426 MK-3475-U02: Phase 1/2 study of investigational agents with or without pembrolizumab versus pembrolizumab monotherapy in melanoma

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (Suppl 3) ◽  
pp. A451-A451
Author(s):  
Reinhard Dummer ◽  
Georgina V Long ◽  
Anna Pavlick ◽  
Michael Postow ◽  
Antoni Ribas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adjuvant Therapy ◽  
Adaptive Design ◽  
Phase 1 ◽  
Objective Response ◽  
End Points ◽  
Investigational Agent ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Programmed Death ◽  
Investigational Agents ◽  
Study Intervention

BackgroundPembrolizumab is a standard of care for the treatment of unresectable or metastatic melanoma and an adjuvant treatment of melanoma with involvement of lymph node(s) following complete resection. However, new treatment options are needed to reduce the tumor burden before surgery and improve overall outcomes in patients with advanced melanoma.MethodsMK-3475-U02 is a phase 1/2, rolling arm, multicenter, open-label, adaptive design study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of investigational agents with or without pembrolizumab or pembrolizumab alone for the treatment of melanoma. Patients will be enrolled in 1 of the 3 substudies. Substudy 02A will include patients with programmed death-1 (PD-1)–refractory melanoma (progressed after ≥2 doses of anti-PD-1/programmed death ligand-1 [PD-L1] therapy) randomized equally to treatment arms evaluating ≥1 investigational agent(s) with or without pembrolizumab. Enrollment is planned for up to ~100 patients per arm.Substudy 02B will include patients with unresectable stage III or stage IV melanoma not amenable to local therapy. Patients will be randomized 2:1 to combination (≥1 investigational agent(s) with or without pembrolizumab) or monotherapy (pembrolizumab alone) stratified by baseline lactate dehydrogenase status (normal/elevated) and prior adjuvant therapy with a PD-1 inhibitor (yes/no). Enrollment is planned for ~90 patients in the combination arm and ~45 in the control arm.Substudy 02C will include patients with stage IIIB/IIIC/IIID melanoma who are candidates for neoadjuvant therapy. Patients will be randomly assigned to combination (≥1 investigational agent(s) with or without pembrolizumab) or monotherapy (pembrolizumab alone). Surgical resection will be performed 6 weeks after the first dose of neoadjuvant study intervention. Enrollment is planned for ~25 patients in combination and ~15 in the pembrolizumab monotherapy arms.Treatment will continue for up to 2 years (up to 1 year neoadjuvant/adjuvant therapy for substudy 02C), until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or study discontinuation. The primary end points include safety (adverse events and study intervention discontinuations) for all 3 substudies; objective response rate by blinded independent central review per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors 1.1 for substudies 02A and 02B, and pathological complete response (pCR) as assessed by central review of the pathology results for substudy 02C. Secondary end points include duration of response for substudies 02A and 02B, and recurrence-free survival, near pCR, and pathological partial response rates for substudy 02C.ResultsN/AConclusionsN/AAcknowledgementsThe authors thank the patients and their families for participating in these trials and all investigators and site personnel. Medical writing and/or editorial assistance was provided by Neha Tuli-Wildemore, MBBS, PhD, and Doyel Mitra, PhD, of the ApotheCom pembrolizumab team (Yardley, PA, USA). This assistance was funded by Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA.Trial RegistrationNCT04305041, NCT04305054, NCT04303169Ethics ApprovalThe study protocol and all amendments were approved by the relevant Institutional Review Board or ethics committee at each study site. All patients provided written informed consent to participate in the clinical trial.ConsentN/AReferencesN/A

A phase 1b/2 umbrella study of investigational immune and targeted combination therapies as first-line therapy for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. TPS4594-TPS4594
Author(s):  
Elizabeth R. Plimack ◽  
Hans J. Hammers ◽  
Toni K. Choueiri ◽  
Brian I. Rini ◽  
Robert J. Motzer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive Design ◽  
Tumor Imaging ◽  
Objective Response ◽  
First Line ◽  
Open Label ◽  
End Points ◽  
First Line Therapy ◽  
Line Therapy ◽  
Phase 1B ◽  
Investigational Agents

