Spots Global Cancer Trial Database for Immunotherapy in Patient With Poor General Condition

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Trial Identification

Brief Title: Immunotherapy in Patient With Poor General Condition

Official Title: A Phase II Single-arm Trial Evaluating Safety and Efficacy of Durvalumab in ECOG Performance Status 2-3, Treatment-naive, Patients With Stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) and High PD-L1 Tumor Expression

Study ID: NCT04108026

Conditions

Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Stage IV

Interventions

Durvalumab

Study Description

Brief Summary: Immunotherapeutic approaches targeting immune checkpoint proteins PD-1/PD-L1 have recently demonstrated clinical efficacy in several cancer types, and have changed the therapeutic landscape in metastatic melanoma or non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The monoclonal anti-PD-1 antibody nivolumab has been registered by both FDA (Food and Drug Administration) and EMA (European Medicine Agency), for metastatic NSCLC patients, after failure of a prior platinum-based chemotherapy. The approval was based on the results of phase III clinical trials in metastatic NSCLC. But all the trials only enrolled patients with good general condition, PS (Performance Status) 0 or 1. However, the prevalence of poor PS patients at time of diagnosis is high in lung cancer patients. For patients with metastatic NSCLC and PS 3, there is no standard treatment except best supportive care, since all trials that accrued unselected PS 3 patients fail to prove any survival advantage, and most PS \>3 patients die within 2 to 4 months from diagnosis. Indeed, these patients are currently excluded from clinical trials. Specific dedicated clinical trials and treatment guidelines for this patient population are urgently needed, taking into account for the high prevalence of such patients.

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