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NCT Number: NCT05800015

A Trial to Learn How the Combination of Fianlimab With Cemiplimab and Chemotherapy Works Compared With Cemiplimab and Chemotherapy for Treating Adult Patients With Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

This study is researching an investigational drug called fianlimab (also called REGN3767) with two other medications called cemiplimab and chemotherapy, individually called a "study drug" or collectively called "study drugs". 'Investigational' means that the study drug is not approved for use outside of this study by any Health Authority. Examples of chemotherapy drugs include the following: Paclitaxel plus carboplatin, and Pemetrexed plus cisplatin. The study is being conducted in patients who have advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

The aim of the study is to see how effective the combination of fianlimab, cemiplimab, and chemotherapy is for treating advanced NSCLC, in comparison with cemiplimab and chemotherapy.

The study is looking at several other research questions, including:

* What side effects may happen from taking the study drugs * How much of each study drug is in your blood at different times * Whether the body makes antibodies against the study drugs (which could make the drug less effective or could lead to side effects) * How administering the study drugs might improve your quality of life

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2 / Phase 3

Primary location

Macquarie University Health Science Center (MQ Health), Macquarie Park, New South Wales, Australia

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About this study

Phase 3 was not initiated and no participants were enrolled.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Key Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with non-squamous or squamous histology NSCLC with stage IIIB or stage IIIC disease who are not candidates for surgical resection or definitive chemoradiation per investigator assessment or stage IV (metastatic disease), who received no prior systemic treatment for recurrent or metastatic NSCLC.
  • Availability of an archival or on-study formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tumor tissue sample, without intervening therapy between biopsy collection and screening as described in the protocol
  • For enrollment in phase 2, patients should have PD-L1, expression results (regardless of expression level) determined by a College of American Pathologists (CAP)/Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) (or equivalently licensed, according to local regulations) accredited laboratory, as described in the protocol. For enrollment in phase 3, patients should have a valid PD-L1 result, regardless of expression level, using an assay as performed by a central laboratory, as described in the protocol.
  • At least 1 radiographically measurable lesion by computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) per RECIST 1.1 criteria. Target lesions may be located in a previously irradiated field if there is documented (radiographic) disease progression in that site.
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of ≤1.
  • Adequate organ and bone marrow function as defined in the protocol.

Key Exclusion Criteria:

  • Active or untreated brain metastases or spinal cord compression. Patients are eligible if central nervous system (CNS) metastases are adequately treated and patients have neurologically returned to baseline (except for residual signs or symptoms related to the CNS treatment) for at least 2 weeks prior to enrollment. Patients must be off (immunosuppressive doses of) corticosteroid therapy.
  • Patients with tumors tested positive for actionable epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene mutations, anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene translocations, or ROS oncogene 1 (ROS1) fusions, as described in the protocol.
  • Encephalitis, meningitis, or uncontrolled seizures in the year prior to enrollment.
  • History of interstitial lung disease (eg, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis or organizing pneumonia), of active, noninfectious pneumonitis that required immune-suppressive doses of glucocorticoids to assist with management, or of pneumonitis within the last 5 years. A history of radiation pneumonitis in the radiation field is permitted as long as pneumonitis resolved ≥6 months prior to enrollment.
  • Known primary immunodeficiencies, either cellular (eg, DiGeorge syndrome, T-cell-negative severe combined immunodeficiency [SCID]) or combined T- and B-cell immunodeficiencies (eg, T- and B-cell negative SCID, Wiskott Aldrich syndrome, ataxia telangiectasia, common variable immunodeficiency).
  • Ongoing or recent (within 2 years) evidence of significant autoimmune disease that required treatment with systemic immunosuppressive treatments, which may suggest risk of immune-mediated treatment-emergent adverse events (imTEAEs). Patients with uncontrolled type 1 diabetes mellitus or with uncontrolled adrenal insufficiency are excluded. The following are not exclusionary: vitiligo, childhood asthma that has resolved, residual hypothyroidism that required only hormone replacement, or psoriasis that does not require systemic treatment.
  • Patients with a condition requiring corticosteroid therapy (>10 mg prednisone/day or equivalent) within 14 days of randomization. Physiologic replacement doses are allowed even if they are >10 mg of prednisone/day or equivalent, as long as they are not being administered for immunosuppressive intent. Patients with clinically relevant systemic immune suppression within the last 3 months before trial enrollment are excluded. Inhaled or topical steroids are permitted, provided that they are not for treatment of an autoimmune disorder.
  • Patients who have received prior systemic therapies are excluded with the exception of the following:
  • Adjuvant or neoadjuvant platinum-based doublet chemotherapy (after surgery and/or radiation therapy) if recurrent or metastatic disease develops more than 6 months after completing therapy as long as toxicities have resolved to CTCAE grade ≤1 or baseline with the exception of alopecia and peripheral neuropathy.
  • Anti-PD-(L)1 with or without LAG-3 as an adjuvant or neoadjuvant therapy as long as the last dose is >12 months prior to enrollment.
  • Prior exposure to other immunomodulatory or vaccine as an adjuvant or neoadjuvant therapy such as Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (anti-CTLA-4) antibodies as long as the last dose is >6 months prior to enrollment. Immune-mediated AEs must be resolved to CTCAE grade ≤1 or baseline by the time of enrollment. Endocrine immune-mediated AEs controlled with hormonal or other non-immunosuppressive therapies without resolution prior to enrollment are allowed.

