Study to Test How Well Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors Respond to Treatment With the Elimusertib in Combination With Pembrolizumab, to Find the Optimal Dose for Patients, How the Drug is Tolerated and the Way the Body Absorbs, Distributes and Discharges the Drug

A Multicenter, Non-randomized, Open-label Phase 1b Study to Determine the Maximum Tolerated and Recommended Phase 2 Dose of the ATR Inhibitor Elimusertib in Combination With Pembrolizumab and to Characterize Its Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics and Preliminary Anti-tumor Activity in Participants With Advanced Solid Tumors

The purpose of the study is to test how well patients with advanced solid tumors respond to treatment with elimusertib (BAY1895344) in combination with pembrolizumab. In addition researchers want to find for patients the optimal dose of elimusertib in combination with pembrolizumab, how the drug is tolerated and the way the body absorbs, distributes and discharges the drug. The study medication, elimusertib, works by blocking a substance (ATR Kinase) which is produced by the body and is important for the growth of tumor cells. Pembrolizumab is an immunologic checkpoint blocker that promotes an immune response against the tumor.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Advanced Solid Tumors
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Elimusertib (BAY1895344); Drug: Pembrolizumab (Keytruda®)

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 56
• Phase: Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Germany
  • Baden-Württemberg
    • Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, 69120
      • Universitatsklinikum Heidelberg
    • Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, 72076
      • Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen
• Spain
  • Madrid, Spain, 28050
    • Hospital Madrid Norte Sanchinarro
  • Madrid, Spain, 28040
    • Fundacion Jimenez Diaz (Clinica de la Concepcion)
• Switzerland
  • Sankt Gallen
    • St. Gallen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland, 9007
      • Kantonsspital St. Gallen
  • Ticino
    • Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland, 6500
      • Ospedale Regionale di Bellinzona e Valli
• United Kingdom
  • Surrey
    • Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom, SM2 5PT
      • Royal Marsden NHS Trust (Surrey)
  • Tyne And Wear
    • Newcastle, Tyne And Wear, United Kingdom, NE7 7DN
      • Freeman Hospital
• United States
  • California
    • Palo Alto, California, United States, 94304
      • Stanford University
  • Connecticut
    • New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06519
      • Yale Cancer Center
  • Maryland
    • Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287
      • Johns Hopkins Hospital/Health System
  • Massachusetts
    • Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115-6084
      • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  • New York
    • New York, New York, United States, 10021
      • Weill Cornell Medical College
  • North Carolina
    • Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, 28204-2990
      • Levine Cancer Institute
  • Ohio
    • Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43210
      • Ohio State University
  • Texas
    • Houston, Texas, United States, 77030-4000
      • University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participant must be ≥18 years of age inclusive, at the time of signing the informed consent.
• Presence of the putative biomarkers of DDR deficiency in tumor and/or other tissues (dose escalation only).
• Participants must have histologically confirmed solid tumors .
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status (ECOG-PS) of 0 to 1.
• Adequate bone marrow function as assessed by laboratory tests to be conducted within 7 days before the first dose of study intervention.
• Participants must have adequate kidney function, as assessed by the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) > 40 mL/min per 1.73 m*2 within 7 days before the first dose of study intervention.
• Participants must have adequate liver function as assessed by laboratory tests to be conducted within 7 days before the first dose of study intervention.
• Participants must have adequate coagulation, as assessed by laboratory tests as applicable, (to be conducted within 7 days before the first dose of study intervention) or be on stable anti-coagulation treatment.
• Adequate cardiac function per institutional normal measured by echocardiography (recommended) or multigated acquisition (MUGA) scan/cardiac MRI per institutional guidelines.
• Participants must have measurable disease (at least one measurable lesion) as per RECIST 1.1, or evaluable disease according to the Prostate Cancer Clinical Trials Working Group 3 (PCWG3) classification as applicable. Lesions situated in a previously irradiated area are considered measurable if progression has been demonstrated in such lesions

Exclusion Criteria:

• Ongoing infections of Common terminology criteria for adverse events (CTCAE) grade ≥2 not responding to therapy or active clinically serious infections.

• Participants with

  • Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
  • Active Hepatitis B infection (positive for Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)/ Hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA).
  • Active Hepatitis C infection (positive anti-HCV Antibody and quantitative HCV RNA results greater than the lower limits of detection of the assay).
• Active autoimmune disease (active defined as having autoimmune disease related symptoms and detectable autoantibodies) that has required systemic treatment in the 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, etc.) is not considered a form of systemic treatment
• Diagnosis of immunodeficiency or participant 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 to the first dose of study intervention. The use of physiologic doses of corticosteroids may be approved after consultation with the sponsor.
• Pleural effusion or ascites that causes respiratory compromise (CTCAE Grade ≥ 2 dyspnea).
• History of cardiac disease: congestive heart failure New York Heart Association (NYHA) class >II, unstable angina (angina symptoms at rest), new-onset angina (within the past 6 months before study entry), myocardial infarction within the past 6 months before study entry, or cardiac arrhythmias requiring anti-arrhythmic therapy (beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, and digoxin are permitted)
• Uncontrolled arterial hypertension despite optimal medical management (per investigator's opinion)
• Moderate or severe hepatic impairment, i.e., Child-Pugh class B or C.
• History of organ allograft transplantation
• Evidence or history of bleeding disorder, i.e., any hemorrhage / bleeding event of CTCAE Grade > 2 within 4 weeks before the first dose of study intervention

