Nivolumab and Ipilimumab in Mucinous Colorectal and Appendiceal Tumors

A Phase II Study of Nivolumab and Ipilimumab in Mucinous Colorectal and Appendiceal Tumors

This is a single-arm phase II study of twenty-one subjects with mucinous adenocarcinoma of the colon, rectum, or appendix with prior systemic therapy with a fluoropyrimidine, oxaliplatin, and irinotecan. Treatment will consist of nivolumab 480mg every 4 weeks and ipilimumab 1mg/kg every 8 weeks until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or 2 years of therapy.

Study Overview

• Status: Terminated
• Conditions: Mucinous Adenocarcinoma of the Rectum; Mucinous Adenocarcinoma of the Colon
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Nivolumab; Drug: Ipilimumab

Detailed Description

Treatment will consist of nivolumab 480mg every 4 weeks and ipilimumab 1mg/kg every 8 weeks (within a 56-day cycle, (Nivolumab administered on days 1 and 29, and Ipilimumab administered on day 1 of each cycle). Imaging assessments will be conducted every 8 weeks (+/-2 weeks) for the first 24 weeks then every 8-12 weeks (+/-2 weeks). If progression is noted on imaging in the setting of clinical stability, subjects may remain on study and have confirmatory imaging in 4-8 weeks per iRECIST criteria

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 11
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Pennsylvania
    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
      • Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 16 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Subjects must have signed and dated an IRB-approved written informed consent form prior to the performance of any protocol-related procedures that are not part of standard care.
• Colorectal or appendiceal mucinous adenocarcinoma with peritoneal-only metastatic disease. It is recognized that in some patients, peritoneal disease will predominate without distinction of the site of origin, and such patients will be eligible.
• Microsatellite stable by PCR and/or mismatch repair proficient by immunohistochemistry
• ECOG performance status of 0 or 1
• Prior therapy with a fluoropyrimidine, oxaliplatin, and irinotecan unless contraindicated or refused. Prior treatment with antiangiogenic and/or anti-EGFR antibody therapy is permitted but not required
• Measurable disease by RECIST v. 1.1

• Laboratory parameters:

  • Absolute neutrophil count > 1500/μL
  • Platelets > 100,000/μL
  • Hemoglobin > 9.0 g/dL
  • PT/INR or PTT < 1.5xULN
  • Creatinine < 1.5xULN OR creatinine clearance > 50 mL/min by Cockcroft-Gault formula
  • Total bilirubin < 1.5xULN
  • Subjects with Gilbert's Syndrome must have a total bilirubin level of < 3.0xULN
  • Albumin > 3.0 g/dL
  • AST and/or ALT: < 3.0×ULN

• Subjects with HIV are permitted provided they meet the following criteria:

  • CD4+ cell count > 250 cells/mm3
  • No history of AIDS-defining conditions other than low CD4+ count
  • If subject is on antiretroviral therapy, there must not be expected significant drug-drug interactions with study treatment

Exclusion Criteria:

• Bowel obstruction within the past 60 days

• Subjects who are currently pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or breast-feeding.

  • Females participants of child-bearing potential are required to use an effective contraception method or abstain from intercourse during treatment and for at least 5 months following the last dose
  • Males participants with partners of child-bearing potential are required to use an effective contraception method or abstain from intercourse during treatment and for at least 7 months following the last dose
• Subjects who, in the opinion of the physician, would not be clinically appropriate for receipt of the therapy regimen associated with participation

• Subjects with contraindications to immune checkpoint therapy, as follows:

  • Interstitial lung disease that is symptomatic or may interfere with the detection and management of suspected drug-related pulmonary toxicity
  • Prior organ allograft or allogeneic bone marrow transplantation
  • Pre-existing thyroid abnormality with thyroid function that cannot be maintained in the normal range with medication
  • Active autoimmune disease, except for vitiligo, type 1 diabetes mellitus, asthma, atopic dermatitis, or endocrinopathies manageable by hormone replacement; other autoimmune conditions may be allowable at the discretion of the principal investigator

