Galinpepimut-S in Combination With Pembrolizumab in Patients With Selected Advanced Cancers

A Phase 1/2 Study of Galinpepimut-S in Combination With Pembrolizumab (MK 3475) in Patients With Selected Advanced Cancers

To evaluate the safety and tolerability of galinpepimut-S in combination with pembrolizumab in patients with selected advanced cancers. Patients will be followed long-term for Overall Survival (OS) and safety. The study will enroll approximately 90 patients and maximum study treatment duration is approximately 2.13 years.

Study Overview

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Conditions: Colorectal Cancer; Ovarian Cancer; Acute Myelogenous Leukemia; Small-cell Lung Cancer; Triple-negative Breast Cancer
• Intervention / Treatment: Biological: galinpepimut-S; Drug: Pembrolizumab

Detailed Description

This is a Phase 1/2, open-label, non-comparative, multicenter, multi-arm study of the Wilms Tumor-1 (WT1)-targeting multivalent heteroclitic peptide immunotherapeutic vaccine galinpepimut-S in combination with the programmed death-1 (PD1) inhibitor pembrolizumab in patients with selected advanced cancers. This study will assess the efficacy and safety of galinpepimut-S and pembrolizumab and investigate the effect of galinpepimut-S and pembrolizumab on various tumor types. Patients will be followed long-term for OS and safety. The study will enroll approximately 90 patients at up to 20 centers in the United States.

Indications treated are colorectal (third or fourth line), ovarian (second or third line), small cell lung cancer (second line), breast cancer (triple negative; second line), acute myelogenous leukemia (unable to attain deeper morphological response than partial [PR] on hypomethylating agents and who are not eligible for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant).

The first 2 galinpepimut-S injections will initially be administered as monotherapy every 3 weeks (Week 0 and Week 3). Thereafter, galinpepimut-S will be co-administered with pembrolizumab every 3 weeks for 4 additional administrations (for the galinpepimut-S initial immunization induction phase series; weeks 6-15) to coincide with the per label pembrolizumab dosing frequency. After that, there will be one un-paired administration of pembrolizumab (week 18), and then galinpepimut-S will be resumed on an every 3-week schedule for 6 additional doses (early immune booster phase; weeks 21-36). At the end of this phase, there will be a 12-week interval where 3 unpaired administrations of pembrolizumab will occur (weeks 39-45), and then galinpepimut-S will be resumed on an every 12-week schedule for 4 additional doses (late immune booster phase; weeks 48-84). After 84 weeks, continuing non-progressed patients will be treated with pembrolizumab alone up until week 111.

Pembrolizumab will be administered at a dose of 200 mg intravenously every 3 weeks on Day 1 of each cycle (3 week cycles) starting on Study Week 6 and continuing for up to 2 years thereafter (Study Week 111). Galinpepimut-S will be administered 30-60 minutes after the completion of IV infusion of pembrolizumab on Day 1 of each cycle during which the 2 drugs are being co-administered.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 90
• Phase: Phase 2; Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • California
    • Santa Rosa, California, United States, 95403
      • St. Joseph Heritage Healthcare
    • Whittier, California, United States, 90603
      • Innovative Clinical Research Institute (ICRI)
  • Florida
    • Miami, Florida, United States, 33176
      • Miami Cancer Institute at Baptist Health, Inc.
  • New Jersey
    • Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States, 07920
      • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    • Middletown, New Jersey, United States, 07748
      • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    • Montvale, New Jersey, United States, 07645
      • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • New York
    • Commack, New York, United States, 11725
      • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    • Harrison, New York, United States, 10604
      • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    • Nassau, New York, United States, 11553
      • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    • New York, New York, United States, 10065
      • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Ohio
    • Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45242
      • Oncology Hematology Care, Inc.
  • Texas
    • Houston, Texas, United States, 77054
      • MD Anderson Cancer Center

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:

