Siltuximab and Spartalizumab in Patients With Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

A Phase Ib/II Trial of Siltuximab and Spartalizumab in Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

This phase Ib/II trial studies the best dose and side effects of siltuximab and how well it works in combination with spartalizumab in treating patients with pancreatic cancer that has spread to other places in the body. Monoclonal antibodies, such as siltuximab and spartalizumab, interfere with the ability of tumors cells to grow and spread.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Stage IV Pancreatic Cancer AJCC v8; Metastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
• Intervention / Treatment: Biological: Siltuximab; Biological: Spartalizumab

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

I. Determine the recommended phase II dose for the combination of spartalizumab and siltuximab.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Define the toxicity profile of the combination of the recommended phase II dose of spartalizumab and siltuximab.

II. Evaluate the activity of the combination of spartalizumab and siltuximab in previously treated patients with pancreatic cancer.

EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVE:

I. Evaluate the effect of the combination on the immune profile in the serum and in tumor biopsies.

OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study of siltuximab.

Participants receive spartalizumab intravenously (IV) over 30 minutes on day 1 and siltuximab IV over 1 hour on day 1. Cycles repeat every 3 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, participants are followed up at 30, 60, 90, 120, and 150 days, then every 12 weeks thereafter.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 42
• Phase: Phase 2; Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Bassel El-Rayes, MD; Phone Number: 404-778-2670; Email: bassel.el-rayes@emoryhealthcare.org

Study Locations

• United States
  • Georgia
    • Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30308
      • Emory University Hospital Midtown
    • Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30322
      • Emory University Hospital/Winship Cancer Institute
    • Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30342
      • Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Cytological or histologic diagnosis and metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma disease that has failed at least one standard regimen such as gemcitabine nab-paclitaxel or folinic acid, fluorouracil, irinotecan hydrochloride, and oxaliplatin (FOLFIRINOX).

• Patient must meet the following laboratory values at the screening visit:

  • Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1.5 x 109/L
  • Platelets ≥ 75 x 109/L
  • Hemoglobin (Hgb) ≥ 9 g/dL
  • Serum creatinine < 1.5 mg/dL OR Creatinine Clearance ≥ 45 mL/min using Cockcroft-Gault formula
  • Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN
  • Aspartate transaminase (AST) ≤ 2.5 x ULN, except for patients with liver metastasis, who may only be included if AST ≤ 5.0 x upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Alanine transaminase (ALT) ≤ 2.5 x ULN, except for patients with liver metastasis, who may only be included if ALT ≤ 5.0 x ULN
• Presence of measurable disease by RECIST criteria
• Patient has an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-2.
• Written informed consent must be obtained prior to any screening procedures.
• Normal ECG defined as the following:
• Resting heart rate 50-90 bpm
• QT corrected for HR using Fridericia's method (QTcF) at screening < 450 ms (male patients), < 460 ms (female patients)

• Before enrollment, a woman must be either:

