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P53MVA and Pembrolizumab in Treating Patients With Recurrent Ovarian, Primary Peritoneal, or Fallopian Tube Cancer

NCT03113487

Description:

This phase II trial studies how well modified vaccinia virus ankara vaccine expressing p53 (p53MVA) and pembrolizumab work in treating patients with ovarian, primary peritoneal, or fallopian tube cancer that has come back (recurrent). Vaccines made from a gene-modified virus may help the body build an effective immune response to kill tumor cells. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as pembrolizumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Giving p53MVA and pembrolizumab together may work better in treating patients with ovarian, primary peritoneal, or fallopian tube cancer.

Related Conditions:
  • Fallopian Tube Carcinoma
  • Ovarian Carcinoma
  • Primary Peritoneal Carcinoma
Recruiting Status:

Recruiting

Phase:

Phase 2

Trial Eligibility

Document

Title

  • Brief Title: P53MVA and Pembrolizumab in Treating Patients With Recurrent Ovarian, Primary Peritoneal, or Fallopian Tube Cancer
  • Official Title: P53MVA and Pembrolizumab in Treating Patients With Recurrent Ovarian, Primary Peritoneal, or Fallopian Tube Cancer

Clinical Trial IDs

  • ORG STUDY ID: 16448
  • SECONDARY ID: NCI-2017-00555
  • SECONDARY ID: 16448
  • SECONDARY ID: P30CA033572
  • NCT ID: NCT03113487

Conditions

  • Recurrent Platinum-Resistant Fallopian Tube Carcinoma
  • Recurrent Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Carcinoma
  • Recurrent Platinum-Resistant Primary Peritoneal Carcinoma

Interventions

DrugSynonymsArms
Modified Vaccinia Virus Ankara Vaccine Expressing p53MVA-p53, MVA-p53 Vaccine, MVAp53 Vaccine, p53-MVA Vaccine, p53MVATreatment (pembrolizumab, p53MVA)
PembrolizumabKeytruda, Lambrolizumab, MK-3475, SCH 900475Treatment (pembrolizumab, p53MVA)

Purpose

This phase II trial studies how well modified vaccinia virus ankara vaccine expressing p53 (p53MVA) and pembrolizumab work in treating patients with ovarian, primary peritoneal, or fallopian tube cancer that has come back (recurrent). Vaccines made from a gene-modified virus may help the body build an effective immune response to kill tumor cells. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as pembrolizumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Giving p53MVA and pembrolizumab together may work better in treating patients with ovarian, primary peritoneal, or fallopian tube cancer.

Detailed Description

      PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

      I. To assess response rate (complete responses and partial responses) after treatment with
      p53MVA and pembrolizumab.

      SECONDARY OBJECTIVE:

      I. To assess median progression free survival (PFS), clinical benefit (complete response,
      partial response lasting > 6 months), overall survival (OS), safety and tolerability.

      EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVE:

      I. Evaluate if the CD8+ T cell signal exceeds that detected in the single agent p53MVA trial.

      OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study of modified vaccinia virus ankara vaccine expressing
      p53.

      Patients receive pembrolizumab intravenously (IV) over 30 minutes every 3 weeks and modified
      vaccinia virus ankara vaccine expressing p53 subcutaneously (SC) every 3 weeks for up to 3
      vaccines. Cycles with pembrolizumab repeat every 3 weeks for up to 49 weeks in the absence of
      disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

      After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 1-3 weeks and every 12 weeks
      thereafter.
    

Trial Arms

NameTypeDescriptionInterventions
Treatment (pembrolizumab, p53MVA)ExperimentalPatients receive pembrolizumab IV over 30 minutes every 3 weeks and modified vaccinia virus ankara vaccine expressing p53 SC every 3 weeks for up to 3 vaccines. Cycles with pembrolizumab repeat every 3 weeks for up to 49 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
  • Modified Vaccinia Virus Ankara Vaccine Expressing p53
  • Pembrolizumab

Eligibility Criteria

        Inclusion Criteria:

          -  Participants with histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of epithelial
             ovarian, primary peritoneal or fallopian tube cancer will be enrolled in this study;
             patients must have experienced recurrence or progression within 6 months after
             completion of platinum based chemotherapy (by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid
             Tumors [RECIST] 1.1 criteria).

