Clinical Research Directory

Adaptive Chemotherapy for Pd-l1 High REsEctablE NSCLC: A Chemo-PHREE Trial

This research study is being done to find out if a drug called cemiplimab is safe in adult patients who have non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that can be surgically removed (resectable Stage II, IIIA, or select IIIB NSCLC). The purpose of this study is also to look at how well the study drug works and whether certain patients can skip chemotherapy before their surgery. The goal is to see if they can safely avoid the harsh side effects of chemo and still have a successful outcome. The investigators are doing this study because the investigators want to find out if this treatment approach is better or worse than the usual approach for early-stage NSCLC that can be surgically removed. The usual approach for the participants type of cancer is treatment with a combination of platinum-doublet chemotherapy and an immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) such as cemiplimab (LIBTAYO®) given before the tumor is surgically removed. (Immune checkpoint is a normal part of the immune system used to prevent an immune response from becoming so strong that it inadvertently destroys healthy cells in the body). Cemiplimab is given via infusion and will be administered at the study center. Everyone on the study will get the active study drug, cemiplimab. No one will get placebo. Placebos look like the study drug but don't have medicine in them. Infusion of cemiplimab will be given for 2 cycles followed by an evaluation. An evaluation means that participants will have imaging studies ("scans") done to see if the tumor has changed. After the scans, participants may receive one final cycle of cemiplimab followed by resection (surgery to remove the tumor) or combination chemotherapy plus cemiplimab for 2 cycles followed by resection.

Determining Whether Durvalumab in Combination With Radiation Therapy Can Prevent the Progression of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

The purpose of this study is to see if Durvalumab and radiation therapy can delay the worsening of disease in patients with non-small cell lung cancer normally treated with sequential chemotherapy followed by radiation therapy.

Phase II Efficacy Study of Repotrectinib in Frail and/or Elderly Patients With ROS1-rearranged Advanced NSCLC

ROS1 rearrangements are rare, accounting for only 1-2% of NSCLC cases, but have been associated with response to ROS1 inhibitors, such as crizotinib and entrectinib. However, many patients develop resistance to the tyrosine-kinase inhibitors (TKIs), creating a need for new treatments. Repotrectinib is a new-generation TKI designed against ROS1 or NTRK rearranged malignancies (Drilon 2018). Early phase clinical data support activity of repotrectinib in patients with NSCLC harboring such gene rearrangements (TRIDENT-1 study), but there are limited evidence in frail populations, such as poor performance status patients and/or elderly patients, who are classically excluded from clinical trials or underrepresented. The present study aims to assess the activity and tolerability of repotrectinib in frail (PS ≥2) and/or elderly patients with ROS1-rearranged advanced NSCLC.

Personalized Escalation of Consolidation Treatment Following Chemoradiotherapy and Immunotherapy in Stage III NSCLC in Stage III NSCLC

The purpose of this study is to test whether or not number of circulating cancer cells detected in the blood can be decreased the by combining the standard treatment (durvalumab) with Tremelimumab and additional chemotherapy

PILOT for The Precision Exercise Regimen for Cancer Care (PERCC) Study

This study is designed to evaluate whether a precision exercise regimen is feasible to implement within cancer populations, specifically stage II-III primary lung cancer patients receiving multimodal therapy, and delivered through telehealth.

A Study on the Efficacy of Androgen Deprivation Therapy Combined With Anti-PD-1 Therapy in Advanced Lung Cancer

Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT) triggers thymic revitalization and increases thymic output, enhancing baseline anti-tumor immunity and responses to immunotherapies. Anti-tumor synergism has been identified by combining ADT with anti-PD-1 immunotherapy for androgen-independent tumors. This study is to investigate the combination of Leuprorelin ADT and Sintilimab (anti-PD-1) therapy in patients with advanced lung cancer.

Lung Cancer Registry

Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in Austria with 2.868 men and 2.009 women diagnosed in 2016. Reflecting the high mortality of this disease, 2.415 men and 1.534 women died from lung cancer. Therefore, lung cancer is the most common reason for cancer associated death in men and second most common reason in women. This malignant disease can be divided into two main groups: small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). NSCLC is a paradigm for personalized medicine, with an increasing number of targetable gene alterations. Despite this growing diversity of molecular subtypes, in most patients no targetable mutation can be detected. For these patients check-point inhibitors with or without chemotherapy is the mainstay of the initial tumor therapy. Until recently, little progress has been made in the treatment of SCLC in last decades. Recently, an overall survival benefit by the addition of an immune-checkpoint inhibitor to first-line chemotherapy for advanced SCLC has been reported. Despite the progress in the treatment of NSCLC, the performance of predictive biomarkers is weak. Therefore, the development of more precise prediction models is of great importance for the progress of personalized treatment strategies.

A Study to Describe the Diagnostic and Therapeutic Path of Patients with NSCLC in Early Stage and Locally Advanced

This is a non-interventional, retrospective observational study to improve knowledge regarding the diagnosis and treatments of patients who have/had non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), either early stage (stage I-II).

Using Microbiome to Predict Durvalumab Toxicity in Post- Concurrent Chemoradiation Therapy (CCRT) NSCLC Patients

This phase IV study is hoping to determine if examining the microbiome in non-small cell lung cancer participants who will receive durvalumab can predict treatment toxicity.

Durvalumab(MEDI4736) After chemoRadioTherapy(DART) for NSCLC-a Translational and Biomarker Study

The main aim is to identify and describe biomarkers in different sample types related to chemoradiation followed by durvalumab treatment for stage III PD-L1 negative and positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients' eligible for curatively intended chemoradiation. The hypothesis is that clinical differences in course of disease reflect underlying biological characteristics.

Efficacy and Safety of Anti-PD-1/PD-L1 Treatment +/- UV1 Vaccination in Patients With Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

A Randomized, Multicenter Study Investigating Efficacy and Safety of anti-PD-1/PD-L1-treatment +/- UV1 vaccination as first line treatment in patients with inoperable advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer. The objective of the phase 2 study is to induce a meaningful Progression-Free Survival (PFS) benefit in patients with stage IIIB/IIIC or stage IV NSCLC by treating with anti-PD-1/PD-L1 treatment and UV1 vaccination versus anti-PD-1/PD-L1 treatment alone.