TPS4594 Background: For advanced clear cell RCC (ccRCC), first-line treatment with PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors in combination with CTLA-4 inhibitors or VEGF TKIs are established treatment options. However, patients eventually experience progression; therefore, more effective therapies are needed. This umbrella platform study is an open-label, rolling-arm, multicenter, phase 1b/2 trial with an adaptive design that will evaluate the safety and efficacy of experimental combinations of investigational agents in advanced ccRCC based on their mechanisms of action and toxicity profile. Substudy 03A (NCT04626479) will evaluate treatment combinations as first-line therapy for patients with advanced ccRCC. Given promising results of the phase 1b/2 KEYNOTE-146 (NCT02501096) and phase 3 KEYNOTE-581/CLEAR (NCT02811861) studies, pembrolizumab (400 mg IV Q6W) + lenvatinib (20 mg orally QD) will be used as the reference arm. Methods: Patients must be aged ≥18 years with histologically confirmed ccRCC, measurable disease per RECIST v1.1, and KPS score ≥70 and must have not received prior systemic therapy for advanced RCC (neoadjuvant therapy is acceptable if completed ≥12 mo before randomization). The study will comprise a safety lead-in phase for experimental combinations with investigational agents without an established recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D) and an efficacy phase. Patients will be randomly assigned 2:1 to an experimental arm or a reference arm. Each experimental arm will contain approximately 80 patients. During the efficacy phase, if more than 1 experimental arm is open for enrollment, patients in the reference arm can be shared. Treatments in the experimental arms are composed of the following: MK-1308A (coformulation of quavonlimab [MK-1308] 25 mg + pembrolizumab 400 mg IV Q6W) + lenvatinib (20 mg orally QD), MK-4280A (coformulation of MK-4280 800 mg + pembrolizumab 200 mg IV Q3W) + lenvatinib (20 mg orally QD), and pembrolizumab (400 mg Q6W IV) + belzutifan (MK-6482, 120 mg orally QD) + lenvatinib (20 mg orally QD). Treatment with pembrolizumab (including coformulations with MK-1308 and MK-4280) will continue up to 2 years, whereas treatment with lenvatinib and belzutifan will continue until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or withdrawal of consent. Patients will be stratified by IMDC risk group (favorable vs intermediate/poor). Tumor imaging will occur 12 weeks after randomization, then Q6W until week 54, and Q12W thereafter. Coprimary end points are safety and tolerability, establishing the RP2D during the safety lead-in phase (if applicable) and objective response rate per RECIST v1.1 by blinded independent central review (BICR) during the efficacy phase. Secondary end points during the efficacy phase are duration of response, progression-free survival and clinical benefit rate per RECIST v1.1 (BICR), and overall survival. Clinical trial information: NCT04626479.

scholarly journals Bintrafusp alfa, a bifunctional fusion protein targeting TGF-β and PD-L1, in patients with human papillomavirus-associated malignancies

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. e001395
Author(s):  
Julius Strauss ◽  
Margaret E Gatti-Mays ◽  
Byoung Chul Cho ◽  
Andrew Hill ◽  
Sébastien Salas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Papillomavirus ◽  
Fusion Protein ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Checkpoint Inhibitor ◽  
Phase 1 ◽  
Objective Response ◽  
Additional Patient ◽  
Phase 2 ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Bifunctional Fusion Protein

