MORPHEUS: A phase Ib/II study platform evaluating the safety and clinical efficacy of cancer immunotherapy (CIT)–based combinations in gastrointestinal (GI) cancers.

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (4_suppl) ◽  
pp. TPS467-TPS467 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jayesh Desai ◽  
Jeremy S. Kortmansky ◽  
Neil Howard Segal ◽  
Marwan Fakih ◽  
Do-Youn Oh ◽  
...  

TPS467 Background: CIT has significant survival benefits across multiple tumor types, but durable response is experienced by only subsets of patients (pts). To extend clinical benefit to more pts, efficacious CIT combinations (combos) targeting multiple cancer immune escape mechanisms need to be identified. The MORPHEUS platform includes multiple ph Ib/II trials designed to identify early signals of safety and efficacy of CIT combos. Using a randomized trial design, multiple treatment (tx) arms are compared with a single control arm in each pt cohort. We present three GI-specific MORPHEUS trials, each assessing CIT combos that could concurrently enhance multiple aspects of the cancer immune response. Methods: The MORPHEUS trials described here are global, open-label, randomized, Ph Ib/II trials enrolling pts with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), gastric or gastroesophageal junction cancers or colorectal cancer (CRC). New arms with novel CIT combos (table) are opened as new txs become available, and arms with minimal efficacy or unacceptable toxicity are closed. Studies include multiple cohorts for pts receiving different lines of tx (1L and 2L PDAC and gastric; 3L CRC). Pts with loss of clinical benefit or unacceptable toxicity may be eligible to enroll in a different CIT combo arm. Primary endpoints include safety and investigator-assessed ORR (RECIST v1.1); secondary endpoints: PFS, OS, DCR and DOR. Clinical trial information: NCT03193190, NCT03281369, NCT03555149. [Table: see text]

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (4_suppl) ◽  
pp. TPS530-TPS530 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gulam Abbas Manji ◽  
Johanna C. Bendell ◽  
Do-Youn Oh ◽  
Kyu-Pyo Kim ◽  
Teresa Macarulla ◽  
...  

TPS530 Background: CIT has demonstrated significant survival benefits across multiple cancers. Despite remarkable success, only subsets of pts derive clinical benefit from CIT monotherapy. Thus, CIT combinations may be needed to address the mechanisms that allow cancers to escape antitumor immunity. However, a large number of potential combinations would have to be tested to identify an effective CIT combination regimen. The MORPHEUS platform consists of multiple, global, open-label, randomized Phase Ib/II trials designed to assess the impact of CIT combination therapies in pts with different tumor types. The randomized trial designs allow comparison of a single control arm vs multiple CIT combination arms. The trials will aid development of CIT combinations by identifying early signals and have the flexibility to open arms with new CIT combinations and close arms that show minimal clinical activity or unacceptable toxicity. Various CIT combinations that simultaneously enhance immune cell priming and activation, tumor infiltration and/or recognition of tumor cells for elimination will be evaluated. Here, we will describe Phase Ib/II trials in pts with gastric or gastroesophageal junction cancer (GC) and metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (mPDAC), both of which represent populations with high unmet medical need. Methods: MORPHEUS-GC (NCT03281369) will enroll 2 cohorts including pts with advanced unresectable or metastatic GC who have not received prior chemotherapy (chemo) or have progressed on platinum- or fluoropyrimidine-based chemo. MORPHEUS-PDAC (NCT03193190) will enroll pts with mPDAC who have progressed on prior chemo. Further eligibility criteria details will be provided. Pts will be randomized to one of the CIT combination arms or a control arm (up to 8 arms across 2 cohorts in GC; 4 arms in PDAC). Pts experiencing loss of clinical benefit or unacceptable toxicity may be eligible to continue on a different CIT combination arm. Primary endpoints are investigator-assessed ORR per RECIST v1.1 and safety. Secondary endpoints include PFS, OS, DCR and DOR. Multiple exploratory biomarkers will also be examined. Clinical trial information: NCT03281369, NCT03193190.


2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (4_suppl) ◽  
pp. TPS213-TPS213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yelena Yuriy Janjigian ◽  
Antoine Adenis ◽  
Jean-Sebastien Aucoin ◽  
Carlo Barone ◽  
Narikazu Boku ◽  
...  

