Testing the Addition of an Anti-Cancer Drug, TRC102, to the Usual Chemotherapy Treatment (Pemetrexed, Cisplatin or Carboplatin) During Radiation Therapy for Stage III Non-Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Last updated: May 7, 2025
Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

2

Condition

Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Adenocarcinoma

Carcinoma

Treatment

Pemetrexed

Methoxyamine

Positron Emission Tomography

Clinical Study ID

NCT05198830
NCI-2021-14403
NCI-2021-14403
10512
P30CA043703
CASE1522
  • Ages > 18
  • All Genders

Study Summary

This phase II trial tests whether TRC102 (methoxyamine hydrochloride) in combination usual care treatment comprised of pemetrexed, cisplatin or carboplatin, and radiation therapy followed by durvalumab works better than the usual care treatment alone to shrink tumors in patients with stage III non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). TRC102 is in a class of drugs called antineoplastic agents. It blocks the ability of a cell to repair damage to its deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and may kill tumor cells. It may also help some anticancer drugs work better. Pemetrexed is in a class of medications called antifolate antineoplastic agents. It works by stopping cells from using folic acid to make DNA and may kill tumor cells. Cisplatin is in a class of medications known as platinum-containing compounds. It works by killing, stopping or slowing the growth of tumor cells. Carboplatin is in a class of medications known as platinum-containing compounds. It works in a way similar to the anticancer drug cisplatin, but may be better tolerated than cisplatin. Carboplatin works by killing, stopping or slowing the growth of tumor cells. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as durvalumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Radiation therapy uses high energy sources to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. Giving TRC102 in combination with usual care treatment may be more effective than usual care treatment alone in stabilizing and lengthening survival time in patients with stage III non-squamous NSCLC.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients must have histologically or cytologically confirmed adenocarcinoma or largecell carcinoma of the lung with confirmation by immunohistochemistry (histologictissue diagnosis is preferred, but cytology is acceptable).

  • Patients must have newly staged IIIA, IIIB or IIIC disease according to the 8thtumor, node, metastasis (TNM) staging classification and to be consideredappropriate candidates for aggressive chemoradiotherapy.

  • Patients must have measurable disease, defined as at least one lesion that can beaccurately measured in at least one dimension (longest diameter to be recorded fornon-nodal lesions and short axis for nodal lesions) as >= 20 mm (>= 2 cm) by chestx-ray or as >= 10 mm (>= 1 cm) with CT scan, MRI, or calipers by clinical exam.

  • Patients must have diagnosed NSCLC, with no prior overlapping radiation therapydelivered for locally advanced NSCLC. Prior stereotactic radiation therapy for stageI lung cancer without overlapping is allowed. Prior systemic antineoplastic therapyis allowed, as deemed appropriate by the treating physician. Prior surgery isallowed. History of previous stage I NSCLC with new mediastinal nodal recurrence (new stage III are eligible).

  • Age >= 18 years. Because no dosing or adverse event data are currently available onthe use of TRC102 in combination with pemetrexed, cisplatin, and durvalumab inpatients < 18 years of age, children are excluded from this study.

  • Body weight > 30 kg with acceptable nutritional status based on evaluation bytreating physician.

  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status =< 1 (Karnofsky >= 70%).

  • Leukocytes >= 3,000/mcL.

  • Hemoglobin >= 9.0 g/dL.

  • Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,500/mcL.

  • Platelets >= 150,000/mcL.

  • Serum bilirubin within normal institutional limits (0 - 1.2 mg/ dl). (This will notapply to patients with confirmed Gilbert's syndrome [persistent or recurrenthyperbilirubinemia that is predominantly unconjugated in the absence of hemolysis orhepatic pathology], who will be allowed only in consultation with their physician.).

  • Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)(serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT]) =< 2.5 x institutional upper limit of normal (=< 39 U/L).

  • Alanine aminotransferase (ALT)(serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) =< 2.5x institutional upper limit of normal (=< 52 U/L).

  • Creatinine =< 1.3 mg/dL.

  • Measured creatinine clearance >= 60 mL/min OR glomerular filtration rate (GFR) >= 50mL/min/1.73 m^2.

  • Acceptable pulmonary function as assessed by treating physician.

  • Evidence of post-menopausal status or negative urinary or serum pregnancy test forfemale pre-menopausal patients. Women will be considered post-menopausal if theyhave been amenorrheic for 12 months without an alternative medical cause. Thefollowing age-specific requirements apply:

  • Women < 60 years of age would be considered post-menopausal if they have beenamenorrheic for 12 months or more following cessation of exogenous hormonaltreatments and if they have luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulatinghormone levels in the post-menopausal range for the institution or underwentsurgical sterilization (bilateral oophorectomy or hysterectomy).

  • Women >= 60 years of age will be considered post-menopausal.

