam National University Hospital is the lead sponsor of 71 studies on the registry; 14 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

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

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Signed Informed Consent Form
  2. Ability to comply with protocol
  3. Aged ≥ 18 years
  4. Histologically or cytologically confirmed NSCLC that is locally advanced or metastatic (i.e., Stage IIIB not eligible for definitive chemoradiotherapy, Stage IV, or recurrent) NSCLC at the study enrollment
  5. Disease progression during or following treatment with a prior platinum-containing regimen for NSCLC

    • Patients may have received one or more additional cytotoxic chemotherapy regimen.
    • Patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) or anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) genomic tumor aberrations should have disease progression on approved therapy for these aberrations prior to receiving atezolizumab.
  6. Measurable disease, as defined by RECIST v1.1 Measurable disease is defined by the presence of at least one measurable lesion by RECIST v1.1
  7. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 - 2
  8. Life expectancy ≥ 12 weeks
  9. Adequate hematologic and end organ function:

    • Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.0 x 109/L
    • White blood cell (WBC) counts > 2.5 x 109/L
    • Hemoglobin ≥ 8.0 g/dL
    • Total bilirubin ≤ 2.5 X upper limit of normal (ULN) Patients with known Gilbert's disease who have serum bilirubin level ≤ 3 x ULN may be enrolled.
    • Aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine transaminase (ALT), and alkaline phosphatase ≤ 2.5 × ULN, with the following exceptions:

Patients with documented liver metastases: AST and ALT ≤ 5 × ULN Patients with documented liver or bone metastases: alkaline phosphatase ≤ 5 × ULN

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Active or untreated central nervous system (CNS) metastases Patients with a history of treated CNS metastases that are asymptomatic are eligible
  2. Malignancies other than NSCLC within 5 years prior to study enrollment, with the exception of those with a negligible risk of metastasis or death and treated with expected curative outcome (such as adequately treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix, basal or squamous cell skin cancer, localized prostate cancer treated with curative intent, or ductal carcinoma in situ treated surgically with curative intent)
  3. Pregnant and lactating women

    • Women of childbearing potential should use effective contraception during treatment with atezolizumab and for at least 5 months following the last dose.
  4. Significant cardiovascular disease, such as New York Heart Association cardiac disease (Class II or greater), myocardial infarction within 3 months prior to study enrollment
  5. Patients with autoimmune disorder or a history of chronic or recurrent autoimmune disorder

    • Patients with a history of autoimmune-mediated hypothyroidism on a stable dose of thyroid replacement hormone may be eligible for this study.
    • Patients with controlled Type 1 diabetes mellitus on a stable insulin regimen may be eligible for this study.
  6. Uncontrolled idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis or drug-induced pneumonitis
  7. Treatment with systemic corticosteroids or other systemic immunosuppressive medications (including prednisone, dexamethasone, cyclophosphamide, azathioprine, methotrexate, thalidomide, and anti-tumor necrosis factor agents) within 2 weeks prior to study enrollment

    • Treatment with inhaled corticosteroid or megesterol acetate is permitted.
  8. Patient with a known hypersensitivity to atezolizumab or any of the excipients
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Study design

Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Diagnostic
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
100 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Atezolizumab

    Atezolizumab 1200 mg will be administrated every 3 week cycle

    Drug: Atezolizumab Injection [Tecentriq]

Interventions

  • Blood sampling will be performed before and after 3rd cycle of atezolizumab for evaluation of tumor mutation burden

    Also known as: Tecentriq

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Objective response rate (ORR)

    ORR between blood TMB-High vs. Low group

    Time frame: At the end of cycle 3 (each cycle is 21 days)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Progression-free survival (PFS)

    PFS in Intention-to-treat (ITT) population and subgroups according to blood TMB and programmed cell death-1 (PDL1) status

    Time frame: At the end of cycle 3 (each cycle is 21 days)

  2. Safety profile

    Incidence of Treatment-related Adverse Events as assessed by CTCAE version 4

    Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year

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Study locations

1 site
  • Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital
    Hwasun, Jeollanam-do 58128, South Korea
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References and documents

Publications

  • Kim ST, Cristescu R, Bass AJ, Kim KM, Odegaard JI, Kim K, Liu XQ, Sher X, Jung H, Lee M, Lee S, Park SH, Park JO, Park YS, Lim HY, Lee H, Choi M, Talasaz A, Kang PS, Cheng J, Loboda A, Lee J, Kang WK. Comprehensive molecular characterization of clinical responses to PD-1 inhibition in metastatic gastric cancer. Nat Med. 2018 Sep;24(9):1449-1458. doi: 10.1038/s41591-018-0101-z. Epub 2018 Jul 16. PubMed 30013197 ↗
  • Gandara DR, Paul SM, Kowanetz M, Schleifman E, Zou W, Li Y, Rittmeyer A, Fehrenbacher L, Otto G, Malboeuf C, Lieber DS, Lipson D, Silterra J, Amler L, Riehl T, Cummings CA, Hegde PS, Sandler A, Ballinger M, Fabrizio D, Mok T, Shames DS. Blood-based tumor mutational burden as a predictor of clinical benefit in non-small-cell lung cancer patients treated with atezolizumab. Nat Med. 2018 Sep;24(9):1441-1448. doi: 10.1038/s41591-018-0134-3. Epub 2018 Aug 6. PubMed 30082870 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 8, 2023, 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
NCT04059887
Lead sponsor
Chonnam National University Hospital
Collaborators
Roche Pharma AG
Responsible party
In-Jae, Oh, MD (Professor, Chonnam National University Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Aug 16, 2019
Start date
Dec 18, 2019
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2021
Completion
Jun 30, 2022
Last update
Feb 8, 2023

Study contacts

In-Jae Oh, MD, PhD
principal investigator · Chonnam National Univeristy Hwasun Hospital

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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