BackgroundBintrafusp alfa is a first-in-class bifunctional fusion protein composed of the extracellular domain of transforming growth factor (TGF)-βRII (a TGF-β ‘trap’) fused to a human IgG1 mAb blocking programmed cell death ligand 1. This is the largest analysis of patients with advanced, pretreated human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated malignancies treated with bintrafusp alfa.MethodsIn these phase 1 (NCT02517398) and phase 2 trials (NCT03427411), 59 patients with advanced, pretreated, checkpoint inhibitor-naive HPV-associated cancers received bintrafusp alfa intravenously every 2 weeks until progressive disease, unacceptable toxicity, or withdrawal. Primary endpoint was best overall response per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) V.1.1; other endpoints included safety.ResultsAs of April 17, 2019 (phase 1), and October 4, 2019 (phase 2), the confirmed objective response rate per RECIST V.1.1 in the checkpoint inhibitor-naive, full-analysis population was 30.5% (95% CI, 19.2% to 43.9%; five complete responses); eight patients had stable disease (disease control rate, 44.1% (95% CI, 31.2% to 57.6%)). In addition, three patients experienced a delayed partial response after initial disease progression, for a total clinical response rate of 35.6% (95% CI, 23.6% to 49.1%). An additional patient with vulvar cancer had an unconfirmed response. Forty-nine patients (83.1%) experienced treatment-related adverse events, which were grade 3/4 in 16 patients (27.1%). No treatment-related deaths occurred.ConclusionBintrafusp alfa showed clinical activity and manageable safety and is a promising treatment in HPV-associated cancers. These findings support further investigation of bintrafusp alfa in patients with advanced, pretreated HPV-associated cancers.

scholarly journals Long-term overall survival and prognostic score predicting survival: the IMPACT study in precision medicine

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Apostolia-Maria Tsimberidou ◽  
David S. Hong ◽  
Jennifer J. Wheler ◽  
Gerald S. Falchook ◽  
Filip Janku ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Overall Survival ◽  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Precision Medicine ◽  
Phase 1 ◽  
Prognostic Score ◽  
Objective Response ◽  
Molecular Profiling ◽  
Risk Of Death ◽  
Link Type ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background In 2007, we initiated IMPACT, a precision medicine program for patients referred for participation in early-phase clinical trials. We assessed the correlation of factors, including genomically matched therapy, with overall survival (OS). Patients and methods We performed molecular profiling (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments) (genes ≤ 182) for patients with lethal/refractory advanced cancers referred to the Phase 1 Clinical Trials Program. Matched therapy, if available, was selected on the basis of genomics. Clinical trials varied over time and included investigational drugs against various targets (single agents or combinations). Patients were followed up for up to 10 years. Results Of 3487 patients who underwent tumor molecular profiling, 1307 (37.5%) had ≥ 1 alteration and received therapy (matched, 711; unmatched, 596; median age, 57 years; 39% men). Most common tumors were gastrointestinal, gynecologic, breast, melanoma, and lung. Objective response rates were: matched 16.4%, unmatched 5.4% (p < .0001); objective response plus stable disease ≥ 6 months rates were: matched 35.3% and unmatched 20.3%, (p < .001). Respective median progression-free survival: 4.0 and 2.8 months (p < .0001); OS, 9.3 and 7.3 months; 3-year, 15% versus 7%; 10-year, 6% vs. 1% (p < .0001). Independent factors associated with shorter OS (multivariate analysis) were performance status > 1 (p < .001), liver metastases (p < .001), lactate dehydrogenase levels > upper limit of normal (p < .001), PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway alterations (p < .001), and non-matched therapy (p < .001). The five independent factors predicting shorter OS were used to design a prognostic score. Conclusions Matched targeted therapy was an independent factor predicting longer OS. A score to predict an individual patient’s risk of death is proposed. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT00851032, date of registration February 25, 2009.

A phase III, randomized, double-blind, multicenter trial comparing the investigational agent orteronel (TAK-700) plus prednisone (P) with placebo plus P in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) that has progressed during or following docetaxel-based therapy.

