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Relapsed or Refractory Solid TumorsPhase 1/2NCT02963610

Phase I/II Study of Lenalidomide Plus Pembrolizumab in Patients With Solid Tumors With Expansion in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

A Phase 1/2 study testing Lenalidomide and Pembrolizumab in people with Relapsed or Refractory Solid Tumors and Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer, run by Fox Chase Cancer Center 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

For the phase I component of the trial a classic 3 + 3 dose escalation design will be utilized, with a fixed dose of pembrolizumab and an escalating dose of the lenalidomide. The patient population will all have histologically confirmed advanced solid tumor malignancy. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
Lenalidomide and Pembrolizumab
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
3 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
29 Mar 2017to 20 Mar 2018
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

  • Patients must have a histologically or cytologically confirmed metastatic solid tumor malignancy for the phase I component. The phase II component will require patients to have histologically or cytologically confirmed non-small cell lung carcinoma regardless of histology.
  • Patients must have measurable disease, defined as at least one lesion that can be accurately measured in at least one dimension in accordance with RECIST criteria v. 1.1.
  • For participation in the Phase II portion, patients must have completed at least one line of prior therapy. For participation in the Phase I portion, patients must have completed either one or two lines of prior therapy.
  • Treatment on this protocol may begin as long as the patient has recovered from toxicities of prior therapy at the discretion of the treating physician. Patients with NSCLC harboring an EGFR, ALK or ROS-1 alteration must have progressed through at least one prior therapy with appropriate molecularly targeted agents.
  • Age > 18 years.
  • ECOG performance status 0 or 1.
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  • Patients must have normal organ and marrow function
  • Ability to understand and willingness to sign a written informed consent and HIPAA consent document.
  • Palliative radiation for treatment of painful bone metastasis, control of hemoptysis or treatment of small asymptomatic brain metastasis that become symptomatic during on protocol treatment is allowed. Protocol treatment will be delayed until recovery from radiation at the discretion of the treating physician.
  • A core tumor biopsy obtained after progression on the last treatment must be available at study entry for the phase II portion of the study. Any available archival tissue (for both phase I and II) will also be collected.
  • Female subject of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy 10-14 days prior to registration, and again within 24 hours prior to the first dose of Lenalidomide,.
  • Female subjects of childbearing potential must be willing to use an adequate method of contraception for the course of the study through 120 days after the last dose of study medication.
  • Male subjects of childbearing potential must agree to use an adequate method of contraception starting with the first dose of study therapy through 120 days after the last dose of study therapy.
  • Ten patients with a diagnosis of NSCLC who have disease progression per investigator's assessment who are on anti PD-1 or PD-L1 therapies will be allowed to enroll in the phase II part of this study but must be switched to treatment per this protocol.

Who cannot join

  • Patients who have had chemotherapy or radiotherapy within14 days prior to entering the study. Patients may not be currently receiving any other investigational agents or immunomodulatory agents (e.g. ipilimumab). Patients treated with prior PD-1 or PD-L1 directed therapies are ineligible for the phase I portion.
  • Patients who, at the discretion of the treating physician, have not recovered from adverse events due to agents administered earlier.
  • Patients with active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years (i.e. with use of disease modifying agents, corticosteroids or immunosuppressive drugs). Replacement therapy (eg., thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency, etc.) is not considered a form of systemic treatment.
  • Patients with untreated symptomatic brain metastases. Patients with treated brain metastases will be allowed if brain imaging obtained within 30 days of trial enrollment reveals stable disease. Patients with small asymptomatic brain metastasis are allowed to enroll. Patients on steroids doses higher than 10 mg of prednisone (or its equivalent) are excluded.
  • Patients with interstitial lung disease or active, noninfectious pneumonitis.
  • Patient who have received a live vaccine within 30 days prior to Cycle 1 Day 1.
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  • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection (including HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C), symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, cirrhosis, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
  • Patients with known hypersensitivity to thalidomide or lenalidomide or pomalidomide.
  • Patients with peripheral neuropathy of grade ≥3. Patients with painful grade 2 neuropathy are also excluded.
  • Pregnant or breast-feeding.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Fox Chase Cancer Center

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19111

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About this study

Official title: A Phase I Study of Lenalidomide Plus Pembrolizumab in Patients With Relapsed and/or Refractory Solid Tumors With Phase II Expansion in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

For the phase I component of the trial a classic 3 + 3 dose escalation design will be utilized, with a fixed dose of pembrolizumab and an escalating dose of the lenalidomide. The patient population will all have histologically confirmed advanced solid tumor malignancy. The primary endpoint for the phase I component of this protocol will be determining the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of lenalidomide in combination with pembrolizumab.