  • Not of childbearing potential: postmenopausal (> 45 years of age with amenorrhea for at least 12 months or any age with amenorrhea for at least 6 months and a serum follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) level > 40 IU/mL); permanently sterilized (eg, tubal occlusion, hysterectomy, bilateral salpingectomy); or otherwise be incapable of pregnancy
  • Of childbearing potential and practicing (during the study and for 150 days after receiving the last dose of study agent) a highly effective method of birth control consistent with local regulations regarding the use of birth control methods for subjects participating in clinical studies: eg, established use of oral, injected or implanted hormonal methods of contraception; placement of an intrauterine device (IUD) or intrauterine system (IUS); barrier methods: condom with spermicidal foam/gel/film/cream/suppository or occlusive cap (diaphragm or cervical/vault caps) with spermicidal foam/gel/film/cream/suppository; male partner sterilization (the vasectomized partner should be the sole partner for that subject); true abstinence (when this is in line with the preferred and usual lifestyle of the subject)
  • Note: If the childbearing potential changes after start of the study (eg, woman who is not heterosexually active becomes active) a woman must begin a highly effective method of birth control, as described above.
• A woman of childbearing potential must have a negative serum (β-human chorionic gonadotropin [β-hCG]) or urine pregnancy test at screening.
• During the study and for 150 days after receiving the last dose of study agent, a woman must agree not to donate eggs (ova, oocytes) for the purposes of assisted reproduction.
• A man who is sexually active with a woman of childbearing potential and has not had a vasectomy must agree to use a barrier method of birth control eg, either condom with spermicidal foam/gel/film/cream/suppository or partner with occlusive cap (diaphragm or cervical/vault caps) with spermicidal foam/gel/film/cream/suppository, and all men must also not donate sperm during the study and for 3 months after receiving the last dose of study drug.
• Sign an informed consent document indicating that they understand the purpose of and procedures required for the study, are willing to participate in the study, and are willing and able to adhere to the prohibitions and restrictions specified in this protocol. Informed consent must be obtained before performing any study specific procedures.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Prior exposure to agents targeting programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1), PD-L1, IL-6 or the IL-6 receptor. Prior chemotherapy is allowed as long as adequate washout period of ≥ 4 weeks.
• Any untreated central nervous system (CNS) lesion. However, patients are eligible if: a) all known CNS lesions have been treated with radiotherapy or surgery and b) patient remained without evidence of CNS disease progression ≥ 4 weeks after treatment and c) patients must be off corticosteroid therapy for ≥ 2 weeks.
• Use of any live vaccines against infectious diseases within 4 weeks of initiation of study treatment.
• Systemic chronic steroid therapy (≥ 10mg/day prednisone or equivalent) or any immunosuppressive therapy 7 days prior to planned date of first dose of study treatment. Note: Topical, inhaled, nasal and ophthalmic steroids are allowed.
• Active, known or suspected autoimmune disease or a documented history of autoimmune disease Note: Patients with vitiligo, controlled type I diabetes mellitus on stable insulin dose, residual autoimmune-related hypothyroidism only requiring hormone replacement or psoriasis not requiring systemic treatment are permitted).
• Allogenic bone marrow or solid organ transplant.
• History of severe hypersensitivity reactions to other monoclonal antibodies, which in the opinion of the investigator may pose an increased risk of serious infusion reaction.
• Known history or current interstitial lung disease or non-infectious pneumonitis.
• Malignant disease, other than that being treated in this study. Exceptions to this exclusion include the following: malignancies that were treated curatively and have not recurred within 2 years prior to study treatment; completely resected basal cell and squamous cell skin cancers and any completely resected carcinoma in situ.
• Clinically significant infection, including known HIV or hepatitis C infection, or known hepatitis B surface antigen positivity.
• Clinically significant ongoing infection.
• Received an investigational drug (including investigational vaccines) or used an invasive investigational medical device within 14 days or 5 half-lives before enrollment (whichever is longer) or is currently enrolled in the treatment stage of an investigational study.
• A woman who is pregnant or breast-feeding, or a woman who is planning to become pregnant or a man who plans to father a child while enrolled in this study or within 150 days after the last dose of study agent.
• Had hospitalization for infection or major surgery (eg, requiring general anesthesia) within 2 weeks before enrollment or have not fully recovered from surgery. Note: subjects with surgical procedures conducted under local anesthesia may participate.

