Liver Neoplasm Malignant PrimaryPhase 2NCT03895970
Lenvatinib Combined Pembrolizumab in Advanced Hepatobiliary Tumors
A Phase 2 study testing Lenvatinib plus Pembrolizumab in people with Liver Neoplasm Malignant Primary and Cholangiocarcinoma, run by Peking Union Medical College Hospital at 1 site in China.
Trial summary
The investigators design a phase IIB clinical study to explore the efficacy and safety of lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab as a second-line treatment in patients with advanced hepatobiliary malignant tumors and to analyze potential biomarkers of therapeutic response. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Liver Neoplasm Malignant Primary, Cholangiocarcinoma, Combinational Immunotherapy
- What is being tested?
- Lenvatinib plus Pembrolizumab
- Type of treatment
- Pill or oral medicine, Injection or infusion
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 32 participants
- Where
- 1 siteChina
- Study dates
- 20 Apr 2019to 1 Aug 2021
- 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 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Inclusion Criteria: Subjects must meet all of the following criteria
- Subjects volunteer to participate in the study and agree to sign the informed consent with good compliance and follow-up.
- Subjects are 18 years old or older when signing the informed consent and gender is not limited.
- Subjects were diagnosed with advanced hepatobiliary malignant tumors (clinical stage IV) by imaging and histological examination, including hepatocellular carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma, ampullary carcinoma, gallbladder carcinoma and mixed carcinoma.
- The disease is not suitable for radical surgery and/or topical treatment, or disease progression occurs after surgery and/or local treatment.
- At least one measurable lesion (according to RECIST version 1.1): the measurable lesion has a long diameter ≥ 10 mm or lymphadenpathy has a short diameter ≥ 15 mm in spiral CT scan.
- Patients fail after at least one systemic failure, including surgery, intervention, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and targeted therapy and require palliative treatment.
- Definition of treatment failure: Disease progression during treatment or relapse after treatment, such as after at least once radical or palliative resection surgery, revenue recurrence or progression after intervention therapy or radiotherapy. Intervention therapy or oxaliplatin treatment must be more than 1 cycle, and molecular targeted therapy must more than ≥14 days.
- Definition of intolerance: Grade ≥IV hematologic toxicity, or grade ≥III non- hematologic toxicity, or grade ≥ II damage of heart, liver and kidney during treatment.
- The ECOG score is 0-2 within 1 week before enrollment.
- Liver function assessment: Child-Pugh Grade A or mild Grade B (≤ 7 points), BCLC stage B-C.
- More than 2 weeks from first-line system treatment failure to sign informed consent for this study, and adverse events returned to normal (NCI-CTCAE ≤ I).
- Estimated survival time ≥ 6 months.
- HBV DNA <2000 IU/ml (104 copies/ml).
- Hematology and organ function are sufficient based on the following laboratory results within 14 days prior to the treatment of this study:
- Whole blood cell examination (no blood transfusion within 14 days, no G-CSF use and no drugs use): Hb≥90g/L, ANC≥1.5×10*9/L, PLT≥80×10*9/L.
- Biochemical examination (no ALB infused within 14 days): ALB≥29 g/L, ALT and AST<5×ULN, TBIL≤1.5×ULN, creatinine≤1.5×ULN (only one of albumin and bilirubin has 2 points with Child-Pugh score).
- Tumor tissue must be available for biomarker analysis prior to the first dose of treatment, If not available, participants can consult the investigator for enrollment agreement.
- Note: If an unstained section is submitted, the new section should be submitted to the laboratory within 14 days.
Exclusion Criteria: Subjects with one or more than one of the following criteria should be excluded
- Clinical stage I-III, and/or with any of the following:
- Suitable for radical surgery,
- Or, without an assessment lesion after radical surgery,
- Or, never receive any first line treatment,
- Or, liver transplantation history or ready for liver transplantation.
- ECOG score ≥ 3 points.
- Received any topical treatment within 4 weeks prior to the study, including but not limited to surgery, radiotherapy, hepatic artery embolization, TACE, hepatic artery perfusion, radiofrequency ablation, cryoablation or percutaneous ethanol injection.
- Ascites with clinical symptoms which requires abdominal puncture or drainage therapy, or Child-Pugh score >2.
