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CTRI Number  CTRI/2025/03/082809 [Registered on: 19/03/2025] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 14/02/2025
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Drug 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group Trial 
Public Title of Study   Improving Performance Status (General condition) in Advanced Lung cancer with chemotherapy and Immunotherapy 
Scientific Title of Study   An open label phase-2 randomized-clinical-trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of low-dose nivolumab and low-dose chemotherapy in patients of advanced NSCLC with poor PS 
Trial Acronym  ImPACt-I 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  DR Prabhat Singh Malik 
Designation  Additional Professor 
Affiliation  ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, NEW DELHI 
Address  Room no - 245, Department of medical oncology
2nd floor, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Institute of Rotary Cancer Hospital, AIIMS, Ansari Nagar
New Delhi
DELHI
110029
India 
Phone  09968325318  
Fax    
Email  drprabhatsm@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  DR Prabhat Singh Malik 
Designation  Additional Professor 
Affiliation  ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, NEW DELHI 
Address  Room no - 245, Department of medical oncology
2nd floor, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Institute of Rotary Cancer Hospital, AIIMS, Ansari Nagar
New Delhi
DELHI
110029
India 
Phone  09968325318  
Fax    
Email  drprabhatsm@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  DR Prabhat Singh Malik 
Designation  Additional Professor 
Affiliation  ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, NEW DELHI 
Address  Room no - 245, Department of medical oncology
2nd floor, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Institute of Rotary Cancer Hospital, AIIMS, Ansari Nagar
New Delhi
DELHI
110029
India 
Phone  09968325318  
Fax    
Email  drprabhatsm@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Indian Council of Medical Research 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Indian Council of Medical Research 
Address  V. Ramalingaswami Bhawan, P.O. Box No. 4911Ansari Nagar, New Delhi - 110029, India 
Type of Sponsor  Government funding agency 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 2  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
DR PRABHAT SINGH MALIK  ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES  Room no 245, Department of Medical Oncology, Dr. B. R. Amdekar Institute of rotary Cancer Hospital, AIIMS, Ansari Nagar
South
DELHI 
09968325318

drprabhatsm@gmail.com 
DR KUMAR PRABHASH  Tata Memorial Centre  Room no. 204, 2nd floor, Homi Bhabha block, Department of Medical oncology, Dr. E Borges Road, Parel
Mumbai
MAHARASHTRA 
022-24177214

kprabhash1@gmail.com  
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 2  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
INSTITUTE ETHICS COMMITTEE  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: C349||Malignant neoplasm of unspecifiedpart of bronchus or lung,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Comparator Agent  low-dose chemotherapy (i.e. Paclitaxel and carboplatin  low-dose chemotherapy (i.e. paclitaxel 60 mg/m2 IV weekly for first 6 weeks followed by paclitaxel 60 mg/m2 with carboplatin auc 2 
Intervention  Nivolumab 20 mg + Low dose chemotherapy (Paclitaxel and Carboplatin)  Low-dose nivolumab (20 mg IV every 3 weeks) plus low-dose chemotherapy (i.e. paclitaxel 60 mg/m2 IV weekly for first 6 weeks followed by paclitaxel 60 mg/m2 with carboplatin AUC 2 at D1, 8, and 15 every 3 weekly in cases where PS improves to 2 or less) for up to 4 cycles, followed by maintenance with low dose nivolumab monotherapy until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients with non-squamous histology and having non progressive disease after 4 cycles and improved PS will have the option of receiving pemetrexed maintenance along with low dose nivolumab. Patients who’ll not have any improvement in PS after initial 6 weeks will have the option of continuing single agent chemotherapy with low dose nivolumab. 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  65.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  1. Age 18 to 65 years
2. Histologically or cytologically confirmed NSCLC
3. Stage 4 or stage 3B or 3C as per AJCC 8th edition which is not amenable for curative
intent treatment
4. ECOG performance status of 2 or more
5. Charlson comorbidity score of less than 9 with any comorbidity well under control
6. Measurable disease per RECIST v1.1
7. Adequate organ function:
a. eGFR of greater than 30ml per min,
b. LFT with Bilirubin less than two times ULN and transaminases less than three
times ULN
c. Adequate bone marrow function
i Hb greater than 8gm/dl
ii Platelet greater than 1,00,000 per mm3
iii ANC greater than 1500 per mm3
8. Serum albumin 3.5 gm per dl
9. Written informed consent

