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Advanced MelanomaPhase 2NCT03818893

Combination Therapy With GEN0101 and Pembrolizmub in Advanced Melanoma Patients PIb/PII

A Phase 2 study testing Combination of GEN0101 and Pembrolizmub in people with Advanced Melanoma, run by Osaka University at 7 sites in Japan.

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Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

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Trial summary

This is a multi-center, open-labeled, non-randomized, single arm investigator-initiated trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of GEN0101 and Pembrolizmub combination in patients with advanced melanoma. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 20 to 85 years
Conditions the study is for
Advanced Melanoma
What is being tested?
Combination of GEN0101 and Pembrolizmub
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
46 participants
Where
7 sitesJapan
Study dates
Mar 2019to 30 Jun 2022
Phase
Phase 2
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 20 to 85 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Patient will be eligible for this trial if all the following apply:
  • Patient has given written informed consent by themselves
  • Patient aged 20 to 85 years at the time of informed consent
  • Patient has histologically- or cytologically-confirmed melanoma
  • Patient with a diagnosis of incurable and unresectable, Stage IIIC, IIID or Stage IV advanced melanoma, showing confirmed SD or unconfirmed PD over 12-week treatment with an anti-PD-1 antibody such as nivolumab or Pembrolizumab. To be assigned a status of SD, changes in tumor measurements must be confirmed by consecutive repeat evaluations that should be performed in 4 to 6 weeks after the criteria for response are first met over 12-week of an anti-PD-1 antibody treatment.
  • Patient has a measurable tumor
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  • Patient has life expectancy of at least 12 weeks after the first dose of investigational product
  • Patient has an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1 at screening
  • Patient has met the following criteria of clinical laboratory tests at screening (1)White blood cell (WBC) count over 3,000/μL and neutrophil count over 1,500/μL (2)Platelet count over over 75,000/μL (3)Hemoglobin over 8.0 g/dL (4)AST and ALT ≤ 2.5 × upper limit of normal (ULN) (5)Total bilirubin ≤ 2 × ULN (6)Serum creatinine ≤ 2 × ULN
  • LDH is not higher than the 2-fold of the upper limit of the institutional reference.
  • A female patient of childbearing potential (a premenopausal woman, a woman with medically or drug-induced amenorrhea, and a woman with no history of sterilization), who has agreed to use appropriate contraception, e.g., the barrier method and a total abstinence, during the trial treatment until 3 months passed after completion of the trial treatment. A male patient who has agreed to use appropriate contraception, e.g., the barrier method and a total abstinence, during the above period.

Who cannot join

  • Patient will be excluded from participation if any of the following apply:
  • Patient has brain metastases. Patients with previously treated brain metastases may participate provided they are radiologically stable, i.e. without evidence of progression for at least 4 weeks by repeat imaging* (note that the repeat imaging should be performed during study screening), clinically stable and without requirement of steroid treatment for at least 14 days prior to first dose of study treatment.
  • Patient has showed positive reaction in a prick testing for GEN0101
  • A patient who has the mutant BRAF gene in a tumor biopsy.
  • A patient who has current pneumonitis.
  • Patient concurrently has an active infection requiring systemic therapy.
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  • Patient has received other systemic anticancer therapy than an anti-PD-1 antibody therapy such as nivolumab, Pembrolizumab, or local IFN-beta therapy within 3 weeks before the time of informed consent (or within 6 weeks before the time of the informed consent for a patient who received nitrosourea or mitomycin C)
  • Patient has received another unapproved drug other than anti-PD-L1 antibody within 4 weeks before the time of informed consent
  • Patient has intraocular (uveal) melanoma
  • Patient has or had another malignant tumor than melanoma. However, this criterion does not apply to a patient who has experienced neither recurrence nor metastasis for at least 5 years at the time of informed consent.
  • Patient has received systemic corticosteroid or systemic immunosuppressant within 1 week before the first dose of investigational product. However, this criterion does not apply to a patient who has been on long-term (>6-month) treatment at a low dose (equivalent to oral prednisolone under 10 mg/day) or who received prophylactic immunosuppressant against contrast media allergy.
  • Patient has received a live vaccine within 30 days before registration
  • Patient has enrolled in another clinical trial and received an investigational product within 4 months before the first dose of investigational product, or patient has intended to be enrolled in another clinical trial in parallel with this clinical trial
  • A patient who has an active TB infection.
  • Female patient is pregnant (including one with positive results from a pregnancy test at screening), lactating, or intending to become pregnant during participation in this trial and before 3 months have passed after completion of this trial. However, this criterion does not apply to a patient who will stop lactating (from the date of informed consent until 30 days passed after the last treatment). Of note, female patients should undergo a beta-HCG test to demonstrate pregnancy status. Male patient who does not agree to use appropriate contraception such as the barrier method and a total abstinence during this trial until 3 months passed after the completion of this trial. (Detailed method is described in 5.7 Contraception)
  • Patient has psychiatric disease considered to be a potential concern from the viewpoints of follow-up and protocol adherence
  • Patient had given autografting or allografting of organ or tissue (receiving an immunosuppressant)
  • Patient has over 10%-shorter prothrombin time (PT) compared to lower limit of normal (LLN) or over 1.5-fold longer activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) compared to ULN at screening
  • Patient has showed positive reaction to any of HBs antigen, HCV antibody, HIV-1 antibody, or HIV-2 antibody at screening. However, even if it is positive for HCV antibody, it should not be excluded when HCV RNA test is negative.
  • Patient is considered ineligible for this trial by the investigator or the sub-investigators

