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Metastatic Carcinoma in the LiverPhase 1NCT02754856

Tremelimumab and Durvalumab in Treating Patients With Colorectal Cancer With Liver Metastases That Can Be Removed by Surgery

A Phase 1 study testing Durvalumab, Laboratory Biomarker Analysis and Therapeutic Conventional Surgery in people with Metastatic Carcinoma in the Liver and Resectable Mass, run by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

This phase I trial studies the side effects and how well tremelimumab and durvalumab work in treating patients with colorectal cancer that has spread to the liver and can be removed by surgery. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
Durvalumab, Laboratory Biomarker Analysis and Therapeutic Conventional Surgery
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
24 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
29 Aug 2016to 30 Jan 2023
Phase
Phase 1
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Patients must have histologically or cytologically confirmed colorectal cancer with liver metastases deemed resectable by a general or liver surgeon (resectability may involve the use of ablative techniques to some but not all liver metastases); those patients with known disease outside of the liver are not eligible (except for patients with primary lesions in place that are planned for resection or nonspecific lung metastases < 1 cm)
  • Patients must have measurable disease, defined as at least one lesion that can be accurately measured in at least one dimension (longest diameter to be recorded) as >= 10 mm with spiral computed tomography (CT) scan
  • All lines of prior therapy accepted; subjects with prior hepatic or extra-hepatic resections of metastatic disease will be included
  • Life expectancy of greater than 6 months
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status =< 1 (Karnofsky >= 70%)
  • Leukocytes >= 3,000/mcL
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  • Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,500/mcL
  • Platelets >= 100,000/mcL
  • Total bilirubin < 1.5 X institutional normal limits (subjects with known Gilbert syndrome are eligible with total bilirubin < 3.0 mg/dL)
  • Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase [SGPT]) =< 3 X institutional upper limit of normal
  • Creatinine within normal institutional limits OR creatinine clearance >= 60 mL/min/1.73 m^2 for patients with creatinine levels above institutional normal
  • Known or ordered molecular testing for MSI, BRAF, and KRAS status
  • Evidence of post-menopausal status or negative urinary or serum pregnancy test for female pre-menopausal patients; women will be considered post-menopausal if they have been amenorrheic for 12 months without an alternative medical cause; the following age-specific requirements apply:
  • Women < 50 years of age would be considered post-menopausal if they have been amenorrheic for 12 months or more following cessation of exogenous hormonal treatments and if they have luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone levels in the post-menopausal range for the institution or underwent surgical sterilization (bilateral oophorectomy or hysterectomy)
  • Women >= 50 years of age would be considered post-menopausal if they have been amenorrheic for 12 months or more following cessation of all exogenous hormonal treatments, had radiation-induced menopause with last menses > 1 year ago, had chemotherapy-induced menopause with last menses > 1 year ago, or underwent surgical sterilization (bilateral oophorectomy, bilateral salpingectomy or hysterectomy)
  • Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document
  • Weight > 30 kg (required for flat dose-based administration of study agents)

