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Study of Avelumab and/or Radiation Therapy in People With Advanced Merkel Cell Carcinoma

NCT04792073

Description:

This study will test the use of comprehensive ablative radiation therapy (CART), with and without the immunotherapy drug avelumab, in people with Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) that has progressed after treatment and cannot be removed with surgery. The study researchers want to find out whether CART works better when is given with avelumab than it does when given alone to prevent the cancer from getting worse.

Related Conditions:
  • Merkel Cell Carcinoma
Recruiting Status:

Recruiting

Phase:

Phase 2

Trial Eligibility

Document

Title

  • Brief Title: Study of Avelumab and/or Radiation Therapy in People With Advanced Merkel Cell Carcinoma
  • Official Title: A Phase II Randomized, Parallel Two-Arm Clinical Trial Assessing Comprehensive Ablative Radiation Therapy With or Without Avelumab in Unresectable and Metastatic Merkel Cell Carcinoma (CARTA)

Clinical Trial IDs

  • ORG STUDY ID: 20-195
  • NCT ID: NCT04792073

Conditions

  • Merkel Cell Carcinoma

Interventions

DrugSynonymsArms
AvelumabAvelumab and Radiation Therapy

Purpose

This study will test the use of comprehensive ablative radiation therapy (CART), with and without the immunotherapy drug avelumab, in people with Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) that has progressed after treatment and cannot be removed with surgery. The study researchers want to find out whether CART works better when is given with avelumab than it does when given alone to prevent the cancer from getting worse.

Trial Arms

NameTypeDescriptionInterventions
Avelumab and Radiation TherapyExperimentalWill receive avelumab at the FDA approved dose and schedule of 800 mg IV over 60 minutes every 2 weeks (+/- 3 days) until treatment intolerance or disease progression occurs.Comprehensive Ablative Radiation Therapy (CART) will be initiated between the first and second dose of avelumab. Comprehensive ablative radiation therapy will be given according to guidelines
  • Avelumab
Radiation Therapy aloneExperimentalWill receive Comprehensive Ablative Radiation Therapy (CART) alone

    Eligibility Criteria

            Inclusion Criteria:
    
              -  Biopsy proven Merkel cell carcinoma which is unresectable or metastatic, stage III or
                 IV
    
              -  Prior first-line treatment with aPD1 monotherapy (defined as at least one dose of
                 pembrolizumab, avelumab, nivolumab, etc.) with evidence of progression of disease ≥10
                 weeks after starting therapy, in the absence of significant clinical deterioration
    
                   -  Patients with progression in only one of several responding metastases will not
                      be eligible
    
                   -  Patients with clinical deterioration during aPD1 monotherapy are eligible ≥6
                      weeks after starting aPD1 therapy
    
                   -  Criteria for clinical deterioration to be determined and agreed upon by treating
                      physician and Principal Investigator
    
              -  All detectable sites of MCC are amenable to comprehensive ablative radiation therapy
                 in opinion of treating radiation oncologist and principal investigator
    
              -  ≥18 years of age
    
              -  Performance status ≤2 on the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Scale
    
              -  Able to provide valid written informed consent
    
              -  Normal organ and marrow function
    
                   -  Hematologic: Lymphocyte count ≥800/mm^3, neutrophil count ≥1500/mm^3, platelet
                      count ≥75,000/mm^3, leukocyte count ≥3000/mm^3, hemoglobin ≥9 g/dL
    
                   -  Hepatic: Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times the upper limit of normal, unless Gilbert's
                      syndrome; aspartate transaminase and alanine transaminase ≤ 2.5 times the upper
                      limit of normal (in the absence of hepatobiliary metastases); ≤ 3.0 times the
                      upper limit of normal (in the presence of hepatobiliary metastases)
    
                   -  Renal: Estimated creatinine clearance ≥ 30 mL/min according to the
                      Cockcroft-Gault formula.
    
            Exclusion Criteria:
    
              -  Prior systemic therapy for MCC other than first-line aPD1 monotherapy (ie,
                 chemotherapy)
    
              -  Pregnancy or breastfeeding
    
              -  Adverse events due to prior cancer therapy which are grade 3 or higher and have not
                 resolved
    
                 °Patients with prior grade 3 or higher immune related adverse events are not eligible,
                 even if they have resolved
    
              -  Prior severe hypersensitivity reaction (CTCAE version 5.0 grade ≥3) to avelumab
    
              -  Prior radiotherapy which precludes the ability to safely deliver comprehensive
                 ablative radiation therapy in the opinion of the treating radiation oncologist and
                 principal investigator
    
                 °Institutional guidelines for reirradiation will be used when making this
                 determination
    
              -  Known central nervous system metastases
    
              -  Known clinically significant cardiovascular disease, defined as:
    
                   -  Stroke or myocardial infarction within 6 months of first dose of avelumab
    
                   -  Symptomatic congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association Class 2 or
                      higher)
    
                   -  Serious arrhythmia requiring anti-arrhythmic agents
    
              -  Known Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection
    
              -  Known Hepatitis B or C infection requiring ongoing treatment
    
              -  Vaccination within 4 weeks of first dose of avelumab
    
                 °Inactivated vaccines are permissible
    
              -  Iatrogenic immunosuppression with daily systemic corticosteroid equivalent of >10 mg
                 of prednisone
    
              -  Active autoimmune disease that may cause clinical deterioration during immunotherapy
    
                 °Including, but not limited to:
    
              -  Inflammatory bowel disease or immune colitis
    
              -  Immune mediated pneumonitis or pulmonary fibrosis
    
              -  History of solid organ or hematopoietic transplant
    
              -  Active infection requiring systemic therapy
    
              -  Active suicidal ideation or behavior
    
              -  Comorbid or diagnostic abnormalities which would interfere with interpretation of
                 study results
    
              -  Known hematopoietic cancer or dysfunction (i.e., leukemia, lymphoma)
    
              -  Known non-MCC solid tumor with known metastasis or estimated risk of metastasis >20%
                 within 3 months
          
    Maximum Eligible Age:N/A
    Minimum Eligible Age:18 Years
    Eligible Gender:All
    Healthy Volunteers:No

    Primary Outcome Measures

    Measure:progression free survival
    Time Frame:at 12 weeks
    Safety Issue:
    Description:measured by RECIST 1.1

    Secondary Outcome Measures

    Measure:overall response rate
    Time Frame:up to 12 weeks
    Safety Issue:
    Description:measured by RECIST 1.1

    Details

    Phase:Phase 2
    Primary Purpose:Interventional
    Overall Status:Recruiting
    Lead Sponsor:Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    Trial Keywords

    • unresectable
    • metastatic
    • stage III
    • stage IV
    • Comprehensive Ablative Radiation Therapy
    • Avelumab
    • 20-195

    Last Updated

    March 10, 2021