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NCT number NCT04929392
Other study ID # 20742
Secondary ID NCI-2021-0322320
Status Active, not recruiting
Phase Phase 2
First received
Last updated
Start date January 25, 2022
Est. completion date April 25, 2027

Study information

Verified date August 2023
Source City of Hope Medical Center
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This phase II trial studies the effect of chemoradiation and pembrolizumab followed by pembrolizumab and lenvatinib before surgery in treating patients with esophageal or esophageal/gastroesophageal junction cancer that has not spread to other places in the body (non-metastatic). Pembrolizumab is an immunotherapy drug that works by harnessing the immune system to attack cancer. Lenvatinib is an anti-cancer drug that works by stopping or slowing down the growth of cancer cells. Chemotherapy drugs, such as carboplatin and paclitaxel, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Radiation therapy uses high energy x-rays to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. Giving chemoradiation and pembrolizumab followed by pembrolizumab and lenvatinib before surgery may kill more tumor cells.


Description:

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. To evaluate pathologic complete response rate (path CR) and complete clinical response rate (clinical CR) at 14 weeks after starting chemoradiotherapy. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To assess safety and tolerability of pembrolizumab and lenvatinib in this patient population. II. To establish that pembrolizumab + lenvatinib will increase immune response via increased expression of the 18 gene pro-immune response signature measured using the Nanostring platform on tumor tissue biopsies. III. To evaluate disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) in this study population. EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES: I. To identify through an integrated genomic sequencing approach (MHC-PepSeq) the presence of tumor mutations able to elicit neo-antigen-specific immunity in this population expected to be predominated by microsatellite stability (MSS) tumors. II. To correlate temporal variations in circulating tumor deoxyribonucleic acid (ctDNA) representing immunogenic and non-immunogenic mutations as pharmacodynamic immune markers. III. To correlate diversity in the gut microbiome with path CR and clinical CR in this study population. OUTLINE: CHEMORADIATION PHASE: Patients receive carboplatin intravenously (IV) and paclitaxel IV once a week (QW) for up to 6 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients also undergo external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) over 6 weeks and receive pembrolizumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of radiation therapy in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. WINDOW PERIOD: Patients receive pembrolizumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of week 3 and lenvatinib mesylate orally (PO) once daily (QD) at weeks 3-6 in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. SURGERY/SURVEILLANCE: Patients without complete response undergo standard of care surgical resection. Patients with complete response/pursue non-operative management undergo surveillance via periodic endoscopic biopsy. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 90 days, then for up to 3 years.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Active, not recruiting
Enrollment 3
Est. completion date April 25, 2027
Est. primary completion date April 25, 2027
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Documented informed consent of the participant and/or legally authorized representative - Agreement to allow the use of archival tissue from diagnostic tumor biopsies - If unavailable, exceptions may be granted only with study principal investigator (PI) approval - Age >= 18 years - Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) =< 1 - Non-metastatic cancer of the esophagus OR esophagus and gastroesophageal junction (GEJ; tumor extending =< 2 cm into the stomach) - Confirmed stage I (T1N1 only)-IVA diagnosis of one of the following: - Squamous cell; OR - Adenocarcinoma; OR - Mixed adenosquamous carcinoma - Deemed appropriate for neoadjuvant chemoradiation by the multidisciplinary team (surgeon, medical oncologist, and radiation oncologist) - Chemotherapy defined as weekly carboplatin/paclitaxel; AND - Radiation defined as external beam radiotherapy defined as: 50.4 Gy as per institutional and national treatment guidelines - Deemed appropriate for esophagectomy or repeat endoscopic biopsies if non-operative management is pursued - Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1500/mm^3 (performed within 14 days prior to day 1 of study participation/ 1st endoscopic biopsy unless otherwise stated) - Platelets >= 100,000/mm^3 (performed within 14 days prior to day 1 of study participation/ 1st endoscopic biopsy unless otherwise stated) - Serum total bilirubin =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) OR direct bilirubin =< ULN if total bilirubin levels > 1.5 x ULN (performed within 14 days prior to day 1 of study participation/1st endoscopic biopsy unless otherwise stated) - Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) =< 2 x ULN (performed within 14 days prior to day 1 of study participation/1st endoscopic biopsy unless otherwise stated) - Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) =< 2 x ULN (performed within 14 days prior to day 1 of study participation/1st endoscopic biopsy unless otherwise stated) - Creatinine =< 1.5 x ULN OR for patients with creatinine > 1.5 x ULN creatinine clearance of >= 60 mL/min per 24 hour urine test or the Cockcroft-Gault formula (performed within 14 days prior to day 1 of study participation/1st endoscopic biopsy unless otherwise stated) - International normalized ratio (INR) or prothrombin time (PT) =< 1.5 x ULN (performed within 14 days prior to day 1 of study participation/1st endoscopic biopsy unless otherwise stated) - Activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) =< 1.5 x ULN (performed within 14 days prior to day 1 of study participation/1st endoscopic biopsy unless otherwise stated) - Female of childbearing potential only: Negative urine or serum pregnancy test. If the urine test is positive or cannot be confirmed as negative, a serum pregnancy test will be required (performed within 14 days prior to day 1 of study participation/1st endoscopic biopsy unless otherwise stated) - Agreement by women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) and males of childbearing potential to use an effective method of birth control or abstain from heterosexual activity for the course of the study through at least 120 days after the last dose of protocol therapy - Childbearing potential defined as not being surgically sterilized (men and women) or have not been free from menses for > 1 year (women only) Exclusion Criteria: - Immune checkpoint inhibitor(s) (e.g. anti-PD-1, anti-CTLA4) - Multi-tyrosine kinase inhibitor(s) (e.g. lenvatinib) - Radiotherapy within 21 days prior to day 1 of study participation - Investigational agent within 21 days prior to day 1 of study participation - Live-virus vaccination within 30 days prior to day 1 of study participation - Systemic cytotoxic chemotherapy, antineoplastic biologic therapy, or major surgery within 21 days of study participation - Chronic systemic steroid therapy or on any other form of immunosuppressive medication - Coumarin-based anticoagulants - Unstable or untreated brain/leptomeningeal metastasis - Clinically active diverticulitis, intra-abdominal abscess, gastrointestinal (GI) obstruction, or abdominal carcinomatosis (known risks factors for bowel perforation) - Severe hypersensitivity reaction to treatment with another antibody and/or hypersensitivity to lenvatinib and/or any of its excipients - Active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years - Known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B or hepatitis C (with confirmation of negative hepatitis B surface antigen [HBSAg], hepatitis B virus [HBV] polymerase chain reaction [PCR], and hepatitis C virus [HCV] PCR) - History of pneumonitis (non-infectious) that required steroids or current pneumonitis - Known history of active tuberculosis - Diagnosed with or treated for cancer within the previous two years, other than histologies listed in inclusion criteria or non-melanoma carcinoma of the skin - Female only: Pregnant or breastfeeding - Any other condition that would, in the investigator's judgment, contraindicate the patient's participation in the clinical study due to safety concerns with clinical study procedures - Prospective participants who, in the opinion of the investigator, may not be able to comply with all study procedures (including compliance issues related to feasibility/logistics)