          -  A patient is eligible to participate if she is not pregnant, not breast-feeding, and
             at least one of the following conditions applies: a.) Not a woman of childbearing
             potential (WOCBP) OR b.) A WOCBP who agrees to follow the contraceptive guidance
             during the treatment period and for at least 30 days after the last dose of study
             treatment

          -  The participant (or legally acceptable representative if applicable) provides written
             informed consent for the trial

          -  Have measurable disease based on RECIST 1.1., or detectable disease; lesions situated
             in a previously irradiated area are considered measurable if progression has been
             demonstrated in such lesions

          -  Measurable disease is defined as at least one lesion that can be accurately measured
             in at least one dimension (longest dimension to be recorded); each lesion must be
             greater than or equal to 10 mm when measured by computed tomography (CT), positron
             emission tomography (PET)/CT or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); lymph nodes must be
             greater than or equal to 15 mm in short axis when measured by CT, PET/CT, or MRI

               -  Detectable disease in a patients is defined as one who does not have measurable
                  disease, but has at least one of the following conditions:

                    -  Baseline values of CA-125 at least 2 x upper limit of normal (ULN)

                    -  Ascites and/ or pleural effusion attributed to tumor

                    -  Solid and/ or cystic abnormalities on radiographic imaging that do not meet
                       modified RECIST criteria, immune-related response criteria (irRC) for target
                       lesions

          -  Patients whose ovarian cancer recurs/progresses within 0-6 months following
             platinum-based chemotherapy have platinum resistant or refractory disease; these
             patients are not considered to benefit from additional platinum-based therapy and are
             treated with other sequential single agents; such patients are eligible for this trial

          -  Patients with documented disease recurrence/progression within 6-12 months of
             completing platinum-based therapy, are considered to have 'borderline' platinum
             sensitivity; these patients will not be eligible for this trial

          -  Patients who relapse more than 12 months after completion of platinum-based treatment
             are considered 'platinum sensitive' and will not be eligible for this trial, since
             they have a favorable (33-59%) chance of responding to further rounds of platinum
             based chemotherapy

          -  Patients with confirmed p53 mutation by molecular analysis and/or evidence of p53
             overexpression by immunohistochemistry (>= 10% of cells within tumor staining
             positive) will be eligible; this will be assessed semi-quantitatively by a Clinical
             Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA) approved pathology core pathologist, using CLIA
             approved mutational analysis or immuno-histochemistry techniques on formalin-fixed
             paraffin-embedded tissue; in the case of equivocal immunohistochemistry (IHC) results,
             p53 involvement may be confirmed by detection of p53 molecular analysis on tumor
             deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA); patients on whom molecular analysis of p53 mutations is
             already available, will not require IHC analysis; molecular analysis may be performed
             as an additional research procedure at the end of the study (distinct from eligibility
             determination) if the principal investigator (PI) deems it of scientific value and
             research funding is available to cover the cost; patients are not required to have
             PD-L1 positive ovarian tumors and PD-L1 testing is not mandatory on this study;
             however, we will collect the data on PD-L1 testing when available

          -  Have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of =< 2
             (Karnofsky >= 60%) and a life expectancy of at least 3 months

          -  Up to 4 prior chemotherapy regimens for recurrent disease are allowed; adjuvant
             chemotherapy and maintenance Taxol after completion of six cycles of adjuvant
             carboplatin - Taxol will not be counted as a "prior chemotherapy regimen" for the
             purpose of this study; treatment with targeted agents or hormones would not be
             considered as a systemic chemotherapy regimen; eligible Patients are those with
             documented disease recurrence/progression within 0-6 months of completing
             platinum-based chemotherapy; patients should not have received any non-oncology, viral
             vaccines within 30 days prior to starting protocol treatment

          -  Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1500/uL (collected within 14 days prior to the
             start of study treatment)

          -  Platelets >= 100 000/uL (collected within 14 days prior to the start of study
             treatment)

          -  Hemoglobin >= 9.0 g/dL or >= 5.6 mmol/L (collected within 14 days prior to the start
             of study treatment)

