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NCT Number: NCT06738160

The Efficacy and Safety of Narlumosbart in Combination With Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy to Improve the Efficacy of First-line Chemotherapy Combined With Immunotherapy in Patients With Bone Metastases From Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Introduction: Immunotherapy in combination with chemotherapy have been recommended as the first-line treatment of driver-negative advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but the efficacy is worse in NSCLC patients with bone metastases due to the immunosuppressive microenvironment. Studies have shown that not only the nuclear factor kappa-B ligand (RANKL) inhibitors but also Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) play a significant role in improving the tumor immune microenvironment. Therefore, narlumosbart,a monoclonal antibody (mAb) targeting RANKL,in combination with SBRT may have synergistic effects and improve efficacy of immunotherapy and chemotherapy in driver-negative advanced NSCLC patients with bone metastases.

Methods: This single-arm, single-center phase II clinical trial will enroll NSCLC patients with bone metastases who have not received any systemic therapy. Patients will receive narlumosbart and bone target lesion SBRT in combination with first-line treatment immunotherapy and chemotherapy after screening eligible subjects. Narlumosbart, 120mg/time, subcutaneous injection, will be administered every 4 weeks. For the treatment of SBRT for bone metastases, the dose of 24Gy/3F is used for spinal metastases, and 30Gy/5F or 35Gy/5F is used for non-spinal lesions. Chemotherapy combined with immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy will be used in accordance with the guidelines. The primary endpoint is to assess the objective response rate of NSCLC patients with bone metastases from narlumosbart combined with SBRT and first-line chemotherapy and immunotherapy. The secondary endpoints include safety and tolerability, progression-free survival, overall survival, bone-related events, pain score, and quality of life. Sample size was calculated using the Simon's Two-Stage method. 9 patients will be enrolled in the first stage. If ≥ 2 patients achieve CR/PR, the second stage of enrollment will be performed. If fewer than 2 patients achieve CR/PR, the trial will be terminated. In the second phase, 15 patients will be enrolled. 27 subjects will be enrolled in this project, considering the dropout rate of 10%.

Wangjun Yan AND Zhengfei Zhu are the Co-Principal Investigators of this study.

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Key information

Age range

18 year–80 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center

Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Zhengfei Zhu

CONTACT

[email protected]

+86-18017312901

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Signed informed consent prior to the implementation of any trial-related procedures;
  • Age 18-80 years old;
  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed stage IV NSCLC according to the TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours, 9th edition;
  • Histologically confirmed bone metastases requiring local radiotherapy;
  • Patients who have not undergone systemic drug therapy for lung cancer (including chemotherapy, targeting, immunotherapy, etc.);
  • Driver genes (EGFR, ALK, ROS-1) negative in adenocarcinoma patients (genetic testing not required for squamous cell carcinoma) ;
  • At least one evaluable non-bone lesion (refer to RECIST1.1);
  • Bone metastases other than the lesions to be radiotherapy do not require local treatment (surgery or radiotherapy) intervention after evaluation;
  • ECOG score 0-1 points;
  • Expected survival time > 3 months;
  • Adequate organ function, defined as meeting all of the following laboratory criteria within 14 days prior to enrollment: 1) ANC ≥1.5×10⁹/L (no G-CSF); 2) Platelets ≥100×10⁹/L (no transfusion); 3) Haemoglobin ≥9 g/dL (no transfusion/EPO); 4) Bilirubin ≤1.5×ULN; 5) AST/ALT ≤2.5×ULN (≤5×ULN if liver metastases); 6) Creatinine ≤1.5×ULN or CrCl ≥60 mL/min; 7) INR/PT ≤1.5×ULN; 8) TSH within normal limits (or FT3/FT4 normal if TSH abnormal); 9) Cardiac enzymes (troponin I, CK-MB) ≤ ULN (isolated abnormalities not clinically significant are permitted).

Exclusion criteria

  • The pathology is small cell lung cancer (SCLC), including lung cancer mixed with SCLC and NSCLC;
  • The lesion is an isolated lesion and can be treated radically;
  • Patients who need surgical treatment after the evaluation of the study are not allowed to enroll;
  • The radiotherapy lesion to be treated has been treated with radiotherapy or the lesion to be treated cannot be treated with radiotherapy after evaluation;
  • Presence of active brain metastases;
  • Other malignancies within 5 years (except cured non-melanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in situ);
  • Prior treatment with anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or RANKL-targeting agents;or used investigational device treatment within 4 weeks prior to the first dose;
  • Active autoimmune disease requiring systemic therapy;
  • Presence of clinically uncontrollable pleural effusion/ascites effusion (subjects who do not need to drain the effusion or stop draining for 3 days without significant increase in effusion can be enrolled);
  • Known allogeneic organ transplantation (except corneal transplantation) or allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation;
  • Presence of active bone metabolism disease (Paget bone disease, Cushing's syndrome, and hyperprolactinemia), rheumatoid arthritis, uncontrolled hyper/hypothyroidism, hyperparathyroidism/hypoparathyroidism;
  • Those who are known to be allergic to the active ingredients or excipients such as sintilimab, pemetrexed, nalusopaimab, carboplatin, cisplatin, paclitaxel, etc., of the drug in this study;
  • Have not recovered adequately from toxicity and/or complications induced by any of the interventions (i.e., ≤ grade 1 or to baseline, excluding fatigue or alopecia, prior to initiation of treatment);
  • Known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (i.e., HIV 1/2 antibody positive);
  • Untreated active hepatitis B (defined as HBsAg positive and HBV-DNA copy number detected at the same time greater than the upper limit of normal in the laboratory department of the research center);
  • Hypocalcemia cannot be improved after treatment;
  • Previous or current osteomyelitis or osteonecrosis of the jaw; Dental surgery or oral surgery that does not heal; Acute dental or jaw disease requiring oral surgery; Those who plan to undergo invasive dental surgery during the study;
  • Use of any of the following anti-bone metabolizing agents within 6 months prior to enrollment: Parathyroid hormone (PTH) or derivatives; Calcitonin; Osteoprotein; Vaccination with a live vaccine within 30 days prior to the first dose (Cycle 1, Day 1);
  • Pregnant or lactating women;
  • Presence of any serious or uncontrollable systemic disease, such as:
  • Resting ECG has major abnormalities in rhythm, conduction or morphology and severe symptoms that are difficult to control, such as complete left bundle branch block, heart block above degree II, ventricular arrhythmia or atrial fibrillation;
  • unstable angina, congestive heart failure, New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification ≥ grade 2 chronic heart failure;
  • myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to enrollment;
  • unsatisfactory blood pressure control;
  • History of non-infectious pneumonitis requiring glucocorticoid therapy within 1 year prior to the first dose, or current presence of clinically active interstitial lung disease;
  • active tuberculosis;
  • Presence of active or uncontrolled infection requiring systemic therapy;
  • Presence of clinically active diverticulitis, abdominal abscess, gastrointestinal obstruction;
  • Liver diseases such as cirrhosis, decompensated liver disease, acute or chronic active hepatitis;
  • poorly controlled diabetes mellitus (fasting blood glucose (FBG) >10mmol/L);
  • Those whose urine routine showed a urine protein ≥++, and confirmed that the 24-hour urine protein was > 1.0 g;
  • Subjects with mental disorders who are unable to cooperate with treatment; Medical history or evidence of disease, abnormal treatment or laboratory test values that may interfere with the results of the trial, prevent the subject from participating in the study throughout the study, or other conditions that are considered by the investigator to be unsuitable for enrollment in the opinion of the investigator are not suitable for participation in this study.