2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. TPS4693-TPS4693 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Dreicer ◽  
David B. Agus ◽  
Joaquim Bellmunt ◽  
Johann Sebastian De Bono ◽  
Daniel Peter Petrylak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disease Progression ◽  
Fusion Gene ◽  
Phase 1 ◽  
Objective Response ◽  
Specific Antigen ◽  
Phase Iii ◽  
Double Blind ◽  
Investigational Agent ◽  
Patient Reported ◽  
To Receive

TPS4693 Background: The investigational agent orteronel is a selective inhibitor of 17,20-lyase, a key enzyme in the testosterone synthesis pathway. In a phase 1/2 study in men with mCRPC, orteronel reduced prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels, and inhibited testosterone and DHEA-S consistent with potent 17,20-lyase inhibition (Agus D, et al. J Clin Oncol 2012;30:s5 abst 98). Docetaxel-based chemotherapy is an effective but noncurative therapy for mCRPC that has progressed on hormonal therapy; new therapeutic options are needed. Methods: This double-blind, multicenter study is assessing orteronel + P vs placebo + P in men with mCRPC (NCT01193257; C21005). Patients must have evidence of disease progression during or after receiving a total of ≥360 mg/m2 docetaxel within a 6-mo period. Patients who are clearly intolerant to docetaxel or have progressive disease before receiving ≥360 mg/m2 are also eligible if they have received at least 225 mg/m2 of docetaxel within a 6-mo period and meet the other inclusion criteria. Other eligibility criteria include radiographically documented metastatic disease and baseline testosterone <50 ng/dL following surgical or medical castration. Prior adrenal-targeted therapies are not permitted. Men may have opioid-requiring bone pain. The planned sample size is 1083; men will be randomized 2:1 to receive orteronel 400 mg twice daily (BID) plus P 5 mg BID or placebo plus P. The primary endpoint is overall survival; other endpoints are radiographic progression-free survival, PSA decrease of ≥50% at 12 wks, pain response at 12 wks, safety, time to PSA progression, objective response by RECIST, circulating tumor cell and endocrine marker changes, and patient-reported outcomes. After disease progression, men may continue to receive study drug. Tumor specimens will be analyzed for biomarkers that may predict orteronel antitumor activity, including the TMPRSS2:ERG fusion gene. The same regimens are being evaluated in a concurrent phase 3 study in chemotherapy-naïve men with mCRPC (NCT01193244).

scholarly journals Efficacy and safety results from CheckMate 140, a phase 2 study of nivolumab for relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma

Blood ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippe Armand ◽  
Ann MH Janssens ◽  
Giuseppe Gritti ◽  
John Radford ◽  
John M Timmerman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Follicular Lymphoma ◽  
Phase 1 ◽  
Objective Response ◽  
Phase 2 ◽  
Efficacy And Safety ◽  
Tumor Associated Macrophage ◽  
Phase 2 Trial ◽  
Programmed Death ◽  
Phase 2 Study ◽  
Programmed Death 1

Nivolumab, an anti-programmed death-1 (PD-1) monoclonal antibody, showed promising activity in relapsed or refractory (R/R) follicular lymphoma (FL) in a phase 1 study. We conducted a phase 2 trial to evaluate further its efficacy and safety in patients with R/R FL and to explore biomarkers of response. Patients with R/R FL and at least two prior lines of therapy, each containing a CD20 antibody or an alkylating agent, were treated with nivolumab 3 mg/kg every 2 weeks. The primary endpoint was objective response rate (ORR) assessed by independent radiologic review committee. Biomarker analyses included gene expression profiling and multiplex immunofluorescence studies of pretreatment tumor samples. A total of 92 patients were treated. After a minimum follow-up of 12 months, ORR was 4% (4/92). Median PFS was 2.2 months (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.9-3.6). Median DOR was 11 months (95% CI, 8-14). Exploratory analyses suggested that responders had significantly higher proportion of CD3+ T cells in the tumor microenvironment than non-responders, but no significant differences in PD-1 or PD-L1 expression were observed. High expression of a set of tumor-associated macrophage genes was associated with reduced PFS (hazard ratio, 3.28; 95% CI, 1.76-6.11; P = .001). The safety profile was consistent with previous reports of nivolumab. In conclusion, nivolumab monotherapy was associated with very limited activity in patients with R/R FL. Better understanding of the immune biology of this disease may facilitate the development of effective checkpoint-based strategies. This trial was registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov as #NCT02038946.

