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Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Head And NeckEarly Phase 1SNOWNCT03575598

Sitravatinib (MGCD516) and Nivolumab in Oral Cavity Cancer Window Opportunity Study

A Early Phase 1 study testing Sitravatinib and Nivolumab in people with Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Head And Neck and Squamous Cell Carcinoma Mouth, run by University Health Network, Toronto at 1 site in Canada.

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 is a window of opportunity study for patients with resectable squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity who are considered suitable for curative-intent surgical resection, with pre-operative drugs, Sitravatinib and Nivolumab. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
Sitravatinib and Nivolumab
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
10 participants
Where
1 siteCanada
Study dates
30 Aug 2018to 18 Feb 2020
Phase
Early Phase 1
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

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

  • Signed written and voluntary informed consent.
  • Patient must be willing and able to comply with scheduled visits, treatment plan, laboratory tests and other study procedures.
  • Age > 18 years, male or female.
  • Patient must be diagnosed with histologically confirmed squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity (SCCOC) (floor of mouth, anterior 2/3 tongue, buccal mucosa, upper and lower gingiva, retromolar trigone and hard palate) previously untreated, considered resectable by the head and neck treating surgeon (T2-4a, N0-2, or T1 - greater than 1 cm - N2, M0; without evidence of distant metastasis).
  • Patient must be willing and able to provide 2 fresh tumor biopsies for histopathological and biomarker evaluation: one at baseline and one after treatment with Sitravatinib but prior to treatment with Nivolumab. Archival tissue sample will be requested if available.
  • No anti-neoplastic treatment is allowed between the time from obtaining baseline tumor specimen and enrollment.
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  • ECOG performance status 0-1.
  • Patient must have adequate organ function as determined by the following:
  • Renal function: i. Serum creatinine < 1.5 ULN (upper limit of normal range) or a calculated creatinine clearance of > 50mL/min using the following formula:
  • Creatinine clearance = [(140-age) x wt (kg) x Constant] / creatinine (umol/L)
  • Constant = 1.23 for men, and 1.04 for women
  • Bone marrow function (without hematopoietic growth factors or transfusion): i. Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) > 1.0 x 109/L ii. Leukocytes > 2.0 x 109/L iii. Hemoglobin > 90 g/L or > 9g/dL iv. Platelets > 100 x 109/L
  • Liver function: i. Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN or ≤ 3 x ULN for patients with Gilbert Syndrome. ii. Aspartate aminotransferase (AST/SGOT) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT/SGPT) < 2.5 x ULN
  • Cardiac function: i. A normal left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of ≥50% by a MUGA scan performed within 4 weeks of the study commencement.
  • 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, bilateral salpingectomy 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). Women of child-bearing potential (WOCBP) or men whose partner is a WOCBP agrees to use contraception while participating in this study, and for a period of 6 months following termination of study treatment.
  • Subject is willing and able to comply with the protocol for the duration of the study including undergoing treatment and scheduled visits and examinations including follow up.

