Efficacy and Safety Study of Navarixin (MK-7123) in Combination With Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in Adults With Selected Advanced/Metastatic Solid Tumors (MK-7123-034)

Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Phase II Study of Navarixin (MK-7123) in Combination With Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in Participants With Selected Advanced/Metastatic Solid Tumors

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03473925
• Other study ID #: 7123-034
• Secondary ID: MK-7123-034
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Start date: April 10, 2018
• Est. completion date: May 19, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: June 2022
• Source: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy and safety of navarixin (MK-7123) in combination with pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in adults with one of three types of solid tumors: Programmed Death-Ligand 1 (PD-L1) positive refractory non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) or microsatellite stable (MSS) colorectal cancer (CRC).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 107
• Est. completion date: May 19, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: May 19, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

All Participants

• Has one of the following histologically- or cytologically-confirmed advanced/metastatic solid tumors: NSCLC, CRPC, or MSS CRC, by pathology report and has received, or been intolerant to, or has been ineligible for all treatment known to confer clinical benefit.

• Has Stage III or Stage IV disease that is not surgically resectable.

• Has measurable disease by RECIST 1.1 criteria as assessed by the local site investigator/radiology.

• Has supplied tumor tissue from either a newly obtained biopsy or an archival specimen for biomarker analysis.

• Has an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1.

• Male participants must agree to use contraception during the treatment period and for at least 120 days after the last dose of study treatment and refrain from donating sperm during this period.

• Female participants must agree to follow the contraceptive guidance during the treatment period and for at least 120 days after the last dose of study treatment.

• Demonstrates adequate organ function.

Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Participants

• Has histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of Stage IV metastatic NSCLC.

• Has progressed on treatment with an anti-Programmed Death-Ligand 1 (PD-L1) monoclonal antibody (mAb) administered either as monotherapy, or in combination with other checkpoint inhibitors or other therapies. PD-L1 treatment progression is defined by meeting all of the following criteria: a) Has received =2 doses of an approved anti-PD-L1 mAb; b) Has demonstrated disease progression after anti-PD-L1 as defined by RECIST 1.1; c) Progressive disease has been documented within 12 weeks from the last dose of anti-PD-L1 mAb.

Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer (CRPC) Participants

• Has histologically- or cytologically-confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate. Components of small cell prostate cancer are permitted.

• Has prostate cancer progression on the most recent treatment, as determined by the investigator, by means of one of the following: a) Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) progression using local laboratory values as defined by a minimum of 2 rising PSA levels with an interval of =1 week between each assessment where the PSA value at screening should be =2 ng/mL; b) Radiographic disease progression in soft tissue based on RECIST 1.1 criteria with or without PSA progression; c) Radiographic disease progression in bone defined as the appearance of 2 or more new bone lesions on bone scan with or without PSA progression.

• Has progressed on at least one second generation anti-androgen therapy (e.g., enzalutamide, abiraterone).

• Has ongoing androgen deprivation with serum testosterone <50 ng/dL (<2.0 nM).

Microsatellite Stable Colorectal Cancer (MSS-CRC) Participants

• Has a histologically proven locally advanced unresectable or metastatic (Stage IV) CRC.

• Has locally confirmed (MSS) CRC; participants with microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) or microsatellite unstable CRC are not eligible.

• Has been previously treated with standard therapies, which must include fluoropyrimidine, oxaliplatin, and irinotecan.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Has a known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment within the past 2 years. Note: Participants with basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, or carcinoma in situ (e.g. breast carcinoma, cervical cancer in situ) that have undergone potentially curative therapy are not excluded.

• Has known active central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis. Participants 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, clinically stable and without requirement of steroid treatment for at least 14 days prior to first dose of study treatment.

• Has had a severe hypersensitivity reaction to treatment with any mAb or components of the study treatment(s).

• Has an active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years except vitiligo or resolved childhood asthma/atopy. Participants who have previously been permanently discontinued from PD-(L)1 therapy due to immune related side effects are not eligible for this study.

• Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy.

• Has symptomatic ascites or pleural effusion.

• Has interstitial lung disease that required oral or intravenous glucocorticoids to assist with management.

• Has a history of (non-infectious) pneumonitis that required steroids or has current pneumonitis.

• Has undergone prior allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation within the last 5 years. Note: Participants who have had a stem cell transplant >5 years ago are eligible as long as there are no symptoms of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD).

• Has a known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.

• Has a known history of Hepatitis B or known active Hepatitis C virus infection.

