SBRT + PD-1/PDL-1 Inhibiting Therapy for Advanced Solid Tumors After Dz Control on PD-1/PDL-1 Tx

Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Stereotactic Radiotherapy (SRT) and PD-1 or PD-L1 Inhibiting Therapy for Treatment of Advanced Solid Tumors After Disease Control on PD-1 or PD-L1 Inhibiting Therapy

The purpose of this study is to find out if having radiation therapy and continuing immunotherapy can improve the benefit of immunotherapy. There have been reports of patients who were treated with radiation therapy that not only caused the treated tumors to shrink or stop growing, but also resulted in tumors that had not been treated in other parts of the body to shrink or stop growing. This effect is thought to be brought about by cells in the body's immune system that become active as a result of the effects of radiation therapy. If radiation therapy can stimulate the immune system, it may be possible for immunotherapy to be helpful again in treating a cancer that the immunotherapy drug helped treat before. This study will also check if receiving immunotherapy at the end of radiation therapy has any effect on the side effects of radiation therapy or immunotherapy.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Solid Tumor
• Intervention / Treatment: Radiation: Stereotactic radiotherapy; Other: Biological: humanized anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody; Other: Biological: humanized anti-PD-L1 monoclonal antibody

Detailed Description

Stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) will be delivered in up to 10 treatment fractions over 1 to 2 weeks. Patients will continue to receive the same FDA-approved programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1) or programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) inhibitor that they had been receiving at the time of disease progression through 52 weeks following completion of SRT.

Correlative blood samples will be collected at baseline, prior to the second SRT fraction, after the last SRT fraction (on the same day), and at 8, 24, and 52 weeks after the last SRT fraction. These samples will be used to determine the mechanistic immunologic effects of therapy.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 5
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Virginia
    • Richmond, Virginia, United States, 23298
      • Virginia Commonwealth University/Massey Cancer Center

Participation Criteria

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:

• Pathologically-proven diagnosis of a solid tumor malignancy
• One of the following criteria must be met:
• Clinical or radiographic evidence of disease control (defined as best response of stable disease (SD) or partial response (PR) or combination of both for ≥ 16 weeks) without evidence of complete response (CR) or progression OR
• Clinical or radiographic evidence of disease progression during treatment with PD-1 or PD-L1 inhibiting therapy, following previous tumor response (CR, PR, or SD for ≥ 16 weeks) to PD-1 or PD-L1 inhibiting therapy, and, for patients who discontinued PD-1 or PD-L1 inhibiting therapy during response to therapy, disease progression must have occurred following at least 8 weeks of re-treatment with PD-1 or PD-L1 inhibiting therapy Note: Both the treating medical oncologist and radiation oncologist must be in agreement with determination of disease progression.
• Administration of a PD-1 or PD-L1 inhibitor within 60 days prior to study registration
• Determination by the treating radiation oncologist that the patient is a candidate for SRT (ie, radiation therapy with a stereotactic setup) Note: All brain metastases will receive stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT).
• The total number of tumors requiring SRT must be ≤ 5 Note: Regardless of the number of brain metastases that will be treated with SRT, the brain metastases will be considered to be one tumor.
• Measurable disease by RECIST v1.1 that will not undergo SRT and that is amenable to monitoring Note: all brain metastases will receive SRT. Therefore, a patient with brain metastases that will be treated with SRT must also have extracranial disease that will not undergo SRT and that is amenable to monitoring
• Determination by the treating medical oncologist that the patient is a candidate to continue the PD-1 or PD-L1 inhibiting therapy that had previously provided disease control
• Age ≥ 18 years
• Karnofsky Performance Status score of ≥ 60 %
• A woman of childbearing potential (WCBP), defined as a woman who is < 60 years of age and has not had a hysterectomy, must have a documented negative serum pregnancy test within 14 days prior to initiating study treatment
• Ability to understand and willingness to sign the consent form

Exclusion Criteria:

• Other anti-cancer therapy administered between the time of tumor response to PD-1 or PD-L1 therapy and time of study enrollment Note: Patients treated with a combination of PD-1 or PD-L1 inhibiting therapy and other immunotherapy are eligible; patients taking hormonal anti-cancer therapies or steroids for central nervous system (CNS) edema management that, in the opinion of the investigator, are appropriate to continue are eligible.
• Any prior PD-1/PD-L1 therapy-related AE that, in the opinion of the investigator, warrants exclusion from participation in this trial
• Administration of any investigational agent within 4 weeks prior to initiating study treatment
• Known active hepatitis B or C
• Pregnancy or breastfeeding
• Medical, psychological, or social condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, may increase the patient's risk or limit the patient's adherence with study requirements

