Pixatimod and Nivolumab with or without Cyclophosphamide for the Treatment of Advanced Microsatellite Stable Colorectal Cancer or Advanced, Recurrent/Refractory Melanoma or Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
This phase II trial tests whether pixatimod, nivolumab, and low-dose cyclophosphamide work to shrink tumors in patients with microsatellite stable colorectal cancer that has spread to other parts of the body (advanced), and whether pixatimod and nivolumab work to shrink tumors in patients with advanced cutaneous melanoma or non-small cell lung cancer that has come back (recurrent) or has not responded to treatment (refractory). Pixatimod is a type of drug called an angiogenesis inhibitor that may prevent the growth of new blood vessels that tumors need to grow. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as nivolumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Cyclophosphamide is a type of chemotherapy drug called an alkylating agent that attaches to DNA in cells and may kill tumor cells. Giving pixatimod and nivolumab with or without cyclophosphamide may kill more tumor cells in patients with cutaneous melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer, or microsatellite stable colorectal cancer.
Inclusion Criteria
- Male/female participants who are at least 18 years of age on the day of signing informed consent with advanced/metastatic cutaneous melanoma, NSCLC or MSS mCRC who meet the following criteria will be enrolled in this study
- Male participants: * A male participant must agree to use a contraception during the treatment period and for at least 120 days after the last dose of study treatment and refrain from donating sperm during this period
- Female participants: * A female participant is eligible to participate if she is not pregnant, not breastfeeding, and at least one of the following conditions applies: * Not a woman of childbearing potential (WOCBP) OR * A WOCBP who agrees to follow the contraceptive guidance during the treatment period and for at least 120 days after the last dose of study treatment
- COHORT I: MSS is defined as 0-1 allelic shifts among 3-5 tumor microsatellite loci using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based assay or immunohistochemistry
- COHORT I: Must have received prior therapy with a fluoropyrimidine, oxaliplatin, and irinotecan
- COHORT I: Prior treatment with an anti-PD-1/anti-PD-L1 or anti-CTLA-4 antibody is not allowed
- COHORT I: Prior treatment with BRAF/MEK inhibitor therapy (if BRAF mutated) and/or EGFR targeted antibody (if KRAS wildtype [WT]) are allowed
- COHORT I: No more than 2 prior lines of therapy for metastatic disease
- COHORT I: Adjuvant therapy will count as 1 prior line of therapy if received within the prior 6 months; but if not does not count towards prior line of therapy
- COHORT II: PD-1 refractory disease as defined as progression on treatment with anti-PD-(L)1 inhibitor administered either as monotherapy or in combination with other checkpoint inhibitors or other therapies. PD-1 treatment progression is defined by meeting all of the following criteria: * Receipt of at least 2 doses of an approved or investigational anti-PD-(L)1 inhibitor * Demonstrated progressive disease (PD) after anti-PD-(L)1 inhibitor as defined by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) version (v) 1.1. The initial evidence of PD is to be confirmed by a second assessment no less than 4 weeks from the date of the first documented PD, in the absence of rapid clinical progression (as defined by the criteria in the sub-point below) * Progressive disease that has been documented within 12 weeks from the last dose of anti-PD-(L)1 inhibitor ** Progressive disease is determined according to immune-modified (i)RECIST ** This determination is made by the investigator. Once PD is confirmed, the initial date of PD documentation will be considered the date of disease progression
- COHORT II: Subjects who progressed on/within 3 months of adjuvant therapy with anti-PD-(L)1 inhibitor will be allowed; an adjuvant therapy will count as 1 prior line of therapy if received within the prior 6 months
- COHORT II: Prior treatment with an anti-cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4) antibody is allowed but not required
- COHORT II: Prior treatment with BRAF/MEK inhibitor therapy (if BRAF mutated) must have received and progressed or have demonstrable intolerance to approved targeted therapy
- COHORT II: No more than 5 prior lines of therapy.