               -  Criteria must be met without erythropoietin dependency and without packed red
                  blood cell (pRBC) transfusion within last 2 weeks

          -  Creatinine =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) OR measured or calculated creatinine
             clearance (glomerular filtration rate [GFR] can also be used in place of creatinine or
             creatinine clearance [CrCl]) >= 50 mL/min for participant with creatinine levels > 1.5
             x institutional ULN (collected within 14 days prior to the start of study treatment)

               -  Creatinine clearance (CrCl) should be calculated per institutional standard

          -  Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x ULN OR direct bilirubin =< ULN for participants with total
             bilirubin levels > 1.5 x ULN (collected within 14 days prior to the start of study
             treatment)

          -  Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT]) and
             alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase [SGPT]) =< 2.5 x
             ULN (=< 5 x ULN for participants with liver metastases) (collected within 14 days
             prior to the start of study treatment)

          -  International normalized ratio (INR) OR prothrombin time (PT) =< 1.5 x ULN unless
             participant is receiving anticoagulant therapy as long as PT or activated partial
             thromboplastin time (aPTT) is within therapeutic range of intended use of
             anticoagulants (collected within 14 days prior to the start of study treatment)

          -  Activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) =< 1.5 x ULN unless participant is
             receiving anticoagulant therapy as long as PT or aPTT is within therapeutic range of
             intended use of anticoagulants (collected within 14 days prior to the start of study
             treatment)

          -  Left ventricle ejection fraction (LVEF) >= 55% (collected within 14 days prior to the
             start of study treatment)

        Exclusion Criteria:

          -  A WOCBP who has a positive urine pregnancy test within 72 hours prior to study
             treatment start; if the urine test is positive or cannot be confirmed as negative, a
             serum pregnancy test will be required

          -  Has received prior therapy with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti-PD-L2 agent or with
             an agent directed to another stimulatory or co-inhibitory T-cell receptor (eg, CTLA-4,
             OX-40, CD137)

          -  Has received prior systemic anti-cancer therapy including investigational agents
             within 4 weeks prior to treatment start

               -  Note: participants must have recovered from all adverse events (AEs) due to
                  previous therapies to =< grade 1 or baseline; participants with =< grade 2
                  neuropathy may be eligible

               -  Note: if participant received major surgery, they must have recovered adequately
                  from the toxicity and/or complications from the intervention prior to starting
                  study treatment

          -  Has received prior radiotherapy within 3 weeks of start of study treatment;
             participants must have recovered from all radiation-related toxicities, not require
             corticosteroids, and not have had radiation pneumonitis; a 1-week washout is permitted
             for palliative radiation (=< 2 weeks of radiotherapy) to non-central nervous system
             (CNS) disease

          -  Has received a live vaccine within 30 days prior to the first dose of study drug;
             examples of live vaccines include, but are not limited to, the following: measles,
             mumps, rubella, varicella/zoster (chicken pox), yellow fever, rabies, Bacillus
             Calmette-Guerin (BCG), and typhoid vaccine; seasonal influenza vaccines for injection
             are generally killed virus vaccines and are allowed; however, intranasal influenza
             vaccines (eg, FluMist) are live attenuated vaccines and are not allowed

          -  Is currently participating in or has participated in a study of an investigational
             agent or has used an investigational device within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of
             study treatment; Note: participants who have entered the follow-up phase of an
             investigational study may participate as long as it has been 4 weeks after the last
             dose of the previous investigational agent

          -  Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency (including organ grafts and human immunodeficiency
             virus [HIV]), or is receiving 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 drug (exceptions: nasal corticosteroids,
             inhaled steroids, adrenal replacement steroids and steroid creams are allowed)

          -  Has a known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment
             within the past 3 years; Note: participants with basal cell carcinoma of the skin,
             squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, superficial bladder cancer or any carcinoma in
             situ (e.g. breast carcinoma, cervical cancer in situ) that have undergone potentially
             curative therapy are not excluded

          -  Has known active CNS metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis; participants with
             previously treated brain metastases may participate provided they are radiologically
             stable, i.e. without evidence of progression for at least 4 weeks by repeat imaging
             (note that the repeat imaging should be performed during study screening), clinically
             stable and without requirement of steroid treatment for at least 14 days prior to
             first dose of study treatment