• Is willing and able to understand and provide signed informed consent for the study that fulfills IRB guidelines
• Male or female patients >18 years of age on the day of signing informed consent
• Histologically or cytologically-confirmed advanced or metastatic solid tumors who have disease progression after treatment with available therapies for metastatic disease that are known to confer clinical benefit, or are intolerant to treatment, or refuse standard treatment in the context of the particular line of treatment or, specifically for AML, demonstrate as their best response after 4 cycles of HMA therapy the status of "partial response" per European LeukemiaNet (ELN) criteria and meet the additional specified requirements for the cohort of the study they will enroll into.
• All patients in the solid tumor arms will be tested for WT1 expression via IHC in their initial primary tumor OR recent biopsy of metastatic disease at the time of screening for study entry. Specifically for AML, patients will be tested for WT1 expression via IHC in their leukemic blasts either in the BM or PB. Assessment of WT1 expression positivity will be performed via central review prior to study entry.
• Patients may have received a specific maximum allowable number of prior lines of therapy for metastatic disease, as follows: CRC: 2 or 3 lines; OvC: 1 or 2 lines; SCLC: 1 line; TNBC: 1 line; and AML: 1 line (allo-SCT-eligible status not allowed)
• For solid tumor arms: patients must measurable disease based on RECIST v1.1 as determined by the local study team.

• For AML arm, eligibility is defined as:

  1. Prior frontline (1st line) with HMAs since initial AML diagnosis;
  2. Prior cytoreductive therapy with hydroxyurea or leukapheresis at the time of initial diagnosis, with subsequent immediate seamless transitioning to HMA therapy
  3. History of induction early failure after initial therapy with up to 2 cycles of standard chemotherapy ("7+3" or similar regimen), with subsequent immediate seamless transitioning to HMA therapy as long as patients have achieved PR as their best observable response after 4 cycles of HMA therapy; HMA therapy continues throughout the trial period.
• Resolution of toxicity effect(s) from most recent prior chemotherapy to Grade 1 or less (except alopecia). If the patient received major surgery or radiation therapy of > 30 Gy, they must have recovered from the toxicity and/or complications from the intervention.
• (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1.
• For women of child-bearing potential, agreement to use adequate birth control (abstinence, hysterectomy, bilateral oophorectomy, bilateral tubal ligation, oral contraception, IUD, or use of condoms or diaphragms)
• Male patients of childbearing potential must agree to use an adequate method of contraception, starting with the first dose of study therapy through 4 months following the last study treatment.

• Have adequate organ function as defined:

  • Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1500/µL
  • Platelets ≥100,000/µL
  • Hemoglobin (Hb) ≥9.0 g/dL or ≥5.6 mmol/L (N.B.: Hb criterion must be met without erythropoietin dependency and without packed red blood cell transfusion within last 2 weeks)
  • Creatinine ≤1.5 × upper limit of normal (ULN) OR Measured or calculated creatinine clearance (GFR can also be used in place of creatinine or CrCl) ≥30 mL/min for subjects with creatinine levels >1.5 × institutional ULN
  • Total bilirubin ≤1.5 ×ULN OR direct bilirubin ≤ULN for subjects with total bilirubin levels >1.5 × ULN
  • AST (SGOT) and ALT (SGPT) ≤2.5 × ULN OR ≤5 × ULN for subjects with liver metastases
  • International normalized ratio (INR) OR prothrombin time (PT) and Activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) ≤1.5 × ULN, unless subjects are receiving anticoagulant therapy as long as PT or aPTT is within the therapeutic range of intended use of anticoagulants

Additional Inclusion Criteria for Selected Tumor Types:

(i).Colorectal Cancer (third/fourth line)

• Histologically or cytologically documented adenocarcinoma of colon or rectum at the time of initial presentation.
• Metastatic CRC with documented disease progression (per standard criteria) after the last administration of standard therapies or intolerance to standard therapies (and approved therapies must have included all the following a fluoropyrimidine, oxaliplatin, irinotecan, bevacizumab, and, if KRAS wild-type, cetuximab or panitumumab). Prior use of and failure after regorafenib or trifluridine/tipiracil is allowed but not mandated.

(ii). OvC (second/third line)

• Histologically diagnosed ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer at the time of initial presentation.
• Patients will have either relapsed or be disease resistant to their prior therapy. Interval surgery is permitted, but patients must have objective evidence of disease on computed tomography (CT)or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), with concomitant CA-125 increase and/or biopsy showing OvC (only for recurrent disease).
• Patients should have received platinum-containing chemotherapy and been designated as harboring platinum-refractory or -resistant disease. Additionally, all eligible subjects should have either received (or been offered) bevacizumab therapy, and those with BRCA germline mutations (gBRCA mut) should have been offered therapy with poly-ADP ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitors (olaparib, rucaparib or niraparib).