Note: Other protocol-defined Inclusion/ Exclusion Criteria apply

Treatment and study plan

Fianlimab

Drug

Administered intravenously (IV) every 3 weeks (Q3W)

Other names: REGN3767

cemiplimab

Drug

Administered IV Q3W

Other names: REGN2810, Libtayo

Pemetrexed

Drug

IV Infusion, Q3W

Other names: Alimta

paclitaxel

Drug

IV Infusion, Q3W

carboplatin

Drug

IV Infusion, Q3W

Other names: Paraplatin

Cisplatin

Drug

IV infusion, Q3W

Other names: Platinol

Placebo

Drug

IV infusion, Q3W

Primary outcomes

  1. Objective response rate (ORR) as assessed by blinded independent review committee (BICR) using RECIST 1.1

    Time frame: Up to 136 Weeks

    Phase 2 ORR is defined as proportion of patients with a best overall response of confirmed complete response (CR) or partial response (PR).

  2. Overall Survival (OS)

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

    Phase 3 Defined as the time from randomization to the date of death due to any cause

Secondary outcomes

  1. Incidence of treatment-emergent adverse event (TEAEs)

    Time frame: Up to 108 weeks

    Phase 2 & Phase 3 A TEAE is any untoward medical occurrence in a patient or clinical investigation participant administered a pharmaceutical product, which does not necessarily have a causal relationship with this treatment

  2. Incidence of treatment-related TEAEs

    Time frame: Up to 108 weeks

    Phase 2 & Phase 3

  3. Incidence of serious adverse events (SAEs)

    Time frame: Up to 108 weeks

    Phase 2 & Phase 3

    Any untoward medical occurrence that at any dose:

    • Results in death - includes all deaths, even those that appear to be completely unrelated to study drug (eg, a car accident in which a patient is a passenger)
    • Is life-threatening
    • Requires in-patient hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization • Results in persistent or significant disability/incapacity
    • Is a congenital anomaly/birth defect
    • Is an important medical event
  4. Incidence of adverse events of special interest (AESIs)

    Time frame: Up to 108 weeks

    Phase 2 & Phase 3 Serious or non-serious; is one of scientific and medical concern specific to the sponsor's product or program, for which ongoing monitoring and rapid communication by the Investigator to the sponsor can be appropriate. Such an event might warrant further investigation in order to characterize and understand it.

