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NCT Number: NCT06123754

Phase III Study of Envafolimab Versus Placebo Plus Chemotherapy in Resectable Stage III NSCLC

This is a randomized, controlled, double-blind, multicenter Phase 3 clinical study to assess the efficacy and safety of envafolimab plus platinum-based doublet chemotherapy versus placebo plus platinum-based doublet chemotherapy as neoadjuvant/adjuvant therapy in subjects with resectable stage IIIA and IIIB (N2) NSCLC. Primary study endpoints are MPR rate assessed by BIPR and EFS assessed by BIRC.

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 3

Primary location

Tianjin cancer hospital

Tianjin, Tianjin Municipality, 300060, China

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Changli Wang

CONTACT

[email protected]

0086-22-2340123

About this study

A total of approximately 390 participants are planned to be enrolled in this study. After being screened and qualified, the subjects will be randomly assigned to receive Envalfolimab or placebo plus platinum-based doublet chemotherapy in 1:1 ratio for a total of 3-4 cycles of neoadjuvant therapy (determined by the investigator), the feasibility of surgery is evaluated by the investigator within 4-6 weeks after the end of neoadjuvant therapy and surgery will be performed. Envafolimab (experimental group) or placebo (control group) will be administered after surgery. After completion of treatment, subjects will enter a follow-up phase, including safety follow-up, tumor disease follow-up, and survival follow-up.All randomized subjects in this study are required to receive tumor imaging evaluation as scheduled and get continuous safety assessment during the srceening and treatment period.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Volunteer to participate and sign the informed consent form.
  • Age ≥ 18 years old, regardless of gender.
  • Histological and/or cytological diagnosis of resectable stage IIIA-IIIB (N2) NSCLC.
  • Measurable lesions based on the response evaluation criteria in solid tumors version 1.1(RECIST 1.1).
  • Have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 1.
  • Subjects should provide tumor tissue for detection of PD-L1 expression level.
  • Sufficient organ and bone marrow function.
  • Expected survival ≥6 months.
  • The surgeon assessed that total lung function is able to withstand the proposed pneumonectomy procedure.

Exclusion criteria

  • Tumor histologically or cytologically confirmed or combined with neuroendocrine carcinoma components, or sarcomatous/sarcomatoid lesions, or adenosquamous carcinoma, or special pathological types.
  • Previous treatment with another drug that targets T cell receptors (e.g. CTLA-4, OX-40, etc.);
  • Participants with known EGFR mutation or ALK translocation, and non-squamous cell carcinoma subjects need to identify EGFR and ALK mutation status;
  • Upper lung sulcus tumor or locally advanced unresectable or metastatic disease.
  • Previous anti-tumor therapy for the disease.
  • Subjects with known or suspected interstitial pneumonia.Radiation pneumonia or other moderate to severe lung disease that may interfere with the detection or management of drug-related pulmonary toxicity and seriously affect respiratory function.
  • Any serious active infection.
  • With uncontrolled or significant cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease.
  • Active autoimmune disease requiring systemic treatment.
  • Immunosuppressant or systemic hormone therapy (dose >10 mg/ day prednisone or other therapeutic hormone) for immunosuppression within 14 days prior to randomization.

Treatment and study plan

Envalfolimab subcutaneously injected+Platinum-based doublet chemotherapy intravenous injection

Drug

The subjects receive Envafolimab/placebo treatment with a dosage of 600 mg/3 ml subcutaneously injected every 3 weeks.It will last about 3-4 cycles before surgery and 16 cycles after surgery.

Other names: Experimental

placebo subcutaneously injected +Platinum-based doublet chemotherapy intravenous injection

Drug

The subjects received platinum-based doublet chemotherapy on day 1 of every cycle. It's 3 weeks per cycle and lasts 3-4 cycles before surgery.

Other names: Active Comparator

Primary outcomes

  1. MPR by BIPR

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

    MPR rate is defined as the percentage of participants having ≤10% viable tumor cells in the resected primary tumor and all resected lymph nodes following completion of neoadjuvant therapy (evaluated by BIPR)

  2. EFS by BIRC

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

    EFS is defined as the time from randomization until the occurrence of events leading to inoperable disease progression, post-operative disease progression (BIRC assessment based on RECIST 1.1) or recurrence/metastasis, or death from any cause.

Secondary outcomes

  1. pCR

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

    pCR rate is defined as the percentage of participants having an absence of residual invasive cancer in resected lung specimens and lymph nodes following completion of neoadjuvant therapy, assessed by BIPR;

  2. DFS

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

    DFS is defined as the time from post-surgery to radiographic disease progression, local or distant recurrence, or death from any cause, assessed by BIRC;

  3. OS

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

    OS is defined as the time from randomization until death from any cause.;

  4. EFS

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

    EFS is defined as the time from randomization until the occurrence of events leading to inoperable disease progression, post-operative disease progression or recurrence/metastasis, or death from any cause., assessed by investigator;

  5. Explore the quality of life for subjects by EORTC QLQ-C30

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

    All of the scales and single-item measures range in score from 0 to 100. A high scale score represents a higher response level.

    Thus a high score for a functional scale represents a high / healthy level of functioning, a high score for the global health status / QoL represents a high QoL, but a high score for a symptom scale / item represents a high level of symptomatology / problems.

  6. Explore the quality of life for subjects by EORTC QLQ-LC13

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

    All of the scales and single-item measures range in score from 0 to 100. A high score for the scales and single items represents a high level of symptomatology or problems.

  7. PD-L1, ctDNA

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

    To explore the correlation between clinical efficacy and tumor tissue sample biomarkers (such as PD-L1 level, etc.) and blood sample biomarkers (such as ctDNA level, etc.)

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Changli Wang

CONTACT

[email protected]

0086-22-2340123

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

3D Medicines (Sichuan) Co., Ltd.

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

A Randomized, Controlled, Double-blind, Multicenter Phase III Clinical Study of Envafolimab Plus Platinum-based Doublet Chemotherapy Versus Placebo Plus Platinum-based Doublet Chemotherapy in Patients With Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2027
First posted
Nov 9, 2023
Registry last updated
Mar 25, 2026

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