- With serious systemic diseases such as heart disease and cerebrovascular disease, and the condition is unstable or uncontrollable.
- Already known active central nervous system metastasis and/or cancerous meningitis. Subjects with stable brain metastases after previous treatment may participate as long as no radiologic evidence of progression lasts for at least four weeks prior to this trial and any neurological symptoms have returned to baseline, and no new or enlarged metastatic evidence in brain and no steroids use for at least 7 days prior to trial treatment. Cancer meningitis should be excluded regardless of clinical stability.
- Surgery was performed within 4 weeks prior to the trial and patients must be
- evaluated after wound healing.
- Hepatic and renal dysfunction evidence: jaundice, ascites, and/or bilirubin ≥ 1.5 × ULN, and/or alkaline phosphatase ≥ 3 × ULN, and/or ≥ 3 grade (CTC-AE 5.0) proteinuria (> 3.5g /24 hours), or renal failure requiring blood dialysis or peritoneal dialysis.
- Urine examination shows urinary protein ≥ ++ or 24 hours urine protein >1.0g. Persistent >2 grade (CTC-AE5.0) infection.
- History of allogeneic tissue transplantation or solid organ transplantation.
- History of active tuberculosis, such as mycobacterium tuberculosis.
- Intolerant of any drug (or any excipient) in this trial.
- Female patients who are pregnant, breastfeeding or refuse contraception.
- Known or untreated brain metastases, or patients with epilepsy who need medication treatment.
- Patients with bone metastases received palliative radiotherapy (radiation area > 5% bone marrow area) within 4 weeks prior to this study, or there were wounds, ulcers or fractures that could not be healed, or patients have organ transplantation history.
- Gastrointestinal bleeding history in the past 6 months or tendency to gastrointestinal bleeding, such as esophageal varices, local active ulceration lesions, fecal occult blood ≥ (++) (gastroscopy is required when fecal occult blood is (+)).
- Evidence or history of ≥3 grade (CTC-AE5.0) bleeding events.
- History of human immunodeficiency virus infection.
- History of hepatitis B virus or hepatitis C virus infection, and not receive regular treatment.
- Severe non-healing wounds, ulcers or fractures.
- Prior treatment with either lenvatinib or any kind of anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1 or anti-PD-L2 drugs.
- There were no active autoimmune diseases that require systemic treatment such as disease modifying drugs, corticosteroids or immunosuppressants in the past 2 years. Alternative therapies with thyroxine, insulin or corticosteroid are not considered as systemic therapy.
- Diagnosis of immunodeficiency or systemic steroid therapy or any form of immunosuppressants therapy within 7 days prior to this study. A physiological dose of corticosteroids (no more than 7.5 mg/d prednisone or equivalent) can be approved after clinical evaluation.
- There exists drug abuse, or any medical, psychological or social condition which might affect the study, the compliance or even the safety of patients.
- Variable factors which significantly affect drug use and absorption, such as inability to swallow, chronic diarrhea and intestinal obstruction.
- Any >1 grade (CTC-AE5.0) unresolved toxicity due to previous treatment or operation, except for hair loss, anemia, and hypothyroidism.
- Vaccination of any live virus vaccine within 30 days prior to this study, except for seasonal flu vaccines without live virus.
- Previous and current evidence of pulmonary fibrosis, interstitial pneumonia, pneumoconiosis, radiation pneumonitis, drug-associated pneumonia and severe impairment of lung function.
- Received a potent CYP3A4 inhibitor treatment within 7 days prior to the study, or received a potent CYP3A4 inducer within 12 days prior to the study.
- Women with fertility agree to abstinence during the treatment period and at least 6 months after the last dose (avoiding heterosexual intercourse) or using a contraceptive method with an annual contraceptive failure rate <1%.
- If a female patient has menstruation and not reached the postmenopausal state (continuously no menstruation ≥ 12 months and no other causes), and has not undergone sterilization by removing the ovaries and/or uterus), then the patient has fertility.
- Contraceptive methods with a contraceptive failure rate <1% include bilateral tubal ligation, male sterilization, hormonal contraceptives that inhibit ovulation, hormone-releasing intrauterine devices and copper intrauterine devices.
