This phase Ib trial tests the safety and side of effects of cryoablation and hepatic arterial infusion (HAI) of SD-101 in combination with durvalumab and tremelimumab and how well they work in treating patients with liver (hepatocellular) cancer that has spread to nearby tissue or lymph nodes (locally advanced) or that has spread from where it first started (primary site) to other places in the body (metastatic) or that cannot be removed by surgery (unresectable). Cryoablation is a procedure in which tissue is frozen to destroy abnormal cells. SD-101, a TLR9 agonist, may stimulate the immune system in different ways and stop tumor cells from growing. HAI is a procedure to deliver chemotherapy directly to the liver. Catheters are put into an artery in the groin that leads directly to the liver, and drugs, such as SD-101, are given through the catheters. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as durvalumab and tremelimumab, may help the body's immune system attack the tumor, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Giving cryoablation and intrahepatic SD-101 prior to starting immunotherapy with durvalumab and tremelimumab may be safe and tolerable and may make the immunotherapy more effective in treating patients with locally advanced or metastatic and/or unresectable hepatocellular cancer.
Study sponsor and potential other locations can be found on ClinicalTrials.gov for NCT06710223.
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United States
California
La Jolla
UC San Diego Moores Cancer CenterStatus: Active
Contact: Adam Michael Burgoyne
Phone: 858-246-0674
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:
I. To identify the safety and feasibility of combining partial cryoablation (cryo) of an intrahepatic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and pressure-enabled HAI of nelitolimod (SD-101) with dual immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) according to the tremelimumab and durvalumab (STRIDE) regimen in patients with advanced HCC.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To evaluate efficacy of treatment with cryo+SD-101+STRIDE.
II. To estimate and compare peripheral and tumor-site T cell recruitment and activity before and after treatment with cryo and SD-101.
OUTLINE:
Patients receive SD-101 via HAI for no longer than 60 minutes and undergo ultrasound (US) or computed tomography (CT) guided-cryoablation on day 0. Starting 7-10 days after cryoablation, patients receive tremelimumab intravenously (IV) over approximately 1 hour on day 1 of cycle 1 only and durvalumab IV over approximately 1 hour on day 1 of each cycle per standard of care. Cycles repeat every 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients also undergo US or CT-guided liver biopsy on days 0 and 30. Additionally, patients undergo nasopharyngeal swab and blood sample collection and CT or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) throughout the study.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 8 weeks up to 1 year after day 0, then every 12 weeks.
Lead OrganizationUC San Diego Moores Cancer Center
Principal InvestigatorAdam Michael Burgoyne