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Rational EpigenetiC Immunotherapy for SEcond Line Therapy in Patients With NSCLC: PRECISE Trial

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02664181

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Official title

Phase II Evaluation of Nivolumab, an Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Alone or in Combination With Oral Decitabine/Tetrahydrouridine as Second Line Therapy for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Brief summary

Reproduced verbatim from the official ClinicalTrials.gov record. Not medical advice.

The purpose of this study is to assess whether treatment with the study drug tetrahydrouridine-decitabine (THU-Dec) in combination with nivolumab is more effective than treatment with nivolumab alone in patients with NSCLC. Decitabine is an investigational (experimental) drug that works by depleting DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1). DNMT1 is an enzyme, or protein that causes chemical changes, often increased in cancer. Blocking DNMT1 has been shown to reduce tumor formation. Decitabine is experimental in this study because it is not approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for patients with lung cancer. Decitabine is approved by the FDA for treating patients with a blood disease called myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS, a condition where the bone marrow does not make blood cells normally). THU is an investigational (experimental) drug that works by blocking an enzyme that breaks down decitabine. This enzyme is highly expressed in solid tissues of the body, limiting the distribution of decitabine into these tissues, including solid cancer tissues. So, THU will increase the time cells are exposed to decitabine. The idea is that THU will also increase the time that the lung cancer cells are exposed to decitabine. THU is experimental because it is also not approved by the FDA, although it has been extensively used in clinical trials, including several cancer trials.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT02664181
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Enrollment
13 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Study timeline

Start date
Jun 5, 2017
Primary completion
Jul 1, 2019
Completion
May 18, 2024
Last update posted
Sep 2, 2024

2017 – 2024

United States locations

U.S. sites
2
U.S. states
2
U.S. cities
2
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Center for Cancer Research Bethesda Maryland 20892
Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center Cleveland Ohio 44118

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