  • Life expectancy >= 12 months.

  • Patients who are human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive may participate IF theymeet the following eligibility requirements:

  • They must be stable on their anti-retroviral regimen with evidence of at leasttwo undetectable viral loads within the past 6 months on the same regimen; themost recent undetectable viral load must be within the past 12 weeks.

  • They must have a CD4 count of greater than 250 cells/mcL over the past 6 monthson this same anti-retroviral regimen and must not have had a CD4 count < 200cells/mcL over the past 2 years, unless it was deemed related to the cancerand/or chemotherapy induced bone marrow suppression.

  • For patients who have received chemotherapy in the past 6 months, a CD4count < 250 cells/mcL during chemotherapy is permitted as long as viralloads were undetectable during this same chemotherapy.

  • They must have an undetectable viral load and a CD4 count >= 250 cells/mcLwithin 7 days of enrollment.

  • They must not be currently receiving prophylactic therapy for an opportunisticinfection and must not have had an opportunistic infection within the past 6months.

  • HIV-infected patients should be monitored every 12 weeks for viral load and CD4counts.

  • For patients with evidence of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, the HBVviral load must be undetectable on suppressive therapy, if indicated.

  • Patients with a history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection must have been treatedand cured. For patients with HCV infection who are currently on treatment, they areeligible if they have an undetectable HCV viral load.

  • Patients with known history or current symptoms of cardiac disease, or history oftreatment with cardiotoxic agents, should have a clinical risk assessment of cardiacfunction using the New York Heart Association functional classification. To beeligible for this trial, patients should be class 2B or better.

  • The effects of TRC102 on the developing human fetus are unknown. For this reason andbecause biochemical inhibitors of the BER pathway agents as well as othertherapeutic agents used in this trial are known to be teratogenic, women ofchild-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonalor barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry, for theduration of study participation, and for 6 months after completion of durvalumabmonotherapy. Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while she orher partner is participating in this study, she should inform her treating physicianimmediately. Men treated or enrolled on this protocol must also agree to useadequate contraception prior to the study, for the duration of study participation,and 6 months after completion of durvalumab administration, if having sex with womenof childbearing potential.

  • Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consentdocument. Participants with impaired decision-making capacity who have alegally-authorized representative (LAR) and/or family member available will also beeligible.

  • Patients with prior stage I/II non-small cell lung cancer treated with surgery areeligible. Patients with prior stage I NSCLC treated with stereotactic bodyradiotherapy (SBRT) without overlapping radiation fields would also be eligible.Patients with prior chemotherapy are eligible, at physician's discretion.

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients who have not recovered from adverse events due to prior anti-cancer therapy (i.e., have residual toxicities > grade 1) with the exception of alopecia.

  • Patients who are receiving any other investigational agents.

  • Patients with treated brain metastases are not eligible as the study is for stageIII disease only.

  • Patients with new or progressive brain metastases (active brain metastases) orleptomeningeal disease are not eligible as the study includes only stage IIIdisease.

  • Patients with EGFR or ALK mutations are ineligible.

  • History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical orbiologic composition to TRC102 or other agents used in study.

  • Patients with uncontrolled intercurrent illness, including but not limited to,ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, uncontrolledhypertension, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, interstitial lungdisease, serious chronic gastrointestinal conditions associated with diarrhea, orpsychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with studyrequirement, substantially increase risk of incurring adverse events (AEs) orcompromise the ability of the patient to give written informed consent.

  • Patients with psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance withstudy requirements.

  • Pregnant women are excluded from this study because TRC102 is a biochemicalinhibitor of the BER pathway and durvalumab is an anti-PDL1 antibody, agents withthe potential for teratogenic or abortifacient effects. Because there is an unknownbut potential risk for adverse events in nursing infants secondary to treatment ofthe mother with TRC102 or durvalumab, breastfeeding should be discontinued if themother is treated with TRC102 or durvalumab. These potential risks may also apply toother agents used in this study.

  • Women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequatecontraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) priorto study entry, for the duration of study participation, and for 6 months afterdurvalumab monotherapy. Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she ispregnant while she or her partner is participating in this study, she shouldinform her treating physician immediately. Men treated or enrolled on thisprotocol must also agree to use adequate contraception prior to the study, forthe duration of study participation, and 6 months after completion ofdurvalumab.

  • Patients with active or prior documented autoimmune or inflammatory disorders (including inflammatory bowel disease [e.g., colitis or Crohn's disease],diverticulitis [with the exception of diverticulosis], systemic lupus erythematosus,sarcoidosis syndrome, or Wegener syndrome [granulomatosis with polyangiitis, Graves'disease, rheumatoid arthritis, hypophysitis, uveitis, etc.]). The following areexceptions to this criterion:

  • Patients with vitiligo or alopecia.

