This phase I/II trial studies the side effects and best dose of pazopanib hydrochloride and how well it works when given in combination with nivolumab and ipilimumab, in treating patients with soft tissue and bone sarcomas that have spread to nearby tissues, lymph nodes or other places in the body or cannot be removed by surgery. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as nivolumab and ipilimumab, may help the body’s immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Pazopanib hydrochloride may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Giving nivolumab, ipilimumab and pazopanib hydrochloride may work better at treating soft tissue and bone sarcomas.
Study sponsor and potential other locations can be found on ClinicalTrials.gov for NCT03149120.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. Evaluate the safety, tolerability, dose-limiting toxicities and maximum tolerated dose (phase 1 part) and progression free survival rate (PFS, phase 2 part) at 6 months of fixed dose nivolumab plus ipilimumab followed by fixed dose nivolumab plus dose escalated pazopanib hydrochloride (pazopanib).
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To estimate the incidence of treatment related adverse events (AE).
II. To estimate the response rate by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1 criteria.
III. To estimate the median progression free survival.
IV. To estimate overall survival (OS) defined as the time from time to first treatment with nivolumab + ipilimumab to death from any cause.
V. To explore the association between pre-treatment immunologic parameters related to the tumor microenvironment such as PD-L1 staining and lymphocyte tumor infiltration with clinical endpoints of response and PFS at 6 months.
VI. To explore the association between immunologic parameters such as levels of myeloid-derived suppressor cells and other immune cell subsets with the clinical endpoints of response and PFS at 6 months.
OUTLINE: This is a phase I, dose-escalation study of pazopanib hydrochloride followed by a phase II study.
Patients receive nivolumab intravenously (IV) over 30 minutes on days 1, 15, and 29 and ipilimumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of cycle 1 only in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients then receive pazopanib hydrochloride orally (PO) daily starting on day 43, and beginning 2 weeks later, also receive nivolumab IV over 30 minutes every 2 weeks. Treatment continues for up to 2 years in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up for 30 days, then every 3 months for the first year and every 6 months thereafter for up to 5 years.
Lead OrganizationLaura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone
Principal InvestigatorAnna C Pavlick