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NCT Number: NCT07561983

Tislelizumab Plus Chemotherapy and BACE for Unresectable NSCLC

The goal of this phase 2 trial is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of tislelizumab combined with intravenous chemotherapy and bronchial artery chemoembolization (BACE) as conversion therapy for patients with initially unresectable stage IIIA-IIIB non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The main questions it aims to answer are:

* What is the 1-year event-free survival (EFS) rate with this treatment? * Can this treatment improve tumor response and the chance of curative-intent resection? * What adverse events occur during treatment?

Participants will receive tislelizumab, intravenous chemotherapy, and BACE for up to 4 cycles. Tumor response and resectability will be evaluated by imaging and multidisciplinary team (MDT) assessment every 2 cycles. Participants who become resectable may undergo surgery followed by postoperative treatment per protocol. Participants who remain unresectable after 4 cycles will receive guideline-recommended chemoradiotherapy followed by tislelizumab consolidation. Regular follow-up will be performed for efficacy and safety assessment.

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Key information

Age range

18 year–80 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Age 18 to 80 years
  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
  • Newly diagnosed, previously untreated stage IIIA-IIIB NSCLC according to the 9th edition TNM staging system
  • Initially unresectable disease as determined by multidisciplinary team (MDT) assessment
  • At least 1 measurable intrapulmonary lesion according to RECIST version 1.1
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1
  • Forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1) > 1.0 L and > 40% of predicted normal value
  • Estimated life expectancy of at least 3 months
  • Adequate organ function
  • Willingness to provide tumor tissue for pathology, molecular testing, and PD-L1 assessment before enrollment
  • Women of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test within 72 hours before the first dose and agree to use effective contraception during the study and for 3 months after the last dose of tislelizumab
  • Men with partners of childbearing potential must agree to use effective contraception during the study and for 3 months after the last dose of tislelizumab
  • Ability to understand and willingness to sign a written informed consent form

Exclusion criteria

  • Prior local therapy for NSCLC, including radiotherapy or interventional therapy
  • Known positive driver genomic alterations, including EGFR mutations, ALK rearrangements, ROS1 rearrangements, and MET exon 14 skipping alterations
  • Distant organ metastasis
  • History of another malignancy within the past 5 years
  • Active autoimmune disease or history of autoimmune disease requiring systemic treatment
  • Known allergy to any study drug or excipient
  • Interstitial lung disease, non-infectious pneumonitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or other uncontrolled systemic diseases judged to interfere with study treatment
  • Severe chronic or active infection requiring systemic antibacterial, antifungal, or antiviral therapy, including active tuberculosis
  • Major surgery requiring general anesthesia within 4 weeks before first dose
  • Any medical condition, alcohol or drug abuse, or dependence that may interfere with study treatment, interpretation of results, or increase treatment risk
  • Participation in another interventional therapeutic clinical study
  • Psychiatric illness or history of psychotropic drug abuse that may compromise study participation
  • Any condition judged by the investigator to make the patient unsuitable for the study

Treatment and study plan

Tislelizumab

Drug

Tislelizumab 200 mg is administered intravenously on Day 0 of each 21-day cycle for up to 4 cycles. Postoperative or consolidation tislelizumab may be given according to protocol-defined treatment pathways.

Intravenous Chemotherapy

Drug

Intravenous chemotherapy is administered on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle for up to 4 cycles. Patients with lung squamous cell carcinoma receive albumin-bound paclitaxel, and patients with lung adenocarcinoma receive pemetrexed. Carboplatin is administered intra-arterially during BACE in cycles with the procedure; if BACE is not performed in a given cycle, carboplatin is administered intravenously on the same day per protocol.

Bronchial Artery Chemoembolization (BACE)

Procedure

BACE is performed on Day 1 of the first 21-day treatment cycle using intra-arterial carboplatin infusion followed by embolization with 300-500 μm blank microspheres. Subsequent BACE procedures are performed on demand, based on tumor response on contrast-enhanced chest CT and multidisciplinary team (MDT) evaluation. The total number of BACE procedures ranges from 1 to 4.

Primary outcomes

  1. 1-Year Event-Free Survival (EFS) Rate

    Time frame: 1 year after the first dose of study treatment

    The proportion of participants who remain event-free at 1 year after the first dose of study treatment. Events include radiographic disease progression according to RECIST 1.1, failure to complete the planned surgery for any reason, postoperative recurrence, or death from any cause.

Secondary outcomes

  1. R0 Resection Rate

    Time frame: Up to approximately 20 weeks after the first dose of study treatment

    The proportion of participants who undergo curative-intent surgery and achieve microscopically margin-negative (R0) resection after conversion treatment.

  2. Objective Response Rate (ORR)

    Time frame: Up to approximately 30 months after the first dose of study treatment.

    The proportion of evaluable participants who achieve a complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) according to RECIST version 1.1 based on center imaging assessment.

  3. Pathologic Complete Response (pCR) Rate

    Time frame: At the time of surgery, up to approximately 20 weeks after the first dose of study treatment.

    The proportion of participants who undergo surgery and have no residual viable tumor cells in the resected primary tumor and all resected lymph nodes.

  4. Major Pathologic Response (MPR) Rate

    Time frame: At the time of surgery, up to approximately 20 weeks after the first dose of study treatment.

    The proportion of participants who undergo surgery and have 10% or less residual viable tumor cells in the resected primary tumor.

  5. Event-Free Survival (EFS)

    Time frame: From the first dose of study treatment up to approximately 30 months

    Time from the first dose of study treatment to the first occurrence of radiographic disease progression according to RECIST 1.1, failure to complete the planned surgery for any reason, postoperative recurrence, or death from any cause. Participants without an event will be censored at the date of last follow-up.

  6. Overall Survival (OS)

    Time frame: From the first dose of study treatment up to approximately 30 months.

    Time from the first dose of study treatment to death from any cause. Participants who are lost to follow-up or alive at the end of study follow-up will be censored at the last known date alive.

  7. Incidence of Adverse Events

    Time frame: From the first dose of study treatment up to approximately 30 months.

    Incidence, severity, relationship to study treatment, and outcomes of adverse events assessed according to NCI-CTCAE version 5.0.

Study contacts

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

Xuegang Yang, MD

CONTACT

[email protected]

+8613683476844

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Sichuan Cancer Hospital and Research Institute

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Tislelizumab Combined With Intravenous Chemotherapy and Bronchial Artery Chemoembolization as Conversion Therapy for Unresectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Multicenter, Single-Arm, Phase II Trial (BEACON-Lung)

Acronym: BEACON-Lung

Important dates

Study start
2026
Primary completion
2028
Study completion
2028
First posted
May 1, 2026
Registry last updated
May 1, 2026

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