Naxitamab Added to Induction for Newly Diagnosed High-Risk Neuroblastoma

NCT ID: NCT05489887

Last Updated: 2026-01-08

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

93 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-09-14

Study Completion Date

2036-09-30

Brief Summary

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This is a prospective, multicenter clinical trial in subjects with newly diagnosed high-risk neuroblastoma to evaluate the efficacy and safety of administering naxitamab with standard induction therapy. The initial chemotherapy will include 5 cycles of multi-agent chemotherapy. Naxitamab will be added to all 5 Induction cycles. We hypothesize that the addition of anti-GD2 therapy to induction chemotherapy will result in improved end of induction responses and improved survival.

Detailed Description

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This is a prospective, multicenter clinical trial in subjects with newly diagnosed high-risk neuroblastoma to evaluate the efficacy and safety of administering naxitamab with standard induction therapy.

All subjects will be followed for disease response, event free survival, overall survival and toxicity. Extent of disease will be measured and assessed for changes throughout the course of the study. All efficacy analyses will be performed on the evaluable population which will consist of all enrolled subjects (subjects who initiate treatment with naxitamab in combination with GM-CSF plus standard induction therapy) and who have measurable disease at baseline.

The initial chemotherapy Induction regimen will utilize sequential administration of 5 cycles of multi-agent chemotherapy. Naxitamab will be added to all 5 Induction cycles.

Stem cell mobilization and collection will occur after the 2nd cycle of induction.

Surgical resection of the primary tumor will ideally occur after the 4th cycle of Induction but may be delayed until after the 5th cycle of Induction if medically necessary.

Disease status evaluations will occur at the following time points: (1) pre-treatment, (2) post Cycle 2 Induction (3) Prior to surgical resection (if performed), (4) End of Induction (which includes surgery and 5 cycles of chemotherapy), and (5) End of Additional/Salvage Therapy as needed.

The current standard of care for high-risk neuroblastoma involves 5-7 cycles of induction chemotherapy with surgical removal of the tumor after 4-5 cycles of chemotherapy, followed by high-dose chemotherapy plus autologous stem cell transplant, then radiation to the primary tumor bed, followed by anti-GD2 immunotherapy and cis retinoic acid. This results in a less than 60% disease free survival for high-risk NB, a survival rate that still greatly needs improvement. Two areas in which improvements can be made include: 1) to improve response rate to induction chemotherapy and 2) to improve EFS by improving maintenance therapy to prevent relapse.

We hypothesize that the addition of anti-GD2 therapy to induction chemotherapy will result in improved end of induction responses and improved survival.

Conditions

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High-risk Neuroblastoma

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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HRNB Newly diagnosed subjects

5 cycles of standard of care induction + naxitimab

Naxitimab on Days 1, 3, and 5 of each cycle

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Naxitamab

Intervention Type DRUG

Naxitamab is a humanized (IgG1) anti-GD2 (hu3F8) monoclonal antibody for the treatment of neuroblastoma, osteosarcoma and other GD2-positive cancers. Naxitamab was granted accelerated approval by the FDA in 2020 as treatment (in combination with granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor - GM-CSF) for pediatric patients at least one year of age and adult patients with relapsed or refractory high-risk neuroblastoma in the bone or bone marrow demonstrating a partial response, minor response, or stable disease to prior therapy

Interventions

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Naxitamab

Naxitamab is a humanized (IgG1) anti-GD2 (hu3F8) monoclonal antibody for the treatment of neuroblastoma, osteosarcoma and other GD2-positive cancers. Naxitamab was granted accelerated approval by the FDA in 2020 as treatment (in combination with granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor - GM-CSF) for pediatric patients at least one year of age and adult patients with relapsed or refractory high-risk neuroblastoma in the bone or bone marrow demonstrating a partial response, minor response, or stable disease to prior therapy

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Danyelza

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Diagnosis: Subjects must have a diagnosis of neuroblastoma or ganglioneuroblastoma (nodular or intermixed) verified by histology or demonstration of clumps of tumor cells in bone marrow with elevated urinary catecholamine metabolites. Subjects with the following disease stages at diagnosis are eligible, if they meet the other specified criteria:
2. Subjects with newly diagnosed neuroblastoma with INRGSS Stage M disease with either of the following features:

1. MYCN amplification (\> 4-fold increase in MYCN signals as compared to reference signals), regardless of additional biologic features; OR
2. 365 days to ≥ 547 days of age without MYCN amplification, but unfavorable biologic features such as unfavorable histology (INPC) or diploid tumor (DNA index=1) or the presence of any segmental chromosome aberration (SCA) (somatic copy number loss at 1p, 3p, 4p, or 11q or somatic copy number gain at 1q, 2p, or 17q); OR
3. Age \> 547 days of age regardless of biologic features

Subjects with newly diagnosed neuroblastoma with INRGSS Stage MS disease with either of the following:
1. MYCN amplification (\> 4-fold increase in MYCN signals as compared to reference signals); OR
2. 365 days to ≥ 547 days (18 months) of age without MYCN amplification, but unfavorable biologic features such as unfavorable histology (INPC) or diploid tumor (DNA index=1) or SCA as above

Subjects with newly diagnosed neuroblastoma INRGSS Stage L2 disease with either of the following:
1. MYCN amplification (\> 4-fold increase in MYCN signals as compared to reference signals); OR
2. 18 months to \<5 years of age without MYCN amplification, but with unfavorable histology (INPC); OR
3. ≥5 years of age without MYCN amplification, but with undifferentiated or poorly differentiated INPC Subjects with newly diagnosed neuroblastoma INRGSS Stage L1 disease that is incompletely resected with MYCN amplification.

