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A Study of Atezolizumab as Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Therapy in Resectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) - Lung Cancer Mutation Consortium (LCMC3)

A Phase II, Open-Label, Multicenter, Single-Arm Study to Investigate the Efficacy and Safety of Atezolizumab as Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Therapy in Patients With Stage IB, II, IIIA, or Selected IIIB Resectable and Untreated Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02927301
Enrollment
181
Registered
2016-10-07
Start date
2017-04-20
Completion date
2023-09-05
Last updated
2024-09-19

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Conditions

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Brief summary

This study was designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of neoadjuvant and adjuvant atezolizumab in participants with resectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC). Neoadjuvant therapy consisted of two 21-day cycles with atezolizumab. Following surgery, adjuvant therapy consisted of up to 12 months of atezolizumab in participants who demonstrate clinical benefit with neoadjuvant therapy. All participants who undergo surgery entered a surveillance period, which consisted of standardized blood sample collection and Chest CT Scans, for up to 2 years. All participants were monitored for disease recurrence and survival for up to 3 years after last dose of study drug.

Interventions

Atezolizumab was given as 1200 milligrams (mg) via intravenous (IV) infusion on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle.

Sponsors

Genentech, Inc.
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Pathologically documented Stage IB, II, IIIA, or selected IIIB, including T3N2 or T4 (by size criteria, not by mediastinal invasion) NSCLC * Adequate pulmonary and cardiac function * Available biopsy of primary tumor with adequate samples * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1

Exclusion criteria

* NSCLC that is clinically T4 by virtue of mediastinal organ invasion or Stage IIIB by virtue of N3 disease * Any prior therapy for lung cancer within 3 years. * Prior treatment with anti-PD-1 or PD-L1 therapies * History or risk of autoimmune disease

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Percentage of Participants With Major Pathologic Response (MPR)After surgery (approximately 10 weeks)Major pathologic response was defined as ≤10% of viable tumor cells as scored by a pathologist, based on surgical resection as defined by prior studies. Percentages have been rounded off to the nearest decimal point.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Percentage of Participants With Major Pathologic Response for PD-L1-Positive Versus PD-L1-Negative ParticipantsAfter surgery (approximately 10 weeks)Major pathologic response (MPR) was defined as ≤10% of viable tumor cells, as scored by a pathologist, based on surgical resection as defined by prior studies. MPR was assessed based on participants tumor cell (TC) and immune cell (IC) score. The participants were considered as PD-L1- positive if their combined TC/IC score was categorized as TC1/2/3 or IC1/2/3 and the participants were considered PD-L1 negative if TC/IC score was categorized as TC0 and IC0. Percentages have been rounded off to the nearest decimal point.
Number of Participants With at Least One Adverse EventFrom first study dose of atezolizumab until 90 days after the last study dose of atezolizumab (up to 18 months)An adverse event (AE) was defined as any untoward medical occurrence in participant administered a pharmaceutical product & regardless of causal relationship with this treatment. An AE can therefore be any unfavorable & unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding), symptom/disease temporally associated with use of investigational product, whether or not considered related to investigational product. AEs were reported based on the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for AEs, version 4.0 (NCI-CTCAE, v4.0).
Percentage of Participants With Major Pathologic Response (MPR) by Mutation LoadUp to 13 weeksMPR was defined as ≤10% of viable tumor cells in the surgical resection as scored by a pathologist. Whole-exome sequencing (WES) was run, and the consequences of each mutation were determined using Ensembl Variant Effect Predictor (VEP). Mutation load (i.e. tumor mutation burden (TMB)) was defined as the number of variants altering protein sequence as outlined by VEP divided by 34 Megabase (MB) of assay target region. The final value was reported as number of mutations per megabase (mut/MB). It was divided into three groups: TMB \<10 mut/MB; TMB ≥ 10 mut/MB to \<16 mut/MB; and TMB ≥16 mut/MB. Percentages have been rounded off to the nearest decimal point.
Objective Response Rate (ORR) Per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST v1.1) for PD-L1-Positive Versus PD-L1-Negative ParticipantsPre-surgery (Day 36 +/- 3 days), after 2 doses of neoadjuvant treatment with atezolizumabORR was defined as percentage of participants with complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) as determined by the investigator using RECIST v.1.1, assessed in the programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) positive (participants with combined tumor cell (TC)/ immune cell (IC) score categorized as TC1/2/3 or IC1/2/3) and PD-L1 negative (participants with TC/IC score was categorized as TC0 and IC0) groups. CR was defined as the disappearance of all target lesions or any pathological lymph nodes (whether target or non-target) having a reduction in short axis to \<10 millimeters (mm). PR was defined as at least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum of diameters. Percentages have been rounded off to the nearest decimal point.
Percentage of Participants With Major Pathologic Response (MPR) by Gene Expression Signatures: Gene Set Variation Analysis (GSVA)Up to 13 weeksMPR was defined as ≤10% of viable tumor cells in the surgical resection as scored by a pathologist. MPR was analysed by gene set variation analysis (GSVA) scores. Bulk ribonucleic acid (RNA) from baseline tumor samples were assessed using GSVA for a T effector cell (Teff) signature comprising the following genes: cluster of differentiation 8A (CD8A), eomesodermin (EOMES), granzyme A (GZMA), T-box transcription factor 21 (TBX21), interferon-gamma (IFNG), granzyme B (GZMB), C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 9 (CXCL9), and C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 10 (CXCL10). Tertile splits were applied to GSVA scores, categorized as lower, middle, and upper scores, which indicated the relative levels of gene set expression in the baseline tumor samples. Percentages have been rounded off to the nearest decimal point.
Percentage of Participants With Major Pathologic Response (MPR) by Gene Expression Signatures: xCell Immune ScoreUp to 13 weeksMPR was defined as ≤10% of viable tumor cells in the surgical resection as scored by a pathologist. MPR was analysed by gene expression signatures. Bulk RNA from baseline tumor samples were assessed using xCell immune score. Tertile splits were applied to xCell immune scores, categorized as lower, middle, and upper scores, which indicated the relative levels of immune cell gene expression in the baseline tumor samples. Percentages have been rounded off to the nearest decimal point.
Percentage of Participants With Major Pathologic Response (MPR) by Neoantigen ScoreUp to 13 weeksMPR was defined as ≤10% of viable tumor cells in the surgical resection as scored by a pathologist. MPR was analysed by neoantigen score, which was assessed based on the number of highly immunogenic, expressed neoantigens detected at baseline. Median splits were applied for analyses of MPR. Neoantigen scores \>/= 73 (i.e. \>/= 73 highly immunogenic, expressed neoantigens detected at baseline) were considered as high scores, and scores \<73 (i.e. \<73 highly immunogenic, expressed neoantigens detected at baseline) were considered as low neoantigen scores. Percentages have been rounded off to the nearest decimal point.

