🏛️ Verified NIH Record • Updated 2026-05-14

Testing the Use of Combination Immunotherapy Treatment (N-803 [ALT-803] Plus Pembrolizumab) Against the Usual Treatment for Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (A Lung-MAP Treatment Trial) (NCT05096663)

A Phase II/III Study of N-803 (ALT-803) Plus Pembrolizumab Versus Standard of Care in Participants With Stage IV or Recurrent Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Previously Treated With Anti-PD-1 or Anti-PD-L1 Therapy (Lung-MAP Non-Match Sub-Study)

🔵 Active, Not Recruiting Phase2 / Phase3 💊 Investigational Drug / Biologic Sponsor: SWOG Cancer Research Network

🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)

This phase II/III Lung-MAP trial studies how well immunotherapy treatment with N-803 (ALT-803) and pembrolizumab working in treating patients with non-small cell lung cancer that has spread to other places in the body (advanced). Natural killer cells, part of our immune system, are always on alert and ready to defend our bodies from many kinds of infection or rogue cells, such as those that cause cancer. N-803 (ALT-803) may activate natural killer cells so that they can stimulate an immune response to help fight cancer. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as pembrolizumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Giving N-803 (ALT-803) and pembrolizumab may help shrink and stabilize lung cancer or prevent it from returning.

Who can join: To join this study, participants generally need to meet the listed inclusion criteria (27 items) and avoid the listed exclusions (29 items).

Location: Veterans Administration Medical Center - Birmingham — Birmingham, Alabama

📋 "Do I Qualify?" — 1-Minute Self Screener

Instant Checklist

Check every box below. If you can check all of them, you may meet the study's basic screening requirements (final eligibility is confirmed by the site team).

Usually NOT eligible if any of the following apply:

  • Exclusion Criteria:
  • Participants must not have leptomeningeal disease that requires CNS-specific treatment prior to registration and must not be planning to receive the CNS-specific treatment through the first cycle of the protocol therapy
  • Participants must not have experienced the following:
  • Any grade 3 or worse immune-related adverse event (irAE). Exception: asymptomatic nonbullous/nonexfoliative rash
  • Any unresolved grade 2 irAE
  • Any toxicity that led to permanent discontinuation of prior anti-PD-1/PD-L1 immunotherapy
  • Exception to the above: Toxicities of any grade that requires replacement therapy and has stabilized on therapy (e.g., thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency) are allowed
  • Participants must not have any history of organ transplant that requires use of immunosuppressives
  • Participants must not have history of (non-infectious) pneumonitis that required steroids or current pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease
  • Participants must not have any known allergy or reaction to any component of the investigational formulations. If there is a known allergy or reaction to standard of care formulations, participants must be able to safely receive at least one of the standard of care options
  • Participants must not have any grade III/IV cardiac disease as defined by the New York Heart Association Criteria (i.e., participants with cardiac disease resulting in marked limitation of physical activity or resulting in inability to carry on any physical activity without discomfort), unstable angina pectoris, and myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to sub-study randomization, or serious uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia
  • Participants must not have experienced any arterial thromboembolic events, including but not limited to myocardial infarction, transient ischemic attack, cerebrovascular accident, or unstable angina, within 6 months prior to sub-study randomization

🔍 Extracted verbatim from the official NIH eligibility criteria. Always confirm with the study coordinator.

📍 All Participating Trial Locations (350 Sites)

Showing the first 25 of 350 sites.

  • Veterans Administration Medical Center - Birmingham — Birmingham, Alabama
  • CTCA at Western Regional Medical Center — Goodyear, Arizona
  • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences — Little Rock, Arkansas
  • Kaiser Permanente-Anaheim — Anaheim, California
  • PCR Oncology — Arroyo Grande, California
  • Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital — Auburn, California
  • Kaiser Permanente-Baldwin Park — Baldwin Park, California
  • Kaiser Permanente-Bellflower — Bellflower, California
  • Alta Bates Summit Medical Center-Herrick Campus — Berkeley, California
  • Tower Cancer Research Foundation — Beverly Hills, California
  • Kaiser Permanente-Fontana — Fontana, California
  • Palo Alto Medical Foundation-Fremont — Fremont, California
  • Kaiser Permanente - Harbor City — Harbor City, California
  • Kaiser Permanente-Irvine — Irvine, California
  • Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center — Los Angeles, California
  • Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles — Los Angeles, California
  • Cedars Sinai Medical Center — Los Angeles, California
  • Memorial Medical Center — Modesto, California
  • Kaiser Permanente-Oakland — Oakland, California
  • Kaiser Permanente-Ontario — Ontario, California
  • Palo Alto Medical Foundation Health Care — Palo Alto, California
  • Kaiser Permanente - Panorama City — Panorama City, California
  • Eisenhower Medical Center — Rancho Mirage, California
  • Kaiser Permanente-Riverside — Riverside, California
  • Kaiser Permanente-Roseville — Roseville, California

💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights

  • 100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
  • Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
  • Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.

💡 How to Participate

  1. Check the checklist above to see if you may qualify.
  2. Review the official NIH record below to find the coordinating site.
  3. Ask about the visit schedule, what is covered at no cost, and any travel support.
  4. Confirm with your own doctor before making a decision.
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