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Autoimmune DiseasesPhase 1NCT03656627

Nivolumab in Patients With Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Pre-existing Autoimmune Disease

A Phase 1 study testing Nivolumab in people with Autoimmune Diseases and Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, run by Alliance Foundation Trials, LLC. at 9 sites in United States.

Terminated

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

Official record
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Trial summary

The purpose of this study is to explore the safety, tolerability and activity of Nivolumab, a PD-1 inhibitor, in cohorts of patients with autoimmune disease. Two cohorts of patients will be enrolled, based on autoimmune disease type. Patients will be screened within 28 days prior to the start of dosing. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
Nivolumab
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
7 participants
Where
9 sitesUnited States
Study dates
27 Jun 2019to 18 Mar 2021
Phase
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

  • Age > 18
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-1
  • Metastatic, locally advanced or recurrent NSCLC, not amenable to curative therapy.
  • Patients should have received at least one platinum-based chemotherapy regimen for recurrent or metastatic disease or have received platinum-based chemotherapy as part of adjuvant or neoadjuvant therapy and experienced progression of disease within 6 months of completing therapy.
  • Patients with tumor genetic alterations such as EGFR, ALK, ROS1 or BRAF V600E alterations for which there is FDA-approved targeted therapy must have been treated with the appropriate targeted inhibitors in prior therapy
  • No limit on number of prior therapies
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  • Ability to provide written, informed consent
  • Patients must be on a stable regimen of treatment for their autoimmune condition without need for addition of new medications or escalating doses of preexisting medications in the previous 12 weeks prior to study entry
  • In addition, patients with the following autoimmune diseases must have baseline disease activity scores as follows (please see Appendix A):
  • For rheumatoid arthritis: DAS28 < 5.1
  • For polymyalgia rheumatica: PMR-AS < 17
  • For Sjogrens: ESSDAI < 14
  • For ulcerative colitis: SSCAI < 5
  • For Crohn's disease: CDAI < 450
  • For systemic lupus erythroderma: SLEDAI-2K < 20
  • For multiple sclerosis: EDSS < 5.5
  • Adequate organ and marrow function as defined by:
  • absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mcL
  • platelets ≥ 100,000/mcL
  • total bilirubin ≤ 2.5 × institutional upper limit of normal
  • AST(SGOT)/ALT(SGPT) ≤ 2.5 × institutional upper limit of normal, OR
  • AST(SGOT)/ALT(SGPT ) ≤5 × institutional upper limit of normal if liver metastases are present
  • Creatinine within normal institutional limits OR
  • Creatinine clearance ≥60 mL/min/1.73 m2 for participants with creatinine levels above institutional normal.
  • Non-pregnant and non-nursing.
  • Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must be willing to use 2 methods of birth control or be surgically sterile, or abstain from heterosexual activity for the course of the study through 5 months after the last dose of study medication. Patients of childbearing potential are those who have not been surgically sterilized or have not been free of menses > 1 year.
  • Male patients must agree to use an adequate method of contraception starting with the first dose of study therapy through 7 months after the last dose of study therapy.

Who cannot join

  • No chemotherapy or radiotherapy within two weeks of study entry. Prior targeted therapy is allowed as long as at least 5 half-lives have elapsed since last dose.
  • All adverse events (other than alopecia) from prior therapy must be resolved to Grade 1 or less.
  • Patients who are known to be HIV positive are excluded due to the known immunologic alterations associated with the disease. HIV testing is not required.
  • No uncontrolled intercurrent illness such as active infection, or psychiatric illness or social situation that in the judgment of the investigator would limit compliance with study requirements
  • No active interstitial lung disease (ILD) or pneumonitis, or a history of ILD or pneumonitis requiring treatment with corticosteroids
  • No live vaccine within 30 days of start of study treatment
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  • No carcinomatous meningitis or untreated CNS metastases
  • No history of significant cardiac disease or presence of an abnormality in electrocardiograms that, in the investigator's opinion, is medically exclusionary or clinically meaningful
  • No other active malignancy
  • No known history of or positivity for active hepatitis B or C. HBV DNA and/or HCV RNA must be undetectable and HBsAg must be negative at the time of screening
  • No active unstable angina and/or congestive heart failure, or myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to protocol participation

Trial locations and contacts

9 sites in 1 country.

