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Head and Neck Squamous Cell CarcinomaPhase 1/2NCT03655444

Abemaciclib + Nivolumab in Patients With Recurrent/Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma That Progressed or Recurred Within Six Months After Platinum-based Chemotherapy

A Phase 1/2 study testing Abemaciclib, Nivolumab and Tumor biopsy in people with Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma, run by Washington University School of Medicine at 1 site in United States.

Terminated

Stopped early. The study ended before it was planned to and will not resume.

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Trial summary

In phase I of the trial, the investigators aim to explore the safety and feasibility of abemaciclib in combination with nivolumab in patients with recurrent/metatstatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (RM-HNSCC). Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
What is being tested?
Abemaciclib, Nivolumab and Tumor biopsy
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
6 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
29 May 2019to 24 Aug 2020
Phase
Phase 1/2
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

  • Incurable RM-HNSCC, defined as disease not amenable to cure by surgery and/or radiation therapy (or patient declines or is ineligible for surgery and/or radiation therapy).
  • Disease Evaluation:
  • Phase I: evaluable or measurable disease.
  • Phase II: measurable disease, defined as lesions that can be accurately measured in at least one dimension (longest diameter to be recorded) as ≥ 10 mm with CT scan, as ≥ 20 mm by chest x-ray, or ≥ 10 mm by clinical exam.
  • Prior Treatment:
  • Phase I: any number of lines of prior therapy for RM-HNSCC.
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  • Phase I: prior therapy with inhibitors of CDK4/6 or PD-L1/PD-1 is acceptable.
  • Phase II: RM-HNSCC that progressed or recurred within six months of platinum-based therapy (given for curable or incurable disease).
  • Phase II: prior therapy with inhibitors of CDK4/6 or PD-L1/PD-1 is not acceptable.
  • 18 years of age or older
  • Performance status 0-1 (ECOG)
  • Adequate blood and organ function as defined:
  • Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mcL
  • Platelets ≥ 100,000/mcL
  • Hemoglobin ≥ 8.0 g/dL
  • Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN mg/dL
  • AST(SGOT) ≤ 3 x IULN and ALT(SGPT) ≤ 3 x IULN
  • Creatinine ≤ 2 x ULN OR creatinine clearance ≥ 40 mL/min/1.73 m2
  • INR ≤ 1.5 x ULN and PTT ≤ 1.5 x ULN (Patients are allowed to be on anticoagulation)
  • Able to swallow oral medication
  • Women of childbearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control, abstinence) beginning 14 days prior to first dose of abemaciclib, through the dosing period, and for at least 28 days after.
  • Signed IRB approved written informed consent document.

Who cannot join

  • Phase II: prior inhibitors of CDK4/6 or PD-L1/PD-1 for treatment of incurable HNSCC.
  • Radiation within 14 days of treatment start (patients who received radiotherapy must have completed and fully recovered from the acute side effects of radiotherapy), chemotherapy, targeted or investigational therapy within 21 days of treatment start.
  • History of other malignancy ≤ 1 year prior to consent with the exception of completely resected skin carcinoma or other cancers with a low risk of recurrence.
  • Ongoing toxicity attributed to prior anti-cancer therapy that is > grade 1, except alopecia or peripheral neuropathy
  • Active central nervous system metastases: defined as currently receiving radiation therapy to metastatic CNS disease. Once radiation therapy is completed, patients with CNS disease are eligible if they meet all other criteria for enrollment.
  • History of severe allergic reactions attributed to agents used in the study.
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  • Serious uncontrolled inter-current illness within the 3 months prior to study entry or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
  • Serious and/or uncontrolled preexisting medical condition(s) that, in the judgment of the investigator, would preclude participation in this study (i.e., interstitial lung disease, severe dyspnea at rest or requiring oxygen therapy, severe renal impairment [e.g. estimated creatinine clearance <30ml/min], history of major surgical resection involving the stomach or small bowel, or preexisting Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis or a preexisting chronic condition resulting in baseline Grade 2 or higher diarrhea).
  • Active systemic bacterial infection (requiring intravenous [IV] antibiotics at time of initiating study treatment), fungal infection, or detectable viral infection (such as known human immunodeficiency virus positivity or with known active hepatitis B or C [for example, hepatitis B surface antigen positive]. Screening is not required for enrollment.
  • History of any of the following conditions: syncope of cardiovascular etiology, ventricular arrhythmia of pathological origin (including, but not limited to, ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation), or sudden cardiac arrest.
  • Pregnant and/or breastfeeding. Patient must have a negative serum pregnancy test within 7 days of first dose of treatment.
  • Active serious autoimmune disease requiring systemic immunosuppression (biologics, prednisone equivalent dose > 20 mg/day).
  • Current use of strong CYP3A inhibitors or inducers.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Washington University School of Medicine