Who cannot join

  • Primary site of head and neck carcinoma unknown, lip, skin, or outside the oral cavity.
  • Patients with tumors that invade major vessels or are within ≤ 3 mm of the carotid artery as shown unequivocally by imaging studies.
  • Patients with any prior history of clinically significant bleeding related to the current head and neck cancer.
  • Patients with a history of gross hemoptysis (bright red blood of ½ teaspoon or more per episode of coughing) < 3 months prior to enrollment.
  • Prior or concurrent radiation therapy to tumor at site of planned resection.
  • Any concurrent chemotherapy, biologic, immunologic or hormonal therapy for cancer treatment.
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  • Concurrent use of hormones for non-cancer-related conditions (eg, insulin for diabetes and hormone replacement therapy) is acceptable.
  • Current or prior use of immunosuppressive medication within 14 days prior to starting dosing. The following are exceptions to this criteria:
  • Intranasal, inhaled, topical steroids, or local steroid injections (eg, intra-articular injection).
  • Adrenal replacement steroid > 10 mg daily prednisone equivalent are permitted in the absence of active autoimmune disease.
  • Steroids as premedication for hypersensitivity reactions (eg, computed tomography scan premedication).
  • Active or documented history of autoimmune disease within 2 years before screening, including:
  • Active or prior documented inflammatory bowel disease (eg. Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis).
  • Patients with vitiligo, resolved childhood asthma/atopy, type I diabetes mellitus, Grave's disease, Hashimoto's disease, or psoriasis not requiring systemic steroids and/or immunosuppressive agents within the past 2 years, are not excluded.
  • History of primary immune deficiency.
  • History of stroke or transient ischemic attack within the previous 6 months.
  • History of uncontrolled hypertension (> 150 mm Hg systolic or > 100 mm Hg diastolic) on multiple observations despite standard of care treatment.
  • Any of the following cardiac abnormalities:
  • Unstable angina pectoris,
  • Congestive heart failure ≥ NYHA Class 3,
  • QTc >480 milliseconds,
  • Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) < 50.
  • Concomitant medication known to cause prolonged QT that cannot be discontinued or changed to a different medication prior to enrollment.
  • History of organ transplant that requires use of immunosuppressive medications.
  • Known allergy or reaction to any components of Sitravatinib and/or Nivolumab formulation.
  • Subjects who are known to be human immunodeficiency (HIV) positive.
  • Has a known history of or is positive for active hepatitis B (defined as hepatitis B surface antigen [HBsAg] reactive) or hepatitis C (defined as HCV RNA [qualitative] is detected).
  • HBV DNA must be undetectable and HBsAg negative at Screening Visit.
  • Participants who have had definitive treatment for HCV are permitted if HCV RNA is undetectable at Screening Visit.
  • Female patients who are pregnant or breast-feeding.
  • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active clinically significant infection requiring parenteral antibiotics, unstable cardiac arrhythmia, active peptic ulcer disease or gastritis, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirement, substantially increase risk of incurring adverse events from Sitravatinib or Nivolumab, or compromise the ability of the subject to give written informed consent.
  • Any condition that, in the opinion of the Investigator, would interfere with evaluation of the study regimen or interpretation of patient safety or study results.
  • Any previous treatment with a PD1 or PD-L1 inhibitor, including Nivolumab.
  • History of another primary malignancy, except for:
  • Malignancy treated with curative intent and with no known active disease ≥3 years before the first dose of study drug and of low potential risk for recurrence,
  • Adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer without evidence of disease,
  • Adequately treated carcinoma in situ without evidence of disease.
  • Major surgical procedure (as defined by the Investigator) within 28 days prior to the first dose of study medications.
  • Any prior Grade ≥3 immune-related adverse event (irAE) while receiving any previous immunotherapy agent, or any unresolved irAE >Grade 1.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Canada1 site
  • Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

    Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2M9

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About this study

Official title: Sitravatinib (MGCD516) and Nivolumab in Oral Cavity Cancer Window Opportunity Study (SNOW)

This is a window of opportunity study for patients with resectable squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity who are considered suitable for curative-intent surgical resection, with pre-operative drugs, Sitravatinib and Nivolumab.

Read the detailed description

This is a single center, open-label, non-randomized, pre-operative window of opportunity study for patients with resectable squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity who are considered suitable for curative-intent surgical resection, with pre-operative Sitravatinib and Nivolumab. A total of 12 patients who are evaluable for correlative studies, are planned for enrollment.

This study will involve treatment with Sitravatinib and Nivolumab, tests and procedures done for safety and the collection of blood samples for biomarker research. Tissue samples (fresh biopsy or archival tissue) will also be collected for biomarker research and evaluation.

Being tested
Sitravatinib, Nivolumab
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.

  • SitravatinibDrug

    Also called MGCD516

    Sitravatinib (MGCD516) is an orally-available, potent small molecule inhibitor of a closely related spectrum of tyrosine kinases, which has shown antitumor activity in a variety of in vitro and in vivo model systems.

  • NivolumabBiological

    Also called OPDIVO®

    Nivolumab (OPDIVO®) is a human IgG4 kappa immunoglobulin that binds to the PD-1 receptor and blocks its interaction with PD-L1 and PD-L2, releasing PD-1 pathway-mediated inhibition of the immune response, including the anti-tumor immune response.