The phase II component of this trial will utilize a two stage design, initially enrolling 13 patients, followed by 13 more patients if the early stopping criteria are not met. The target population will include patients with histologically confirmed diagnoses of non-small cell lung carcinoma, regardless of histologic subtype; who have completed one line of standard therapy. The primary endpoint for the phase II component of this protocol will be determining efficacy as measured by progression free survival (PFS)

Read the detailed description

Phase I The study will plan to enroll 3 patients in an initial cohort, to receive the dose level 1 of lenalidomide (10 mg PO) on days 1-14 of a 21-day cycle, and pembrolizumab (200 mg IV) on day 1. Patients will be evaluated for toxicities after initiation of treatment. If there are no DLTs for the initial 3 patients after one cycle, the next dosing cohort will open, with another 3 patients. Similarly, if the second cohort of patients receives the dose level 2 of lenalidomide (15 mg) for one cycle without DLT, then the third and final cohort will open. When the third cohort testing the dose level 3 of lenalidomide (20 mg) has completed one cycle, the phase I component of the trial will be completed. Standard phase I, 3 + 3 design rules will be utilized as follows: if 1 out of 3 patients experiences a DLT at certain dose level, then 3 more patients will be enrolled at the same level. If 2 out of 6 patients experience DLT at a certain dose level, 3 additional patients are added at the next lower level. Dose reduction is continued until at most 1 of 6 patients experiences DLT. The highest level with at most 1 of 6 patients DLT will be declared MTD. If no dose level achieves this criterion the trial will be discontinued for excess toxicity.

Phase II A pre-treatment (archival) and fresh tumor sample will be needed for participation in trial. PD-L1 expression levels in both samples will be determined to assess the role of chemotherapy on expression level and pattern of this biomarker. Baseline blood samples will be collected for immunologic correlates prior to treatment on Day 1 of Cycle 1 and post treatment at 2, 4, 24 hours. Samples will also be collected prior to treatment on Day 1 of Cycle 2, and at time of progression. Baseline CT scan of the chest and abdomens will be obtained within 30 days prior to the initiation of cycle 1. CT scan with contrast or MRI with contrast of the brain will also be obtained within 30 days prior to the initiation of cycle 1. Time to progression will be measured with disease imaging following every 2 cycles of therapy with a three-day window (+ or -). Patients will continue treatment until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity or two years of therapy. Overall survival will be assessed every 3 months during long term follow up

Medical subject headings
Recurrence, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung

What participants receive

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

  • LenalidomideDrug

    Also called Revlimid

    Lenalidomide is a thalidomide analogue with immunomodulatory, anti-angiogenic, and antineoplastic effects. It is administered as a pill taken orally. It has completed phase III study evaluation and has FDA indications for use in certain patients with multiple myeloma, myelodysplastic syndrome, and mantle cell lymphoma.

  • PembrolizumabDrug

    Also called Keytruda

    Pembrolizumab is a humanized IgG4 monoclonal antibody which targets the PD-1 receptor, thus inhibiting the interaction between PD-1 and its ligands, PD-L1 and PD-L2 respectively. It is administered as an IV infusion. This drug has several studies in patients with solid tumors and currently has an FDA indication for use in patients with melanoma and non-small cell lung cancer.

