Durvalumab and Tremelimumab with Radiation or Ablation Therapy in Treating Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
This phase II trial studies how well durvalumab and tremelimumab with radiation or ablation therapy work in treating patients with colorectal cancer that has spread to other places in the body. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as durvalumab and tremelimumab, may help the body’s immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Radiation therapy uses high energy beams to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. Radiofrequency ablation uses a needle to deliver a high-frequency, electric current to kill tumor cells by heating them. It is not yet known whether giving durvalumab and tremelimumab with radiation or ablation therapy may work better in treating patients with colorectal cancer.
Inclusion Criteria
- Be willing and able to provide written informed consent for the trial
- Histologically- or cytologically- confirmed CRC
- Metastatic CRC
- Subjects have received at least two standard chemotherapy regimens for which they would be considered eligible (at least one containing a 5-fluoropyrimidine), or systemic chemotherapy is not indicated in the setting of low volume metastatic disease
- At least one tumor for which palliative RT is considered appropriate standard therapy (cohort 1); or, at least one tumor for which palliative ablation is considered appropriate standard therapy (cohort 2)
- At least one index lesion that will not undergo RT or ablation, and which is measurable based on RECIST 1.1
- Consent for tumor biopsies (for patients enrolled in stage 1 only) and blood draws for research purposes (for all patients)
- Consent for use of available archived tissue and tumor obtained during a standard procedure, for research purposes
- Have a performance status of 0 or 1 on the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance scale
- Female subjects must either be of non-reproductive potential (i.e., post-menopausal by history: >= 60 years old and no menses for >= 1 year without an alternative medical cause; OR history of hysterectomy, OR history of bilateral tubal ligation, OR history of bilateral oophorectomy) or must have a negative serum pregnancy test within 2 weeks prior to starting treatment
- Hemoglobin >= 8.0 g/dL
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1,500/mcL
- Platelets >= 100,000/mcL
- Serum creatinine OR measured or calculated creatinine clearance (glomerular filtration rate [GFR] can also be used in place of creatinine or creatinine clearance [CrCl]) =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) OR serum creatinine clearance (CL) > 40 mL/min by the Cockcroft-Gault formula or by 24-hour urine collection for determination of creatinine clearance
- Serum total bilirubin =< 1.5 x ULN OR direct bilirubin =< ULN for subjects with total bilirubin levels > 1.5 ULN
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT]) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) =< 2.5 x ULN OR =< 5 X ULN for subjects with liver metastases
Exclusion Criteria
- Is currently participating in or has participated in a study of an investigational agent or using an investigational device within 4 weeks of the first dose of treatment
- Chemotherapy, monoclonal antibody, targeted small molecule therapy, within 4 weeks prior to dose #1 or who has not recovered (i.e., =< grade 1 or at baseline) for adverse events due to a previously administered agent (excluding alopecia or toxicity not anticipated to interfere with planned treatment on study)
- Known or suspected high-frequency microsatellite instability (MSI-H) CRC
- Any prior grade >= 3 immune-related adverse event (irAE) while receiving any previous immunotherapy agent, or any unresolved irAE > grade 1, including anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, anti-CD137, anti-CTLA-4 antibody or any other antibody or drug specifically targeting T-cell co-stimulation or checkpoint pathways, except for endocrinopathies and asymptomatic amylase/lipase
- If subject received major surgery, they must have recovered adequately from the toxicity and/or complications from the intervention per clinical discretion of the investigator prior to starting therapy
- Concurrent active malignancy that requires systemic treatment
- Known central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis; subjects with previously treated brain metastases may participate provided they are stable without evidence of new or enlarging brain metastases, and are not using steroids for at least 7 days prior to trial treatment; the use of topical steroids is permitted
- Active autoimmune disease requiring systemic immune suppressive treatment within the past 2 years; NOTE: Subjects with vitiligo, Grave's disease, or psoriasis not requiring systemic treatment (within the past 2 years) are not excluded
- Has active, non-infectious pneumonitis
- Active or prior documented inflammatory bowel disease
- History of allogeneic organ transplant
- Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy
- Has known psychiatric or substance abuse disorders that would interfere with cooperation with the requirements of the trial
- Has a known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (HIV 1/2 antibodies)
- Has known active and untreated hepatitis B (e.g., hepatitis B surface antigen [HBsAg] reactive) or active hepatitis C (e.g., hepatitis C virus [HCV] ribonucleic acid [RNA] [qualitative] is detected)
- Has received a live vaccine within 30 days prior to the first dose of trial treatment
- Current or prior use of immunosuppressive medication within 14 days before the first dose of durvalumab or tremelimumab with the exceptions of premedication and intranasal, topical and inhaled corticosteroids or systemic corticosteroids at physiological doses, which are not to exceed 10 mg/day of prednisone, or an equivalent corticosteroid
- Hypersensitivity to durvalumab or tremelimumab, or any excipients on the formulation
- Any condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, would interfere with evaluation of study treatment or interpretation of patient safety or study results
- Female patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding or male or female patients of reproductive potential who are not willing to employ effective birth control from screening to 180 days after the last dose of durvalumab + tremelimumab combination therapy or 90 days after the last dose of durvalumab monotherapy, whichever is the longer time period
- QT interval corrected for heart (QTc) >= 470 ms calculated from 1 electrocardiogram (ECG) using Fridericia's correction
- History of primary immunodeficiency
- Known history of previous clinical diagnosis of tuberculosis
- Subjects with uncontrolled seizures
Additional locations may be listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for NCT03122509.
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PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. Overall response rate in disease that is not ablated or radiated of durvalumab and tremelimumab plus radiation therapy (RT) or durvalumab and tremelimumab plus ablation in subjects with metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC), according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) version (v)1.1.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To determine safety and tolerability of durvalumab and tremelimumab plus RT or ablation.
II. To determine overall survival of durvalumab and tremelimumab plus RT or ablation.
III. To determine progression free survival rate at 1 year.
IV. To determine progression free survival rate at 2 years.
EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:
I. To evaluate biomarkers that may correlate with activity of durvalumab and tremelimumab plus RT or ablation in CRC, or prospectively identify CRC patients likely to respond to treatment.
OUTLINE: Patients are assigned to 1 of 2 cohorts.
COHORT I: Patients receive tremelimumab intravenously (IV) over 1 hour and durvalumab IV over 1 hour on day 1. Treatment repeats every 4 weeks for up to 4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Within in 7 days of starting tremelimumab and durvalumab, patients undergo radiation therapy. Starting on week 16, patients receive durvalumab IV over 1 hour on day 1. Courses repeat every 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
COHORT II: Patients receive tremelimumab IV over 1 hour and durvalumab IV over 1 hour on day 1. Treatment repeats every 4 weeks for up to 4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Within in 7 days of starting tremelimumab and durvalumab, patients undergo ablation therapy. Starting on week 16, patients receive durvalumab IV over 1 hour on day 1. Courses repeat every 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up for 2 years.
Trial PhasePhase II
Trial Typetreatment
Lead OrganizationMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Principal InvestigatorNeil Howard Segal
- Primary ID17-139
- Secondary IDsNCI-2017-00742
- ClinicalTrials.gov IDNCT03122509