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RecruitingNCT05766800Updated Sep 19, 2024

Induction Therapy With PD-1 Antibody Combined With Platinum-based Doublet Chemotherapy for Locally-advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

A Phase 2 interventional study of Serplulimab and Carboplatin in Locally Advanced and Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, sponsored by Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Shanghai, China. Recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-09-19.

Sponsored by Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Shanghai, China · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Apr 2025, 1 year 6 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Started Mar 2023; still recruiting 3 years 6 months later.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
100
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

For unresectable locally-advanced non-small cell lung cancer, chemoradiotherpay plus immunotherapy is recommended by PACIFIC trial. However, it is unclear whether surgery can provide survival benefit for patients with tumors initially unresectable transformed into resectable ones after chemoimmunotherapy. This trial aims to investigate the efficacy and safety of the therapeutic regimen of chemoimmunotherapy plus surgery.

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Conditions studied

  • Locally Advanced
  • Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
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In context

Lung Neoplasms

7,243 studies on the registry are indexed under Lung Neoplasms; 1,557 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 100 is above the median of 60 across 5,295 interventional studies indexed under Lung Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Shanghai, China is the lead sponsor of 149 studies on the registry; 91 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

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

Inclusion criteria

  1. The patient shall sign the Informed Consent Form.
  2. Aged 18 ≥ years.
  3. Histological or cytological diagnosis of NSCLC by needle biopsy, and stage IIIB-IIIC confirmed by imageological examinations (CT, PET-CT or EBUS).
  4. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance-status score of 0 or 1.
  5. Life expectancy is at least 12 weeks.
  6. At least 1 measurable lesion according to RECIST 1.1.
  7. Patients with good function of other main organs (liver, kidney, blood system, etc.)
  8. Patients with normal lung function can tolerate surgery;
  9. Without systematic metastasis (including M1a, M1b and M1c);
  10. Fertile female patients must voluntarily use effective contraceptives not less than 120 days after chemotherapy or the last dose of Serplulimab (whichever is later) during the study period, and urine or serum pregnancy test results within 7 days prior to enrollment are negative.
  11. Unsterilized male patients must voluntarily use effective contraception during the study period not less than 120 days after chemotherapy or the last dose of Serplulimab (whichever is later).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Participants who have received any systemic anti-cancer treatment for thymic epithelial tumor, including surgical treatment, local radiotherapy, cytotoxic drug treatment, targeted drug treatment and experimental treatment;
  2. Participants with any unstable systemic disease (including active infection, uncontrolled hypertension), unstable angina pectoris, angina pectoris starting in the last three months, congestive heart failure (>= NYHA) Grade II), myocardial infarction (6 months before admission), severe arrhythmia requiring drug treatment, liver, kidney or metabolic diseases;
  3. With activate or suspectable autoimmune disease, or autoimmune paracancer syndrome requiring systemic treatment;
  4. Participants who are allergic to the test drug or any auxiliary materials;
  5. Participants with Interstitial lung disease currently;
  6. Participants with active hepatitis B, hepatitis C or HIV;
  7. Pregnant or lactating women;
  8. Participants suffering from nervous system diseases or mental diseases that cannot cooperate;
  9. Participated in another therapeutic clinical study;
  10. Other factors that researchers think it is not suitable for enrollment.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
100 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Downstaged arm with surgical treatment

    In this arm, patients with tumors resectable after chemoimmunotherapy will receive surgical treatment in department of thoracic surgery.

    Drug: Serplulimab · Drug: Carboplatin · Drug: Pemetrexed · Drug: Nab-paclitaxel · Drug: Liposomal paclitaxel · Procedure: Surgery

  • Active comparator
    Downstaged arm with radiotherapy

    In this arm, patients with tumors resectable after chemoimmunotherapy will receive radiotherapy in department of medical oncology.

    Drug: Serplulimab · Drug: Carboplatin · Drug: Pemetrexed · Drug: Nab-paclitaxel · Drug: Liposomal paclitaxel · Radiation: Radiotherapy

  • Other
    Unresectable arm

    In this arm, patients with tumors still unresectable after chemoimmunotherapy will receive therapy in department of medical oncology.

    Drug: Serplulimab · Drug: Carboplatin · Drug: Pemetrexed · Drug: Nab-paclitaxel · Drug: Liposomal paclitaxel · Radiation: Radiotherapy

Interventions

  • DrugSerplulimab

    Specified dose on specified days

  • DrugCarboplatin

    Specified dose on specified days

  • DrugPemetrexed

    Specified dose on specified days

  • DrugNab-paclitaxel

    Specified dose on specified days

  • DrugLiposomal paclitaxel

    Specified dose on specified days

  • ProcedureSurgery

    Patients with stage IIIB-IIIC non-small cell lung cancer are treated with nab-paclitaxel/pemetrexed plus carboplatin and serplulimab for 4 cycles. Those with downstaged and resectable tumors after chemoimmunotherapy are randomised into surgical treatment arm and radiotherapy arm, and those with tumors still unresectable after chemoimmunotherapy will receive non-surgical treatment in department of medical oncology in the third arm.