Trial locations and contacts

7 sites in 1 country.

Atsushi Tanemura, Lecture contact

06-6879-3039

tanemura@derma.med.osaka-u.ac.jp

Yukio Tanaka, Researcher contact

06-6210-8295

yukiotanaka@dmi.med.osaka-u.ac.jp

7 sites in 1 country

Japan7 sites, 7 recruiting
  • Tokyo Medical and Dental University

    Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8519

    Tsuyoshi Namiki, Associ.Prof., 03-3813-6111

    Not yet recruiting
  • National Cancer Center Hospital

    Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0045

    Naoya Yamazaki, Director, 03-3542-2511

    Recruiting
  • Kumamoto University Hospital

    Kuramoto, Kumamoto, 860-8556

    Satoshi Fukushima, Associ.Prof., 096-373-5233

    Recruiting
  • Nagoya University Hospital

    Nagoya, Aichi-ken, 466-8550

    Kenji Yokota, Lecture, 052-741-2111

    Not yet recruiting
  • Shizuoka Cancer Center

    Nakatogari, Shizuoka, 411-8777

    Yoshio Kiyohara, Director, 055-989-5222

    Not yet recruiting
  • Osaka International Cancer Institute

    Osaka, 541-8567

    Taiki Isei, Director, 06-6945-1181

    Not yet recruiting
  • Sapporo Medical University Hospital

    Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8543

    Hisashi Uhara, Professor, 011-611-2111

    Not yet recruiting

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About this study

Official title: Phase Ib/II Investigator Initiated Safety and Efficacy Clinical Trial of Combination Therapy of Intracutaneous GEN0101 With Intravenous Pembrolizmub in Patients Who Have Advanced Melanoma

This is a multi-center, open-labeled, non-randomized, single arm investigator-initiated trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of GEN0101 and Pembrolizmub combination in patients with advanced melanoma.

Read the detailed description
  1. Primary Objective \& Hypothesis
  2. Objective: Efficacy of the combination therapy The combination therapy with intracutaneous injections of GEN0101 + intravenous infusions of Pembrolizumab is given to patients with confirmed SD or unconfirmed PD after anti-PD-1 antibody therapy. When the last subject completes Week 13 (Day 85th), the RECIST v1.1-based antitumor effect is assessed for all the subjects up to Week 17 (Day 113th) and then the ORR is calculated in both treatment groups, which are tested to examine the significant difference to historical data of KEYNOTE-002.
  3. Hypothesis: The antitumor effect and the induction of antitumor immunity of the combination therapy would be enhanced.
  4. Secondary Objectives \& Hypothesises
  5. Objectives: Efficacy and safety of the combination therapy The combination therapy with intracutaneous injections of GEN0101 + intravenous infusions of Pembrolizumab is given to patients with confirmed SD or unconfirmed PD after anti-PD-1 antibody therapy. When the last subject completed Week 17 (Day 113th), antitumor effect in Week 13 (Day 85th, unconfirmed) and Week 17 (Day 113th, confirmed) is assessed based on RECIST v1.1, irRC, and irRECIST for all subjects and then the ORR is calculated. Likewise, changes in individual tumor sizes in Week 13 (Day 85th, unconfirmed) and Week 17 (Day 113th, confirmed) are measured, and then percent changes in tumor sizes (percent tumor shrinkage or growth) are calculated. In each subject, the induction of antitumor immunity in Week 13 (Day 85th) is investigated with the index of activated NK cells in peripheral blood. When the last subject completed Week 53 (Day 365th), antitumor effect is assessed for all the subjects based on OS and RECIST v1.1, irRC, and irRECIST-based ORR, BOR and PFS, which are tested to examine significant difference to historical data of KEYNOTE-002. When the last subject completed Week 105 (Day 729th), antitumor effect is assessed for all the subjects based on OS and RECIST v1.1, irRC, and irRECIST-based ORR, BOR and PFS, which are tested to examine significant difference to historical data of KEYNOTE-002. On the basis of these results, the antitumor effect and the induction of antitumor immunity of the combination therapy is investigated. These are secondary objectives in the trial. As another secondary objective, AEs are investigated in all the subjects for safety evaluation of the combination therapy until the last subject completed Week 105 (Day 729th).
  6. Hypothesis: The antitumor effect and the induction of antitumor immunity of the combination therapy would be enhanced and the safety would be acceptable.
  7. Exploratory Objective Objective: Storage and use of samples for future exploratory evaluation
Being tested
Combination of GEN0101 and Pembrolizmub
Keywords
Cancer immunotherapy

