Description:
This pilot study evaluates the use of high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) combined with
pembrolizumab in patients with metastatic breast cancer. One-half of participants will be
randomized to receive the first dose of pembrolizumab after HIFU and one-half of participants
will be randomized to receive their first dose of pembrolizumab before HIFU.
Title
- Brief Title: Focused Ultrasound and Pembrolizumab in Metastatic Breast Cancer
- Official Title: Focused Ultrasound Therapy to Augment Antigen Presentation and Immune-Specificity of Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy With Pembrolizumab in Metastatic Breast Cancer
Clinical Trial IDs
- ORG STUDY ID:
19900
- NCT ID:
NCT03237572
Conditions
Interventions
Drug | Synonyms | Arms |
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Pembrolizumab | Keytruda | Arm A: 1st dose of pembrolizumab after HIFU |
Purpose
This pilot study evaluates the use of high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) combined with
pembrolizumab in patients with metastatic breast cancer. One-half of participants will be
randomized to receive the first dose of pembrolizumab after HIFU and one-half of participants
will be randomized to receive their first dose of pembrolizumab before HIFU.
Trial Arms
Name | Type | Description | Interventions |
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Arm A: 1st dose of pembrolizumab after HIFU | Experimental | Pembrolizumab (200 mg) administered intravenously, days 22, 43, 64, followed by day 1 of each ensuing 3 -week cycle. Focused ultrasound tumor ablation day 15. High-intensity focused ultrasound ablation will target 50% of the tumor, up to 3 cubic centimeters. | |
Arm B: 1st dose of pembrolizumab before HIFU | Experimental | Pembrolizumab (200 mg) intravenously, days 1, 22, 43, 64, followed by day 1 of each ensuing 3 -week cycle. Focused ultrasound tumor ablation day 15. High-intensity focused ultrasound ablation will target 50% of the tumor, up to 3 cubic centimeters. | |
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria (summary):
- Histologically confirmed metastatic or unresectable breast cancer
- Any receptor status (estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, HER2 receptor).
Patients who are HR+ should also no longer be candidates for hormonal-based therapy.
Patients who are HER2+ should have progressed on or no longer be candidates for
available HER2 directed therapy. Hormonal therapy must be stopped prior to day 1 of
treatment.
- Patients must have had at least one prior line of therapy for breast cancer in the
metastatic setting.
- Patients must have an accessible lesion in the breast/chest wall/axilla which has not
been previously thermally ablated. Prior breast irradiation is acceptable if the
lesion has recurred or grown following radiation.
- Patients must agree to use an adequate method of contraception for the course of the
study through 120 days after the last dose of study medication.
- Patients must have at least one target lesion in breast/chest wall/axilla which is
amenable to application of high intensity focused ultrasound:
- Patients must be willing to provide tissue from a newly obtained core or excisional
biopsy of a tumor lesion.
- Performance status of 0 or 1 on the ECOG Performance Scale.
- Adequate organ function
Exclusion Criteria (summary):
- Patients currently participating and receiving study therapy or patients who have
participated in a study of an investigational agent and received study therapy or used
an investigational device within 4 weeks of the first dose of treatment.
- Patients with a diagnosis of immunodeficiency, patients receiving systemic steroid
therapy or, patients who have received any other form of immunosuppressive therapy
within 7 days prior to the first dose of trial treatment.
- Patients with a known history of active Tuberculosis
- Hypersensitivity to pembrolizumab or any of its excipients
- Prior anti-cancer monoclonal antibody (mAb) within 4 weeks prior to study Day 1.
Patients who have not recovered (i.e., ≤ Grade 1 or at baseline) from adverse events
due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier are excluded.
- Prior chemotherapy, targeted small molecule therapy, or radiation therapy within 2
weeks prior to study Day 1. Patients who has not recovered (i.e., ≤ Grade 1 or at
baseline) from adverse events due to a previously administered agent.
- Known additional malignancy that is progressing or requires active treatment.
Exceptions include basal cell carcinoma of the skin or squamous cell carcinoma of the
skin that has undergone potentially curative therapy or in situ cervical cancer.
- Known active central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis.
- Active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years.
- History of (non-infectious) pneumonitis that required steroids or current pneumonitis.
- Active infection requiring systemic therapy.
- Pregnancy
- Prior therapy with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti-PD-L2 agent within the prior 24
weeks.
- Known history of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
- Receipt of a live vaccine within 30 days of planned start of study therapy.
- HIFU must not be applied to a breast with an implant. A region outside of the breast
may be targeted as long as the targeted area is at least 10mm away from an implant.
Maximum Eligible Age: | N/A |
Minimum Eligible Age: | 18 Years |
Eligible Gender: | All |
Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Primary Outcome Measures
Measure: | Change in tumor infiltrating lymphocytes |
Time Frame: | baseline and week 4 |
Safety Issue: | |
Description: | Change in proportion of CD8+ tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (ration CD8+/CD4+) in the primary ablation zone |
Secondary Outcome Measures
Measure: | Adverse event profile of pembrolizumab and HIFU |
Time Frame: | From date of randomization through 30 days following cessation of treatment |
Safety Issue: | |
Description: | Toxicities from the combination of pembrolizumab and HIFU |
Details
Phase: | Phase 1 |
Primary Purpose: | Interventional |
Overall Status: | Recruiting |
Lead Sponsor: | Patrick Dillon, MD |
Trial Keywords
- breast cancer
- pembrolizumab
- focused ultrasound
- immunotherapy
Last Updated
August 12, 2021