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Review The Integration of Radiotherapy with Immunotherapy for the Treatment of NonSmall Cell Lung Cancer Eric C. Ko 1 , David Raben 2 , and Silvia C. Formenti 1 Abstract Five-year survival rates for nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) range from 14% to 49% for stage I to stage IIIA disease, and are <5% for stage IIIB/IV disease. Improve- ments have been made in the outcomes of patients with NSCLC due to advancements in radiotherapy (RT) techni- ques, the use of concurrent chemotherapy with RT, and the emergence of immunotherapy as rst- and second-line treatment in the metastatic setting. RT remains the mainstay treatment in patients with inoperable early-stage NSCLC and is given concurrently or sequentially with chemother- apy in patients with locally advanced unresectable disease. There is emerging evidence that RT not only provides local tumor control but also may inuence systemic control. Multiple preclinical studies have demonstrated that RT induces immunomodulatory effects in the local tumor microenvironment, supporting a synergistic combination approach with immunotherapy to improve systemic con- trol. Immunotherapy options that could be combined with RT include programmed cell death-1/programmed cell death ligand-1 blockers, as well as investigational agents such as OX-40 agonists, toll-like receptor agonists, indolea- mine 2,3-dioxygenase-1 inhibitors, and cytokines. Here, we describe the rationale for the integration of RT and immu- notherapy in patients with NSCLC, present safety and efcacy data that support this combination strategy, review planned and ongoing studies, and highlight unanswered ques- tions and future research needs. Clin Cancer Res; 24(23); 5792806. Ó2018 AACR. Introduction Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in the United States (1), and nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) comprises the majority of cases (2). Five-year survival rates range from 14% to 49% for node-negative NSCLC, and <5% for locally advanced, node-positive through metastatic disease (3). Surgical resection is often the preferred treatment approach for early-stage NSCLC (4), and radiotherapy (RT) is a mainstay of treatment for early-stage NSCLC patients considered inoperable. Stereotactic body radia- tion therapy (SBRT), also known as stereotactic ablative RT (SABR), can be safely and effectively delivered to patients with inoperable early-stage disease, including those with poor pulmo- nary function at baseline (5). RT may be given concurrently or sequentially with chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced disease (4). Systemic therapy with platinum-based combination chemotherapy, or an agent directed to either targetable rearrange- ment/mutation (such as ALK, ROS1, or EGFR) or other targets [such as programmed cell death-1 (PD-1)], is recommended as rst-line treatment in patients with metastatic disease (4). Despite therapeutic advances, there remains a signicant need to improve outcomes across all stages. Although SBRT provides excellent local control rates (98% at 3 years and 87% at 5 years) in patients with early-stage NSCLC (6, 7), patients often develop distant metastases in follow-up, suggesting an ongoing need to improve systemic disease control, even in earlier stages. In the setting of unresectable stage III NSCLC, trials of induction or consolidation chemotherapy with concurrent chemoradiation have failed to show improved tumor control or survival benets beyond standard-of-care chemoradiation (8, 9). Immunotherapy with checkpoint blockers has been a recent addition to the armamentarium of NSCLC treatment for patients with metastatic disease (1012), and for patients with unresectable stage III disease with no evidence of disease progression after concurrent platinum-based chemoradiation (13). There is now increasing recognition of the complex interplay between RT and the immune system, with a greater appreciation of the ability of RT to inuence systemic tumor responses. This has led to signicant interest in approaches that combine RT with immunotherapy, harnessing both components to expand the currently available therapeutic options. In this review, we describe the current practices in utilizing RT and immunotherapy for NSCLC, present the rationale and early results of integrating these modalities, and highlight some of the key unanswered questions in the eld. RT and Locoregional Tumor Control For early-stage node-negative NSCLC, surgery is recommended for patients with operable disease, whereas SBRT is the recom- mended approach for patients considered medically inoperable (4). In retrospective studies of patients with early-stage NSCLC, SBRT has been shown to provide similar rates of local control and cancer-specic survival in inoperable patients as for patients 1 Department of Radiation Oncology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York. 2 Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado. Corresponding Author: Silvia C. Formenti, New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine, 525 East 68th Street, N-046, Box 169, New York, NY 10065. Phone: 212- 746-3608; Fax: 212-746-8850; E-mail: [email protected] doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-17-3620 Ó2018 American Association for Cancer Research. Clinical Cancer Research Clin Cancer Res; 24(23) December 1, 2018 5792 on June 21, 2021. © 2018 American Association for Cancer Research. clincancerres.aacrjournals.org Downloaded from Published OnlineFirst June 26, 2018; DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-17-3620

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    The Integration of Radiotherapy withImmunotherapy for the Treatment ofNon–Small Cell Lung CancerEric C. Ko1, David Raben2, and Silvia C. Formenti1

    Abstract

    Five-year survival rates for non–small cell lung cancer(NSCLC) range from 14% to 49% for stage I to stage IIIAdisease, and are

  • undergoing surgical resection (14, 15). A pooled analysis of 58medically operable stage I NSCLC patients from two phase IIItrials, STARS and ROSEL (which did notmeet their accrual goals),suggested that SBRT is better tolerated and may lead to improvedOS compared with surgery (16).