- The reliability of sexual desire should be evaluated relative to the duration of the clinical trial and lifestyle of patient. Periodic abstinence (eg. calendar days, ovulation, symptomatic body temperature or post-ovulation methods) and in vitro ejaculation are unacceptable methods of contraception.
- Male patients agree to abstinence (no heterosexual intercourse) or use of contraceptive measures and no sperm donation, as defined below:
- When a female partner has fertility, male patients must abstinence from sex during treatment and at least 6 months after the last dose of treatment, or use condoms and other contraceptive methods with contraceptive failure rate <1%. At the same time, male patients must also agree not to donate sperm.
- When a female partner is pregnant, the male patient must abstinence or using a condom during the treatment period and at least 6 months after the last dose of treatment to prevent the fetus from being affected by the study.
- The reliability of sexual desire should be evaluated relative to the duration of the clinical trial and lifestyle of patient. Periodic abstinence (eg. calendar days, ovulation, symptomatic body temperature or post-ovulation methods) and in vitro ejaculation are unacceptable methods of contraception.
- Patients are unsuitable for participation in this research after comprehensive assessment by the researchers.
- Patients participate in another clinical study at the same time.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
China1 site
Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Beijing, Beijing Municipality, 100730
About this study
Official title: Lenvatinib Combined Pembrolizumab as a Second-line Treatment in Advanced Hepatobiliary Tumors: a Single-center, Single-arm, Non-randomized Clinical Study
The investigators design a phase IIB clinical study to explore the efficacy and safety of lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab as a second-line treatment in patients with advanced hepatobiliary malignant tumors and to analyze potential biomarkers of therapeutic response.
Read the detailed description
This trial is a single-arm, non-randomized and single-center clinical study of targeted therapy combined immunotherapy in patients with hepatobiliary malignant tumors.
It is estimated that 50 patients who met the study criteria will be enrolled in PUMCH and treated with lenvatinib and pembrolizumab. The investigators will follow up and collect subjects' data each month to evaluate the efficacy and safety of treatment, including overall survival and time to progression. Multi-omics data analysis will be used to find potential biomarkers of treatment response.
- Conditions
- Liver Neoplasm Malignant Primary, Cholangiocarcinoma, Combinational Immunotherapy, Biomarker
- Being tested
- Lenvatinib plus Pembrolizumab
- Keywords
- Hepatobiliary Cancer, Pembrolizumab, Lenvatinib, Biomarker
- Medical subject headings
- Cholangiocarcinoma
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Lenvatinib plus PembrolizumabDrug
Also called Lenvatinib (Lenvima, Eisai China), Pembrolizumab (Keytruda, MSD China)
Lenvatinib 12mg, once a day, oral at least 38 days of each 6 weeks cycle. Pembrolizumab 200mg, every 3 weeks, intravenous infused of each 6 weeks cycle. Number of cycle: until progression or unacceptable toxicity develops.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Lenvatinib plus Pembrolizumab | Experimental | Lenvatinib is a novel angiogenesis inhibitor which targets vascular endothelial growth factor 1-3, fibroblast growth factor receptor 1-4, platelet-derived growth factor receptor β, RET and KIT.
Pembrolizumab is a recombinant anti-human PD-1 monoclonal antibody. Receives: Drug: Lenvatinib plus Pembrolizumab |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Objective Response Rate (ORR)
Proportion of patients whose tumor volume has reached a predetermined value and can maintain a minimum time limit, including complete response and partial response patients.
Measured: one year
Disease Control Rate (DCR)
Proportion of patients whose tumor volume control (reduced or enlarged) reaches a predetermined value and can maintain a minimum time limit.
Measured: one year
Progression-free Survival (PFS)
A duration from the date of initial treatment with lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab to disease progression (defined by RECIST 1.1) or death of any cause.
Measured: six months
Secondary outcomes (3)
Overall Survival (OS)
Duration from the date of initial treatment with lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab to the date of death due to any cause.
Measured: two years
Duration of Response (DOR)
Duration from the first time reported partial response or complete response to the first time of disease progression or death.
Measured: one year
Stable Disease
Proportion of patients with stable disease status more than 4 months.