9 sites in 1 country

United States9 sites
  • St. Joseph Mercy Hospital

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48106

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02114

  • University of Chicago Medical Center

    Chicago, Illinois, 60637

  • The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center - Thoracic Oncology Clinic

    Columbus, Ohio, 43210

  • Dartmouth Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center

    Lebanon, New Hampshire, 03756

  • University of Wisconsin Clinical Science Center

    Madison, Wisconsin, 53792

  • UPMC Hillman Cancer Center

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15232

  • Providence Cancer Institute Franz Clinic

    Portland, Oregon, 97213

  • Metro Minnesota Community Oncology Research Consortium

    Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, 55416

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About this study

Official title: Safety, Activity, and Pharmacology of Nivolumab in Patients With Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Pre-existing Autoimmune Disease

The purpose of this study is to explore the safety, tolerability and activity of Nivolumab, a PD-1 inhibitor, in cohorts of patients with autoimmune disease. Two cohorts of patients will be enrolled, based on autoimmune disease type.

Patients will be screened within 28 days prior to the start of dosing. Eligible patients will be enrolled in either of the two cohorts. Patients will receive treatment every two weeks, in an outpatient setting. One cycle is a 28-day period, with Nivolumab given on days 1 and 15 of a 28-day cycle. Subjects will be permitted to continue treatment beyond initial RECIST 1.1.

Read the detailed description

The purpose of this study is to explore the safety, tolerability and activity of Nivolumab, a PD-1 inhibitor, in cohorts of patients with autoimmune disease. Two cohorts of patients will be enrolled, based on autoimmune disease type as outlined below. Entry into cohorts 1 and 2 will start simultaneously and enroll independently.

Cohort 1: Rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, giant cell arteritis/polymyalgia rheumatica, systemic lupus erythematosis Cohort 2: Other autoimmune diseases (ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, multiple sclerosis). Patients must be discussed with PI prior to enrollment.

Patients will be screened within 28 days prior to the start of dosing. Eligible patients will be enrolled in either of the two cohorts. Patients will receive treatment every two weeks, in an outpatient setting. One cycle is a 28-day period, with Nivolumab given on days 1 and 15 of a 28-day cycle. Subjects will be permitted to continue treatment beyond initial RECIST 1.1. For each cohort, all patients will be dosed at 240 mg IV. There will be no dose de-escalation or escalation from this dose level.

Participants will be followed with telephone follow up for two years after removal from protocol therapy or until death, whichever occurs first. Phone calls will be placed every six months and survival follow up obtained. Participants removed from protocol therapy for unacceptable adverse event(s) will be followed until resolution or stabilization of the adverse event, in addition to the follow up for two years after removal from protocol therapy or until death, whichever occurs first.

Being tested
Nivolumab
Keywords
Autoimmune Diseases, Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, Ulcerative Colitis, Multiple Sclerosis, Crohn Disease, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Polymyalgia Rheumatica, Giant Cell Arteritis, Psoriasis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Nivolumab, Opdivo
Medical subject headings
Autoimmune Diseases, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, Arthritis, Rheumatoid, Psoriasis, Giant Cell Arteritis, Polymyalgia Rheumatica, Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic, Crohn Disease

What participants receive

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

  • NivolumabDrug

    Nivolumab will be given as an IV infusion every two weeks, in an outpatient setting. One cycle is a 28-day period, with Nivolumab given on days 1 and 15 of a 28-day cycle.

    For each cohort, all patients will be dosed at 240 mg IV. There will be no dose de-escalation or escalation from this dose level.