344 Phase 3 trial of pembrolizumab and enzalutamide versus enzalutamide in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) (KEYNOTE-641)

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (Suppl 3) ◽  
pp. A369-A369
Author(s):  
Julie Nicole Graff ◽  
Joseph Burgents ◽  
Li Wen Liang ◽  
Arnulf Stenzl
Keyword(s):  
Response Rate ◽  
Objective Response ◽  
Abiraterone Acetate ◽  
Phase 3 ◽  
Once Daily ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Phase 2 Study ◽  
Psa Response ◽  
Pretreated Patients ◽  
Modified Recist

BackgroundAntitumor activity with pembrolizumab + enzalutamide was observed in cohort C of the phase 1b/2 KEYNOTE-365 (NCT02861573) study of abiraterone acetate–pretreated patients with mCRPC and in a phase 2 study (NCT02312557) of patients with mCRPC who experienced progression with enzalutamide alone. In KEYNOTE-365 cohort C, prostate-specific antigen (PSA) response rate was 22%, objective response rate (ORR) was 20%, and 12-month PFS and OS rates were 24.6% and 72.8%, respectively. Safety and tolerability of the combination was consistent with individual profiles of each agent. In the phase 2 study of enzalutamide-pretreated patients, 5 of 28 patients (18%) had a PSA decline of ≥50%, and 3 of 12 patients (25%) with measurable disease achieved objective response. KEYNOTE-641 (NCT03834493) is a randomized, phase 3 trial to assess efficacy and safety of pembrolizumab + enzalutamide versus placebo + enzalutamide in patients with mCRPC.MethodsEnrolled patients have biochemical or radiographic progression with androgen deprivation therapy/after bilateral orchiectomy within 6 months of screening, ECOG PS 0/1, ongoing androgen deprivation with serum testosterone <50 ng/dL, and tumor tissue availability for biomarker analysis. The study continues to enroll those who previously had abiraterone acetate therapy; the abiraterone-naive cohort is filled. Exclusion criteria are prior chemotherapy for mCRPC, checkpoint inhibition, or any treatment with a second-generation androgen receptor inhibitor. Treatment stratification factors are prior abiraterone acetate treatment (yes or no), metastases location (bone only or liver or other), and prior docetaxel treatment for metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (yes or no). Response and progression will be determined by imaging (CT/MRI/bone) per PCWG3–modified RECIST v1.1 on visits Q9W during the first year and Q12W thereafter. Approximately 1200 adults will be randomly assigned 1:1 in a double-blind fashion to receive enzalutamide 160 mg orally once daily + pembrolizumab 200 mg IV Q3W or enzalutamide 160 mg orally once daily + placebo for a maximum of 35 cycles or until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or consent withdrawal. Coprimary end points are radiographic PFS per PCWG3-modified RECIST v1.1, as assessed by blinded independent central review, and OS. The key secondary end point is time to subsequent anticancer therapy or death. Other secondary end points are ORR, DOR, PSA response rate, PSA undetectable rate, time to PSA progression, time to pain progression, time to symptomatic skeletal-related event, time to soft tissue progression, and safety. KEYNOTE-641 is ongoing or planned in 21 countries across Asia, Australia, Europe, and North and South America.ResultsN/AConclusionsN/ATrial RegistrationClinicalTrials. gov, NCT03834493Ethics ApprovalThe study and the protocol were approved by the Institutional Review Board or ethics committee at each site.

403 Early results from a phase 1 study to evaluate safety, pharmacokinetics, and efficacy of AMG 404, a programmed death-1 (PD-1) antibody, in patients with advanced solid tumors

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (Suppl 3) ◽  
pp. A428-A428
Author(s):  
Timothy Price ◽  
Sant Chawla ◽  
Gerald Falchook ◽  
Hans Prenen ◽  
Iwona Lugowska ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Partial Response ◽  
Solid Tumors ◽  
Clear Cell ◽  
Phase 1 ◽  
Cell Cancer ◽  
Objective Response ◽  
Study Endpoint ◽  
Primary Study ◽  
Pharmacokinetic Parameters ◽  
Advanced Solid Tumors