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

3

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: A: SBRT (body) irradiation only; Patients will receive a standard treatment regimen of SRT (refer to Section 6.3). The term SRT encompasses all radiotherapy using a stereotactic setup, both stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for metastatic lesions in the brain and stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for SRT delivered to all other locations	Radiation: Stereotactic radiotherapy; Treatment will be planned to deliver a total of 18 to 60 Gy to the planning target volume (PTV) in 3 to 5 fractions over 1 to 2 weeks.; Other Names: SRT; Other: Biological: humanized anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody; Standard of Care - patient will continue to be given the same PD-1 inhibitor they were receiving prior to study registration; Other Names: PD-1; Other: Biological: humanized anti-PD-L1 monoclonal antibody; Standard of Care - patient will continue to be given the same PD-L1 inhibitor they were receiving prior to study registration; Other Names: PD-L1
Experimental: B: Patients receiving SBRT and SRS (body and brain) irradiation; Patients will receive a standard treatment regimen of SRT (refer to Section 6.3). The term SRT encompasses all radiotherapy using a stereotactic setup, both stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for metastatic lesions in the brain and stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for SRT delivered to all other locations	Radiation: Stereotactic radiotherapy; Treatment will be planned to deliver a total of 18 to 60 Gy to the planning target volume (PTV) in 3 to 5 fractions over 1 to 2 weeks.; Other Names: SRT; Other: Biological: humanized anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody; Standard of Care - patient will continue to be given the same PD-1 inhibitor they were receiving prior to study registration; Other Names: PD-1; Other: Biological: humanized anti-PD-L1 monoclonal antibody; Standard of Care - patient will continue to be given the same PD-L1 inhibitor they were receiving prior to study registration; Other Names: PD-L1
Experimental: C: Patients receiving SRS (brain) irradiation only; Patients will receive a standard treatment regimen of SRT (refer to Section 6.3). The term SRT encompasses all radiotherapy using a stereotactic setup, both stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for metastatic lesions in the brain and stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for SRT delivered to all other locations	Radiation: Stereotactic radiotherapy; Treatment will be planned to deliver a total of 18 to 60 Gy to the planning target volume (PTV) in 3 to 5 fractions over 1 to 2 weeks.; Other Names: SRT; Other: Biological: humanized anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody; Standard of Care - patient will continue to be given the same PD-1 inhibitor they were receiving prior to study registration; Other Names: PD-1; Other: Biological: humanized anti-PD-L1 monoclonal antibody; Standard of Care - patient will continue to be given the same PD-L1 inhibitor they were receiving prior to study registration; Other Names: PD-L1

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of Patients With Improved Disease Control	Number of patients with improved disease control at 24 weeks following RT [Time Frame: up to 24 weeks following RT] 1a. Number of participants with improved disease control (SD, PR or CR) at 24 weeks per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors version 1.1 (RECIST v1.1) 1b. For participants enrolled with brain metastases: number of participants with improved disease (SD, PR or CR) control at 24 weeks per per Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncology for Brain Metastases (RANO-BM)	Up to 24 weeks following SRT

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of Patients Alive and Free From Progression at 24 Weeks Following SRT Per Unidimensional Immune-related Response Criteria (irRC)	Number of participants alive and without progression (irSD+irPR+irCR) at 24 weeks post-RT per unidimensional immune-related response criteria (irRC) 1b. For participants enrolled with brain metastases: number of participants alive and without progression (SD+PR+CR) at 24 weeks post-RT per immune Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncology (iRANO)	Up to 24 weeks following SRT
Number of Participants With Treatment Response in Irradiated Tumor Sites	Number of participants with treatment response in irradiated tumor sites at 24 weeks post-RT.	Up to 24 weeks following SRT
Number of Participants With Treatment Response in Non-irradiated Tumor Sites	Number of participants with treatment response in non-irradiated tumor sites at 24 weeks post-RT	Up to 24 weeks post-RT
Number of Patients Alive	Number of patients who are alive at 2 years after completion of SRT	2 years following SRT
Number of Participants With Grade 3 or Greater Toxicity	Number of participants with grade 3 or greater toxicity from the regimen through 8 weeks following RT	Through 8 weeks following SRT
Number of Participants With Immune-related Toxicity From the Regimen	Number participants with immune-related AEs (irAEs) that require both checkpoint-inhibitor discontinuation and initiation of steroids reported per CTCAE v5.0	Up to 2 years following RT
Radiobiological Signatures Associated With the Regimen	Number participants with samples collected and number of participants with samples analyzed for immunologic effects of the regimen	Up to 52 weeks post SRT

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Virginia Commonwealth University
• Collaborators: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Alfredo Urdaneta, M.D., Massey Cancer Center

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 10, 2017
• Primary Completion (Actual): January 27, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): September 22, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 14, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 14, 2017
• First Posted (Actual): July 18, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): January 10, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 20, 2021
• Last Verified: December 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neoplasms; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Antineoplastic Agents; Immunologic Factors; Antibodies; Immunoglobulins; Antibodies, Monoclonal; Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological
• Other Study ID Numbers: MCC-16-12436; P30CA016059 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: Yes
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No