Pembrolizumab, Chemotherapy, and Radiation Therapy With or Without Surgery in Treating Patients With Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer
NCT ID: NCT03211117
Last Updated: 2020-03-25
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COMPLETED
PHASE2
3 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2017-08-14
2019-03-28
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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I. To assess the efficacy of pembrolizumab in improving overall survival at 6 months (OS-6) in combination with multimodal therapy involving standard chemo-radiotherapy in anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) in comparison to a historical cohort.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To determine safety and tolerance of pembrolizumab with chemoradiotherapy.
TERTIARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To evaluate locoregional control. II. To evaluate progression of distant metastases. III. To evaluate the evolution of the immune profile of circulating immune cells in response to therapy in ATC patents, and to assess potential correlations with outcomes on an exploratory basis.
IV. To evaluate PD-1 and PD-L1 staining in tumor cells and tumor stroma as candidate biomarkers for outcomes.
V. To determine if pre-therapy circulating tumor cell load is associated with outcomes.
VI. To examine associations between outcomes and somatic mutational status as assessed by foundation medicine analysis (for example: presence of BRAF, RAS, P53 and TERT promoter mutations).
OUTLINE: Patients are assigned to 1 of 2 cohorts.
COHORT A: Patients receive pembrolizumab intravenously (IV) over 30 minutes on day 1. Treatment with pembrolizumab repeats every 21 days for up to 17 courses after chemoradiation if no residual disease is found or for up to 35 courses after chemoradiation if residual disease is found. After 3 days, patients undergo surgery. Within 42 days of surgery, patients also receive docetaxel IV over 1 hour once weekly (Q1W) and doxorubicin hydrochloride IV Q1W, and undergo intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) once daily 5 days per week for 6.5 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
COHORT B: Patients receive pembrolizumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1. Treatment with pembrolizumab repeats every 21 days for up to 17 courses after chemoradiation if no residual disease is found or for up to 35 courses after chemoradiation if residual disease is found. After 3 days, patients also receive docetaxel IV over 1 hour Q1W and doxorubicin hydrochloride IV Q1W, and undergo IMRT once daily 5 days per week for 6.5 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 3 months until progressive disease and then every 6 months for up to 5 years.
Conditions
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Study Design
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NON_RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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Cohort A (pembrolizumab, surgery, chemoradiation)
Patients receive pembrolizumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1. Treatment with pembrolizumab repeats every 21 days for up to 17 courses after chemoradiation if no residual disease is found or for up to 35 courses after chemoradiation if residual disease is found. After 3 days, patients undergo surgery. Within 42 days of surgery, patients also receive docetaxel IV over 1 hour Q1W and doxorubicin hydrochloride IV Q1W, and undergo IMRT once daily 5 days per week for 6.5 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Docetaxel
Given IV
Doxorubicin Hydrochloride
Given IV
Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy
Undergo IMRT
Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
Correlative studies
Pembrolizumab
Given IV
Therapeutic Conventional Surgery
Undergo surgery
Cohort B (pembrolizumab, chemoradiation)
Patients receive pembrolizumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1. Treatment with pembrolizumab repeats every 21 days for up to 17 courses after chemoradiation if no residual disease is found or for up to 35 courses after chemoradiation if residual disease is found. After 3 days, patients also receive docetaxel IV over 1 hour Q1W and doxorubicin hydrochloride IV Q1W, and undergo IMRT once daily 5 days per week for 6.5 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Docetaxel
Given IV
Doxorubicin Hydrochloride
Given IV
Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy
Undergo IMRT
Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
Correlative studies
Pembrolizumab
Given IV
Interventions
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Docetaxel
Given IV
Doxorubicin Hydrochloride
Given IV
Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy
Undergo IMRT
Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
Correlative studies
Pembrolizumab
Given IV