Study groups in NCT03656627
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Nivolumab: Autoimmune Diseases Cohort 1ExperimentalArms determined by autoimmune type. First cohort consists of patients with: Rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, giant cell arteritis/polymyalgia rheumatica, systemic lupus erythematosis If a patient has more than one autoimmune condition, if all the conditions are within either cohort 1 or 2 above, the patient will be assigned to that cohort. If the patient has conditions from both cohort 1 and 2, the patient will be grouped in cohort 2.
Receives: Drug: Nivolumab
Nivolumab: Autoimmune Diseases Cohort 2ExperimentalArms determined by autoimmune type. Second cohort consists of patients with: Other autoimmune diseases (ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, multiple sclerosis). Patients must be discussed with PI prior to enrollment. If a patient has more than one autoimmune condition, if all the conditions are within either cohort 1 or 2 above, the patient will be assigned to that cohort. If the patient has conditions from both cohort 1 and 2, the patient will be grouped in cohort 2.
Receives: Drug: Nivolumab

What is being measured

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

  1. Dose-Limiting Toxicity (DLT)

    The DLT determination period is the first six weeks after cycle 1 day 1. Dose limiting toxicities are further defined in the trial protocol.

    Measured: 48 Months

Secondary outcomes (3)
  1. Overall Response Rate

    Overall response rate is defined to be the best objective status recorded from the start of the treatment until disease progression/recurrence

    Measured: 48 Months

  2. Progression-Free Survival

    Progression-free survival will be evaluated for each cohort using Kaplan-Meier estimator.

    Measured: 48 Months

  3. Overall Survival

    Overall survival will be evaluated for each cohort using Kaplan-Meier estimator.

    Measured: 48 Months

Timeline

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

  1. First posted4 Sep 2018
  2. Study start27 Jun 2019
  3. Primary completion18 Mar 2021
  4. Study completion18 Mar 2021

Why it stopped: low accrual

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
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
7 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03656627
Sponsor's protocol ID
AFT-42
Status last verified
Feb 2023
First submitted
31 Aug 2018
Last updated
15 Feb 2023
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Anderson J, Caplan L, Yazdany J, Robbins ML, Neogi T, Michaud K, Saag KG, O'Dell JR, Kazi S. Rheumatoid arthritis disease activity measures: American College of Rheumatology recommendations for use in clinical practice. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2012 May;64(5):640-7. doi: 10.1002/acr.21649.

    PubMed 22473918
  • Prevoo ML, van 't Hof MA, Kuper HH, van Leeuwen MA, van de Putte LB, van Riel PL. Modified disease activity scores that include twenty-eight-joint counts. Development and validation in a prospective longitudinal study of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 1995 Jan;38(1):44-8. doi: 10.1002/art.1780380107.

    PubMed 7818570
  • van der Heijde DM, van Leeuwen MA, van Riel PL, Koster AM, van 't Hof MA, van Rijswijk MH, van de Putte LB. Biannual radiographic assessments of hands and feet in a three-year prospective followup of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 1992 Jan;35(1):26-34. doi: 10.1002/art.1780350105.

    PubMed 1731813
  • Wijnands MJ, van't Hof MA, van Leeuwen MA, van Rijswijk MH, van de Putte LB, van Riel PL. Long-term second-line treatment: a prospective drug survival study. Br J Rheumatol. 1992 Apr;31(4):253-8. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/31.4.253.

    PubMed 1348198
  • Fransen J, van Riel PL. The Disease Activity Score and the EULAR response criteria. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2005 Sep-Oct;23(5 Suppl 39):S93-9.

    PubMed 16273792
  • Leeb BF, Bird HA. A disease activity score for polymyalgia rheumatica. Ann Rheum Dis. 2004 Oct;63(10):1279-83. doi: 10.1136/ard.2003.011379.

