A Study Evaluating Safety, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, And Clinical Activity Of RO7119929 (TLR7 Agonist) In Participants With Unresectable Advanced Or Metastatic Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Biliary Tract Cancer, Or Solid Tumors With Hepatic Metastases

A First In Human, Open Label, Dose Escalation Phase I Study Evaluating Safety, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, And Preliminary Clinical Activity Profile Of Single Agent RO7119929 (TLR7 Agonist) Administered Orally To Participants With Unresectable Advanced Or Metastatic Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Biliary Tract Cancer, Or Solid Tumors With Hepatic Metastases

Phase I study of RO7119929 given orally to participants with unresectable advanced or metastatic primary liver cancers and other solid tumors with predominant liver involvement. The primary objective of the study is to explore the safety and to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and/or optimal biologic dose (OBD) of RO7119929 as single agent.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Carcinoma, Hepatocellular; Liver Metastases; Biliary Tract Cancer; Secondary Liver Cancer
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Tocilizumab; Drug: RO7119929

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 55
• Phase: Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Denmark
  • København Ø, Denmark, 2100
    • Rigshospitalet; Onkologisk Klinik
• Hong Kong
  • Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    • Queen Mary Hospital; Dept of Medicine
• Korea, Republic of
  • Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 03080
    • Seoul National University Hospital
  • Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 05505
    • Asan Medical Center
• Spain
  • Barcelona, Spain, 08035
    • Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron; Oncology
  • Madrid, Spain, 28027
    • Clinica Universidad de Navarra Madrid; Servicio de Oncología
  • Navarra
    • Pamplona, Navarra, Spain, 31620
      • Clinica Universidad de Navarra
• Taiwan
  • Taipei, Taiwan, 11490
    • Tri-Service General Hospital
  • Taipei City, Taiwan, 10041
    • National Taiwan Uni Hospital
• United States
  • California
    • Duarte, California, United States, 91010
      • City of Hope Cancer Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Histologically confirmed diagnosis of one of the following: unresectable advanced or metastatic HCC (including fibrolamellar HCC) not amenable to a curative treatment approach, unresectable advanced or metastatic intrahepatic or perihilar (Klatskin) BTC not amenable to a curative treatment approach, extrahepatic BTC or gallbladder cancer infiltrating the liver or metastasized into the liver with predominant liver disease, not amenable to a curative treatment approach, metastasized colorectal cancer (CRC), pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), Gastric cancer (GC), renal cell carcinoma (RCC), triple negative breast cancer (TNBC), cutaneous melanoma, or ocular melanoma with predominant liver disease not amenable to a curative treatment approach. Participants with other solid tumors with predominant liver disease not amenable to a curative treatment approach might be enrolled after Sponsor approval
• Measurable disease with at least one measurable locally untreated liver lesion, as defined by RECIST v1.1
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 or 1
• Adequate hematologic and major organ functions
• Participants for which there is no available standard therapy likely to confer clinical benefit, or participants who are not candidates for such available therapy
• Life expectancy of ≥12 weeks, approximated with Royal Marsden Hospital score 0-1 or Gustave Roussy Immune (GRIm) score 0-1. Participants with a Royal Marsden Hospital or GRIm score of ≥2 and a life expectancy of ≥12 weeks according to the investigator's clinical judgement may be enrolled after Medical Monitor approval has been obtained.
• For participants with HCC: Child-Pugh score of A6 or better

Exclusion Criteria:

• History or clinical evidence of central nervous system (CNS) primary tumors or metastases including leptomeningeal metastases, unless they have been previously treated, are asymptomatic, and have had no requirement for steroids or enzyme-inducing anticonvulsants in the last 14 days prior to Screening
• Evidence of any extra-hepatic primary tumor or metastasis requiring prompt medical intervention
• Receipt of prior therapy with a TLR7/8/9 agonist and/or IFN-alpha
• Prior chemotherapy, antibody, or other registered or experimental cancer treatment within 3 weeks of study Cycle 1 Day 1. Specifically, no CPI antibody is allowed to be administered within 6 weeks of study Cycle 1 Day 1
• Receipt of investigational agent for any other indication within 3 weeks of dosing
• Treatment with systemic immunosuppressive medication (including, but not limited to, corticosteroids, cyclophosphamide, azathioprine, methotrexate, thalidomide, and anti-TNF-alpha agents) within 2 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment, or anticipation of need for systemic immunosuppressive medication during study treatment
• Local therapy to liver (e.g. radiofrequency ablation, percutaneuous ethanol or acetic acid injection, cryoablation, high-intensity focused ultrasound, transarterial chemoembolization, and transarterial embolization) within 3 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment, radioembolization within 3 months prior to initiation of study treatment, or non-recovery from side effects of such procedure
• Treatment-related toxicities from prior cancer therapy that have not resolved to </= Grade 1 CTC AE prior to study treatment with the exception of the following Grade 2 toxicities:

alopecia, peripheral neuropathy, any laboratory changes that still lie within the inclusion criteria defined above

