Risk-adapted, Proteomic-guided Systemic Therapy for Previously Untreated Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Participants will be randomized to an intervention arm or a standard of care (SOC) arm. Participants in the intervention arm will undergo pretreatment assessment with PROphet Clinical Benefit (CB) and the Cancer and Aging Research Group Toxicity Tool (CARG-TT); data from the assessments will be used to select systemic therapy, which can be any SOC treatment that incorporates a Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-(L)1) antibody with or without chemotherapy and/or with or without Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte associated protein 4 (CTLA4) antibody. Participants in the SOC arm will undergo SOC biomarker assessment and subsequent selection of SOC systemic therapy. The primary endpoint is 12-month progression free survival (PFS). The findings will be stratified according to participant performance status and tumor PD-L1 score. The hypothesis is that risk-adapted, proteomic-guided systemic therapy will improve PFS among patients with previously untreated advanced NSCLC compared to SOC systemic therapy.

Inclusion criteria

• Participants must have histologically confirmed non-small cell lung cancer that is metastatic or unresectable (stage IIIC or IV), deemed appropriate to receive standard of care immune checkpoint inhibitor-based therapy given with palliative intent.
• Age ≥18 years at the time of consent.
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status ≤ 2 (Karnofsky ≥50%).
• Ability to understand and willingness to sign the informed consent form (ICF).
• Stated ability and willingness to adhere to all protocol requirements while on study

Exclusion criteria

• Tumor with known sensitizing alteration in ALK, EGFR, HER2, MET exon 14, NTRK, RET, or ROS1.
• Medical comorbidities precluding immune checkpoint inhibitor-based therapy per treating investgator's discretion.
• Previous systemic therapy for metastatic Stage IIIC or IV NSCLC. Patients who previously completed systemic therapy for early stage or locally advanced NSCLC ≥ 80 days prior to trial registration are eligible for inclusion.
• Any condition that in the opinion of the investigator would interfere with the participant's safety or compliance while on study