• History or current diagnosis of cardiac disease indicating significant risk of safety for patients participating in the study such as uncontrolled or significant cardiac disease, including any of the following:

  • Recent myocardial infarction (within last 6 months)
  • Uncontrolled congestive heart failure
  • Unstable angina (within last 6 months)
  • Clinically significant (symptomatic) cardiac arrhythmias (e.g., sustained ventricular tachycardia, and clinically significant second or third degree atrioventricular block (AV) block without a pacemaker)

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

4

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Treatment spartalizumab and siltuximab Phase I dose level 1; Arm 1 (Phase I dose level 1) Participants receive spartalizumab 300 mg IV over 30 minutes on day 1 and siltuximab 6 mg/Kg IV over 1 hour on day 1. Cycles repeat every 3 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.	Biological: Siltuximab; Given IV; Other Names: CNTO 328; Anti-IL-6 Chimeric Monoclonal Antibody; cCLB8; Sylvant; Biological: Spartalizumab; Given IV; Other Names: PDR001
Experimental: Treatment spartalizumab and siltuximab Phase I level 2; Arm 2 (Phase I dose level 2) Participants receive spartalizumab 300 mg IV over 30 minutes on day 1 and siltuximab 11 mg/Kg IV over 1 hour on day 1. Cycles repeat every 3 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.	Biological: Siltuximab; Given IV; Other Names: CNTO 328; Anti-IL-6 Chimeric Monoclonal Antibody; cCLB8; Sylvant; Biological: Spartalizumab; Given IV; Other Names: PDR001
Experimental: Treatment spartalizumab and siltuximab phase I level 2a; Arm 3 (Phase I dose level 2a) Participants receive spartalizumab 300 mg IV over 30 minutes on day 1 and siltuximab 9 mg/Kg IV over 1 hour on day 1. Cycles repeat every 3 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.	Biological: Siltuximab; Given IV; Other Names: CNTO 328; Anti-IL-6 Chimeric Monoclonal Antibody; cCLB8; Sylvant; Biological: Spartalizumab; Given IV; Other Names: PDR001
Experimental: Treatment spartalizumab and siltuximab phase II; Arm 4 (Phase II ) Participants receive spartalizumab 300 mg IV over 30 minutes on day 1 and siltuximab at dose determined in Arm 1 to 3 IV over 1 hour on day 1. Cycles repeat every 3 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.	Biological: Siltuximab; Given IV; Other Names: CNTO 328; Anti-IL-6 Chimeric Monoclonal Antibody; cCLB8; Sylvant; Biological: Spartalizumab; Given IV; Other Names: PDR001

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Maximal tolerated dose (MTD) of siltuximab that can be combined with spartalizumab	Maximal tolerated dose (MTD )is defined as the dose at which less than one-third of the subjects experience a dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) in the first 6 weeks of treatment. A DLT is defined as an adverse event or abnormal laboratory value assessed as definitely at least possibly related to study treatment treatment related that occurs within the first 6 weeks. National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse events (NCI CTCAE) version 4.03 will be used for all grading.	Up to 6 weeks from study start

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Overall response rate (ORR)	Overall response rate is defined as complete response (CR) + partial response (PR) in participants treated with siltuximab and spartalizumab and will be assessed by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1.	Up to 2 years from study start
Response duration	Will be assessed by RECIST 1.1.	From treatment start until progression or death, assessed up to 2 years
Progression-free survival	Will be assessed by RECIST 1.1.	From treatment start until progression or death, assessed up to 2 years
Overall survival time	Will be assessed by RECIST 1.1.	From treatment start until progression or death, assessed up to 2 years

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Emory University
• Collaborators: National Cancer Institute (NCI); Novartis; National Institutes of Health (NIH); EUSA Pharma, Inc.
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Olatunji Alese, MD, Emory University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 17, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): April 5, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): April 5, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 5, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 5, 2019
• First Posted (Actual): December 9, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 26, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 22, 2023
• Last Verified: September 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Digestive System Diseases; Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Endocrine System Diseases; Digestive System Neoplasms; Endocrine Gland Neoplasms; Pancreatic Diseases; Pancreatic Neoplasms; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Antineoplastic Agents; Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological; Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors; Spartalizumab; Siltuximab
• Other Study ID Numbers: IRB00105616; P30CA138292 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract); NCI-2018-01793 (Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program)); Winship4463-18 (Other Identifier: Emory University Hospital/Winship Cancer Institute)

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