Description:
The purpose of this phase 2 multi-site trial is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of adding
Gene Mediated Cytotoxic Immunotherapy (GMCI™) to standard of care in patients with stage
III/IV NSCLC that are not responding to a first line immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI). GMCI
kills tumor cells and creates an immune stimulatory environment in the tumor. Killing tumor
cells in an immune stimulatory environment induces the body's immune system to detect and
destroy cancer cells. Patients will receive two courses of GMCI with aglatimagene besadenovec
injected into an accessible involved tumor site followed by 14 days of oral valacyclovir.
Patients will continue with standard of care ICI, plus chemotherapy if indicated. The
hypothesis is that the combination of GMCI and ICI may improve the response rate and overall
clinical long-term benefit for NSCLC patients.
Title
- Brief Title: GMCI Plus Standard of Care Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor for Stage III/IV NSCLC
- Official Title: GMCI Plus Standard of Care Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor for Stage III/IV NSCLC Patients
Clinical Trial IDs
- ORG STUDY ID:
LuTK02
- NCT ID:
NCT04495153
Conditions
- Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
Interventions
Drug | Synonyms | Arms |
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Aglatimagene besadenovec | AdV-tk, CAN-2409 | Cohorts |
Purpose
The purpose of this phase 2 multi-site trial is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of adding
Gene Mediated Cytotoxic Immunotherapy (GMCI™) to standard of care in patients with stage
III/IV NSCLC that are not responding to a first line immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI). GMCI
kills tumor cells and creates an immune stimulatory environment in the tumor. Killing tumor
cells in an immune stimulatory environment induces the body's immune system to detect and
destroy cancer cells. Patients will receive two courses of GMCI with aglatimagene besadenovec
injected into an accessible involved tumor site followed by 14 days of oral valacyclovir.
Patients will continue with standard of care ICI, plus chemotherapy if indicated. The
hypothesis is that the combination of GMCI and ICI may improve the response rate and overall
clinical long-term benefit for NSCLC patients.
Detailed Description
This trial seeks to add GMCI to stage III/IV NSCLC patients who are on standard of care first
line ICI with evidence that the treatment may not be optimal but have the potential for
delayed clinical benefit such that continuing the ICI is indicated. Studies of first line ICI
have shown that most patients that will respond, respond in the first few weeks of treatment.
However, a small percentage of patients have a delayed response with ICI. GMCI has been shown
to increase the response rate to ICI in animal studies. Safety and potential efficacy of GMCI
has been seen in clinical trials in over 650 patients with cancer (lung, pancreas, brain and
ovarian). The goal of this study is to evaluate if adding GMCI can increase the percentage of
patients that respond to the continued ICI. Patients may receive whatever standard of care
therapy is indicated for their disease, such as maintenance chemotherapy, bevacizumab or
focal radiation, in addition to continuing ICI. The eligibility criterion for determining
that the ICI may not be working is based on time on ICI and response status with 3 cohorts as
follows:
Cohort 1 is for patients with stable disease at least 18 weeks after starting ICI treatment,
thus they have radiographic stable disease and clinically are stable but appear to have
disease that is not responding further.
Cohort 2 is for patients with evidence of radiographic progression at least 18 weeks after
starting ICI treatment but who are clinically stable. Examples that would fit this cohort
would be patients that have disease that decreased or was stable with initial ICI therapy,
and then is slowly progressing or a new distant lesion appears on imaging, but the patient is
otherwise clinically stable.
Cohort 3 is for patients who have new lesions or progression of existing lesions at least 9
weeks after starting ICI but who are clinically stable.
The specific ICI treatment regimen on this protocol is not specified to allow for different
standard of care options with or without chemotherapy; for example, pembrolizumab alone,
pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy, atezolizumab or atezolizumab plus chemotherapy. In addition,
it allows stage III patients after chemoradiation who may be on durvalumab as their standard
of care. For example, a stage III patient may be eligible for cohort 2 if they have
radiographic progression but are clinically stable 18 weeks after starting durvalumab or
cohort 3 if they develop a new lesion at 12 weeks after starting durvalumab.