- COHORT III: PD-1 refractory disease as defined as progression on treatment with anti-PD-(L)1 inhibitor administered either as monotherapy or in combination with other checkpoint inhibitors or other therapies. PD-1 treatment progression is defined by meeting all of the following criteria: * Has received at least 2 doses of an approved or investigational anti-PD-(L)1 inhibitor * Has demonstrated PD after anti-PD-(L)1 inhibitor as defined by RECIST v1.1. The initial evidence of PD is to be confirmed by a second assessment no less than 4 weeks from the date of the first documented PD, in the absence of rapid clinical progression (as defined by the criteria in the sub-point below) * Progressive disease has been documented within 12 weeks from the last dose of anti-PD-(L)1 inhibitor ** Progressive disease is determined according to iRECIST ** This determination is made by the investigator. Once PD is confirmed, the initial date of PD documentation will be considered the date of disease progression
- COHORT III: Subjects who progressed on/within 3 months of adjuvant therapy with anti-PD-(L)1 inhibitor will be allowed; an adjuvant therapy will count as 1 prior line of therapy if received within the prior 6 months
- COHORT III: Prior treatment with an anti-cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4) antibody is allowed but not required
- COHORT III: Prior treatment with BRAF/MEK inhibitor therapy (if BRAF mutated) must have received and progressed or have demonstrable intolerance to approved targeted therapy
- COHORT III: Patients with NSCLC with known oncogenic driver (including but not limited to EGFR, ALK, ROS, MET alterations) must have received and progressed past driver-specific therapy
- COHORT III: No more than 5 prior lines of therapy
- The participant (or legally acceptable representative if applicable) provides written informed consent for the trial
- Have measurable disease based on RECIST 1.1. lesions situated in a previously irradiated area are considered measurable if progression has been demonstrated in such lesions
- Have provided newly obtained core or excisional biopsy of a tumor lesion not previously irradiated to undergo tumor biopsy (core, punch, incisional or excisional) * Biopsy must meet minimal sampling criteria
- Have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 1. Evaluation of ECOG is to be performed within 28 days prior to the date of enrollment
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1500/uL (obtained within 4 weeks of cycle 1 day 1)
- Platelets >= 100 000/uL (obtained within 4 weeks of cycle 1 day 1)
- Hemoglobin >= 9.0 g/dL or >= 5.6 mmol/L (obtained within 4 weeks of cycle 1 day 1) * Criteria must be met without erythropoietin dependency and without packed red blood cell (pRBC) transfusion within last 2 weeks
- Creatinine =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) OR measured or calculated creatinine clearance (CrCl) (glomerular filtration rate [GFR] can also be used in place of creatinine or CrCl) >= 30 mL/min for participant with creatinine levels > 1.5 x institutional ULN (obtained within 4 weeks of cycle 1 day 1) * Creatinine clearance (CrCl) should be calculated per institutional standard
- Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x ULN OR direct bilirubin =< ULN for participants with total bilirubin levels > 1.5 x ULN (obtained within 4 weeks of cycle 1 day 1)
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT]) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) =< 2.5 × ULN (=< 5 × ULN for participants with liver metastases) (obtained within 4 weeks of cycle 1 day 1)
- International normalized ratio (INR) OR prothrombin time (PT) or activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) =< 1.5 × ULN unless participant is receiving anticoagulant therapy as long as PT or aPTT is within therapeutic range of intended use of anticoagulants (obtained within 4 weeks of cycle 1 day 1)
- Proteinuria exceeding 1 gram in a 24 hour period
- Female subject of childbearing potential should have a negative urine or serum pregnancy within 72 hours prior to receiving the first dose of study medication. If the urine test is positive or cannot be confirmed as negative, a serum pregnancy test will be required
- Female subjects of childbearing potential should be willing to use 2 methods of birth control or be surgically sterile or abstain from heterosexual activity for the course of the study through 120 days after the last dose of study medication. Subjects of childbearing potential are those who have not been surgically sterilized or have not been free from menses for > 1 year
- Male subjects should agree to use an adequate method of contraception starting with the first dose of study therapy through 120 days after the last dose of study therapy
- Note: Abstinence is acceptable if this is the usual lifestyle and preferred contraception for the subject
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
- History of allergy and/or hypersensitivity and/or other clinically significant adverse drug reaction to heparin or other anti-coagulant agents, or to any monoclonal antibody
- Use of heparin (including low-molecular weight heparin and/or fondaparinux) within 2 weeks prior to enrollment * Patients who are currently receiving low-molecular weight heparin (or fondaparinux or other heparin product) for therapeutic anticoagulation may be enrolled if they have tested negative for anti-heparin antibodies at Screening
- Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency, immunosuppression and/or is receiving systemic steroid therapy or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the first dose of trial treatment
- Has had prior chemotherapy, targeted small molecule therapy, or radiation therapy within 2 weeks prior to study day 1 or who has not recovered (i.e., =< grade 1 or at baseline) from adverse events (AEs) due to a previously administered agent * Note: Subjects with =< grade 2 neuropathy are an exception to this criterion and may qualify for the study * Note: If subject received major surgery, they must have recovered adequately from the toxicity and/or complications from the intervention prior to starting therapy * Note: Subjects with autoimmune disorders of grade 4 while on prior immunotherapy will be excluded. Subjects who developed autoimmune disorders of grade =< 3 may enroll if the disorder has resolved to grade =< 1 and the subject has been off systemic steroids at doses > 10 mg/d for at least 2 weeks