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110

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About this study

Official title: A Prospective Phase I and II Trial of Abemaciclib + Nivolumab in Patients With Recurrent/Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma That Progressed or Recurred Within Six Months After Platinum-based Chemotherapy

In phase I of the trial, the investigators aim to explore the safety and feasibility of abemaciclib in combination with nivolumab in patients with recurrent/metatstatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (RM-HNSCC). A dose de-escalation study design will be used to determine the recommended phase II dose (RP2D) of abemaciclib given with the standard dose of nivolumab.

In phase II of the trial, the investigators aim to determine if abemaciclib and nivolumab will improve the one year survival from 36% (historical comparison with nivolumab) to 60% (abemaciclib + nivolumab) in patients with RM-HNSCC that had progressed or recurred within six months after platinum-based chemotherapy. Patients will be treated with abemaciclib at the recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D) in combination with standard doses of nivolumab. If this aim is met, genome sequencing, bulk and single cell RNAseq, and selected protein expression and deep cellular phenotyping will be performed on tumor tissue and blood obtained before and during treatment with abemaciclib and nivolumab. These biomarker data will be correlated with survival and tumor response to abemaciclib and nivolumab.

Being tested
Abemaciclib, Nivolumab, Tumor biopsy, Peripheral blood, EORTC QLQ-30
Medical subject headings
Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck

What participants receive

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

  • AbemaciclibDrug

    Also called Verzenio

    Abemaciclib is an investigational agent for this trial and will be supplied by Lilly Oncology, free of charge to the patient.

  • NivolumabDrug

    Also called Opdivo

    Nivolumab is commercially available

  • Tumor biopsyProcedure or surgery

    • Phase II patients only
    • If the patient consents, fresh tumor tissue will be collected at baseline and then during Cycle 2 (between days 8-22) of abemaciclib and nivolumab.
  • Peripheral bloodProcedure or surgery

    • Phase II patients only
    • Peripheral blood will be collected at baseline, at the end of the Lead In (cycle 1 day 1 prior to treatment), during cycle 2 (between days 8-22), and during cycle 3 (between days 21-28). If patient does not have progression after cycle 3, patient will also have peripheral blood collected at time of progression.
  • EORTC QLQ-30Other

    • Phase II patients only
    • Screening , Cycle 2 D1, Cycle 4 D1, and End of treatment (EOT)
Study groups in NCT03655444
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Phase I: Abemaciclib + NivolumabExperimental* Abemaciclib (150 mg) will be administered orally twice per day (with or without food) on Days 1 through 28 of every 4-week cycle * Nivolumab 480 mg will be given intravenously (IV) over 30 minutes on Day 1 of every 4-week cycle.
Receives: Drug: Abemaciclib; Drug: Nivolumab
Phase II: Abemaciclib + NivolumabExperimental* Phase II Lead-in: Patients will be treated with abemaciclib monotherapy at the recommended phase II dose (150 mg) on Day -7 through Day -1 prior to starting Cycle 1 with the combination of abemaciclib and nivolumab. Patients will proceed directly from Day -1 to Cycle 1 Day 1 of combination abemaciclib + nivolumab, there is not a Day 0. * Patients will be treated with abemaciclib at the RP2D (150 mg) (Days 1 through 28) + nivolumab (480 mg, Day 1) of each 4-week cycle.
Receives: Drug: Abemaciclib; Drug: Nivolumab; Procedure: Tumor biopsy; Procedure: Peripheral blood; Other: EORTC QLQ-30

