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TerminatedNCT04748419Updated Jun 5, 2026

Safety & Efficacy of Consolidative Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy for Boosting Residual Lung Cancer With Durvalumab

A Phase 1/2 interventional study of consolidative hypofractionated radiation therapy (hfRT) and Durvalumab 50 MG/ML in Lung Cancer and Carcinoma, Non-Small Cell Lung, sponsored by University of Nebraska. Terminated at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 19 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-06-05.

Sponsored by University of Nebraska · Phase 1/2, Interventional, and Treatment

Why this study was terminated
Poor accrual

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was Sep 2025, 1 year ago, and no results have been posted to the registry.
Phase
Phase 1/2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
6
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
19 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study is designed to determine if combining consolidative radiation therapy (RT) using a hypofractionated regimen (hfRT) (2 fractions) for boosting the residual primary lung cancer with adjuvant anti-PD-L1 therapy concurrently is safe and will provide better tumor control locoregionally and distantly than either modality alone.

Read the detailed description

For safety reasons, consolidative hfRT will start from 6.5Gy x 2 fractions and dose escalate to 10Gy x 2 fractions in a 3+3 design. Consolidative hfRT will be delivered one to two months after finishing definitive chemoradiation therapy (dCRT) and concurrently with adjuvant anti-PD-L1 therapy using durvalumab in stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

At the final determined consolidative hfRT dose level, a total of thirty-two subjects with pathologically documented stage III NSCLC treated with dCRT will be enrolled for data analyses.

Follow-up assessments will occur every 3 months during durvalumab therapy for the first two years, then every 4-6 months after 2 years from study registration until confirmed disease progression or death. Primary endpoints include the safety of boost hfRT and concurrent anti-PD-L1 therapy adjuvantly following dCRT, and the 12-month progression-free survival to compare with historical results.

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Conditions studied

  • Lung Cancer
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small Cell Lung
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In context

Lung Neoplasms

7,243 studies on the registry are indexed under Lung Neoplasms; 1,558 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 6 is below the median of 60 across 5,296 interventional studies indexed under Lung Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

University of Nebraska is the lead sponsor of 473 studies on the registry; 66 are open to participants now.

Of its 75 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 46 (61%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

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

Inclusion criteria

  1. Pathologically diagnosed NSCLC (squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, large- cell carcinoma, or non-small-cell lung cancer not otherwise specified), clinical stage III (AJCC 8th Ed.))
  2. At time of consent, potential subjects must be a candidate for dCRT OR Must have received dCRT with at least 2 cycles of platinum-based chemotherapy concurrent with conventional fractionated radiation therapy with a total dose of 5700 - 6300 cGy
  3. Patients must be aware of the nature of his/her disease and willingly provide written, informed consent. Including compliance with the requirements and restrictions listed in the informed consent form (ICF) and in this protocol. Written informed consent and any locally required authorization (e.g., Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act in the US) obtained from the patient/legal representative prior to performing any protocol-related procedures, including screening evaluations.
  4. Age > 19 years at time of study entry
  5. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1 at time of enrollment.
  6. Life expectancy of > 12 weeks
  7. Adequate normal organ and marrow function as defined below:

    • Hemoglobin ≥9.0 g/dL (5.59 mmol/L) (patients can be transfused to meet this criterion)
    • Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) > 1500 per mm3
    • Platelet count ≥100 x 109/L (>100,000 per mm3)
    • Serum bilirubin ≤1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN).
    • AST (SGOT)/ALT (SGPT) ≤2.5 x institutional upper limit of normal.
    • Calculated creatinine CL>40 mL/min by the Cockcroft-Gault formula
  8. Evidence of post-menopausal status or negative serum pregnancy test for female pre-menopausal patients. Women will be considered post-menopausal if they have been amenorrheic for 12 months without an alternative medical cause.
  9. Patient is willing and able to comply with the protocol for the duration of the study including undergoing treatment and scheduled visits and examinations including follow up