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

13

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Dose escalation of Elimusertib; 2 dose levels of Elimusertib are planned	Drug: Elimusertib (BAY1895344); Study drugs will be administered as scheduled; Drug: Pembrolizumab (Keytruda®); Study drugs will be administered as scheduled
Experimental: Dose expansion cohort 1a of Elimusertib; Participants with advanced hormone-receptor-positive, Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 negative breast cancer (HER2-negative BC), known to be positive for Ataxia-telangiectasia mutated (ATM) loss and/or ATM deleterious alterations who have not received prior treatment with immunotherapy. Participants with known microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) cannot be included	Drug: Elimusertib (BAY1895344); Study drugs will be administered as scheduled; Drug: Pembrolizumab (Keytruda®); Study drugs will be administered as scheduled
Experimental: Dose expansion cohort 1b of Elimusertib; Participants with advanced hormone-receptor-positive, HER2-negative BC, known to be DDR deficiency biomarker-positive (except ATM loss/mutation) who have not received prior treatment with immunotherapy. Participants with known MSI-H cannot be included.	Drug: Elimusertib (BAY1895344); Study drugs will be administered as scheduled; Drug: Pembrolizumab (Keytruda®); Study drugs will be administered as scheduled
Experimental: Dose expansion cohort 2a of Elimusertib; Participants with advanced Colorectal cancer (CRC) known to be positive for ATM loss and/or ATM deleterious alterations who have not received prior treatment with immunotherapy. Participants with known MSI-H cannot be included.	Drug: Elimusertib (BAY1895344); Study drugs will be administered as scheduled; Drug: Pembrolizumab (Keytruda®); Study drugs will be administered as scheduled
Experimental: Dose expansion cohort 2b of Elimusertib; Participants with advanced CRC, known to be DDR deficiency biomarker -positive (except ATM loss/mutation) who have not received prior treatment with immunotherapy. Participants with known MSI-H cannot be included.	Drug: Elimusertib (BAY1895344); Study drugs will be administered as scheduled; Drug: Pembrolizumab (Keytruda®); Study drugs will be administered as scheduled
Experimental: Dose expansion cohort 3 of Elimusertib; Participants with advanced Gastric/gastroesophageal junction cancer (GC/GEJ) known to be DDR deficiency biomarker-positive (incl. ATM mutation) and/or positive for ATM loss. Participants must have progressed on treatment with an anti-PD-1/L1 mAb administered either as monotherapy, or in combination with other checkpoint inhibitors or other therapies.	Drug: Elimusertib (BAY1895344); Study drugs will be administered as scheduled; Drug: Pembrolizumab (Keytruda®); Study drugs will be administered as scheduled
Experimental: Dose expansion cohort 3a of Elimusertib; Participants with advanced GC/GEJ cancer and without DDR deficiency alterations as described above. Variants of unknown significance (VUS) of the DDR gene alterations are eligible. Participants must have progressed on treatment with an anti-PD-1/L1 mAb administered either as monotherapy, or in combination with other checkpoint inhibitors or other therapies.	Drug: Elimusertib (BAY1895344); Study drugs will be administered as scheduled; Drug: Pembrolizumab (Keytruda®); Study drugs will be administered as scheduled
Experimental: Dose expansion cohort 4 of Elimusertib; Participants with advanced Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) known to be DDR deficiency biomarker-positive (incl. ATM mutation) and/or positive for ATM loss. Participants must have progressed on treatment with an anti-PD-1/L1 mAb administered either as monotherapy, or in combination with other checkpoint inhibitors or other therapies.	Drug: Elimusertib (BAY1895344); Study drugs will be administered as scheduled; Drug: Pembrolizumab (Keytruda®); Study drugs will be administered as scheduled
Experimental: Dose expansion cohort 4a of Elimusertib; Participants with advanced NSCLC and without DDR deficiency alterations as described above. VUS of the DDR gene alterations are eligible. Participants must have progressed on treatment with an anti-PD-1/L1 mAb administered either as monotherapy, or in combination with other checkpoint inhibitors or other therapies.	Drug: Elimusertib (BAY1895344); Study drugs will be administered as scheduled; Drug: Pembrolizumab (Keytruda®); Study drugs will be administered as scheduled
Experimental: Dose expansion cohort 5 of Elimusertib; Participants with advanced pancreatic cancer, known to be DDR deficiency biomarker-positive (incl. ATM mutation) and/or positive for ATM loss who have not received prior treatment with immunotherapy. Participants with known MSI-H cannot be included.	Drug: Elimusertib (BAY1895344); Study drugs will be administered as scheduled; Drug: Pembrolizumab (Keytruda®); Study drugs will be administered as scheduled
Experimental: Dose expansion cohort 5a of Elimusertib; Participants with advanced pancreatic cancer and without DDR deficiency alterations as described above, who have not received prior treatment with immunotherapy. VUS of the DDR gene alterations are eligible. Participants with known MSI-H cannot be included.	Drug: Elimusertib (BAY1895344); Study drugs will be administered as scheduled; Drug: Pembrolizumab (Keytruda®); Study drugs will be administered as scheduled
Experimental: Dose expansion cohort 6 of Elimusertib; Participants with advanced Metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), known to be DDR deficiency biomarker positive (incl. ATM mutation) and/or positive for ATM loss who have not received prior treatment with immunotherapy. Participants with known MSI-H cannot be included.	Drug: Elimusertib (BAY1895344); Study drugs will be administered as scheduled; Drug: Pembrolizumab (Keytruda®); Study drugs will be administered as scheduled
Experimental: Dose expansion cohort 6a of Elimusertib; Participants with advanced mCRPC and without DDR deficiency alterations as described above, who have not received prior treatment with immunotherapy. VUS of the DDR gene alterations are eligible. Participants with known MSI-H cannot be included.	Drug: Elimusertib (BAY1895344); Study drugs will be administered as scheduled; Drug: Pembrolizumab (Keytruda®); Study drugs will be administered as scheduled