  • Patients with hypothyroidism (e.g. following Hashimoto thyroiditis) stable onhormone replacement.

  • Any chronic skin condition that does not require systemic therapy.

  • Patients without active disease in the last 5 years may be included but onlyafter consultation with the study physician.

  • Patients with celiac disease controlled by diet alone.

  • Active infection including tuberculosis (clinical evaluation that includes clinicalhistory, physical examination and radiographic findings, and tuberculosis [TB]testing in line with local practice), hepatitis B (known positive HBV surfaceantigen [HBsAg] result), or hepatitis C. Patients with a past or resolved HBVinfection (defined as the presence of hepatitis B core antibody [anti-HBc] andabsence of HBsAg) are eligible. Patients positive for hepatitis C (HCV) antibody areeligible only if polymerase chain reaction is negative for HCV ribonucleic acid (RNA).

  • History of allogenic organ transplantation.

  • History of another primary malignancy except for:

  • Malignancy treated with curative intent and with no active disease before thefirst dose of investigational product (IP) and of low potential risk forrecurrence.

  • Adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer or lentigo maligna without evidenceof disease.

  • Adequately treated any carcinoma in situ without evidence of disease.

  • Prostate cancer with stable disease with active or prior treatment that willnot interfere with current lung cancer treatment will be eligible.

Study Design

Total Participants: 42
Treatment Group(s): 10
Primary Treatment: Pemetrexed
Phase: 2
Study Start date:
December 15, 2022
Estimated Completion Date:
December 31, 2025

Study Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

I. To improve progression-free survival (PFS) from 56% with current standard of care (chemoradiation followed by consolidative durvalumab) to 75% at one year with the proposed combination followed by consolidative durvalumab.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine overall survival with the proposed combination therapy. II. To assess the incidence of grade 3 or higher pneumonitis and other toxicities.

OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms.

ARM I: Patients receive methoxyamine orally (PO) on day 1 of each cycle, pemetrexed intravenously (IV) over 10 minutes on day 1 of each cycle, and cisplatin IV over 60 minutes or carboplatin IV over 30 minutes on day 3 of each cycle. Beginning day 3, patients also undergo radiation therapy daily Monday-Friday. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 2 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Beginning 2-6 weeks after cycle 2, patients receive durvalumab IV over 60 minutes every 2 weeks or monthly for up to 1 year in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients also undergo computed tomography (CT) scan or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) throughout the trial and fludeoxyglucose F-18 (FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET)/CT scan during screening and optionally on study.

ARM II: Patients receive pemetrexed IV over 10 minutes and cisplatin IV over 60 minutes or carboplatin IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of each cycle. Beginning day 1 of each cycle, patients also undergo radiation therapy daily Monday-Friday. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 2 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Beginning 2-6 weeks after cycle 2, patients receive durvalumab IV over 60 minutes every 2 weeks or monthly for up to 1 year in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients also undergo CT scan or MRI throughout the trial and FDG-PET/CT scan during screening and optionally on study.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 30 days, and then every 3 months for 2 years, followed by every 6 months for an additional 3 years.

Connect with a study center

  • Keck Medicine of USC Buena Park

    Buena Park, California 90621
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Duarte, California 91010
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • City of Hope at Irvine Lennar

    Irvine, California 92618
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Los Angeles General Medical Center

    Los Angeles, California 90033
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • USC / Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Los Angeles, California 90033
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • USC Norris Oncology/Hematology-Newport Beach

    Newport Beach, California 92663
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Sacramento, California 95817
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • UM Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at Coral Gables

    Coral Gables, Florida 33146
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • UM Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at Deerfield Beach

    Deerfield Beach, Florida 33442
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Florida Health Science Center - Gainesville

    Gainesville, Florida 32610
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • UM Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at Kendall

    Miami, Florida 33176
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Miami Miller School of Medicine-Sylvester Cancer Center

    Miami, Florida 33136
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • UM Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at Plantation

    Plantation, Florida 33324
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Jersey City Medical Center

    Jersey City, New Jersey 07302
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Saint Barnabas Medical Center

    Livingston, New Jersey 07039
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Monmouth Medical Center

    Long Branch, New Jersey 07740
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

    Newark, New Jersey 07112
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset

    Somerville, New Jersey 08876
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Community Medical Center

    Toms River, New Jersey 08755
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Montefiore Medical Center - Moses Campus

    Bronx, New York 10467
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Montefiore Medical Center-Einstein Campus

    Bronx, New York 10461
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences

    Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Case Western Reserve University

    Cleveland, Ohio 44106
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • MetroHealth Medical Center

    Cleveland, Ohio 44109
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI)

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15232
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Texas Medical Branch

    Galveston, Texas 77555-0565
    United States

    Suspended

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