New hope for lung cancer patients with lung scarring: trial tests safer treatments
NCT ID NCT07420439
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 12, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study is for people with advanced non-small cell lung cancer who also have interstitial lung disease (ILD), a condition that causes lung scarring. Many doctors avoid treating these patients due to risks of worsening ILD. The trial will test a specific chemotherapy as first treatment and an immunotherapy drug as second treatment to see if they are safe and effective. About 108 participants will be enrolled to gather much-needed data for this group.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 108 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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18 years and older
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria for both parts: * Informed, written and signed consent: Patients must have signed and dated the written informed consent form approved by the ethics committee in accordance with the legal and institutional framework. It must have been signed before protocol-related procedures that are not part of normal patient management are performed. Patients should be willing and able to adhere to the schedule of visits, treatment and laboratory tests. * Patients with radiological ILDs. All cases should be presented in a multidisciplinary board dedicated to ILD to confirm eligibility. In centres without a local multidisciplinary board dedicated to ILD, the national multidisciplinary board CAPID can be used. * NSCLC proven histologically. Cytological evidence is allowed if a cytoblock has been prepared. * Age ≥ 18 years old. * Performance status ≤ 2. * Stage IIIB or IIIC non-eligible to radiation therapy or IV (8th TNM classification, UICC 2015). For other less advanced stages but rejected for any local treatment, possible inclusion discussion with the sponsor. * Disease measurable according to RECIST criteria 1.1 per investigator assessment. * Adequate biological function: Creatinine clearance ≥ 45 mL/min (Cockroft or MDRD or CKD-epi); neutrophils ≥ 1500/mm3; platelets ≥ 100,000/mm3; Haemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL; liver enzymes\< 3x ULN except for patients with liver metastases (\< 5x ULN); total bilirubin ≤ 1.5x ULN except for patients with proven Gilbert's syndrome (≤ 5x ULN) or patients with liver metastases (≤ 3.0 mg/dL). * Life expectancy of at least 12 weeks. * For female patients of childbearing potential and patients with a partner of childbearing potential, agreement (by the patient and/or partner) to use one or more highly effective contraceptives (failure rate \< 1% per year when used correctly and regularly) and to continue using it for 7 months after the last dose of treatment. Men should not donate their sperm for the duration of the study and for at least 7 months after the last dose of treatment. Oral contraception should always be combined with another method of contraception because of potential interactions with treatment. Patients should always use a condom. * Patient covered by national health insurance. * Protected adults may participate in the study if they can make decisions regarding their medical treatment in accordance with the guardianship judgment. Inclusion Criteria for first-line part: * Patient must be treatment naive for advanced or metastatic disease. Treatment for non-metastatic stage is not considered as a line if there is a time interval of at least 6 months between the last dose of treatment for non-metastatic stage and recurrent disease. * ILD criteria: any type of ILD and any level of severity are allowed Inclusion criteria specific to second-line part * Patients must have received one but no more than one platinum-based therapy for advanced or metastatic disease. Treatment for non-metastatic stage is not considered as a line if there is a time interval of at least 6 months between the last dose of treatment for non-metastatic stage and recurrent disease. * ILD severity criteria: Patients with ILDs with mild to moderate alteration of pulmonary function, defined by Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) ≥ 50% of the predicted value AND DLCO≥ 35% of the of the predicted value. All cases should be presented in a multidisciplinary board dedicated to ILD to confirm eligibility. In centers without a local multidisciplinary board dedicated to ILD, the national multidisciplinary board CAPID can be used. * ILD type criteria: Patient with idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (including IPF and NSIP) or secondary ILDs (including hypersensitivity pneumonia, pneumoconiosis, radiation pneumonitis) could be included. Will be excluded patients with ILDs secondary to connective tissue disease, vasculitis or granulomatosis (including but not limited to granulomatosis with polyangiitis, rheumatoid arthritis, Sjogren's syndrome, scleroderma, myositis/dermatomyositis, anti-synthetase syndrome). For sarcoidosis and for Interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features (IPAF) inclusion could be confirmed based on a case-by-case discussion with the sponsor. * Available results for Immunoassay including antinuclear antibodies tested by immunofluorescence, rheumatoid factor, anti-CCP, Anti-dsDNA, Anti-Ro (SS-A), Anti-La (SS-B), Anti-ribonucleoprotein, Anti-Smith, Anti-topoisomerase (Scl-70), Anti-tRNA synthetase (Jo-1, PL-7, PL-12, Anti-PM-Scl, Anti-MDA-5), ANCA. Exclusion criteria for both parts * Small cell lung cancer or tumor with mixed histology including a small cell component. * Known EGFR activating mutation or ALK or ROS rearrangements. Inclusion of patients with any other oncogene addiction (excluding KRAS mutations) should be discussed with the sponsor