- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT04696055
Regorafenib Plus Pembrolizumab in Patients With Advanced or Spreading Liver Cancer Who Have Been Previously Treated With PD-1/PD-L1 Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
An Open-Label Study of Regorafenib in Combination With Pembrolizumab in Patients With Advanced or Metastatic Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) After PD1/PD-L1 Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
Researchers are looking for a better way to treat people diagnosed with liver cancer which may have spread to nearby tissue and is unlikely to be cured or controlled with treatment (advanced metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma, HCC). Before a treatment can be approved for people to take, researchers do clinical trials to better understand its safety and how it works.
In this trial, the researchers will learn more about the trial treatment, regorafenib, in a small number of participants. They will study the results when the trial treatment is taken with another cancer treatment called pembrolizumab.
There will be 2 parts to this trial. The part 1 (pilot phase) will include about 52 men and women. The part 2 (expansion phase) will include about 67 men and women. All of the participants will have HCC and will be aged 18 years or older. All of the participants will have tried other treatments that did not help their HCC. These other treatments (PD-1/PD-L1 Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors) are designed to work by stopping the activity of certain proteins in the immune system thought to play a role in HCC.
During both parts of the trial, the participants will take regorafenib and receive pembrolizumab. In the pilot phase, there will be 2 groups of participants. The group that each participant joins will be based on the treatment they already received for their HCC. The researchers will review the results in each group to learn if regorafenib and pembrolizumab are helping one group of participants more than others. Outcome of this review will determine the population to be treated in the expansion phase.
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Phase 2
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Clichy, France, 92110
- Hôpital Beaujon - Clichy
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La Tronche, France, 38700
- Center Hospitalier Michallon - Grenoble
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Lille, France, 59037
- Hôpital Claude Huriez - Lille
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Lyon, France, 69004
- Hopital de La Croix Rousse
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Marseille, France, 13005
- Hôpital de la Timone - Marseille
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Montpellier Cedex, France, 34295
- Hôpital Saint-Eloi
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Pessac, France, 33600
- Centre François Magendie - Pessac
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Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France, 54500
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nancy
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Villejuif, France, 94800
- Hôpital Paul Brousse - Villejuif
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Baden-Württemberg
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Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, 72076
- Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen
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Bayern
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München, Bayern, Germany, 81377
- Klinikum der Universität München Großhadern
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Nordrhein-Westfalen
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Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, 40225
- Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
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Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, 50937
- Universitatsklinikum Koln
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Rheinland-Pfalz
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Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, 55131
- Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz
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Haifa, Israel, 3109601
- Rambam Health Corporation
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Petah Tikva, Israel, 4941492
- Clalit Health Services Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Campus
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Tel Aviv, Israel, 6423906
- Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
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Lombardia
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Milano, Lombardia, Italy, 20122
- Fondazione IRCCS CA' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
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Milano, Lombardia, Italy, 20089
- Istituto Clinico Humanitas - Humanitas Mirasole S.p.A.
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Toscana
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Pisa, Toscana, Italy, 56126
- A.O.U. Pisana
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Veneto
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Padova, Veneto, Italy, 35128
- Istituto Oncologico Veneto IRCCS (IOV)
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Chiba
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Chiba-shi, Chiba, Japan, 260-8677
- Chiba University Hospital
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Kashiwa-shi, Chiba, Japan, 277-8577
- National Cancer Center Hospital East
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Tokyo
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Musashino-shi, Tokyo, Japan, 180-8610
- Japanese Red Cross Society Musashino Red Cross Hospital
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Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 138-736
- Asan Medical Center
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Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 110-744
- Seoul National University Hospital
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Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 06351
- Samsung Medical Center
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Barcelona, Spain, 8036
- Hospital Clinic i Provincial de Barcelona
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Madrid, Spain, 28007
- Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón | Digestivo
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Barcelona
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Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, 08907
- Institut Catala d'Oncologia Hospitalet
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Arizona
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Tucson, Arizona, United States, 85719
- University of Arizona Cancer Center
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California
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Duarte, California, United States, 91010-3012
- City of Hope National Medical Center
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Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033
- University of Southern California
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Orange, California, United States, 92868-3201
- University of California Irvine Medical Center
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Delaware
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Newark, Delaware, United States, 19713
- Medical Oncology Hematology Consultants, PA
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Florida
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Miami, Florida, United States, 33136
- University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
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Tampa, Florida, United States, 33612-9416
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
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Massachusetts
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
- Massachusetts General Hospital
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Washington
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Seattle, Washington, United States, 98109
- Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- ≥ 18 years of age on the day of signing informed consent.
- Histological or cytological confirmation of HCC or non-invasive diagnosis of HCC as per American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) criteria in cirrhotic participants.