(iii). SCLC (second line)

• Histologically or cytologically confirmed SCLC based on biopsy of the tumor at initial presentation.
• Asymptomatic or treated brain metastases are allowed.
• Patients must have measurable disease (by CT or MRI) after they progressed or were resistant to 1 prior systemic therapy.

(iv). TNBC (second line)

• Histologically proven metastatic breast carcinoma with triple negative receptor status.
• TNBC status is defined as estrogen and progesterone receptor negative by IHC, and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 [HER2] negative by IHC AND HER2 gene non-amplified by fluorescence in situ hybridization [FISH], per standard criteria. Patients who are weakly positive for the estrogen or progesterone receptor (i.e., < 5%) are eligible.
• Patients must have measurable disease(by CT or MRI) after they progressed or were resistant to 1 prior systemic therapy.

• Patients have undergone second-line therapy after residual or recurrent disease after first-line therapy. The latter may have included:

  1. Neoadjuvant therapy if macroscopic disease was still present after surgery OR
  2. Adjuvant therapy, but only if the macroscopic relapse occurred > 6 months from the start of study treatment with pembrolizumab.

  (v). AML

• Pathologically or morphologically confirmed de novo or secondary AML at the time of initial diagnosis.
• Achievement of no better than morphologic PR, as defined initially by the AML Working Group criteria (Cheson et al,2003), and also quoted in the more recent ELN criteria (Döhner et al, 2010),while on active treatment with HMAs.
• AML patients are eligible only if they received first-line therapy with HMAs (decitabine or azacytidine) for 4 cycles and achieved only PR at the end of cycle 4.
• AML patients must remain on HMA therapy throughout the trial.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Presence of disease that is suitable for local or regional therapy administered with curative intent.

• Has received prior systemic anti-cancer therapy including investigational agents within 4 weeks prior to treatment.

  • N.B.: Participants must have recovered from all AEs due to previous therapies to ≤Grade 1 or baseline. Participants with ≤Grade 2 neuropathy may be eligible.
  • N.B.: If the subject underwent major surgery, they must have recovered adequately from the toxicity and/or complications from the intervention prior to starting study treatment.
• Has received prior radiotherapy within 2 weeks of the start of study treatment. Subjects must have recovered from all radiation-related toxicities, not require corticosteroids, and not have had radiation pneumonitis. A 1-week washout is permitted for palliative radiation (≤2 weeks of radiotherapy) to non-CNS disease.
• Has received prior therapy with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti PD L2 agent or with an agent directed to another stimulatory or co-inhibitory T-cell receptor (e.g., CTLA-4, OX 40, CD137) and was discontinued from that treatment due to a Grade 3 or higher immune-related adverse event (irAE).
• Subject currently participates in a clinical trial with another investigational agent and is receiving study therapy or has participated in a study of an investigational agent and received study therapy or used an investigational device within 4 weeks of the first study treatment.
• Has received a live vaccine within 30 days prior to the first dose of study drug. Examples of live vaccines include, but are not limited to, the following: measles, mumps, rubella, varicella/zoster (chicken pox), yellow fever, rabies, Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), and typhoid vaccine. Seasonal influenza vaccines for injection are generally killed virus vaccines and are allowed; however, intranasal influenza vaccines (e.g., FluMist®) are live attenuated vaccines and are not allowed.
• Has undergone prior allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
• Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy (in dosing exceeding 10 mg daily of prednisone equivalent) or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior the first dose of study drug. The use of physiologic doses of corticosteroids may be approved after consultation with the Sponsor. Steroids taken as short-term therapy (≤ 7 days) for antiemesis are permissible.

• Has a known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment within the past 5 years, even if currently inactive or unapparent.

  - N.B.: Specifically, AML patients with prior history of myelodysplastic syndromes or myeloproliferative neoplasms are not excluded. Participants in any of the study arms (solid tumors or AML) with basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, or carcinoma in situ (e.g., breast carcinoma, cervical cancer in situ) that have undergone potentially curative therapy, as well as patients with prostate cancer managed clinically with "watchful waiting" are eligible.

