Comparing the Outcome of Immunotherapy-Based Drug Combination Therapy with or without Surgery to Remove the Kidney in Metastatic Kidney Cancer, the PROBE Trial
Inclusion Criteria
- STEP 1 REGISTRATION: Participants must have a histologically proven diagnosis of clear cell or non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma. Participants with collecting duct carcinoma histology are not eligible. Participants with multifocal or bilateral tumors are eligible
- STEP 1 REGISTRATION: Participants must have primary tumor in place
- STEP 1 REGISTRATION: Participants must have the following scans performed, showing clinical evidence of measurable or non-measurable metastatic disease: * Computed tomography (CT) scan of the chest (can be performed without contrast if CT contrast cannot be given) * CT of abdomen and pelvis with contrast OR magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the abdomen and pelvis with or without contrast Scans must be performed within the following timeframes: * Immunotherapy naive participants must have scans documenting metastatic disease completed within 90 days prior to study registration * Pre-randomization completed participants must have scans documenting metastatic disease completed within 90 days prior to first dose of systemic immunotherapy treatment
- STEP 1 REGISTRATION: Participants with symptomatic metastases may have received palliative radiotherapy or receive palliative radiotherapy after registration
- STEP 1 REGISTRATION: Participants must have no clear contraindications to nephrectomy
- STEP 1 REGISTRATION: Participants must be offered the opportunity to participate in specimen bank. With participant consent, specimens must be collected and submitted via the Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) Specimen Tracking System
- STEP 1 REGISTRATION: Participants must be informed of the investigational nature of this study and must sign and give informed consent in accordance with institutional and federal guidelines. For participants with impaired decision making capabilities, legally authorized representatives may sign and give informed consent on behalf of study participants in accordance with applicable federal, local, and Central Institutional Review Board (CIRB) regulations
- STEP 1 REGISTRATION: As part of the Oncology Patient Enrollment Network (OPEN) registration process the treating institution's identity is provided in order to ensure that the current (within 365 days) date of institutional review board approval for this study has been entered in the system
- STEP 2 REGISTRATION: Participants must have at least one of the following scans performed 12 weeks (+/- 2 weeks) after starting pre-randomization treatment * CT scan of the chest (can be performed without contrast if CT contrast cannot be given) * CT of abdomen and pelvis with contrast OR MRI of the abdomen and pelvis with or without contrast Scans must be performed within 28 days prior to randomization. Response should be assessed by comparing with a CT or MRI of the chest, abdomen and pelvis obtained prior to starting pre-randomization treatment. Participants with complete response in all metastatic sites are not eligible to randomize to Step 2
- STEP 2 REGISTRATION: Participants must have one of the following objective statuses after 12 weeks of pre-randomization immunotherapy treatment * Stable disease * Partial response * The treating investigator believes the patient is deriving clinical benefit from systemic immunotherapy AND have Zubrod performance status 0-1
- STEP 2 REGISTRATION: Participants must plan to continue the immune-based therapy received during pre-randomization immunotherapy treatment
- STEP 2 REGISTRATION: Participants must be randomized on or between the 11th and 14th week of protocol-directed pre-randomization immunotherapy treatment
- STEP 2 REGISTRATION: Participants must have received at least one of the minimum amounts of immunotherapy: * 2 infusions of nivolumab + 1 infusion of ipilimumab * 2 infusions of pembrolizumab * 2 infusions of avelumab
- STEP 2 REGISTRATION: Participants must have a planned surgery date within 42 days of randomization
- STEP 2 REGISTRATION: Participants must be a surgical candidate as determined by study urologist. The urology consult should be done within 42 days prior to randomization
- STEP 2 REGISTRATION: Participants must have a complete physical examination and medical history within 28 days prior to randomization
- STEP 2 REGISTRATION: Participants must have a Zubrod performance status of 0-1 within 28 days prior to randomization
- STEP 2 REGISTRATION: Total bilirubin =< institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) (within 28 days prior to randomization)
- STEP 2 REGISTRATION: Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) =< 3 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) (within 28 days prior to randomization)
- STEP 2 REGISTRATION: Serum creatinine =< 1.5 x the institutional upper limit of normal (IULN) OR measured OR calculated creatinine clearance >= 50 mL/min using the Cockcroft-Gault Formula) (must have been drawn and processed within 28 days prior to randomization)
Exclusion Criteria
- STEP 1 REGISTRATION: Participants must not have known active brain metastases. Participants with previously treated brain metastases are eligible if participant has no neurologic signs or symptoms suggestive of brain metastasis. Brain imaging studies are not required. If brain imaging studies are performed, they must be negative for disease
- STEP 1 REGISTRATION: Participants must not have received the following prior treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma: * Immunotherapy naive participants must not have received any prior lines of systemic immunotherapy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma beyond the line intended as part of protocol therapy * Pre-randomized completed participants must not have received any systemic immunotherapy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma beyond the one regimen received off protocol as specified in Step 1 pre-randomization treatment
