Etrumadenant and Zimberelimab for Treatment in Patients with Recurrent, Unresectable, or Metastatic Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma
This phase II trial tests how well etrumadenant and zimberelimab work in treating patients with dedifferentiated liposarcoma that has come back after a period of improvement (recurrent), cannot be removed by surgery (unresectable), or has spread from where it first started (primary site) to other places in the body (metastatic). Etrumadenant is designed to block adenosine activity, a substance produced inside tumors that plays a key role in immunosuppression (suppression of the body’s immune system and its ability to fight infections and other diseases) and tumor cell growth. By blocking adenosine, etrumadenant activates the immune system to kill cancer cells, which may help shrink or stabilize cancer. Zimberelimab is a type of drug called an antibody, and it is similar to the antibodies made by the immune system to protect the body from harm. Zimberelimab blocks a protein called programmed cell death receptor 1 (PD-1), which usually acts as a “brake” on the immune system. Blocking this protein is like releasing the brakes, so that the immune system can target cancer cells and kill them. Giving etrumadenant and zimberelimab may kill more tumor cells in patients with advanced dedifferentiated liposarcoma.
Inclusion Criteria
- Diagnosis of recurrent, unresectable, or metastatic DDLPS * The definition of recurrent disease is a patient with a primary tumor that has been successfully resected, but has recurred after primary surgery * Any number of prior systemic therapies will be allowed
- Age >= 18 years at the time of informed consent
- Willing and able to provide written informed consent/assent for the trial
- Willing to comply with treatment protocol
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status 0 or 1/Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) 70-100%
- Presence of measurable disease per RECIST v1.1 * Target lesions must not be chosen from a previously irradiated field unless there has been radiographically and/or pathologically documented tumor progression
- Corrected QT (QTc) =< 480 msec using Fredericia's QT correction formula
- Hemoglobin >= 9.0 g/dL (within 2 weeks of treatment initiation)
- Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,500/mm^3 (1.0 x 10^9/L) (within 2 weeks of treatment initiation)
- Platelet count >= 75,000/mm^3 (50 x 10^9/L) (within 2 weeks of treatment initiation)
- Serum bilirubin =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) OR direct bilirubin =< ULN for a patient with total bilirubin level > 1.5 x ULN (within 2 weeks of treatment initiation)
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) =< 2.5 x ULN OR =< 5 x ULN for patients with liver metastases (within 2 weeks of treatment initiation)
- Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) =< 2.5 x ULN OR =< 5 x ULN for patients with liver metastases (within 2 weeks of treatment initiation)
- Alkaline phosphatase < 5 x ULN (within 2 weeks of treatment initiation)
- Serum creatinine =< 1.5 x ULN or a measured or calculated creatinine clearance >= 60 mL/min for a patient with creatinine levels > 1.5 x institutional ULN (Note: Creatinine clearance need not be determined if the baseline serum creatinine is within normal limits. Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) can also be used in place of creatinine or creatinine clearance [CrCl]) (within 2 weeks of treatment initiation) * Creatinine clearance should be calculated per institutional standard
- International normalized ratio (INR) or prothrombin time (PT) =< 1.5 X ULN unless patient is receiving anticoagulant therapy as long as PT or partial thromboplastin time (PTT) is within therapeutic range of intended use of anticoagulants (within 2 weeks of treatment initiation)
- Activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) =< 1.5 x ULN unless subject is receiving anticoagulant therapy as long as PT and PTT is within therapeutic range of intended use of anticoagulants (within 2 weeks of treatment initiation)
- For female patients of childbearing potential, negative serum pregnancy test at screening visit and within 72 hours (h) prior to the first dose of study medication
- Female participants of reproductive potential and male participants with female partners of reproductive potential are required to use highly effective contraceptive measures from the first dose of study treatment until 30 days after the last dose of etrumadenant or 90 days after the last dose of zimberelimab, whichever is longer. * A female participant (or female partner of a male participant) is considered fertile following menarche and until becoming post-menopausal unless permanently sterile. ** Permanent sterilization methods include hysterectomy, bilateral salpingectomy and bilateral oophorectomy. ** A postmenopausal state is defined as no menses for 12 months without an alternative medical cause. A high follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) level in the postmenopausal range may be used to confirm a post-menopausal state in women not using hormonal contraception or hormonal replacement therapy. However, in the absence of 12 months of amenorrhea, a single FSH measurement is insufficient. * A man is considered fertile after puberty unless permanently sterile by bilateral orchidectomy