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Involvement in the planning and/or conduct of the study (applies to both AstraZeneca staff and/or staff at the study site)
  2. Patients who have received prior anti-PD-1, anti PD-L1 or anti CTLA-4
  3. Participation in another clinical study with an investigational product during the last 4 weeks
  4. Concurrent enrolment in another clinical study, unless it is an observational (non- interventional) clinical study or during the follow-up period of an interventional study
  5. Mixed small cell and non-small cell lung cancer histology
  6. Patients who receive sequential chemoradiation therapy for locally advanced NSCLC
  7. Patients with locally advanced NSCLC who have progressed during definitive platinum based, concurrent chemoradiation therapy
  8. Any unresolved toxicity NCI CTCAE Grade >2 from previous anticancer therapy with the exception of alopecia, vitiligo, and the laboratory values defined in the inclusion criteria

    1. Patients with Grade ≥2 neuropathy will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis after consultation with the Study Physician.
    2. Patients with irreversible toxicity not reasonably expected to be exacerbated by treatment with durvalumab may be included only after consultation with the Study Physician. For example, post-operative neurological deficits for previous benign brain tumors, urinary incontinence from radical prostectomy for prostate cancer, peripheral neuropathy from chemotherapy for breast cancer.
  9. Any concurrent chemotherapy, immunotherapy, biologic, or hormonal therapy for cancer treatment. Concurrent use of hormonal therapy for non-cancer-related conditions (e.g., hormone replacement therapy) is acceptable.
  10. Major surgical procedure (as defined by the investigator) within 28 days to the first dose of immunotherapy (excluding the placement of vascular access) that would prevent administration of study drug or radiation therapy.
  11. History of allogenic organ transplantation.
  12. Active or prior documented autoimmune or inflammatory disorders within the past 2 years (including inflammatory bowel disease [e.g., colitis or Crohn's disease], diverticulitis [with the exception of diverticulosis], systemic lupus erythematosus, Sarcoidosis syndrome, or Wegener syndrome [granulomatosis with polyangiitis, Graves' disease, rheumatoid arthritis hypophysitis, uveitis, etc]). The following are exceptions to this criterion:

    1. Patients with vitiligo or alopecia
    2. Patients with hypothyroidism (e.g., following Hashimoto syndrome stable on hormone replacement or Graves' disease).
    3. Any chronic skin condition including psoriasis that does not require systemic therapy (within the past 2 years).
    4. Patients without active disease in the last 5 years may be included but only after consultation with the study physician.
    5. Patients with celiac disease controlled by diet alone.
  13. Known allergy or hypersensitivity to Durvalumab or any excipient.
  14. Uncontrolled intercurrent illness, including but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, uncontrolled hypertension, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, interstitial lung disease, serious chronic gastrointestinal conditions associated with diarrhea, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirement, substantially increase risk of incurring AEs or compromise the ability of the patient to give written informed consent
  15. History of another primary malignancy except for

    1. Malignancy treated with curative intent and with no known active disease ≥5 years before the informed consent and of low potential risk for recurrence
    2. Adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer or lentigo maligna without evidence of disease
    3. Adequately treated carcinoma in situ without evidence of disease
  16. History of primary immunodeficiency
  17. Known history or active infection of tuberculosis, hepatitis B (known positive HBV surface antigen (HBsAg) result), hepatitis C, or human immunodeficiency virus (positive HIV 1/2 antibodies).
  18. Current or prior use of immunosuppressive medication within 14 days before the first dose of durvalumab.