BackgroundEnhancement of antitumor immunity through inhibition of the checkpoint PD-1 receptor has been effective in the treatment of many malignancies. AMG 404 is a monoclonal antibody (mAb) targeting PD-1. This phase 1, open-label, multicenter first-in-human study (NCT03853109) will evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and efficacy of AMG 404 monotherapy in adult patients with advanced solid tumors.MethodsThe primary study endpoint is dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) and safety; key secondary endpoints include pharmacokinetic parameters, objective response rate (assessed Q8W), duration of response, and progression-free survival. Key inclusion criteria include histologically or cytologically proven metastatic or locally advanced solid tumors not amenable to curative treatment with surgery or radiation for which standard therapies have been exhausted or not available. Prior anti-PD-(L)1 or other checkpoint inhibitors were not allowed. Five dose-finding cohorts, including 2 expansion cohorts, ranged from 3–20 patients each. AMG 404 was given until disease progression, intolerance, or consent withdrawal.ResultsAs of the data cutoff date of May 4, 2020, 62 patients received at least 1 dose of AMG 404 and were included in the safety and efficacy analysis sets. Fifty percent were men, 72% had ECOG 1 performance status, median age was 62 years (range: 28–83), and 42% had ≥3 lines of prior anticancer therapy. Median AMG 404 exposure was ~3 months (maximum: ~12 months). No DLTs were observed. Treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs) were reported for 29 patients (47%): those reported for ≥2 patients were fatigue (n=7); hypothyroidism (n=6); increased blood thyroid stimulating hormone and nausea (n=4 each); increased aspartate aminotransferase, decreased appetite, and pyrexia (n=3 each); and increased alanine aminotransferase, arthralgia, diarrhea, and increased weight (n=2 each). AEs leading to withdrawal of AMG 404 were reported for 3 patients (5%); all were serious and considered to be not related to AMG 404. Sixteen (26%) patients died on study; no deaths were considered related to AMG 404. Preliminary pharmacokinetic results were consistent with those of other therapeutic anti-PD-1 mAbs. Three patients had a confirmed partial response (pancreatic cancer, clear cell cancer, and pleomorphic sarcoma); an additional 4 patients had one scan with a partial response and are pending a confirmatory scan (clear cell renal carcinoma, undifferentiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma, sarcomatoid carcinoma of unknown primary, and colon cancer).ConclusionsAMG 404 is tolerable at the tested doses with no DLTs reported. All observed TRAEs are consistent with other anti-PD-1 therapies. Encouraging anti-tumor activity has been observed in heavily pretreated patients. The study is continuing enrollment into additional cohorts.Trial RegistrationNCT03853109Ethics ApprovalThe study was approved by the Ethics Board of each institution involved in this study and can be produced upon request.

scholarly journals Safety and clinical activity of intratumoral MEDI9197 alone and in combination with durvalumab and/or palliative radiation therapy in patients with advanced solid tumors

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. e001095 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lillian Siu ◽  
Joshua Brody ◽  
Shilpa Gupta ◽  
Aurélien Marabelle ◽  
Antonio Jimeno ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Therapy ◽  
Solid Tumors ◽  
Phase 1 ◽  
Objective Response ◽  
Clinical Activity ◽  
Advanced Solid Tumors ◽  
Palliative Radiation ◽  
Cell Counts ◽  
Palliative Radiation Therapy ◽  
Grade 3

