Phase 1b Trial of Lenvatinib Plus Pembrolizumab in Participants With Selected Solid Tumors

May 19, 2021 updated by: Eisai Co., Ltd.

An Open-Label Phase 1b Trial of Lenvatinib Plus Pembrolizumab in Subjects With Selected Solid Tumors

This is an open-label Phase 1b study designed to confirm the tolerability and safety of lenvatinib in combination with pembrolizumab in participants with selected solid tumors (non-small cell lung cancer, predominantly clear cell renal cell carcinoma, endometrial carcinoma, urothelial carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, or melanoma [excluding uveal melanoma]).

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

6

Phase

  • Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • Tokyo
      • Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
        • Eisai Trial Site 1

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

20 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Histologically and/or cytologically confirmed selected solid tumor types that have progressed after treatment with standard therapies or for which there are no other appropriate therapies available.

The selected tumor types are: non-small cell lung cancer, predominantly clear cell renal cell carcinoma, endometrial carcinoma, urothelial carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, or melanoma (excluding uveal melanoma)

  • At least 1 measurable target lesion according to modified Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1
  • Participants must have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG)-Performance Status (PS) of 0 to 1.
  • Adequate liver function as evidenced by bilirubin ≤1.5×ULN and alkaline phosphatase (ALP), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤3×ULN (in the case of liver metastases ≤5×ULN). In case ALP is >3×ULN (in the absence of liver metastases) or >5×ULN (in the presence of liver metastases) AND the participant also is known to have bone metastases, the liver-specific ALP must be separated from the total and used to assess the liver function instead of the total ALP.
  • Males or females age ≥20 years at the time of informed consent
  • Life expectancy of 12 weeks or more
  • Voluntary agreement to provide written informed consent and the willingness and ability to comply with all aspects of the protocol

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Prior anticancer treatment within 28 days (or 5 times the half-life time, whichever is shorter) or any investigational agent within 28 days prior to the first dose of study drugs. All toxicities related to prior treatments must be resolved to Grade ≤1 (except alopecia).
  • Prior treatment with lenvatinib or any anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti-PD-L2 agent, excluding cancer types such as melanoma and non-small cell lung cancer where prior treatment with one anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti-PD-L2 agent is allowed
  • Participants must have recovered adequately from any complications from major surgery prior to starting therapy.
  • New York Heart Association congestive heart failure of grade II or above, unstable angina, myocardial infarction within the past 6 months, or serious cardiac arrhythmia associated with significant cardiovascular impairment within the past 6 months
  • Prolongation of QTc (Fridericia formula) interval to >480 milliseconds (ms)
  • Active infection (any infection requiring systemic treatment)
  • Participant is known to be positive for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Hepatitis B, or Hepatitis C
  • Known intolerance to either of the study drugs (or any of the excipients)
  • History of organ allograft
  • Any medical or other condition which, in the opinion of the investigator, would preclude participation in a clinical trial
  • Has a history of (non-infectious) pneumonitis that required steroids or current pneumonitis, or has a history of interstitial lung disease
  • Females who are breastfeeding or pregnant at Screening or Baseline.
  • Females of childbearing potential.
  • Participants must be on a stable dose of the same oral hormonal contraceptive product for at least 4 weeks before dosing with study drug and for the duration of the study.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: lenvatinib 20 mg plus pembrolizumab 200 mg
Participants with selected tumors will receive oral lenvatinib at a starting dose of 20 milligrams (mg) once daily in combination with intravenous pembrolizumab 200 mg every 3 weeks (Q3W) on a 21-day treatment cycle until disease progression, development of unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal of consent, or sponsor termination of the study.
lenvatinib capsules
pembrolizumab intravenous infusion

