A prospective, single-arm, non-randomized, multi-center, open-label study following
patients with resectable stage IIB to IIIA non-small cell lung cancer after Pulsed
Electric Fields (PEF) ablation who may be candidates for standard of care neoadjuvant use
of checkpoint inhibitor (nivolumab) treatment plus platinum doublet chemotherapy.
Study sponsor and potential other locations can be found on ClinicalTrials.gov for NCT05583188.
This study is designed to evaluate the pathologic response of soft tissue ablated with
Pulsed Electric Fields (PEF) in patients with resectable stage IIB to IIIA NSCLC who may
be candidates for standard of care neoadjuvant use of checkpoint inhibitor (nivolumab)
treatment plus platinum doublet chemotherapy. The study will enroll adult patients with
suspected or confirmed 8th ed. Stage IIb-IIIA non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who are
surgical candidates and have not yet received treatment for NSCLC. PEF ablation may be
performed in conjunction with the clinically appropriate approach to collect standard of
care biopsy samples to confirm disease progression. PEF ablation will be delivered via
percutaneous approach utilizing the Galvanize Aliya™ System and the percutaneous Aliya
Ablation Device.
SOC neoadjuvant systemic treatment will be delivered following PEF ablation delivery
according to EGFR and ALK mutation status, tumor histology, and surgical candidacy.
Patients will undergo surgical resection per standard of care.
The study will consent up to 15 adult patients in order to accrue at least five (5)
patients who have completed surgical resection after receiving neoadjuvant therapy with
nivolumab plus chemotherapy following PEF ablation.
The remaining patients (up to 10) not eligible for neoadjuvant nivolumab plus
chemotherapy will receive either SOC systemic therapy post-PEF ablation followed by
resection or, if not eligible for systemic therapy, will receive definitive surgery
without neoadjuvant therapy as per institutional SOC.
Lead OrganizationGalvanize Therapeutics, Inc.