Trial Arms
Name | Type | Description | Interventions |
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Cohorts | Other | Cohort 1 - persistent but stable disease at least 18 weeks after starting ICI treatment
Cohort 2 - radiographic progressive disease at least 18 weeks after starting ICI treatment
Cohort 3 - refractory disease defined as progressed by imaging at least 9 weeks after starting ICI treatment | |
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Patients with Stage III/IV NSCLC on treatment with anti-PD-1/PD-L1 (ICI) +/-
chemotherapy and a) have persistent but stable disease at least 18 weeks after
starting ICI treatment, b) have radiographic progressive disease at least 18 weeks
after starting ICI treatment, or c) have refractory disease defined as progressed by
imaging at least 9 weeks after starting ICI treatment
2. Measurable disease including a lesion that is amenable to injection
3. Able and willing to undergo a pre-treatment and on-treatment biopsy
4. ECOG Performance status of 0 or 1
5. 18 years of age or older
6. Granulocyte count (ANC) ≥ 1,000/mm3
7. Peripheral lymphocyte count ≥ 500/mm3
8. Hemoglobin ≥ 8 g/dl (patients may be transfused to meet this criterion)
9. Platelets ≥ 75,000/mm3
10. Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal, except for patients with known Gilbert
disease who must have total bilirubin ≤ 3 x upper limit of normal
11. SGOT (AST) ≤ 5x upper limit of normal and if elevated, not clinically significant such
that ICI can continue
12. INR/aPTT within normal limits or, if on anti-coagulation, it must be clinically
acceptable to hold anti-coagulation for the injection procedures as appropriate
13. Serum creatinine < 2mg/dl and calculated creatinine clearance > 30ml/min
14. Clinically eligible and willing to continue ICI
15. Patients must give study specific informed consent prior to enrollment
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Patients with a history of severe hypersensitivity reaction to ICI
2. Patients who require ongoing therapy with systemic immunosuppressive drugs including
systemic corticosteroids (>10 mg prednisone per day or equivalent) - premedication for
ICI or chemotherapy is allowed
3. Patients with a history of active autoimmune disease requiring treatment in the past 2
years
4. Patients with uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing
or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris,
cardiac arrhythmia, active hepatitis, or psychiatric illness/social situations that
would limit compliance with study requirements
5. Women who are pregnant, lactating or intend to become pregnant during the study
6. Patients who are known to be HIV positive
7. Patients with a history of hypersensitivity or allergic reactions to valacyclovir or
acyclovir
8. Patients with significant heart disease (New York Heart Association Functional
Classification III or IV)
9. Patients with oxygen dependence (daily use)
10. Tumor impinging on a neurovascular structure such that inflammation in the site may
put patient at risk of compromise as determined by the investigator
Maximum Eligible Age: | N/A |
Minimum Eligible Age: | 18 Years |
Eligible Gender: | All |
Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Primary Outcome Measures
Measure: | Response rate |
Time Frame: | 12 months |
Safety Issue: | |
Description: | Tumor response as measured by RECIST criteria |
Secondary Outcome Measures
Measure: | Changes in quantity of CD8 T cell subsets |
Time Frame: | 6 months |
Safety Issue: | |
Description: | Blood and tumor will be evaluated for changes in immune response before and after GMCI |
Measure: | Overall Survival (OS) |
Time Frame: | 3 years |
Safety Issue: | |
Description: | The OS curves will be estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method. |
Measure: | Progression Free Survival (PFS) |
Time Frame: | 3 years |
Safety Issue: | |
Description: | The PFS curves will be estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method. |
Measure: | Changes in patient-reported symptoms using the NSCLC-SAQ |
Time Frame: | 12 months |
Safety Issue: | |
Description: | Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Symptoms Assessment Questionnaire (NSCLC-SAQ) score after compared to before treatment. The lowest score possible is 0, and the highest score possible is 20. Higher score indicates more severe symptoms. |
Details
Phase: | Phase 2 |
Primary Purpose: | Interventional |
Overall Status: | Recruiting |
Lead Sponsor: | Candel Therapeutics, Inc. |
Trial Keywords
- Lung cancer
- Immunotherapy
- GMCI
- AdV-tk
- aglatimagene besadenovec
Last Updated
August 18, 2021