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A Study Testing the Effect of Immunotherapy (Ipilimumab and Nivolumab) in Patients With Recurrent Glioma With Elevated Mutational Burden

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04145115
Recruitment Status : Recruiting
First Posted : October 30, 2019
Last Update Posted : March 23, 2023
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
This phase II trial studies the effect of immunotherapy drugs (ipilimumab and nivolumab) in treating patients with glioma that has come back (recurrent) and carries a high number of mutations (mutational burden). Cancer is caused by changes (mutations) to genes that control the way cells function. Tumors with high number of mutations may respond well to immunotherapy. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies such as ipilimumab and nivolumab may help the body's immune system attack the cancer and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Giving ipilimumab and nivolumab may lower the chance of recurrent glioblastoma with high number of mutations from growing or spreading compared to usual care (surgery or chemotherapy).

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Diffuse Glioma Recurrent Astrocytoma, IDH-Mutant, Grade 4 Recurrent Glioblastoma, IDH-Wildtype Secondary Glioblastoma Biological: Ipilimumab Procedure: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Biological: Nivolumab Phase 2

Detailed Description:

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

I. To determine whether the combination of ipilimumab and nivolumab increases the tumor response rate assessed by modified Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncology (RANO) Criteria in patients with hypermutated recurrent glioblastoma.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Estimate the overall survival distribution, median survival, and one-year survival rate of patients with hypermutated, recurrent glioblastoma who are treated with ipilimumab and nivolumab.

II. Estimate the progression-free survival distribution and median progression-free survival of patients with hypermutated, recurrent glioblastoma who are treated with ipilimumab and nivolumab.

III. Determine the adverse event profile of patients with hypermutated, recurrent glioblastoma who are treated with ipilimumab and nivolumab.

EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:

I. Test whether PD-L1 or immunologic infiltrate in the tumor microenvironment are associated with objective tumor response, overall survival, progression-free survival, tumor mutational burden, or rates of grade 3 or higher adverse events.

II. Test whether MGMT status, microsatellite instability (MSI) status, mutational signatures, or amount of tumor mutational burden (TMB) including germline analysis are associated with objective tumor response, overall survival, progression-free survival, or rates of grade 3 or higher adverse events.

III. Evaluate associations between exome and transcriptome gene levels with objective tumor response, overall survival, progression-free survival, rates of grade 3 or higher adverse events.

IV. Evaluate associations between the gut microbiome and objective tumor response.

V. Response rate using immunotherapy (i)RANO.

OUTLINE:

Patients receive nivolumab intravenously (IV) over 30 minutes and ipilimumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for 4 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients then receive nivolumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1. Cycles repeat every 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients also undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) throughout the study.

After completion of study treatment, patients without disease progression are followed every 8 weeks until disease progression, then every 3 months for up to 3 years. Patients with disease progression after completion of study treatment are followed every 3 months for up to 3 years.

Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Estimated Enrollment : 37 participants
Allocation: N/A
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: A Phase II Study of Checkpoint Blockade Immunotherapy in Patients With Somatically Hypermutated Recurrent WHO Grade 4 Glioma
Actual Study Start Date : October 30, 2020
Estimated Primary Completion Date : May 31, 2023
Estimated Study Completion Date : May 31, 2023

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Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
Experimental: Treatment (nivolumab, ipilimumab)
Patients receive nivolumab IV over 30 minutes and ipilimumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for 4 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients then receive nivolumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1. Cycles repeat every 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients also undergo MRI throughout the study.
 Biological: Ipilimumab
Given IV
Other Names:
  • Anti-Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte-Associated Antigen-4 Monoclonal Antibody
  • BMS-734016
  • Ipilimumab Biosimilar CS1002
  • MDX-010
  • MDX-CTLA4
  • Yervoy

Procedure: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Undergo MRI
Other Names:
  • Magnetic Resonance
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scan
  • Medical Imaging, Magnetic Resonance / Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
  • MR
  • MR Imaging
  • MRI
  • MRI Scan
  • NMR Imaging
  • NMRI
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Biological: Nivolumab
Given IV
Other Names:
  • BMS-936558
  • CMAB819
  • MDX-1106
  • NIVO
  • Nivolumab Biosimilar CMAB819
  • ONO-4538
  • Opdivo


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Overall response rate [ Time Frame: Up to 32 months ]
    Assessed by the Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncology Criteria (RANO). The proportion of patients who have a confirmed tumor response will be computed as the number of patients with a confirmed complete response (CR) or confirmed partial response (PR) as determined by RANO criteria divided by the number of evaluable patients, which are eligible patients who have measurable disease and completed one cycle of treatment. Will be estimated with a binomial point estimate that will be computed as the number of responses divided by the number of evaluable patients. Exact 95% binomial confidence intervals will be generated and reported.


Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. Overall survival (OS) [ Time Frame: From the time of treatment initiation until death from any cause, assessed up to 3 years ]
    Will be summarized using Kaplan-Meier (KM) estimators. Survival curves will be generated from the KM estimators. KM estimates will be determined for the median OS as well as the 12-month OS rates. Confidence intervals will be provided for the median values as well as the one-year rates.

