The Ave-CRT Study for Newly Diagnosed Metastatic Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

NCT ID: NCT03800953

Last Updated: 2021-09-08

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: PHASE2
• Total Enrollment: 26 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2019-03-20
• Study Completion Date: 2023-12-31

Brief Summary

This is a single institutional, single arm, open labeled phase II study to assess the overall radiographic response of adding Avelumab to chemotherapy and palliative radiotherapy in patients with metastatic advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

Detailed Description

Avelumab belongs to the group of immune checkpoint blockade cancer therapies. Avelumab binds to the programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) and therefore inhibits binding to its receptor programmed cell death 1 (PD-1). In the case of avelumab, the formation of PD-1/PDL1 ligand pairs is blocked and CD8+ T cell immune response should be increased. This study comprises 2 phases, the concurrent immune-chemoradiotherapy (Ave-PF-CRT) phase and the immune-chemotherapy (Ave-PF) phase. In the immune-chemoradiotherapy phase, patients are treated with PF-CRT and concomitant Avelumab. In the immune-chemotherapy phase, patients are treated with PF plus Avelumab. Overall radiological response, time to progression, overall survival and adverse events will be evaluated. Subjects' health-related quality of life will be assessed as well.

Conditions

Esophageal Tumor; Metastatic Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Avelumab (Bavencio)

This is a single arm, and open label study. All the subjects recruited will receive Avelumab.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Avelumab

Intervention Type: DRUG

The study treatment comprises two phases, the concurrent immune-chemoradiotherapy (Ave-PF-CRT) phase and the immune-chemotherapy (Ave-PF) phase. All the subjects will receive Avelumab at both phases.

Interventions

Avelumab

The study treatment comprises two phases, the concurrent immune-chemoradiotherapy (Ave-PF-CRT) phase and the immune-chemotherapy (Ave-PF) phase. All the subjects will receive Avelumab at both phases.

Intervention Type: DRUG

Other Intervention Names

Bavencio

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• To be eligible for inclusion, patients must fulfill the following criteria:

1. Histologically proved squamous cell carcinoma of esophagus

2. Metastatic disease, which are defined by TNM system of American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Cancer Staging System (8th edition) in 2017, involving distant lymph node (para-aortic or cervical) metastasis and/or visceral metastasis (lung, liver) documented by radiological examinations

3. Age ≥ 20 years

4. ECOG Performance Status 0 or 1

5. Adequate bone marrow reserves within 2 weeks prior to registration, defined as:a. absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.5×109/L (1,500/μl)b. platelets ≥ 100×109/L (100,000/µl)c. hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 g/dl (may have been transfused)

6. Adequate liver function reserves within 2 weeks prior to registration, defined as:

1. hepatic transaminases (AST and ALT) ≤ 2.5 × upper limit of normal (ULN) or ≤ 5 × ULN for subjects with documented metastatic disease to liver

2. serum total bilirubin ≤ 2.5 × upper limit of normal (ULN)

7. Adequate renal function within 2 weeks prior to registration: Creatinine ≤1.5 mg/dL

8. Negative serum or urine pregnancy test for women of childbearing potential

9. Women of childbearing potential and male participants must practice highly effective contraception throughout the study and for at least 30 days after last avelumab treatment administration if the risk of conception exists

10. Patients must be able to comply with the study protocol and follow-up schedules and provide study-specific informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients fulfill any of the following criteria will be excluded from this trial

1. Prior radiotherapy to head and neck, chest, or abdomen

2. Tumor invasion to adjacent structures (T4 lesion)

3. Adenocarcinoma of esophagus or gastroesophageal junction.

4. No measurable metastatic target lesion(s) by RECIST criteria

5. Synchronously or metachronously diagnosed squamous cell carcinoma of aerodigestive way, other than esophageal cancer

6. Prior invasive malignancy

7. Prior organ transplantation including allogenic stem-cell transplantation

8. Current use of immunosuppressive medication, EXCEPT for the following:

1. intranasal, inhaled, topical steroids, or local steroid injection (e.g., intra-articular injection)

2. systemic corticosteroids at physiologic doses '≤ 10 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent

3. steroids as premedication for hypersensitivity reactions (e.g., CT scan premedication).

9. Active autoimmune disease that might deteriorate when receiving an immuno-stimulatory agent. Patients with diabetes type I, vitiligo, psoriasis, or hypo- or hyperthyroid diseases not requiring immunosuppressive treatment are eligible.

10. Severe, active comorbidities which, in the judgment of the investigator, would make the patient inappropriate for entry into this study or interfere significantly with the proper assessment of safety and adverse events of the protocol, or limit compliance with study requirements, defined as follows:

1. Uncontrolled active infection requiring intravenous antibiotics at the time of registration

2. Transmural myocardial infarction < 6 months prior to registration

3. Unstable angina or congestive heart failure requiring hospitalization < 6 months prior to registration

4. Life-threatening uncontrolled clinically significant cardiac arrhythmias

5. Cerebral vascular accident/stroke (< 6 months prior to enrollment)

6. Congestive heart failure (≥ New York Heart Association Classification Class II), or serious cardiac arrhythmia requiring medication.

7. Hepatic insufficiency resulting in clinical jaundice and/or coagulation defects

8. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation or other respiratory illness including pulmonary fibrosis requiring hospitalization or precluding study therapy at the time of registration

9. Uncontrolled psychiatric disorder including recent (within the past year) or active suicidal ideation or behavior

10. Laboratory abnormalities that may increase the risk associated with study participation or study treatment administration or may interfere with the interpretation of study results

11. Immune colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, immune pneumonitis

11. Known history of testing positive for HIV or known acquired immunodeficiency syndrome."

12. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection at screening (positive HBV surface antigen or HCV RNA if anti-HCV antibody screening test positive)

13. Vaccination within 4 weeks of the first dose of avelumab and while on trials is prohibited except for administration of inactivated vaccines

14. Known prior severe hypersensitivity to investigational product or any component in its formulations, including known severe hypersensitivity reactions to monoclonal antibodies (NCI CTCAE v4.03 Grade ≥ 3)"

15. Women of childbearing potential and male participants who are sexually active and not willing/able to use medically acceptable forms of contraception; this exclusion is necessary because the radiation treatment involved in this study may be significantly teratogenic

• Minimum Eligible Age: 20 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

National Taiwan University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Chia-Hsien Cheng

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

National Taiwan University Hospital

Locations

National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan

Taipei, , Taiwan

Countries

Taiwan

Other Identifiers

201809084MIPC

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id