Efficacy and Safety of Radiotherapy Compared to Everolimus in Somatostatin Receptor Positive Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Lung and Thymus.

Study Purpose

LEVEL trial aims to demonstrate the higher efficacy of 177Lu-edotreotide over everolimus in patients with well to moderately differentiated neuroendocrine tumors of the lung and thymus who require systemic therapy. It is hypothesized that 177Lu-edotreotide may significantly increase the progression-free survival (PFS) compared to everolimus in lung and thymic carcinoids.

Recruitment Criteria

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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No
Study Type

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Interventional
Eligible Ages 18 Years and Over
Gender All
More Inclusion & Exclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Institutional Review Board (IRB)/Independent Ethics Committee (IEC) approved written informed consent. 2. Patients ≥ 18 years of age. 3. Patients who have histologically confirmed metastatic or locally advanced unresectable well/moderately differentiated; World Health Organization (WHO]) 2015 criteria; neuroendocrine tumor of lung (typical and atypical carcinoids) or thymus origin either functioning or non-functioning. 4. Patients must have the appropriate pathological features based on WHO classification, and description of proliferation activity as indicated by mitotic count per 10 high-power fields (HPF) and presence of necrosis, or Ki67 index. 5. In SSTR imaging all RECIST v1.1 selected target lesions and all other lesions considered dominant by the investigator should be positive. If an fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) is performed (not mandatory), all FDG-PET positive RECIST v1.1 target lesions and all other FDG-PET positive lesions considered dominant by the investigator should also be positive in SSRT imaging. 6. Lesions must have shown radiological evidence of disease progression in the 12 months prior to inclusion in the study. Patients who were receiving systemic anticancer therapy, progression should be documented on therapy or after stopping therapy due to adverse events or other reasons. Patients without prior therapy, documentation of progression is also mandatory to watch and wait strategy or during the follow up after surgery. 7. Patients may be included in first-line therapy (systemic treatment naïve) or may have experienced progression on somatostatin analogues or additional systemic treatments, which may include but not limited to chemotherapy, targeted agents or immunotherapy (maximum of 2 prior systemic anti-tumor treatments). Note: Somatostatin analogues for patients with functioning tumors are allowed. 8. Patients have radiographically documented and measurable metastatic or locally advanced disease at baseline according to RECIST v1.1. 9. An archival tumor tissue sample should be available for submission to the central laboratory prior to study treatment (36 months). If an archival tumor tissue sample is not available, a new biopsy tissue sample should be provided if feasible. 10. Patients who have Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1. 11. Adequate organ and bone marrow function based upon meeting all of the following laboratory criteria: 1. Neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1,500/mm^3. 2. Platelet count ≥ 75 × 10^9/L. 3. Hemoglobin ≥ 8 g/dL. 4. Serum bilirubin ≤ 1.5 × upper limit of normal (ULN) or ≤ 3 × ULN for subjects with Gilbert's disease or liver metastases. 5. Creatinine clearance (CrCl) ≥ 40 mL/min as estimated by the Cockcroft-Gault formula or as measured by 24-hour urine collection (GFR can also be used instead of CrCl). Note: renal tract obstruction is not allowed. 6. Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 2.5 × ULN or ≤ 5 x ULN for subjects with liver metastases. 12. Female subject must provide a negative urine pregnancy test at screening, and must agree to use a medically accepted and highly effective birth control method (i.e. those with a failure rate less than 1%) for the duration of the study treatment and for 6 months after the final dose of study treatment. 13. Female patients must agree not to breastfeed or donate ovules starting at screening and throughout the study period, and for at least 6 months after the final study drug administration. 14. Male patients must agree not to donate sperm starting at screening and throughout the study period, and for at least 6 months after the final study drug administration. 15. Male patients with a pregnant or breastfeeding partner(s) must agree to abstinence or use a condom for the duration of the pregnancy or time the partner is breastfeeding throughout the study period and for at least 6 months after the final study drug administration. 16. Subject agrees not to participate in another interventional study while on treatment in the present study.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients who are not able to swallow tablets. 2. Patients with poorly-differentiated or high-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma (i.e. large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of lung, small cell lung cancer) or mixed tumors (i.e. adenocarcinoid tumor) are not eligible. 3. Patients with brain mets unless stable on treatment for > 12 weeks and with no evidence of raised intracranial pressure or mass effect. 4. Patients who have ongoing clinically significant toxicity (Grade 2 or higher with the exception of alopecia) associated with prior treatment (including systemic therapy, radiotherapy or surgery). 5. Patients who have a recent diagnosis of another malignancy (within 12 months prior to inclusion), patients who are on active treatment for other cancer before the first dose of study drug, or any evidence of residual disease from a previously diagnosed malignancy. 6. Patients who have a known active Hepatitis B (e.g., HBsAg reactive) or active hepatitis C (e.g., hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA [qualitative] is detected). Patients who have a known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (HIV 1 or 2). 7. Patients who have received a live vaccine up to 4 weeks prior to the first dose of trial treatment. Note:Live attenuated vaccines should not be administered during the trial treatment and over the next 3 months after the last treatment dose. 8. Patients who have documented history of a cerebral vascular event (stroke or transient ischemic attack), unstable angina, myocardial infarction, or cardiac symptoms (including congestive heart failure) consistent with New York Heart Association Class III-IV within 6 months prior to the first dose of study drug. 9. Prior peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) or mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors (e.g. deforolimus, everolimus, sirolimus, temsirolimus, etc.); or hepatic radio-embolization (within 6 months prior to first dose of study treatment). 10. Prior radiotherapy or major surgery within 12 weeks prior to the first dose of study drug. 11. Patients who have had chemotherapy, biologics, investigational agents, and/or antitumor treatment with immunotherapy that is not completed 4 weeks prior to the first dose of study drug. 12. Patients who have known hypersensitivity to Everolimus or to any excipient contained in the drug formulation of Everolimus. 13. Patients who have known hypersensitivity to 177Lu-edotreotide or to any excipient contained in the drug formulation of 177Lu-edotreotide or the nephroprotective amino acid solution (AAS). 14. Current spontaneous urinary incontinence preventing safe administration of the investigational medicinal product (IMP), in the investigator's opinion. 15. Patients who have other underlying medical conditions that, in the opinion of the investigator, would impair the ability of the subject to receive or tolerate the planned treatment and follow-up.

