A Randomized Phase 2 Study of Atezolizumab (an Engineered Anti-PDL1 Antibody) Compared With Docetaxel in Participants With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Who Have Failed Platinum Therapy - "POPLAR"

NCT ID: NCT01903993

Last Updated: 2019-10-02

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

287 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-08-06

Study Completion Date

2018-09-06

Brief Summary

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This multicenter, open-label, randomized study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of Atezolizumab compared with docetaxel in participants with advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer after platinum failure. Participants will be randomized to receive either Atezolizumab 1200 milligram (mg) intravenously every 3 weeks or docetaxel 75 milligram per meter square (mg/m\^2) intravenously every 3 weeks. Treatment with Atezolizumab may be continued as long as participants are experiencing clinical benefit as assessed by the investigator, i.e., in the absence of unacceptable toxicity or symptomatic deterioration attributed to disease progression.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Docetaxel

Participants received docetaxel 75 milligram per meter square (mg/m\^2) administered intravenously on Day 1 of each 21 day cycle until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity or death.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Docetaxel

Intervention Type DRUG

Participants received starting dose of 75 mg/m\^2 every three week (q3w) until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity or death. Dose modifications were according to the locally approved label. Participants randomized to receive docetaxel had to be premedicated with corticosteroids according to local practice.

Atezolizumab

Participants were administered atezolizumab intravenously on Day 1 of each 21 day cycle at a fixed dose of 1200 mg. Atezolizumab treatment were to continued as long as participants were experiencing clinical benefit as assessed by the investigator.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Atezolizumab

Intervention Type DRUG

Participants received atezolizumab of 1200 mg (equivalent to an average body weight-based dose of 15 milligram per kilogram \[mg/kg\]) which was administered by IV infusion q3w on Day 1 of each 21 day cycle. Participants were allowed to continue treatment beyond progression per response evaluation criteria in solid tumors (RECIST) v1.1 if they were experiencing clinical benefit per investigator, did not have a decline in performance status, did not have signs or symptoms of unequivocal progression, did not have tumor progression at critical sites, and signed an informed consent signature page acknowledging deferment any standard treatment options that may exist in favor of continuing atezolizumab.

Interventions

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Docetaxel

Participants received starting dose of 75 mg/m\^2 every three week (q3w) until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity or death. Dose modifications were according to the locally approved label. Participants randomized to receive docetaxel had to be premedicated with corticosteroids according to local practice.

Intervention Type DRUG

Atezolizumab

Participants received atezolizumab of 1200 mg (equivalent to an average body weight-based dose of 15 milligram per kilogram \[mg/kg\]) which was administered by IV infusion q3w on Day 1 of each 21 day cycle. Participants were allowed to continue treatment beyond progression per response evaluation criteria in solid tumors (RECIST) v1.1 if they were experiencing clinical benefit per investigator, did not have a decline in performance status, did not have signs or symptoms of unequivocal progression, did not have tumor progression at critical sites, and signed an informed consent signature page acknowledging deferment any standard treatment options that may exist in favor of continuing atezolizumab.

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Adult participants, \>/= 18 years of age
* Locally advanced or metastatic (Stage IIIB, Stage IV, or recurrent) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
* Representative formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tumor specimens
* Disease progression during or following treatment with a prior platinum-containing regimen for locally advanced, unresectable/inoperable or metastatic NSCLC or disease recurrence within 6 months of treatment with a platinum-based adjuvant/neoadjuvant regimen
* Measurable disease, as defined by RECIST v1.1
* Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1

Exclusion Criteria

* Known active or untreated central nervous system (CNS) metastases as determined by CT or MRI evaluation during screening and prior radiographic assessments
* Malignancies other than NSCLC within 5 years prior to randomization, with the exception of those with a negligible risk of metastasis or death and treated with expected curative outcome
* History of autoimmune disease
* History of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (including pneumonitis), drug-induced pneumonitis, organizing pneumonia, or evidence of active pneumonitis on screening chest CT scan. History of radiation pneumonitis in the radiation field (fibrosis) is permitted.
* Active hepatitis B or hepatitis C
* Prior treatment with docetaxel
* Prior treatment with CD137 agonists, anti-CTLA4, anti-PD-1, or anti-PD-L1 therapeutic antibody or pathway-targeting agents
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Hoffmann-La Roche

