Fingolimod for the Treatment of Advanced or Metastatic Non-small Cell Lung Cancer and Extensive Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer
This phase II trial tests the safety, side effects and effectiveness of fingolimod in treating patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that may have spread from where it first started to nearby tissue, lymph nodes, or distant parts of the body (advanced) or to other places in the body (metastatic) or small cell lung cancer (SCLC) that has spread outside of the lung in which it began or to other parts of the body (extensive stage). Fingolimod may block the effects of S1P, a type of fatty compound (lipid), which may stop the growth of tumor cells.
Inclusion Criteria
- Voluntary, signed, and dated, institutional review board (IRB) approved consent form in accordance with regulatory and institutional guidelines
- Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures and availability for the duration of the study
- 18 years of age or older
- Measurable disease as defined by RECIST 1.1 at baseline of advanced/metastatic non-small cell lung cancer progressed on 2L+ systemic therapy with any molecular subtype and PD-L1 tumor proportion score (TPS) score OR measurable disease as defined by RECIST 1.1 at baseline of extensive stage small cell lung cancer progressed on 2L+ systemic therapy
- Patients are eligible if brain metastases that have been previously treated and are asymptomatic. Patients must be neurologically stable and must be on stable or tapering corticosteroids 2 weeks before cycle 1 day 1
- Ability to take oral medication and be willing to adhere to the fingolimod regimen
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-2
- Baseline lymphocyte count > 1000 cells/mL
- For females of reproductive potential: use of highly effective contraception for at least 1 month before screening and agreement to use such a method during study participation and for an additional 2 months after the end of fingolimod administration
- For males of reproductive potential: use of condoms or other methods during and for an additional 2 months after the end of fingolimod treatment to ensure effective contraception with a partner
Exclusion Criteria
- Patients who have had a recent (within the last 6 months) occurrence of cardiac event including myocardial infarction, unstable angina, stroke, transient ischemic attack, decompensated heart failure requiring hospitalization, or New York Heart Association class III or IV heart failure, and congenital long QT-syndrome
- Patients who are receiving any medication(s) identified as having a category D or higher interaction with the identified study agent who cannot be switched to another agent or discontinued before treatment if clinically appropriate. This medication review will be conducted by an oncology-trained Doctor of Pharmacy and discussed with the investigators before starting the treatment phase of this study. Careful evaluation of the following classes of medications will be performed due to their potential for severe side effects: * Concurrent therapy with QT-prolonging medications with a known risk of torsade de pointes * Concurrent therapy with drugs that slow heart rate or atrioventricular conduction * Concurrent therapy with antineoplastic, immunosuppressive, or immune- modulating therapies
- Patients taking ketoconazole who have not completed their last dose at least 2 weeks before starting fingolimod
- Active untreated brain metastases
- Patients who have a history or presence of Mobitz type II 2nd-degree or 3rd-degree atrioventricular block or sick sinus syndrome, unless patients have a functioning pacemaker
- Patients who have a baseline corrected QT interval (QTc) interval ≥ 500 msec
- Patients who have cardiac arrhythmias requiring class IA or class III anti-arrhythmic drugs listed below. * Class IA: disopyramide (Norpace), quinidine (Quinidex), procainamide (Procanbid) * Class III: dronedarone (Multaq), dofetilide (Tikosyn), sotalol (Betapace), ibutilide (Corvert), amiodarone (Nexterone)
- Patients who have a hypersensitivity or allergic reaction (including rash, urticaria, and angioedema) to fingolimod or any of the excipients
- Patients who have an active, uncontrolled acute or chronic bacterial, viral, or fungal infection
- Patients who have not completed all immunizations in accordance with current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) age-appropriate immunization guidelines before initiating fingolimod therapy
- Unwillingness or inability to comply with procedures required in this protocol
- Patients who are currently participating in any other clinical trial of an investigational product
- Female patients who are of child-bearing potential (WOCBP) who are pregnant, planning to become pregnant during the study, or lactating. A serum pregnancy test for WOCBP will be collected during the screening period. Child-bearing potential includes all patients who have a uterus and are not post-menopausal
Additional locations may be listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for NCT06424067.
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United States
South Carolina
Charleston
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To evaluate the safety and tolerability of fingolimod hydrochloride (fingolimod) in SCLC and NSCLC patients.
II. To evaluate the tumor objective response rate (ORR) of fingolimod assessed by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVE:
I. To evaluate other measures of efficacy of fingolimod in patients with SCLC and NSCLC.
OUTLINE:
Patients receive fingolimod orally (PO) once daily (QD) on days 1-28 of each cycle. Cycles repeat every 28 days for up to 6 months (168 days) in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. After 6 months, patients with no disease progression may continue to receive fingolimod every 28 days for up to 4.5 years total in the absence of unacceptable toxicity. Patients also undergo blood sample collection and computed tomography (CT) throughout the study. Additionally, patients may also undergo brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on study.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed at approximately 1 and 2 months.
Trial PhasePhase II
Trial Typetreatment
Lead OrganizationMedical University of South Carolina
Principal InvestigatorMariam Alexander
- Primary ID23158/103909
- Secondary IDsNCI-2025-03533, Pro00137404
- ClinicalTrials.gov IDNCT06424067