Trial Details

Trial ID:

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NCT05918302
Phase

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Phase 3
Lead Sponsor

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Grupo Espanol de Tumores Neuroendocrinos
Principal Investigator

The person who is responsible for the scientific and technical direction of the entire clinical study.

Jaume Capdevila, M.D. Ph.D.
Principal Investigator Affiliation Hospital Vall d'Hebron
Agency Class

Category of organization(s) involved as sponsor (and collaborator) supporting the trial.

Other
Overall Status Recruiting
Countries France, Italy, Spain
Conditions

The disease, disorder, syndrome, illness, or injury that is being studied.

Neuroendocrine Tumors, Lung Neuroendocrine Neoplasm, Thymus Neoplasms
Additional Details

The LEVEL Trial is a randomized, prospective, international, open-label, phase III study comparing everolimus and 177Lu-edotreotide in advanced somatostatin receptor positive (SSTR+) lung and thymic well differentiated neuroendocrine tumors with high expression of somatostatin receptors confirmed by positron emission tomography somatostatin receptor imaging. In the investigator's opinion, patients recruited into the trial must be eligible to receive everolimus. Patients with both functional and nonfunctional lung and thymus neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) will be included in this trial. In total, 120 patients will be randomized in a 3:2 proportion to either experimental or control arms, respectively. Randomization will be stratified according to prior medical therapy (tumor treatment-naïve [patients who have not received any prior systemic anticancer therapy] versus non-treatment- naïve [patients who have received one or two prior line of systemic anticancer therapy, including somatostatin analogs (SSAs) as anti-tumor treatment]) and histological differentiation (typical versus atypical / well versus moderately differentiated). Stratification according to the functional status is not foreseen considering the poor predictive and prognostic relevance of this criteria on PRRT in the literature. Diagnosis of progression and tumor burden will be established based on radiological information from morphological imaging (magnetic resonance imaging [MRI] and/or computed tomography [CT]) according to RECIST v1.1. Tumors assessments will be scheduled every 12 ± 2 weeks from randomization (the first scan will be performed after Cycle 2 for the 177Lu-edotreotide until radiologically confirmed progression of the disease, initiation of new subsequent anticancer therapy, or death (whichever comes first). The scanning modality and protocol should be consistent with the baseline scan. Diagnosis of RECIST v1.1 progression will be made by the local investigator. The confirmatory scans should be performed preferably at the next scheduled imaging visit and no less than 4 weeks after the prior assessment of progression (PD) (in the absence of clinically significant deterioration). Additional MRI/CT scans may be performed at any other time if, in the investigator's clinical judgment, PD is suspected. For equivocal findings of progression, treatment may continue until the next scheduled assessment. In both arms, for a given patient, trial treatment dosing should be discontinued if there is evidence of RECIST v1.1 progression, in case of persistent toxicities or if the patient withdraws consent to continue with treatment. In all cases, if possible, all other protocol scheduled assessments should be continued until the end of the long-term follow-up period, unless the patient explicitly withdraws consent to all trial procedures and follow-up.