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Recruitment details

A total of 181 participants diagnosed with Stage IB, II, IIIA, or selected IIIB resectable and untreated non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) took part in the study in the United States from 20 Apr 2017 to 05 Sep 2023.

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Atezolizumab
Participants received atezolizumab, 1200 mg as IV infusion, Q21D for a maximum of 2 cycles (1 cycle=21 days) as neo-adjuvant therapy. Participants who demonstrated clinical benefit from neo-adjuvant therapy and subsequently underwent surgery then received adjuvant treatment with atezolizumab, 1200 mg, as IV infusion, Q21D for a maximum of 12 months.
181
Total181

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000
Overall StudyDeath39
Overall StudyLost to Follow-up8
Overall StudyPhysician Decision2
Overall StudyStudy Ended By Sponsor While in Survival Follow-Up5
Overall StudyWithdrawal by Subject12

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicAtezolizumab
Age, Continuous65.1 Years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 9.23
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
8 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
159 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
14 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
9 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
13 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
14 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
145 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
93 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
88 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
39 / 181
other
Total, other adverse events
168 / 181
serious
Total, serious adverse events
63 / 181

Outcome results

Primary

Percentage of Participants With Major Pathologic Response (MPR)

Major pathologic response was defined as ≤10% of viable tumor cells as scored by a pathologist, based on surgical resection as defined by prior studies. Percentages have been rounded off to the nearest decimal point.

Time frame: After surgery (approximately 10 weeks)

Population: The Primary Efficacy Population (PEP) included NSCLC participants who had received surgery after neoadjuvant treatment with atezolizumab, received at least one dose of the study drug, and who did not have Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) or Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) mutant tumors. The overall number analyzed was the number of participants with data available for analysis.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
AtezolizumabPercentage of Participants With Major Pathologic Response (MPR)20.3 percentage of participants
p-value: <0.0001binomial test
Secondary

Number of Participants With at Least One Adverse Event

An adverse event (AE) was defined as any untoward medical occurrence in participant administered a pharmaceutical product & regardless of causal relationship with this treatment. An AE can therefore be any unfavorable & unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding), symptom/disease temporally associated with use of investigational product, whether or not considered related to investigational product. AEs were reported based on the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for AEs, version 4.0 (NCI-CTCAE, v4.0).

Time frame: From first study dose of atezolizumab until 90 days after the last study dose of atezolizumab (up to 18 months)

Population: Safety population included all enrolled NSCLC participants who have received any dose of study drug.