• Has a history or current evidence of a gastrointestinal condition (e.g. inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis) or impaired liver function or diseases that in the opinion of the Investigator may significantly alter the absorption or metabolism of oral medications; any condition, therapy, or laboratory abnormality that might confound the results of the study, interfere with the participant's participation for the full duration of the study, make administration of the study drugs hazardous, or make it difficult to monitor AEs such that it is not in the best interest of the participant to participate, in the opinion of the treating Investigator.

• Is pregnant or expecting to conceive or father children within the projected duration of the study.

• Has undergone major surgery and has not recovered adequately from any toxicity and/or complications from the intervention prior to starting study treatment.

• Has CRPC or MSS CRC and has received prior therapy with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti-PD-L2 agent.

• Has been treated with an agent directed to another stimulatory or co-inhibitory Tcell receptor (e.g. cytotoxic T-lymphocyte protein 4 [CTLA-4], tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily, member 4 [OX 40], tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 9 [CD137]).

• Has received prior systemic anti-cancer therapy including investigational agents or has used an investigational device within 28 days prior to the first dose of study treatment.

• Has received prior radiotherapy (not to target lesions) within 2 weeks of start of study treatment.

• Is expected to require any other form of antineoplastic therapy while on study.

• Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy in excess of replacement doses (prednisone =10 mg/day is acceptable), or on any other form of immunosuppressive medication.

• Has received a live-virus vaccine within 30 days prior to first dose of study treatment.

• Has been previously treated with a chemokine receptor 2 (CXCR2) inhibitor (e.g. AZD5069, reparixin, danirixin, LY3041658 Ab, HuMax-IL8, etc.).

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
• Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer
• Colorectal Neoplasms
• Microsatellite Stable Colorectal Cancer
• Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
• Solid Tumors

Intervention

Drug:
• Navarixin
Oral capsules

Biological:
• Pembrolizumab
Intravenous infusion

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Australia	Blacktown Hospital Western Sydney Local Health District ( Site 0024)	Blacktown	New South Wales
Australia	Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre ( Site 0023)	Melbourne	Victoria
Australia	Scientia Clinical Research ( Site 0021)	Randwick	New South Wales
Canada	Jewish General Hospital ( Site 0032)	Montreal	Quebec
Canada	Princess Margaret Cancer Centre ( Site 0031)	Toronto	Ontario
Israel	Sourasky Medical Center ( Site 0012)	Tel Aviv
Korea, Republic of	Seoul National University Bundang Hospital ( Site 0043)	Seongnam-si	Gyeonggi-do
Korea, Republic of	Seoul National University Hospital ( Site 0042)	Seoul
Korea, Republic of	Severance Hospital Yonsei University Health System ( Site 0041)	Seoul
United States	University of Maryland ( Site 0008)	Baltimore	Maryland
United States	Henry Ford Health System ( Site 0006)	Detroit	Michigan
United States	Duke University Medical Center ( Site 0004)	Durham	North Carolina
United States	Florida Cancer Specialists ( Site 0003)	Sarasota	Florida
United States	Honor Health ( Site 0005)	Scottsdale	Arizona