    For patients with resectable locally advanced NSCLC, thestandard treatment is surgery followed by adjuvant chemotherapy(4). Adjuvant RT is indicated in patients with mediastinal nodalinvolvement and/or positive resection margins, with RT offeredeither sequentially or concurrently with adjuvant chemotherapy(4). Neoadjuvant chemoradiation and chemotherapy prior tosurgery are potential treatment options for select patients (4). Inpatients with locally advanced NSCLC who cannot undergosurgery, concurrent chemoradiationwith conventionally fraction-ated RT is typically recommended (4, 17). A meta-analysis of 25randomized clinical trials showed significantly decreased risk ofdeath with concurrent chemoradiation versus RT alone [hazardratio (HR), 0.71; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.64�0.80] andversus sequential chemoradiation (HR, 0.74; 95%CI, 0.62�0.89)in patients with stage III NSCLC (17).

    Failure pattern analyses have shown that not only are locallyadvanced NSCLC patients at a significant risk of developingdistant metastases, but a notable proportion of recurrentpatients also show locoregional failure (18). Thus, defining theRT dose and fractionation for optimal locoregional tumorcontrol remains an important area of investigation. The roleof RT dose escalation was addressed by RTOG 0617, a phase IIIstudy of patients with unresectable stage IIIA/B NSCLC thatdemonstrated that concurrent chemoradiation with high-doseRT (74 Gy) was associated with decreased overall survival (OS)and increased incidence of treatment-related deaths and severeesophagitis versus chemoradiation with standard dose RT(60 Gy; ref. 19). Consequently, based on current evidence,conventionally fractionated RT dose beyond 60 Gy shouldgenerally be avoided in the setting of concurrent chemoradia-tion. A meta-analysis of 10 randomized controlled trialsobserved that accelerated or hyperfractionated RT provided amodest OS benefit compared with conventional RT in locallyadvanced NSCLC (HR, 0.88; 95% CI, 0.80�0.97; P ¼ 0.009;ref. 20). A study of adaptive RT, with treatment fields informedby 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) conducted at mid-treatment, demonstrated improved locoregional tumor controlin patients with unresectable or inoperable stage II–III NSCLCwho were receiving concurrent chemotherapy (21). These resultshave provided the background for the ongoing phase II studyRTOG 1106, evaluating an individualized adaptive RT plan usedafter FDG-PET/CT compared with standard RT in unresectable orinoperable stage III NSCLC patients who receive concurrentchemotherapy. Multiple studies have also shown a positive localcontrol benefit of SBRT boost after concurrent chemoradiation inpatientswith locally advancedNSCLC,with no additional toxicitybeyond what is expected for conventional RT (22–25).

    Despite improvements in clinical outcomes from current treat-ments (SBRT in early-stage node-negative NSCLC, and concurrentchemotherapy with conventionally fractionated RT in locallyadvanced NSCLC), there has been only a modest improvementin endpoints including freedom from progression, recurrence,and/ormetastasis aswell asOS (6, 7, 14, 15, 18). These limitationsprovide further rationale to support studies such as the combi-nation of RT or chemoradiation with immunotherapy.

    Rationale for Integration of RT andImmunotherapy

    In addition to providing effective local treatment at the irradi-ated tumor site, RT can also mediate an abscopal effect, a phe-nomenon in which tumor regression occurs in nonirradiatedlesions (26–28). Although the abscopal effect has been observedfor decades, the exact mechanisms underlying this phenomenonremained elusive for much of this time (27). Demaria andcolleagues were the first to link the abscopal effect of RT to animmune-mediated mechanism (29), and recent studies haveprovided further evidence that RT has the potential to activatea tumor-directed systemic immune response (26–28). With theadvent of immunotherapy, new areas of research have emerged,with significant recent interest in combining RT with immuno-therapeutic agents to potentially enhance the abscopal effect (26).

    Preclinical evidence points to RT as a priming event for immu-notherapy. By modulating the host's immune system, RT canrender tumor cells more susceptible to T-cell–mediated attack(30). RT promotes the release of tumor neoantigens from dyingtumor cells, enhances MHC class I expression, and upregulateschemokines, cell-adhesion molecules, and other immunomodu-latory cell surface molecules, thereby potentiating an antitumorimmune response by triggering immunogenic cell death (Fig. 1;refs. 30, 31). The expression of programmed cell death ligand-1(PD-L1), a checkpoint activated by tumor cells to evade theimmune system, is upregulated in response to RT in preclinicalmodels of NSCLC and other tumors (Fig. 1; refs. 31–34). RT andPD-L1 blockade in mouse models of melanoma, colorectal can-cer, and breast cancer resulted in significantly delayed tumorgrowth, which was mediated by CD8þ T cells (32, 35). Similarsynergistic antitumor activity has also been noted in mousemodels of NSCLC (33, 34). Using a mouse model of coloncarcinoma, Dovedi and colleagues found that concurrent but notsequential administration of RT and anti–PD-1 therapy led totumor regression of distal nonirradiated lesions (36). In a studyusing amelanomamousemodel, RT given before or concurrentlywith CTLA-4 blockade delayed tumor growth and improvedsurvival, compared with mice treated with anti–CTLA-4 therapyalone (37). Importantly, when RT is combined with immunecheckpoint blockade, the dose per fraction of RT has been dem-onstrated in preclinical models to have an impact on its systemiceffects. RT-induced cytoplasmic double-stranded DNA is sensedby the cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS)-stimulator of interferongenes (STING) pathway to induce IFN-I, a key mediator ofdendritic cell recruitment and maturation (38–40). Vanpouille-Box and colleagues demonstrated a threshold dose per fraction ofRT administered beyond which TREX1 is induced (41); as anexonuclease, TREX1 digests cytosolic double-stranded DNA,thereby removing the substrate that triggers cGAS-STING signal-ing. These findings have significant clinical implications in theselection of dose and fractionation when RT is combined withimmunotherapy.

