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NCT02587455
PHASE1

Pembrolizumab and Palliative Radiotherapy in Lung

Sponsor: Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Summary

Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in the UK with around 43,500 new patients diagnosed each year. About 69% of patients are diagnosed with advanced stage disease and at present these patients would be expected to survive for less than 12 months. These statistics therefore show the need for the development of new effective drugs in the treatment of advanced Lung cancer. Recent trial results have shown the efficacy of immunotherapy in treating several types of tumours including lung cancer. These tumours are known to express a high level of a glycoprotein called PDL1 which is a component of the PD1 pathway. In cancer the PD1 pathway can be hijacked by tumours leading to the immune system being suppressed. The aim of the new drug Pembrolizumab is to restart the PD1 pathway and use the immune system to help fight the cancer cells. Radiotherapy has also been shown to cause cancer to increase production of the proteins that can block the immune system. Therefore it has been proposed that combine of new immunotherapy agent such as pembrolizumab and radiotherapy in the treatment of lung cancer will allow more cancer cells to be killed through the immune system. The purpose of this study is to see if pembrolizumab can safety be combined with standard palliative radiotherapy in patients with lung cancer. In addition once the patients have completed their course of radiotherapy they will remain on pembrolizumab alone and the study will look at how well this treatment regimen can control the growth of the cancer.

Official title: Phase I Dose Escalation of pAlliative Radiotherapy With Anti-PD1 Antibody Pembrolizumab in Thoracic Tumours

Key Details

Gender

All

Age Range

18 Years - Any

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Enrollment

24

Start Date

2016-06-24

Completion Date

2021-08-20

Last Updated

2026-04-23

Healthy Volunteers

No

Interventions

DRUG

Pembrolizumab

Pembrolizumab - Trial Treatment

RADIATION

Radiotherapy

Radiotherapy - Standard Treatment

Locations (2)

NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at RM and ICR (https://www.cancerbrc.org/)

London, United Kingdom

NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at RM and ICR (https://www.cancerbrc.org/)

Sutton, United Kingdom