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Clinical Trials

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Hoffmann-La Roche

Locations

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Arizona Oncology Associates, PC - HOPE

Tucson, Arizona, United States

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Genesis Cancer Center

Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States

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Loma Linda University Medical Center

Loma Linda, California, United States

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Kaiser Permanente - San Marcos

San Marcos, California, United States

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Kaiser Permanente - Vallejo

Vallejo, California, United States

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Innovative Clinical Research Institute

Whittier, California, United States

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Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers - Colorado Springs (Circle)

Lone Tree, Colorado, United States

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Ocala Oncology Center

Ocala, Florida, United States

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Georgia Cancer Specialists

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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Ingalls Memorial Hospital

Harvey, Illinois, United States

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Illinois Cancer Care

Peoria, Illinois, United States

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New England Cancer Specialists

Scarborough, Maine, United States

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Karmanos Cancer Institute..

Detroit, Michigan, United States

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Billings Clinic; Research Center

Billings, Montana, United States

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Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada - Eastern Avenue

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

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The Valley Hospital

Paramus, New Jersey, United States

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New York Oncology Hematology, P.C.

Albany, New York, United States

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Broome Oncology - Binghamton

Binghamton, New York, United States

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Willamette Valley Cancer Ctr - 520 Country Club

Eugene, Oregon, United States

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Rhode Island Hospital

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

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Center for Biomedical Research LLC

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

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Texas Oncology - South Austin

Austin, Texas, United States

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Texas Oncology, P.A. - Fort Worth

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

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Virginia Cancer Specialists, PC

Fairfax, Virginia, United States

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Virginia Oncology Associates

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

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Blue Ridge Cancer Care

Roanoke, Virginia, United States

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Northwest Cancer Specialists - Vancouver

Vancouver, Washington, United States

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Providence St. Mary Regional Cancer Center

Walla Walla, Washington, United States

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Wenatchee Valley Hospital & Clinics

Wenatchee, Washington, United States

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UZ Leuven Gasthuisberg

Leuven, , Belgium

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Chr de La Citadelle

Liège, , Belgium

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Cite de La Sante de Laval; Hemato-Oncologie

Laval, Quebec, Canada

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McGill University; Sir Mortimer B Davis Jewish General Hospital; Oncology

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Hopital Gabriel Montpied; Service de Pneumologie

Clermont-Ferrand, , France

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Hôpital Nord Michallon; Pneumologie

La Tronche, , France

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Centre D'Oncologie de Gentilly; Oncology

Nancy, , France

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Centre Hospitalier de Saint Brieuc - Hôpital Yves Le Foll; Pneumologie

Saint-Brieuc, , France

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Hopital Larrey; Pneumologie

Toulouse, , France

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Asklepios-Fachkliniken Muenchen-Gauting; Onkologie

Gauting, , Germany

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Krankenhaus Martha-Maria Halle-Doelau gGmbH; Klinik fuer Innere Medizin II

Halle, , Germany

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Fachklinik für Lungenerkrankungen

Immenhausen, , Germany

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Universitätsklinikum Regensburg; Klinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin II, Pneumologie

Regensburg, , Germany

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Citta Ospedaliera; Divisione Oncologia Medica

Avellino, Campania, Italy

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Irccs Ospedale San Raffaele;Oncologia Medica

Milan, Lombardy, Italy

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Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne, Klinika Onkologii i Radioterapii

Gdansk, , Poland

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Woj.Wielospecjalistyczne Centrum Onkologii i Traumatologii; Oddz.Hematologii Pododz.Chemioterapii

Lodz, , Poland

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Mazowieckie Centrum Leczenia Chorob Pluc I Gruzlicy; Oddzial Iii

Otwock, , Poland

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Centrum Onkologii - Instytut im. Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie Klinika Nowotworów Piersi i Chirurgii

Warsaw, , Poland

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National Cancer Center; Medical Oncology

Gyeonggi-do, , South Korea

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Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System

