Study of Upifitamab Rilsodotin in Combination With Carboplatin in Participants With High-grade Serous Ovarian Cancer (UPGRADE)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04907968 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : June 1, 2021
Last Update Posted : May 24, 2023
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Platinum-sensitive Ovarian Cancer (UPGRADE-A) | Drug: XMT-1536 (Upifitamab Rilsodotin) Drug: Carboplatin | Phase 1 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 48 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Upifitamab Rilsodotin (Xmt-1536) An Open-Label, Multicenter, Dose Escalation And Expansion Study Of Upifitamab Rilsodotin In Combination With Carboplatin In Participants With High Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer (Upgrade-A) |
Actual Study Start Date : | June 11, 2021 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | November 2024 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | March 2025 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Dose Escalation - Module A (UPGRADE-A)
XMT-1536 (Upifitabmab Rilsodotin) + carboplatin is administered in groups of patients who will receive doses of XMT-1536 that increase over time.
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Drug: XMT-1536 (Upifitamab Rilsodotin)
Drug: XMT-1536 (Upifitamab Rilsodotin) XMT-1536 (Upifitamab Rilsodotin) will be administered on Day 1 of each 28-day cycle until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or either the patient or study physician determines it is in the best interest of the patient to discontinue participation in the study Other Names:
Other Names:
Drug: Carboplatin Drug: XMT-1536 (Upifitamab Rilsodotin) XMT-1536 (Upifitamab Rilsodotin) will be administered on Day 1 of each 28-day cycle until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or either the patient or study physician determines it is in the best interest of the patient to discontinue participation in the study Other Names:
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Experimental: Dose Expansion - Module A (UPGRADE-A)
Once the MTD or RP2D is achieved in dose escalation, a new group of patients will receive XMT-1536 (Upifitamab Rilsodotin) at this fixed-dose + carboplatin.
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Drug: XMT-1536 (Upifitamab Rilsodotin)
Drug: XMT-1536 (Upifitamab Rilsodotin) XMT-1536 (Upifitamab Rilsodotin) will be administered on Day 1 of each 28-day cycle until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or either the patient or study physician determines it is in the best interest of the patient to discontinue participation in the study Other Names:
Other Names:
Drug: Carboplatin Drug: XMT-1536 (Upifitamab Rilsodotin) XMT-1536 (Upifitamab Rilsodotin) will be administered on Day 1 of each 28-day cycle until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or either the patient or study physician determines it is in the best interest of the patient to discontinue participation in the study Other Names:
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- DES: Maximum tolerated dose (MTD) for Upifitamab Rilsodotin with carboplatin [ Time Frame: Up to 24 weeks, from the date of first dose until unacceptable side effects or a dose-limiting toxicity is met ]Determine the MTD of Upifitamab rilsodotin in combination with carboplatin by evaluating adverse events in combination with carboplatin
- EXP: Assess the feasibility of Upifitamab rilsodotin combination initiated at MTD or RP2D [ Time Frame: First dose up until 30 days after study termination ]Assess the feasibility of Upifitamab rilsodotin combination initiated at MTD or RP2D Assess the feasibility of Upifitamab rilsodotin combination initiated at MTD or RP2D, where the regimen will be considered feasible if at least 60% of participants complete at least four cycles of the carboplatin-upifitamab rilsodotin combination, allowing for standard treatment modifications, without discontinuing treatment earlier for reasons other than disease progression
- DES and EXP: Safety and Tolerability, by observance of frequency and grade of adverse events based on CTCAE v5.0. [ Time Frame: First dose up until 30 days after study termination ]DES and EXP: Safety and Tolerability, by observance of frequency and grade of adverse events based on CTCAE v5.0.
