A Dose Escalation and Cohort Expansion Study of Anti-CD27 (Varlilumab) and Anti-PD-1 (Nivolumab) in Advanced Refractory Solid Tumors

Sponsor

Celldex Therapeutics (Industry)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT02335918

Collaborator

Bristol-Myers Squibb (Industry)

175

Enrollment

Locations

Arm

47.3

Duration (Months)

9.2

Patients Per Site

0.2

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

This is a study to determine the clinical benefit (how well the drug works), safety, and tolerability of combining varlilumab and nivolumab (also known as Opdivo® , BMS-936558). Both drugs target the immune system and may act to promote anti-cancer effects.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck (SCCHN) Ovarian Carcinoma-Enrollment Completed Colorectal Cancer (CRC)-Enrollment Completed Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) (Phase ll Only) Glioblastoma (GBM) (Phase ll Only)-Enrollment Completed	Drug: Combination of varlilumab and nivolumab	Phase 1/Phase 2

Detailed Description

Varlilumab is a fully human monoclonal antibody that binds to a molecule called CD27 found on certain immune cells and may act to promote anti-tumor effects.

Nivolumab is a fully human monoclonal antibody that binds to a molecule called PD-1 on immune cells and promotes anti-tumor effects.

Eligible patients that enroll in the dose escalation portion of the study will be assigned to one of three dose levels of varlilumab in combination with 3 mg/kg of nivolumab. The first phase of the study will test the safety profile of the combination and determine which dose will be studied in Phase ll of the overall study.

During Phase ll, depending on cancer type, groups of patients will be enrolled and receive varlilumab at a dose of either 3 mg/kg every 2 weeks, 3 mg/kg every 12 weeks, or 0.3 mg/kg every 4 weeks in combination with nivolumab at 240 mg.

All patients enrolled in the study will be closely monitored to determine if there is response to the treatment as well as for any side effects that may occur.

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Actual Enrollment :

175 participants

Allocation:

N/A

Intervention Model:

Single Group Assignment

Masking:

None (Open Label)

Primary Purpose:

Treatment

Official Title:

A Phase l/ll Dose Escalation and Cohort Expansion Study of the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of Anti-CD27 Antibody (Varlilumab) Administered in Combination With Anti-PD-1 (Nivolumab) in Advanced Refractory Solid Tumors

Study Start Date :

Jan 1, 2015

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Dec 12, 2018

Actual Study Completion Date :

Dec 12, 2018

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Varlilumab and Nivolumab	Drug: Combination of varlilumab and nivolumab Phase I: Varlilumab dosing will be dependent on the cohort assigned in combination with 3 mg/kg of nivolumab every two weeks. Phase II: Patients with CRC, RCC or GBM enrolled in Phase ll will receive 3.0 mg/kg of varlilumab in combination with 240 mg of nivolumab every 2 weeks. Patients with SCCHN or ovarian cancer will receive varlilumab at a dose of either 3 mg/kg every 2 weeks, 3 mg/kg every 12 weeks, or 0.3 mg/kg every 4 weeks, in combination with 240 mg of nivolumab every 2 weeks. Patients may be discontinued from receiving study treatment based on the results of disease assessments or if experiencing intolerable side effects.

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Experimental: Varlilumab and Nivolumab

Drug: Combination of varlilumab and nivolumab

Phase I: Varlilumab dosing will be dependent on the cohort assigned in combination with 3 mg/kg of nivolumab every two weeks. Phase II: Patients with CRC, RCC or GBM enrolled in Phase ll will receive 3.0 mg/kg of varlilumab in combination with 240 mg of nivolumab every 2 weeks. Patients with SCCHN or ovarian cancer will receive varlilumab at a dose of either 3 mg/kg every 2 weeks, 3 mg/kg every 12 weeks, or 0.3 mg/kg every 4 weeks, in combination with 240 mg of nivolumab every 2 weeks. Patients may be discontinued from receiving study treatment based on the results of disease assessments or if experiencing intolerable side effects.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Phase I: Number of participants with treatment-related adverse events as determined by CTCAE v4.0, dose-limiting toxicities, and laboratory abnormalities. [Safety follow-up is 100 days from last study drug dose.]
Phase II: Preliminary antitumor activity of the combination of varlilumab and nivolumab as measured by objective response rate (ORR) in patients with CRC, ovarian cancer, RCC and SCCHN and Overall Survival-12 months in GBM. [Evaluated every 8 weeks following treatment initiation until treatment is discontinued or disease progression, for up to 3 years.]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

18 Years and Older

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Key Inclusion Criteria:

Histologically-diagnosed advanced (unresectable and/or metastatic) Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (Phase l only), Melanoma (Phase l only), Colorectal, Head and Neck SCC (squamous cell carcinoma), Ovarian Cancer, Glioblastoma or Renal Cell Carcinoma.

