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COMPLETED
PHASE1
59 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2015-11-30
2025-08-31
Brief Summary
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Treatment will consist of a loading dose of pembrolizumab 200 mg IV given 7 days prior to initiation of CRT (day-7). CRT with cisplatin 40 mg/m2 IV weekly and head and neck radiation at 70 Gy fractionated at 2 Gy once daily over 35 days, will begin on day 1. CRT will end on approximately day 46-50. Pembrolizumab 200 mg IV will continue following CRT in an adjuvant fashion starting on day 57 for an additional 5 doses, as tolerated, through day 141. Subjects will be evaluated for response following treatment.
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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SINGLE_GROUP
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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Single Arm
Pembrolizumab + Cisplatin + Radiation
pembrolizumab (MK-3475)
200mg IV on days -7(loading dose), 15, 36, 57, 78, 99, 120, 141.
Cisplatin
Cisplatin 40 mg/m2 IV on days 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 36
Radiation
70 Gy fractionated over 35 days
Interventions
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pembrolizumab (MK-3475)
200mg IV on days -7(loading dose), 15, 36, 57, 78, 99, 120, 141.
Cisplatin
Cisplatin 40 mg/m2 IV on days 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 36
Radiation
70 Gy fractionated over 35 days
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
2. Have TNM clinical stage III, IVA, or IVB disease
3. Be eligible for curative-intent concurrent chemoradiation therapy
4. Be willing and able to provide written informed consent for the trial.
5. Be 18 years of age on day of signing informed consent.
6. Have measurable disease based on RECIST 1.1.
7. Be willing to provide tissue from a recently obtained core or excisional biopsy of a tumor lesion. Newly-obtained is defined as a specimen obtained up to 6 weeks (42 days) prior to initiation of treatment on Day -7. Subjects for whom newly-obtained samples cannot be provided (e.g. inaccessible or subject safety concern) may submit an archived specimen only upon agreement from Sanford Research.
8. Have a performance status of 0 or 1 on the ECOG Performance Scale.
9. Demonstrate adequate organ function as defined:
Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1,500 /mcL Platelets ≥100,000 / mcL Hemoglobin ≥9 g/dL or ≥5.6 mmol/L without transfusion or EPO dependency (within 7 days of assessment) Serum creatinine OR Measured or calculated creatinine clearance (GFR can also be used in place of creatinine or CrCl) ≤1.5 X upper limit of normal (ULN) OR ≥60 mL/min for subject with creatinine levels \> 1.5 X institutional ULN Serum total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 X ULN OR Direct bilirubin ≤ ULN for subjects with total bilirubin levels \> 1.5 ULN AST (SGOT) and ALT (SGPT) ≤ 2.5 X ULN OR ≤ 5 X ULN for subjects with liver metastases Albumin \>2.5 mg/dL
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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.
Exclusion Criteria
2. Prior treatment with radiation to the head and neck
3. Patients with TNM Stage IVC disease
4. Is currently participating and receiving study therapy or has participated in a study of an investigational agent and received study therapy or used an investigational device within 4 weeks of the first dose of treatment.
5. Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving systemic steroid therapy or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the first dose of trial treatment.
6. Has a known history of active TB (Bacillus Tuberculosis)
7. Hypersensitivity to pembrolizumab or any of its excipients.
8. Has had a prior anti-cancer monoclonal antibody (mAb) within 4 weeks prior to study Day 1 or who has not recovered (i.e., ≤ Grade 1 or at baseline) from adverse events due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier.
9. Has had prior chemotherapy, targeted small molecule therapy, or radiation therapy.
10. Has a known additional malignancy that is progressing or requires active treatment. Exceptions include basal cell carcinoma of the skin or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin that has undergone potentially curative therapy or in situ cervical cancer.
11. Has known active central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis.
12. Has active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years (i.e. with use of disease modifying agents, corticosteroids or immunosuppressive drugs). Replacement therapy (eg., thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency, etc.) is not considered a form of systemic treatment.
