Ramucirumab and Pembrolizumab Versus Standard of Care in Treating Patients With Stage IV or Recurrent Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (A Lung-MAP Non-Match Treatment Trial)

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients must have been assigned to S1800A by the Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) Statistics and Data Management Center (SDMC). Patients who were screened under S1400 (legacy screening/pre-screening study) must have had prior PD-L1 testing by the Dako 22C3 PharmDx immunohistochemistry (IHC) assay, and must have results available for stratification purposes
• Patients must not have EGFR sensitizing mutations, EGFR T790M mutation, ALK gene fusion, ROS 1 gene rearrangement, and BRAF V600E mutation unless they have progressed following all standard of care targeted therapy
• Patients must not have an active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in past two years (i.e., with use of disease modifying agents, corticosteroids or immunosuppressive drugs). Replacement therapy (e.g., thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency) is not considered a form of systemic treatment and is allowed
• Patients must not have any history of primary immunodeficiency
• Patients 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
• Patients must not have any history of organ transplant that requires use of immunosuppressives
• Patients must not have clinical signs or symptoms of active tuberculosis infection
• Patients must not have history of (non-infectious) pneumonitis that required steroids or current pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease
• Patients must not have had a serious or nonhealing wound, ulcer, or bone fracture within 28 days prior to sub-study randomization
• Patients must not have a history of gastrointestinal perforation or fistula within six months prior to sub-study randomization
• Patients must not have grade 3-4 gastrointestinal bleeding (defined by National Cancer Institute [NCI] Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events [CTCAE] version [v] 5) within three months prior to sub-study randomization
• Patients must not have any known allergy or reaction to any component of the investigational and standard of care formulations
• Patients must not have any grade III/IV cardiac disease as defined by the New York Heart Association criteria (i.e., patients 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 six months prior to sub-study randomization, or serious uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia
• Patients must not have experienced any arterial thromboembolic events, including but not limited to myocardial infarction, transient ischemic attack, cerebrovascular accident, or unstable angina, within six months prior to sub-study randomization
• Patients must not have documented evidence of acute hepatitis or have an active or uncontrolled infection
• Patients with known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are eligible, provided they are on effective anti-retroviral therapy and have undetectable viral load at their most recent viral load test and within 6 months prior to randomization
• Patients with evidence of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection are eligible provided viral load is undetectable on suppressive therapy, if indicated
• Patients with a history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection must have been treated and cured. For patients with HCV infection who are currently on treatment, they are eligible if they have an undetectable HCV viral load
• Patients must not have undergone major surgery with