    Immunotherapy for Systemic TumorControl

    The advent of immunotherapy for NSCLC has provided oppor-tunities to enhance systemic tumor control by mechanisms dis-tinct from those that underlie the use of chemotherapy or agentsthat target tumor-driver mutations (Fig. 2; refs. 42, 43).

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  • Multiple agents are under active investigation in NSCLC(Fig. 3). Checkpoint molecules are regulators of T-cell activationthat deliver negative or positive regulatory signals (44), andactivation of inhibitory checkpoints may enable tumors to evadethe immune system (45). Within the lymph node, CTLA-4 acts asan inhibitory checkpoint on T cells (42, 44). Ipilimumab and

    tremelimumab are anti–CTLA-4 antibodies that prevent the bind-ing of CTLA-4 on T cells with CD80 and CD86 on antigen-presenting cells, thereby enhancing T-cell activation (46). Ipili-mumab is approved for the treatment of patients withmelanoma(47), whereas tremelimumab is still investigational. Within thetumor microenvironment, PD-1 is an inhibitory checkpoint that

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  • downregulates effector T cells (45). Nivolumab and pembrolizu-mab are anti–PD-1 antibodies that bind and block PD-1 receptorson activated T cells, whereas durvalumab, atezolizumab, andavelumab are anti–PD-L1 antibodies that bind and block PD-L1on tumor cells (45). Blockade of the PD-1/PD-L1 pathway enablesT cells to recognize and destroy tumor cells (45). To date, only thePD-1 blockers pembrolizumab and nivolumab and the PD-L1blocker atezolizumab are FDA-approved for the treatment ofmetastatic NSCLC (10–12), with PD-L1 expression as a selectioncriteria for treatment with pembrolizumab (11). Durvalumab hasbeen recently approved by the FDA for the treatment of unresect-able stage III NSCLC patients whose disease has not progressedfollowing concurrent platinum-based chemoradiation (13). Ave-lumab is currently being tested in clinical trials in NSCLC.

    Other targets for immunotherapy include OX-40 (48, 49), toll-like receptors (TLR; refs. 50, 51), IDO1 (52, 53), and cytokines(54). OX-40 agonists, TLR agonists, IDO1 inhibitors, cytokines,and cytokine blockers are currently in clinical development, andsome of these agents are being tested in combination with RT.

    Safety and Efficacy of RT Combined withImmunotherapyCheckpoint blockers

    The integration of RT with checkpoint inhibitors may presentoverlapping toxicities such as pneumonitis (10–12) and, poten-tially, myocarditis (55). Recent data from clinical trials andsecondary or retrospective analyses include patients with locally

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  • advanced or metastatic NSCLC. Durvalumab is the only check-point blocker with phase III data following definitive platinum-based concurrent chemoradiation in locally advanced, unresect-able stage III NSCLC patients without evidence of disease pro-gression (56). The phase III randomized PACIFIC study investi-gated durvalumab versus placebo in 713 patients with unresect-able stage III NSCLC who did not have disease progression after�2 cycles of platinum-based chemoradiation (56). The incidenceof adverse events (AE) of any cause was similar for durvalumabversus placebo for AEs of any grade (97% vs. 95%), grade 3/4 AEs(30% vs. 26%), and serious AEs (SAEs; 29% vs. 23%; ref. 56).Treatment-related AEs of all grades were reported in 68% ofdurvalumab-treated patients versus 53% of placebo-treatedpatients, and the incidence of grade 3/4 AEs was 12% versus4%, respectively (56). The most frequent grade 3/4 AEs of anycausewere pneumonia (4% in each arm) andpneumonitis (3% ineach arm), which were expected after definitive chemoradiation(56). The incidence of treatment-related grade 3/4 pneumonitiswas comparable at 1% in each arm (56). A planned interimanalysis of the PACIFIC trial showed that durvalumab signifi-cantly extended both the median progression-free survival (PFS)versus placebo (16.8 vs. 5.6months;HR, 0.52; 95%CI, 0.42–0.65;P

  • 20.6 months; HR, 0.78; 95% CI, 0.64–0.95; P ¼ 0.016) amongthe 806 patients who had received prior concurrent chemo-radiation (64). The phase III STOP study investigated vacci-nation with belagenpumatucel-L as maintenance therapyafter platinum-based frontline chemotherapy with or withoutRT in stage III/IV NSCLC patients (n ¼ 532; ref. 66). Inthis trial, 5 treatment-related SAEs were reported, 3 in thebelagenpumatucel-L arm and 2 in the placebo arm (66).Although this trial did not meet its primary endpoint ofOS in all randomized patients, maintenance therapy withbelagenpumatucel-L was associated with significantly longermedian OS than placebo (28.4 vs. 16.0 months; HR, 0.61;95% CI, 0.38–0.96; P ¼ 0.032) among the 161 patients whohad received prior chemoradiation (66).