Treatment and study plan

Narlumosbart

Drug

Narlumosbart is a fully humanized anti-RANKL monoclonal antibody (IgG4) with Fab arms identical to denosumab, demonstrating rapid and sustained suppression of bone resorption biomarkers in patients with bone metastases. It will be administered subcutaneously at 120 mg every 4 weeks. Calcium and vitamin D supplementation will be given concurrently to prevent hypocalcemia. Adverse events will be recorded and graded according to CTCAE v5.0. For jaw osteonecrosis, all patients will undergo a mandatory dental examination within 14 days before the first dose, with 3-monthly dental checks during treatment; suspected cases will be managed with oral surgeon consultation. Serum calcium will be monitored at baseline and prior to each dose (every 4 weeks). Corrected calcium <2.0 mmol/L will be managed with oral calcium (500-1000 mg/day) and vitamin D (400-800 IU/day). Severe hypocalcaemia (<1.8 mmol/L or symptomatic) will be treated with intravenous calcium gluconate.

Other names: chemotherapy, Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy

Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy

Radiation

SBRT will be delivered within one week before the first chemo-immunotherapy cycle. All patients undergo contrast-enhanced CT simulation (1-1.5 mm slice thickness); MRI fusion (T1/T2/STIR) is mandatory for spinal metastases. Target delineation: GTV = visible tumor on CT/MRI; CTV = involved vertebral body sector(s) per ISRC guidelines for spinal lesions, or GTV + 3-5 mm margin for non-spinal lesions; PTV = CTV + 1-2 mm margin. Dose prescription: 24 Gy in 3 fractions for spinal metastases; 30-35 Gy in 5 fractions for non-spinal lesions. Treatment plans use VMAT or IMRT. Daily cone-beam CT (CBCT) is performed before each fraction for image guidance; 6-degree-of-freedom couch corrections are used for spinal lesions. Respiratory motion management (e.g., 4D-CT, gating) is applied for mobile lesions if motion exceeds 5 mm. Patient-specific quality assurance (PSQA) is performed before the first fraction, with gamma analysis (3%/2 mm criteria and ≥95% passing rate) required.

Primary outcomes

  1. Objective response rate, ORR

    Time frame: 2 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. Incidence of AEs, SAEs, and AE-Related Treatment Discontinuation

    Time frame: 2 years

    To assess the frequency of adverse events (AEs), severe adverse events (SAEs), and treatment discontinuation caused by AEs or SAEs over the study period.

  2. Progression free survival, PFS

    Time frame: 2 years

    Progression-free survival (PFS) is defined as the time from randomization (or treatment initiation) to the earlier of the first documentation of objective disease progression (per RECIST v1.1) or death due to any caus

  3. Overall survival (OS)

    Time frame: 2 years

    Overall survival (OS) is defined as the time from treatment initiation to death from any cause. Participants who are alive or lost to follow-up at the time of analysis will be censored at the date of their last known survival status.

  4. Incidence of bone-related events (SREs)

    Time frame: 2 years

    Incidence of bone-related events (SREs) is defined as the proportion of patients experiencing at least one skeletal-related event (SRE) within the specified time intervals (3, 6, and 12 months). SREs are defined as a composite endpoint including: pathological fracture, spinal cord compression, bone-directed radiotherapy or surgery, or hypercalcaemia of malignancy, as assessed by the investigator.

Study contacts

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

Wangjun Yan

CONTACT

[email protected]

13917966770

Zhengfei Zhu

CONTACT

[email protected]

+86-18017312901

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Fudan University

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Registry information

Official study title

Efficacy and Safety of Narlumosbart in Combination With Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Followed by First-line Chemotherapy Combined With Immunotherapy in Advanced Driver Gene-negative Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Patients With Bone Metastases: A Phase II, Single-arm, Single-center Clinical Trial Protocol

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2028
First posted
Dec 17, 2024
Registry last updated
Jul 23, 2026

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