Clinical trial NCT06431685: Safety and Efficacy of Whole Brain LDRT+ICI+Intrathecal Chemotherapy in Refractory Meningeal Metastasis of Lung Cancer
Official title: Phase I Study of Whole Brain Low Dose Radiotherapy Combined With ICI and Intrathecal Chemotherapy for Treatment of Refractory Meningeal Metastasis of Lung Cancer
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: PHASE1
Conditions: NSCLC
Low Dose Radiotherapy
PD-1 Inhibitor
Leptomeningeal Metastasis
Lead sponsor: Sichuan University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-05-28
Enrollment: 10
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 75
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This phase I study aims to investigate the safety and efficacy of whole brain low dose radiotherapy (WB-LDRT) combined with ICI and intrathecal chemotherapy for treatment of refractory meningeal metastasis of lung cancer.

Detailed description: This exploratory phase I study will be conducted in West China Hospital, Sichuan University. Three cohorts of whole brain low dose radiotherapy (3 patients per cohort) will be enrolled to determine the safety and efficacy of whole brain low dose radiotherapy combined with ICI and intrathecal chemotherapy for treatment of refractory meningeal metastasis of lung cancer.

Subjects who fulfil all the inclusion criteria and none of the exclusion criteria will be enrolled and receive treatment with WB-LDRT at same dose (4 Gy/2f) with diffent cycles (decried as below), PD-1 inhibitor, pemetrexed chemotherapy, and intrathecal pemetrexed every 3 weeks (Q3w) for 4 cycles.

Patients will receive WB-LDRT at 3 cohorts with increasing dose fractions: 4 Gy/2f of one cycle in group 1; 4 Gy/2f of two cycles in group 2; 4 Gy/2f of four cycles in group 3.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. ≥ 18 years old and ≤ 75 years old;
2. Patients with a definite diagnosis of leptomeningeal metastasis by cerebrospinal fluid cytology, or patients with clinical diagnosis combined with tumor history, neuroimaging, clinical manifestations, cerebrospinal fluid examination, etc.;
3. Patients with a clear history of lung carcinoma, including histopathological diagnosis or a combination of cytopathology and imaging, and failure of standard treatment;
4. Efficacy of extracranial lesions SD;
5. Patients with no contraindications to craniocranial radiotherapy were judged by radiotherapy doctors. Subjects who agree to receive immunotherapy, Lumbar puncture, intrathecal chemotherapy, and radiotherapy;
6. Expected survival ≥3 months, PS score ≤3;
7. Agree to provide cerebrospinal fluid, blood and tissue samples for biomarker testing;
8. The main organs function normally, no serious blood, heart, lung, liver, kidney, bone marrow and other functional abnormalities and immune deficiency diseases;
9. One week before enrollment, bone marrow and liver and kidney function met the following criteria:

   ① Hemoglobin ≥80 g/L, neutrophils ≥1.5×10\^9/L and platelets ≥70×10\^9/L;

   ② Renal function: Cr≤ULN (upper limit of normal) × 1.5, endogenous creatinine clearance (Ccr)≥55 ml/min; Liver function: total bilirubin ≤ULN × 1.5; ALT, AST≤ULN × 2.5; (In case of liver metastasis, total bilirubin should not be higher than 3 times the upper normal limit, and transaminase should not be higher than 5 times the upper normal limit);
10. The fertile women agreed to use contraception during the study period and for 6 months after the study ended; Patients who tested negative for a serum or urine pregnancy test within 7 days prior to joining the study and were not breastfed; Men who agreed to use contraception during the study period and for 6 months after the study ended

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Active autoimmune disease or history of autoimmune diseases;
2. Congenital or acquired immunodeficiency;
3. Uncontrolled cardiac clinical symptoms or diseases;
4. Severe infection or severe comorbidities, such as bleeding peptic ulcer, ileus, heart failure, renal failure, or poorly controlled diabetes;
5. History of allogeneic organ transplantation or allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation;
6. Other systemic malignancies within the last 5 years;
7. Allergy to any test drug;
8. Uncontrolled epilepsy, neurological failure, or severe treatment-related neurological impairment, uncontrollable psychosis, and other conditions deemed unsuitable for inclusion by the investigator;
9. Pregnant and lactating women, subjects with reproductive capacity are unwilling to take effective contraceptive measures.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Clinical response rate
timeFrame: 48 months
measure: Incidence of treatment-related adverse events
timeFrame: 48 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Neurological progression-free survival (NPFS)
timeFrame: 48 months
measure: Overall survival
timeFrame: 48 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Chengdu
country: China
facility: West China Hospital, Sichuan University
state: Sichuan
Study officials:
affiliation: West China Hospital
name: You Lu, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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