• Has known active CNS metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis. Participants with previously treated brain metastases may participate provided they are radiologically stable, i.e., without evidence of progression for at least 4 weeks by repeat imaging (note that the repeat imaging should be performed during study screening), clinically stable and without requirement of steroid treatment for at least 14 days prior to first dose of study treatment.
• Has severe hypersensitivity (≥Grade 3) to pembrolizumab and/or any of its excipients.
• Has known hypersensitivity to Montanide or vaccine adjuvants.
• Had a previous clinically significant systemic allergic reaction to Montanide, sargramostim (GM-CSF), or filgrastim (G-CSF).
• Has an active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in past 2 years (i.e., with use of disease-modifying agents, corticosteroids or immunosuppressive drugs). Replacement therapy (e.g., thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency) is not considered a form of systemic treatment and is allowed.
• Has a history of (non-infectious) pneumonitis that required steroids or has current pneumonitis.
• Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy.
• Subjects with known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and/or history of Hepatitis B or C infections, or known to be positive for Hepatitis B antigen (HBsAg)/ Hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA or Hepatitis C Antibody or RNA are excluded. Active Hepatitis C is defined by a known positive Hep C Ab result and known quantitative HCV RNA results greater than the lower limits of detection of the assay.
• Has a history or current evidence of any condition, therapy, or laboratory abnormality that might confound the results of the study, interfere with the patient's participation for the full duration of the study, or is not in the best interest of the participant to participate, in the opinion of the treating investigator. This includes any serious, intercurrent, chronic, or acute illness, such as cardiac disease (New York Heart Association [NYHA] class III or IV), hepatic disease, or other illness considered by the investigator as an unwarranted high risk for investigational drug treatment.
• Has a known psychiatric or substance abuse disorder that would interfere with the participant's ability to cooperate with the requirements of the study.
• For female subjects: Subject is pregnant or breastfeeding or expecting to conceive or father children within the projected duration of the study, starting with the screening visit through 30 days after the last dose of study treatment.
• Has had an allogeneic tissue/solid organ transplant.
• Has received transfusion of blood products (including platelets or red blood cells) or administration of colony stimulating factors (excluding GM-CSF, but including G-CSF or recombinant erythropoietin) within 4 weeks prior to first study treatment.

Additional Exclusion Criteria for Selected Tumor Types:

(i). CRC: None (ii). OvC: None (iii). SCLC: Mixed SCLC (iv). TNBC: None (v). AML:

1. Planned/anticipated HSCT (autologous or allogeneic, with any degree of match donor); acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL; M3 or any morphologic and molecular variants, inclusive); history or current diagnosis of CNS leukemia

2. Relapsed (Second line) patients

   • N.B.: Patients who received any chemotherapy ("3 + 7" or similar chemotherapy regimen) for up to 2 cycles during initial induction therapy in the first-line setting and subsequently immediately seamlessly switched to HMAs are eligible.

