Intratumoral Microdosing of TAK-981 in Head and Neck Cancer

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

EARLY_PHASE1

Total Enrollment

12 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-10-07

Study Completion Date

2022-07-20

Brief Summary

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This is a multi-center, single arm, open-label, multi-agent, localized pharmacodynamic biomarker Phase 0 trial designed to study the biological effects within the tumor microenvironment of TAK-981 and TAK-981 combined with cetuximab or avelumab when administered intratumorally in microdose quantities via the CIVO device. CIVO stands for comparative in vivo oncology.

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Detailed Description

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CIVO is a research tool composed of a hand-held single-use sterile injector coupled with fluorescent tracking microspheres called CIVO GLO that mark the sites of drug microdose injection, enabling rapid assessment of multiple oncology drugs or drug combinations simultaneously within a patient's tumor. In this Phase 0 intratumoral microdosing study in human patients with localized or metastatic primary tumors of the head and neck (who will be undergoing previously planned tumor and regional nodes dissection), we will evaluate TAK-981's ability to activate innate immune effector cells within the local tumor microenvironment. Additionally, this study will examine TAK-981 in combination with cetuximab or avelumab to study whether TAK-981 enhances the localized immune responses compared to those of either immunotherapy alone. TAK-981 singly and in combination with cetuximab or avelumab will be delivered intratumorally in subtherapeutic microdose quantities via CIVO.

The CIVO device penetrates solid tumors and delivers subtherapeutic microdoses of up to eight anti-cancer agents or combinations of anti-cancer agents co-injected with CIVO GLO into discrete regions of the tumor. At the time of the planned surgical intervention (one or three days after the CIVO microdose injection), the injected tumor tissue is then excised and tumor responses are assessed via histological staining of tumor cross-sections sampled perpendicular to each injection column. Co-injection with CIVO GLO enables identification of each injection site during resection as well as in tissues stained for analysis. Because the platform delivers microdose amounts of each test agent or combination directly into the patient's tumor tissue, hypotheses can be tested earlier in the drug development process, consistent with the goals of the 2006 FDA Exploratory IND Guidance for Industry.

Conditions

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Head and Neck Cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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CIVO Microdose Injection of TAK-981, Cetuximab, and Avelumab

Patients who are scheduled for surgical biopsy or tumor resection surgery will be injected one day (Cohort 1) or three days (Cohort 2) prior to surgery using the CIVO device. Each needle of the CIVO device will deliver up to 8.3 microliters of solution, including a vehicle control (sterile saline) or subtherapeutic microdoses of TAK-981, cetuximab, avelumab, TAK-981 combined with cetuximab, or TAK-981 combined with avelumab. Each microdose is simultaneously injected in a columnar fashion through each of 8, 5, or 3 needles (in a device configuration determined by tumor dimensions) into a single solid tumor or effaced metastatic lymph node. Approximately six patients will be assigned to each time point cohort. Cohort assignment is not sequential and will be selected by the Investigator based on clinic logistics and patient scheduling. Should one cohort fill in advance of the other, sites will be directed by Presage to enroll patients into the second cohort only.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL