A Dose Escalation and Cohort Expansion Study of Anti-CD27 (Varlilumab) and Anti-PD-1 (Nivolumab) in Advanced Refractory Solid Tumors

NCT ID: NCT02335918

Last Updated: 2019-12-09

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE1/PHASE2

Total Enrollment

175 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-01-31

Study Completion Date

2018-12-12

Brief Summary

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This is a study to determine the clinical benefit (how well the drug works), safety, and tolerability of combining varlilumab and nivolumab (also known as Opdivo® , BMS-936558). Both drugs target the immune system and may act to promote anti-cancer effects.

Detailed Description

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Varlilumab is a fully human monoclonal antibody that binds to a molecule called CD27 found on certain immune cells and may act to promote anti-tumor effects.

Nivolumab is a fully human monoclonal antibody that binds to a molecule called PD-1 on immune cells and promotes anti-tumor effects.

Eligible patients that enroll in the dose escalation portion of the study will be assigned to one of three dose levels of varlilumab in combination with 3 mg/kg of nivolumab. The first phase of the study will test the safety profile of the combination and determine which dose will be studied in Phase ll of the overall study.

During Phase ll, depending on cancer type, groups of patients will be enrolled and receive varlilumab at a dose of either 3 mg/kg every 2 weeks, 3 mg/kg every 12 weeks, or 0.3 mg/kg every 4 weeks in combination with nivolumab at 240 mg.

All patients enrolled in the study will be closely monitored to determine if there is response to the treatment as well as for any side effects that may occur.

Conditions

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Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck (SCCHN) Ovarian Carcinoma-Enrollment Completed Colorectal Cancer (CRC)-Enrollment Completed Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) (Phase ll Only) Glioblastoma (GBM) (Phase ll Only)-Enrollment Completed

Keywords

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Opdivo®

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Varlilumab and Nivolumab

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Combination of varlilumab and nivolumab

Intervention Type DRUG

Phase I: Varlilumab dosing will be dependent on the cohort assigned in combination with 3 mg/kg of nivolumab every two weeks.

Phase II: Patients with CRC, RCC or GBM enrolled in Phase ll will receive 3.0 mg/kg of varlilumab in combination with 240 mg of nivolumab every 2 weeks. Patients with SCCHN or ovarian cancer will receive varlilumab at a dose of either 3 mg/kg every 2 weeks, 3 mg/kg every 12 weeks, or 0.3 mg/kg every 4 weeks, in combination with 240 mg of nivolumab every 2 weeks.

Patients may be discontinued from receiving study treatment based on the results of disease assessments or if experiencing intolerable side effects.

Interventions

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Combination of varlilumab and nivolumab

Phase I: Varlilumab dosing will be dependent on the cohort assigned in combination with 3 mg/kg of nivolumab every two weeks.

Phase II: Patients with CRC, RCC or GBM enrolled in Phase ll will receive 3.0 mg/kg of varlilumab in combination with 240 mg of nivolumab every 2 weeks. Patients with SCCHN or ovarian cancer will receive varlilumab at a dose of either 3 mg/kg every 2 weeks, 3 mg/kg every 12 weeks, or 0.3 mg/kg every 4 weeks, in combination with 240 mg of nivolumab every 2 weeks.

Patients may be discontinued from receiving study treatment based on the results of disease assessments or if experiencing intolerable side effects.

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Histologically-diagnosed advanced (unresectable and/or metastatic) Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (Phase l only), Melanoma (Phase l only), Colorectal, Head and Neck SCC (squamous cell carcinoma), Ovarian Cancer, Glioblastoma or Renal Cell Carcinoma.

* 1a. Head and Neck

Stage III/IV squamous cell carcinoma; Tumor progression or recurrence within 6 months of last dose of platinum therapy in the adjuvant, primary, recurrent or metastatic setting (or within 9 months if the patient received \> 1 platinum-based chemotherapy regimen in the metastatic setting). Active brain metastases or leptomeningeal metastases are excluded; nasopharyngeal cancer, confirmed recurrent or metastatic carcinoma of the nasopharynx and salivary gland or non-squamous histologies are also excluded.
* 1b. Ovarian

Recurrent or persistent epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal carcinoma requiring original or subsequent relapse histologic documentation. A platinum-taxane based chemotherapy regimen as frontline therapy must have been completed.