Seoul, , South Korea

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Samsung Medical Centre; Division of Hematology/Oncology

Seoul, , South Korea

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Hospital Ramon y Cajal; Servicio de Oncologia

Madrid, , Spain

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Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre; Servicio de Oncologia

Madrid, , Spain

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Hospital La Paz

Madrid, , Spain

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Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet; Servicio Oncologia

Zaragoza, , Spain

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Universitetssjukhuset Linköping; Lungmedicinkliniken

Linköping, , Sweden

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Chulalongkorn Hospital; Medical Oncology

Bangkok, , Thailand

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Rajavithi Hospital; Division of Medical Oncology

Bangkok, , Thailand

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Faculty of Med. Siriraj Hosp.; Med.-Div. of Med. Oncology

Bangkok, , Thailand

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Akdeniz University Medical Faculty; Medical Oncology Department

Antalya, , Turkey (Türkiye)

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Istanbul Uni Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty Hospital; Medical Oncology

Istanbul, , Turkey (Türkiye)

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Royal Free Hospital; Dept of Oncology

London, , United Kingdom

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Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, Guys Hospital

London, , United Kingdom

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Charing Cross Hospital; Medical Oncology.

London, , United Kingdom

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Christie Hospital Nhs Trust; Medical Oncology

Manchester, , United Kingdom

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Countries

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United States Belgium Canada France Germany Italy Poland South Korea Spain Sweden Thailand Turkey (Türkiye) United Kingdom

References

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Dong Y, Zhu Y, Zhuo M, Chen X, Xie Y, Duan J, Bai H, Hao S, Yu Z, Yi Y, Guan Y, Yuan J, Xia X, Yi X, Wang J, Wang Z. Maximum Somatic Allele Frequency-Adjusted Blood-Based Tumor Mutational Burden Predicts the Efficacy of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Cancers (Basel). 2022 Nov 17;14(22):5649. doi: 10.3390/cancers14225649.

Reference Type DERIVED
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Shemesh CS, Chan P, Legrand FA, Shames DS, Das Thakur M, Shi J, Bailey L, Vadhavkar S, He X, Zhang W, Bruno R. Pan-cancer population pharmacokinetics and exposure-safety and -efficacy analyses of atezolizumab in patients with high tumor mutational burden. Pharmacol Res Perspect. 2020 Dec;8(6):e00685. doi: 10.1002/prp2.685.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 33241650 (View on PubMed)

Chalabi M, Cardona A, Nagarkar DR, Dhawahir Scala A, Gandara DR, Rittmeyer A, Albert ML, Powles T, Kok M, Herrera FG; imCORE working group of early career investigators. Efficacy of chemotherapy and atezolizumab in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer receiving antibiotics and proton pump inhibitors: pooled post hoc analyses of the OAK and POPLAR trials. Ann Oncol. 2020 Apr;31(4):525-531. doi: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.01.006. Epub 2020 Jan 16.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 32115349 (View on PubMed)

Fehlings M, Jhunjhunwala S, Kowanetz M, O'Gorman WE, Hegde PS, Sumatoh H, Lee BH, Nardin A, Becht E, Flynn S, Ballinger M, Newell EW, Yadav M. Late-differentiated effector neoantigen-specific CD8+ T cells are enriched in peripheral blood of non-small cell lung carcinoma patients responding to atezolizumab treatment. J Immunother Cancer. 2019 Sep 12;7(1):249. doi: 10.1186/s40425-019-0695-9.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 31511069 (View on PubMed)

Fehrenbacher L, Spira A, Ballinger M, Kowanetz M, Vansteenkiste J, Mazieres J, Park K, Smith D, Artal-Cortes A, Lewanski C, Braiteh F, Waterkamp D, He P, Zou W, Chen DS, Yi J, Sandler A, Rittmeyer A; POPLAR Study Group. Atezolizumab versus docetaxel for patients with previously treated non-small-cell lung cancer (POPLAR): a multicentre, open-label, phase 2 randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2016 Apr 30;387(10030):1837-46. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00587-0. Epub 2016 Mar 10.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 26970723 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2013-001142-34

Identifier Type: EUDRACT_NUMBER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

GO28753

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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