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

5

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Colorectal Cancer (CRC); N=20;; Metastatic CRC priorly Rxed with ≥2 lines of ChemoRx (3rd/4th line); must have documented disease progression post last administration of or intolerance to standard therapies, which must have included a fluoropyrimidine, oxaliplatin, irinotecan, bevacizumab, and, if KRAS wild-type, cetuximab or panitumumab. Prior regorafenib or trifluridine/tipiracil is allowed, but not mandated;; PFS and OS to be assessed in all;; GM-CSF before each galinpepimut-S (GPS) vaccine injection; first 2 GPS injections (monotherapy) Q3 wks, followed by GPS co-administered with pembrolizumab (P) Q3wks x 4. After that, there will be 1 unpaired administration of P, and GPS will be resumed Q3wks x 6. After a 12-wk interval where 3 unpaired administrations of P will occur, GPS will resume Q12wks x 4. After 84 wks, non-progressors will continue in the study on P alone.	Biological: galinpepimut-S; Galinpepimut-S will be administered as monotherapy, then galinpepimut-S will be co-administered with pembrolizumab. After that, there will be un-paired administration of pembrolizumab and galinpepimut-S according to the schedule described in the protocol and described in the arm/group descriptions on ClinicalTrials.gov.; Other Names: SLS-001; GPS; WT1 Analog Peptide Vaccine; Drug: Pembrolizumab; Galinpepimut-S will be administered as monotherapy, then galinpepimut-S will be co-administered with pembrolizumab. After that, there will be un-paired administration of pembrolizumab and galinpepimut-S according to the schedule described in the protocol and described in the arm/group descriptions on ClinicalTrials.gov.; Other Names: Keytruda; MK-3475
Experimental: Ovarian Cancer (OvC); N=20;; Metastatic OvC priorly Rxed with ≥1 line of platinum-containing ChemoRx (2nd/3rd line) with either relapse or disease refractoriness; interval surgery permitted, as long as subjects have measurable disease by imaging and concomitant CA-125 increase, and/or biopsy showing OvC; must have either received (or been offered) bevacizumab therapy; those with BRCA germline mutations (gBRCA mut) must have been offered therapy with poly-ADP ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitors.; PFS and OS to be assessed in all;; GM-CSF before each galinpepimut-S (GPS) vaccine injection; first 2 GPS injections (monotherapy) Q3 wks, followed by GPS co-administered with pembrolizumab (P) Q3wks x 4. After that, there will be 1 unpaired administration of P, and GPS will be resumed Q3wks x 6. After a 12-wk interval where 3 unpaired administrations of P will occur, GPS will resume Q12wks x 4. After 84 wks, non-progressors will continue in the study on P alone.	Biological: galinpepimut-S; Galinpepimut-S will be administered as monotherapy, then galinpepimut-S will be co-administered with pembrolizumab. After that, there will be un-paired administration of pembrolizumab and galinpepimut-S according to the schedule described in the protocol and described in the arm/group descriptions on ClinicalTrials.gov.; Other Names: SLS-001; GPS; WT1 Analog Peptide Vaccine; Drug: Pembrolizumab; Galinpepimut-S will be administered as monotherapy, then galinpepimut-S will be co-administered with pembrolizumab. After that, there will be un-paired administration of pembrolizumab and galinpepimut-S according to the schedule described in the protocol and described in the arm/group descriptions on ClinicalTrials.gov.; Other Names: Keytruda; MK-3475
Experimental: Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC); N=20;; Advanced SCLC priorly Rxed with 1 line of ChemoRx (2nd line); must have measurable disease by imaging after they progressed or were resistant to 1 prior systemic therapy; asymptomatic or treated brain metastases are allowed;; PFS and OS to be assessed in all;; GM-CSF before each galinpepimut-S (GPS) vaccine injection; first 2 GPS injections (monotherapy) Q3 wks, followed by GPS co-administered with pembrolizumab (P) Q3wks x 4. After that, there will be 1 unpaired administration of P, and GPS will be resumed Q3wks x 6. After a 12-wk interval where 3 unpaired administrations of P will occur, GPS will resume Q12wks x 4. After 84 wks, non-progressors will continue in the study on P alone.	Biological: galinpepimut-S; Galinpepimut-S will be administered as monotherapy, then galinpepimut-S will be co-administered with pembrolizumab. After that, there will be un-paired administration of pembrolizumab and galinpepimut-S according to the schedule described in the protocol and described in the arm/group descriptions on ClinicalTrials.gov.; Other Names: SLS-001; GPS; WT1 Analog Peptide Vaccine; Drug: Pembrolizumab; Galinpepimut-S will be administered as monotherapy, then galinpepimut-S will be co-administered with pembrolizumab. After that, there will be un-paired administration of pembrolizumab and galinpepimut-S according to the schedule described in the protocol and described in the arm/group descriptions on ClinicalTrials.gov.; Other Names: Keytruda; MK-3475
Experimental: Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC); N=15;; TNBC priorly Rxed with 1 line of ChemoRx with residual or recurrent disease (2nd line); estrogen (ER) and progesterone receptor (PgR) negative, and HER2(-) by IHC AND HER2 non-amplified by fluorescence in situ hybridization; weak IHC positivity for ER or PgR (i.e., < 5%) eligible; must have undergone 2nd line therapy after 1st line Rx could include: neoadjuvant Rx if macroscopic disease still present after surgery OR adjuvant Rx but only if relapse occurred > 6 months from the start of pembrolizumab (P);; PFS and OS to be assessed in all;; GM-CSF before each galinpepimut-S (GPS) vaccine injection; first 2 GPS injections (monotherapy) Q3 wks, followed by GPS co-administered with pembrolizumab (P) Q3wks x 4. After that, there will be 1 unpaired administration of P, and GPS will be resumed Q3wks x 6. After a 12-wk interval where 3 unpaired administrations of P will occur, GPS will resume Q12wks x 4. After 84 wks, non-progressors will continue in the study on P alone.	Biological: galinpepimut-S; Galinpepimut-S will be administered as monotherapy, then galinpepimut-S will be co-administered with pembrolizumab. After that, there will be un-paired administration of pembrolizumab and galinpepimut-S according to the schedule described in the protocol and described in the arm/group descriptions on ClinicalTrials.gov.; Other Names: SLS-001; GPS; WT1 Analog Peptide Vaccine; Drug: Pembrolizumab; Galinpepimut-S will be administered as monotherapy, then galinpepimut-S will be co-administered with pembrolizumab. After that, there will be un-paired administration of pembrolizumab and galinpepimut-S according to the schedule described in the protocol and described in the arm/group descriptions on ClinicalTrials.gov.; Other Names: Keytruda; MK-3475
Experimental: Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML); N=15;; Pts with AML who are not eligible for allogeneic stem cell transplant and have been able to achieve morphological partial remission (PR) as their best ever response at the time of completion of their 4th cycle of upfront Rx with HMA; prior initial upfront hydroxyurea or leukapheresis Rx or history of induction early failure after up to 2 cycles of ChemoRx ("7+3" or similar regimen) with seamless immediate transitioning to HMA Rx eligible; must remain on HMA therapy throughout the trial.; PFS and OS to be assessed in all;; GM-CSF before each galinpepimut-S (GPS) vaccine injection; first 2 GPS injections (monotherapy) Q3 wks, followed by GPS co-administered with pembrolizumab (P) Q3wks x 4. After that, there will be 1 unpaired administration of P, and GPS will be resumed Q3wks x 6. After a 12-wk interval where 3 unpaired administrations of P will occur, GPS will resume Q12wks x 4. After 84 wks, non-progressors will continue in the study on P alone.	Biological: galinpepimut-S; Galinpepimut-S will be administered as monotherapy, then galinpepimut-S will be co-administered with pembrolizumab. After that, there will be un-paired administration of pembrolizumab and galinpepimut-S according to the schedule described in the protocol and described in the arm/group descriptions on ClinicalTrials.gov.; Other Names: SLS-001; GPS; WT1 Analog Peptide Vaccine; Drug: Pembrolizumab; Galinpepimut-S will be administered as monotherapy, then galinpepimut-S will be co-administered with pembrolizumab. After that, there will be un-paired administration of pembrolizumab and galinpepimut-S according to the schedule described in the protocol and described in the arm/group descriptions on ClinicalTrials.gov.; Other Names: Keytruda; MK-3475