- STEP 1 REGISTRATION: Participants must not have received more than the following amounts protocol-directed pre-randomization treatment: * Immunotherapy naive participants must not have received any pre-randomization treatment * Pre-randomization completed participants must not be planning to receive any additional treatment prior to Step 2 randomization, and must not have received more than the following amounts of pre-randomization treatment: ** 4 infusions of nivolumab ** 4 infusions of ipilimumab ** 4 infusions of pembrolizumab ** 7 infusions of avelumab
- STEP 1 REGISTRATION: Participants must not have received immunotherapy for any cancer within the following timeframes: * Immunotherapy naive participants must not have received any immunotherapy within a year of registration * Pre-randomization completed participants must not have received any other immunotherapy within a year of the start of off protocol specified pre-randomization treatment
- STEP 1 REGISTRATION: Participants must not have a solitary kidney and not have a transplanted kidney
- STEP 1 REGISTRATION: No other prior malignancy is allowed except for the following: adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, any in situ or T1 cancer, adequately treated stage I or II cancer from which the participant is currently in complete remission, or any other cancer from which the participant has been disease free for at least two years
- STEP 1 REGISTRATION: Participants must not have been previously diagnosed with a medical condition that makes them ineligible for immune based combination therapy or nephrectomy
- STEP 2 REGISTRATION: Participants must not show progression in the primary tumor. Participants who are considered to have pseudo progression are allowed
- STEP 2 REGISTRATION: Participants must not have known active brain metastases. Participants with previously treated brain metastases are eligible if participant has no neurologic signs or symptoms suggestive of brain metastasis. Brain imaging studies are not required. If brain imaging studies are performed, they must be negative for disease
- STEP 2 REGISTRATION: No other prior malignancy is allowed except for the following: adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, in situ cervical cancer, adequately treated stage I or II cancer from which the participant is currently in complete remission, or any other cancer from which the participant has been disease free for two years
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PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:
I. To compare overall survival in participants with newly diagnosed metastatic renal cell carcinoma who are randomized to receive immune checkpoint inhibitor-based combination treatment plus cytoreductive nephrectomy versus immune checkpoint inhibitor-based combination treatment alone.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To compare overall survival between arms in the subset who received their assigned protocol treatment.
II. To assess complications of nephrectomy and post-randomization drug toxicities.
III. To compare objective response rate in metastatic sites between the arms in participants with measurable metastatic disease.
IV. To assess change in diameter of primary tumor at week 12 disease assessment in participants who have received pre-randomization immunotherapy treatment.
BANKING OBJECTIVE:
I. To bank specimens for future correlative studies.
OUTLINE:
PRE-RANDOMIZATION IMMUNOTHERAPY TREATMENT: Immunotherapy naive patients are assigned to 1 of 3 immunotherapy treatment regimens per standard of care.
REGIMEN I: Patients receive nivolumab intravenously (IV) and ipilimumab IV. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for up to 4 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients then receive nivolumab IV on day 1. Cycles repeat every 2-4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
REGIMEN II: Patients receive pembrolizumab IV on day 1 and axitinib orally (PO) twice daily (BID) on days 1-21. Cycles repeat every 3 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
REGIMEN III: Patients receive avelumab IV on day 1 and axitinib PO BID on days 1-14. Cycles repeat every 2 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
NOTE: Some patients may have already completed the standard of care pre-randomization immunotherapy treatment specified above off-trial.
RANDOMIZATION IMMUNOTHERAPY TREATMENT: Between 10-14 weeks from the start of on-trial or off-trial pre-randomization immunotherapy treatment, patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms.
ARM I: Patients receive nivolumab IV, pembrolizumab IV, or avelumab IV on day 1. Patients also receive axitinib PO BID. Cycles with nivolumab repeat every 2 or 4 weeks, cycles with pembrolizumab repeat every 3 weeks, and cycles with avelumab repeat every 2 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
ARM II: Within 42 days following randomization, patients undergo radical or partial nephrectomy in addition to nivolumab, pembrolizumab, avelumab, and axitinib as in Arm I in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Axitinib should be stopped at least 24 hours prior to surgery.
After completion of trial treatment, patients are followed up every 3 months for the first year, every 6 months for years 2 and 3, and then annually for up to 7 years from randomization.
Trial Phase Phase III
Trial Type Treatment
Lead Organization
SWOG
Principal Investigator
Hyung Lae Kim
- Primary ID S1931
- Secondary IDs NCI-2020-04442
- Clinicaltrials.gov ID NCT04510597