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
AtezolizumabNumber of Participants With at Least One Adverse Event177 Participants
Secondary

Objective Response Rate (ORR) Per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST v1.1) for PD-L1-Positive Versus PD-L1-Negative Participants

ORR was defined as percentage of participants with complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) as determined by the investigator using RECIST v.1.1, assessed in the programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) positive (participants with combined tumor cell (TC)/ immune cell (IC) score categorized as TC1/2/3 or IC1/2/3) and PD-L1 negative (participants with TC/IC score was categorized as TC0 and IC0) groups. CR was defined as the disappearance of all target lesions or any pathological lymph nodes (whether target or non-target) having a reduction in short axis to \<10 millimeters (mm). PR was defined as at least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum of diameters. Percentages have been rounded off to the nearest decimal point.

Time frame: Pre-surgery (Day 36 +/- 3 days), after 2 doses of neoadjuvant treatment with atezolizumab

Population: The overall number analyzed included participants in the PEP with non-missing ORR data and PD-L1 status. The PEP included participants with NSCLC who had received surgery after neoadjuvant treatment with atezolizumab, received at least one dose of the study drug, and who did not have EGFR or ALK mutant tumors. The number analyzed per row was the number of participants with data available for analysis in each PD-L1 group.

ArmMeasureGroupValue (NUMBER)
AtezolizumabObjective Response Rate (ORR) Per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST v1.1) for PD-L1-Positive Versus PD-L1-Negative ParticipantsPD-L1 Positive Group13.3 percentage of participants
AtezolizumabObjective Response Rate (ORR) Per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST v1.1) for PD-L1-Positive Versus PD-L1-Negative ParticipantsPD-L1 Negative Group1.9 percentage of participants
p-value: 0.0358Fisher Exact
Secondary

Percentage of Participants With Major Pathologic Response for PD-L1-Positive Versus PD-L1-Negative Participants

Major pathologic response (MPR) was defined as ≤10% of viable tumor cells, as scored by a pathologist, based on surgical resection as defined by prior studies. MPR was assessed based on participants tumor cell (TC) and immune cell (IC) score. The participants were considered as PD-L1- positive if their combined TC/IC score was categorized as TC1/2/3 or IC1/2/3 and the participants were considered PD-L1 negative if TC/IC score was categorized as TC0 and IC0. Percentages have been rounded off to the nearest decimal point.

Time frame: After surgery (approximately 10 weeks)

Population: The overall number analyzed included participants in the PEP with non-missing MPR data and PD-L1 status. PEP included participants with NSCLC who had received surgery after neoadjuvant treatment with atezolizumab, received at least one dose of the study drug, and who did not have EGFR or ALK mutant tumors. The number analyzed per row was the number of participants with data available for analysis in each PD-L1 group.

ArmMeasureGroupValue (NUMBER)
AtezolizumabPercentage of Participants With Major Pathologic Response for PD-L1-Positive Versus PD-L1-Negative ParticipantsPD-L1 Positive Group29.8 percentage of participants
AtezolizumabPercentage of Participants With Major Pathologic Response for PD-L1-Positive Versus PD-L1-Negative ParticipantsPD-L1 Negative Group13.5 percentage of participants
p-value: 0.0395Chi-squared
Secondary

Percentage of Participants With Major Pathologic Response (MPR) by Gene Expression Signatures: Gene Set Variation Analysis (GSVA)

MPR was defined as ≤10% of viable tumor cells in the surgical resection as scored by a pathologist. MPR was analysed by gene set variation analysis (GSVA) scores. Bulk ribonucleic acid (RNA) from baseline tumor samples were assessed using GSVA for a T effector cell (Teff) signature comprising the following genes: cluster of differentiation 8A (CD8A), eomesodermin (EOMES), granzyme A (GZMA), T-box transcription factor 21 (TBX21), interferon-gamma (IFNG), granzyme B (GZMB), C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 9 (CXCL9), and C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 10 (CXCL10). Tertile splits were applied to GSVA scores, categorized as lower, middle, and upper scores, which indicated the relative levels of gene set expression in the baseline tumor samples. Percentages have been rounded off to the nearest decimal point.

Time frame: Up to 13 weeks

Population: The overall number analysed included participants in the PEP with non-missing MPR and GSVA score data. The PEP included participants with NSCLC who had received surgery after neoadjuvant treatment with atezolizumab, received at least one dose of the study drug, and who did not have EGFR or ALK mutant tumors. The number analyzed per row was the number of participants with data available for analysis in each GSVA score subgroup.

