Clinical trial · Interventional
Neoadjuvant Aliya™ PEF Soft Tissue Ablation With Systemic Therapy in Early-Stage Resectable NSCLC
Neoadjuvant Soft Tissue Ablation Utilizing Aliya™ Pulsed Electric Fields With Systemic Therapy in Early-Stage Resectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Why stopped (as posted): Strategic
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
A prospective, single-arm, non-randomized, multi-center, open-label study following patients with resectable stage IIB to IIIA non-small cell lung cancer after Pulsed Electric Fields (PEF) ablation who may be candidates for standard of care neoadjuvant use of checkpoint inhibitor (nivolumab) treatment plus platinum doublet chemotherapy.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| NSCLC | Lung Non-Small Cell Carcinoma | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (4)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aliya Pulsed Electric Fields (PEF) ablation | Device | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Nivolumab plus Platinum Doublet Chemotherapy | Drug | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Standard of care neoadjuvant therapy | Drug | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Surgical Resection | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Aliya PEF ablation
- description
- Pulsed electric field treatment using the Aliya System
- interventionNames
- Device: Aliya Pulsed Electric Fields (PEF) ablation
- Drug: Nivolumab plus Platinum Doublet Chemotherapy
- Drug: Standard of care neoadjuvant therapy
- Other: Surgical Resection
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Pathologic response
- timeFrame
- Surgical resection
- description
- Pathologic response (percentage of residual viable tumor cells) of the resected lesion ablated with PEF and in resected lymph nodes in patients who received standard of care neoadjuvant nivolumab plus chemotherapy prior to resection.
Secondary outcomes (1)
- measure
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patient is 18 years of age or older 2. Radiographic findings consistent with a lesion with high pre-procedure probability of malignancy as determined by the investigator to be NSCLC 8th Ed. stage IIB- IIIA cancer or biopsy-confirmed NSCLC 8th Ed. stage IIB-IIIA and lesion size ≤ 5 cm in greatest dimension 3. Lesion is targetable for biopsy and PEF delivery per investigator opinion 4. Patient deemed able to complete neoadjuvant therapy according to their EGFR/ALK mutation status and specific histology (if clinically appropriate) and per the manufacturer's systemic therapy labeling 5. Patient has been deemed a potential candidate for definitive lung tissue resection by a qualified study investigator 6. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status of 0-1 7. Patient is able to adhere to protocol requirements 8. Patient is able to tolerate general anesthesia 9. Patient is cleared to undergo paralytic anesthesia 10. Patient has provided informed consent Exclusion Criteria: 1. Presence of advanced, inoperable, or metastatic disease 2. Radiographically suspicious findings for stage IIIA patients indicating a single mediastinal lymph node \> 3 cm or multiple mediastinal lymph nodes and, therefore, potentially inoperable 3. Patient has recurrent NSCLC or has previously been treated for NSCLC 4. Patient has received chemotherapy or any other cancer therapy in 2 years prior to PEF ablation 5. Prior treatment with any drug that targets T cell co-regulatory pathways (such as checkpoint inhibitors) in 2 years prior to PEF ablation 6. Patient requires or is likely to require a pneumonectomy 7. Patient has received any vaccine against infectious diseases (e.g., influenza, COVID-19, varicella, etc.) within 30 days of PEF procedure Patient is unable or unwilling to complete all required screening and/or follow-up assessments 8. Patient is currently enrolled in another interventional clinical trial or is receiving treatment with an investigational medication or medical device that conflicts with the study protocol Other protocol defined inclusion/exclusion criteria apply
References
Publications (2)
- BACKGROUNDForde PM, Spicer J, Lu S, Provencio M, Mitsudomi T, Awad MM, Felip E, Broderick SR, Brahmer JR, Swanson SJ, Kerr K, Wang C, Ciuleanu TE, Saylors GB, Tanaka F, Ito H, Chen KN, Liberman M, Vokes EE, Taube JM, Dorange C, Cai J, Fiore J, Jarkowski A, Balli D, Sausen M, Pandya D, Calvet CY, Girard N; CheckMate 816 Investigators. Neoadjuvant Nivolumab plus Chemotherapy in Resectable Lung Cancer. N Engl J Med. 2022 May 26;386(21):1973-1985. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2202170. Epub 2022 Apr 11. PMID 35403841
- BACKGROUNDHellmann MD, Chaft JE, William WN Jr, Rusch V, Pisters KM, Kalhor N, Pataer A, Travis WD, Swisher SG, Kris MG; University of Texas MD Anderson Lung Cancer Collaborative Group. Pathological response after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in resectable non-small-cell lung cancers: proposal for the use of major pathological response as a surrogate endpoint. Lancet Oncol. 2014 Jan;15(1):e42-50. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(13)70334-6. PMID 24384493