Study of Datopotamab Deruxtecan (Dato-DXd) in Combination With Durvalumab and Carboplatin for First-Line Treatment of Patients With Advanced NSCLC Without Actionable Genomic Alterations (AVANZAR)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05687266 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : January 18, 2023
Last Update Posted : October 12, 2023
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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NSCLC | Drug: Datopotamab deruxtecan Drug: Durvalumab Drug: Carboplatin Drug: Pembrolizumab Drug: Cisplatin Drug: Pemetrexed Drug: Paclitaxel | Phase 3 |
Participants with locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC without actionable tumor tissue genomic alterations and confirmed to meet all eligibility criteria will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to Dato-DXd in combination with durvalumab and carboplatin versus pembrolizumab in combination with histology-specific platinum-based chemotherapy as first-line treatment.
The primary objectives of the study are to demonstrate superiority of Dato-DXd in combination with durvalumab and carboplatin relative to pembrolizumab in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy by assessment of Progression Free Survival (PFS) by BICR and Overall Survival (OS) in first-line treatment of TROP2 biomarker positive participants.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 1000 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Masking Description: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase III, Randomised, Open-label, Multicentre, Global Study of Datopotamab Deruxtecan (Dato-DXd) in Combination With Durvalumab and Carboplatin Versus Pembrolizumab in Combination With Platinum-based Chemotherapy for the First-line Treatment of Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic NSCLC Without Actionable Genomic Alterations (D926NC00001; AVANZAR) |
Actual Study Start Date : | December 29, 2022 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | May 20, 2027 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | May 20, 2027 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Dato-DXd + Durvalumab + Carboplatin
Participants will be randomized to receive 6.0mg/kg Dato-DXd plus 1120 mg durvalumab plus carboplatin area under the curve [AUC] 5 mg/mL/minute.
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Drug: Datopotamab deruxtecan
Intravenous (IV) infusion every 3 weeks (Q3W) on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle.
Other Name: Dato-DXd Drug: Durvalumab Intravenous (IV) infusion every 3 weeks (Q3W) on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle.
Other Name: MEDI4736, Imfinzi Drug: Carboplatin Intravenous (IV) infusion every 3 weeks on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle for up to 4 cycles. |
Active Comparator: Histologic-specific therapy
Non-squamous NSCLC participants will be randomized to receive 200 mg pembrolizumab plus 500 mg/m2 pemetrexed plus either AUC 5 mg/mL/minute carboplatin or 75 mg/m2 cisplatin. Squamous NSCLC participants will be randomized to receive 200 mg of pembrolizumab plus 200 mg/m2 paclitaxel plus AUC 5 or 6 mg/mL/minute carboplatin. |
Drug: Carboplatin
Intravenous (IV) infusion every 3 weeks on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle for up to 4 cycles. Drug: Pembrolizumab Intravenous (IV) infusion every 3 weeks (Q3W) on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle for a maximum of 35 cycles or 2 years (whichever occurs first).
Other Name: Keytruda Drug: Cisplatin Intravenous (IV) infusion every 3 weeks on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle for up to 4 cycles. Drug: Pemetrexed Intravenous (IV) infusion every 3 weeks on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle.
Other Name: Alimta, Pemfexy Drug: Paclitaxel Intravenous (IV) infusion every 3 weeks on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle for up to 4 cycles.
Other Name: Taxol |
- Progression-Free Survival (PFS) in the TROP2 biomarker positive population [ Time Frame: Approximately 3 Years ]PFS is defined as time from randomisation until progression per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors, Version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) as assessed by blinded independent central review (BICR), or death due to any cause.
- Overall Survival (OS) in the TROP2 biomarker positive population [ Time Frame: Approximately 4 years ]OS is defined as the time from randomisation until the date of death due to any cause.
- PFS in the Intent-to-Treat (ITT) population [ Time Frame: Approximately 3 years ]PFS is defined as time from randomisation until progression per RECIST 1.1 as assessed by BICR, or death due to any cause.
- OS in the ITT population [ Time Frame: Approximately 4 years ]OS is defined as the time from randomisation until the date of death due to any cause.
- PFS in the TROP2 biomarker negative population [ Time Frame: Approximately 3 years ]PFS is defined as time from randomisation until progression per RECIST 1.1 as assessed by BICR, or death due to any cause.
- OS in the TROP2 biomarker negative population [ Time Frame: Approximately 4 years ]OS is defined as the time from randomisation until the date of death due to any cause.
- Objective Response Rate (ORR) in the TROP2 biomarker positive and ITT populations [ Time Frame: Approximately 4 years ]ORR is defined as the proportion of participants who have a confirmed Complete Response (CR) or confirmed Partial Response (PR), as determined by BICR and investigator per RECIST 1.1.
- Duration of Response (DoR) in the TROP2 biomarker positive and ITT populations [ Time Frame: Approximately 4 years ]DoR is defined as the time from the date of first documented confirmed response until date of documented progression per RECIST 1.1, as assessed by BICR and investigator assessment or death due to any cause.
- PFS in the TROP2 biomarker positive and ITT populations [ Time Frame: Approximately 3 years ]PFS is defined as time from randomisation until progression per RECIST 1.1 as assessed by investigator assessment, or death due to any cause.
- Pharmacokinetics of Dato-DXd when combined with durvalumab and carboplatin. [ Time Frame: Approximately 4 years ]Concentration of Dato-DXd, total anti-TROP2 antibody, and MAAA-1181a in plasma and pharmacokinetic (PK) parameters (such as peak and trough concentrations, as data allow; sparse sampling).
- Anti-Drug Antibody (ADA) for Dato-DXd [ Time Frame: Approximately 4 years ]The immunogenicity of Dato-DXd when combined with durvalumab and carboplatin.
- Time to Second Progression or Death (PFS2) in the TROP2 biomarker positive and ITT populations [ Time Frame: Approximately 4 years ]PFS2 is defined as the time from randomisation to the earliest of the progression events (following the initial progression), subsequent to first subsequent therapy, or death.
- Safety of Dato-DXd in combination with durvalumab and carboplatin [ Time Frame: Approximately 4 years ]Safety and tolerability will be evaluated in terms of AEs (graded by CTCAE Version 5.0).

