ATATcH Alternating Treatment Plans for Advanced Cancer

Part of paid clinical trials in Elizabeth, New Jersey.

Sponsor
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Study ID
NCT05358548
Phase
PHASE2
Status
Recruiting

Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Paclitaxel — DRUG
    Is a chemotherapy drug. Used to treat kinds of cancer, as determined by the doctor
  • Pemetrexed — DRUG
    Is a chemotherapy drug. Used to treat kinds of cancer, as determined by the doctor
  • 5Fluorouracil — DRUG
    Is a chemotherapy drug. Used to treat kinds of cancer, as determined by the doctor
  • Carboplatin — DRUG
    Is a chemotherapy drug. Used to treat kinds of cancer, as determined by the doctor
  • Pembrolizumab — DRUG
    It is a type of immunotherapy and works by helping your immune system to kill cancer cells

Study Details

The purpose of the research is to evaluate a new schedule of alternating cycles of induction chemoimmunotherapy (chemotherapy plus pembrolizumab) and immunotherapy (pembrolizumab) alone for the initial treatment of patients with advanced lung or head and neck cancers.

Key Dates

Start date
Apr 28, 2022
Status verified
Apr 2026
Primary completion
May 1, 2027
Completion
May 1, 2028

Study Design

Enrollment
150 participants (estimated)
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: Squamous Lung Cancer
    A Cycles consist of either: * Paclitaxel Based: Carboplatin/Paclitaxel/Pembrolizumab OR * nab-Paclitaxel Based: Carboplatin/nab Paclitaxel/Pembrolizumab These A Cycles will be given for up to four cycles (standard) B Cycles consist of Pembrolizumab alone
  • Experimental: Non-Squamous Lung Cancer
    * A Cycles consist of Carboplatin/Pemetrexed/Pembrolizumab (up to four cycles standard) * B Cycles consist of Pembrolizumab alone Maintenance Cycles (Cycle 5 and beyond): Pemetrexed in combination with Pembrolizumab; Alternatively, Pembrolizumab alone, for up to 2 years since enrollment (standard)
  • Experimental: Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
    * A Cycles consist of Carboplatin/5-Fluorouracil/Pembrolizumab (up to six cycles standard) * B Cycles consist of Pembrolizumab alone Maintenance Cycles (Cycle 7 and beyond): Pembrolizumab alone, for up to two years since enrollment (standard)

Primary Outcome Measure

Confidence Interval (CI) estimate of patients completing induction chemotherapy cycles [ Time Frame: up to 30 weeks ]

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