What participants receive

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

  • Combination of GEN0101 and PembrolizmubDrug

    New Combination immunotherapy GEN0101 and Pembrolizmub

Study groups in NCT03818893
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
New Combination ImmunotherapyExperimentalPatients will receive Pembrolizumab once every 3 weeks and a maximum of 35 doses over 105 weeks . The patients should be inpatient during treatment with GEN0101 in each treatment cycle and may be outpatient during off-treatment period with GEN0101, observation period, follow-up period with Pembrolizumab. GEN0101 in a vial will be reconstituted with 1 mL of sterile distilled water and then will be injected intracutaneously (including skin tumor site). Nonetheless, it will not be deemed as deviation if an injection has been given subcutaneously unintentionally, e.g., leakage around the peri-injection sites. A dose will be 60,000 mNAU in total, and 1 mL per injection site should be administered to 6 injection sites in total. For a patient, the total dose in a treatment cycle will be 360,000 mNAU (360 NAU), and the total dose over 2 treatment cycles will be 720,000 mNAU (720 NAU).
Receives: Drug: Combination of GEN0101 and Pembrolizmub

What is being measured

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

  1. Overall response rate (ORR), central review

    As overall tumor response in all the tumors in each subject, the ORR is calculated based on the assessment results in Week 9 (Day 57th), Week 13 (Day 85th) and Week 17 (Day 113th) as confirmatory assessment.

    Measured: until Week17 (Day113th)

Secondary outcomes (6)
  1. Overall response rate (ORR) and Best overall response (BOR), investigator assessment and central review

    In all the tumors in each subject, the RECIST v1.1-based, the irRC-based and the irRECIST-based overall tumor response is assessed by the site investigator until Week 105 (Day 729th). Then, based on the assessment results, the ORR and BOR are calculated.

    Measured: until Week 105 (Day 729th)

  2. Percent change in individual tumor sizes

    Until Week 105 (Day 729th) in each subject, the size of each tumor is calculated by the longest diameter the perpendicular diameter of each tumor, and then percent changes in individual tumor sizes (percent shrinkage or growth) and the local Response Rates are calculated

    Measured: Until Week 105 (Day 729th)

  3. Progression free survival (PFS)

    When the last subject completed Week 22 (Day 148th) (and Week 26 as confirmatory assessment of PD) and Week 53 (Day 365th) and Week 105 (Day 729th) of GEN0101, the RECIST v1.1-based PFS is assessed for all the subjects, where the assessment results in Week 8 should not be used and the central assessment results since Week 13 (Day 85th) only are used for all the subjects.

    Measured: Until Week 105 (Day 729th)

  4. Overall survival (OS)

    When the last subject completes Week 22 (Day 148th) and Week 53 (Day 365th) and Week 105 (Day 729th) of GEN0101, OS is calculated for all the subjects.

    Measured: Until Week 105 (Day 729th)

  5. Induction of antitumor immunity

    In Week 9 (Day 57th) and Week 13 (Day 85th) of GEN0101 in each subject, the induction of antitumor immunity after the combination therapy is investigated with the index of peripheral blood activated NK cells.

    Measured: Week 13 (Day 85th)

  6. Adverse Events

    AEs occurring in each subject up to Week 105 (Day 729th) of GEN0101 are evaluated with CTCAE v4.03

    Measured: up to Week 105 (Day 729th)

Timeline

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

  1. First posted28 Jan 2019
  2. Study startMar 2019 (estimated)
  3. Primary completion31 Dec 2021 (estimated)
  4. Study completion30 Jun 2022 (estimated)

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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 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
46 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03818893
Sponsor's protocol ID
GEN0101-JM005
Status last verified
Jan 2019
First submitted
24 Jan 2019
Last updated
30 Jan 2019
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing Combination of GEN0101 and Pembrolizmub in people with Advanced Melanoma, run by Osaka University at 7 sites in Japan.

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 11 inclusion and 20 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: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 30 Jan 2019. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 7 sites in Japan. 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 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?

Results are not available in the source record.

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

Contact Atsushi Tanemura, Lecture (06-6879-3039, tanemura@derma.med.osaka-u.ac.jp), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Overall response rate (ORR), central review (time frame: until Week17 (Day113th)). 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 Jan 2019.

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