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NCT04467723RecruitingPhase 1/2

Combination of Atezolizumab and Pirfenidone in Second-line and Beyond NSCLC

CAFs (Combination of Atezolizumab and Pirfenidone in Second-line and Beyond NSCLC): a Phase I/II Study

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 28 Jan 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The purpose of this study is to see if adding pirfenidone to atezolizumab will increase anti tumor activity and reduce treatment resistance in stage 4 and recurrent non- small cell lung cancer participants.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 1/2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
25 (estimated)
First submitted
8 Jul 2020
Start date
18 May 2022
Primary completion date
1 Jan 2027
Lead sponsor
University of Kansas Medical Center
Diseases
Lung cancer
NCT number
NCT04467723

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 1/2
  • Planned participants: 25
  • From 18 May 2022 to the primary completion date, 1 Jan 2027
  • 2 sites in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.

Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • The presence of any other concurrent severe and/or uncontrolled medical condition that would, in the investigator or treating physician's judgement, cause unacceptable safety risks, contraindicate patient participation in the clinical study or compromise compliance with the protocol
  • Has received investigational agents within 14 days or 5 half-lives of the compound or active metabolites, whichever is longer, before the first dose of study treatment
  • Has a history of any Grade 3 or 4 toxicities to a prior checkpoint inhibitor treatment
  • Clinically diagnosed with grade 2 or 3 radiation-induced lung injury within the last 3 months prior to registering for the study
  • Prior monoclonal antibody within 4 weeks before study Day 1 Exception: The use of denosumab
  • Concurrent use of other investigational agents
  • Use of strong CYP1A2 inhibitors

Other illness

  • Has a known hypersensitivity to atezolizumab or pirfenidone
  • Has active medical or psychiatric illness that would interfere with the study treatment
  • Has uncontrolled diabetes
  • Uncontrolled HIV
  • Has a history of idiopathic pneumonitis that required systemic agent including steroid
  • Has drug-induced pneumonitis
  • Has evidence of active pneumonitis on screening chest computed tomography (CT) scan
  • Has active peptic ulcer diagnosed within 4 weeks of enrollment
  • Active infection requiring systemic treatment
  • Uncontrolled or symptomatic brain metastasis or leptomeningeal disease that requires use of steroids
  • Previous history of cancer with active treatment within less than 1 year of enrollment
  • Active auto-immune diseases

Lab values

  • Has any of the following cardiac diagnoses:
    • Unstable angina Myocardial infarction within 6 months Uncontrolled congestive heart failure Left ventricular ejection fraction \< 35%

Other

  • Is pregnant or breast feeding
  • Smoker of more than 1 pack / day
  • Current use of systemic antibacterial or antifungal agent
  • Patient not recovered to ≤ Grade 1 from AEs due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier

Who the study is looking for

  • Participant or legal representative is able to provide written informed prior to performing any protocol-related procedures
  • Is willing and able to comply with scheduled visits, treatment schedule, laboratory testing and other requirements of the study
  • Men or women at least 18 years of age with histologically or cytologically confirmed non-small cell lung cancer
  • Previous history of other than lung cancer is allowed if no active treatment for that cancer within 1 year
  • Life expectancy of at least 6 months
  • De novo stage IV or recurrent NSCLC without actionable mutation (e.g. EGFR/ ALK/ ROS-1) that was previously treated with either PD-1 / PD-L1 or the combination of PD1/PDL1 and cytotoxic chemotherapy, no more than 2 systemic regimens for metastatic disease with measurable disease \*. Maintenance therapy will be considered part of the 1 regimen
  • At least 1 measurable lesion
  • PDL1 TPS score less than 1% or unknown: first-line must be PD1/PDL1 inhibitor in combination with chemotherapy
  • Early stage (I-III) NSCLC treated with adjuvant or neoadjuvant chemotherapy then PD1/PDL1 inhibitor treatment for recurrent disease
  • Recurrent Unresectable stage III NSCLC treated with prior chemoradiation followed by maintenance PD1/PDL1 inhibitor with measurable disease
  • Eastern Cooperative Group (ECOG) Performance Status 0 - 2
  • Is able to swallow oral medications
  • Adequate hematologic function
  • Adequate organ function

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (2)

Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.

SiteCityCountrySite status
The University of Kansas Cancer Center (KUCC)
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
FairwayUnited StatesNot yet recruiting
The University of Kansas Cancer Center, Westwood Campus
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
Kansas CityUnited StatesRecruiting

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