Pembrolizumab + Idelalisib for Lung Cancer Study

This is a phase 1b/2 study to determine the safety and effectiveness of the combination of pembrolizumab and idelalisib in NSCLC patients whose disease has stopped responding to immune therapy. Pembrolizumab is an anti-PD-1 immunotherapy that is given intravenously and is approved for treatment of malignant NSCLC. Idelalisib is the first-in-class oral PI3K-δ inhibitor that is approved for treatment of certain forms of leukemia and lymphoma. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (such as anti-PD-1) are effective in treating NSCLC as a single agent, but overall response isn't optimal; overall response rates (ORR) are only \~20% on average. The goal of this study is to see whether combining standard therapy with additional immune modulators will increase response rates, compared to the response seen with pembrolizumab monotherapy.