ArmMeasureGroupValue (NUMBER)
AtezolizumabPercentage of Participants With Major Pathologic Response (MPR) by Gene Expression Signatures: Gene Set Variation Analysis (GSVA)Lower score17.6 percentage of participants
AtezolizumabPercentage of Participants With Major Pathologic Response (MPR) by Gene Expression Signatures: Gene Set Variation Analysis (GSVA)Middle score35.3 percentage of participants
AtezolizumabPercentage of Participants With Major Pathologic Response (MPR) by Gene Expression Signatures: Gene Set Variation Analysis (GSVA)Upper score33.3 percentage of participants
Secondary

Percentage of Participants With Major Pathologic Response (MPR) by Gene Expression Signatures: xCell Immune Score

MPR was defined as ≤10% of viable tumor cells in the surgical resection as scored by a pathologist. MPR was analysed by gene expression signatures. Bulk RNA from baseline tumor samples were assessed using xCell immune score. Tertile splits were applied to xCell immune scores, categorized as lower, middle, and upper scores, which indicated the relative levels of immune cell gene expression in the baseline tumor samples. Percentages have been rounded off to the nearest decimal point.

Time frame: Up to 13 weeks

Population: The overall number analyzed included participants in the PEP with non-missing MPR and xCell immune score data. The PEP included participants with NSCLC who had received surgery after neoadjuvant treatment with atezolizumab, received at least one dose of the study drug, and who did not have EGFR or ALK mutant tumors. The number analyzed per row was the number of participants with data available for analysis in each xCell immune score subgroup.

ArmMeasureGroupValue (NUMBER)
AtezolizumabPercentage of Participants With Major Pathologic Response (MPR) by Gene Expression Signatures: xCell Immune ScoreLower score29.4 percentage of participants
AtezolizumabPercentage of Participants With Major Pathologic Response (MPR) by Gene Expression Signatures: xCell Immune ScoreMiddle score23.5 percentage of participants
AtezolizumabPercentage of Participants With Major Pathologic Response (MPR) by Gene Expression Signatures: xCell Immune ScoreUpper score33.3 percentage of participants
Secondary

Percentage of Participants With Major Pathologic Response (MPR) by Mutation Load

MPR was defined as ≤10% of viable tumor cells in the surgical resection as scored by a pathologist. Whole-exome sequencing (WES) was run, and the consequences of each mutation were determined using Ensembl Variant Effect Predictor (VEP). Mutation load (i.e. tumor mutation burden (TMB)) was defined as the number of variants altering protein sequence as outlined by VEP divided by 34 Megabase (MB) of assay target region. The final value was reported as number of mutations per megabase (mut/MB). It was divided into three groups: TMB \<10 mut/MB; TMB ≥ 10 mut/MB to \<16 mut/MB; and TMB ≥16 mut/MB. Percentages have been rounded off to the nearest decimal point.

Time frame: Up to 13 weeks

Population: The overall number analyzed included participants in the PEP with non-missing MPR and TMB data. The PEP included participants with NSCLC who had received surgery after neoadjuvant treatment with atezolizumab, received at least one dose of the study drug, and who did not have EGFR or ALK mutant tumors. The number analyzed per row is the number of participants with data available for analysis in each TMB subgroup.

ArmMeasureGroupValue (NUMBER)
AtezolizumabPercentage of Participants With Major Pathologic Response (MPR) by Mutation LoadTMB <10 mut/MB16.7 percentage of participants
AtezolizumabPercentage of Participants With Major Pathologic Response (MPR) by Mutation LoadTMB ≥10 mut/MB to <16 mut/MB9.1 percentage of participants
AtezolizumabPercentage of Participants With Major Pathologic Response (MPR) by Mutation LoadTMB ≥16 mut/MB33.3 percentage of participants
Secondary

Percentage of Participants With Major Pathologic Response (MPR) by Neoantigen Score

MPR was defined as ≤10% of viable tumor cells in the surgical resection as scored by a pathologist. MPR was analysed by neoantigen score, which was assessed based on the number of highly immunogenic, expressed neoantigens detected at baseline. Median splits were applied for analyses of MPR. Neoantigen scores \>/= 73 (i.e. \>/= 73 highly immunogenic, expressed neoantigens detected at baseline) were considered as high scores, and scores \<73 (i.e. \<73 highly immunogenic, expressed neoantigens detected at baseline) were considered as low neoantigen scores. Percentages have been rounded off to the nearest decimal point.

Time frame: Up to 13 weeks

Population: The overall number analyzed included participants in the PEP with non-missing MPR and neoantigen score data. The PEP included those with NSCLC who had received surgery after neoadjuvant treatment with atezolizumab, received at least one dose of the study drug, and who did not have EGFR or ALK mutant tumors. The number analyzed per row is the number of participants with data available for analysis in each neoantigen score subgroup.

ArmMeasureGroupValue (NUMBER)
AtezolizumabPercentage of Participants With Major Pathologic Response (MPR) by Neoantigen ScoreLow score19.4 percentage of participants
AtezolizumabPercentage of Participants With Major Pathologic Response (MPR) by Neoantigen ScoreHigh score25.8 percentage of participants

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 9, 2026