- Highly effective contraception is defined as use of one or more methods that result in a low failure rate (i.e., less than 1%). Highly effective contraceptive measures include: * Combined (estrogen and progestogen containing) hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation: oral, intravaginal, transdermal * Progestogen only hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation: oral, injectable, implantable * Intrauterine device * Intrauterine hormone-releasing system in combination with a barrier method (preferably male condom) * Surgical sterilization ** Female participant or female partner of the male participant has undergone bilateral tubal ligation ** Male participant is vasectomized (with documented medical confirmation of surgical success) and is the sole sexual partner of a female with reproductive potential * Complete sexual abstinence defined as refraining from heterosexual intercourse during the entire period of risk associated with study treatment. The reliability of sexual abstinence needs to be evaluated in relation to the duration of the clinical trial and the preferred and usual lifestyle of the participant
- To ensure proper birth control, female participants who use hormonal contraception should use an efficient barrier contraceptive (condom plus spermicide). Additionally, male participants, when having sexual intercourse with a female of reproductive potential, should use an efficient barrier contraceptive (condom plus spermicide); the respective partner should also use an additional efficient contraceptive method (e.g., oral pills, intrauterine device, or diaphragm, and spermicide)
Exclusion Criteria
- Prior treatment with systemic PD-1 or PD-L1 inhibitor
- Prior treatment with an agent targeting the adenosine pathway
- Have a concurrent unrelated malignancy that requires active treatment * Patients with concurrent malignancies of a different tumor whose natural history or treatment will likely not interfere with the safety or efficacy assessment of the investigational drug will be eligible
- Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including active infection requiring systemic therapy or symptomatic congestive heart failure within the past 6 months
- Has known active central nervous system (CNS) metastases * Patients with previously treated brain metastases may participate provided they are stable (without evidence of progression by imaging for at least 4 weeks prior to study Day 1 and return to baseline of neurologic symptoms), and have no evidence of new or enlarging brain metastases. This exception does not include sarcomatous meningitis, which is excluded regardless of clinical stability. * Patients must be on a stable or decreasing corticosteroid dose at the time of study entry; patients who require escalating doses of corticosteroids for the treatment of CNS metastases will be excluded
- Shows evidence of clinically significant immunosuppression such as the following: * Primary immunodeficiency state such as severe combined immunodeficiency disease * Concurrent opportunistic infection * Receiving systemic immunosuppressive therapy (> 2 weeks) including oral steroid doses > 10 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent within 14 days prior to enrollment. However, in the setting of non-immune mediated indications for use, chronic/active low dose steroid use may be permitted at the discretion of the principal investigator
- Has a known infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) AND * CD4+ T-cell (CD4+) counts < 350 cells/uL * An opportunistic infection within the prior 12 months
- Has a known active infection with hepatitis B or hepatitis C * Chronic carriers of HBV infection (Hepatitis B surface antigen [HBsAg]-positive, undetectable or low hepatitis B virus [HBV] DNA, and normal ALT) or individuals who have serologic evidence of a resolved prior HBV infection (i.e., HBsAg-negative and anti-hemoglobin C [HBc]–positive) may be eligible if suppressive antiviral therapy can be safely administered. * Patients who have completed curative antiviral treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV) and have a viral load below the limit of quantification will be eligible (e.g. a patient who is HCV antibody (Ab) positive but HCV ribonucleic acid (RNA) negative due to prior treatment or natural resolution)
- Has a known history of active tuberculosis infection
- Has history or evidence of symptomatic autoimmune disease (e.g., pneumonitis, glomerulonephritis, vasculitis, or other), or history of active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment (i.e., use of corticosteroids, immunosuppressive drugs or biological agents used for treatment of autoimmune diseases) in the past 2 years. Replacement therapy (e.g., thyroxine for hypothyroidism, insulin for diabetes or physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency) is not considered a form of systemic treatment for autoimmune disease
- For female subjects, is pregnant or breast-feeding, or planning to become pregnant
- For male subjects, is planning to father a child within the projected duration of the trial, starting with the pre-screening or screening visit, during study treatment and through 4 months after the last cycle of treatment
- For patients of childbearing potential, is unwilling to use acceptable method(s) of effective contraception during study treatment and through 4 months after the last cycle of treatment. (Women not of childbearing potential are defined as: post-menopausal [age > 55 years with cessation of menses for 12 or more months or less than 55 years but not spontaneous menses for at least 2 years or less than 55 years and spontaneous menses within the past 1 year, but currently amenorrhoeic (e.g., spontaneous or secondary to hysterectomy), and with postmenopausal gonadotropin levels (luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone levels > 40 IU/L) or postmenopausal estradiol levels (< 5 ng/dL) or according to the definition of "postmenopausal range" for the laboratory involved] or who have had a hysterectomy, bilateral salpingectomy, or bilateral oophorectomy.)