  5. Incidence of immune-mediated adverse events (imAEs)

    Time frame: Up to 108 weeks

    Phase 2 & Phase 3 Immune-mediated AEs are thought to be caused by unrestrained cellular immune responses directed at normal host tissues. An imAE can occur shortly after the first dose or several months after the last dose of treatment. Early detection and management reduces the risk of severe drug induced toxicity

  6. Occurrence of interruption of study drug(s) due to AEs

    Time frame: Up to 108 weeks

    Phase 2 & Phase 3

  7. Occurrence of discontinuation of study drug(s) due to AEs

    Time frame: Up to 108 weeks

    Phase 2 & Phase 3

  8. Incidence of deaths due to TEAE

    Time frame: Up to 108 weeks

    Phase 2 & Phase 3

  9. Incidence of grade 3-4 laboratory abnormalities

    Time frame: Up to 108 weeks

    Phase 2 & Phase 3

    ≥ grade 3 per National Cancer Institute-Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events [NCI-CTCAE v5.0]

  10. ORR by investigator assessment using RECIST 1.1

    Time frame: Up to 136 Weeks

    Phase 2 & Phase 3

  11. Disease control rate (DCR) by BICR

    Time frame: Up to 136 Weeks

    Phase 2 and Phase 3 DCR is defined as CR + PR + stable disease (SD)

  12. DCR by investigator assessment

    Time frame: Up to 136 Weeks

    Phase 2 and Phase 3 DCR is defined as CR + PR + stable disease (SD)

  13. Time to tumor response (TTR) by BICR

    Time frame: Up to 136 Weeks

    Phase 2 and Phase 3 TTR is defined as the time from randomization to the date of the first response of CR or PR (whichever is first recorded) for patients with confirmed CR or PR.

  14. TTR by investigator assessment

    Time frame: Up to 136 Weeks

    Phase 2 and Phase 3 TTR is defined as the time from randomization to the date of the first response of CR or PR (whichever is first recorded) for patients with confirmed CR or PR

  15. Duration of response (DOR) by BICR

    Time frame: Up to 5 Years

    Phase 2 and Phase 3 DOR is defined as the time from first response of CR or PR to first radiographic progression or death due to any cause for patients with confirmed CR or PR

  16. DOR by investigator assessment

    Time frame: Up to 5 Years

    Phase 2 and Phase 3 DOR is defined as the time from first response of CR or PR to first radiographic progression or death due to any cause for patients with confirmed CR or PR

  17. Progression free survival (PFS) by BICR

    Time frame: Up to 5 Years

    Phase 2 and Phase 3 PFS is defined as the time from randomization to the date of the first radiographic progression or death due to any cause, whichever occurred earlier

  18. PFS by investigator assessment

    Time frame: Up to 5 Years

    Phase 2 and Phase 3 PFS is defined as the time from randomization to the date of the first radiographic progression or death due to any cause, whichever occurred earlier

  19. OS

    Time frame: Up to 5 Years

    Phase 2 Defined as the time from randomization to the date of death due to any cause

  20. Change from baseline in patient-reported global health status/quality of life (GHS/QoL) per European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 (EORTC QLQ-C30)

    Time frame: Up to 108 weeks

    Phase 2 & Phase 3 EORTC-QLQ-C30 is a 30-item subject self-report questionnaire composed of both multi-item and single scales, including a GHS/QoL scale. Participants rate items on a four-point scale, with 1 as "not at all" and 4 as "very much." A change of 5 - 10 points is considered a small change. A change of 10 - 20 points is considered a moderate change.

