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NCT03132532

Platinum Doublet Chemotherapy and Proton Beam Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage II-III Non-small Cell Lung Cancer That Cannot Be Removed by Surgery

Completed Phase 2 Results posted Last updated 25 November 2025
What this trial tests

Phase 2 trial testing Carboplatin in Recurrent Lung Non-Small Cell Carcinoma in 20 participants. Completed in 23 December 2023.

Timeline
31 July 2017
Primary endpoint
23 December 2023
23 December 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsorMayo Clinic
PhasePhase 2
StatusCompleted
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationrandomized
Designparallel
Maskingnone
Primary purposetreatment
Enrollment20
Start date31 July 2017
Primary completion23 December 2023
Estimated completion23 December 2023
Sites2 locations across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

Mayo Clinic

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Recurrent Lung Non-Small Cell Carcinoma or Stage II Lung Cancer AJCC v8. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Results — posted to ClinicalTrials.gov

Per-arm endpoint measurements with 95% confidence intervals where reported. Source: trial results section.

Proportion of Participants With Progression Free Survival (PFS) Primary · From randomization to the earliest date of documentation of disease progression or death due to any cause, assessed up to 5 years

A Cox proportional hazards model stratified by stratification factors will be used to model PFS as a function of dose to test for an overall dose effect (a one-sided p-value \< 0.10 will be considered as significant evidence of a dose effect). Subsequently, separate Cox models stratified by stratification factors will compare PFS between 72 Gy and 60 Gy (for each, a one-sided p-value \< 0.10 will be considered as significant evidence of superiority). Kaplan Meier estimates and curves by dose level will also be generated

GroupValue95% CI
Arm A (Platinum Doublet Chemotherapy, Lower Dose PBT)0.60.362 – 0.995
Arm C (Platinum Doublet Chemotherapy, Higher Dose PBT)0.4290.182 – 1.00
Overall Survival (OS) Secondary · From randomization to death due to any cause, assessed up to 5 years

Will be modeled using Cox models. Kaplan-Meier estimates and curves by dose level will also be generated. OS will again be analyzed as exploratory analysis after 50 deaths per primary pairwise comparison have occurred or after all patients have completed follow-up (whichever occurs first).

Alive
GroupValue95% CI
Arm A (Platinum Doublet Chemotherapy, Lower Dose PBT)4
Arm C (Platinum Doublet Chemotherapy, Higher Dose PBT)2
Dead
GroupValue95% CI
Arm A (Platinum Doublet Chemotherapy, Lower Dose PBT)6
Arm C (Platinum Doublet Chemotherapy, Higher Dose PBT)5
Number of Participants With Adverse Events Secondary · Up to 5 years

Graded by National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 4.0. Adverse events are graded on a scale of 0-5 with 5 being worst. The number of participants with Grade 2 or higher adverse events will be reported.

AE Grade 2+
GroupValue95% CI
Arm A (Platinum Doublet Chemotherapy, Lower Dose PBT)9
Arm C (Platinum Doublet Chemotherapy, Higher Dose PBT)6
AE Grade 3+
GroupValue95% CI
Arm A (Platinum Doublet Chemotherapy, Lower Dose PBT)6
Arm C (Platinum Doublet Chemotherapy, Higher Dose PBT)5
Proportion of Participants With Local-regional Failure Secondary · Up to 5 years

Defined as the proportion of participants with documentation of local recurrence. The cumulative incidence of local failure will be estimated using Gray's methodology and compared across dose levels using Fine-Gray quadratic regression (with death as a competing risk).

GroupValue95% CI
Arm A (Platinum Doublet Chemotherapy, Lower Dose PBT)0.20.057 – 0.51
Arm C (Platinum Doublet Chemotherapy, Higher Dose PBT)0.140.026 – 0.51
Proportion of Participants With Distant Metastasis Secondary · Up to 5 years

Defined as the proportion of participants with documentation of distant metastasis. The cumulative incidence of distant metastasis will be estimated using Gray's methodology and compared across dose levels using Fine-Gray quadratic regression (with death as a competing risk).

GroupValue95% CI
Arm A (Platinum Doublet Chemotherapy, Lower Dose PBT)0.10.018 – 0.40
Arm C (Platinum Doublet Chemotherapy, Higher Dose PBT)0.290.08 – 0.64

Adverse events — posted to ClinicalTrials.gov

Time frame: Up to 5 years. Reporting threshold: 0%. Adverse-event reports describe events observed during the trial — not all are caused by the drug.

Arm A (Platinum Doublet Chemotherapy, Lower Dose PBT)
Serious: 5/10 (50%)
Deaths: 6/10
Arm C (Platinum Doublet Chemotherapy, Higher Dose PBT)
Serious: 5/9 (56%)
Deaths: 5/9

Serious adverse events (2 terms)

ReactionSystemArm A (Platinum Doublet Ch…Arm C (Platinum Doublet Ch…
Death NOSGeneral disorders
Pulmonary fibrosisRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
Other adverse events (18 terms — click to expand)

ReactionSystemArm A (Platinum Doublet Ch…Arm C (Platinum Doublet Ch…
DysphagiaGastrointestinal disorders
FatigueGeneral disorders
DyspneaRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
EsophagitisGastrointestinal disorders
Dermatitis radiationInjury, poisoning and procedural complications
CoughRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
ConstipationGastrointestinal disorders
DehydrationMetabolism and nutrition disorders
NauseaGastrointestinal disorders
PneumonitisRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
Weight lossInvestigations
AnorexiaMetabolism and nutrition disorders
PainGeneral disorders
Myocardial infarctionCardiac disorders
DiarrheaGastrointestinal disorders
Esophageal painGastrointestinal disorders
VomitingGastrointestinal disorders
Productive coughRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders

Most-reported serious reactions: Death NOS, Pulmonary fibrosis.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03132532 adverse events section.

Sponsor's own description

This randomized phase II trial studies how well platinum doublet chemotherapy and proton beam radiation therapy work in treating patients with stage II-III non-small cell lung cancer that cannot be removed by surgery (unresectable). Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as carboplatin, paclitaxel, etoposide, cisplatin, and pemetrexed work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Radiation therapy uses high energy protons to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. Giving platinum doublet chemotherapy and proton beam radiation therapy may work better in treating patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

Publications & conference data

3 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

  1. Proton beam therapy for cancer in the era of precision medicine.
    Hu M, Jiang L, Cui X, Zhang J, et al · · 2018 · cited 57× · PMID 30541578 · DOI 10.1186/s13045-018-0683-4
  2. Advanced radiation techniques for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer: intensity-modulated radiation therapy and proton therapy.
    Yegya-Raman N, Zou W, Nie K, Malhotra J, et al · · 2018 · cited 24× · PMID 30206493 · DOI 10.21037/jtd.2018.07.29
  3. Functional avoidance-based intensity modulated proton therapy with 4DCT derived ventilation imaging for lung cancer.
    Dougherty JM, Castillo E, Castillo R, Faught AM, et al · · 2021 · cited 8× · PMID 34159715 · DOI 10.1002/acm2.13323

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