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Contact Information:

Alex Baker 020 7594 2180
a.williams@imperial.ac.uk


Philip Badman philip.badman@imperial.ac.uk


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Be Part of Research - Trial Details - A Randomised Open-label Phase III Trial of REduced Frequency Pembrolizumab immuNothErapy for First-line Treatment of Patients With Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

A Randomised Open-label Phase III Trial of REduced Frequency Pembrolizumab immuNothErapy for First-line Treatment of Patients With Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

Medical Conditions

Lung Neoplasms
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung


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REFINE-lung will test whether reduced pembrolizumab dose frequency after 6 months of standard treatment is safe and effective. Patients treated with 1st line pembrolizumab who are progression free and otherwise planning to continue therapy at 6 months will be initially randomised to control 6 weekly versus interventional 12 weekly therapy. If an interim analysis shows that the 12 weekly treatment is no less effective, subsequent patients will also be randomised to 9, 15 and 18 weekly treatment frequency arms. Patients who progress on a reduced frequency arm will be offered re-escalation to standard 6 weekly therapy.

Start dates may differ between countries and research sites. The research team are responsible for keeping the information up-to-date.  

The recruitment start and end dates are as follows:

Jun 2022 May 2027

INTERVENTIONAL

Intervention Type : DRUG
Intervention Description : Pembrolizumab to be given at 400mg intravenous over 5 different frequencies

Intervention Arm Group : 12 weekly;15 weekly;18 weekly;6 weekly;9 weekly;



You can take part if:



You may not be able to take part if:


This is in the inclusion criteria above


Below are the locations for where you can take part in the trial. Please note that not all sites may be open.

  • The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
    Sutton
    SM2 5PT
  • Royal Cornwall Hospital
    Truro
  • Royal Bournemouth Hospital
    Bournemouth
  • Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
    Sheffield
  • Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
    Cambridge
  • Leicester Royal Infirmary
    Leicester
  • Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre
    Glasgow
  • St Bartholomew's Hospital
    London
  • NHS Lothian
    Edinburgh
  • NHS Fife
    Kirkcaldy
  • Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
    Leeds
  • Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
    London
  • Ipswich Hospital
    Ipswich
  • The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust
    Liverpool
  • Guys Hospital
    London
  • Poole Hospital
    Poole
  • Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre
    Bristol
  • Royal Derby Hospital
    Derby
  • Queen's Hospital
    Burton Upon Trent
  • Velindre Cancer Centre
    Cardiff
  • Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital
    Exeter
  • Peterborough City Hospital
    Peterborough
  • Kettering General Hospital
    Kettering
  • Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
    Northampton
  • Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
    Guildford
  • Worthing Hospital
    Worthing
  • East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
    Canterbury
  • Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
    Huddersfield
  • New Victoria Hospital
    Glasgow
  • Forth Valley Royal Hospital
    Larbert
  • Colchester Hospital
    Colchester
  • Queen's Hospital, Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
    Romford
  • North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
    London
  • Yeovil Hospital
    Yeovil
  • Royal Sussex County Hospital
    Brighton
  • The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
    Manchester
    M20 4BX
  • Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
    Nottingham


The study is sponsored by Imperial College London and is in collaboration with National Institute for Health Research, United Kingdom; Medical Research Council; University College, London.




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Read full details for Trial ID: NCT05085028
Last updated 06 March 2024

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