    In a phase III study of adjuvant chemotherapy or RT fol-lowed by lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cell adoptiveimmunotherapy in NSCLC patients (n ¼ 170; 63% with stageIII; 69 curative cases and 101 noncurative cases), there wereno serious side effects other than fever and rigors associatedwith LAK cell administration (67). In this study, RT followedby LAK immunotherapy resulted in improved 9-year survivalversus no adjuvant therapy, or adjuvant chemotherapy or RTalone (52% vs. 24%; P < 0.001; ref. 67).

    In a phase II study investigating telomerase peptide vaccinationwith GV1001 after chemoradiation in inoperable stage III NSCLCpatients (n ¼ 23), no treatment-related SAEs were observed (68).Vaccination with GV1001 after chemoradiation led to specificimmune responses in 16 of 20 (80%) evaluable patients, with atrend toward longer median PFS in responders when comparedwith nonresponders (12.2 vs. 6.0 months; P ¼ 0.20; ref. 68). In aphase II study testing granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulat-ing factor (GM-CSF) with concurrent chemoradiation in 41patients withmetastatic solid tumors (n¼ 18withNSCLC), grade3/4 AEs of fatigue and hematologic findings were the mostcommon AEs observed in 6 and 10 patients, respectively (69).One patient experienced a grade 4 SAE of pulmonary embolismthat emerged during GM-CSF administration; however, nopatient discontinued treatment due to toxicity (69). GM-CSFcombined with concurrent chemoradiation resulted in abscopalresponses in 4 of 18 NSCLC patients (69). Finally, in a phase Ibdose-escalation study investigating RT followed by the immu-nocytokine NHS-IL2 in metastatic NSCLC patients (n ¼ 13)attaining disease control (at least stable disease) after first-lineplatinum-based chemotherapy, there were only 3 grade 3 AEsrelated to NHS-IL2 (70). Although no objective responses wereobserved in this study, long-term survival occurred in 2 of 13patients with good performance status 4 years after the start offirst-line chemotherapy, including 1 patient with long-termtumor control (70).

    Ongoing TrialsPlanned or ongoing clinical trials investigating RT combined

    with immunotherapy (including concurrent and sequentialapproaches) in patients with NSCLC are presented in Table 1.The majority of these trials are phase I or phase II studiesinvestigating RT combined with checkpoint blockers. The onlyphase III study (RTOG 3505), which is currently recruitingpatients, is investigating the use of nivolumab versus placeboafter concurrent chemoradiation in patients with stage III unre-sectable NSCLC.

    Areas of Investigation and FutureDirections

    Although early evidence points to the clinical viability ofcombining RT and immunotherapy inNSCLC,many unansweredquestions remain. For example, at what stage of NSCLC is thistreatment approach most effective? In addition to the metastaticand locally advanced NSCLC settings, it is conceivable thatpatients with early-stage diseasemay also potentially benefit fromthese treatment combinations. Patients with early-stage NSCLCstill have high rates of relapse after definitive resection or SBRT, asevidenced by 5-year survival rates of 30% to 49%; thus, therecontinues to be an unmet need for postresection adjuvant therapyand post-SBRT maintenance/consolidation therapy (3, 71).

    The optimal sequence and timing of RT and immunotherapyremain investigational. Available data in NSCLC showed clinicalbenefit when immunotherapy was given after RT (� chemother-apy; refs. 56, 57, 67, 68). A subgroup analysis of the PACIFIC studyfound that the PFS improvement in favor of durvalumab wasmore pronounced among patients who had their last RT dose 14 days from RT completion. To date, few studies have testedconcomitant administration of immunotherapy with RT (69, 72,73), and only a few case reports have described a treatment benefitwith RT after immunotherapy (62, 63). The type of immunother-apy used in combinationwith RT is likely to play a role inwhethera concurrent or sequential strategy is more efficacious. For exam-ple, RT may elicit more effective antitumor immunity if admin-istered concurrently with anti–CTLA-4 therapy (as both therapiesact at the early stage of the antitumor immune response), whereasin other cases, RT may be more effective if administered prior toanti–PD-1/PD-L1 therapy, as PD-1/PD-L1 signaling typically actsat a later stage of the antitumor immune response. Clinical trialsthat evaluate the optimal therapeutic sequence are needed, as arepreclinical data to better understand the underlying mechanismsat play.

    There are conflicting data on changes in PD-L1 expressionafter chemoradiation. A small retrospective analysis in locallyadvanced NSCLC (n ¼ 15) found that neoadjuvant chemoradia-tion led to a decrease in PD-L1 expression (74), whereas retro-spective analyses in patients with other tumor types foundthat neoadjuvant chemoradiation increased PD-L1 expression(75, 76). It is possible that the differential effects could beaccounted for by differences in tumor types, staging, and/ortreatment. Additional studies are needed to clarify this issue andits therapeutic implications.

