This phase II trial compares adagrasib with or without nivolumab before surgery in treating patients with stage IB-IIIA non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that has a KRAS G12C gene mutation and that can be removed by surgery (resectable). The most common kind of mutation in lung cancer is in a gene called KRAS, and new drugs are available that ‘target’ and treat cancers with this mutation. Adagrasib is a drug designed to target some of these KRAS mutations (called G12C) and has shown promising benefit in patients with NSCLC that has already spread in the body. G12C is the term that is used to describe how one of the deoxyribonucleic acid building blocks in the KRAS gene, glycine (G), is changed—or mutated—to a cysteine (C) building block. This mutation change in the KRAS gene leads to this increased growth of tumor cells. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as nivolumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Giving adagrasib with or without nivolumab before surgery may decrease the likelihood that the cancer returns after surgery and improve long-term survival for patients with NSCLC with a KRAS G12C mutation.
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PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To assess the clinical efficacy of neoadjuvant adagrasib alone and in combination with PD-1 inhibitor nivolumab in resectable stage IB-IIIA NSCLC with KRAS G12C mutation.
II. To assess the safety and feasibility of neoadjuvant adagrasib alone and in combination with PD-1 inhibitor nivolumab in resectable stage IB-IIIA NSCLC with KRAS G12C mutation.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVE:
I. To evaluate secondary efficacy endpoints of neoadjuvant adagrasib alone and in combination with nivolumab in the preoperative setting.
EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:
I. To explore pharmacodynamic markers of immune modulation before and after treatment with adagrasib +/- nivolumab in tumor tissue and blood.
II. To comprehensively evaluate genomic and immunologic features of response and resistance to treatment with neoadjuvant adagrasib +/- nivolumab.
OUTLINE: Patients are assigned to 1 of 2 cohorts.
COHORT A: Patients receive adagrasib orally (PO) twice daily (BID) on days 1-14 of each cycle. Cycles repeat every 14 days for up to 3 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients then undergo standard of care (SOC) surgery 3-14 days after completion of adagrasib treatment. Patients also undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT) and tumor biopsy during screening. In addition, patients undergo positron emission tomography (PET)/CT and blood sample collection throughout the trial.
COHORT B: Patients receive adagrasib PO BID on days 1-14 of each cycle and nivolumab intravenously (IV) over 30 minutes on day 1 of each cycle. Cycles repeat every 14 days for up to 3 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients then undergo SOC surgery 3-14 days after completion of adagrasib + nivolumab treatment. Patients also undergo MRI or CT and tumor biopsy during screening. In addition, patients undergo PET/CT and blood sample collection throughout the trial.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up within 21-42 days following surgery, every 3-6 months for 2 years, and then every 6-12 months for up to 5 years.
Lead OrganizationJohns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
Principal InvestigatorKristen A Marrone