    PubMed 15361387
  • Leeb BF, Bird HA, Nesher G, Andel I, Hueber W, Logar D, Montecucco CM, Rovensky J, Sautner J, Sonnenblick M. EULAR response criteria for polymyalgia rheumatica: results of an initiative of the European Collaborating Polymyalgia Rheumatica Group (subcommittee of ESCISIT). Ann Rheum Dis. 2003 Dec;62(12):1189-94. doi: 10.1136/ard.2002.002618.

    PubMed 14644857
  • Leeb BF, Rintelen B, Sautner J, Fassl C, Bird HA. The polymyalgia rheumatica activity score in daily use: proposal for a definition of remission. Arthritis Rheum. 2007 Jun 15;57(5):810-5. doi: 10.1002/art.22771.

    PubMed 17530664
  • Seror R, Theander E, Brun JG, Ramos-Casals M, Valim V, Dorner T, Bootsma H, Tzioufas A, Solans-Laque R, Mandl T, Gottenberg JE, Hachulla E, Sivils KL, Ng WF, Fauchais AL, Bombardieri S, Valesini G, Bartoloni E, Saraux A, Tomsic M, Sumida T, Nishiyama S, Caporali R, Kruize AA, Vollenweider C, Ravaud P, Vitali C, Mariette X, Bowman SJ; EULAR Sjogren's Task Force. Validation of EULAR primary Sjogren's syndrome disease activity (ESSDAI) and patient indexes (ESSPRI). Ann Rheum Dis. 2015 May;74(5):859-66. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-204615. Epub 2014 Jan 17.

    PubMed 24442883
  • Puzenat E, Bronsard V, Prey S, Gourraud PA, Aractingi S, Bagot M, Cribier B, Joly P, Jullien D, Le Maitre M, Paul C, Richard-Lallemand MA, Ortonne JP, Aubin F. What are the best outcome measures for assessing plaque psoriasis severity? A systematic review of the literature. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2010 Apr;24 Suppl 2:10-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2009.03562.x.

    PubMed 20443995
  • Chow C, Simpson MJ, Luger TA, Chubb H, Ellis CN. Comparison of three methods for measuring psoriasis severity in clinical studies (Part 1 of 2): change during therapy in Psoriasis Area and Severity Index, Static Physician's Global Assessment and Lattice System Physician's Global Assessment. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2015 Jul;29(7):1406-14. doi: 10.1111/jdv.13132. Epub 2015 Apr 27.

    PubMed 25917315
  • Cooney RM, Warren BF, Altman DG, Abreu MT, Travis SP. Outcome measurement in clinical trials for Ulcerative Colitis: towards standardisation. Trials. 2007 Jun 25;8:17. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-8-17.

    PubMed 17592647
  • Walmsley RS, Ayres RC, Pounder RE, Allan RN. A simple clinical colitis activity index. Gut. 1998 Jul;43(1):29-32. doi: 10.1136/gut.43.1.29.

    PubMed 9771402
  • Higgins PD, Schwartz M, Mapili J, Krokos I, Leung J, Zimmermann EM. Patient defined dichotomous end points for remission and clinical improvement in ulcerative colitis. Gut. 2005 Jun;54(6):782-8. doi: 10.1136/gut.2004.056358.

    PubMed 15888785
  • Jowett SL, Seal CJ, Phillips E, Gregory W, Barton JR, Welfare MR. Defining relapse of ulcerative colitis using a symptom-based activity index. Scand J Gastroenterol. 2003 Feb;38(2):164-71. doi: 10.1080/00365520310000654.

    PubMed 12678333

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing Nivolumab in people with Autoimmune Diseases and Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, run by Alliance Foundation Trials, LLC. at 9 sites 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 27 inclusion and 11 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 15 Feb 2023. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 9 sites 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?

The study was stopped early (reason given: low accrual). Results are not available in the source record.

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?

Dose-Limiting Toxicity (DLT) (time frame: 48 Months). 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 NCT03656627, which also lists 21 linked publications.

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.

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AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 15 Feb 2023.

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