Study groups in NCT03575598
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Sitravatinib and NivolumabExperimentalPatients will start therapy with sitravatinib within 10 days of study enrollment. Sitravatinib will be given at 120mg once daily on a continuous basis until 48 hours before planned surgery, or for a maximum period of 28 days. Nivolumab will be given as a single infusion at a dose of 240mg, over a period of 30 minutes on Day 15 of the study.
Receives: Drug: Sitravatinib; Biological: Nivolumab

What is being measured

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

  1. Pharmacodynamic and immune effects of pre-operative therapy with Sitravatinib and Nivolumab in patients with SCCOC

    Tumor PD-L1 expression by IHC

    Measured: 2 years

  2. Pharmacodynamic and immune effects of pre-operative therapy with Sitravatinib and Nivolumab in patients with SCCOC

    Density of immune cell population in the tumor and/or peripheral blood, including circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), T-cell subsets, NK cells and myeloid-derived cell subsets

    Measured: 2 years

  3. Pharmacodynamic and immune effects of pre-operative therapy with Sitravatinib and Nivolumab in patients with SCCOC

    Serum pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines

    Measured: 2 years

Secondary outcomes (7)
  1. Safety and tolerability of pre-operative therapy with Sitravatinib and Nivolumab on patients with SCCOC

    Toxicities as per NCI CTCAE v5.0

    Measured: 2 years

  2. Safety and tolerability of pre-operative therapy with Sitravatinib and Nivolumab on patients with SCCOC

    Rate of completion of surgery within the initially planned window

    Measured: 2 years

  3. Safety and tolerability of pre-operative therapy with Sitravatinib and Nivolumab on patients with SCCOC

    Rate of post-operative complications

    Measured: 2 years

  4. Pre-operative clinical activity of the combination of Sitravatinib and Nivolumab in patients with SCCOC

    Rate of disease progression as per RECIST v1.1 during the pre-operative treatment period

    Measured: 2 years

  5. Pre-operative clinical activity of the combination of Sitravatinib and Nivolumab in patients with SCCOC

    Pathologic treatment effect in tumor and/ or lymph nodes

    Measured: 2 years

  6. Pre-operative clinical activity of the combination of Sitravatinib and Nivolumab in patients with SCCOC

    Rate of nodal extracapsular extension and positive margins

    Measured: 2 years

  7. Sitravatinib plasma levels alone and in combination with Nivolumab.

    Analysis of plasma Sitravatinib concentration before and after Nivolumab therapy

    Measured: 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 posted2 Jul 2018
  2. Study start30 Aug 2018
  3. Primary completion18 Feb 2020
  4. Study completion18 Feb 2020

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
Early Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
10 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03575598
Sponsor's protocol ID
SNOW-001
Acronym
SNOW
Status last verified
Jul 2023
First submitted
11 Jun 2018
Last updated
27 Jul 2023
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Oliva M, Chepeha D, Araujo DV, Diaz-Mejia JJ, Olson P, Prawira A, Spreafico A, Bratman SV, Shek T, de Almeida J, R Hansen A, Hope A, Goldstein D, Weinreb I, Smith S, Perez-Ordonez B, Irish J, Torti D, Bruce JP, Wang BX, Fortuna A, Pugh TJ, Der-Torossian H, Shazer R, Attanasio N, Au Q, Tin A, Feeney J, Sethi H, Aleshin A, Chen I, Siu L. Antitumor immune effects of preoperative sitravatinib and nivolumab in oral cavity cancer: SNOW window-of-opportunity study. J Immunother Cancer. 2021 Oct;9(10):e003476. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2021-003476.

    PubMed 34599023

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Early Phase 1 study testing Sitravatinib and Nivolumab in people with Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Head And Neck and Squamous Cell Carcinoma Mouth, run by University Health Network, Toronto at 1 site in Canada.

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 18 inclusion and 39 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 27 Jul 2023. 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 Canada. 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?

Early Phase 1 (sometimes called Phase 0) studies give a very small amount of a treatment to a few people, mainly to see how the body handles it.

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

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

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?

Pharmacodynamic and immune effects of pre-operative therapy with Sitravatinib and Nivolumab in patients with SCCOC (time frame: 2 years). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT03575598, which also lists 1 linked publication.

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 27 Jul 2023.

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