  • Condition requiring systemic treatment with corticosteroids

    • Systemic steroids at physiologic doses (equivalent to dose of oral prednisone 10 mg) are permitted.
    • Intranasal, inhaled, topical, intra-articular, and ocular corticosteroids with minimal systemic absorption are permitted.
• Established non-peritoneal metastatic disease, including but not limited to metastases to the liver, lung, brain, extra-abdominal lymph nodes, and bone
• A second primary malignancy that, in the judgment of the investigator, may affect interpretation of results
• Prior treatment with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti-CTLA-4 antibody

• Toxicities attributed to prior anti-cancer therapy other than alopecia, fatigue, and peripheral neuropathy must have resolved to Grade 1 or baseline before administration of study drug. In addition, a washout period will be required for prior therapies as specified:

  • No chemotherapy within 14 days prior to first dose
  • No investigational product(s) (IPs) and/or biologic therapy within 28 days or 5 half-lives, whichever is longer, prior to first dose
  • No major surgery within 28 days prior to first dose. Any surgery-related AE(s) must have resolved at least 14 days prior to first dose.
  • No radiation therapy with curative intent within 28 days prior to first dose. Prior focal palliative radiotherapy must have been completed at least 14 days prior to first dose.

• Active hepatitis B or hepatitis C, defined as the following:

  • Hepatitis B surface antigen positive or HBV DNA PCR >100 IU/mL
  • Hepatitis C antibody positive unless HCV RNA PCR is negative (i.e. undetectable viral load)
• Prisoners or participants who are involuntarily incarcerated. (Note: under specific circumstances a person who has been imprisoned may be included as a participant. Strict conditions apply and BMS approval is required.)
• Participants who are compulsorily detained for treatment of either a psychiatric or physical (eg, infectious disease) illness

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Nivolumab and Ipilimumab; Treatment will consist of Nivolumab 480mg every 4 weeks and Ipilimumab 1mg/kg every 8 weeks. Subjects will continue on study therapy until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal of consent, or 24 months of therapy.	Drug: Nivolumab; IV infusion per institutional guidelines and the Package Insert; Other Names: Opdivo; Drug: Ipilimumab; IV infusion per institutional guidelines and the Package Insert; Other Names: Yervoy

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of Participants With Progression-Free Survival at 6 Months	To determine six-month progression-free survival by iRECIST from start of study treatment until 6 months	Start of treatment until 6 months later

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Progression-Free Survival	to determine Progression-Free survival from start of study treatment until time of documented disease progression or death assessed up to 2 years	start of treatment until disease progression or death, assessed up to 2 years
Overall Survival	Overall survival (OS) is defined as the duration of time from start of treatment to death	From start of treatment until death assessed up to 2 years
Objective Response Rate	The objective response rate is determined by the percentage of individuals on study attaining a complete or partial response as noted by by iRECIST and RECIST v1.1 Criteria	From start of treatment until progression or death assessed up to 2 years
Duration of Response	Time from the first recorded partial or complete response using RECIST v.1.1 criteria until disease progression or death	From the first recorded partial or complete response until progressive disease or death, whichever came first, assessed up to 2 years

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Thomas Karasic, MD, Abramson Cancer Center

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): February 15, 2019
• Primary Completion (Actual): March 6, 2021
• Study Completion (Actual): March 6, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 1, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 2, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): October 3, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 20, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 26, 2022
• Last Verified: September 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Digestive System Diseases; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Carcinoma; Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial; Gastrointestinal Neoplasms; Digestive System Neoplasms; Gastrointestinal Diseases; Intestinal Diseases; Intestinal Neoplasms; Neoplasms, Cystic, Mucinous, and Serous; Cecal Diseases; Cecal Neoplasms; Adenocarcinoma; Cystadenocarcinoma; Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous; Appendiceal Neoplasms; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Antineoplastic Agents; Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological; Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors; Nivolumab; Ipilimumab
• Other Study ID Numbers: UPCC 28218

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