- DES and EXP: Time of maximum observed concentration of carboplatin [ Time Frame: Daily for one week after first dose; weekly until 28 days after first dose; immediately before and after and 1 week after all subsequent ]Determine the pharmacokinetics of carboplatin
- DES and EXP: Maximum concentration of XMT-1536 (Upifitamab rilsodotin) [ Time Frame: weekly until 28 days after first dose; immediately before and after and 1 week after all subsequent doses ]Determine the pharmacokinetics of XMT-1536 (Upifitamab rilsodotin)
- DES and EXP: Maximum concentration of carboplatin [ Time Frame: Weekly until 28 days after first dose; immediately before and after and 1 week after all subsequent doses ]Determine the pharmacokinetics of carboplatin
- DES and EXP: Area under the concentration curve of the last measurable concentration of XMT-1536 (upifitamab rilsodotin) [ Time Frame: Weekly until 28 days after first dose; immediately before and after and 1 week after all subsequent doses ]Determine the pharmacokinetics of XMT-1536 (Upifitamab rilsodotin)
- DES and EXP: Area under the concentration curve of the last measurable concentration of carboplatin [ Time Frame: Weekly until 28 days after first dose; immediately before and after and 1 week after all subsequent doses ]Determine the pharmacokinetics of carboplatin
- DES and EXP: Anti-neoplastic effects of XMT-1536 (Upifitamab rilsodotin) in combination with carboplatin [ Time Frame: Every 8 weeks for the first 12 months, then every 12 weeks on treatment ]ORR (by RECIST 1.1)
- DES and EXP: Anti-neoplastic effects of XMT-1536 (Upifitamab rilsodotin) in combination with carboplatin [ Time Frame: Every 8 weeks for the first 12 months, then every 12 weeks on treatment ]DOR
- DES and EXP: Anti-neoplastic effects of XMT-1536 (Upifitamab rilsodotin) in combination with carboplatin [ Time Frame: Every 8 weeks for the first 12 months, then every 12 weeks on treatment ]DCR
- DES and EXP: Anti-neoplastic effects of XMT-1536 (Upifitamab rilsodotin) in combination with carboplatin PFS (by RECIST 1.1) [ Time Frame: Every 8 weeks for the first 12 months, then every 12 weeks on treatment ]PFS (by RECIST 1.1)
- DES and EXP: Anti-neoplastic effects of XMT-1536 (Upifitamab rilsodotin) in combination with carboplatin [ Time Frame: Every 90 days ]OS
- DES and EXP: Assess the correlation of tumor expression of NaPi2b and objective tumor response [ Time Frame: Every 8 weeks for the first 12 months, every 12 weeks on treatment, every 90 days for OS ]Potential NaPi2b protein or RNA levels of NaPi2b transcript or other genes related to cancer measured in tumor samples Blood-based biomarkers, which may include serum cytokines, circulating immune cells, and circulating tumor cells

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
Participant must be at least 18 years of age, and female; Participant must be able to understand the study procedures and agree to participate in the study by providing informed consent
- Participants must have a histological diagnosis of metastatic or recurrent high-grade serous ovarian cancer, which includes fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer.
- Participant has received 1 to 3 prior lines of therapy for their ovarian cancer; a non-platinum-based chemotherapy regimen is permitted provided it is not the most recent line of therapy. Participant must have platinum-sensitive recurrent disease
- Participant must have an ECOG performance status 0 or 1
- Participant must have measurable disease as per RECIST v1.1
- Tumor sample must be provided, either an archival tumor tissue block or slides or, if not available, a tumor tissue block or slides from a new tumor biopsy obtained through a low-risk, medically routine procedure.
- Participants with toxicity from prior therapy or surgical procedures must have recovered to ≤ Grade 1. Participants with alopecia, stable immune-related toxicity such as hypothyroidism on hormone replacement, or adrenal insufficiency treated with ≤10 mg daily prednisone (or equivalent), after prior taxane therapy are exceptions to this criterion and may qualify for this study.
- Participants must have cardiac left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥50% or ≥ the institution's lower limit of normal as measured by either Echo or MUGA scan
- Participants must have adequate organ function within 14 days prior to enrollment
- A female participant is eligible to participate if she is not pregnant or breastfeeding, if she is not a woman of childbearing potential (WOCBP), or if she is a WOCBP potential and using a contraceptive method that is highly effective.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Participant has known sensitivity to any of the study medications, or components thereof, or a history of drug or allergy that contraindicates their participation
- Participant is unable or unlikely to comply with dosing schedule and study evaluations.
- Participant has a prior hypersensitivity reaction to carboplatin requiring desensitization or discontinuation.
- Participant has prior platelet or neutrophil toxicity to carboplatin-containing therapy requiring dose reduction to AUC <5 mg x mL/min in the most recent regimen containing carboplatin
- Known history of CTCAE version 5.0 Grade 4 thrombocytopenia OR history of bleeding in association with any grade thrombocytopenia
- Participant has had major surgery within 28 days of starting study treatment, systemic anticancer therapy within the lesser of 28 days or 5 half-lives of the prior therapy before starting study treatment (14 days or 5 half-lives for small molecule targeted therapy), or recent radiation therapy with unresolved toxicity or within a time window of potential toxicity
- Participant has received prior treatment with mirvetuximab soravtansine or another ADC containing an auristatin or maytansinoid payload.
- Participant has untreated CNS metastases (including new and progressive brain metastases), history of leptomeningeal metastasis, or carcinomatous meningitis.
- Has a diagnosis of additional malignancy that required treatment within 2 years prior to screening, except for adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, or carcinoma in situ of the breast or of the cervix
- Participant is unwilling to be transfused with blood components.
- Participant is receiving concurrent anti-cancer therapy (e.g. chemotherapy, radiation therapy, biologic therapy, immunotherapy, hormonal therapy, investigational therapy).

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT04907968
Contact: Cassandra Carrington | 617-715-8214 | medicalinformation@mersana.com |
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Study Director: | Brad Sumrow, MD | Mersana Therapeutics |
Responsible Party: | Mersana Therapeutics |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT04907968 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
XMT-1536-2A |
First Posted: | June 1, 2021 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | May 24, 2023 |
Last Verified: | May 2023 |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Ovarian Neoplasms Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial Endocrine Gland Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms Ovarian Diseases Adnexal Diseases Genital Diseases, Female Female Urogenital Diseases Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications Urogenital Diseases |
Genital Neoplasms, Female Urogenital Neoplasms Genital Diseases Endocrine System Diseases Gonadal Disorders Carcinoma Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial Neoplasms by Histologic Type Carboplatin Antineoplastic Agents |