TPS213 Background: The combination ofoxaliplatin and fluoropyrimidine is a standard-of-care (SOC) first-line treatment of pts with metastatic G/GEJ cancer, resulting in a median overall survival (OS) of 8–11 months and objective response rate (ORR) of 30%–50%. This is accompanied by up to 77% grade 3/4 toxicities. Therefore, new treatment options are needed to improve survival and decrease toxicity in G/GEJ cancer. Nivo, a fully human IgG4 monoclonal antibody (mAb) that targets programmed death 1 (PD-1) and ipi, a fully human IgG1 mAb that targets cytotoxic T-lymphocyte–associated protein 4, have demonstrated manageable safety profiles and efficacy in multiple tumor types and may have a synergistic effect. In a phase 1/2 study in chemotherapy-refractory pts with G/GEJ/esophageal cancer with or without PD-1 ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression, second-line nivo 1 mg/kg + ipi 3 mg/kg demonstrated a manageable safety profile and resulted in 26% ORR (44% ORR in pts with PD-L1+ tumors), median OS of 6.9 months, and a 34% OS rate at 12 months (Janjigian Y, et al. J Clin Oncol. 2016;34[suppl][abstract 4010]). This open-label, phase 3 trial will evaluate nivo + ipi as first-line therapy for pts with G/GEJ cancer (CheckMate 649; NCT02872116). Methods: In this study, 870 pts aged ≥ 18 years with untreated advanced or metastatic G/GEJ cancer with or without PD-L1 expression will be randomized to receive nivo + ipi (4 doses; followed by nivo monotherapy) or investigator’s choice of capecitabine/oxaliplatin (XELOX) or fluorouracil/leucovorin/oxaliplatin (FOLFOX). Tumor tissue for determination of PD-L1 status must be provided from ≤ 6 months before study treatment. Pts receiving chemotherapy or radiotherapy for G/GEJ cancer within the last 6 months or pts with suspected autoimmune disease, uncontrolled medical disorder, or active infection are excluded. Primary endpoint is OS in pts with PD-L1+ tumors. Secondary endpoints include OS in all pts and progression-free survival and time to symptom deterioration in all pts and pts with PD-L1+ tumors. Clinical trial information: NCT02872116.


2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 5522-5522
Author(s):  
Judith Michels ◽  
François Ghiringhelli ◽  
Jean-Sebastien Frenel ◽  
Caroline Brard ◽  
Benoit You ◽  
...  

5522 Background: There is a medical unmet need for effective treatments in platinum resistant ovarian cancer patients. We assessed the safety and efficacy of a combination of pembrolizumab with bevacizumab and pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (PLD). Methods: This is an open-label phase 1b trial in patients ECOG 0 or 1 with platinum-resistant epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer. The safety of the dual combinations of pembrolizumab with bevacizumab or with PLD were previously evaluated in 6 patients respectively. In the absence of dose limiting toxicities (DLT) the triple combination was evaluated at a maximum tolerated dose (MTD)-1 for PLD in 3 patients and in the absence of DLT at MTD. The sample size was calculated according to the modified toxicity probability interval design. The primary evaluation criteria was the safety, the secondary endpoint was the outcome. Pharmacokinetics of the flat dose of bevacizumab will be evaluated. Results: 22 patients were enrolled from September 2019 until June 2020 in six French centers. 3 initial patients have been treated at 20mg/m2 of PLD (MTD-1) and 19 patients were treated at the dose of 30mg/m2 of PLD (MTD) combined with 200mg of pembrolizumab until progression, unacceptable toxicity, or withdrawal of consent and 400mg of bevacizumab for a total of six cycles. The patients’ characteristics are reported in the table. No DLT occurred. Grade 3 palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia were reported in 4 patients. The recommended phase II dose of PLD was 30mg/m2 in combination with pembrolizumab and bevacizumab. For patients treated at MTD, the overall response rate was 32% (6 partial responses) with 74% of clinical benefit with a durable response in 10 patients (53%). Median number of cycles was 7.5 (2 to not reached). Two patients are still on treatment. Correlative studies are ongoing. Conclusions: The combination was well tolerated and demonstrated clinical benefit in 74% platinum resistant ovarian cancer patients with durable response (>6 months) in 53% of patients. Clinical trial information: NCT03596281. [Table: see text]


2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. TPS4143-TPS4143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kynan Feeney ◽  
Ronan Kelly ◽  
Lara Rachel Lipton ◽  
Joseph Chao ◽  
Mirelis Acosta-Rivera ◽  
...  