What is being measured

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

  1. Phase I Only: Determine the Recommended Phase 2 Dose of Abemaciclib Combined With a Fixed Dose of Nivolumab

    -The RP2D of abemaciclib is defined as the highest dose level at which fewer than 2 patients of a cohort of three patients experience a dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) during the first cycle.

    Measured: Completion of enrollment to Phase I portion of study (estimated to be 3 months)

  2. Overall Survival (OS) Rate

    • OS is defined as the time from the date of treatment to the date of death, censored at the last follow-up otherwise.
    • The mean survival time and standard error were underestimated because the largest observation was censored and the estimation was restricted to the largest event time.

    Measured: Until death (estimated average of 13 months)

Secondary outcomes (5)
  1. Phase II Only: Best Overall Tumor Response

    • Complete response: Complete Response (CR): Disappearance of all target lesions. Any pathological lymph nodes (whether target or non-target) must have reduction in short axis to <10 mm, Disappearance of all non-target lesions and normalization of tumor marker level.
    • Partial response: At least a 30% decrease in the sum of the diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum diameters.
    • The best overall response is the best response recorded from the start of the treatment until disease progression/recurrence (taking as reference for progressive disease the smallest measurements recorded since the treatment started). The patient's best response assignment will depend on the achievement of both measurement and confirmation criteria.

    Measured: Through completion of treatment (estimated to be 5 months)

  2. Phase II Only: Duration of Tumor Response

    -The duration of overall response is measured from the time measurement criteria are met for complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) (whichever is first recorded) until the first date that recurrent or progressive disease is objectively documented (taking as reference for progressive disease the smallest measurements recorded since the treatment started).

    Measured: Through completion of treatment (estimated to be 5 months)

  3. Progression-free Survival (PFS)

    -PFS is defined as the time from treatment to the date of progression or death, whichever occurs first. The alive patients without progression is censored at the last follow-up.

    Measured: Through completion of treatment (estimated to be 5 months)

  4. Adverse Events (AEs) Associated With the Combination of Abemaciclib and Nivolumab.

    -The descriptions and grading scales found in the revised NCI Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 5.0 will be utilized for all toxicity reporting.

    Measured: Through 30 days after completion of treatment (estimated to be 6 months)

  5. Phase II Lead-In Only: Changes in Peripheral Blood Lymphocyte Subsets

    Measured: Compare before and after one week of abemaciclib monotherapy

Timeline

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

  1. First posted31 Aug 2018
  2. Study start29 May 2019
  3. Primary completion24 Aug 2020
  4. Study completion24 Aug 2020

Why it stopped: Provider of drug decided to discontinue study.

Resources

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 1/2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Sequential
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
6 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03655444
Sponsor's protocol ID
201810019
Status last verified
Nov 2020
First submitted
30 Aug 2018
Last updated
3 Dec 2020
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1/2 study testing Abemaciclib, Nivolumab and Tumor biopsy in people with Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma, run by Washington University School of Medicine 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 22 inclusion and 13 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: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 3 Dec 2020. 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 combined 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.

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

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 3 Dec 2020). 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?

Phase I Only: Determine the Recommended Phase 2 Dose of Abemaciclib Combined With a Fixed Dose of Nivolumab (time frame: Completion of enrollment to Phase I portion of study (estimated to be 3 months)). 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 3 Dec 2020.

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