Principal Investigator
Enrollment Status
Clinical Trial ID
Clinical Trial Summary
This phase III ALCHEMIST treatment trial studies how well nivolumab after surgery and
chemotherapy work in treating patients with stage IB-IIIA non-small cell lung cancer.
Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as nivolumab, may help the body's immune
system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and
spread.
Phase
Phase 3
Funding Agency/Sponsor
National Cooperative Group
Disease
Thoracic Oncology
Enrollment Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age >= 18 years
- Patients must have undergone complete surgical resection of their stage IB (>= 4 cm),
II or IIIA NSCLC according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) 7th
edition and have had negative surgical margins
- Baseline chest CT must be performed within 1 month (30 days) prior to randomization to
ensure no evidence of disease; if clinically indicated, additional imaging studies
must be performed to rule out metastatic disease
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-1
- Patients must be registered to the ALCHEMIST-SCREEN (ALLIANCE A151216) trial prior to
randomization
- Non-squamous tumors must not be positive for EGFR exon 19 deletion or exon 21 L858R
mutation (centrally as part of the ALCHEMIST-SCREEN protocol) and ALK rearrangement
(centrally as part of ALCHEMIST-SCREEN and/or locally)
- NOTE: if the results of the central EGFR testing are negative, but the ALK
testing was not able to be completed by the ALCHEMIST central lab, the ALK status
will be considered negative (unless locally positive for ALK rearrangement) and
the patient may be considered for enrollment onto EA5142, once PD-L1 results are
received and all other eligibility requirements are met
- Tumors must have PD-L1 status tested centrally as part of the ALCHEMIST-SCREEN
protocol
- All females of childbearing potential must have a blood test or urine study within 2
weeks prior to registration to rule out pregnancy; a female of childbearing potential
is any woman, regardless of sexual orientation or whether they have undergone tubal
ligation, who meets the following criteria: 1) has not undergone a hysterectomy or
bilateral oophorectomy; or 2) has not been naturally postmenopausal for at least 24
consecutive months (i.e., has had menses at any time in the preceding 24 consecutive
months)
- Women of childbearing potential and sexually active males must be strongly advised to
use an accepted and effective method of contraception or to abstain from sexual
intercourse during the treatment period and for 31 weeks after the last nivolumab
infusion
- Patients must have adequately recovered from thoracic surgery and any administered
chemotherapy/radiotherapy at the time of randomization (NOTE: adjuvant chemotherapy
and/or radiation is not required)
- Minimum time between date of surgery and randomization is 4 weeks (28 days)
- Maximum time allowed between surgery and randomization:
- 3 months (90 days) if no chemotherapy is administered
- 8 months (240 days) if adjuvant chemotherapy was administered
- 10 months (300 days) if adjuvant chemotherapy and radiation therapy was
administered
- Patients must have completed and recovered from any adjuvant chemotherapy 2 or more
weeks prior to randomization (6 weeks for mitomycin and nitrosoureas; 4 weeks for
post-operative radiation therapy) (NOTE: adjuvant chemotherapy and/or radiation is not
required)
- Serum aspartate transaminase (aspartate aminotransferase [AST]) and serum alanine
transaminase (alanine aminotransferase [ALT]) =< 2.5 x upper limit normal (within 2
weeks prior to randomization)
- Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) (except in subjects with Gilbert
syndrome who must have a total bilirubin < 3.0 x ULN) (within 2 weeks prior to
randomization)
- White blood cell (WBC) >= 2000/uL (within 2 weeks prior to randomization)
- Neutrophils >= 1000/uL (within 2 weeks prior to randomization)
- Platelets >= 100 x 10^3/uL (within 2 weeks prior to randomization)
- Hemoglobin >= 8 g/dL (within 2 weeks prior to randomization)
- Serum creatinine =< 2 x ULN (within 2 weeks prior to randomization)
- Prior to randomization patients with any non-hematologic toxicity from surgery,
chemotherapy and radiation therapy must have recovered to grade =< 1 with the
exception of alopecia, ototoxicity and neuropathy
Exclusion Criteria:
- Women must not be pregnant or breast-feeding due to unknown and potentially harmful
effects of nivolumab on the developing fetus or child
- Patients must NOT have uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited
to, serious ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure,
unstable angina pectoris, uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric
illness/social situation that would limit compliance with study requirements
- No prior treatment with an immune checkpoint inhibitor (anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1,
anti-CTLA4 monoclonal antibody)
- Patients must not be receiving any other investigational anti-cancer agents while on
study
- Patients must not have known or suspected autoimmune disease; subjects with type I
diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism requiring hormone replacement, or skin disorders not
requiring systemic treatment are permitted to enroll
- Patients must not have a condition requiring systemic corticosteroids equivalent to >
10 mg prednisone per day or other immunosuppressive medications within 2 weeks of
randomization; inhaled, intra-articular, and epidural steroids are permissible
- Patients must not have known interstitial lung disease that is symptomatic or may
interfere with the detection or management of suspected drug-related pulmonary
toxicity
- Patients must not have a known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV),
hepatitis B, or hepatitis C infection that is untreated and/or with a detectable viral
load
- Patients must not have a history of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of
similar chemical or biologic composition to nivolumab