    The optimal RT dose and schedule to ensure adequate primingfor immunotherapy, and the extent of tumor that should beirradiated while minimizing local toxicity, remain to be defined.Preclinical studies using breast and colon carcinoma mousemodels (41, 77) and a clinical study in patients with melanoma(78) suggest that fractionated dosing is preferred to a single-dosestrategy to elicit an abscopal response when paired with anti–CTLA-4 antibodies. However, among fractionated strategies,it is not clear if the dosing should be modeled after ablative

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    at54

    Gyin3fractions,ora

    t50

    Gyin

    4fractions,o

    rat

    65Gyin

    10fractions,a

    dministeredwithin10

    days

    afterdurvalumab

    firstdose

    1LRecruiting

    June

    2020

    NCT025

    81787

    SABR-A

    TAC

    1/2

    StageIA/B

    NSCLC

    under

    considerationforSBRTas

    defi

    nitive

    primarytherap

    y(N

    ¼60)

    Freso

    limum

    abonday

    s1,15,3

    SBRT

    SBRTdelivered

    in4fractions,b

    etwee

    nday

    s8an

    d12

    1LRecruiting

    Janu

    ary20

    20

    NCT030

    5055

    41/2

    Inoperab

    lestag

    eINSCLC

    (N¼

    56)

    Ave

    lumab

    �SBRT

    SBRTdelivered

    at48Gyin4fractions,ora

    t50

    Gyin

    5fractions

    (given

    everyother

    day

    ove

    r10–12day

    s)

    Adjuva

    ntRecruiting

    March

    2020

    NCT025

    99454

    1Inoperab

    lestag

    eINSCLC

    (N¼

    33)

    Atezo

    lizum

    abþ

    SBRT

    SBRTdelivered

    at50

    Gyin4fractions

    (for

    periphe

    rally

    locatedtumors)orin

    5fractions

    (forcentrally

    locatedtumors)

    ove

    rday

    s1–5ofcycle3,

    administered

    within24

    –48ho

    ursafterreceiving

    atezolizum

    ab

    N/A

    Recruiting

    Nove

    mber

    2017

    Locally

    adva

    nced

    stag

    eNSC

    LCNCT027

    6855

    8RTOG35

    05

    3RInoperab

    leorun

    resectab

    lestag

    eIIIA/B

    (notmetastatic)

    immun

    otherap

    y-na€�veNSCLC

    (N¼

    660)

    Che

    moradiation(cisplatin/etoposideþ

    RT),follo

    wed

    bynivo

    lumab

    vs.

    placebo

    60GyofthoracicRT(3D-CRTorIM

    RT)

    N/A

    Recruiting

    October

    2022

    NCT023

    439

    52HCRNLU

    N14-

    179

    2Inoperab

    leorun

    resectab

    lestag

    eIIIA/B

    NSCLC

    (not

    metastatic;

    93)

    Che

    moradiation(eithe

    rcisplatin/

    etoposideorcarboplatin/paclitaxel

    þRT),follo

    wed

    byco

    nsolid

    ation

    pem

    brolizum

    ab

    RTdelivered

    at59

    .4–6

    6.6

    Gy

    Consolid

    ation

    Ong

    oing

    not

    recruiting

    March

    2018

    (58)

    NCT024

    34081

    NICOLA

    S2

    Locally

    advanced

    stag

    eIIIA/B

    NSCLC

    (notmetastatic;

    78)

    Nivolumab

    þstan

    dardchem

    oradiation

    N/A

    1LOng

    oing

    not

    recruiting

    Aug

    ust20

    20

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    1.Ong

    oingstud

    iesofim

    mun

    otherap

    yin

    combinationwithRTin

    NSCLC

    (Cont'd)

    NCTnu

    mber/

    trialna

    me

    Stud

    ypha

    seDisea

    sestag

    eTrialdesign

    RTdetails

    (dose,fractiona

    tion,

    number

    oflesions

    tobetrea

    ted,

    timingrelative

    toim

    mun

    otherap

    y)Line

    oftherap

    yStatus

    Estim

    ated

    primary

    completiondate

    NCT025

    72843

    2Resectable

    stag

    eIIIANSCLC

    (N¼

    68)

    Neo

    adjuvant

    chem

    otherap

    y(cisplatin/

    docetaxel),follo

    wed

    byne

    oad

    juvant

    durva

    lumab

    ,follo

    wed

    bysurgery,

    follo

    wed

    byad

    juva

    ntdurva

    lumab

    for

    R0patientsorstan

    dardRTpriorto

    adjuvant

    durva

    lumab

    forR1/R2

    patients

    N/A

    Neo

    adjuvant/adjuvant

    Recruiting

    March

    2021

    NCT031022

    42

    2Unresectable

    stag

    eIIIA/B

    NSCLC

    ,elig

    ible

    for

    chem

    oradiationwithcurative

    intent

    (N¼

    63)

    Neo

    adjuva

    ntatez

    olizum

    abþ

    chem

    oradiation(carboplatin/

    paclitaxelþRT),follo

    wed

    byad

    juva

    ntatez

    olizum

    ab

    RTdelivered

    at60Gyin

    30daily

    fractions

    ove

    r6wee

    ks,inco

    njun

    ctionwith

    chem

    otherap

    yan

    dim

    mun

    otherap

    y

    Neo

    adjuva

    nt/adjuva

    nt

    Notye

    trecruiting

    March

    2020

    NCT030

    877

    60

    2NSCLC

    patientswho

    have

    received

    previous

    chem

    otherap

    yan

    dco

    ncurrent

    intratho

    racicRT

    withdefi

    nitive

    intent

    andha

    veatumorrecurren

    cein

    orne

    arthepriorirradiationfields

    (N¼

    41)

    Pem

    brolizum

    abmono

    therap

    yNomore

    than

    74Gyin

    37daily

    fractions

    (2Gyea

    ch)ofpriorRT

    Consolid

    ation

    Recruiting

    July

    2019

    NCT025

    2575

    7DETERRED

    2Unresectable

    stag

    eII/III

    NSCLC

    (notmetastatic;

    40)