- Active (i.e., symptomatic or growing) central nervous system (CNS) metastases * Note: Subjects with treated and stable CNS metastases are permitted to enroll. Stability for prior treated CNS disease should be assessed on a contrast-enhanced imaging study obtained no sooner than 14 days from data of definitive radiotherapy and/or surgery for CNS disease * Note: Subjects with leptomeningeal carcinomatosis are excluded
- Has a known additional malignancy that is progressing or requires active treatment. Exceptions include basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, or in situ cervical cancer that has undergone (or is being planned to undergo) potentially curative therapy
- Has a systemic disease that requires systemic pharmacologic doses of corticosteroids greater than 10 mg daily prednisone (or equivalent). * Note: Subjects who are currently receiving steroids at a dose of =< 10 mg daily do not need to discontinue steroids prior to enrollment * Note: Subjects that require topical, ophthalmologic and inhalational steroids are not excluded from the study * Note: Subjects with hypothyroidism stable on hormone replacement or Sjogren’s syndrome are not excluded from the study * Note: Subjects who require active immunosuppression (greater than steroid dose discussed above) for any reason are excluded from the study
- Has evidence of interstitial lung disease or active, non-infectious pneumonitis
- Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy
- Has a history or current evidence of any condition, therapy, or laboratory abnormality that might confound the results of the trial, interfere with the subject’s participation for the full duration of the trial, or is not in the best interest of the subject to participate, in the opinion of the treating investigator
- Has known psychiatric or substance abuse disorders that would interfere with cooperation with the requirements of the trial
- Is pregnant or breastfeeding or expecting to conceive or father children within the projected duration of the trial, starting with the pre-screening or screening visit through 26 weeks after the last dose of trial treatment
- Has a known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (HIV 1/2 antibodies) * Note: Subjects with HIV that is well controlled (undetectable viral load and CD4 count > 200 cells/mm^3) on anti-retroviral therapy are permitted to enroll
- Has known active hepatitis B (e.g., hepatitis B virus surface antigen [HBsAg] reactive) or hepatitis C (e.g., hepatitis C virus [HCV] ribonucleic acid [RNA] [qualitative] is detected) * Note: Subjects with treated hepatitis B and/or C with no evidence of active infection may be enrolled
- Has a history of significant cardiac disease including but not limited to symptomatic congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association class III/IV), uncontrolled hypertension (>= 150/90mmHg) despite appropriate anti-hypertensive medication (patients with stably controlled hypertension are eligible), unstable angina pectoris or myocardial infarction (=< 6 months prior to screening), uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia, clinically significant cardiac valvopathy requiring treatment
- Receipt of live vaccine(s) within 30 days prior to the first dose of trial treatment
- Other uncontrolled intercurrent illness, including but not limited to, ongoing/active infection, active interstitial lung disease, serious chronic gastrointestinal conditions associated with diarrhea, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirement, substantially increase risk of incurring AEs and/or compromise the ability of the patient to give written informed consent
Study sponsor and potential other locations can be found on ClinicalTrials.gov for NCT05061017.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:
I. To establish the efficacy of nivolumab/pixatimod combination in PD-1 relapsed/refractory (R/R) melanoma and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC); and the efficacy of nivolumab/pixatimod/cyclophosphamide combination in microsatellite stable (MSS) metastatic colorectal carcinoma (mCRC).
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To assess safety of nivolumab/pixatimod combination in PD-1 R/R melanoma and NSCLC; and nivolumab/pixatimod/cyclophosphamide combination in MSS mCRC patients.
II. To assess efficacy using alternative response endpoints.
III. To assess CD8+ T cell and natural killer (NK) cell infiltrate in pre- and on- treatment tumor samples by multiplex immunohistochemistry (IHC)/immunofluorescence (IF).
IV. To assess median and landmark progression-free survival (PFS) and landmark overall survival (OS) in participants treated with nivolumab/pixatimod or nivolumab/pixatimod/cyclophosphamide.
EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVE:
I. To explore potential association between biomarkers and clinical efficacy of nivolumab/pixatimod or nivolumab/pixatimod/ cyclophosphamide combination.
OUTLINE: Patients are assigned to 1 of 3 cohorts.
COHORT I: Patients with MSS mCRC receive nivolumab intravenously (IV) over 30 minutes on day 1, pixatimod IV over 60 minutes on days 1, 8, 15, and 22, and cyclophosphamide orally (PO) twice daily (BID) on days 1-7 and 15-21. Cycles repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
COHORT II: Patients with R/R melanoma receive nivolumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1 and pixatimod IV over 60 minutes on days 1, 8, 15, and 22. Cycles repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
COHORT III: Patients with R/R NSCLC receive nivolumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1 and pixatimod IV over 60 minutes on days 1, 8, 15, and 22. Cycles repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 30 days, every 3 months for 2 years, every 6 months for years 2-5, and every 12 months for years 5-15.
Trial PhasePhase II
Trial Typetreatment
Lead OrganizationUniversity of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI)
Principal InvestigatorDiwakar Davar
- Primary IDHCC 20-266
- Secondary IDsNCI-2021-13071
- ClinicalTrials.gov IDNCT05061017