  21. Change from baseline in physical functioning per EORTC QLQ-C30

    Time frame: Up to 108 weeks

    Phase 2 & Phase 3

  22. Change from baseline in patient-reported chest pain per European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Lung Cancer 13 (EORTC QLQ-LC13)

    Time frame: Up to 108 weeks

    Phase 2 & Phase 3 EORTC QLQ-LC 13 is a lung cancer specific module developed to assess lung cancer-associated symptoms and treatment-related side effects among lung cancer patients

  23. Change from baseline in patient-reported dyspnea per EORTC QLQ-LC13

    Time frame: Up to 108 weeks

    Phase 2 & Phase 3

  24. Change from baseline in patient-reported cough per EORTC QLQ-LC13

    Time frame: Up to 108 weeks

    Phase 2 & Phase 3

  25. Time until definitive deterioration in patient-reported global health status/QoL per EORTC QLQ-C30

    Time frame: Up to 108 weeks

    Phase 2 & Phase 3

  26. Time until definitive deterioration in patient-reported physical functioning per EORTC QLQ-C30

    Time frame: Up to 108 weeks

    Phase 2 & Phase 3

  27. Time until definitive deterioration in patient-reported chest pain per EORTC QLQ-LC13

    Time frame: Up to 108 weeks

    Phase 2 & Phase 3

  28. Time until definitive deterioration in patient-reported dyspnea per EORTC QLQ-LC13

    Time frame: Up to 108 weeks

    Phase 2 & Phase 3

  29. Time until definitive deterioration in patient-reported cough per EORTC QLQ-LC13

    Time frame: Up to 108 weeks

    Phase 2 & Phase 3

  30. Time until definitive deterioration in a composite of these three symptoms: patient-reported chest pain, dyspnea and cough per EORTC QLQ-LC13

    Time frame: Up to 108 weeks

    Phase 2 & Phase 3

  31. Change from baseline in patient-reported general health status per EuroQoL 5-Dimensional 5-Level Scale (EQ-5D-5L) VAS

    Time frame: Up to 108 weeks

    Phase 2 & Phase 3 The EQ-5D-5L VAS records the respondent's self-rated health on a 10 centimeter (cm) vertical, visual analogue scale. It is rated by the respondent on a scale 0 to 100, with 0 being "the worst health you can imagine" and 100 being "the best health you can imagine".

  32. Change from baseline in patient-reported severity with usual or daily activities due to fatigue per the Patient Reported Outcomes for Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (PRO-CTCAE)

    Time frame: Up to 108 weeks

    Phase 2 & Phase 3 PRO-CTCAE questionnaire assesses side effect symptoms in cancer clinical trials using a PRO-CTCAE score. The PRO-CTCAE includes an item library of 124 items representing 78 symptomatic toxicities drawn from the CTCAE.

  33. Change from baseline in patient-reported interference with usual or daily activities due to fatigue per the PRO-CTCAE

    Time frame: Up to 108 weeks

    Phase 2 & Phase 3

  34. Concentrations of cemiplimab in serum

    Time frame: Up to 136 weeks

    Phase 2 & Phase 3

  35. Concentrations of fianlimab in serum

    Time frame: Up to 136 weeks

    Phase 2 & Phase 3

  36. Immunogenicity, as measured by anti-drug antibodies (ADA) to fianlimab

    Time frame: Up to 136 weeks

    Phase 2 & Phase 3

  37. Immunogenicity, as measured by ADA to cemiplimab

    Time frame: Up to 136 weeks

    Phase 2 & Phase 3

  38. Immunogenicity, as measured by neutralizing antibodies (NAb) to fianlimab

    Time frame: Up to 136 weeks

    Phase 2 & Phase 3

  39. Immunogenicity, as measured by NAb to cemiplimab

    Time frame: Up to 136 weeks

    Phase 2 & Phase 3

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

A Randomized, Double-Blind Phase 2/3 Study of Fianlimab (Anti-LAG-3 Antibody), Cemiplimab (Anti-PD-1 Antibody), and Chemotherapy Versus Cemiplimab and Chemotherapy in First-Line Treatment of Patients With Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Irrespective of PD-L1 Expression Levels

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2030
Study completion
2031
First posted
Apr 5, 2023
Registry last updated
Jul 15, 2026

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