TPS4143 Background: Blockade of the immune checkpoint receptor programmed death-1 (PD-1) has shown clinical benefit in multiple tumor types. Nivolumab (anti–PD-1) has demonstrated a survival advantage versus (vs) placebo in patients (pts) with advanced gastric cancer (GC) or gastroesophageal junction cancer (GEJC) (Kang YK et al. Lancet 2017;390:2461–71). Lymphocyte activation gene 3 (LAG-3) is an immune checkpoint molecule that negatively regulates effector T-cell function and is a marker of T-cell exhaustion. Preliminary data in melanoma suggest that combining nivolumab with relatlimab (anti–LAG-3) could improve efficacy without substantially increasing toxicity vs nivolumab especially, but not exclusively, in LAG-3-expressing pts (Ascierto PA et al. Ann Oncol 2017;28(S5):LBA18). Furthermore, LAG-3 expression was as high as 33% in an analysis of solid tumors including GC (Edwards R et al. J Immunother Cancer 2017;5(S3):P510). Study CA224-060 will assess the clinical efficacy and safety of relatlimab and nivolumab with chemotherapy for first-line treatment of GC or GEJC. Methods: This is a randomized, open-label, multicenter, phase 2 study of relatlimab and nivolumab with oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy vs nivolumab with oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy. Approximately 250 adult pts with untreated, locally advanced, unresectable or metastatic GC or GEJC will be enrolled. To be randomized, pts must have tumor tissue for analysis of biomarkers, LAG-3 status, and PD-L1 combined positive score. Key exclusion criteria include HER2-positive status, untreated CNS metastases, or significant cardiovascular disease. The primary endpoint is objective response rate (ORR) using RECIST v.1.1 by blinded independent central review in LAG-3-expressing pts. Other endpoints include investigator-assessed ORR, ORR in LAG-3-negative pts, duration of response, overall survival, progression-free survival, and safety and tolerability. Efficacy signals in biomarker subgroups will be explored. Currently, 26 sites are activated with 15 randomized pts. Clinical trial information: NCT03662659.


2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e16770-e16770
Author(s):  
Jiujie Cui ◽  
Haiyan Yang ◽  
Donghui Chen ◽  
Jiong Hu ◽  
Haiyan Zhang ◽  
...  

e16770 Background: K-001 is a potent, oral anticancer drug made from active ingredients of marine microorganisms. Its former phase I study did not observe the dose limited toxicity (DLT). Thus, further phase I/IIa trial was conducted to determine maximum tolerated dose (MTD), safety profile and antitumor effects of K-001 in advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Methods: This open-label phase I/IIa study involved a dose-escalation to determine maximum tolerated dose (MTD), recommended dose (RD) of K001 in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, followed to obtain preliminary evidence of efficacy in patients who could potentially benefit from treatment. Results: Doses from 1350mg to 2160mg twice daily were evaluated. No dose-limiting toxic effects were observed. Totally, 47 adverse events (AE) were observed which included 27 (57.4%) grade 1 AEs, 17 (36.2%) grade 2 AEs and 3 (6.4%) grade 3 AEs. Only 2 AEs which were indigestion and gastrointestinal flatulence were affirmed to research drug and both grade 2. These two AEs were both symptoms of digestive system. For grade 3 AEs, The AEs were not dose dependent. Twelve patients were assessable for response. Clinical activity was observed at all doses tested with durable Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumor (RECIST) . The objective RECIST response rate (ORR) was 0% (complete response + partial response) and the disease control rate (DCR) was 83.3% (10 of 12). Conclusions: K001 has promising efficacy and light side-effect profile. The activity observed demonstrates clinical benefit in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, justifying the conduct of further studies. Clinical trial information: NCT02720666 .


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sherille D. Bradley ◽  
Amjad H. Talukder ◽  
Ivy Lai ◽  
Rebecca Davis ◽  
Hector Alvarez ◽  
...  

Abstract Cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL)-based cancer immunotherapies have shown great promise for inducing clinical regressions by targeting tumor-associated antigens (TAA). To expand the TAA landscape of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), we performed tandem mass spectrometry analysis of HLA class I-bound peptides from 35 PDAC patient tumors. This identified a shared HLA-A*0101 restricted peptide derived from co-transcriptional activator Vestigial-like 1 (VGLL1) as a putative TAA demonstrating overexpression in multiple tumor types and low or absent expression in essential normal tissues. Here we show that VGLL1-specific CTLs expanded from the blood of a PDAC patient could recognize and kill in an antigen-specific manner a majority of HLA-A*0101 allogeneic tumor cell lines derived not only from PDAC, but also bladder, ovarian, gastric, lung, and basal-like breast cancers. Gene expression profiling reveals VGLL1 as a member of a unique group of cancer-placenta antigens (CPA) that may constitute immunotherapeutic targets for patients with multiple cancer types.


2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (4_suppl) ◽  
pp. 284-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Safi Shahda ◽  
Bassel F. El-Rayes ◽  
Bert H. O'Neil ◽  
Alexander Starodub ◽  
Wahid Tewfik Hanna ◽  
...  

