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Pilot Study of Performance Status 2 vs. Performance Status 0-1 Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Patients Treated With Chemo/Immunotherapy

Is NCT04253964 recruiting? Yes, currently enrolling (Jun 2026). This Phase 2 trial studies multiple treatments for nonsmall cell lung cancer.

Phase 2RecruitingWake Forest University Health SciencesNCT04253964Data as of Jun 2026

Treatment: Pembrolizumab · Carboplatin · Paclitaxel · Nab paclitaxel · PemetrexedThis pilot study is configured as a non-inferiority comparison of Performance Status 2 patients with Performance Status 0-1 patients, with the goal of demonstrating non-inferiority in terms of efficacy (progression-free survival, overall survival) and safety (rates of adverse events, quality of life) when treating Performance Status 2 patients with the same first-line immunotherapy-based regimen as Performance Status 0-1 patients.

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Extracted eligibility criteria

Treatments studied

Immunotherapy

Pembrolizumab

Chemotherapy

CarboplatinPaclitaxelNab paclitaxelPemetrexed

Cancer type

Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma

Biomarker criteria

Excluded: EGFR activating mutation

a targetable mutation in epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)

Excluded: ALK rearrangement

gene rearrangement of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)

Excluded: ROS1 rearrangement

gene rearrangement of c-ros oncogene 1 (ROS1)

Excluded: BRAF mutation

mutation in B isoform of rapidly accelerated fibrosarcoma (B-Raf)

Performance status

ECOG 0–2(Ambulatory, capable of self-care)

Prior therapy

No prior treatment (treatment-naive required)
Max 0 prior lines

Cannot have received: chemotherapy

Exception: prior therapy with curative intent for early-stage disease allowed

No prior systemic treatment with either chemotherapy or immunotherapy for non-curative intent. Patients may have previously received cancer treatment with curative intent for prior early-stage disease.

Cannot have received: immunotherapy

Exception: prior therapy with curative intent for early-stage disease allowed

No prior systemic treatment with either chemotherapy or immunotherapy for non-curative intent. Patients may have previously received cancer treatment with curative intent for prior early-stage disease.

Lab requirements

Blood counts

absolute neutrophil count ≥1,000/mcl; platelets ≥100,000/mcl

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US trial sites

  • Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center · Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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Frequently asked questions

Is NCT04253964 currently recruiting?

Yes, this trial is currently recruiting patients.

Can patients have received prior systemic therapy?

No. This trial requires treatment-naive patients — prior systemic therapy is an exclusion criterion.

Are patients with EGFR alterations eligible?

No. EGFR activating mutation is an exclusion criterion.

Are patients with ALK alterations eligible?

No. ALK rearrangement is an exclusion criterion.

Could you qualify for this trial?

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