 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  1 Active malignancy other than NSCLC currently or in the past 5 years
2 Lactating and pregnant women
3 HIV positive patients, hepatitis B positive patients and HCV positive patients
4 Driver mutation-positive: EGFR, ALK and ROS1
5 Symptomatic, untreated brain metastasis.
6 Asymptomatic incidentally detected brain metastasis and treated brain metastasis will not
be excluded provided not requiring steroids.
7 Prior treatment with an anti–PD-1, anti–PD-L1, anti-CTLA-4 antibody, or any other antibody or drug specifically targeting T-cell co-stimulation or checkpoint pathways
8 Active, known, or suspected autoimmune disease (except type I diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, skin disorders such as vitiligo, psoriasis, or alopecia not requiring systemic treatment, and conditions not expected to recur in the absence of an external trigger)
9 Use of corticosteroids (10 mg daily of prednisone equivalent) or other immunosuppressive medications within 14 days of treatment assignment
10 Evidence of interstitial lung disease which is symptomatic and whose clinical presentation/management may interfere with the detection and/or treatment of pulmonary toxicity due to immunotherapy.
 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Computer generated randomization 
Method of Concealment   On-site computer system 
Blinding/Masking   Open Label 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
6-month progression-free survival (PFS) rate   6 month after randomization 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
overall response rate (ORR), overall survival (OS), quality of life (QoL), toxicities as per CTCAE v 5  At Week-0 & 6, 03 months, 06 months during the entire study period 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="70"
Sample Size from India="70" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials" 
Phase of Trial   Phase 2 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   07/04/2025 
Date of Study Completion (India) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="3"
Months="0"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Open to Recruitment 
Publication Details   N/A 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Response - YES
  1. What data in particular will be shared?
    Response - Individual participant data that underlie the results reported in this article, after de-identification (text, tables, figures, and appendices).

  2. What additional supporting information will be shared?
    Response -  Study Protocol
    Response - Clinical Study Report

  3. Who will be able to view these files?
    Response - Researchers whose proposed use of the data has been approved by an independent review committee identified for this purpose.

  4. For what types of analyses will this data be available?
    Response - To achieve aims in the approved proposal.

  5. By what mechanism will data be made available?
    Response - Proposals should be directed to [drprabhatsm@gmail.com].

  6. For how long will this data be available start date provided 01-01-2029 and end date provided 01-01-2034?
    Response - Beginning 3 months and ending 5 years following article publication.

  7. Any URL or additional information regarding plan/policy for sharing IPD? 
    Additional Information - NIL
Brief Summary  
An ECOG performance status of greater than 2 is seen in 30-50 percent of advanced NSCLC patients. This can be due to high disease burden, comorbidities, age or impaired nutrition. Therapeutic options for these patients are limited. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have limited efficacy in these patients. Moreover, the cost of ICIs is prohibitive for most patients in India. There is need to develop innovative and cost effective treatment strategies for this difficult to treat patient populations. We propose a study testing the feasibility of incorporating LdICI with low dose chemotherapy in carefully selected patients with poor PS. This would be the first study of LdIO plus CT in carefully selected, advanced NSCLC patients with poor PS using an adaptive, economically viable approach. 
The primary objective of the study is to see improvement in 6 month PFS (progression free survival) rate and the secondary objectives are response rates, overall survival, change in quality of life, and corelation of response with PDL1 expression 
This will be an Open-label phase-II randomised-control-trial. Patients with driver-mutation negative advanced NSCLC patients with poor PS will be enrolled. The intervention arm will receive : Nivolumab 20 mg every 21days (LdICI), plus weekly paclitaxel for 4-6 weeks. Contingent on improvement in ECOG PS by 1 point and score less than 2, carboplatin will be added to remaining three cycles, followed by maintenance. The comparator arm will receive the same chemotherapy regimen without nivolumab.
This study will test the feasibility of a new approach in this difficult to treat patient population, and if successful, will be able to provide a safe, efficacious and economically feasible option for their management.
 
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