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Incidence of Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs) including Treatment Emergent Serious Adverse Events (TESAEs)		Up to 30 days after last study intervention administration
Severity of Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs) including Treatment Emergent Serious Adverse Events (TESAEs)		Up to 30 days after last study intervention administration
Frequency of Dose limiting toxicities (DLTs) at each dose level during dose escalation of BAY1895344		Cycle 1 (21 days)
Recommended phase II dose (RP2D) of BAY1895344	The RP2D will be determined in dose expansion part based on multiple parameters (i.e., safety, tolerability, PK, pharmacodynamics, efficacy) and will be a dose equal to or lower than the MTD (Maximum Tolerated Dose).	Up to 24 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Cmax of Elimusertib		Cycle 1 (21 days), Day 8 (dosing schedule 1) or Cycle 1 (21 days), Day 1 (dosing schedule 2)
AUC(0-12) of Elimusertib	If the main parameters AUC(0-12) cannot be calculated reliably, it might become necessary to appoint the additional parameters AUC(0-tlast) as secondary variables.	Cycle 1 (21 days), Day 8 (dosing schedule 1) or Cycle 1 (21 days), Day 1 (dosing schedule 2)
Cmax,md of Elimusertib		Cycle 1 (21 days), Day 17 (dosing schedule 1) or Cycle 1 (21 days), Day 10 (dosing schedule 2)
AUC(0-12)md of Elimusertib	If the main parameters AUC(0-12)md cannot be calculated reliably, it might become necessary to appoint the additional parameters AUC(0-tlast)md as secondary variables.	Cycle 1 (21 days), Day 17 (dosing schedule 1) or Cycle 1 (21 days), Day 10 (dosing schedule 2)
Incidence of Complete response (CR)	Per RECIST 1.1 and for participants with mCRPC consistent with recommendations of the Prostate Cancer Working Group (PCWG3)	Up to 24 months
Incidence of partial response (PR)	Per RECIST 1.1 and for participants with mCRPC consistent with recommendations of the Prostate Cancer Working Group (PCWG3)	Up to 24 months
Incidence of stable disease (SD)	Per RECIST 1.1 and for participants with mCRPC consistent with recommendations of the Prostate Cancer Working Group (PCWG3)	Up to 24 months
Incidence of progressive disease (PD)	Per RECIST 1.1 and for participants with mCRPC consistent with recommendations of the Prostate Cancer Working Group (PCWG3)	Up to 24 months
Objective Response Rate (ORR)		Up to 24 months
Disease control rate (DCR)		Up to 24 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Bayer
• Collaborators: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

Publications and helpful links

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Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 30, 2019
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 24, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): April 11, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 18, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 18, 2019
• First Posted (Actual): September 19, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 2, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 31, 2024
• Last Verified: March 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: DDR (Deoxyribonucleic acid damage repair),; ATR (ataxia-telangiectasia and Rad3 related protein)inhibitor,
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neoplasms; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Antineoplastic Agents; Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological; Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors; Pembrolizumab
• Other Study ID Numbers: 19741; 2018-003420-36 (EudraCT Number); KEYNOTE-919 (Other Identifier: Merck); MK-3475-919 (Other Identifier: Merck)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

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

IPD Plan Description

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Drug and device information, study documents

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