Testing a Combination of Vaccines for Cancer Prevention in Lynch Syndrome

Lynch Syndrome Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Phase IIB Clinical Trial of the Multitargeted Recombinant Adenovirus 5 (CEA/MUC1/Brachyury) Vaccine (TRI-AD5) and IL-15 Superagonist N-803 in Lynch Syndrome

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05419011
• Other study ID #: NCI-2021-14234
• Secondary ID: NCI-2021-14234NC
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: Phase 2
• Start date: May 8, 2023
• Est. completion date: February 1, 2027

Study information

• Verified date: April 2024
• Source: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This phase IIb trial tests whether Tri-Ad5 in combination with N-803 works to prevent colon and other cancers in participants with Lynch syndrome. Each of the three injections in Tri-Ad5 vaccine contain a different substance that is in precancer and cancer cells. Injecting these substances may cause the immune system to develop a defense against cancer that recognizes and destroys any precancer and cancer cells that produce these proteins in the future. N-803 may increase immune responses to other vaccines. Giving Tri-Ad5 in combination with immune enhancing N-803 may lower the chance of developing colon and other cancers in participants with Lynch syndrome.

Description:

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

I. To evaluate if the combination of trivalent adenovirus-5 (Tri-Ad5) vaccines and IL-15 superagonist nogapendekin alfa inbakicept (N-803) reduces the incidence of colorectal neoplasms in patients with Lynch syndrome (LS).

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To evaluate the safety and tolerability of the Tri-Ad5 vaccines + N-803 in combination.

II. To correlate clinical factors such as use of aspirin and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID), smoking and alcohol intake with immune responses.

III. To evaluate the effect of Tri-Ad5 vaccines on the incidence of LS-related extracolonic cancers.

IV. To systematically measure the participants' behavior and experience in terms of vaccine uptake, cancer-specific distress and quality of life.

EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine the ability of the Tri-Ad5 vaccines + N-803 to generate a 2-fold increase in T cell responses (cell-mediated immunity) at week 12 (early immune response) and at week 56 (long-term memory response).

II. To evaluate circulating anti-MUC1 IgG (antibody-mediated immunity) after Tri-Ad5 vaccines + N-803.

III. To compare the expression of the three tumor associated antigen (TAAs): MUC1, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and brachyury in colorectal neoplasms before and after Tri-Ad5 vaccines + N-803.

IV. To evaluate changes in the immune profile and abundance of resident immune cell types in colonic mucosa after vaccination with Tri-Ad5 vaccines + N-803 using messenger ribonucleic acid sequencing (mRNAseq) and immunohistochemistry (IHC).

V. To test the effects of the vaccines alone or in combination with N-803 on specific immune subsets of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and serum soluble factors and cytokines.

VI. To compare the expression of stem cell markers in colorectal neoplasms before and after Tri-Ad5 vaccines + N-803.

OUTLINE:

SAFETY PHASE I: Participants receive Tri-Ad5 subcutaneously (SC) at weeks 0, 4, 8, and 52. Participants also undergo standard of care (SOC) colonoscopy with biopsy at baseline, at 52 weeks and 104 weeks.

SAFETY PHASE II: Participants receive Tri-Ad5 SC and N-803 SC at weeks 0, 4, 8, and 52. Participants also undergo SOC colonoscopy with biopsy at baseline, 52 weeks and 104 weeks.

RANDOMIZED CONTROL PHASE: Participants are randomized into 1 of two arms.

ARM I: Participants receive Tri-Ad5 SC and N-803 SC at weeks 0, 4, 8, and 52. Participants also undergo SOC colonoscopy with biopsy at baseline and at 52 and 104 weeks.

ARM II: Participants receive placebo SC at weeks 0, 4, 8, and 52. Participants also undergo SOC colonoscopy with biopsy at baseline and at 52 and 104 weeks.

Participants undergo blood sample collection throughout the study.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 186
• Est. completion date: February 1, 2027
• Est. primary completion date: February 1, 2027
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants with LS defined as one of the following:

• Mutation positive: MLH1, MSH2/EPCAM and MSH6 genotypes with prior history of >= 1 adenoma(s) and/or >= 1 advanced adenoma(s) and/or colon cancer(s) (but no active cancer for 6 months) OR

• PMS2 genotype with prior history of colon cancer(s) (but no active cancer for 6 months)

• Participants must have at least part of the descending/sigmoid colon and/or rectum intact

• Participants must be at least 6 months from any cancer-directed treatment (such as surgical resection, chemotherapy, immunotherapy or radiation)

• Participants >= 18 years will be enrolled. Because the risk of LS related cancers is very low in participants < 18 years of age, children and adolescents are excluded from this study

• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status =< 1 (Karnofsky >= 70%)

• Leukocytes >= 3,000/microliter

• Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,500/microliter

• Platelets >= 100,000/microliter

• Total bilirubin within normal institutional limits

• Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) =< 1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal

• Creatinine within normal institutional limits

• The effects of the Tri-Ad5 vaccines and N-803 on the developing human fetus at the recommended therapeutic dose are unknown. For this reason, women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation. Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while participating in this study, she should inform her study physician immediately

• Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document

• Participants must be willing and able to space coronavirus disease (COVID) vaccines at least 2 weeks prior to and 2 weeks after receipt of study agent

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of organ allograft or other history of immunodeficiency

• Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) with CD4 count < 540, hepatitis B virus (HBV), or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Subjects with laboratory evidence of cleared HBV and HCV infection will be permitted. Poorly controlled HIV may prevent an adequate immune response to the vaccine and will be an exclusion criterion

• Subjects requiring systemic treatment with corticosteroids (> 10 mg daily prednisone equivalents) or other immunosuppressive medications within 3 months of vaccination

• Participants may not be receiving any other investigational agents

• History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to adenovirus-based vaccines and N-803

• Uncontrolled intercurrent illness or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements

• Pregnant women are excluded from this study because of the unknown effects of the vaccine and N-803 on the fetus. Because there is an unknown but potential risk for adverse events (AEs) in nursing infants secondary to treatment of the mother with the vaccine plus N-803, breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with the vaccine plus N-803

• History of untreated thrombotic disorders

• Participants who experienced severe side effects or allergic reactions to previous adenovirus-based vaccines (such as Johnson and Johnson COVID vaccine) will be excluded

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis
• Lynch Syndrome
• Syndrome

Intervention

Biological:
• Adenovirus 5 CEA/MUC1/Brachyury Vaccine Tri-Ad5
Given SC

Procedure:
• Biopsy
Undergo biopsy
• Biospecimen Collection
Undergo blood sample collection
• Colonoscopy
Undergo SOC colonoscopy

Drug:
• Nogapendekin Alfa
Given nogapendekin alfa inbakicept (N-803) SC
• Placebo Administration
Given SC

Other:
• Questionnaire Administration
Ancillary studies

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Puerto Rico	University of Puerto Rico	San Juan
United States	University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center	Ann Arbor	Michigan
United States	Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	Boston	Massachusetts
United States	Northwestern University	Chicago	Illinois
United States	Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Cleveland	Ohio
United States	Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center	Columbus	Ohio
United States	University of Colorado	Denver	Colorado
United States	M D Anderson Cancer Center	Houston	Texas
United States	University of Kansas Cancer Center	Kansas City	Kansas
United States	Mayo Clinic Hospital in Arizona	Phoenix	Arizona
United States	Mayo Clinic in Rochester	Rochester	Minnesota
United States	Huntsman Cancer Institute/University of Utah	Salt Lake City	Utah
United States	UCSF Medical Center-Parnassus	San Francisco	California
United States	University of Arizona Cancer Center - Prevention Research Clinic	Tucson	Arizona

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Countries where clinical trial is conducted

United States,  Puerto Rico, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Number of antigen-specific T-cells, peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs), serum soluble factors and antibody levels	Will be log-transformed before conducting any analyses. Comparisons of number of antigen-specific T-cells, PBMCs, serum soluble factors and antibodies between study arms will be conducted using a nonparametric Wilcoxon rank sum test. IgG titers that will be measured serially will be analyzed and compared between the two arms using linear mixed effects models. If zero-inflation is detected, generalized linear mixed models with zero-inflated Poisson or negative binomial distributions will be fitted.	At baseline, 12 weeks, and 56 weeks
Other	Prevalence of immune cells markers, tumor associated antigens and stem cell markers	Will be reported using repeated measures techniques. We will also compare pre- and post-vaccination size, number and histology of polyps.	At baseline, 52 weeks, and 104 weeks
Other	Differential expression analyses	Will be using Bioconductor R package DESeq2. A paired sample design to compare post- to pre-vaccination samples within each study arm and for both arms combined. Significant genes with Benjamini-Hochberg-adjusted p-value =< 0.05 and absolute value of log2-fold change >= 0.5 will be annotated with pathways of interest in volcano plots.	At baseline, 52 weeks, and 104 weeks
Other	Immune cell gene enrichment analysis	Will be calculated using raw read counts with Bioconductor R package GSVA.	At baseline, 52 weeks, and 104 weeks
Primary	Cumulative incidence rate of the composite endpoint of adenomas (tubular, tubulovillous and serrated), advanced adenomas and colon cancer	Will be compared between the two arms using a stratified Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel test where the randomization stratification factors will be included as strata. The cumulative events rates will be reported for each study arm along with the corresponding two-sided 95% confidence intervals.	At 104 weeks
Secondary	Association of clinical factors with immune responses	Will be evaluated by conducting univariate and multivariate binary regression analyses. These analyses will be conducted for both arms combined (in which case arm is included as a stratification factor in the model) and each arm separately. The proportions of cells within adenomas expressing stem cells markers pre- and post-vaccination will be compared within each study arm using the signed rank test, and within-subject changes will be compared between responders and non-responders using Wilcoxon rank-sum test for each arm separately and both arms combined. Comparisons between study arms will be conducted using a Wilcoxon rank-sum test.	At 104 weeks
Secondary	Incidence of extracolonic neoplasms	Will compare the observed incidences of lynch syndrome (LS)-related extracolonic cancers to historical control incidence of LS-related extracolonic cancers in this patient population. We will collect the information about extracolonic cancers by asking the participants and by reviewing the pathology reports for confirmation.	At 104 weeks