    Stand

    ardchem

    oradiation(carboplatin/

    paclitaxel

    þRT)�

    atez

    olizum

    abfor

    6–7

    wee

    ks,follo

    wed

    bya3–

    4-w

    eek

    rest

    period(nochem

    oradiation)

    �atez

    olizum

    ab,follo

    wed

    by

    consolid

    ationtherap

    ywith

    atez

    olizum

    abþ

    chem

    otherap

    yfor2

    cycles,follo

    wed

    bymainten

    ance

    therap

    ywithatez

    olizum

    abalone

    60–6

    6Gydelivered

    in30

    –33

    daily

    fractions

    ove

    r6–7

    wee

    ks1L

    Recruiting

    Janu

    ary20

    20

    NCT030

    53856

    2StageIIIANSCLC

    (N¼

    37)

    Neo

    adjuvant

    chem

    oradiation(cisplatin/

    paclitaxel

    þRT),follo

    wed

    bysurgery,

    follo

    wed

    byad

    juva

    ntpem

    brolizum

    ab

    RTdelivered

    at44Gyin

    22daily

    fractions

    ove

    r5wee

    ksAdjuva

    ntNotye

    trecruiting

    May

    2021

    NCT032

    3737

    72

    Resectable

    stag

    eIIIANSCLC

    (N¼

    32)

    Neo

    adjuva

    ntdurva

    lumab

    �trem

    elim

    umab

    þRT,follo

    wed

    by

    surgery

    Tho

    racicRTdelivered

    at45Gyin

    25daily

    fractions

    ove

    r5wee

    ksNeo

    adjuva

    ntNotye

    trecruiting

    Sep

    tember

    2019

    NCT029

    879

    98

    CASE4516

    1Resectable

    stag

    eIIIANSCLC

    (N¼

    20)

    Neo

    adjuvant

    chem

    oradiation(cisplatin/

    etoposideþ

    RT)þ

    pem

    brolizum

    ab,

    follo

    wed

    byco

    nsolid

    ation

    pem

    brolizum

    ab

    RTdelivered

    at45Gyin

    25daily

    fractions

    (1.8

    Gyea

    ch)

    Neo

    adjuva

    nt/consolid

    ation

    Recruiting

    Janu

    ary20

    19

    Stag

    eIV

    (metastatic)

    NSC

    LCNCT029

    929

    12SABR-PD-L1

    2Metastaticsolid

    tumor,includ

    ing

    NSCLC

    ,CRC,orR

    CC(N

    ¼180)

    Atezo

    lizum

    abþ

    SBRT

    SBRTdelivered

    at45Gyin

    3fractions

    (15Gyea

    ch)

    2Lþ

    (forNSCLC

    )Recruiting

    Nove

    mber

    2018

    NCT028

    8874

    32R

    MetastaticNSCLC

    and

    metastaticCRC(N

    ¼180)

    Durva

    lumab

    þtrem

    elim

    umab

    �RT

    (eithe

    rhigh-dose

    orlow-dose)

    RTstarts

    atwee

    k2:either

    high-dose

    RTin

    upto

    3daily

    fractions

    ove

    r10

    day

    s,or

    low-dose

    RTev

    ery6ho

    urstw

    iceper

    day

    onwee

    ks2,

    6,10,a

    nd14

    2Lþ

    (forNSCLC

    :after

    progressionto

    anti–P

    D-1/

    PD-L1therap

    y)

    Recruiting

    Decem

    ber

    2020

    NCT030

    44626

    FORCE

    2Metastaticno

    nsqua

    mous

    NSCLC

    (N¼

    130)

    Nivolumab

    þco

    ncurrent

    RT(for

    patientsne

    cessitatingRT)or

    nivo

    lumab

    alone

    (forpatientswitho

    utthene

    cessityofRT)

    RTdelivered

    at20

    Gyin

    5fractions

    (4Gy

    each)to

    1target

    lesionove

    r2wee

    ks,

    administeredwithin3daysafter

    nivo

    lumab

    firstdose

    2/3L

    Recruiting

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    ust20

    19

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    1.Ong

    oingstud

    iesofim

    mun

    otherap

    yin

    combinationwithRTin

    NSCLC

    (Cont'd)

    NCTnu

    mber/

    trialna

    me

    Stud

    ypha

    seDisea

    sestag

    eTrialdesign

    RTdetails

    (dose,fractiona

    tion,

    number

    oflesions

    tobetrea

    ted,

    timingrelative

    toim

    mun

    otherap

    y)Line

    oftherap

    yStatus

    Estim

    ated

    primary

    completiondate

    NCT030

    50060

    2StageIV

    NSCLC

    ,stageIV

    melan

    oma,ormetastaticRCC

    (N¼

    120)

    Nelfina

    virmesylateþ

    immun

    otherap

    y(pem

    brolizum

    abornivo

    lumab

    or

    atez

    olizum

    ab)þ

    RT

    Hyp

    ofractiona

    tedIGRTad

    ministeredove

    r3–

    14days,starting

    afterco

    urse

    1an

    dbefore

    course

    3ofim

    mun

    otherap

    y

    Priorim

    mun

    otherap

    yor

    chem

    otherap

    yallowed

    Recruiting

    Decem

    ber

    2021

    NCT03176

    173

    2MetastaticNSCLC

    undergoing

    stan

    dardim

    mun

    otherap

    y(N

    ¼85)

