Can pulsed radiation reawaken the immune system against lung cancer?
NCT ID NCT06622174
First seen Aug 24, 2026 · Last updated Aug 25, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This phase I trial is testing whether giving radiation in short pulses, alongside immunotherapy, can help people with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer whose tumors have stopped responding to standard immunotherapy. The study will enroll 32 adults and will primarily look at the safety of this combination, while also tracking how long patients live without the disease progressing, overall survival, and quality of life. The goal is to see if this approach can overcome the cancer's ability to evade the immune system.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Pulsed radiotherapy combined with PD(L)-1 inhibitors
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could offer a new way to treat metastatic lung cancer that has stopped responding to immunotherapy, potentially improving survival and quality of life.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase trial with a small number of participants, so the benefits are uncertain. The combination may cause significant side effects, and the results may not apply to all patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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About 32 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2026
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2029
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.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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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: * Participants must be ≥ 18 years old * Ability to provide written informed consent * Actively receiving PD(L)-1 inhibitors * Progressive disease defined as per RECIST criteria 1.1 on CT metrics as a greater than 20% increase in the sum measurement of lesions, non-target unequivocal progressive disease or a new lesion on CT. * Radiological progression to ≥ 5 disease sites. Progression at the primary tumor site should be counted within the total number of progressive lesions. For patients with lymph node metastases, each node is counted as one site of metastasis. * Participants must have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-2. * Patients with brain metastasis are allowed and should be treated as per standard of care * All sites of disease can, in the opinion of the investigator, be safely treated and targetable with high-to-intermediate or low dose radiotherapy (taking into account prior local therapy, organ function and underlying medical condition such as inflammatory bowel disease, pulmonary fibrosis, etc.) * Patients with prior metastases that have been treated with ablative therapies (e.g. radiotherapy, surgery or radiofrequency ablation) before their current line of systemic therapy, are eligible. * Patients receiving additional systemic therapy agents such as chemotherapy are eligible, provided the other systemic agents are temporarily halted during radiation treatment. Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant or breastfeeding individuals are excluded. * Medical conditions that would hinder the safe administration of radiotherapy or follow-up. * Patients who are ineligible for immunotherapy. * Patients with a history of pneumonitis are excluded. * Presence of an active autoimmune disease.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal
RECRUITINGMontreal, Quebec, Canada
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