          -  Has severe hypersensitivity (>= grade 3) to pembrolizumab and/or any of its excipients

          -  Has active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years
             (i.e. with use of disease modifying agents, corticosteroids or immunosuppressive
             drugs); replacement therapy (eg., thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid
             replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency, etc.) is not considered a
             form of systemic treatment

          -  Has a history of (non-infectious) pneumonitis that required steroids or has current
             pneumonitis

          -  Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy

          -  Has a known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

          -  Has active infection with hepatitis A (as determined by an acute hepatitis panel), a
             known history of hepatitis B (hepatitis B surface antigen [Ag] reactive), or active
             hepatitis C virus (qualitative hepatitis C virus [HCV] ribonucleic acid [RNA]
             detectable)

          -  Active TB (Bacillus tuberculosis) infection (as determined by Quantiferron Test)

          -  Has a history or current evidence of any condition, therapy, or laboratory abnormality
             that might confound the results of the study, interfere with the subject's
             participation for the full duration of the study, or is not in the best interest of
             the subject to participate, in the opinion of the treating investigator

          -  Has known psychiatric or substance abuse disorders that would interfere with
             cooperation with the requirements of the trial

          -  Is pregnant or breastfeeding, or expecting to conceive children within the projected
             duration of the study, starting with the screening visit through 120 days after the
             last dose of trial treatment

          -  Patients with a history of cardiac disease are excluded: myocardial infarction or
             arterial thromboembolic events within 6 months prior to baseline, severe or unstable
             angina, New York Heart Association Class III or IV disease, QTCB (corrected according
             to Bazett's formula) interval > 470 msec, serious uncontrolled hypertension (systolic
             > 150 and/or diastolic > 100 mm Hg); baseline electrocardiography, echocardiography
             and assessment of serum troponin (I) are included in the screening exams; subjects in
             whom these assays are abnormal (electrocardiogram [EKG] excluding 1st degree branch
             block, sinus brachycardia, sinus tachycardia or non-specific T wave changes, serum
             troponin >= grade 2) are ineligible

          -  Patients with a family history or Li-Fraumeni syndrome will not be eligible

          -  History of severe environmental allergies or allergy to egg proteins
      
Maximum Eligible Age:N/A
Minimum Eligible Age:18 Years
Eligible Gender:Female
Healthy Volunteers:No

Primary Outcome Measures

Measure:Response rate (complete response [CR] + partial response [PR])
Time Frame:Up to 24 months
Safety Issue:
Description:Will be summarized by PDL-1 expression.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Measure:Progression free survival (PFS)
Time Frame:From start of treatment to time of progression or death, whichever occurs first, assessed up to 24 months
Safety Issue:
Description:Will be summarized by PDL-1 expression.
Measure:Median overall survival
Time Frame:From start of the treatment until death, assessed up to 24 months
Safety Issue:
Description:Will be summarized by PDL-1 expression.
Measure:Clinical benefit (CR+PR+ stable disease [SD] > 6 months)
Time Frame:Up to 24 months
Safety Issue:
Description:Clinical benefit will be calculated as the % of patients experiencing CR or PR or SD in total. Will be summarized by PDL-1 expression.
Measure:Incidence of adverse events
Time Frame:Up to 24 months
Safety Issue:
Description:Will be assessed by National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 4.3.
Measure:Biomarker analysis
Time Frame:Up to 24 months
Safety Issue:
Description:Peripheral blood samples will be collected pre- and post-immunization for assessment of anti-p53 T cell responses and immunophenotyping. Immunosuppressive cell types (myeloid-derived suppressor cell, regulatory T cells) and other selected lymphocyte subsets and markers including PD-1, PDL-1 and PDL-2 will be quantified. Will evaluate if CD8+ T cell signal exceeds that detected in the single agent p53MVA trial. Estimates will be obtained using Wilcoxon rank-sum test based on residual re-sampling simulations based on historic area under the curve values.

Details

Phase:Phase 2
Primary Purpose:Interventional
Overall Status:Recruiting
Lead Sponsor:City of Hope Medical Center

Last Updated

February 11, 2021