LND101 for Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Combination With Immune Checkpoint Blockade in Advanced Melanoma

NCT ID: NCT06623461

Last Updated: 2025-12-11

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

128 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-04-07

Study Completion Date

2029-12-31

Brief Summary

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This study is being done to answer the following question: Can the chance of melanoma growing or spreading be lowered by receiving a treatment called LND101 for Fecal Microbiota Transplant (FMT) in addition to the usual immunotherapy treatment called Immune Checkpoint Blockade (ICB)? FMT treatment changes the bacteria in your gut called the microbiome.

Detailed Description

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We are doing this study because we want to find out if this approach (adding LND101 FMT to ICB) is better or worse than the usual approach (ICB only) for advanced melanoma. The usual approach is defined as care most people get for advanced melanoma.

The usual approach for patients who are not in a study is treatment with immunotherapy drugs called immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) drugs. Immunotherapy works by activating the immune system to target the cancer. This may help to slow down the growth of cancer and may cause cancer cells to die.

Conditions

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Melanoma

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Standard-of-care ICB

Assigned single agent or combination ICB treatment

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Standard of Care Immune Checkpoint Blockade

Intervention Type DRUG

Any ICB (single agent or combination) may be used that is commercially available, Health Canada-approved and publically funded for the treatment of participants with advanced, unresectable or metastatic melanoma. The treatment decision for choice of ICB regimen will be made prior to randomization and cannot be changed after enrollment

LND101 for FMT + Standard-of-care ICB

Bowel preparation; LND101(single-dose); Assigned single agent or combination ICB treatment.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Standard of Care Immune Checkpoint Blockade

Intervention Type DRUG

Any ICB (single agent or combination) may be used that is commercially available, Health Canada-approved and publically funded for the treatment of participants with advanced, unresectable or metastatic melanoma. The treatment decision for choice of ICB regimen will be made prior to randomization and cannot be changed after enrollment

LND101

Intervention Type DRUG

Approximately 40 capsules (total of 80-100g of processed fecal material) taken by mouth 7 days prior to the ICG agent(s) administered following bowel preparation.

Interventions

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Standard of Care Immune Checkpoint Blockade

Any ICB (single agent or combination) may be used that is commercially available, Health Canada-approved and publically funded for the treatment of participants with advanced, unresectable or metastatic melanoma. The treatment decision for choice of ICB regimen will be made prior to randomization and cannot be changed after enrollment

Intervention Type DRUG

LND101

Approximately 40 capsules (total of 80-100g of processed fecal material) taken by mouth 7 days prior to the ICG agent(s) administered following bowel preparation.

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Participants must have a confirmed histological diagnosis of cutaneous melanoma or melanoma of unknown primary.
* Participants must have stage IV or advanced unresectable disease.
* No prior ICB treatment for advanced unresectable or metastatic disease. Participants may have received adjuvant or neoadjuvant ICB if last dose was given ≥ 6 months prior to enrollment
* Prior targeted therapy with BRAF/MEK inhibition in the adjuvant or advanced / metastatic setting is permitted if at least 2 weeks have elapsed between the last dose and study enrollment. Participants must have recovered to ≤ grade 1 from all toxicity related to BRAF/MEK inhibition
* Prior radiation therapy is permitted if at least 7 days have elapsed between the last fraction and study enrollment. Participants must have recovered to ≤ grade 1 from all toxicity related to prior radiotherapy.
* Previous major surgery is permitted provided that surgery occurred ≥ 14 days prior to participant enrollment and that wound healing has occurred.
* Participants must have measurable disease as per RECIST 1.1/ iRECIST.
* Participants must be at least 18 years of age.
* Participants must have an ECOG performance status of 0, 1, or 2.
* The participant's standard-of-care ICB regimen must be selected prior to enrollment and must stay the same, regardless of arm assignment, post-enrollment
* Participants must demonstrate adequate organ function Participants must be able to ingest capsules.
* Participants must consent to provision of samples of blood and stool for correlative marker analysis.
* Participants must consent to provision of, and investigator must agree to submit, a representative archival formalin fixed paraffin block of tumour tissue for correlative analyses when tumour tissue is available.
* Participants must have access to provincially-funded standard-of-care ICB treatment.
* Participant consent must be appropriately obtained in accordance with applicable local and regulatory requirements. Each participant must sign a consent form prior to enrollment in the trial to document their willingness to participate.
* Participants must be accessible for treatment and follow-up. Investigators must assure themselves the participants randomized on this trial will be available for complete documentation of the treatment, adverse events, and follow-up.
* Protocol ICB treatment must begin within 14 calendar days after participant enrollment.
* Participants of childbearing potential must have agreed to use a highly effective contraceptive method.

