Tests chemoimmunotherapy with chemoradiation in lung cancer that cannot be removed by surgery
Tests immunotherapy and chemotherapy with radiation in adults with inoperable locally advanced lung cancer.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Shanghai Chest Hospital
- Where
- Shanghai, ChinaSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Induction Chemoimmunotherapy in Combination With Chemoradiotherapy and Consolidation Immunotherapy in Unresectable Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Status
- Recruiting
- Phase
- Phase 1/2
- People taking part
- 108 people, planned
- Started
- 9 Oct 2022
- Expected to end
- 31 Dec 2028
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Induction chemoimmunotherapy
- Concurrent chemoradiotherapy (cCRT)
- consolidation immunotherapy
- Record updated
- 23 July 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults with unresectable stage III non-small cell lung cancer who have had no other cancer treatment so far. It tests chemo-immunotherapy before and after chemoradiotherapy.
- Age
- Older than 18 years.
- Sex
- Men and women can join.
- Disease stage
- Non-small cell lung cancer, confirmed by tissue or cell tests. It must be stage III and unresectable (cannot be removed by surgery).
- Earlier treatment
- No earlier anti-cancer treatment of any kind.
- Biomarker or test result
- No EGFR mutation, ALK rearrangement or ROS-1 rearrangement.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Small cell carcinoma components in the tissue test
- Another cancer in the past, with some exceptions
- Active or past autoimmune or inflammatory disease
- Past organ transplant from another person, or active primary immunodeficiency
- Pregnant or breastfeeding women
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Age >18 years, male or female, with an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-1
- Histologically or cytologically confirmed non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
- Unresectable stage III NSCLC (according to the 8th edition of the AJCC staging system)
- No prior exposure to any other anti-tumor therapy
- Absence of severe medical comorbidities or major organ dysfunction, as assessed by hematology, hepatic, renal, cardiac, and pulmonary function tests, meeting the following criteria: Hematology: Hemoglobin (HB) ≥ 90 g/L (without blood transfusion within 14 days prior to enrollment); absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 × 10⁹/L; platelet count (PLT) ≥ 100 × 10⁹/L. Biochemistry: Total bilirubin (TBIL) ≤ 1.5 × the upper limit of normal (ULN); alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 2.5 × ULN; serum creatinine (Cr) ≤ 1 × ULN, with an endogenous creatinine clearance rate > 60 mL/min (calculated using the Cockcroft-Gault formula). Coagulation: Prothrombin time (PT)/international normalized ratio (INR) and activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) ≤ 1.5 × ULN (unless the patient is receiving anticoagulant therapy, in which case PT or aPTT must be within the expected therapeutic range for the anticoagulant used)
- Life expectancy ≥ 3 months
- Adequate understanding of the study, ability to complete treatment, suitability for follow-up, and voluntary provision of written informed consent
Who cannot take part
- History of other primary malignancies, with the following exceptions: Malignancies treated with curative intent with no known active disease and low potential for recurrence for ≥5 years prior to the first dose of investigational product (IP); adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer or lentigo maligna without evidence of disease; or adequately treated carcinoma in situ without evidence of disease
- Presence of uncontrolled concurrent illness, including but not limited to persistent or active infection (including tuberculosis, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, human immunodeficiency virus [HIV], etc.), symptomatic congestive heart failure, uncontrolled hypertension, unstable angina pectoris, uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia, active interstitial lung disease (ILD), severe chronic gastrointestinal disease associated with diarrhea, or psychiatric disorders/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements, substantially increase the risk of adverse events (AEs), or compromise the patient's ability to provide written informed consent
- Concurrent or prior use of immunosuppressive medication within 14 days prior to the first dose of induction immunotherapy. Exceptions include: intranasal, inhaled, or topical corticosteroids, or local corticosteroid injections (e.g., intra-articular injection); systemic corticosteroids at physiological doses not exceeding 10 mg/day of prednisone or its equivalent; corticosteroids as prophylactic premedication for hypersensitivity reactions (e.g., premedication for computed tomography [CT] scan); or systemic corticosteroid administration administered as part of chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), or administered prophylactically or for the management of toxicity induced by chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy
- Active or documented history of autoimmune or inflammatory diseases (including inflammatory bowel disease [e.g., colitis or Crohn's disease], diverticulitis [excluding diverticulosis], systemic lupus erythematosus, sarcoidosis syndrome, granulomatosis with polyangiitis [Wegener's syndrome], Graves' disease, rheumatoid arthritis, hypophysitis, uveitis, etc.)
- History of allogeneic organ transplantation
- History of active primary immunodeficiency
- Known allergy or hypersensitivity to any study drug or any excipient of a study drug
- Co-occurrence of EGFR mutation, ALK rearrangement, or ROS-1 rearrangement positivity
- Presence of small cell carcinoma components in the histological examination results
- Female patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding
- Patients judged by the investigator to be unable to comply with study procedures, restrictions, and requirements
Where in China
- Shanghai Chest HospitalShanghai, ChinaContact: Wen Yu, MD (principal investigator)Taking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
PIVOT study is a multicenter, phase I/II clinical study designed to evaluate induction chemoimmunotherapy followed by concurrent chemoradiotherapy and consolidation immunotherapy in patients with unresectable locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Phase I consists of a single-arm safety lead-in study evaluating the safety and preliminary efficacy of the investigational regimen. If predefined safety criteria are met, the study proceeds to a phase II randomized controlled trial comparing induction chemoimmunotherapy followed by concurrent chemoradiotherapy and consolidation immunotherapy with the standard PACIFIC regimen. The objective of the phase II study is to determine whether the investigational treatment strategy improves progression-free survival while maintaining an acceptable safety profile compared with the standard PACIFIC regimen.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Phase I Safety Lead-in Cohort/Phase II Experimental Arm (CI-CCRT-I Strategy)Treatment being tested
Participants will receive induction chemoimmunotherapy followed by definitive concurrent chemoradiotherapy and consolidation immunotherapy. Induction treatment consists of two cycles (2-4 cycles in phase I cohort) of platinum-based chemotherapy combined with PD-L1 inhibitor prior to concurrent chemoradiotherapy. Participants without disease progression after concurrent chemoradiotherapy will subsequently receive consolidation PD-L1 inhibitor for up to one year or until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Treatment: Induction chemoimmunotherapy, Concurrent chemoradiotherapy (cCRT), and consolidation immunotherapy
- Phase II Control Arm (PACIFIC Strategy)Existing treatment, for comparison
Participants will receive definitive concurrent chemoradiotherapy followed by consolidation PD-L1 inhibitor according to the standard PACIFIC treatment strategy. Participants without disease progression after concurrent chemoradiotherapy will receive consolidation PD-L1 inhibitor for up to one year or until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Treatment: Concurrent chemoradiotherapy (cCRT) and consolidation immunotherapy
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- A Phase I/II Multicenter Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Induction Chemoimmunotherapy Followed by Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy and Consolidation Immunotherapy in Unresectable Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Plain-language title
- Tests chemoimmunotherapy with chemoradiation in lung cancer that cannot be removed by surgeryGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
- Record updated
- 23 July 2026