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Number of Participants With Treatment-emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)
Time Frame: From the first dose until 30 days after the last dose (approximately 2 years 7 months)
A TEAE was defined as an adverse event (AE) that emerged during the time from the first dose of study drug to 30 days following the last dose of study drug, having been absent at pretreatment (Baseline) or reemerged during treatment, having been present at pretreatment (Baseline) but stopped before treatment, or worsened in severity during treatment relative to the pretreatment state, when the AE was continuous. A Serious AE is any untoward medical occurrence that at any dose: resulted in death; was life threatening (that is, the participant was at immediate risk of death from the AE as it occurred; this does not include an event that, had it occurred in a more severe form or was allowed to continue, might have caused death) required inpatient hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization; resulted in persistent or significant disability/incapacity; was a congenital anomaly/birth defect or is medically important due to other reasons than the above mentioned criteria.
From the first dose until 30 days after the last dose (approximately 2 years 7 months)
Number of Participants With Dose-limiting Toxicities
Time Frame: Cycle 1 (Cycle length=21 days)
A DLT is defined as any of the following: any of the hematological or nonhematological toxicities specified in the protocol that are considered to be at least possibly related to lenvatinib and/or pembrolizumab occurring during Cycle 1; failed to administer greater than or equal to 75 percent (%) of the planned dosage of lenvatinib as a result of treatment-related toxicity during Cycle 1; participants who discontinued due to treatment-related toxicity in Cycle 1; greater than a 2-week delay in starting pembrolizumab in Cycle 2 because of a treatment-related toxicity, even if the toxicity does not meet DLT criteria.
Cycle 1 (Cycle length=21 days)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Objective Response Rate (ORR) Based on Modified Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors (RECIST) v1.1
Time Frame: From date of first dose of study drug until disease progression, development of unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal of consent, or up to approximately 2 years 7 months
ORR was defined as the percentage of participants with a best overall response (BOR) of complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) for target and non-target lesions. CR was defined as the disappearance of all target lesions and non-target lesions. Any pathological lymph nodes (target or non-target) had to be reduced in the short axis to less than 10 millimeter (mm). PR was defined as at least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum of diameters. The tumor assessment was done using number of lesions based on modified RECIST 1.1 for assessing tumor burden up to 10 target lesions with up to 5 target lesions per organ.
From date of first dose of study drug until disease progression, development of unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal of consent, or up to approximately 2 years 7 months
Duration of Response (DOR) Based on Modified Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors (RECIST) v1.1
Time Frame: From date of first dose of study drug until disease progression, development of unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal of consent, or up to approximately 2 years 7 months.
DOR was defined as time from the first documented of CR or PR to the date of first documentation of disease progression (PD) (based on modified RECIST 1.1) or death (whichever occurs first). CR was defined as the disappearance of all target lesions and non-target lesions. PR was defined as at least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum of diameters. PD for target lesion, was defined as a minimum 20% increase and a minimum 5 mm absolute increase in sum of diameters compared to nadir, or PD for non-target lesion(s) or unequivocal new lesion(s). Nadir was defined as lowest measure sum of diameters of target lesions at any time point from baseline onward. The tumor assessment was done using number of lesions based on modified RECIST 1.1 for assessing tumor burden up to 10 target lesions with up to 5 target lesions per organ. DOR = Date of PD/death (whichever occurs first) - Date of first CR or PR + 1.
From date of first dose of study drug until disease progression, development of unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal of consent, or up to approximately 2 years 7 months.
Cmax: Maximum Plasma Concentration of Lenvatinib in Combination With Pembrolizumab
Time Frame: Cycle 1 Day 1: 0-24 hours
Cycle 1 Day 1: 0-24 hours
Tmax: Time to Reach the Maximum Plasma Concentration (Cmax) of Lenvatinib in Combination With Pembrolizumab
Time Frame: Cycle 1 Day 1: 0-24 hours
Cycle 1 Day 1: 0-24 hours