• History of other malignancy within 2 years; exception for ductal carcinoma in situ not requiring chemotherapy, low grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), nonmelanoma skin cancer, low grade localized prostate cancer (Gleason score < Grade 7), or optimally treated Stage 1 uterine cancer.
• Active or history of immunologic-mediated disease, including but not limited to myasthenia gravis, myositis, autoimmune hepatitis, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease, antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, Wegener granulomatosis, Sjogren's syndrome or Guillain-Barré syndrome
• Known active or uncontrolled bacterial, viral, fungal, mycobacterial, parasitic, or other infection.
• Ascites, pleural effusion, or pericardial effusion requiring medical intervention within 12 months prior to study entry.
• History of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
• Active hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection
• Coinfection of HBV and hepatitis C virus (HCV).

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

8

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Part A1-1 mg RO7119929; Participants received 1mg RO7119929 every week in 3-week cycles.	Drug: RO7119929; RO7119929 will be administered orally as a capsule
Experimental: Part A1-3 mg RO7119929; Participants received 4 mg RO7119929 every week in 3-week cycles	Drug: RO7119929; RO7119929 will be administered orally as a capsule
Experimental: Part A1 - 6 mg RO7119929; Participants received 6 mg RO7119929 every week in 3-week cycles	Drug: RO7119929; RO7119929 will be administered orally as a capsule
Experimental: Part A1 -9 mg RO7119929; Participants received 9 mg RO7119929 every week in 3-week cycles	Drug: RO7119929; RO7119929 will be administered orally as a capsule
Experimental: Part B1-5 mg RO7119929; Participants with both available and evaluable tumor biopsy samples received 5 mg RO7119929 on Cycle 1 Day 1 to month 12	Drug: RO7119929; RO7119929 will be administered orally as a capsule
Experimental: Part A2- 2/5/5 mg RO7119929; Participants received RO7119929 QW with step-up dosing of 2/5/5 mg during Cycle 1.	Drug: RO7119929; RO7119929 will be administered orally as a capsule
Experimental: Part A2- 2/5/6 mg RO7119929; Participants received RO7119929 QW with step-up dosing of 2/5/6 mg during Cycle 1.	Drug: RO7119929; RO7119929 will be administered orally as a capsule
Experimental: Part A3-4 mg RO7119929; Participants received tocilizumab pre-treatment on Cycle 1 Day 1, approximately 2 hours prior to RO7119929 administration and 4 mg RO7119929 every week in 3-week cycles	Drug: Tocilizumab; Tocilizumab will be administered in case of severe steroid-refractory cytokine release syndrome. Tocilizumab will be administered as concentrate for solution for IV infusion at a dose: for participants > 30 kg: 8 mg/kg, for participants < 30 kg: 12mg/kg IV; Other Names: Actemra; Drug: RO7119929; RO7119929 will be administered orally as a capsule

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Nature and Frequency of Dose-Limiting Toxicities	Baseline up to approximately 14 months
Number of Participants with Adverse Events (AEs) According To NCI CTCAE v5.0	Baseline up to approximately 14 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Objective Response Rate (ORR) according to RECIST v1.1	Baseline up to approximately 14 months
Disease Control Rate (DCR) according to RECIST v1.1	Baseline up to approximately 14 months
Progression-Free Survival (PFS) according to RECIST v1.1	Baseline up to approximately 14 months
Overall Survival (OS)	Baseline up to approximately 14 months
Maximum Concentration (Cmax) for RO7119929 Following Administration of RO7119929	Cycle 1, after 1st dose, Cycle 2, after 4th dose (Each cycle is 21 days)
Time of Maximum Concentration Observed (Tmax) for RO7119929 Following Administration of RO7119929	Cycle 1, after 1st dose, Cycle 2, after 4th dose (Each cycle is 21 days)
Area Under the Curve (AUC) for RO7119929 Following Administration of RO7119929	Cycle 1, after 1st dose, Cycle 2, after 4th dose (Each cycle is 21 days)
Half-Life (T1/2) for RO7119929 Following Administration of RO7119929	Cycle 1, after 1st dose, Cycle 2, after 4th dose (Each cycle is 21 days)

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Hoffmann-La Roche
• Investigators: Study Director: Clinical Trials, Hoffmann-La Roche

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): July 16, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): January 9, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): January 9, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 6, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 6, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): April 8, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): December 6, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 4, 2023
• Last Verified: December 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: TLR7 Agonist
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Digestive System Diseases; Pathologic Processes; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Adenocarcinoma; Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial; Digestive System Neoplasms; Liver Diseases; Liver Neoplasms; Neoplastic Processes; Biliary Tract Diseases; Carcinoma; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular; Neoplasm Metastasis; Biliary Tract Neoplasms
• Other Study ID Numbers: WP41377

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