BackgroundMEDI9197 is an intratumorally administered toll-like receptor 7 and 8 agonist. In mice, MEDI9197 modulated antitumor immune responses, inhibited tumor growth and increased survival. This first-time-in-human, phase 1 study evaluated MEDI9197 with or without the programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD-L1) inhibitor durvalumab and/or palliative radiation therapy (RT) for advanced solid tumors.Patients and methodsEligible patients had at least one cutaneous, subcutaneous, or deep-seated lesion suitable for intratumoral (IT) injection. Dose escalation used a standard 3+3 design. Patients received IT MEDI9197 0.005–0.055 mg with or without RT (part 1), or IT MEDI9197 0.005 or 0.012 mg plus durvalumab 1500 mg intravenous with or without RT (part 3), in 4-week cycles. Primary endpoints were safety and tolerability. Secondary endpoints included pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and objective response based on Response Evaluation Criteria for Solid Tumors version 1.1. Exploratory endpoints included tumor and peripheral biomarkers that correlate with biological activity or predict response.ResultsFrom November 2015 to March 2018, part 1 enrolled 35 patients and part 3 enrolled 17 patients; five in part 1 and 2 in part 3 received RT. The maximum tolerated dose of MEDI9197 monotherapy was 0.037 mg, with dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) of cytokine release syndrome in two patients (one grade 3, one grade 4) and 0.012 mg in combination with durvalumab 1500 mg with DLT of MEDI9197-related hemorrhagic shock in one patient (grade 5) following liver metastasis rupture after two cycles of MEDI9197. Across parts 1 and 3, the most frequent MEDI9197-related adverse events (AEs) of any grade were fever (56%), fatigue (31%), and nausea (21%). The most frequent MEDI9197-related grade ≥3 events were decreased lymphocytes (15%), neutrophils (10%), and white cell counts (10%). MEDI9197 increased tumoral CD8+ and PD-L1+ cells, inducing type 1 and 2 interferons and Th1 response. There were no objective clinical responses; 10 patients in part 1 and 3 patients in part 3 had stable disease ≥8 weeks.ConclusionIT MEDI9197 was feasible for subcutaneous/cutaneous lesions but AEs precluded its use in deep-seated lesions. Although no patients responded, MEDI9197 induced systemic and intratumoral immune activation, indicating potential value in combination regimens in other patient populations.Trial registration numberNCT02556463.

scholarly journals Phase II trial of the IDO pathway inhibitor indoximod plus pembrolizumab for the treatment of patients with advanced melanoma

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. e002057
Author(s):  
Yousef Zakharia ◽  
Robert R McWilliams ◽  
Olivier Rixe ◽  
Joseph Drabick ◽  
Montaser F Shaheen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Ii ◽  
Single Agent ◽  
Objective Response ◽  
Progression Free Survival ◽  
Standard Of Care ◽  
Complete Response ◽  
Advanced Melanoma ◽  
Free Survival ◽  
Programmed Death ◽  
Evaluable Population

BackgroundThe indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) pathway is a key counter-regulatory mechanism that, in cancer, is exploited by tumors to evade antitumor immunity. Indoximod is a small-molecule IDO pathway inhibitor that reverses the immunosuppressive effects of low tryptophan (Trp) and high kynurenine (Kyn) that result from IDO activity. In this study, indoximod was used in combination with a checkpoint inhibitor (CPI) pembrolizumab for the treatment for advanced melanoma.MethodsPatients with advanced melanoma were enrolled in a single-arm phase II clinical trial evaluating the addition of indoximod to standard of care CPI approved for melanoma. Investigators administered their choice of CPI including pembrolizumab (P), nivolumab (N), or ipilimumab (I). Indoximod was administered continuously (1200 mg orally two times per day), with concurrent CPI dosed per US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved label.ResultsBetween July 2014 and July 2017, 131 patients were enrolled. (P) was used more frequently (n=114, 87%) per investigator’s choice. The efficacy evaluable population consisted of 89 patients from the phase II cohort with non-ocular melanoma who received indoximod combined with (P).The objective response rate (ORR) for the evaluable population was 51% with confirmed complete response of 20% and disease control rate of 70%. Median progression-free survival was 12.4 months (95% CI 6.4 to 24.9). The ORR for Programmed Death-Ligand 1 (PD-L1)-positive patients was 70% compared with 46% for PD-L1-negative patients. The combination was well tolerated, and side effects were similar to what was expected from single agent (P).ConclusionIn this study, the combination of indoximod and (P) was well tolerated and showed antitumor efficacy that is worth further evaluation in selected patients with advanced melanoma.

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