- Underwent prior chemotherapy, radiotherapy, biological cancer therapy, targeted small molecule therapy, or major surgery within 4 weeks (or 5 half-lives, whichever is shorter) prior to study Day 1 or has not recovered (i.e., to Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events [CTCAE] =< grade 1 or at baseline) from adverse events due to previously administered therapy. Patients with =< grade 2 neuropathy and alopecia are an exception and may qualify for the study. If patients received major surgery, they must have recovered adequately prior to starting therapy
- Is currently participating and receiving study therapy with another investigational device or study drug or has participated in a study of an investigational agent and received study therapy or used an investigational device within 4 weeks (or 5 half-lives, whichever is shorter) of the first dose of treatment
- Has known psychiatric or substance abuse disorders that would interfere with cooperation with the requirements of the trial
- Prior organ transplantation, including allogeneic stem-cell transplant
- Due to the potential risk for drug-drug interactions with etrumadenant, participants must not have had: * Treatment with known breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP) substrates with a narrow therapeutic window, administered orally (e.g., prazosin, rosuvastatin) within 4 weeks or 5 half-lives of the drug (whichever is shorter) prior to initiation of and throughout study treatment * Treatment with known P-glycoprotein (P-gp) substrates with a narrow therapeutic window, administered orally (e.g., digoxin) within 4 weeks or 5 half-lives of the drug (whichever is shorter) prior to initiation of study treatment * Treatment with known strong CYP3A4 inducers (e.g., rifampin, phenytoin, carbamazepine, phenobarbital, and St. John’s Wort) and strong CYP3A4 inhibitors (e.g., clarithromycin, grapefruit juice, itraconazole, ketoconazole, posaconazole, telithromycin, and voriconazole) within 4 weeks or 5 half lives of the drug (whichever is shorter) prior to initiation of study treatment
- Any gastrointestinal condition that would preclude the use of oral medications (e.g., difficulty swallowing, nausea, vomiting, or malabsorption)
- History of severe allergic reactions to chimeric or humanized antibodies or fusion protein
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PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:
I. To estimate the overall response rate (complete response [CR] + partial response [PR] per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors [RECIST] 1.1) to etrumadenant combined with zimberelimab at 24 weeks in patients with advanced DDLPS.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To describe the safety, as defined by Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version (v) 5.0.
II. To estimate the progression-free survival (PFS) (12-week, 24-week, and median).
III. To estimate median overall survival.
IV. To estimate duration of response (DoR) by RECIST 1.1 among responders.
V. To estimate clinical benefit rate (CBR) by RECIST 1.1 at 12 and 24 weeks.
EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:
I. To estimate pathological response post-treatment (defined by viability of the tumor and quantification of necrosis, fibrosis, and hyalinization) in patients who undergo surgical resection after study treatment.
II. To evaluate associations between selected biomarkers measured in serial peripheral blood with clinical efficacy, such as expression of adenosine-pathway related genes, T-cell receptor clonality, immunophenotyping of circulating immune cells, and circulating cytokines.
III. To evaluate the association between selected biomarkers measured in tumor tissue with clinical efficacy, such as immune infiltrate on immunohistochemistry, immune checkpoint expression, expression of adenosine-pathway related genes, and somatic mutations.
OUTLINE:
Patients receive etrumadenant orally (PO) once daily (QD) on days 1-28 and zimberelimab intravenously (IV) over 60 minutes on days 1 and 15 of each cycle. Cycles repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients also undergo biopsy within 30 days of start, at week 4, and within 30 days of last dose. Patients undergo computerized tomography (CT) and/or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at screening, and every 8 weeks (after each cycle) until week 48, and then every 12 weeks thereafter. Patients also undergo blood sample collection at baseline and week 5.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 3 months up to 1 year, death, or withdrawal of consent, whichever occurs first.
Trial PhasePhase II
Trial Typetreatment
Lead OrganizationMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Principal InvestigatorEvan Rosenbaum
- Primary ID22-277
- Secondary IDsNCI-2023-04691
- ClinicalTrials.gov IDNCT05886634