Measured: one year
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted29 Mar 2019
- Study start20 Apr 2019
- Primary completion1 Apr 2021
- Study completion1 Aug 2021
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (25)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Liver Neoplasm Malignant PrimaryStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Peking Union Medical College HospitalThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
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
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Model description
- Patients were confirmed with advanced hepatobiliary malignancies by imaging and histological examination and meet with the inclusive criteria, including hepatocellular carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma, ampullary carcinoma, gallbladder carcinoma, and mixed cancer)
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 32 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Peking Union Medical College Hospital
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Haitao Zhao, Prof, Study chair, Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH)
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03895970
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- JS-1864
- Status last verified
- Nov 2022
- First submitted
- 28 Mar 2019
- Last updated
- 29 Mar 2023
- Results posted
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Publications
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Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 29 Mar 2023. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Lenvatinib Combined Pembrolizumab as a Second-line Treatment in Advanced Hepatobiliary Tumors: a Single-center, Single-arm, Non-randomized Clinical Study
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03895970
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- JS-1864
- Conditions
- Liver Neoplasm Malignant Primary, Cholangiocarcinoma, Combinational Immunotherapy, Biomarker
- Keywords
- Hepatobiliary Cancer, Pembrolizumab, Lenvatinib, Biomarker
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 32 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Peking Union Medical College HospitalUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 20 Apr 2019 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 1 Apr 2021 (actual)
- Study completion
- 1 Aug 2021 (actual)
- First posted
- 29 Mar 2019 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The investigators design a phase IIB clinical study to explore the efficacy and safety of lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab as a second-line treatment in patients with advanced hepatobiliary malignant tumors and to analyze potential biomarkers of therapeutic response.
Detailed description
This trial is a single-arm, non-randomized and single-center clinical study of targeted therapy combined immunotherapy in patients with hepatobiliary malignant tumors.
It is estimated that 50 patients who met the study criteria will be enrolled in PUMCH and treated with lenvatinib and pembrolizumab. The investigators will follow up and collect subjects' data each month to evaluate the efficacy and safety of treatment, including overall survival and time to progression. Multi-omics data analysis will be used to find potential biomarkers of treatment response.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
- Model description
- Patients were confirmed with advanced hepatobiliary malignancies by imaging and histological examination and meet with the inclusive criteria, including hepatocellular carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma, ampullary carcinoma, gallbladder carcinoma, and mixed cancer)
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Lenvatinib plus Pembrolizumab | Experimental | Drug: Lenvatinib plus PembrolizumabLenvatinib is a novel angiogenesis inhibitor which targets vascular endothelial growth factor 1-3, fibroblast growth factor receptor 1-4, platelet-derived growth factor receptor β, RET and KIT. Pembrolizumab is a recombinant anti-human PD-1 monoclonal antibody. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Lenvatinib plus PembrolizumabAlso: Lenvatinib (Lenvima, Eisai China), Pembrolizumab (Keytruda, MSD China)Lenvatinib 12mg, once a day, oral at least 38 days of each 6 weeks cycle. Pembrolizumab 200mg, every 3 weeks, intravenous infused of each 6 weeks cycle. Number of cycle: until progression or unacceptable toxicity develops. | Drug | Lenvatinib plus Pembrolizumab |
Primary outcome
Objective Response Rate (ORR)
Time frame: one year
Proportion of patients whose tumor volume has reached a predetermined value and can maintain a minimum time limit, including complete response and partial response patients.
Disease Control Rate (DCR)
Time frame: one year
Proportion of patients whose tumor volume control (reduced or enlarged) reaches a predetermined value and can maintain a minimum time limit.
Progression-free Survival (PFS)
Time frame: six months
A duration from the date of initial treatment with lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab to disease progression (defined by RECIST 1.1) or death of any cause.
3 secondary outcomes
Overall Survival (OS)
Time frame: two years
Duration of Response (DOR)
Time frame: one year
Stable Disease
Time frame: one year
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 29 Mar 2023.
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- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Haitao Zhao, Prof study chair
Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH)
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Phase 2 study testing Lenvatinib plus Pembrolizumab in people with Liver Neoplasm Malignant Primary and Cholangiocarcinoma, run by Peking Union Medical College Hospital at 1 site in China.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
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 29 Mar 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 China. 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?
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?
Objective Response Rate (ORR) (time frame: one year). 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 NCT03895970, which also lists 25 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.
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 29 Mar 2023.