Overview
The first phase of this study was an open label, randomized pilot study. Enrollment for this phase is now complete.
The second phase is a single arm phase 1 safety study. Patients planned to undergo precision hypofractionated radiation to all sites of oligoprogression will receive vancomycin for 1 week before RT and for 1 month after start of RT, and asked to provide stool and blood samples as outlined in the Safety Trial study table.
Eligibility
Randomized Pilot Inclusion
- Patients planned to receive Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) to a biopsy-proven or clinically-suspected NSCLC
- Age \>18 years' old
- Patient capable of giving informed consent
Randomized Pilot Exclusion
- Use of antibiotics, antifungal, antivirals or antiparasitics during the 4 weeks prior to registration
- Active infection with oral temperature \>100°F
- Use of corticosteroids, methotrexate or immunosuppressive drugs during the 4 weeks prior to registration
- Use of chemotherapy during the 4 weeks prior to radiotherapy or during radiotherapy. Chemotherapy cannot begin before the collection of the 30-day post treatment sample (S4).
- Documented history of HIV, HBV or HCV
- Active uncontrolled gastrointestinal disorders such as inflammatory bowel disease, moderate/severe irritable bowel syndrome, persistent, infectious gastroenteritis, colitis or gastritis, persistent or chronic diarrhea of unknown etiology, Clostridium Difficile infection (within 2 years of lung cancer diagnosis) or Helicobacter Pylori infection (untreated)
- Major surgery of the GI tract, with the exception of cholecystectomy and appendectomy, in the past five years. Any major bowel resection at any time
- Patients on anti-diarrheal medications
- Patients on probiotics
Safety Trial Inclusion
- Patients planned to receive precision hypofractionated radiation (SBRT or an ablative dose of radiation is used if SBRT is not appropriate or if insurance does not approve - i.e. \> 30 Gy in 10 fraction equivalent) to all sites of oligoprogressive NSCLC who progressed after 1st line systemic therapy for metastatic disease which included immunotherapy or a tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) for NSCLC
- The number of sites of progression are \< 5 sites.
- Age \>18 years' old
- Patient capable of giving informed consent
Safety Trial Exclusion
- Evidence of untreated CNS or leptomeningeal disease
- Use of antibiotics, antifungal, antivirals or antiparasitics during the 4 weeks prior to registration
- Active infection with oral temperature \>100°F
- Use of oral corticosteroids, methotrexate or immunosuppressive drugs during the 4 weeks prior to registration
- Use of chemotherapy during the 4 weeks prior to radiotherapy or during radiotherapy. Chemotherapy cannot begin before the collection of the 30-day post treatment sample (S3).
- Documented history of HIV, HBV or HCV
- Patients on daily anti-diarrheal medications
- Use of probiotics during the 4 weeks prior to radiotherapy or during radiotherapy


