Mirvetuximab Soravtansine and Pembrolizumab for the Treatment of Microsatellite Stable Advanced or Recurrent Endometrial Cancer
This phase II trial studies how well mirvetuximab soravtansine and pembrolizumab work in treating patients with microsatellite stable endometrial cancer that has spread to other places in the body (advanced) or has come back (recurrent). Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as pembrolizumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Mirvetuximab soravtansine is an antibody-drug conjugate, a type of agent attaches a chemotherapy drug to a molecule that binds to a protein on the outside of cancer cells. The protein targeted by mirvetuximab soravtansine is called folate receptor-alpha (FRalpha). FRalpha is expressed on the surface of certain cancers, including endometrial cancer cells. Mirvetuximab soravtansine may help to kill cancer cells by delivering chemotherapy drugs to cells that have high levels of FRalpha and may also activate immune cells and improving the response to immunotherapies like pembrolizumab. Giving mirvetuximab soravtansine and pembrolizumab may shrink or prevent the growth of endometrial cancers compared to giving pembrolizumab alone.
Inclusion Criteria
- Participants must have advanced or recurrent serous endometrial cancer. Patients with mixed histologies/tumors are eligible if the serous component is the dominant histological subtype. In addition, the tumors must be: * Microsatellite stable (MSS) as documented by either intact immunohistochemical (IHC) nuclear expression of the mismatch repair genes MSH2, MSH6, MLH1 and PMS2; or microsatellite stable by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), next generation sequencing, or other Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA)-approved method * FR-alpha positive by central immunohistochemistry (IHC). If archival tissue does not meet FR-alpha criteria, a fresh biopsy tumor sample may be submitted and used to meet this criterium. If a fresh tumor biopsy cannot be done safely the patient will not be allowed to enroll in this study
- Participants must have measurable disease as defined by RECIST 1.1. Lesions situated in a previously irradiated area are considered measurable if progression has been demonstrated in such lesions
- Prior therapy: patients must have had one, but no more than four lines of chemotherapy for endometrial carcinoma * Prior hormonal therapy is allowed (no washout period is required after hormonal therapy) and does not count as a prior line of therapy. Hormonal therapy in combination with CDK4/6 inhibitors or mTOR or other PI3K pathway inhibitors is allowed and does not count as a line of prior therapy * Prior IO therapy targeted to the PD-1/PD-L1 pathway is allowed in up to 19 patients of the total cohort * Patients must NOT have received prior therapy with any folate receptor ortholog agents
- Age 18 or greater years. Because insufficient dosing or adverse event data are currently available on the use of mirvetuximab soravtansine and pembrolizumab in participants < 18 years of age, children are excluded. Endometrial cancer is rare in the pediatric population
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 or 1
- Availability of archival tissue for research purposes in the form of a formalin-fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) block or 5 unstained slides. Participants without available archival tissue may be eligible for enrollment after discussion with the principal investigator
- Leukocytes >= 3,000/mcL
- Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,500/mcL
- Platelets >= 100,000/mcL
- Hemoglobin >= 9.0 g/dL
- Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT]) / alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) =< 2.5 x institutional upper limit of normal
- Creatinine =< institutional upper limit of normal OR creatinine clearance >= 40 mL/min/1.73 m^2 for participants with creatinine levels above institutional normal
- Time from prior therapy: * Systemic anti-neoplastic therapy: 5 half-lives or 4 weeks, whichever is shorter. Hormonal therapy is not considered anti-neoplastic therapy * Radiotherapy: wide-field radiotherapy (e.g. > 30% of marrow-bearing bones) completed at least 4 weeks, or focal radiation completed at least 2 weeks, prior to starting study treatment
- The effects of agents used in this study on the developing human fetus are unknown. For this reason, women of child-bearing potential must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry, during study treatment, and for at least twelve weeks after the last dose of study treatment. Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while she is participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately
- Women of child-bearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test within 3 days prior to the first dose of study treatment
- Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document
Exclusion Criteria
- Participants who have had chemotherapy within 5 half-lives or 4 weeks (whichever is shorter) or radiotherapy within 2 weeks prior to entering the study. Patients completing wide-field radiotherapy (e.g. > 30% of marrow-bearing bones) must not have had treatment within 4 weeks prior to entering study. Participants must have recovered from all adverse events (AEs) due to previous therapy to grade 1 =< or baseline, except alopecia. Participants with endocrine-related AEs who are adequately treated with hormone replacement are eligible
- Participants who are receiving any other investigational agents
- Participants with prior exposure to IO agents targeting the PD-1/PD-L1 pathway who discontinued therapy due to treatment-related toxicity deemed to be specifically related to IO therapy
- Required use of folate-containing supplements (e.g. folate deficiency)
- Known active central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis. Participants with previously treated brain metastases may participate provided they are radiologically stable, i.e. without evidence of progression for at least 4 weeks by repeat imaging (note that the repeat imaging should be performed during study screening), clinically stable and without requirement of steroid treatment for at least 14 days prior to first dose of study treatment