1a. Head and Neck

Stage III/IV squamous cell carcinoma; Tumor progression or recurrence within 6 months of last dose of platinum therapy in the adjuvant, primary, recurrent or metastatic setting (or within 9 months if the patient received > 1 platinum-based chemotherapy regimen in the metastatic setting). Active brain metastases or leptomeningeal metastases are excluded; nasopharyngeal cancer, confirmed recurrent or metastatic carcinoma of the nasopharynx and salivary gland or non-squamous histologies are also excluded.

1b. Ovarian

Recurrent or persistent epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal carcinoma requiring original or subsequent relapse histologic documentation. A platinum-taxane based chemotherapy regimen as frontline therapy must have been completed.

Any histologic diagnosis of borderline, low malignant potential epithelial carcinoma are excluded.

1c. Colorectal Cancer -Enrollment Completed

Metastatic or recurrent; prior treatment progression during, after, or intolerant following the last administration of approved standard therapies (required therapies apply).

1d. Glioblastoma -Enrollment Completed

Have histologically confirmed World Health Organization Grade IV malignant glioma (glioblastoma).

Previous first line therapy with at least radiotherapy and temozolomide.
Participants must have shown unequivocal evidence of tumor progression.
More than one relapse, secondary glioblastoma and prior treatment with bevacizumab are excluded.

An interval of at least 12 weeks from the completion of radiation therapy to start of study treatment is required.

1e. Renal Cell Carcinoma

Have histologically confirmed diagnosis of predominant clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

Must have received 1 or 2 prior anti-angiogenic therapies.
No more than 5 total previous regimens of systemic therapy, including cytokines and cytotoxic chemotherapy.
Disease progression during or after the last treatment regimen and within 6 months before study entry.

No more than 5 prior anticancer regimens for advanced (recurrent, locally advanced or metastatic) disease except for patients with GBM which must have first recurrence of GBM by diagnostic biopsy or contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Measurable (target) disease.
Life expectancy ≥ 12 weeks.
If of childbearing potential (male or female), agree to practice an effective form of contraception during study treatment and for at least 23 weeks after for female and 31 weeks after for male following last treatment dose.

Key Exclusion Criteria:

History of severe hypersensitivity reactions to other monoclonal antibodies.
Prior therapy with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti-PD-L2 antibody.
Receipt of anti-CTLA-4 or anti-CD27 antibody within 3 months prior to the planned start of study treatment.
Use of any monoclonal based therapies within 2-4 weeks prior to the first dose of study treatment.
Chemotherapy within 21 days or at least 5 half-lives (whichever is shorter) prior to the planned start of study treatment.
BRAF/MEK inhibitors within 2 weeks prior to the first dose of study treatment.
Systemic radiation therapy within 4 weeks, prior focal radiotherapy within 2 weeks, or radiopharmaceuticals (strontium, samarium) within 8 weeks prior to the first dose of study treatment.
Use of immunosuppressive medications within 4 weeks or systemic corticosteroids within 2 weeks prior to first dose of study treatment.
Other prior malignancy, except for adequately treated basal or squamous cell skin cancer or in situ cancers; or any other cancer from which the patient has been disease-free for at least 3 years.
Active, untreated central nervous system metastases.
Active autoimmune disease or a documented history of autoimmune disease
Active diverticulitis.
Interstitial lung disease that is symptomatic or may interfere with the detection or management of suspected drug-related pulmonary toxicity.
Significant cardiovascular disease

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	University of Arizona Cancer Center	Tucson	Arizona	United States	85719
2	The Stanford Center for Clinical and Translational Education and Research	Palo Alto	California	United States	94304
3	UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center	San Francisco	California	United States	94115
4	University of Colorado Medical Center	Aurora	Colorado	United States	80045
5	Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale University Cancer Center	New Haven	Connecticut	United States	06519
6	Georgetown University	Washington	District of Columbia	United States	20007
7	George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences	Washington	District of Columbia	United States	20037
8	Mount Sinai Medical Center	Miami Beach	Florida	United States	33140
9	Northwest Georgia Oncology Centers PC	Marietta	Georgia	United States	30060
10	Parkview Research Center	Fort Wayne	Indiana	United States	46845
11	Dana Farber Cancer Institute	Boston	Massachusetts	United States	02115
12	Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute	Detroit	Michigan	United States	48201
13	Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center	New York	New York	United States	10016
14	Columbia University Medical Center	New York	New York	United States	10032
15	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	New York	New York	United States	10065
16	Wake Forest Baptist Health	Winston-Salem	North Carolina	United States	27157
17	Cleveland Clinic	Cleveland	Ohio	United States	44195
18	Providence Health & Services	Portland	Oregon	United States	97213
19	Inova Schar Cancer Institute Research	Fairfax	Virginia	United States	22031