Study of CTDNA Response Adaptive Immuno-Chemotherapy in Lung Cancer

Summary

The standard or usual treatment for this disease is pembrolizumab given by needle into the veins (IV). Some cancers shed DNA (circulating tumour DNA or ctDNA) or genes (biomarkers) into the blood, and levels of these biomarkers may be able to tell researchers how people respond to treatment with pembrolizumab before they feel worse, or the cancer is worse on imaging tests. Researchers are studying how levels of these biomarkers can show how cancers are responding to treatment and whether adding chemotherapy to pembrolizumab based on detection of ctDNA can offer better results.

Timeline

Start

2020-05-26

Primary completion

2026-12-31

Completion

2027-07-30

Publications

• Anagnostou V, Ho C, Nicholas G, Juergens RA, Sacher A, Fung AS, Wheatley-Price P, Laurie SA, Levy B, Brahmer JR, Balan A, Niknafs N, Avrutin E, Zhu L, Sausen M, Bradbury PA, O'Donnell-Tormey J, Gaudreau PO, Ding K, Dancey J. ctDNA response after pembrolizumab in non-small cell lung cancer: phase 2 adaptive trial results. Nat Med. 2023 Oct;29(10):2559-2569. doi: 10.1038/s41591-023-02598-9. Epub 2023 Oct 9.

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