A Web-mediated Follow-up With the Web-application KidneyPRO Versus Standard Follow-up for Patients With Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma Treated With Axitinib/Pembrolizumab in First Line

NCT ID: NCT04764487

Last Updated: 2022-05-03

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

178 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-06-07

Study Completion Date

2025-06-15

Brief Summary

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With the advent of immunotherapy, standard first-line treatment for patients with renal cell carcinoma is now an association with an immune checkpoint inhibitor. In this context, the association axitinib plus pembrolizumab has already been evaluated in several studies with positive results for Progression Free survival, Overall survival and Complete response. The combo received a positive opinion from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use, and the European Commission approves the extension of Marketing Authorization in first line for metastatic renal cell carcinoma patients.

In a context of treatment with a new association, it is important to manage the toxicities closely in order to allow the patients to have an optimal treatment. The underlying hypothesis is that the use of new information and communication technologies could improve clinical patient management.

In this study, we wish assess the impact of monitoring via the web application KidneyPRO on the quality of life of patients with the new combination of treatment axitinib/pembrolizumab for a renal cell carcinoma in first line.

Detailed Description

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Metastatic or locally advanced clear cell renal carcinomas (RCC) are treated with targeted therapies (inhibitors of tyrosine kinases) and immune check-points inhibitors.

In first line many combos are tested. Association of TKI-PD L1-inhibitor is one option. Axitinib-Pembrolizumab showed very high response rate and progression free survival compared to Sunitinib but immunotherapies have a specific adverse event profile. Actually, there is no standardized follow-up for this type of treatment.

It is important to develop new strategies that reduce the resources used while improving the performance of this surveillance for the benefit of patients, to improve the comfort of patients, to improve the compliance and to optimise the dose of treatment received, in a course of care reworked by maintaining a continuous contact not demanding.

In collaboration with the Scientific Research National Center, the theory of chaos and its derivatives was applied to cancer and a web-application was developed on these concepts to remotely analyze the dynamics of the symptoms felt by the patient and early detect a recurrence or a complication of his cancer. Clinical symptoms are self-assessed by patients once a week, transcribed on their smartphone or computer through the Internet application. Relevant clinical events are detected using data processing algorithms, combining the dynamics of the various reported symptoms. In this case, an alert message is sent to the health care team. The referring oncologist is thus warned early. He can then make a telephone call to the patient about the reality of the medical alert and summon him for a check-up or any other complementary examination.

Applied to lung cancer, this application is a tried-and-tested solution with a phase III clinical trial. The main criteria was overall survival. The monitoring of these patients with the web-application and with a number of scanners reduced by 50% compared to the reference arm, made it possible to diagnose relapses earlier, to treat them under better conditions and, above all, to improve statistically significant overall survival (a gain in overall survival of 26% at 1 year (in patients intending to treat): 49% in the standard arm versus 75% in the experimental arm: p = 0.0025. This profit persists with 2 years of decline (a median gain in overall survival of 7.6 months, p=0.0312).

This concept was confirmed in the NCT0578006 study published by Basch et al. Basch used a similar application during chemotherapy treatment in 766 cancer patients. The web-application has improved overall survival by 5 months (Hazard ratio: 0.83).

This web-application provided a statistical improvement in the quality of life for lung cancer, access to new therapeutic lines (74% versus 33%, p \<0.001) and optimally with treatments delivered at therapeutic doses (in 76% versus 34%) and faster access to supportive care for a clear improvement in the general condition of patients (77 versus 33%, p \<0.001). The key for these patients who experienced many treatment toxicities was to use a better method of active follow-up.

A real-time survey of quality of life of Renal Cell Cancer patients receiving Axitinib/Pembrolizumab is an objective that has never been evaluated. This study will allow to generate data in patients who were not included in the phase III study (KEYNOTE 426): Performance Status =2, with central nervous system metastasis and with renal insufficiency. Personalized monitoring of these patients with the web-application KidneyPRO is even more relevant because the aim would be to quickly provide care adapted to adverse events, supportive care in case of loss of activity…

The web-application KidneyPRO investigated has been developed for this purpose.

Conditions

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Renal Cell Carcinoma Metastatic

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Standard follow-up

Patients will have no intervention. It is the comparator group. Patients will have the usual follow-up for clinical, biological and imaging exams.

Group Type OTHER

standard follow-up

Intervention Type OTHER

usual follow-up

KidneyPRO web-application follow up

Patients will have to connect to the KidneyPRO web-application weekly to complete a questionnaire about their symptoms in addition to usual follow-up.

Appropriate care will be offered if necessary (depending on the symptoms assessment)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

KidneyPRO

Intervention Type DEVICE

Web-application for symptoms assessment

Interventions

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KidneyPRO

Web-application for symptoms assessment

Intervention Type DEVICE

standard follow-up

usual follow-up

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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web-application

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Histologically or cytologically confirmed advanced RCC who require a first line systemic treatment by axitinib/pembrolizumab combo
2. Patient with at least one measurable lesion according to RECIST 1.1 criteria or with clinically apparent disease that can be reliably monitored by the investigator
3. Patient aged 18 years or older
4. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status \< 3
5. Patient with adequate hematopoietic or organ function, as indicated by the following criteria (assessed within -14 days prior the first dosing):