  2. Progression-free survival (PFS) [ Time Frame: From the time of treatment initiation until disease progression as measured using RANO criteria or death, whichever occurs first, assessed up to 3 years ]
    Will be summarized using KM estimators. Survival curves will be generated from the KM estimators. KM estimates will be determined for the median PFS as well as the 12-month PFS rates. Confidence intervals will be provided for the median values as well as the one-year rates.

  3. Incidence of adverse events (AEs) [ Time Frame: Up to 3 years ]
    The AEs will be summarized by the frequency and relative frequency of the maximum grade experienced by the patients for all recorded AEs. Adverse event data will be summarized by each observed AE with the number of patients who reported the AE as well as the proportion of patients with the AE.


Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older   (Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • PRE-REGISTRATION ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:

  • Histologically confirmed glioblastoma (World Health Organization [WHO] grade IV) presenting at first or second recurrence including secondary glioblastoma

    • Glioblastoma IDH-wildtype central nervous system (CNS) WHO grade 4

      • Diffuse, astrocytic glioma IDH-wildtype with one or more of the following histological or genetic features: microvascular proliferation, necrosis, TERT promoter mutation, EGFR gene amplification, +7/-10 chromosome copy-number changes

    • Astrocytoma, IDH-mutant CNS WHO grade 4

      • Diffuse astrocytic glioma IDH-mutant (with frequent ATRX and/or TP53 mutation and absence of 1p/19q codeletion), with necrosis and/or microvascular proliferation or one with lower grade histological features displaying homozygous deletion of CDKN2A and/or CDKN2B
    • NOTE: The eligibility criteria were changed to include the new diagnostic language from the WHO 2021 pathology classification change. The above diagnoses therefore reflect the change and include the entities that were previously eligible but now carry updated pathologic classification
  • Presence of measurable disease, as defined by a bidimensionally measurable lesion on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with a minimum diameter of 10 mm in both dimensions, prior to resection or biopsy of recurrent tumor
  • Tissue available from surgical resection or biopsy of recurrent tumor =< 28 days prior to pre-registration, or planned surgery or biopsy of recurrent tumor =< 28 days after pre-registration
  • Does not require > 4 mg dexamethasone beyond the perioperative period defined as the time =< 2 weeks after surgical procedure

  • No active autoimmune disease or history of autoimmune disease

    • These include but are not limited to patients with a history of immune related neurologic disease, multiple sclerosis, autoimmune (demyelinating) neuropathy, Guillain-Barre syndrome, myasthenia gravis; systemic autoimmune disease such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), connective tissue diseases, scleroderma, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), Crohn's, ulcerative colitis, hepatitis; and patients with a history of toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), Stevens-Johnson syndrome, or phospholipid syndrome should be excluded because of the risk of recurrence or exacerbation of disease
    • Patients with vitiligo, endocrine deficiencies including thyroiditis managed with replacement hormones including physiologic corticosteroids are eligible. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis and other arthropathies, Sjogren's syndrome and psoriasis controlled with topical medication and patients with positive serology, such as antinuclear antibodies (ANA), anti-thyroid antibodies should be evaluated for the presence of target organ involvement and potential need for systemic treatment but should otherwise be eligible
  • No prior treatment with checkpoint blockade therapies (anti-CTLA4, anti-PD1/PD-L1) or bevacizumab
  • No prior treatment with laser ablation at the time of recurrent tumor tissue sampling. Patients who have previously undergone laser ablation >= 4 months prior to recurrent tumor tissue sampling can be included
  • Age >= 18 years
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status =< 2
  • Able to undergo brain MRI with contrast
  • Absolute neutrophil count >= 1500/mm^3
  • Platelet count >= 100,000/mm^3

  • Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN)

    • If Gilbert syndrome, then total bilirubin =< 3 x ULN
  • Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) =< 2.0 x ULN
  • Creatinine =< 1.5 x ULN OR creatinine clearance (CrCl) >= 50 mL/min (if using the Cockcroft-Gault formula)
  • History of active malignancy (outside of the patient's glioblastoma) that has required treatment within the previous 2 years. Participant with prior history of in situ cancer or basal or squamous cell skin cancer are eligible
  • REGISTRATION ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: Tissue obtained from biopsy or resection at first or second recurrence exhibits TMB >= 10 on FoundationOne CDx testing
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Sponsors and Collaborators
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Investigators
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Principal Investigator: Gavin P Dunn Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
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Responsible Party: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04145115    
Other Study ID Numbers: NCI-2019-07242
NCI-2019-07242 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) )
A071702 ( Other Identifier: Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology )
A071702 ( Other Identifier: CTEP )
U10CA180821 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
First Posted: October 30, 2019    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: March 23, 2023
Last Verified: March 2023
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
Plan to Share IPD: Yes
Plan Description: NCI is committed to sharing data in accordance with NIH policy. For more details on how clinical trial data is shared, access the link to the NIH data sharing policy page
URL: https://grants.nih.gov/policy/sharing.htm

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Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: Yes
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Glioblastoma
Glioma
Astrocytoma
Recurrence
Disease Attributes
Pathologic Processes
Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial
Neuroectodermal Tumors
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
 Neoplasms
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue
Nivolumab
Ipilimumab
Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological
Antineoplastic Agents
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action