A Randomized Double Blind Phase II Trial of Restorative Microbiota Therapy (RMT) in Combination With Durvalumab (MEDI4736) and Chemotherapy in Untreated Patients With Advanced or Metastatic Adenocarcinoma Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
This is a randomized, active-controlled, parallel-group, double-blind Phase II trial, of oral restorative microbiota therapy (RMT) or placebo combined with intravenous (IV) durvalumab (MEDI4736) plus chemotherapy in patients with treatment naïve advanced or metastatic adenocarcinoma non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
• Histologically or cytologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the lung that is unresectable stage IIIB/C or stage IV, does not have an EGFR sensitizing (activating) mutation or ALK or ROS1 translocation. BRAF, RET, NTRK, MET ex 14 splice site mutation
• Measurable disease based on RECIST 1.1
• Tumor sample requirements
‣ Mandatory provision of an unstained, archived tumor tissue sample in a quantity sufficient to allow for biomarker and genomic analysis. A minimum of 10 unstained slides should be available for evaluation.
⁃ Known PD-L1 TC expression status assayed by Ventana SP263. Patients who have known PDL-1 as assayed by PharmDx 22C3 assay may be eligible; however, available archival tissue will be used to assay with Ventana SP263 test.
• Prior chemotherapy or immunotherapy as adjuvant therapy for lung cancer is permitted as long as it has been \>6 months from last dose at the time of enrollment. Local treatment of isolated lesions, excluding target lesions, for palliative intent is acceptable (e.g. by local surgery or radiotherapy). Prior systemic therapy for advanced/metastatic NSCLC makes the patient ineligible for this study.
• Patients with treated brain metastasis are eligible as long as they have stable symptoms, are more than 2 weeks from completion of therapy, and do not require more than 10mg of daily prednisone or equivalent.
• ECOG Performance status of 0 or 1
• Body weight of \>30 kg
• Adequate organ function within 14 days of study enrollment defined as:
‣ Hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 g/dL
⁃ Absolute neutrophil count ≥1,500/mcL
⁃ Platelets ≥ 100,000/mcL
⁃ Total bilirubin ≤1.5x upper limit of normal (ULN) - this will not apply to patients with confirmed Gilbert's syndrome (persistent or recurrent hyperbilirubinemia that is predominantly unconjugated in the absence of hemolysis or hepatic pathology), who will be allowed only in consultation with their physician.
⁃ AST (SGOT) and ALT (SGPT) ≤2.5 x institutional ULN unless liver metastases are present, in which case it must be ≤5x ULN
⁃ Measured creatinine clearance (CL) \>40 mL/min or calculated creatinine CL\>40 mL/min by the Cockcroft-Gault formula (Cockcroft and Gault 1976) or by 24-hour urine collection for determination of creatinine clearance:
• Expected life expectancy of at least 12 weeks in the opinion of the enrolling investigator as documented in the medical record
• Women of childbearing potential and men with partners of child-bearing potential must agree to use effective contraception for the time of screening to the duration of treatment and 3 months after the last dose of study drug
• Provide voluntary written consent prior to the performance of any research related tests or procedures.