Any histologic diagnosis of borderline, low malignant potential epithelial carcinoma are excluded.
* 1c. Colorectal Cancer -Enrollment Completed

Metastatic or recurrent; prior treatment progression during, after, or intolerant following the last administration of approved standard therapies (required therapies apply).
* 1d. Glioblastoma -Enrollment Completed

Have histologically confirmed World Health Organization Grade IV malignant glioma (glioblastoma).
* Previous first line therapy with at least radiotherapy and temozolomide.
* Participants must have shown unequivocal evidence of tumor progression.
* More than one relapse, secondary glioblastoma and prior treatment with bevacizumab are excluded.

An interval of at least 12 weeks from the completion of radiation therapy to start of study treatment is required.
* 1e. Renal Cell Carcinoma

Have histologically confirmed diagnosis of predominant clear cell renal cell carcinoma.
* Must have received 1 or 2 prior anti-angiogenic therapies.
* No more than 5 total previous regimens of systemic therapy, including cytokines and cytotoxic chemotherapy.
* Disease progression during or after the last treatment regimen and within 6 months before study entry.
2. No more than 5 prior anticancer regimens for advanced (recurrent, locally advanced or metastatic) disease except for patients with GBM which must have first recurrence of GBM by diagnostic biopsy or contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
3. Measurable (target) disease.
4. Life expectancy ≥ 12 weeks.
5. If of childbearing potential (male or female), agree to practice an effective form of contraception during study treatment and for at least 23 weeks after for female and 31 weeks after for male following last treatment dose.

Exclusion Criteria

1. History of severe hypersensitivity reactions to other monoclonal antibodies.
2. Prior therapy with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti-PD-L2 antibody.
3. Receipt of anti-CTLA-4 or anti-CD27 antibody within 3 months prior to the planned start of study treatment.
4. Use of any monoclonal based therapies within 2-4 weeks prior to the first dose of study treatment.
5. Chemotherapy within 21 days or at least 5 half-lives (whichever is shorter) prior to the planned start of study treatment.
6. BRAF/MEK inhibitors within 2 weeks prior to the first dose of study treatment.
7. Systemic radiation therapy within 4 weeks, prior focal radiotherapy within 2 weeks, or radiopharmaceuticals (strontium, samarium) within 8 weeks prior to the first dose of study treatment.
8. Use of immunosuppressive medications within 4 weeks or systemic corticosteroids within 2 weeks prior to first dose of study treatment.
9. Other prior malignancy, except for adequately treated basal or squamous cell skin cancer or in situ cancers; or any other cancer from which the patient has been disease-free for at least 3 years.
10. Active, untreated central nervous system metastases.
11. Active autoimmune disease or a documented history of autoimmune disease
12. Active diverticulitis.
13. Interstitial lung disease that is symptomatic or may interfere with the detection or management of suspected drug-related pulmonary toxicity.
14. Significant cardiovascular disease
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Bristol-Myers Squibb

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

Celldex Therapeutics

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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University of Arizona Cancer Center

Tucson, Arizona, United States

Site Status

The Stanford Center for Clinical and Translational Education and Research

Palo Alto, California, United States

Site Status

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

San Francisco, California, United States

Site Status

University of Colorado Medical Center

Aurora, Colorado, United States

Site Status

Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale University Cancer Center

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Site Status

Georgetown University

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Site Status

George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Site Status

Mount Sinai Medical Center

Miami Beach, Florida, United States

Site Status

Northwest Georgia Oncology Centers PC

Marietta, Georgia, United States

Site Status

Parkview Research Center

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States

Site Status

Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status

Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Site Status

Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center

New York, New York, United States

Site Status

Columbia University Medical Center

New York, New York, United States

Site Status

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York, United States

Site Status

Wake Forest Baptist Health

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Site Status

Providence Health & Services

Portland, Oregon, United States

Site Status

Inova Schar Cancer Institute Research

Fairfax, Virginia, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Sanborn RE, Pishvaian MJ, Callahan MK, Weise A, Sikic BI, Rahma O, Cho DC, Rizvi NA, Sznol M, Lutzky J, Bauman JE, Bitting RL, Starodub A, Jimeno A, Reardon DA, Kaley T, Iwamoto F, Baehring JM, Subramaniam DS, Aragon-Ching JB, Hawthorne TR, Rawls T, Yellin M, Keler T. Safety, tolerability and efficacy of agonist anti-CD27 antibody (varlilumab) administered in combination with anti-PD-1 (nivolumab) in advanced solid tumors. J Immunother Cancer. 2022 Aug;10(8):e005147. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2022-005147.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 35940825 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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CDX1127-02

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id