    1. Intranasal, inhaled, topical steroids, or local steroid injections (e.g., intra articular injection)
    2. Systemic corticosteroids at doses ≤10 mg/day of prednisone or its equivalent
    3. Steroids as premedication for hypersensitivity reactions (e.g., CT scan premedication)
    4. Systemic steroid administration required to manage toxicities arising from radiation therapy delivered as part of the chemoradiation therapy for locally advanced NSCLC is allowed.
  19. Receipt of live attenuated vaccine within 30 days prior to the first dose of IP. Note: Patients, if enrolled, should not receive live vaccine whilst receiving IP and up to 30 days after the last dose of IP.
  20. Female patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding or male or female patients of reproductive potential who are not willing to employ effective birth control from screening to 90 days after the last dose of durvalumab therapy.
  21. Prior randomization or treatment in a previous durvalumab and/or tremelimumab clinical study regardless of treatment arm assignment.
  22. Any prior Grade ≥3 immune-related adverse event (irAE) while receiving any previous immunotherapy agent, or any unresolved irAE >Grade 1.
  23. Previous history of RT (other than RT as part of the dCRT for the current course of NSCLC) involving any part of lungs, chest wall, thoracic spine or breast(s).
  24. Judgment by the investigator that the patient is unsuitable to participate in the study for any condition and the patient is unlikely to comply with study procedures, restrictions and requirements.
  25. Mean QT interval corrected for heart rate using Fridericia's formula (QTcF) ≥470 ms calculated from 3 ECGs (2-5 minutes apart). Triplicate ECGs should only be performed if screening ECG shows QTcF ≥470 ms.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1 / Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
6 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Hypofractionated radiation therapy (hfRT) with Durvalumab

    Combining consolidative radiation therapy (RT) using a hypofractionated regimen (hfRT) of 10Gy x 2 fractions for boosting the residual primary lung cancer with adjuvant anti-PD-L1 therapy (durvalumab), dose of 10 mg/kg infusion every two weeks concurrently for up to 12 months or disease progression.

    Radiation: consolidative hypofractionated radiation therapy (hfRT) · Drug: Durvalumab 50 MG/ML

Interventions

  • Radiationconsolidative hypofractionated radiation therapy (hfRT)

    Consolidative hfRT will start from 6.5Gy x 2 fractions and dose escalate to 10Gy x 2 fractions in a 3+3 design

  • DrugDurvalumab 50 MG/ML

    Durvalumab 10 mg/kg via a 60-minute iv infusion every two weeks ± 3 days for up to 12 months

    Also known as: Imfinzi

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Evaluate the safety of combining hfRT and durvalumab by Adverse event assessed

    Adverse events (AEs) will be assessed during the entire course of study

    Time frame: 2 years

  2. Evaluate progression free survival (PFS) when combining hfRT with adjuvant anti-PD-L1 therapy (durvalumab)

    based on assessments according to RECIST 1.1

    Time frame: 12-month

Secondary outcomes

  1. Progression Free survival (PFS) when combining hfRT with adjuvant anti-PD-L1 therapy

    PFS based on assessments according to RECIST 1.1a

    Time frame: 18 months

  2. Overall Survival hfRT and adjuvant anti-PD-L1 therapy

    Overall Survival when combining hfRT with adjuvant anti-PD-L1 therapy

    Time frame: 12 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • University of Nebraska Medical Center
    Omaha, Nebraska 68198, United States
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References and documents

Publications

  • Coutu B, Lawrence E, Ganti AK, Marr A, Wichman C, Zhang C. Phase I/II study to evaluate consolidative hypofractionated radiation therapy for boosting the residual primary disease in combination with durvalumab after definitive chemoradiation therapy for stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): study protocol for a prospective trial. J Thorac Dis. 2024 Jan 30;16(1):750-759. doi: 10.21037/jtd-23-304. Epub 2024 Jan 29. PubMed 38410608 ↗

Study documents

  • Protocol and statistical analysis plan · Jun 10, 2024
  • Informed consent form · Feb 6, 2026

Documents are hosted by the registry — open the source record to download them.

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 Jun 5, 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
NCT04748419
Lead sponsor
University of Nebraska
Collaborators
AstraZeneca
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Feb 10, 2021
Start date
Jul 15, 2021
Primary completion
Sep 26, 2025
Completion
Sep 26, 2025
Last update
Jun 5, 2026

Study contacts

Apar Ganti, MD, MS
principal investigator · University of Nebraska

Oversight

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