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 130 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion:
- Participants ≥ 18 years at screening
- Participants with histologically or cytologically documented NSCLC that is Stage IIIB or IIIC disease not amenable for surgical resection or definitive chemoradiation or Stage IV metastatic NSCLC disease at the time of randomisation, who have not received prior chemotherapy or other systemic therapy for first-line Stage IIIB, IIIC or IV
- Lacks sensitising EGFR tumour tissue mutation and ALK and ROS1 rearrangements and has no documented tumour genomic alterations in NTRK, BRAF, RET, MET or other actionable driver oncogenes with approved therapies (actionable genomic alterations).
- ECOG PS of 0 or 1
- Archival tumour tissue collected prior to signing of ICF
- Has adequate bone marrow reserve and organ function within 7 days before randomisation
Exclusion:
- History of another primary malignancy except for malignancy treated with curative intent with no known active disease within 3 years before the first dose of study intervention and of low potential risk for recurrence
- Mixed small-cell lung cancer and NSCLC histology; sarcomatoid variant of NSCLC
- Persistent toxicities caused by previous anti-cancer therapy not yet improved to Grade ≤ 1 or baseline (with exceptions)
- Active or prior documented autoimmune, connective tissue or inflammatory disorders (with exceptions)
- Spinal cord compression or brain metastases unless asymptomatic, stable, not requiring steroids for at least 7 days prior to randomisation, and a minimum of 2 weeks have elapsed between the end of radiotherapy and study enrollment
- History of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis
- Clinically significant corneal disease
- Known active or uncontrolled hepatitis B or C virus infection
- Known HIV infection that is not well controlled
- History of non-infectious ILD/pneumonitis that required steroids, has current ILD/pneumonitis, or has suspected ILD/pneumonitis that cannot be ruled out by imaging at screening

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT05687266
Contact: AstraZeneca Clinical Study Information Center | 1-877-240-9479 | information.center@astrazeneca.com |

Study Chair: | Charu Aggarwal | Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine |
Responsible Party: | AstraZeneca |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT05687266 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
D926NC00001 2021-004606-21 ( EudraCT Number ) |
First Posted: | January 18, 2023 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | October 12, 2023 |
Last Verified: | October 2023 |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Advanced or Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Datopotamab deruxtecan (Dato-DXd) Durvalumab Carboplatin |
Chemotherapy Antibody-Drug Conjugate (ADC) TROP2 |
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung Carcinoma, Bronchogenic Bronchial Neoplasms Lung Neoplasms Respiratory Tract Neoplasms Thoracic Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms Lung Diseases Respiratory Tract Diseases Paclitaxel Carboplatin Pembrolizumab |
Pemetrexed Durvalumab Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic Antineoplastic Agents Tubulin Modulators Antimitotic Agents Mitosis Modulators Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Enzyme Inhibitors Folic Acid Antagonists Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors |