Immunotherapy in Patients With Metastatic Cancers and CDK12 Mutations (IMPACT)

IMPACT: Immunotherapy in Patients With Metastatic Cancers and CDK12 Mutations

This study will attempt to determine the efficacy of checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy with nivolumab and ipilimumab combination therapy followed by nivolumab monotherapy in patients with metastatic prostate cancer and other tumor solid tumor histologies harboring loss of CDK12 function as well as monotherapy nivolumab treatment in patient with metastatic prostate cancer harboring loss of CDK12 function.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Solid Tumor; Metastatic Cancer; Metastatic Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Nivolumab; Drug: Ipilimumab

Detailed Description

This study investigates the efficacy of checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy in patients with metastatic cancer with CDK12 mutations. The study includes three cohorts: Cohort A consists of metastatic prostate cancer patients being treated with combination nivolumab and ipilimumab treatment followed by monotherapy nivolumab treatment. Cohort B consists of other solid tumor patients being treated with combination nivolumab and ipilimumab treatment followed by monotherapy nivolumab treatment. As of an amendment approved 03FEB2021 a third cohort was added, Cohort C, which consists of metastatic prostate cancer patients being treated with monotherapy nivolumab treatment.

As of an amendment approved 21JUN2020 the maximum duration of treatment, as well as the anticipated timing for some of the studies outcome measures, were updated from 52 weeks to 104 weeks.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 56
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • California
    • San Diego, California, United States, 92093
      • University of California San Diego, Moores Cancer Center
    • San Francisco, California, United States, 94158
      • University of California San Francisco/Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Florida
    • Tampa, Florida, United States, 33612
      • H. Lee. Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Inc.
  • Maryland
    • Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287
      • Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
  • Michigan
    • Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109
      • University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center
    • Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48201
      • Karmanos Cancer Institute
  • Missouri
    • Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110
      • Siteman Cancer Center at Washington University
  • New York
    • New York, New York, United States, 10065
      • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Be ≥18 years of age as of date of signing informed consent.
• Be willing and able to provide written informed consent for the study.
• ECOG Performance Status of 0, 1 or 2 (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group scoring system used to quantify general well-being and activities of daily life; scores range from 0 to 5 where 0 represents perfect health and 5 represents death.
• Subjects must have a histologic or cytologic diagnosis of metastatic adenocarcinoma of the prostate without small cell histology OR another type of metastatic carcinoma.
• All subjects, regardless of cancer type, must have a documented CDK12 aberration in tumor tissue.
• Subjects with prostate cancer must have documented prostate cancer progression within six months prior to screening with PSA progression defined as a minimum of three rising PSA levels ≥ 1; 1 week between each assessment with a baseline PSA value at screening of ≥ 2 ng/mL.
• Subjects with prostate cancer must have ongoing androgen deprivation with total serum testosterone < 50 ng/dL (or ≤ 0.50 ng/mL or 1.73 nmol/L)). If the subject is currently being treated with LHRH agonists (subjects who have not undergone an orchiectomy), this therapy must have been initiated at least 4 weeks prior to registration. This treatment must be continued throughout the study.
• Subjects with non-prostate histologies must have RECIST 1.1-measurable cancer on computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans.
• Subjects must have recovered to baseline or ≤ grade 1 toxicities related to any prior treatments unless AE(s) are clinically non-significant and/or stable.
• Patients must be ≥ 2 weeks from most recent systemic therapy or most recent radiation therapy.
• Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test within 28 days prior to registration.
• Female and male subjects of reproductive potential must agree to use an adequate method of contraception starting with the first dose of study therapy through 5 months (for women) and 7 months (for men) after the last dose of study therapy.
• Adequate organ and marrow function

Exclusion Criteria:

• Prior treatment with anti-PD-1/PD-L1 and anti-CTLA-4 is NOT allowed. Prior intravesical BCG therapy is allowed.
• Treatment with any investigational agent or on an interventional clinical trial within 28 days prior to registration.
• Prior or concurrent malignancy except for: adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, in situ cervical cancer, localized or locally advanced prostate cancer definitively treated without recurrence or with biochemical recurrence only, or any other cancer fully treated or from which the subject has been disease-free for at least 2 years.
• Autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. Vitiligo, mild psoriasis (topical therapy only) or hypothyroidism are allowed.
• Need for systemic corticosteroids >10mg prednisone daily or equivalent alternative steroid (except physiologic dose for adrenal replacement therapy) or other immunosuppressive agents (such as cyclosporine or methotrexate) Topical and inhaled corticosteroids are allowed if medically needed.
• Any history of organ allografts
• Any history of HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis C infection

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: Metastatic CRPC; Patients with metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) will be enrolled in cohort A.	Drug: Nivolumab; Patients in arms Metastatic CRPC and Experimental: Solid Tumors (non-prostate) will begin receiving combination therapy with nivolumab 3 mg/kg IV and ipilimumab 1 mg/kg IV every 3 weeks for up to 4 cycles if tolerated, followed by nivolumab maintenance therapy at flat dose 480 mg IV every 4 weeks through the end of the planned study duration, for up to 104 weeks of total therapy. Patients in arm Metastatic CRPC will receive therapy with monotherapy nivolumab therapy at flat dose 480 mg IV every 4 weeks for up to 104 weeks of total therapy.; Drug: Ipilimumab; Patients in arms Metastatic CRPC and Experimental: Solid Tumors (non-prostate) will begin receiving combination therapy with nivolumab 3 mg/kg IV and ipilimumab 1 mg/kg IV every 3 weeks for up to 4 cycles if tolerated, followed by nivolumab maintenance therapy at flat dose 480 mg IV every 4 weeks through the end of the planned study duration, for up to 104 weeks of total therapy.
Experimental: Solid Tumors (non-prostate); Patients with all other metastatic subtypes will be enrolled in cohort B	Drug: Nivolumab; Patients in arms Metastatic CRPC and Experimental: Solid Tumors (non-prostate) will begin receiving combination therapy with nivolumab 3 mg/kg IV and ipilimumab 1 mg/kg IV every 3 weeks for up to 4 cycles if tolerated, followed by nivolumab maintenance therapy at flat dose 480 mg IV every 4 weeks through the end of the planned study duration, for up to 104 weeks of total therapy. Patients in arm Metastatic CRPC will receive therapy with monotherapy nivolumab therapy at flat dose 480 mg IV every 4 weeks for up to 104 weeks of total therapy.; Drug: Ipilimumab; Patients in arms Metastatic CRPC and Experimental: Solid Tumors (non-prostate) will begin receiving combination therapy with nivolumab 3 mg/kg IV and ipilimumab 1 mg/kg IV every 3 weeks for up to 4 cycles if tolerated, followed by nivolumab maintenance therapy at flat dose 480 mg IV every 4 weeks through the end of the planned study duration, for up to 104 weeks of total therapy.
Experimental: Metastatic CRPC with Monotherapy; Patients with metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) will be enrolled in cohort C once enrollment to cohort A has been completed.	Drug: Nivolumab; Patients in arms Metastatic CRPC and Experimental: Solid Tumors (non-prostate) will begin receiving combination therapy with nivolumab 3 mg/kg IV and ipilimumab 1 mg/kg IV every 3 weeks for up to 4 cycles if tolerated, followed by nivolumab maintenance therapy at flat dose 480 mg IV every 4 weeks through the end of the planned study duration, for up to 104 weeks of total therapy. Patients in arm Metastatic CRPC will receive therapy with monotherapy nivolumab therapy at flat dose 480 mg IV every 4 weeks for up to 104 weeks of total therapy.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
The Proportion of Patients With CDK12 Loss of Function Metastatic CRPC That Respond to Treatment.	The primary objective is overall response rate (ORR) of patients with metastatic CRPC. Response will be defined as a 50% decline in PSA (prostate specific antigen) from baseline as determined by PCWG3 criteria.	Up to 24 months post treatment