Who cannot join

  • Prior chemotherapy < 2 weeks prior to study drug treatment and treatment related adverse events that have not recovered to baseline or grade 1 (alopecia excluded); prior radiation therapy < 4 weeks prior to study drug treatment
  • Patients may not be receiving any other investigational agents
  • Active or prior documented autoimmune or inflammatory disorders (including inflammatory bowel disease [e.g., colitis or Crohn's disease], diverticulitis [with the exception of diverticulosis], systemic lupus erythematosus, sarcoidosis syndrome, or Wegener syndrome [granulomatosis with polyangiitis, Graves' disease, rheumatoid arthritis, hypophysitis, uveitis, etc.]); the following are exceptions to this criterion: a) patients with vitiligo or alopecia; b) patients with hypothyroidism (e.g., following Hashimoto syndrome) stable on hormone replacement; c) any chronic skin condition that does not require systemic therapy; d) patients without active disease in the last 5 years may be included but only after consultation with the study physician; d) patients with celiac disease controlled by diet alone
  • Subjects with a condition requiring systemic treatment with either corticosteroids (> 10 mg daily prednisone equivalents) or other immunosuppressive medications within 14 days of study drug administration; inhaled or topical steroids and adrenal replacement doses > 10 mg daily prednisone equivalents are permitted in the absence of active autoimmune disease
  • Prior exposure to T cell checkpoint inhibitor therapies, including durvalumab and tremelimumab
  • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, interstitial lung disease, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
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  • Known allergy or hypersensitivity to any of the study drugs or any of the study drug excipients
  • History of active primary immunodeficiency
  • Women who are pregnant, which includes women with a positive pregnancy test at enrollment or prior to the administration of study medication, or breastfeeding are not allowed on study
  • Receipt of a live vaccine within 30 days of study entry
  • Any unresolved toxicity National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) grade >= 2 from previous anticancer therapy with the exception of alopecia, vitiligo, and the laboratory values defined in the inclusion criteria: a) patients with grade >= 2 neuropathy will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis after consultation with the study physician; b) patients with irreversible toxicity not reasonably expected to be exacerbated by treatment with durvalumab or tremelimumab may be included only after consultation with the study physician
  • Any concurrent chemotherapy, biologic, or hormonal therapy for cancer treatment, concurrent use of hormonal therapy for non-cancer-related conditions (e.g., hormone replacement therapy) is acceptable
  • Major surgical procedure within 28 days prior to the first dose of IP; Note: local surgery of isolated lesions for palliative intent is acceptable
  • History of allogenic organ transplantation
  • Known active infection including tuberculosis (clinical evaluation that includes clinical history, physical examination and radiographic findings, and tuberculosis [TB] testing in line with local practice), hepatitis B (known positive hepatitis B virus [HBV] surface antigen (HBsAg) result), hepatitis C, or human immunodeficiency virus (positive HIV 1/2 antibodies); patients with a past or resolved HBV infection (defined as the presence of hepatitis B core antibody [anti-HBc] and absence of HBsAg) are eligible; patients positive for hepatitis C (hepatitis C virus [HCV]) antibody are eligible only if polymerase chain reaction is negative for HCV ribonucleic acid (RNA)
  • Female patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding or male or female patients of reproductive potential who are not willing to employ effective birth control from screening to 90 days after the last dose of durvalumab monotherapy or 180 days after the last dose of durvalumab + tremelimumab combination therapy

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • M D Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas, 77030

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About this study

Official title: Pilot Study Assessing the Safety and Tolerability of the Neoadjuvant Use of Tremelimumab (Anti-CTLA-4) Plus Durvalumab (MEDI4736) (Anti-PD-L1) in the Treatment of Resectable Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases

This phase I trial studies the side effects and how well tremelimumab and durvalumab work in treating patients with colorectal cancer that has spread to the liver and can be removed by surgery. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as tremelimumab and durvalumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread.

Read the detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

  1. Assess the safety and feasibility of adding tremelimumab 75 mg intravenously (IV) plus durvalumab (MEDI4736) 1500 mg administered once pre-operatively and 4 cycles of durvalumab 1500 mg IV every 4 weeks for 4 cycles post-operatively in patients who are candidates for resection for colorectal cancer liver metastases.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

  1. Explore the changes in various immune parameters, including programmed cell death-1 ligand 1 (PD-L1) and programmed cell death1 (PD-1) expression in the tumor, over treatment and correlate with response and survival with goal of biomarker discovery.

II. Estimate the relapse-free survival (RFS) in all enrolled subjects.

OUTLINE:

Patients receive tremelimumab IV over 1 hour and durvalumab IV over 4 hours during week 11. Between weeks 15 and 17, patients undergo liver surgery. Patients then receive durvalumab IV over 1 hour during weeks 21, 25, 29, and 33.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up twice a year for 5 years.