- History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to monoclonal antibodies (including antibody drug-conjugates or checkpoint inhibitors)
- Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, any of the following within 6 months of first study treatment: symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, uncontrolled hypertension (>= grade 3), hypertensive crisis or hypertensive encephalopathy, uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmias, thrombotic or ischemic stroke, clinically-significant vascular disease (e.g. aortic aneurysm, or dissecting aneurysm), severe aortic stenosis, clinically significant peripheral vascular disease, or >= grade 3 cardiac toxicity following prior chemotherapy, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
- Active or chronic corneal disorder, including but not limited to the following: Sjogren’s syndrome, Fuchs corneal dystrophy (requiring treatment), history of corneal transplantation, active herpetic keratitis, and also active ocular conditions requiring ongoing treatment/monitoring such as wet age-related macular degeneration requiring intravitreal injections, active diabetic retinopathy with macular edema, presence of papilledema, and acquired monocular vision
- Serious clinically-relevant active infection, including known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, varicella-zoster virus, cytomegalovirus infection, has a known history of hepatitis B (defined as hepatitis B surface antigen [HBsAg] reactive) or known active hepatitis C virus (defined as HCV ribonucleic acid [RNA] is detected) or any other known concurrent infectious disease requiring IV antibiotics with within 2 weeks of study enrollment are ineligible because of the potential for immune side effects
- Has received a live vaccine or live-attenuated vaccine within 30 days prior to the first dose of study drug. Administration of killed vaccines is allowed
- Current or prior use of immunosuppressive medication within 7 days prior to enrollment with the following exceptions to this exclusion criterion: * Intranasal, inhaled, topical steroids, or local steroid injections (e.g., intra-articular injection) * Systemic corticosteroids at physiologic doses not to exceed 10 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent * Steroids as premedication for hypersensitivity reactions (e.g., computed tomography [CT] scan premedication)
- Active autoimmune disease that might deteriorate when receiving an immunostimulatory agent. Patients with diabetes type I, vitiligo, psoriasis, hypo-or hyperthyroid disease not requiring immunosuppressive treatment are eligible
- Has a history of (non-infectious) pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease that required steroids or has current pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease
- Pregnant or nursing women are excluded from this study because effects of agents used in this study on infants or the developing human fetus are unknown
- Presence of other malignancies unless they are considered cured by patient’s oncologist
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PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:
I. To assess the activity of mirvetuximab soravtansine and pembrolizumab in advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer (EC) as determined by the frequency of patients who are alive and progression-free for a minimum of 6 months (PFS6) after initiating therapy, or who have objective tumor responses by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1 criteria.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To determine the duration of progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS) and duration of response (DoR).
II. To determine the nature and degree of toxicity of protocol therapy as classified using the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 5.0.
III. To determine immune-related objective response rate (irORR).
IV. To determine immune-related progression-free survival (irPFS) rate defined as time from treatment initiation to death or to immune-related progression of disease (irPD).
EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:
I. To assess CD3+ tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) and circulating lymphocytes, CD8+ TILs, CD8+/CD4+FOXP3+ TIL ratio, CD137+CD8+ TILs, CD137+CD8+/CD4+FOXP3+ TIL ratio and correlate with response.
II. To assess myeloid, stromal and other immunoactive cell types from blood, tissue and fluid samples and correlate with response.
III. To assess the expression pre-, during, and at time of progression of immune checkpoints including TIM-3, LAG-3, CTLA-4, PD-L2, PD-L1, PD-1, IDO within tumor and/or blood samples and correlate with response.
IV. To perform whole exome sequencing (WES) to assess for specific deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) gene repair mutations and neoantigens as well as for single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in immunologically relevant genes and correlate with response.
OUTLINE:
Patients receive mirvetuximab soravtansine intravenously (IV) and pembrolizumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1. Treatment with pembrolizumab repeats every 21 days for a total of up to 35 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Cycles with mirvetuximab soravtansine repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo computed tomography (CT) scan, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and blood sample collection throughout the study.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 30 days every 6 months and then every 6 months for 3 years.
Trial PhasePhase II
Trial Typetreatment
Lead OrganizationDana-Farber Harvard Cancer Center
Principal InvestigatorRebecca Lynn Porter
- Primary ID18-602
- Secondary IDsNCI-2020-01538
- ClinicalTrials.gov IDNCT03835819