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number and frequency of TRAEs, including UARs, and SAEs (safety parameters) - for all tumor types	Define the absolute number, relative frequency, and severity (grade) of treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs), including unexpected adverse reaction (UARs), as well as serious adverse events (SAEs) -irrespective of relationship to study drug - using National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI CTCAE) Version 4.03. for all patients on study.	First 9 weeks up to 32 months
Overall response rate (ORR) by RECIST - for solid tumor arms	The anti-tumor activity of the combination of galinpepimut-S and pembrolizumab as defined by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) to determine if the observed activity is sufficiently promising to evaluate the combination in future clinical studies.	First 9 weeks up to 32 months
Complete Response (CR) rate - for AML arm only	Rate (frequency or percentage) of achievement of morphological/hematologic CR in the AML arm of the trial to determine if the observed activity is sufficiently promising to evaluate the combination in future clinical studies in AML patients on hypomethylators.	First 9 weeks up to 32 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Time to response (TTR) - for all tumor types	Evaluate the clinical benefit of galinpepimut-S in combination with pembrolizumab in patients with selected advanced cancers through the analysis of time to response (TTR).	First 9 weeks up to 32 months
Time to next treatment (TNT) - for all tumor types	Evaluate the clinical benefit of galinpepimut-S in combination with pembrolizumab in patients with selected advanced cancers through the analysis of time to next treatment (TNT).	First 9 weeks up to 32 months
Duration of Response (DOR) - for solid tumor arms	Evaluate the clinical benefit of galinpepimut-S in combination with pembrolizumab in patients with selected advanced solid malignancies through the analysis of duration of response (DOR), based on the interval of time between the documentation of ORR (CR/PR) and documentation of progressive disease (PD).	First 9 weeks up to 32 months
Duration of CR - for AML arm only	Evaluate the clinical benefit of galinpepimut-S in combination with pembrolizumab in patients with AML through the analysis of duration of complete response, based on the interval of time between the documentation of CR and documentation of morphological leukemic relapse/progressive disease (PD).	First 9 weeks up to 32 months
Overall response rate (ORR) by iRECIST - for solid tumor arms	The anti-tumor activity of the combination of galinpepimut-S and pembrolizumab as defined by Immune-related Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (iRECIST) to determine if the observed activity is sufficiently promising to evaluate the combination in future clinical studies.	First 9 weeks up to 32 months