Being tested
Durvalumab, Laboratory Biomarker Analysis, Therapeutic Conventional Surgery, Tremelimumab
Medical subject headings
Colorectal Neoplasms

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • DurvalumabBiological

    Also called Imfinzi, Immunoglobulin G1, Anti-(Human Protein B7-H1) (Human Monoclonal MEDI4736 Heavy Chain), Disulfide with Human Monoclonal MEDI4736 Kappa-chain, Dimer, MEDI-4736, MEDI4736

    Given IV

  • Laboratory Biomarker AnalysisOther

    Correlative studies

  • Therapeutic Conventional SurgeryProcedure or surgery

    Undergo liver surgery

  • TremelimumabBiological

    Also called Anti-CTLA4 Human Monoclonal Antibody CP-675,206, CP-675, CP-675,206, CP-675206

    Given IV

Study groups in NCT02754856
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Treatment (tremelimumab, durvalumab)ExperimentalPatients receive tremelimumab IV over 1 hour and durvalumab IV over 4 hours during week 11. Between weeks 15 and 17, patients undergo liver surgery. Patients then receive durvalumab IV over 1 hour during weeks 21, 25, 29, and 33.
Receives: Biological: Durvalumab; Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis; Procedure: Therapeutic Conventional Surgery; Biological: Tremelimumab

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Post-operative Toxicity

    Post-operative toxicity graded by the Clavien-Dindo classification. The Clavien Dindo Classification is used to rank the severity of a surgical complication. It is based on the type of therapy needed to correct the complication. The scale consists of several grades (Grade I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb and V). Grade I complications are usually mild but Grade II and higher complications are more significant.

    Measured: 3 years

  2. Feasibility and Safety in the Conduct of the Trial

    Feasibility and safety assessed by the rate of on-trial surgical resection of liver metastases, post-operative toxicity graded by the Clavien-Dindo classification, and treatment related toxicity graded by CTCAE v5. The combination was defined as feasible if at least 80% of participants could undergo resection or if between 60% and 80% could undergo resection with a positive toxicity and efficacy profile.

    Measured: 3 years

Secondary outcomes (5)
  1. Treatment Related Toxicity

    Treatment related toxicity graded by CTCAE v5

    Measured: 3 years

  2. Pre-operative Response Rate

    Pre-operative response rate evaluation using RECIST v1.1. RECIST 1.1 will be used to identify measurable disease on baseline CT scans. Tumor measurements will be made upon restaging CT scans prior to surgery. No tumor measurements will take place post-operatively as the goal of therapy is no evidence of disease. Pre-surgery response will be classified into Complete Response, Partial Response, Stable Disease and Progressive Disease.

    Measured: 2 years

  3. Relapse-Free Survival (RFS)

    The time from date of curative surgery to the time of recurrence or death

    Measured: 3 years

  4. Overall Survival

    The time from treatment to death, regardless of disease recurrence.

    Measured: 3 years

  5. Translational Evaluation of Various Immune-relevant Factors

    Tumor immune markers was evaluated using flow cytometry, Multiplex Immunofluorescence (mIF) and Immunohistochemistry (IHC) analyses, RNA sequencing, Microbial DNA isolation and 16S rRNA gene sequencing (using QIAamp DNA stool mini kit on pretreatment feacal samples)

    Measured: 3 years

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted28 Apr 2016 (estimated)
  2. Study start29 Aug 2016
  3. Primary completion30 Jan 2023
  4. Study completion30 Jan 2023

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
24 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02754856
Sponsor's protocol ID
2015-0828
Other IDs
NCI-2016-00772, 2015-0828
Status last verified
Oct 2024
First submitted
26 Apr 2016
Last updated
9 Oct 2024
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing Durvalumab, Laboratory Biomarker Analysis and Therapeutic Conventional Surgery in people with Metastatic Carcinoma in the Liver and Resectable Mass, run by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 17 inclusion and 16 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 9 Oct 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 9 Oct 2024). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Post-operative Toxicity (time frame: 3 years). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 9 Oct 2024; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 8 Nov 2026.

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