neoadjuvant aliya™ pef soft tissue ablation with systemic therapy in early-stage resectable nsclc

Conditions: NSCLC

Summary: a prospective, single-arm, non-randomized, multi-center, open-label study following patients with resectable stage iib to iiia non-small cell lung cancer after pulsed electric fields (pef) ablation who may be candidates for standard of care neoadjuvant use of checkpoint inhibitor (nivolumab) treatment plus platinum doublet chemotherapy.

this study is designed to evaluate the pathologic response of soft tissue ablated with pulsed electric fields (pef) in patients with resectable stage iib to iiia nsclc who may be candidates for standard of care neoadjuvant use of checkpoint inhibitor (nivolumab) treatment plus platinum doublet chemotherapy. the study will enroll adult patients with suspected or confirmed 8th ed. stage iib-iiia non-small cell lung cancer (nsclc) who are surgical candidates and have not yet received treatment for nsclc. pef ablation may be performed in conjunction with the clinically appropriate approach to collect standard of care biopsy samples to confirm disease progression. pef ablation will be delivered via percutaneous approach utilizing the galvanize aliya™ system and the percutaneous aliya ablation device. soc neoadjuvant systemic treatment will be delivered following pef ablation delivery according to egfr and alk mutation status, tumor histology, and surgical candidacy. patients will undergo surgical resection per standard of care. the study will consent up to 15 adult patients in order to accrue at least five (5) patients who have completed surgical resection after receiving neoadjuvant therapy with nivolumab plus chemotherapy following pef ablation. the remaining patients (up to 10) not eligible for neoadjuvant nivolumab plus chemotherapy will receive either soc systemic therapy post-pef ablation followed by resection or, if not eligible for systemic therapy, will receive definitive surgery without neoadjuvant therapy as per institutional soc.

Eligibility criteria:
inclusion criteria: 1. patient is 18 years of age or older 2. radiographic findings consistent with a lesion with high pre-procedure probability of malignancy as determined by the investigator to be nsclc 8th ed. stage iib- iiia cancer or biopsy-confirmed nsclc 8th ed. stage iib-iiia and lesion size ≤ 5 cm in greatest dimension 3. lesion is targetable for biopsy and pef delivery per investigator opinion 4. patient deemed able to complete neoadjuvant therapy according to their egfr/alk mutation status and specific histology (if clinically appropriate) and per the manufacturer's systemic therapy labeling 5. patient has been deemed a potential candidate for definitive lung tissue resection by a qualified study investigator 6. eastern cooperative oncology group (ecog) performance status of 0-1 7. patient is able to adhere to protocol requirements 8. patient is able to tolerate general anesthesia 9. patient is cleared to undergo paralytic anesthesia 10. patient has provided informed consent exclusion criteria: 1. presence of advanced, inoperable, or metastatic disease 2. radiographically suspicious findings for stage iiia patients indicating a single mediastinal lymph node \> 3 cm or multiple mediastinal lymph nodes and, therefore, potentially inoperable 3. patient has recurrent nsclc or has previously been treated for nsclc 4. patient has received chemotherapy or any other cancer therapy in 2 years prior to pef ablation 5. prior treatment with any drug that targets t cell co-regulatory pathways (such as checkpoint inhibitors) in 2 years prior to pef ablation 6. patient requires or is likely to require a pneumonectomy 7. patient has received any vaccine against infectious diseases (e.g., influenza, covid-19, varicella, etc.) within 30 days of pef procedure patient is unable or unwilling to complete all required screening and/or follow-up assessments 8. patient is currently enrolled in another interventional clinical trial or is receiving treatment with an investigational medication or medical device that conflicts with the study protocol other protocol defined inclusion/exclusion criteria apply

Keywords: lung neoplasms thoracic neoplasms lung diseases antineoplastic agents immunologic factors immune checkpoint inhibitors nivolumab gemcitabine cisplatin docitaxel pemetrexed