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This phase II trial studies how well pembrolizumab and lenvatinib work in treating patients with differentiated thyroid cancer that has spread to other places in the body or has come back and cannot be removed by surgery. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as pembrolizumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread.


Clinical Trial Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To investigate the clinical efficacy, as indicated by the rate of complete response (CR) per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1, of combination therapy with pembrolizumab and lenvatinib in lenvatinib-naive patients with progressive radioiodine-refractory differentiated thyroid cancers (DTC). (Cohort 1) II. To determine the overall response rate (ORR) by the addition of pembrolizumab to patients with radioiodine-refractory DTC who have progressive disease on lenvatinib alone. (Cohort 2) SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To determine the safety profile and toxicity of combination therapy with pembrolizumab and lenvatinib in patients with progressive DTC. (Cohort 1 and cohort 2) II. To determine progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). (Cohort 1 and cohort 2) CORRELATIVE RESEARCH OBJECTIVES: I. To correlate tumor response (RECIST 1.1) with pretreatment frequency of CD8+ T cells in the primary and/or metastatic tumor. (Cohort 1 and cohort 2) II. To correlate tumor response (RECIST 1.1) with pretreatment PD-L1 and PD-L2 levels in the primary and/or metastatic tumor. (Cohort 1 and cohort 2) III. To correlate tumor response (RECIST 1.1) with pretreatment frequency of lymphocytes expressing CD3, CD4, PD-1, FoxP3, or CD20, and of CD163+ macrophages. (Cohort 1 and cohort 2) IV. To correlate tumor response (RECIST 1.1) with the phenotype and frequency of key leukocyte subsets (i.e., PD-1+ T cells, regulatory T cells [Tregs], myeloid subsets) in the peripheral blood before, at 6 and 18 weeks on therapy, and at 54 weeks (study completion), progressive disease (PD), or study withdrawal. (Cohort 1) V. To correlate tumor response (RECIST 1.1) with PD-1+ T cell functional capacity. (Cohort 1) VI. To correlate tumor response (RECIST 1.1) with serum anti-thyroglobulin antibody levels assessed before, and at 18 weeks on therapy. (Cohort 1 and 2) VII. To correlate tumor response (RECIST 1.1) with tumor mutation status. (Cohort 1) VIII. To broadly investigate mechanisms of response and resistance to combination therapy, gene expression profiles will be generated from frozen biopsies for analysis by ribonucleic acid-sequencing (RNA-Seq). (Cohort 1) OUTLINE: Patients receive lenvatinib orally (PO) once daily (QD) on days 1-21 and pembrolizumab intravenously (IV) over 30 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 19 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients may continue treatment for up to 35 cycles. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 3 months for up to 3 years. ;


Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma
  • Columnar Cell Variant Thyroid Gland Papillary Carcinoma
  • Follicular Variant Thyroid Gland Papillary Carcinoma
  • Metastatic Thyroid Gland Follicular Carcinoma
  • Metastatic Thyroid Gland Papillary Carcinoma
  • Poorly Differentiated Thyroid Gland Carcinoma
  • Recurrence
  • Recurrent Differentiated Thyroid Gland Carcinoma
  • Recurrent Thyroid Gland Follicular Carcinoma
  • Recurrent Thyroid Gland Papillary Carcinoma
  • Stage III Differentiated Thyroid Gland Carcinoma AJCC v7
  • Stage III Thyroid Gland Follicular Carcinoma AJCC v7
  • Stage III Thyroid Gland Papillary Carcinoma AJCC v7
  • Stage IV Thyroid Gland Follicular Carcinoma AJCC v7
  • Stage IV Thyroid Gland Papillary Carcinoma AJCC v7
  • Stage IVA Differentiated Thyroid Gland Carcinoma AJCC v7
  • Stage IVA Thyroid Gland Follicular Carcinoma AJCC v7
  • Stage IVA Thyroid Gland Papillary Carcinoma AJCC v7
  • Stage IVB Differentiated Thyroid Gland Carcinoma AJCC v7
  • Stage IVB Thyroid Gland Follicular Carcinoma AJCC v7
  • Stage IVB Thyroid Gland Papillary Carcinoma AJCC v7
  • Stage IVC Differentiated Thyroid Gland Carcinoma AJCC v7
  • Stage IVC Thyroid Gland Follicular Carcinoma AJCC v7
  • Stage IVC Thyroid Gland Papillary Carcinoma AJCC v7
  • Tall Cell Variant Thyroid Gland Papillary Carcinoma
  • Thyroid Cancer, Papillary
  • Thyroid Diseases
  • Thyroid Gland Hurthle Cell Carcinoma
  • Thyroid Neoplasms
  • Unresectable Differentiated Thyroid Gland Carcinoma
  • Unresectable Thyroid Gland Carcinoma

NCT number NCT02973997
Study type Interventional
Source Academic and Community Cancer Research United
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Status Completed
Phase Phase 2
Start date February 7, 2018
Completion date October 8, 2023

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