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

Countries where clinical trial is conducted

United States,  Australia,  Canada,  Israel,  Korea, Republic of, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Objective Response Rate (ORR) Based on Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1)	ORR is defined as the percentage of participants who have a Complete Response (CR: Disappearance of all target lesions) or a Partial Response (PR: At least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions) per RECIST 1.1. ORR was estimated using an exact method based on the binomial distribution, and the 95% confidence interval was estimated by the method of Clopper-Pearson.	Up to approximately 2 years
Primary	Number of Participants With Dose-limiting Toxicities (DLTs) During Treatment Cycle 1	The following toxicities are considered a DLT, assessed as related to study treatment: Grade 4 non-hematologic toxicity, Grade 4 anemia, Grade 3 anemia lasting >7 days or requiring transfusion, Grade 4 hematologic toxicity lasting =7 days, except thrombocytopenia, a) Grade 4 thrombocytopenia of any duration, b) Grade 3 thrombocytopenia associated with bleeding, Grade 3 non-hematologic toxicity lasting >3 days, any Grade 3 or Grade 4 non-hematologic laboratory value if: medical intervention is required or the abnormality leads to hospitalization or persists for >72 hours, Liver test abnormalities: Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) >3X Upper Limit of Normal (ULN) with total bilirubin (TBL) >2X ULN with no elevation in alkaline phosphatase (AP <2X ULN), Grade 3 or Grade 4 febrile neutropenia, inability to administer =75% of the planned navarixin dose due to drug-related tolerability, delay in Cycle 2 start by >2 weeks due to toxicity	Up to 21 days
Primary	Number of Participants Who Experience at Least One Adverse Event (AE)	An AE is any untoward medical occurrence in a participant, temporally associated with the use of study treatment, whether or not considered related to the study treatment. An AE can therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding), symptom, or disease (new or exacerbated) temporally associated with the use of a study treatment.	Up to approximately 27 months
Primary	Number of Participants Who Discontinue Study Treatment Due to an AE	An AE is any untoward medical occurrence in a participant, temporally associated with the use of study treatment, whether or not considered related to the study treatment. An AE can therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding), symptom, or disease (new or exacerbated) temporally associated with the use of a study treatment.	Up to approximately 2 years
Secondary	Objective Response Rate (ORR) Per Modified RECIST 1.1 for Immune-based Therapeutics (iRECIST)	An objective response is defined as an immune-based Complete Response (iCR: Disappearance of all target lesions) or immune-based Partial Response (iPR: At least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions). ORR will be assessed by the investigator based on iRECIST following administration of navarixin in combination with pembrolizumab. The percentage of participants with progressive disease per RECIST 1.1 who experience an iCR or iPR are presented.	Up to approximately 2 years
Secondary	Progression-free Survival (PFS) Per RECIST 1.1	PFS is defined as the time from the first dose of study treatment to the first confirmed documented disease progression, or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first. Per RECIST 1.1, progressive disease is defined as =20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions. In addition to the relative increase of 20%, the sum must also demonstrate an absolute increase of =5 mm. Note: The appearance of one or more new lesions is also considered progression. Median PFS per RECIST 1.1 was assessed by the investigator from product-limit (Kaplan-Meier) method for censored data in participants with microsatellite stable colorectal cancer (CRC); with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), and with programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-[L]1) refractory non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).	Up to approximately 2 years
Secondary	PFS Per iRECIST	PFS is defined as the time from the first dose of study treatment to the first documented disease progression or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first. Per iRECIST, progressive disease (PD) is defined as =20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions. Disease progression is to be confirmed by a consecutive assessment at least 4-8 weeks after first documentation and will be assessed by the investigator. Median PFS per iRECIST was assessed by the investigator from product-limit (Kaplan-Meier) method for censored data in participants with microsatellite stable colorectal cancer (CRC); with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), and with programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-[L]1) refractory non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).	Up to approximately 2 years
Secondary	Overall Survival (OS)	OS is defined as the time from the first dose of study treatment to death due to any cause. Median OS was assessed from product-limit (Kaplan-Meier) method for censored data in participants with microsatellite stable colorectal cancer (CRC); with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), and with programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-[L]1) refractory non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).	Up to approximately 2 years
Secondary	Absolute Neutrophil Counts (ANC)	Peripheral blood neutrophil counts were performed at Cycle 1 Day 3: Predose, to determine the concentration of ANC.	Day 3: Predose
Secondary	Navarixin Area Under the Plasma Concentration-Time Curve (AUC) From Time 0 to Infinity (AUC0-inf)	Plasma samples from participants with selected advanced/metastatic solid tumors were collected to determine the navarixin plasma AUC0-inf	Cycle 1 Day 1: Predose & 1, 2, 4, 6 & 8-12 hours postdose; Cycle 1 Days 3 & 8: Predose & 6-12 hours postdose; Cycle 2 Day 1: Predose & 1, 2, 4, 6 & 8-12 hours postdose (Up to approximately 23 days)
Secondary	Navarixin Area Under the Plasma Concentration-Time Curve From Time 0 to Last (AUC0-last)	Plasma samples from participants with selected advanced/metastatic solid tumors were collected to determine the navarixin plasma AUC0-last.	Cycle 1 Day 1: Predose & 1, 2, 4, 6 & 8-12 hours postdose; Cycle 1 Days 3 & 8: Predose & 6-12 hours postdose; Cycle 2 Day 1: Predose & 1, 2, 4, 6 & 8-12 hours postdose(Up to approximately 23 days)
Secondary	Navarixin Maximum Plasma Concentration (Cmax)	Plasma samples from participants with selected advanced/metastatic solid tumors were collected to determine the navarixin plasma Cmax.	Cycle 1 Day 1: Predose & 1, 2, 4, 6 & 8-12 hours postdose; Cycle 1 Days 3 & 8: Predose & 6-12 hours postdose; Cycle 2 Day 1: Predose & 1, 2, 4, 6 & 8-12 hours postdose (Up to approximately 23 days)
Secondary	Navarixin Trough Plasma Concentration (Ctrough)	Plasma samples from participants with selected advanced/metastatic solid tumors were collected at steady state on Cycle 2 Day 21 to determine navarixin Ctrough. The Arithmetic Mean and CV% are presented.	Cycle 2 Day 21 (Up to approximately 43 days)