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Immune Response (IR) to WT1 peptides within the vaccine mixture - Galinpepimut-S Pharmacodynamics - Exploratory endpoint - for all tumor types	WT1 (epitope/antigen)-specific T-cell (CD8 and CD4) immune response dynamics in peripheral blood (PB) and select general immunodynamics assessments (in PB and tissue samples, as applicable; e.g., immunophenotyping of lymphocyte & NK cell subpopulations in PB via flow cytometry).	Baseline (pre-treatment) and first 9 weeks up to 32 months (post-treatment)
PD Ligand 1 (PDL-1) expression in malignant tissue biopsy samples - Pembrolizumab Pharmacodynamics - Exploratory Exploratory endpoint - for solid tumor arms	Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1), also known as cluster of differentiation 274 (CD274) or B7 homolog 1 (B7-H1), expression in malignant tissue biopsy samples by a validated assay (for solid tumors only).	Baseline (pre-treatment) and first 9 weeks up to 32 months (post-treatment)
PD Ligand 1 (PDL-1) expression in bone marrow biopsy samples - Pembrolizumab Pharmacodynamics - Exploratory Exploratory endpoint - for AML arm only	Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1), also known as cluster of differentiation 274 (CD274) or B7 homolog 1 (B7-H1), expression in bone marrow biopsy samples by a validated assay (for AML arm only).	Baseline (pre-treatment) and first 9 weeks up to 32 months (post-treatment)
Progression-free survival (PFS) - Exploratory endpoint - for solid tumor arms	From time of registration to the time of documented disease progression per RECIST 1.1 or subject death (for solid tumors).	Up to 32 months
Progression-free survival (PFS) - Exploratory endpoint - for AML arm only	From time of registration to the time of documented morphological leukemic relapse or subject death. PFS is equivalent to leukemia-free survival (LFS) (for AML arm only).	Up to 32 months
Overall survival (OS) - Exploratory endpoint - for all tumor types	From time of registration to the time of subject death.	Up to 32 months
Measurable Residual Disease (MRD) negativity rate - for AML arm only - Exploratory endpoint	Rate (frequency or percentage) of achievement of MRD(-) status, as assessed by multigene MRD assay, in the AML arm of the trial. In more detail, calculation of the percentage of patients who achieve hematologic CR who also have evidence of deep molecular response (i.e., achieve MRD negativity). This information along with the rate of hematologic CR will help inform on the design of future studies investigating this combination in AML patients on hypomethylators.	First 9 weeks up to 32 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Sellas Life Sciences Group
• Collaborators: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC; Cancer Insight, LLC
• Investigators: Study Director: Nicholas J Sarlis, MD, PhD, SELLAS Life Sciences Group, Inc.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): June 28, 2019
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): November 30, 2022
• Study Completion (Anticipated): April 30, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 28, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 30, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): December 3, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): February 21, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 18, 2022
• Last Verified: February 1, 2022

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Terms related to this study

• Keywords: pembrolizumab; checkpoint inhibitor; immuno-oncology; PD1 inhibitor; peptide vaccine; WT1-expressing tumors; galinpepimut-S; combination immunotherapy; heteroclitic; multivalent; off-the-shelf vaccine; HLA allele; WT1 vaccine; SLS-001; WT1 analog peptide vaccine
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Skin Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Lung Diseases; Neoplasms by Site; Breast Diseases; Respiratory Tract Neoplasms; Thoracic Neoplasms; Carcinoma, Bronchogenic; Bronchial Neoplasms; Lung Neoplasms; Leukemia; Breast Neoplasms; Leukemia, Myeloid; Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute; Small Cell Lung Carcinoma; Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms; Antineoplastic Agents; Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological; Pembrolizumab
• Other Study ID Numbers: SLS17-201/MK3475-770

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