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Safety Trial of Antimicrobial Therapy and Precision Radiation Therapy in Patients With Oligoprogressive Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Safety Trial of Antimicrobial Therapy and Precision Radiation Therapy in Patients With Oligoprogressive Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Recruiting
18 years and older
All
Phase 1

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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

Study details
    Early Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

NCT03546829

Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine

14 May 2026

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