Comparing Impact of Treatment Before or After Surgery in Patients With Stage II-IIIB Resectable Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Protocol CTIU2317-A082304-S2402, “Perioperative versus Adjuvant Systemic Therapy in Patients with Resectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer – PROSPECT LUNG

Objective

This phase III trial compares standard therapy given after surgery (adjuvant) to standard therapy given before and after surgery (perioperative) in treating patients with stage II-IIIB non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that can be removed by surgery (resectable). The usual approach for patients with resectable NSCLC is chemotherapy and/or immunotherapy before surgery, after surgery, or both before and after surgery. This study is being done to find out which approach is better at treating patients with lung cancer. Treatment will be administered according to the current standard of care at the time of enrollment.

Eligibility

  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed surgically resectable stage IIA to IIIB NSCLC according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) 9th edition (stage IIA to IIIB NSCLC up to single station N2, according to the AJCC 8th edition)
  • Age ≥ 18 years
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status ≤ 2 (or Karnofsky ≥ 60%)
  • No prior systemic treatment for NSCLC within 5 years except stage 1 and 2 cancers treated with curative intent
  • No treatment for another malignancy within 3 years prior to registration, except for stage 1 or 2 cancers treated for curative intent; patients must be disease free for one year prior to registration. Patients with non-melanoma skin cancer, urothelial carcinoma in situ (Tis), noninvasive papillary carcinoma of the urinary bladder (Ta), prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN), ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) of the breast, or cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) of the uterine cervix are also eligible
  • No active autoimmune disease, interstitial lung disease, or transplant that precludes safe treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors
  • HIV-infected patients on effective anti-retroviral therapy with undetectable viral load within 6 months are eligible for this trial

* Note: Patients with resectable stage N2a or T4 are eligible, but patients with stage N2b or N3 are not eligible. Patients with known EGFR or ALK alterations are excluded

NCT ID

NCT06632327