Immune Profiling of Stage III Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Patients Treated With Concurrent Chemoradiation and Adjuvant Durvalumab: A Prospective Observational Phase II Trial
Currently, there is only limited data available on the functional immune changes after concurrent chemoradiation in NSCLC (non-small cell lung cancer) patients. Identifying the effect of the treatment on immune cells and what their functional consequences are is an essential first step to come to prognostic and predictive biomarkers.
Many studies investigating the role of immunomodulatory effects of treatment are carried out in either in vitro or in vivo animal models. However, identified factors frequently hamper clinical validation. In addition, as mentioned earlier, although several immunogenic factors have been shown to be released by irradiated tumor cells, so far, only a limited number of studies searched for potential predictive and prognostic immunological biomarkers.
This will be the first time that the immune effects of both treatment modalities will be studied, with, in addition, the immune changes during durvalumab treatment, which are also unknown at present. By getting more insight in the treatment-induced immunomodulatory effects, ultimately, in subsequent projects, this will allow to determine optimal immune stimulation and hence improved outcomes of subsequent durvalumab immune therapy.
Eligibility
Sex
ALL
Min age
18 Years
Max age
—
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion Criteria:
* Pathological diagnosis of adequately staged (according to standard practice using chest-CT, FDG-PET, brain imaging MRI/CT) NSCLC
* Participant is willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the trial
* Male or female, aged 18 years or above
* Scheduled to receive one of the following two therapeutic strategies:
* Concurrent chemotherapy and radiotherapy with photons (60 Gy in 30 fractions of 2 Gy) in patients with stage III NSCLC
* Concurrent chemotherapy and radiotherapy with protons (60 Gy in 30 fractions of 2 Gy) in patients with stage III NSCLC
* Is able and willing to comply with all trial requirement
Exclusion Criteria:
* Mixed non-small cell lung cancer with other histologies such as small cell lung cancer
* Not able to comply with the study protocol
* Less than 18 years' old
* Pregnancy or not able to comply with adequate contraception in women with child baring potential
* Previous radiotherapy to the chest for benign or malignant conditions, including radiation for breast cancer
* Previous malignancy treated with chemotherapy, immune therapy or radiotherapy (irrespective of when this happened)
* Previous malignancies treated with surgery only are allowed if 2 years or more before inclusion in the present study
Primary outcome measure(s)
Immune changes — 3 months Number of patients with immune changes in stage III NSCLC patients receiving concurrent chemoradiation with protons or photons followed by durvalumab.
Trial sites (1)
Facility
City
Region
Status
Maastricht Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO clinic)
Maastricht
Netherlands
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This page summarises publicly available registry data for informational purposes — not medical advice. Eligibility is determined by each study team; patients should discuss participation with their clinician.
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