- Unresectable advanced HCC eligible for systemic therapy.
Participants must have progressed after only one prior line of systemic immunotherapy treatment with an anti-PD-1/PD-L1 mAb administered either as monotherapy or in combination with other checkpoint inhibitors or other therapies. A wash out period of at least 28 days or 5 half-lives, whichever is shorter, must be completed for eligibility in this trial. PD-1/PD-L1 treatment progression is defined by meeting all of the following criteria:
- Has received at least 2 doses of an approved anti PD-1/PD-L1 mAb or received PD-1/PD-L1 treatment for 8 weeks, whichever is longer.
- Has demonstrated disease progression after PD-1/PD-L1 treatment as defined by RECIST 1.1. In the absence of rapid clinical progression, the initial evidence of RECIST 1.1 disease progression is to be confirmed using iRECIST by a second assessment no less than four weeks from the date of the first documented progressive disease.
i. This determination is made by the investigator. Once progressive disease is confirmed, the initial date of RECIST 1.1 progressive disease documentation will be considered that date of disease progression.
ii. In cases of unequivocal clinical or radiological progression, disease progression confirmation may not be required after documented discussion and approval by the sponsor.
c. Progressive disease has been documented within 12 weeks from the last dose of anti-PD-1/PD-L1 mAb.
- Participants who receive anti-PD-1 therapy as adjuvant treatment following complete resection of liver cancer and have disease recurrence (unresectable locoregional disease or distant metastases) are eligible if they progressed while on active treatment or within 6 months of stopping anti-PD-1 therapy. This will be considered the first line of systemic therapy.
For these participants, the following applies:
- a second assessment to confirm disease progression beyond recurrence is not required; and
they must have received at least 2 prior doses of anti-PD-1/PD-L1 mAb.
- Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) stage B or C.
- Liver function status should be Child-Pugh (CP) Class A within 7 days prior to the first dose of study intervention. CP status should be calculated based on clinical findings and laboratory results during the screening period.
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status (PS) of 0 or 1 within 7 days prior to the first dose of study intervention.
- At least one measurable lesion by CT scan or MRI according to RECIST 1.1. Tumor lesions situated in a previously irradiated area, or in an area subjected to other loco-regional therapy, may be considered measurable if there has been demonstrated progression in the lesion.
Participants with controlled (treated) hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection will be allowed if they meet the following criteria:
- Antiviral therapy for HBV must be given for at least 4 weeks and HBV viral load must be less than 500 IU/mL prior to first dose of study intervention.
- Participants on active HBV therapy with viral loads under 500 IU/ml should stay on the same therapy throughout study treatment.
- Participants who are anti-HBc (+), negative for HBsAg, negative for anti-HBs, and have an HBV viral load under 500 IU/mL that do not require HBV antiviral prophylaxis.
Provision of recent tumor tissue (as defined below) is mandatory at screening. Exceptions will be accepted for participants with no recent baseline tumor tissues after documented discussion and approval by the sponsor.
- Tumor tissue obtained within 180 days of enrollment and after the last dose of most recent anti-cancer therapy.
- Or a new biopsy.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Fibrolamellar and mixed hepatocellular/cholangiocarcinoma subtypes.
- Patients with disease that is suitable for local therapy administered with curative intent.
- Patients who experienced any Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) ≥ 3 or any other immune- related toxicities that led to permanent discontinuation of treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors in 1 L.
- Persistent proteinuria of CTCAE Grade 3 or higher.
- Diagnosis of immunodeficiency or patient is receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy (in doses exceeding 10 mg daily of prednisone equivalent) or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the first dose of study interventions.
- Active autoimmune disease.
- History of (non-infectious) pneumonitis that required steroids or current pneumonitis.
- Any hemorrhage or bleeding event CTCAE Grade ≥ 3 within 28 days prior to the start of study medication.
- Patients with large esophageal varices at risk of bleeding that are not being treated with conventional medical intervention.
- Arterial or venous thrombotic or embolic events such as cerebrovascular accident (including transient ischemic attacks), deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism within 6 months before the start of study medication.
- Ongoing infection CTCAE Grade > 2 requiring systemic therapy.
- Dual active HBV infection (HBsAg (+) and / or detectable HBV DNA) and HCV infection (anti-HCV Ab (+) and detectable HCV RNA) at study entry.
- Uncontrolled hypertension (systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 mmHg or diastolic pressure ≥ 90 mmHg) on more than 2 separate measurements despite optimal medical management.
- Unstable angina (angina symptoms at rest), new-onset angina (begun within the last 3 months).
- Myocardial infarction less than 6 months before start of study intervention.