13. Has known history of, or any evidence of active, non-infectious pneumonitis.
14. Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy.
15. 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.
16. Has known psychiatric or substance abuse disorders that would interfere with cooperation with the requirements of the trial.
17. 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 120days after the last dose of trial treatment.
18. Has received prior therapy with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti-PD-L2 agent.
19. Has a known history of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) (HIV 1/2 antibodies).
20. Has known active Hepatitis B (e.g., HBsAg reactive) or Hepatitis C (e.g., HCV RNA \[qualitative\] is detected).
21. Has received a live vaccine within 30 days of planned start of study therapy.
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
INDUSTRY
Sanford Health
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Steven F Powell, MD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Sanford Research
Locations
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UCSD Moores Cancer Center
La Jolla, California, United States
Sanford-Bismarck Medical Center
Bismarck, North Dakota, United States
Sanford-Roger Maris Cancer Center
Fargo, North Dakota, United States
Sanford Health Cancer Center
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States
Countries
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References
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Spanos WC, Nowicki P, Lee DW, Hoover A, Hostager B, Gupta A, Anderson ME, Lee JH. Immune response during therapy with cisplatin or radiation for human papillomavirus-related head and neck cancer. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2009 Nov;135(11):1137-46. doi: 10.1001/archoto.2009.159.
Vermeer DW, Spanos WC, Vermeer PD, Bruns AM, Lee KM, Lee JH. Radiation-induced loss of cell surface CD47 enhances immune-mediated clearance of human papillomavirus-positive cancer. Int J Cancer. 2013 Jul;133(1):120-9. doi: 10.1002/ijc.28015. Epub 2013 Feb 12.
Lyford-Pike S, Peng S, Young GD, Taube JM, Westra WH, Akpeng B, Bruno TC, Richmon JD, Wang H, Bishop JA, Chen L, Drake CG, Topalian SL, Pardoll DM, Pai SI. Evidence for a role of the PD-1:PD-L1 pathway in immune resistance of HPV-associated head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Cancer Res. 2013 Mar 15;73(6):1733-41. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-12-2384. Epub 2013 Jan 3.
Seiwert T, Burtness B, Weiss J, Gluck I, Eder JP, Pai SI, et al. A phase IB study of MK-3475 in patients with human papilloma virus (HPV) associated and non-HPV associated head and neck (H/N) cancer. ASCO 2014 Abstract #6011, Jun 2014.
Dovedi SJ, Adlard AL, Lipowska-Bhalla G, McKenna C, Jones S, Cheadle EJ, Stratford IJ, Poon E, Morrow M, Stewart R, Jones H, Wilkinson RW, Honeychurch J, Illidge TM. Acquired resistance to fractionated radiotherapy can be overcome by concurrent PD-L1 blockade. Cancer Res. 2014 Oct 1;74(19):5458-68. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-14-1258.
Parikh F, Duluc D, Imai N, Clark A, Misiukiewicz K, Bonomi M, Gupta V, Patsias A, Parides M, Demicco EG, Zhang DY, Kim-Schulze S, Kao J, Gnjatic S, Oh S, Posner MR, Sikora AG. Chemoradiotherapy-induced upregulation of PD-1 antagonizes immunity to HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer. Cancer Res. 2014 Dec 15;74(24):7205-16. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-14-1913. Epub 2014 Oct 15.
Powell SF, Gold KA, Gitau MM, Sumey CJ, Lohr MM, McGraw SC, Nowak RK, Jensen AW, Blanchard MJ, Fischer CD, Bykowski J, Ellison CA, Black LJ, Thompson PA, Callejas-Valera JL, Lee JH, Cohen EEW, Spanos WC. Safety and Efficacy of Pembrolizumab With Chemoradiotherapy in Locally Advanced Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Phase IB Study. J Clin Oncol. 2020 Jul 20;38(21):2427-2437. doi: 10.1200/JCO.19.03156. Epub 2020 Jun 1.
Provided Documents
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Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan
Other Identifiers
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SH MISP203
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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