Arms & Interventions

Arms

Experimental: Experimental arm

Treatment with 6 cycles of 7.5 ± 0.7 GBq 177Lu-edotreotide. The prescribed treatment administration is as follows: a 6 (±2) weeks interval between cycles 1 and 2 followed by all remaining cycles (3-6) given 8 (± 1) weeks after the previous cycle), where possible, or until disease progression, intolerable toxicity or death, whichever occurs first.

Active Comparator: Control arm

Everolimus 10 mg orally once daily (QD) until disease progression or intolerable toxicity or death, whichever occurs first.

Interventions

Drug: - 177Lu-edotreotide

6 cycles of 7.5 ± 0.7 Giga becquerel (GBq) 177Lu-edotreotide

Drug: - Everolimus

10 mg orally once daily (QD)

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International Sites

Bourdeaux, France

Status

Not yet recruiting

Address

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Bordeux

Bourdeaux, , 33000

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+34934344412

Lille University Hospital, Lille, France

Status

Not yet recruiting

Address

Lille University Hospital

Lille, , 59000

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Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, Lyon, France

Status

Not yet recruiting

Address

Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon

Lyon, , 69003

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Marseille, France

Status

Not yet recruiting

Address

Department of Nuclear Medicine, La Timone University Hospital, CERIMED, Aix-Marseille University, France

Marseille, , 13005

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+34934344412

Montpellier, France

Status

Not yet recruiting

Address

Department of Digestive Oncology, CHU Saint Eloi, Montpellier, France/ ICM Cancer Institute at Montpellier

Montpellier, , 34090

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Nantes, France

Status

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Address

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes

Nantes, , 44000

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I. Gustave Roussy, Paris, Paris, France

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Address

I. Gustave Roussy, Paris

Paris, , 94805

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Toulouse, France

Status

Not yet recruiting

Address

Department of Digestive Oncology - IUCT Rangueil-Larrey, CHU de Toulouse, Toulouse, France

Toulouse, , 31100

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Brescia, Italy

Status

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Address

Azienda Ospedaliera Spedali Civili Brescia

Brescia, , 25123

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Meldola, Italy

Status

Not yet recruiting

Address

IRCCS Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori "Dino Amadori" - Irsì - Meldola

Meldola, , 47014

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AOU Policlinico G. Martino - Messina, Messina, Italy

Status

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Address

AOU Policlinico G. Martino - Messina

Messina, , 98124

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Istituto Europeo di Oncologia - Milano, Milano, Italy

Status

Not yet recruiting

Address

Istituto Europeo di Oncologia - Milano

Milano, , 20141

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Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS - Napoli, Napoli, Italy

Status

Not yet recruiting

Address

Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS - Napoli

Napoli, , 80131

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Reggio Emilia, Italy

Status

Not yet recruiting

Address

Unit of Nuclear Medicine, S. Maria Nuova Hospital-IRCCS of Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy

Reggio Emilia, , 42123

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Roma, Italy

Status

Not yet recruiting

Address

Digestive Disease Unit, Sant'Andrea University Hospital, ENETS Center of Excellence Rome, Rome, Italy.

Roma, , 00189

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Verona, Italy

Status

Not yet recruiting

Address

Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona

Verona, , 37126

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Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Andalucia, Spain

Status

Not yet recruiting

Address

Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío

Sevilla, Andalucia, 41013

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Oviedo, Asturias, Spain

Status

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Address

Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias

Oviedo, Asturias, 33011

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Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

Status

Not yet recruiting

Address

ICO Institut Català d'Oncologia L'Hospitalet

Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, 08908

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+34934344412

Santiago De Compostela, Galicia, Spain

Status

Not yet recruiting

Address

Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela

Santiago De Compostela, Galicia, 28042

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Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

Status

Not yet recruiting

Address

Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron

Barcelona, , 08035

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Madrid, Spain

Status

Not yet recruiting

Address

Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón

Madrid, , 28007

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Madrid, Spain

Status

Not yet recruiting

Address

Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid

Madrid, , 28034

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Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain

Status

Recruiting

Address

Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre

Madrid, , 28041

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Valencia, Spain

Status

Not yet recruiting

Address

Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe

Valencia, , 46026

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