Therapeutic Conventional Surgery
Undergo surgery
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* NOTE: A diagnosis reported as ?poorly differentiated carcinoma consistent with anaplastic thyroid cancer? will be accepted
* Absence of prior neck radiotherapy
* Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) 0 or 1
* Hemoglobin \>= 9.0 g/dL
* White blood cells (WBC)/leukocytes \>= 3500/mm\^3
* Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \>= 1500/mm\^3
* Platelet count \>= 100,000/mm\^3
* Total bilirubin =\< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) (except for patients with well-documented Gilbert?s syndrome)
* Aspartate transaminase (AST) =\< 3 x ULN
* Creatinine =\< 1.5 x ULN OR calculated creatinine clearance \>= 50 ml/min using the Cockcroft-Gault formula
* Prothrombin time (PT)/activated partial thromboplastin time (PTT) =\< 1.5 x ULN, unless subject is receiving anticoagulant therapy and PT or activated (a)PTT is within therapeutic range of intended use of anticoagulants
* Negative pregnancy test done =\< 7 days prior to registration, for persons of childbearing potential only
* NOTE: If the urine test is positive or cannot be confirmed as negative, a serum pregnancy test will be required
* NOTE: Merck requires an additional pregnancy test if eligibility pregnancy test is \> 72 hours prior to first dose
* Persons of childbearing potential must be willing to use an adequate method of birth control for the course of the study through 120 days after the last dose of study medication
* NOTE: Abstinence is acceptable if this is the usual lifestyle and preferred method of contraception for the patient
* Persons able to father a child must 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 method of contraception for the patient
* Provide written informed consent
* Willing to return to enrolling institution for follow-up (during the active monitoring phase of the study)
* Willing to provide tissue and blood samples for correlative research purposes
Exclusion Criteria
* Any of the following:
* Pregnant persons
* Nursing persons
* Persons of childbearing potential who are unwilling to employ adequate contraception
* Any autoimmune disease such as inflammatory bowel disease, including but not limited to:
* Ulcerative colitis
* Crohn's disease
* Rheumatoid arthritis
* Systemic sclerosis
* Systemic lupus erythematosus
* Autoimmune hepatitis
* Other autoimmune disease not listed above
* NOTE: Subjects with autoimmune thyroid disease and diabetes mellitus type I will be allowed
* Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to,
* Ongoing or active infection
* Symptomatic congestive heart failure
* Unstable angina pectoris
* Cardiac arrhythmia, or
* Psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
* Other active malignancy =\< 6 months prior to registration
* EXCEPTIONS: Non-melanotic skin cancer or carcinoma-in-situ of the cervix or prostate cancer confined to prostate gland with Gleason score \< 6 or prostate-specific antigen (PSA) \< 1
* NOTE: If there is a history of prior malignancy, they must not be receiving other treatment for their cancer; ongoing adjuvant hormonal treatment for breast cancer is allowed
* Prior known allergic reaction to pembrolizumab or its excipients
* Untreated brain metastasis
* Immunocompromised patients and patients known to be human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive and currently receiving antiretroviral therapy
* Receiving any other investigational agent which would be considered as a treatment for the primary neoplasm
* Received any live vaccine =\< 30 days prior to registration
* Any of the following conditions =\< 6 weeks prior to registration:
* Cerebrovascular accident (CVA)
* Admission for unstable angina
* Cardiac angioplasty or stenting or coronary artery bypass graft surgery
* Pulmonary embolism or untreated deep venous thrombosis (DVT)
* Arterial thrombosis
* Class III or IV heart failure as defined by the New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional classification system
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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National Cancer Institute (NCI)
NIH
Mayo Clinic
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Ashish Chintakuntlawar
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Mayo Clinic
Locations
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Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Countries
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Provided Documents
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Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan
Other Identifiers
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NCI-2017-01179
Identifier Type: REGISTRY
Identifier Source: secondary_id
MC1679
Identifier Type: OTHER
Identifier Source: secondary_id
MC1679
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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