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Duration of Therapy (DOT)	Defined by the time interval from the start of treatment to the day of permanent discontinuation of treatment (including death).	Up to 104 weeks after start of therapy
The Proportion of Patients That Respond to Treatment in Cohort B.	Overall response will be defined as patients that achieve either a partial response or complete response using RECIST 1.1 criteria. Complete response (CR) is defined as disappearance of all target lesions, determined by two separate observations conducted not less than 4 weeks apart. There can be no appearance of new lesions. Partial response (PR) is defined as at least a 30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter (LD) of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum LD. There can be no appearance of new lesions.	Up to 104 weeks after start of therapy
Radiographic Progression Free Survival Time (rPFS)	Radiographic progression-free survival (rPFS) is defined as the duration of time from start of treatment to time of radiographic progression. Progression is defined as at least a 20% increase in the sum of the LD of target lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum LD recorded since the treatment started, or the appearance of one or more new lesions.	Up to 104 weeks after start of therapy
Progression Free Survival Time (PFS)	Progression is defined as the duration of time from start of treatment to time of progression. Progression is defined as: Either, Radiographic progression: At least a 20% increase in the sum of the LD of target lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum LD recorded since the treatment started, or the appearance of one or more new lesions OR, PSA Progression: For rising PSA after an initial decline from baseline, the PSA is recorded from the start of therapy to first PSA increase that is ≥ 25% and ≥ 2ng/mL above the nadir, which is confirmed by a second value 4 or more weeks later, confirming a rising trend. If there is no initial decline from baseline, PSA progression is defined as ≥ 25% increase and ≥ 2 ng/mL increase from baseline beyond 12 weeks.	Up to 24 months post treatment
Overall Survival Time	Defined as the time from the start of treatment until death from any cause. Patients alive or lost to follow-up at the time of analysis will be censored at their last date of follow-up.	Up to 24 months post treatment
PSA Progression Free Survival Time	PSA Progression: For rising PSA after an initial decline from baseline, the PSA is recorded from the start of therapy to first PSA increase that is ≥ 25% and ≥ 2ng/mL above the nadir, which is confirmed by a second value 4 or more weeks later, confirming a rising trend. If there is no initial decline from baseline, PSA progression is defined as ≥ 25% increase and ≥ 2 ng/mL increase from baseline beyond 12 weeks.	Up to 24 months post treatment
Time to PSA Progression	PSA Progression: For rising PSA after an initial decline from baseline, the PSA is recorded from the start of therapy to first PSA increase that is ≥ 25% and ≥ 2ng/mL above the nadir, which is confirmed by a second value 4 or more weeks later, confirming a rising trend. If there is no initial decline from baseline, PSA progression is defined as ≥ 25% increase and ≥ 2 ng/mL increase from baseline beyond 12 weeks.	Up to 24 months post treatment
Progression Rate at 6 Months	Progression is defined as: Either, Radiographic progression: At least a 20% increase in the sum of the LD of target lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum LD recorded since the treatment started, or the appearance of one or more new lesions OR, PSA Progression: For rising PSA after an initial decline from baseline, the PSA is recorded from the start of therapy to first PSA increase that is ≥ 25% and ≥ 2ng/mL above the nadir, which is confirmed by a second value 4 or more weeks later, confirming a rising trend. If there is no initial decline from baseline, PSA progression is defined as ≥ 25% increase and ≥ 2 ng/mL increase from baseline beyond 12 weeks.	6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center
• Collaborators: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; University of California, San Francisco
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Ajjai Alva, MD, Rogel Cancer Center

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): December 14, 2018
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 22, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): March 26, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 15, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 15, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): June 27, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 8, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 23, 2025
• Last Verified: April 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Immunotherapy; mCRPC; Solid Tumor; Metastatic Cancer; Metastatic Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer; CDK12
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Urogenital Diseases; Genital Diseases; Pathologic Processes; Genital Neoplasms, Male; Urogenital Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Genital Diseases, Male; Prostatic Diseases; Male Urogenital Diseases; Neoplastic Processes; Neoplasms; Prostatic Neoplasms; Neoplasms, Second Primary; Neoplasm Metastasis; Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological; Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors; Antineoplastic Agents; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Nivolumab; Ipilimumab
• Other Study ID Numbers: UMCC 2018.050; HUM00145104 (Other Identifier: University of Michigan)

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: Yes
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No