    Immun

    otherap

    y(nivolumab

    or

    pem

    brolizum

    aboratez

    olizum

    ab)�

    concurrent

    IGRT

    Rad

    ical-dose

    IGRTad

    ministereddaily

    for

    upto

    10day

    s(w

    ithin2wee

    ks)

    Patientsmustha

    vebee

    nreceivingan

    ti–P

    D-1or

    anti–P

    D-L1therap

    yforat

    least4wee

    ks

    Recruiting

    June

    2020

    NCT024

    925

    68

    PEMBRO-RT

    2RStageIV

    (metastatic)

    NSCLC

    (N¼

    74)

    Pem

    brolizum

    abafterSBRTvs.

    pem

    brolizum

    abalone

    SBRTdelivered

    at24

    Gyin3fractions

    (1–2

    wee

    kspriorto

    startofpem

    brolizum

    ab)

    2Lþ

    Recruiting

    October

    2017

    NCT026

    2359

    52

    StageIV

    NSCLC

    (N¼

    60)

    GM-CSF

    daily

    from

    days1to

    14þ

    SBRT

    SBRTdelivered

    at50

    Gyin

    5fractions

    to1

    lung

    lesionfrom

    day

    s1to

    53L

    þ(progressionafter

    stan

    dard2L

    chem

    otherap

    y)

    Recruiting

    May

    2019

    NCT029

    78404

    2StageIV

    NSCLC

    ,orRCC(w

    ith

    brain

    metastases;N¼

    60)

    Nivolumab

    þSRS

    SRSdelivered

    at15–2

    0Gyin

    1fractionto

    brain

    metastases,ad

    ministered1–2

    wee

    ksafterreceivingthefirstdose

    of

    nivo

    lumab

    1-4L

    Recruiting

    June

    2020

    NCT030

    04183

    STOMP

    2MetastaticNSCLC

    orTNBC

    (N¼

    57)

    Insitu

    oncolyticvirustherap

    y(A

    DV/

    HSV

    -tkonday

    valacyclovirfrom

    days1to

    15)þ

    SBRT,follo

    wed

    by

    pem

    brolizum

    ab(startingonday

    17)

    SBRTdelivered

    at30

    Gyin5fractions

    (6Gy

    each)ove

    r2wee

    ksfrom

    days2to

    161L

    (immun

    otherap

    yan

    dchem

    otherap

    yna€�ve)

    Recruiting

    May

    2022

    ForNSCLC

    :EGFRorALK

    wtor

    withEGFRorALK

    aberrations

    afterfailure

    totargeted

    therap

    y

    2L(1priorregim

    enof

    platinu

    m-containing

    chem

    otherap

    yor,if

    carrying

    EGFRorALK

    aberrations

    afterfailure

    totargeted

    therap

    y)NCT033

    13804

    2Adva

    nced

    ormetastaticNSCLC

    ,orHNSCC(N

    ¼57

    )Im

    mun

    otherap

    y(nivolumab

    or

    pem

    brolizum

    aboratez

    olizum

    ab)þ

    concurrent

    RT

    RT(SBRTor3D

    -CRT)ad

    ministeredwithin

    14day

    sofreceivingthefirstdose

    of

    immun

    otherap

    yto

    1target

    lesion(non-

    CNS):either

    SBRTto

    achiev

    eBED>100

    Gyor30

    Gyoffractiona

    ted3D

    -CRT

    ForNSCLC

    :1L

    orrelapsed

    Recruiting

    June

    2018

    NCT029

    40990

    2RStageIV

    (metastatic)

    NSCLC

    with>5

    metastasesan

    dpan

    -ne

    gativefordrive

    rmutations

    (N¼

    50)

    Stand

    ardtw

    o-drugplatinu

    m-containing

    chem

    otherap

    y(carboplatinor

    cisplatinþ

    pem

    etrexedordocetaxel

    orpaclitaxel

    oretoposideor

    gem

    citabineorvino

    relbineorna

    b-

    paclitaxel)alone

    vs.stand

    ardtw

    o-

    drugplatinu

    m-containing

    chem

    otherap

    SBRTþ

    GM-CSF

    SBRTto

    primarylesions

    ormetastatic

    lesions

    N/A

    Notye

    trecruiting

    Decem

    ber

    2019

    NCT029

    7674

    02

    StageIV

    (metastatic)

    NSCLC

    (N¼

    48)

    GM-CSF

    daily

    from

    days1to

    14þ

    thym

    osin-a1from

    wee

    ks1to

    12þ

    SBRT

    SBRTdelivered

    at50

    Gyin

    4–10fractions

    to1lung

    lesionfrom

    days1to

    103L

    þ(after

    progressionto

    stan

    dard2L

    chem

    otherap

    y)

    Recruiting

    June

    2019

    NCT026

    58097

    CASE1516

    2RStageIV

    (metastatic)

    NSCLC

    (N¼

    48)

    SFRTfollo

    wed

    bypem

    brolizum

    abvs.

    pem

    brolizum

    abalone

    SFRTdelivered

    at8Gyin

    1fractiononthe

    firstday

    ofpem

    brolizum

    abtherap

    y2L

    þRecruiting

    Decem

    ber

    2018

    NCT027

    874

    47

    2MetastaticNSCLC

    withEGFR

    mutations

    withSDafter3

    months

    oftargeted

    therap

    y(N

    ¼46)

    Gefi

    tiniborerlotiniboricotinibþ

    RTþ

    thym

    osin-a1(startingat

    wee

    k2)