284 Background: BBI-608 is an oral first-in-class cancer stemness inhibitor that works by blocking STAT3-mediated transcription of cancer stemness genes. Potent anti-CSC activity was observed in vitro and in vivo, in mono- and combination therapy. In phase I studies, BBI-608 was generally well tolerated with encouraging signs of anti-tumor activity. Methods: A phase Ib open label, multi-center study in pts with mPDAC was performed to determine RP2D, safety, tolerability, and preliminary anti-cancer activity of BBI-608 in combination with Gemcitabine and nab-PTX. BBI-608 was administered at 240 mg BID in combination with Gemcitabine 125 mg/m2 and nab-PTX 1000 mg/m2administered weekly for 3 out every 4 weeks until progression of disease, unacceptable toxicity, or other discontinuation criterion was met. Results: 31 pts were enrolled and received BBI-608 in combination with Gemcitabine and nab-PTX for a total sum of 83 study cycles. 25 of 31 pts (80.6%) were treatment-naïve and 6 pts (19.4%) received 1 prior line of systemic therapy. Most common adverse events included grade 1 diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea, and fatigue. Combination treatment was well tolerated with no dose-limiting toxicity observed and safety profile similar to that of each agent individually. One patient experienced grade 3 event of dehydration related to protocol therapy which resolved with hydration. Of the 8 pts enrolled in the RP2D determination portion of the study, 7 pts were evaluable for response with disease control (PR + SD) was observed in 7/7 pts (100%). Tumor regression was observed in 6/7 (85.7%) with 3 PR (41.3%, 37.6% and 33.3% regression) and 3 SD (25.8%, 21.1%, and 19.9% regression). The median progression free survival was 7.8 months with PR or SD of > 6 months in 6/8 pts (75%). Conclusions: This phase Ib study demonstrated that BBI-608 at 240 mg BID can be safely combined with Gemcitabine and nab-PTX. Encouraging anti-tumor activity with durable response was observed in pts with mPDAC. Clinical trial information: NCT02231723.


2021 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 175628482110244
Author(s):  
Vanessa Wookey ◽  
Axel Grothey

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer type in both men and women in the USA. Most patients with CRC are diagnosed as local or regional disease. However, the survival rate for those diagnosed with metastatic disease remains disappointing, despite multiple treatment options. Cancer therapies for patients with unresectable or metastatic CRC are increasingly being driven by particular biomarkers. The development of various immune checkpoint inhibitors has revolutionized cancer therapy over the last decade by harnessing the immune system in the treatment of cancer, and the role of immunotherapy continues to expand and evolve. Pembrolizumab is an anti-programmed cell death protein 1 immune checkpoint inhibitor and has become an essential part of the standard of care in the treatment regimens for multiple cancer types. This paper reviews the increasing evidence supporting and defining the role of pembrolizumab in the treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic CRC.


Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 1090
Author(s):  
Hassan Sadozai ◽  
Animesh Acharjee ◽  
Thomas Gruber ◽  
Beat Gloor ◽  
Eva Karamitopoulou

Tumor budding is associated with epithelial-mesenchymal transition and diminished survival in a number of cancer types including pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). In this study, we dissect the immune landscapes of patients with high grade versus low grade tumor budding to determine the features associated with immune escape and disease progression in pancreatic cancer. We performed immunohistochemistry-based quantification of tumor-infiltrating leukocytes and tumor bud assessment in a cohort of n = 111 PDAC patients in a tissue microarray (TMA) format. Patients were divided based on the ITBCC categories of tumor budding as Low Grade (LG: categories 1 and 2) and High Grade (HG: category 3). Tumor budding numbers and tumor budding grade demonstrated a significant association with diminished overall survival (OS). HG cases exhibit notably reduced densities of stromal (S) and intratumoral (IT) T cells. HG cases also display lower M1 macrophages (S) and increased M2 macrophages (IT). These findings were validated using gene expression data from TCGA. A published tumor budding gene signature demonstrated a significant association with diminished survival in PDAC patients in TCGA. Immune-related gene expression revealed an immunosuppressive TME in PDAC cases with high expression of the budding signature. Our findings highlight a number of immune features that permit an improved understanding of disease progression and EMT in pancreatic cancer.


Algorithms ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 134
Author(s):  
Loai Abdallah ◽  
Murad Badarna ◽  
Waleed Khalifa ◽  
Malik Yousef

In the computational biology community there are many biological cases that are considered as multi-one-class classification problems. Examples include the classification of multiple tumor types, protein fold recognition and the molecular classification of multiple cancer types. In all of these cases the real world appropriately characterized negative cases or outliers are impractical to achieve and the positive cases might consist of different clusters, which in turn might lead to accuracy degradation. In this paper we present a novel algorithm named MultiKOC multi-one-class classifiers based K-means to deal with this problem. The main idea is to execute a clustering algorithm over the positive samples to capture the hidden subdata of the given positive data, and then building up a one-class classifier for every cluster member’s examples separately: in other word, train the OC classifier on each piece of subdata. For a given new sample, the generated classifiers are applied. If it is rejected by all of those classifiers, the given sample is considered as a negative sample, otherwise it is a positive sample. The results of MultiKOC are compared with the traditional one-class, multi-one-class, ensemble one-classes and two-class methods, yielding a significant improvement over the one-class and like the two-class performance.


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