on a case-by-case level. * History of cancer or cancer active within 3 years except those with a negligible risk of metastasis or death treated curatively (such as adequately treated cervical cancer in situ, basal or squamous cell skin cancer or ductal carcinoma in situ curatively treated. For other types of cancer, please contact the IFCT). Patients with a history of prostate cancer in the last 5 years may be included in cases of localized prostate cancer of good prognosis according to the Amico classification (≤ T2a and Gleason score ≤ 6 and PSA ≤ 10 ng/mL) and if they have been treated curatively (surgery or radiotherapy ± hormone therapy, without chemotherapy). * Acute exacerbation of interstitial lung disease less than 6 months ago. Exclusion criteria specific to first line part * Previous systemic therapy (including but not limited to chemotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy). Treatment for non-metastatic stage is not considered as a line if there is a time interval of at least 6 months between the last dose of treatment for non-metastatic stage and recurrent disease. Exclusion criteria specific to second line part * History of severe allergy, anaphylactic or other hypersensitivity reactions to chimeric or humanized antibodies or fusion proteins. Known hypersensitivity or allergy to biopharmaceuticals produced in Chinese hamster ovary cells or any component of the pembrolizumab/nivolumab formulation. * Diagnosis of interstitial lung disease with manifestations of autoimmunity (IPAF) according to ATS/ERS criteria39 Inclusion may be considered on a case-by-case basis following discussion with the sponsor. * More than one line of treatment. * Any prior immunotherapy. * History of autoimmune disease, connective tissue disease, vasculitis or granulomatosis associated with but not limited to myasthenia gravis, myositis, autoimmune hepatitis, inflammatory bowel disease, vascular thrombosis associated with anti-phospholipid syndrome, Guillain-Barré syndrome, multiple sclerosis, vasculitis or glomerulonephritis. * Diagnosis of ILDs due to connective tissue disease, vasculitis or granulomatosis including but not limited to granulomatosis with polyangiitis, rheumatoid arthritis, Sjogren's syndrome, scleroderma, myositis/dermatomyositis, anti-synthetase syndrome. For sarcoidosis and for Interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features (IPAF) inclusion could be confirmed based on a case-by-case discussion with the sponsor. * Corticosteroid therapy \> 10 mg daily oral prednisone or equivalent. * Immunosuppressive therapy within two weeks prior to randomization. * Patients who have had major surgery ≤ 3 weeks before randomization.
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Conditions
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The places running it
31 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Locations
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Angers - CHU
Angers, France
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Annecy - CH
Pringy, France
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Besançon - CHU
Besançon, France
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Bobigny - APHP - Hôpital Avicenne
Bobigny, France
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Bordeaux - CHU
Pessac, France
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Boulogne - APHP Ambroise Paré
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
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Boulogne-Sur-Mer - CH
Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
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Brest - CHU
Brest, France
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Caen - CHU Côte de Nacre
Caen, 14000, France
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Clermont-Ferrand - CHU
Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Colmar - CH
Colmar, 68000, France
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Créteil - CHI
Créteil, France
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Dijon - CHU Bocage
Dijon, France
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Grenoble - CHU
Grenoble, 38000, France
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Lille - CHU
Lille, France
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Lyon - HCL
Lyon, France
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Marseille - AP-HM Hôpital Nord
Marseille, France
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Marseille - Institut Paoli Calmette
Marseille, France
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Metz - Hôpital Robert Schuman
Metz, France
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Montpellier - CHU
Montpellier, France
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Nantes - CHU Hôpital Laënnec
Nantes, France
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Paris - APHP - Tenon
Paris, 75020, France
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Paris - APHP Bichat
Paris, France
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Paris - APHP Cochin
Paris, France
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Paris - APHP Pitié-salpêtrière
Paris, France
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Paris - Saint Joseph
Paris, France
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Rennes - CHU
Rennes, France
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Strasbourg - NHC
Strasbourg, 63000, France
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Suresnes - Foch
Suresnes, France
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Tours - CHU
Tours, France
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Villefranche-Sur-Saône - Hôpital Nord-Ouest
Villefranche-sur-Saône, France
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