- Pleural effusion or ascites that causes respiratory compromise (CTCAE Grade ≥ 2 dyspnea).
- Patients with previous malignancies (except non-melanoma skin cancers, and the following in situ cancers: bladder, gastric, colon, cervical/dysplasia, melanoma, or breast) are excluded unless a complete remission was achieved at least 3 years prior to study entry.
- Known active central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis. Participants with previously treated brain metastases may participate provided they are radiologically stable.
- Significant acute gastrointestinal disorders with diarrhea as a major symptom.
- Prior monotherapy treatment with any tyrosine kinase inhibitor in 1L.
- Prior treatment with regorafenib, in combination regimens with immune checkpoint inhibitors.
- Transfusion of blood products within 7 days prior to signing informed consent, or administration of colony stimulating factors within 4 weeks prior to signing informed consent.
- Previous assignment to treatment during this study.
- Previous (at least a minimum of 28 days, or 5 half-lives of an investigational drug before the start of study treatment, whichever is shorter) or concomitant participation in another clinical study with investigational medicinal product(s).
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: N/A
- Interventional Model: Sequential Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Regorafenib+Pembrolizumab
Participants with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) progressed on 1L anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy.
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Pembrolizumab 400 mg to be administered as an intravenous (IV) infusion every 6 weeks (Q6W).
Other Names:
Regorafenib to be given orally (p.o.) at a starting dose of 90 mg QD for 3 weeks of every 4 weeks (i.e., 3 weeks on, 1 week off).
If the starting dose of 90 mg daily is well tolerated the dose should be escalated to 120 mg starting after the first 4-week cycle of regorafenib.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Overall Response Rate (ORR) Per RECIST 1.1 by Central Assessment
Time Frame: 15 months
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Objective/overall response rate (ORR) is defined as the proportion of participants with best overall response of confirmed complete response (CR) or partial response (PR).
ORR per RECIST 1.1 by independent central assessment is reported (Full analysis set).
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15 months
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Overall Response Rate (ORR) Per RECIST 1.1 by Investigator Assessment
Time Frame: Approximately 45 months
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Objective/overall response rate (ORR) is defined as the proportion of participants with best overall response of confirmed complete response (CR) or partial response (PR).
ORR by RECIST 1.1 investigator review will be reported (full analysis set).
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Approximately 45 months
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Duration of Response (DOR) Per RECIST 1.1 by Central Assessment and Investigator Assessment
Time Frame: Approximately 45 months
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Duration of response (DOR) for partial response (PR) and complete response (CR) defined as the time (in days and months) from the first documented objective response of PR or CR, whichever noted earlier, to disease progression or death (if death occurs before progression is documented).
DOR defined for confirmed responders only, i.e., participants with a CR or PR.
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Approximately 45 months
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Number of Participants With Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)
Time Frame: Approximately 45 months
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An AE was considered as treatment-emergent (TEAE) if arising or worsening after start of first study intervention administration until 30 days after administration of any study intervention.
In addition, any AEs qualifying as a serious adverse event (SAE) were collected for 90 days after the last dose of pembrolizumab, unless a new anti-cancer therapy had been initiated.
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Approximately 45 months
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Number of Participants With Safety-relevant Changes in Clinical Parameters
Time Frame: Approximately 45 months
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Approximately 45 months
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Number of Participants With Dose Modification
Time Frame: Approximately 45 months
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Dose modification includes dose interruption, dose reduction, dose discontinuation.
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Approximately 45 months
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Collaborators
Publications and helpful links
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Estimated)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
- Digestive System Diseases
- Neoplasms by Histologic Type
- Neoplasms
- Neoplasms by Site
- Adenocarcinoma
- Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
- Digestive System Neoplasms
- Liver Diseases
- Liver Neoplasms
- Carcinoma
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
- Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
- Antineoplastic Agents
- Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological
- Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
- Pembrolizumab
Other Study ID Numbers
- 21469
- MK-3475-B70 (Other Identifier: Merck)
- Keynote B70 (Other Identifier: Merck)
- 2020-003555-16 (EudraCT Number)
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
IPD Plan Description
Availability of this study's data will later be determined according to Bayer's commitment to the EFPIA/PhRMA "Principles for responsible clinical trial data sharing". This pertains to scope, timepoint and process of data access. As such, Bayer commits to sharing upon request from qualified researchers patient-level clinical trial data, study-level clinical trial data, and protocols from clinical trials in patients for medicines and indications approved in the US and EU as necessary for conducting legitimate research. This applies to data on new medicines and indications that have been approved by the EU and US regulatory agencies on or after January 01, 2014.
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Drug and device information, study documents
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Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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