* WBC \> 2 x 109/L
* Polynuclear neutrophils \> 1.5 x 109/L
* Platelets \> 100 x 109/L
* Hemoglobin \> 8.0 g/mL
* ALT/AST \< 2.5 x ULN in the absence of liver metastases or \< 5x ULN in the presence of liver metastases
* Bilirubin \< 1.5 x ULN (except Gilbert Syndrome: \< 3.0 mg/dL)
* Creatinine clearance ≥ 30 mL/min (measured or calculated by Cockroft and Gault formula) or serum creatinine \< 2.0 x ULN
6. Patient possessing an initial symptom score less than or equal to 6 (Specific scale: assessment of the importance of 3 symptoms in appendix 1)
7. Patient has internet access and an email account (or has someone at home who can help send patients' symptoms or complete the form)
8. Woman of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test within 72 hours prior to the first administration of study treatment.
9. Patients who are sexually active must agree to use a highly effective method of contraception (e.g. implants, injectables, combined oral contraceptives, some intrauterine devices or vasectomized partner, for participating women; condoms for participating men) or practice complete abstinence, beginning 14 days before the first administration of study treatment, while on treatment.
10. Patient without symptomatic brain metastases (non-symptomatic metastases : without edema, not on corticosteroids, not eligible for radiation therapy/surgery and not receiving active treatments).
11. Patient enrolled in social security
12. Patient has given his written consent ahead of any specific protocol procedure

Exclusion Criteria

1. Prior systemic therapy directed at advanced or metastatic RCC
2. Patient with contraindication to a treatment by axitinib/pembrolizumab
3. Prior immunotherapy with IL-2, IFN-α, or anti PD 1, anti PD L1, anti PD L2, anti CD137 or anti cytotoxic T lymphocyte associated antigen 4 (CTLA 4) antibody (including ipilimumab), or any other antibody or drug specifically targeting T cell co stimulation or immune checkpoint pathways or TKI
4. Known severe hypersensitivity reactions to monoclonal antibodies (Grade ≥ 3), any history of anaphylaxis, or uncontrolled asthma (ie, 3 or more features of partially controlled asthma Global Initiative for Asthma 2011)
5. Uncontrolled hypertension in spite of anti-hypertensive therapy
6. Clinically significant (i.e., active) cardiovascular disease: cerebral vascular accident/stroke (\< 6 months prior to enrollment), myocardial infarction (\< 6 months prior to enrollment), unstable angina, congestive heart failure (≥ New York Heart Association Classification Class II), or serious cardiac arrhythmia requiring medication
7. Any of the following in the previous 6 months: deep vein thrombosis or symptomatic pulmonary embolism
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. 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 as a form of systemic treatment
10. Active autoimmune disease that might deteriorate when receiving an immuno-stimulatory agent. Patients with diabetes type I, vitiligo, psoriasis, or hypo/hyperthyroid diseases not requiring immunosuppressive treatment are eligible
11. Prior organ transplantation including allogenic stem-cell transplantation
12. Active serious infections requiring systemic antibiotic or antimicrobial therapy
13. Known history of testing positive for HIV or known acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
14. 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)
15. History of pneumonitis that required steroids, or current pneumonitis
16. Vaccination within 4 weeks of the first dose of pembrolizumab and while on trial is prohibited except for administration of inactivated vaccines (for example, inactivated influenza vaccines)
17. Other severe acute or chronic medical conditions including immune colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, immune pneumonitis, pulmonary fibrosis
18. Patient deprived of their liberty, under guardianship or trusteeship
19. Patient is being treated for another cancer and has not been cured
20. Patient with dementia, mental disorders or psychological pathology which could compromise patient informed consent and/or the observance of the study protocol
21. Patient cannot submit to the protocol for psychological, social, familial or geographical reasons
22. Patient is pregnant or breastfeeding
23. Patient is participating in another interventional study of telemonitoring
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Pfizer

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

FLGXPL

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Weprom

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Eric VOOG, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Clinique Victor Hugo/Centre Jean Bernard

Locations

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Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest

Angers, , France

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

CHU Jean Minjoz

Besançon, , France

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Clilnique Pasteur

Brest, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

CHRU Brest

Brest, , France

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Centre François Baclesse

Caen, , France

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

CHD Vendée

La Roche-sur-Yon, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Clinique Victor Hugo / Centre Jean Bernard

Le Mans, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Centre Léon Bérard

Lyon, , France

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Institut Jean Godinot

Reims, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

CHP St Grégoire

Saint-Grégoire, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Hôpitaux universitaires de Strasbourg

Strasbourg, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Institut Claudius Regaud

Toulouse, , France

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

CHU Bretonneau

Tours, , France

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Countries

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France

Central Contacts

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Magali BALAVOINE

Role: CONTACT

2 41 68 29 70 ext. +33

Facility Contacts

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Sophie ABADIE-LACOURTOISIE, MD

Role: primary

Antoine THIERY-VUILLEMIN, MD

Role: primary

Ali HASBINI, MD

Role: primary

FRIEDERIKE SCHLURMANN, MD

Role: primary

FLorence JOLY, MD

Role: primary

Frank PRIOU, MD

Role: primary

Eric VOOG, MD

Role: primary

Sylvie NEGRIER, MD

Role: primary

Jean-Christophe EYMARD, MD

Role: primary

Xavier ARTIGNAN, MD

Role: primary

Gabriel MALOUF, MD

Role: primary

Christine CHEVREAU, MD

Role: primary

Berengère NARCISO, MD

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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2020-A01103-36

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

WP-2019-03

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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