T1/2: Terminal Half-life of Lenvatinib in Combination With Pembrolizumab
Time Frame: Cycle 1 Day 1: 0-24 hours; Cycle 1 Day 15: 0-24 hours
Cycle 1 Day 1: 0-24 hours; Cycle 1 Day 15: 0-24 hours
AUC(0-t): Area Under the Concentration-time Curve From Zero (Pre-dose) to Time of Last Quantifiable Concentration of Lenvatinib in Combination With Pembrolizumab
Time Frame: Cycle 1 Day 1: 0-24 hours; Cycle 1 Day 15: 0-24 hours
Cycle 1 Day 1: 0-24 hours; Cycle 1 Day 15: 0-24 hours
AUC(0-inf): Area Under the Concentration-time Curve From Zero (Pre-dose) Extrapolated to Infinite Time of Lenvatinib in Combination With Pembrolizumab
Time Frame: Cycle 1 Day 1: 0-24 hours
Cycle 1 Day 1: 0-24 hours
Vz/F: Apparent Volume of Distribution at Terminal Phase of Lenvatinib in Combination With Pembrolizumab
Time Frame: Cycle 1 Day 1: 0-24 hours; Cycle 1 Day 15: 0-24 hours
Cycle 1 Day 1: 0-24 hours; Cycle 1 Day 15: 0-24 hours
CL/F: Apparent Total Clearance Following Oral Dosing of Lenvatinib in Combination With Pembrolizumab
Time Frame: Cycle 1 Day 1: 0-24 hours
Cycle 1 Day 1: 0-24 hours
MRT: Mean Residence Time of Lenvatinib in Combination With Pembrolizumab
Time Frame: Cycle 1 Day 1: 0-24 hours; Cycle 1 Day 15: 0-24 hours
Cycle 1 Day 1: 0-24 hours; Cycle 1 Day 15: 0-24 hours
Css,Max: Maximum Observed Plasma Concentration at Steady State of Lenvatinib in Combination With Pembrolizumab
Time Frame: Cycle 1 Day 15: 0-24 hours
Cycle 1 Day 15: 0-24 hours
Css,Min: Minimum Observed Plasma Concentration at Steady State of Lenvatinib in Combination With Pembrolizumab
Time Frame: Cycle 1 Day 15: 0-24 hours
Cycle 1 Day 15: 0-24 hours
Tss,Max: Time to Reach the Maximum Plasma Concentration (Cmax) at Steady State of Lenvatinib in Combination With Pembrolizumab
Time Frame: Cycle 1 Day 15: 0-24 hours
Cycle 1 Day 15: 0-24 hours
AUC(0-tau): Area Under the Plasma Concentration-time Curve Over the Dosing Interval of Lenvatinib in Combination With Pembrolizumab
Time Frame: Cycle 1 Day 15: 0-24 hours
Cycle 1 Day 15: 0-24 hours
Clss/F: Apparent Total Clearance Following Oral Administration at Steady State of Lenvatinib in Combination With Pembrolizumab
Time Frame: Cycle 1 Day 15: 0-24 hours
Cycle 1 Day 15: 0-24 hours
Css,Av: Average Steady State Plasma Concentration of Lenvatinib in Combination With Pembrolizumab
Time Frame: Cycle 1 Day 15: 0-24 hours
Cycle 1 Day 15: 0-24 hours
Rac (Cmax): Accumulation Index of Cmax for Lenvatinib in Combination With Pembrolizumab
Time Frame: Cycle 1 Day 1: 0-24 hours and Cycle 1 Day 15: 0-24 hours
Rac (Cmax) was calculated as the ratio of drug concentrations observed during a dosing interval at steady state divided by drug concentrations seen during the dosing interval after a single (first) dose. Rac (Cmax) = Css,max on Cycle 1 Day 15 / Cmax on Cycle 1 Day 1
Cycle 1 Day 1: 0-24 hours and Cycle 1 Day 15: 0-24 hours
Rac (AUC): Accumulation Index of AUC for Lenvatinib in Combination With Pembrolizumab
Time Frame: Cycle 1 Day 1: 0-24 hours and Cycle 1 Day 15: 0-24 hours
Rac (AUC) was calculated as the ratio of drug concentrations observed during a dosing interval at steady state divided by drug concentrations seen during the dosing interval after a single (first) dose. Rac (AUC) = AUC(0-t) on Cycle 1 Day 15 / AUC(0-t) on Cycle 1 Day 1.
Cycle 1 Day 1: 0-24 hours and Cycle 1 Day 15: 0-24 hours
Lambda z: Terminal Phase Elimination Rate Constant of Lenvatinib in Combination With Pembrolizumab
Time Frame: Cycle 1 Day 1: 0-24 hours; Cycle 1 Day 15: 0-24 hours
Cycle 1 Day 1: 0-24 hours; Cycle 1 Day 15: 0-24 hours
PTF: Peak-trough Fluctuation Ratio of Lenvatinib in Combination With Pembrolizumab
Time Frame: Cycle 1 Day 15: 0-24 hours
The peak trough fluctuation within complete dosing interval at steady state, calculated as PTF (%) = ([Cmax - Cmin]/Cav ) multiplied by 100
Cycle 1 Day 15: 0-24 hours
Number of Participants Positive for Serum Anti-drug Antibodies (ADA) Status for Pembrolizumab
Time Frame: Day 1 of Cycles 1, 2, 4, 6, and 8 and every 4 cycles thereafter; within 30 days after discontinuation or until the initiation of other anticancer treatment, whichever is earlier (Cycle length=21 days); up to 31 months
Day 1 of Cycles 1, 2, 4, 6, and 8 and every 4 cycles thereafter; within 30 days after discontinuation or until the initiation of other anticancer treatment, whichever is earlier (Cycle length=21 days); up to 31 months

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

January 12, 2017

Primary Completion (Actual)

April 15, 2020

Study Completion (Actual)

April 15, 2020

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 27, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 29, 2016

First Posted (Estimate)

December 30, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 20, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 19, 2021

Last Verified

April 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

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

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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