    Tho

    racichy

    pofractiona

    tedRTdelivered

    at40–4

    5Gyin

    5–15

    fractions

    (startingat

    wee

    k1)

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    oingstud

    iesofim

    mun

    otherap

    yin

    combinationwithRTin

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    NCTnu

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    trialna

    me

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    ypha

    seDisea

    sestag

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    RTdetails

    (dose,fractiona

    tion,

    number

    oflesions

    tobetrea

    ted,

    timingrelative

    toim

    mun

    otherap

    y)Line

    oftherap

    yStatus

    Estim

    ated

    primary

    completiondate

    NCT03113851

    2StageIV

    (metastatic)

    NSCLC

    (N¼

    40)

    GM-CSF

    daily

    from

    day

    s1to

    14,e

    very

    3wee

    ksþ

    SBRT

    SBRTdelivered

    at35

    Gyin10

    fractions

    to1

    lung

    lesionove

    r2wee

    ksConsolid

    ation(forpatients

    withresponseorSDafter

    1Lchem

    otherap

    y)

    Recruiting

    Aug

    ust20

    18

    or

    3Lþ

    (forpatientswith

    disea

    seprogressionafter

    stan

    dard2L

    chem

    otherap

    y)NCT028

    31933

    ENSIGN

    2StageIV

    (metastatic)

    NSCLC

    (N¼

    29)

    Insitu

    gen

    etherap

    y(A

    DV/H

    SV-tkon

    day

    0þva

    lacyclovirfrom

    days1to15)

    þSBRT,follo

    wed

    bynivo

    lumab

    (startingonday

    17)

    SBRTdelivered

    at30

    Gyin5fractions

    (6Gy

    each)ove

    r2wee

    ksfrom

    days2to

    162/3L

    þRecruiting

    Decem

    ber

    2021

    NCT028

    3926

    52

    StageIII/IVNSCLC

    nota

    men

    able

    tocurative

    therap

    y(N

    ¼29

    )CDX-301dailyfor5daysþ

    concomitan

    tSBRT

    SBRTdelivered

    toasing

    lelung

    lesion,

    starting

    onthesameday

    of

    immun

    otherap

    y

    2Lþ

    (atleastone

    stan

    dard

    chem

    otherap

    yregim

    enor

    targeted

    therap

    y)

    Recruiting

    July

    2020

    34Gyin

    1fraction(forperiphe

    raltum

    ors

    smallertha

    n2cm

    andno

    tadjacent

    tothe

    chestwall),o

    r54

    Gyin

    3fractions

    (for

    periphe

    raltum

    ors

    noteligible

    for34

    Gy

    in1fraction),o

    r50

    Gyin

    5fractions

    (for

    centraltumors)

    NCT022

    39900

    1/2R

    Metastaticsolid

    tumors,

    includ

    ingpatientswithlung

    metastases(N

    ¼120)

    Ipilimum

    abþ

    SBRT(concurrent

    vs.

    seque

    ntial)

    SBRTdelivered

    to1–4lung

    lesion(s)

    ateither

    50Gyin4fractions

    or60Gyin10

    fractions

    2Lþ

    Recruiting

    Aug

    ust20

    19(73)

    NCT024

    4474

    11/2R

    Allstag

    esNSCLC

    forpha

    seI;

    stag

    eIV

    (metastatic)

    NSCLC

    forpha

    seII(N

    ¼104)

    Pem

    brolizum

    abþ

    RT(SBRTvs.W

    FRT)

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  • (SABR/SBRT) or subablative RT strategies (41). In addition, incases where high doses of RT are warranted, the use of noveltechnologies that cause less damage to healthy tissues, such asproton beam RT (4), should be taken into consideration aspotential combination partners for immunotherapy.

    The optimal RT field size also remains undefined. For example,if RT is utilized in combination with immunotherapy in settingswhere the malignancy is not confined to just one region, it is notclear if all gross disease or only a specific site (e.g., the primarytumor) should be irradiated, as large-field irradiation may have anegative impact on circulating immune cells and may alsoincrease the risk of toxicity (79).

    As more clinical research on the integration of RT with immu-notherapy evolves, it will be important to establish and validatepredictive biomarkers to identifywhichpatientswouldbenefit themost from RT and immunotherapy.

    ConclusionsCurrently available data, though limited, suggest that the pairing

    of RT with immunotherapy may be a safe and viable treatment

    approach in patients with NSCLC. Ongoing clinical trials will addto the growing evidence on this promising combination.

    Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of InterestD. Raben reports receiving consulting fees from AstraZeneca, EMD Serono,

    Genentech, Merck, Nanobiotix, and Suvica, and is a consultant/advisory boardmember for AstraZeneca and Genentech. S.C. Formenti reports receiving com-mercial research grants from Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eisai, Janssen, Merck,Regeneron, and Varian, and honoraria from AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb,Dynavax, Eisai, Elekta, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen, Merck, Regeneron, andVarian. No potential conflicts of interest were disclosed by the other author.

    AcknowledgmentsMedical writing support was provided by Robert Schupp, PharmD, CMPP,

    and Francesca Balordi, PhD, of The Lockwood Group, in accordance withGood Publication Practice (GPP3) guidelines, and funded by AstraZeneca.

    The costs of publication of this articlewere defrayed inpart by the payment ofpage charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked advertisement inaccordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact.

    Received February 13, 2018; revised April 5, 2018; accepted June 22, 2018;published first June 26, 2018.

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