Study groups in NCT02963610
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Pembrolizumab, LenalidomideExperimentalPhase I The treatment will be given on a 21-day cycle, with a dose of pembrolizumab given on day1(IV) and doses of lenalidomide given on day 1-14 (orally). The dose of pembrolizumab will be fixed at 200 mg. The dose of lenalidomide will depend upon the patient cohort. Cohort 1 will receive 10mg, Cohort II will receive 15mg and cohort 3 will receive 20mg of lenalidomide. Phase II The treatment will be given on a 21-day cycle, with a dose of pembrolizumab given on day1(IV) and doses of lenalidomide given on day 1-14 (orally). The dose of pembrolizumab will be fixed at 200 mg. Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) of lenalidomide as determined by the Phase I study will be given in Phase II study.
Receives: Drug: Lenalidomide; Drug: Pembrolizumab

What is being measured

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

  1. To Determine the Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) of Lenalidomide in Combination With a Fixed Dose of Pembrolizumab in Subjects With Relapsed and/or Refractory Solid Tumors.

    Maximum tolerated dose of Lenalidomide

    Measured: Day 22 of cycle 1

  2. To Determine Efficacy as Measured by Progression Free Survival (PFS) in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Patients

    PFS

    Measured: up to 3 years

Secondary outcomes (9)
  1. Assess Antitumor Activity of the Combination as Measured by Objective Response Rate (ORR)

    ORR

    Measured: upto 2 years

  2. Assessment of PD-L1 Expression by Immunohistochemistry

    PD-1 expression will be used to correlate with the treatment response

    Measured: upto 2 years

  3. Proportions of Blood Immune Cells by Flow Cytometry

    Amount of CD45, CD3, CD4, CD8 (T cells), CD19 (B cells), CD14, CD16 (monocytes), CD56 (NK cells), CD11c, HLA-DR, CD303, CD66b (myeloid - DCs and granulocytes).

    Measured: upto 2 years

  4. Assesment of Cytokine Profiles Using Luminex

    Th1/Tc1 responses ( IFN-g, TNF, IL-2), Th2/Tc1 responses (IL-4, IL-5, IL-10), pro-inflammatory innate responses (IFN-α, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-17), homeostatic lymphocyte expansion (IL-7, IL-15), and chemotaxis of immune cells (IP-10, MCP-1, MIP-1α, MIP-1β, RANTES) will be measured

    Measured: upto 2 years

  5. Determine Specific NK Cell Responses by NK Degranulation Assay by Flow Cytometry

    CD107A expression after 2 hour co-culture with the EBV-transformed B cell line, 721.221, without and with rituximab (ADCC conditions).

    Measured: upto 2 years

  6. Assessment of Activation Markers on Immune Cells by Flow Cytometry

    Activation markers will include CD69, CD25, HLA-DR, IL-15Ra, perforin, Ki67, NKp44, CD57

    Measured: upto 2 years

  7. Determine Immune Composition of Tumors Using PanCancer Immune Profiling Panel by Nanostring Technology

    Expression of genes involved in immune responses

    Measured: upto 2 years

  8. From Patients That Were Previously Treated With an Anti-PD1 Antibody, we Will Determine Resistance Overcome Due to the Treatment With Combination Assessed by Overall Response Rate.

    number of patients that overcome the resistance of previous anti-pD-1 therapy

    Measured: upto 2 years

  9. Determine Specific T Cell Responses by Determining Differentiation Status of T Cells by Flow Cytometry

    Differentiation status of CD4 and CD8 T cells (naïve/effector memory/central memory/regulatory/delta-gamma TCR) as defined by: CD62L, CD45RA, CD127, CD25.

    Measured: upto 2 years

Timeline

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

  1. First posted15 Nov 2016 (estimated)
  2. Study start29 Mar 2017
  3. Primary completion3 Oct 2017
  4. Study completion20 Mar 2018

Why it stopped: Study terminated prematurely due to funding/support being withdrawn by grantor

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
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
3 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02963610
Sponsor's protocol ID
TH-088
Status last verified
Dec 2021
First submitted
9 Nov 2016
Last updated
30 Dec 2021
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1/2 study testing Lenalidomide and Pembrolizumab in people with Relapsed or Refractory Solid Tumors and Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer, run by Fox Chase 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 14 inclusion and 10 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 30 Dec 2021. 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 30 Dec 2021). 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?

To Determine the Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) of Lenalidomide in Combination With a Fixed Dose of Pembrolizumab in Subjects With Relapsed and/or Refractory Solid Tumors. (time frame: Day 22 of cycle 1). 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 30 Dec 2021.

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