  • RadiationRadiotherapy

    Patients with stage IIIB-IIIC non-small cell lung cancer are treated with nab-paclitaxel/pemetrexed plus carboplatin and serplulimab for 4 cycles. Those with downstaged and resectable tumors after chemoimmunotherapy are randomised into surgical treatment arm and radiotherapy arm, and those with tumors still unresectable after chemoimmunotherapy will receive non-surgical treatment in department of medical oncology in the third arm.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Event-free survival (EFS)

    Event-free survival (EFS) is defined as the length of time (months) from randomization to any of the following events: any progression of disease precluding surgery, progression or recurrence disease based on response evaluation criteria in solid tumors (RECIST) 1.1 after surgery, or death due to any cause. Participants who don't undergo surgery for reason other than progression will be considered to have an event at progression or death. Progression is defined as at least a 20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum on study. In addition to the relative increase of 20%, the sum must also demonstrate an absolute increase of at least 5 mm. (Note: the appearance of one or more new lesions is also considered progression).

    Time frame: Up to 30 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Objective response rate (ORR)

    It refers to the proportion of patients who have had a complete response or partial response (according to RECIST1.1) as confirmed by CT evaluation after 3 weeks in all patients who have completed the neoadjuvant therapy. Only patients with measurable lesions at baseline will be analyzed.

    Time frame: Up to 4 months

  2. Major pathologic response (MPR)

    MPR is defined as the proportion of participants who have achieved major pathologic response (on routine hematoxylin and eosin staining, tumors with no more than 10% viable tumor cells) in all participants who have completed the neoadjuvant therapy before surgery

    Time frame: up to 5 months

  3. Progression-free survival (PFS)

    It refers to the time (months) from the first administration of drug in this study to the disease progression or death (including any cause of death in the case of no progression) as recorded in CRF, regardless of whether the patient exits from the treatment or receives other anti-cancer treatment before progression.

    Time frame: up to 60 months

  4. Disease-free survival (DFS)

    It refers to the time (months) from radical surgery to relapse or death of a participant due to disease progression. In the case of a patient who still survives at the time of analysis, the latest evaluation date will be used for interpolation (censoring).

    Time frame: up to 60 months

  5. Overall survival (OS)

    It is defined as the time (months) from enrollment to death of participant due to any cause. In the case of a patient who still survives at the time of analysis, the date of last contact will be taken as the censoring date.

    Time frame: up to 60 months

  6. Duration of response (DOR)

    It is defined as the time from the first time of partial response or complete response to progressive disease via RECIST1.1.

    Time frame: up to 60 months

  7. Disease-control rate (DCR)

    It is defined as the rate of stable disease, partial response, or complete response via RECIST1.1.

    Time frame: up to 60 months

  8. R0 rate

    It is defined as the rate of complete resection with no residual tumor cell in the resection margin.

    Time frame: up to 5 months

  9. Severe adverse event (SAE) rate

    It is defined as the frequency of severe adverse events from the participants enrolling to 30 days after the last drug administration or 30 days after surgery or new anti-cancer therapy, which comes first.

    Time frame: up to 6 months

  10. Health related quality of life (HRQol)

    The assessment is made according to the Quality of Life Scale for Lung Cancer Patients (EORTC-QLQ-C30 \& LC13, Version 3). EORTC's QLQ-C30 \& LC13 (V3.0) is a core scale for lung cancer patients, with a total of 43 items. Among them, Item 29 and 30 are divided into seven grades, which are assigned with 1 to 7 scores according to the answer options. The other items are divided into 4 grades: Not at All, A Little, Quite a Bit, and Very Much, assigned with 1 to 4 scores respectively. The higher score, the worse quality.

    Time frame: up to 5 months

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided — The researchers will consider whether IPD is available to other researchers only after the paper is published.

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 19, 2024, 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
NCT05766800
Lead sponsor
Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Shanghai, China
Responsible party
Peng Zhang (Professor, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Shanghai, China) — Principal investigator
First posted
Mar 13, 2023
Start date
Mar 14, 2023
Primary completion
Apr 1, 2025 (estimated)
Completion
Apr 1, 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 19, 2024

Study contacts

Peng Zhang, PhD
Contact
zhangpeng1121@tongji.edu.cn
02165115006

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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