A Phase 2 Study of Cemiplimab (Anti-PD-1 Antibody) in Combination with BNT116 (FIXVAC Lung) versus Cemiplimab Monotherapy in First-Line Treatment of Patients with Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) with Tumors Expressing PD-L1 ≥50%

NOT ENROLLING
Protocol # :
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Conditions
Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Phase
II
Disease Sites
Lung
Principal Investigator
Awad, Mark
Site Research Nurses
Becker, Simone
Janell, Samantha
Kelley, Elaine
Lam, Ethan
Mcnally, Megan
Souza, Joseph
Thistle, Katrina, M.

Trial Description

This study is researching an investigational drug, called BNT116, in combination with
cemiplimab. BNT116 and cemiplimab will each be called a "study drug", and together be
called "study drugs". The study is focused on patients who have advanced non-small cell
lung cancer (NSCLC).

The aims of this study are to see how safe and tolerable BNT116 is in combination with
cemiplimab and to see how effective BNT116 in combination with cemiplimab is compared to
cemiplimab by itself at treating cancer.

The study is looking at several other research questions, including:

- What side effects may happen from receiving the study drugs

- How much study drug is in the blood at different times

- Whether the body makes antibodies against the study drug(s) (which could make the
drug less effective or could lead to side effects)

Eligibility Requirements

Key Inclusion Criteria

1. Participants with non-squamous or squamous histology NSCLC with stage IIIB or stage
IIIC disease who are not candidates for surgical resection or definitive
chemoradiation per investigator assessment or stage IV (metastatic) disease who
received no prior systemic treatment for recurrent or metastatic NSCLC

2. Availability of an archival or on-study obtained formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded
tumor tissue sample as defined in the protocol.

3. Expression of Programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD-L1) ≥50%, as described in the
protocol.

4. Participants must have at least 1 radiographically measurable lesion by computerized
tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) per Response Evaluation Criteria
in Solid Tumors version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) criteria

5. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status ≤1

Key Exclusion Criteria

1. Participants who have never smoked, defined as smoking ≤100 cigarettes in a lifetime

2. Active or untreated brain metastases or spinal cord compression. Participants are
eligible if central nervous system (CNS) metastases are adequately treated and
patients have neurologically returned to baseline (except for residual signs or
symptoms related to the CNS treatment) for at least 2 weeks prior to enrollment

3. Participants with tumors tested positive for epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)
gene mutations, anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene translocations, or C-ros
oncogene receptor tyrosine kinase 1 (ROS1) fusions

4. Encephalitis, meningitis, or uncontrolled seizures in the year prior to enrollment

5. Participants with history of interstitial lung disease (eg, idiopathic pulmonary
fibrosis or organizing pneumonia), of active, noninfectious pneumonitis that
required immune-suppressive doses of glucocorticoids to assist with management, or
of pneumonitis within the last 5 years

6. Prior splenectomy

7. Uncontrolled infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), HBV or hepatitis C
infection (HCV); or diagnosis of immunodeficiency as defined in the protocol

8. Ongoing or recent (within 2 years) evidence of significant autoimmune disease that
required treatment with systemic immunosuppressive treatments, which may suggest
risk of immune-related treatment-emergent adverse events (imTEAEs)

9. Participants requiring corticosteroid therapy (>5 mg prednisone/day or equivalent)
within 14 days of randomization

10. Another malignancy that is progressing or requires treatment, except for non
melanomatous skin cancer that has undergone potentially curative therapy, in situ
cervical carcinoma, or any other localized tumor that has been treated, and the
participant is deemed to be in complete remission for at least 2 years prior to
enrollment, and no additional therapy is required during the study period

11. Documented or suspected ongoing severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) infection as defined in the protocol

12. Patients who have received prior systemic therapies for NSCLC are excluded except
for of the following:

1. Adjuvant or neoadjuvant platinum-based doublet chemotherapy (after surgery
and/or radiation therapy) if recurrent or metastatic disease develops more than
6 months after completing therapy if toxicities have resolved to CTCAE grade ≤1
or baseline except for alopecia and peripheral neuropathy.

2. Anti-PD-(L)1 with or without LAG-3 as an adjuvant or neoadjuvant therapy as
long as the last dose is >12 months prior to enrollment.

3. Prior exposure to other immunomodulatory or vaccine therapies as an adjuvant or
neoadjuvant therapy such as anti-cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen
(anti-CTLA-4) antibodies if the last dose is >6 months prior to enrollment

13. History or current evidence of significant cardiovascular disease including,
myocarditis, congestive heart failure (as defined by New York Heart Association
Functional Classification III and IV), unstable angina, serious uncontrolled
arrhythmia, and myocardial infarction 6 months prior to study enrollment.

14. Hypersensitivity to cemiplimab or BNT116 or any of their excipients, or
contraindicated to cemiplimab per approved local labeling.

15. Patients treated with immunostimulatory agents that may influence the efficacy of
the investigational medicinal products (IMPs) are not allowed if they received such
agents within 6 weeks or five halve lives of the drug.

Note: Other protocol-defined Inclusion/Exclusion criteria apply

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