Subjects \> 547 days of age initially diagnosed with INRGSS Stage L1, L2 or MS disease who progressed to Stage M without prior chemotherapy may enroll within 4 weeks of progression to Stage M.

Subjects ≥ 365 days of age initially diagnosed with MYCN amplified INRGSS Stage L1 disease who progress to Stage M without systemic therapy may enroll within 4 weeks of progression to Stage M.
3. Subjects must be age ≤ 21 years at initial diagnosis.
4. Subjects must be \>12 months of age at enrollment.
5. Adequate cardiac function defined as:

1. Shortening fraction of ≥ 27% by echocardiogram, or
2. Ejection fraction of ≥ 50% by radionuclide evaluation or echocardiogram.
6. Adequate liver function must be demonstrated, defined as:

1. Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age AND
2. ALT (SGPT) \< 5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age
7. Subjects must have adequate renal function defined as an estimated Glomerular Filtration rate (eGFR) as calculated from the Bedside Schwartz equation (in units of mL/min/1.73 m2) or via radioisotope GFR of ≥ 70.

The Bedside Schwartz equation is: \[(0.413) X (Height in cm)\] / SCr
8. A negative serum pregnancy test is required for female participants of childbearing potential (≥13 years of age or after onset of menses)
9. Both male and female post-pubertal study subjects must be willing to use a highly effective contraceptive method (i.e., achieves a failure rate of \<1% per year when used consistently and correctly) from the time of informed consent until 6 months after study treatment discontinuation. Such methods include: combined (estrogen and progestogen containing) hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation (oral, intravaginal, transdermal), progestogen-only hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation (oral, injectable, implantable), intrauterine device (IUD), intrauterine hormone-releasing system (IUS), bilateral tubal occlusion, vasectomized partner, sexual abstinence.
10. Informed Consent: All subjects and/or legal guardians must sign informed written consent. Assent, when appropriate, will be obtained according to institutional guidelines.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Subjects who are less than 1 year of age
2. Subjects who are 12-18 months of age with INRGSS Stage M and all stage L2 subjects with favorable biologic features (i.e., nonamplified MYCN, favorable pathology, and DNA index \> 1) are not eligible.
3. Subjects who have had prior systemic therapy except for localized emergency radiation to sites of life-threatening or function-threatening disease and/or no more than 1 cycle of chemotherapy.
4. Treatment with immunosuppressive treatment (topical, inhaled and short-term emergency steroids excluded) within 4 weeks prior to enrollment
5. Inadequate pulmonary function defined as evidence of dyspnea at rest, exercise intolerance, and/or chronic oxygen requirement. In addition, room air pulse oximetry \< 94% and/or abnormal pulmonary function tests if these assessments are clinically indicated.
6. Pregnant or breastfeeding (NOTE: breast milk cannot be stored for future use while the mother is being treated on study.)
7. Subjects receiving any investigational drug concurrently.
8. Subjects with any other medical condition, including but not limited to malabsorption syndromes, mental illness or substance abuse, deemed by the Investigator to be likely to interfere with the interpretation of the results or which would interfere with a subject's ability to sign or the legal guardian's ability to sign the informed consent, and subject's ability to cooperate and participate in the study
Minimum Eligible Age

12 Months

Maximum Eligible Age

21 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Y-mAbs Therapeutics

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

Giselle Sholler

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Giselle Sholler

Beat Childhood Cancer Chair

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Jaqueline Kraveka, DO

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Medical University of South Carolina

Locations

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University of Alabama, Children's Alabama

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Arkansas Children's Hospital

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland-

Oakland, California, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Rady Children's Hospital

San Diego, California, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Connecticut Children's Hospital

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Nicklaus Children's Miami

Miami, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children

Orlando, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Augusta University Health

Augusta, Georgia, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Kentucky Children's Hospital

Lexington, Kentucky, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Children's Hospital and Clinics of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Levine Children's Hospital

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Site Status WITHDRAWN

Randall Children's Hospital

Portland, Oregon, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Children's Hospital

Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Dell Children's Blood and Cancer Center

Austin, Texas, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

UHC Sainte-Justine

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

CHUQ

Québec, Quebec, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

CIUSSS de l'Estrie-CHUS

Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States Canada

Central Contacts

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BCC Enroll

Role: CONTACT

7175310003

Facility Contacts

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Jennifer Ward, MD

Role: primary

Susan Hall

Role: primary

501-364-2760

Group Contact

Role: primary

Sherri Brandsen

Role: primary

858-966-8155

Nicole McCracken

Role: primary

860-545-9337

Ashley Bayne

Role: primary

Jose RodriguezAlonso

Role: primary

Marie Frankos

Role: primary

321-841-8588

Kimberly Gray

Role: primary

Andrea Siu, MPH

Role: primary

808-535-7169

Brittany Fuller

Role: primary

Nel Siemsen

Role: primary

612-813-5913

Gina Martin

Role: primary

314-268-4000

Jontyce Green, RN

Role: primary

980-442-2356

Aaron White

Role: primary

Suzanne Treadway

Role: primary

Liz Shewfelt

Role: primary

843-792-2957

Rhea Robinson, RN

Role: primary

512-628-1902

Mary Madu

Role: primary

Guillaume Leblanc

Role: primary

Valérie-Ève Julien

Role: primary

Cassandra Leblanc Desrochers

Role: primary

Related Links

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http://www.beatcc.org

Beat Childhood Cancer Consortium website

Other Identifiers

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BCC018

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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