A Clinical Study With Tremelimumab as Monotherapy in Malignant Mesothelioma

July 20, 2012 updated by: Michele Maio, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese

A Second-line, Single Arm, Phase II Clinical Study With Tremelimumab, a Fully Human Anti-CTLA-4 Monoclonal Antibody as Monotherapy in Patients With Unresectable Malignant Mesothelioma

The study is designed to define the immunologic and clinical activity of Tremelimumab in patients with advanced mesothelioma.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

No effective standard treatment can improve significantly the prognosis of malignant mesothelioma (MM) patients. However, there is evidence that MM patients may benefit from immunotherapeutic agents.

Clinical studies examining CTLA-4 blockade are providing convincing evidences on the immunobiological effects and on the clinical activity of this new class of immunomodulating therapeutic agents, likely due to their ability to stimulate patients'immune system to more effectively attack tumor cells by blocking a negative regulatory signal.

Tremelimumab is a fully human anti-CTLA-4 monoclonal antibody (mAb), developed as an IgG2 isotype to minimize complement activation and reduce the risk of cytokine storm. As a single agent, Tremelimumab can induce durable tumor regression in 7-10% of patients with advanced melanoma. Tremelimumab has been tested in several clinical trials as single-agent or in combination with other agents in different solid tumors.

The evidences above unveil a strong immunologic potential of treatment with Tremelimumab also in MM patients.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

29

Phase

  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Italy
      • Siena, Italy, 53100
        • Medical Oncology and Immunotherapy Unit, University Hospital of Siena

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed malignant mesothelioma (MM)
  • Have received only one prior systemic chemotherapy platinum-based regimen for advanced MM
  • Disease not amenable to curative surgery
  • No known brain metastasis
  • Age 18 and over
  • Performance status 0-2
  • Life expectancy > 12 weeks
  • Adequate hematologic, hepatic and renal function
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Patient must be willing and able to provide written informed consent, and the trial have to be approved by the institutional review board at each institution

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Symptomatic chronic inflammatory or autoimmune disease
  • Active hepatitis B or C
  • Clinically relevant cardiovascular disease, i.e., myocardial infarction or other severe coronary artery diseases within the prior 6 months, cardiac arrythmia requiring medication, uncontrolled hypertension, overt cardiac failure or not compensated chronic heart disease in NYHA class II or more
  • History of psychiatric disabilities, potentially interfering with the capability of giving adequate informed consent
  • Uncontrolled active infections
  • Other concurrent chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiotherapy or investigational agents
  • History of other malignancies except for adequately treated basal cell carcinoma or squamous cell skin cancer or carcinoma of cervix, unless the patient has been disease-free for at least 5 years

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
  • Allocation: NA
  • Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
  • Masking: NONE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: single arm of Tremelimumab
Tremelimumab is administered at 15 mg/kg on day 1 every 12 weeks for 4 doses
Drug: Tremelimumab
Given IV
Other Names:
  • CP-675,206

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Objective tumor response by modified Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumor (RECIST)
Time Frame: Weeks 24
The objective tumor response is defined as a confirmed complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) according to the modified RECIST criteria for pleural mesothelioma
Weeks 24

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Disease control rate
Time Frame: 1 year

Disease control rate (DCR) is the proportion of treated subjects that achieved confirmed complete response, or partial response, or stable disease.

The DCR is assessed using the modified RECIST criteria for pleural mesothelioma
1 year
Progression free survival
Time Frame: 1 year
Progression free survival is computed from the first day of study treatment to the day of documented progression according to the modified RECIST criteria for pleural mesothelioma or death, whichever occurs first
1 year
Safety
Time Frame: 2 years
The assessment of safety includes serious and non-serious adverse events according to NCI-CTC criteria version 3.0. In addition, laboratory evaluation, abnormal vital signs and physical examination findings are also included.
2 years

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Michele Maio, MD, Medical Oncology and Immunotherapy Unit, University Hospital of Siena

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

May 1, 2009

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

June 1, 2012

Study Completion (ANTICIPATED)

June 1, 2013

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 18, 2012

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 20, 2012

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

July 25, 2012

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE)

July 25, 2012

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 20, 2012

Last Verified

July 1, 2012

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • MESOT-TREM-2008
  • 2008-005171-95 (EUDRACT_NUMBER)

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