Exclusion Criteria

* Participants with a prior or concurrent malignancy whose natural history or treatment has the potential to interfere with the safety or efficacy assessment of the investigational regimen.
* Participants who have received antibiotics within 14 days of enrollment.
* Participants with systemic corticosteroid use \> 10mg per day.
* Participants with concurrent treatment with other anti-cancer therapy.
* Participants that have received live attenuated vaccination administered within 30 days prior to randomization. Note: Seasonal vaccines for influenza and COVID-19 are generally inactivated vaccines and are allowed. Intranasal vaccines are live vaccines and not allowed.
* For participants with history of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, the HBV viral load must be undetectable on suppressive therapy, if indicated. Participants with a history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection must have been treated and cured. For participants with HCV infection who are currently on treatment, they are eligible if they have an undetectable HCV viral load.
* Participants with absolute contraindications to FMT including: a) Toxic megacolon; b) Inflammatory bowel disease; c) Severe dietary allergies
* Participants with hypersensitivity to PegLyte®
* Participants with symptomatic brain metastases unless brain lesions are shown to be stable, according to the following definitions:

1. without evidence of progression for at least four weeks prior to randomization and have no evidence of new or enlarging brain metastases; or
2. treated with surgery and without evidence of progression prior to randomization and have no evidence of new or enlarging brain metastases; or
3. treated with stereotactic radiosurgery and without evidence of progression prior to randomization and have no evidence of new or enlarging brain metastases.
* Participants with leptomeningeal disease.
* Participants with any uncontrolled autoimmune disease that requires active immunosuppressive agents.
* Participants who are solid organ transplantation recipients.
* Participants living with HIV.
* Participants with active infection. Participants may be eligible following recovery. Participants requiring antibiotics require 2-week washout period prior to enrollment.
* Participants that are pregnant, breastfeeding, or expecting to conceive or father children within the projected duration of the trial.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Canadian Cancer Society (CCS)

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Weston Family Foundation

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Canadian Cancer Trials Group

NETWORK

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Arielle Elkrief

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

CHUM-Centre Hospitalier de ''Universite de Montreal, Montreal, QC Canada

John Lenehan

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

London Regional Cancer Program, London, ON Canada

Locations

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BCCA - Abbotsford

Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

BCCA - Surrey

Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

BCCA - Vancouver

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Juravinski Cancer Centre at Hamilton Health Sciences

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

London Health Sciences Centre Research Inc.

London, Ontario, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Stronach Regional Health Centre at Southlake

Newmarket, Ontario, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Odette Cancer Centre

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

University Health Network

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Centre Integre de Sante et de Services Sociaux

Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

CHUM-Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

The Jewish General Hospital

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Hotel-Dieu de Quebec

Québec, Quebec, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Centre hospitalier regional de Trois-Rivieres

Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Canada

Central Contacts

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Janet Dancey

Role: CONTACT

613-533-6430

Facility Contacts

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Jasna Deluce

Role: primary

604 851-4707

Christopher Lee

Role: primary

604 930-4017

Kerry J. Savage

Role: primary

604 877-6000 ext. 2641

Baskoro (Adi) Kartolo

Role: primary

905 387-9495

John Lenehan

Role: primary

519 685-8640

Shaqil Kassam

Role: primary

905 895-4521

Michael Ong

Role: primary

613 737-7700 ext. 75051

Rossanna Pezo-Martin

Role: primary

416 480-4757

Marcus Butler

Role: primary

416 946-4501 ext. 5485

Virginie Vallee-Guignard

Role: primary

450 466-5000

Rahima Jamal

Role: primary

514 890-8444

Wilson Miller

Role: primary

514 340-8222 ext. 4365

Chloe Beland

Role: primary

418 525-4444 ext. 67322

Anouk Tremblay

Role: primary

819 697-3333 ext. 63337

References

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Hadi DK, Baines KJ, Jabbarizadeh B, Miller WH, Jamal R, Ernst S, Logan D, Belanger K, Esfahani K, Elkrief A, Parvathy SN, Silverman MS, Routy B, Maleki Vareki S, Lenehan JG. Improved survival in advanced melanoma patients treated with fecal microbiota transplantation using healthy donor stool in combination with anti-PD1: final results of the MIMic phase 1 trial. J Immunother Cancer. 2025 Aug 4;13(8):e012659. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2025-012659.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 40759441 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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ME17

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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