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma
  • Clinical Stage I Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Clinical Stage II Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Clinical Stage IIA Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Clinical Stage IIB Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Clinical Stage III Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Clinical Stage IVA Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
  • Esophageal Neoplasms
  • Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
  • Pathologic Stage I Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Pathologic Stage IA Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Pathologic Stage IB Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Pathologic Stage IC Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Pathologic Stage II Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Pathologic Stage IIA Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Pathologic Stage IIB Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Pathologic Stage IIIA Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Pathologic Stage IIIB Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Pathologic Stage IV Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Pathologic Stage IVA Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8

Intervention

Drug:
Carboplatin
Given IV
Procedure:
Endoscopic Biopsy
Undergo endoscopic biopsy
Radiation:
External Beam Radiation Therapy
Undergo EBRT
Drug:
Lenvatinib Mesylate
Given PO
Paclitaxel
Given IV
Biological:
Pembrolizumab
Given IV
Procedure:
Resection
Undergo surgical resection

Locations

Country Name City State
United States City of Hope Medical Center Duarte California

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
City of Hope Medical Center National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Pathological complete response (CR) Defined as no residual cancer cells, including lymph nodes under pathologic examination of the surgically resected specimen and/or a Tumor Regression Score of 0 by the College of American Pathologist (CAP) Cancer Protocol for Esophageal Carcinoma. Pathological CR rate will be estimated by the proportion of patients achieving pathological CR, along with the 95% exact binomial confidence interval. At 14 weeks after starting protocol chemoradiotherapy
Primary Clinical complete response (CR) Defined as no radiographic evidence of disease on positron emission tomography /computed tomography or CT imaging. Clinical CR rate will be estimated by the proportion of patients achieving clinical CR, along with the 95% exact binomial confidence interval. At 14 weeks after starting protocol chemoradiotherapy
Secondary Immune-mediated tumor cytotoxicity Each patient will serve as their own control, and tumor cytotoxic T cell infiltration will be compared between the post-chemoradiation biopsy (pre-pembrolizumab/lenvatinib) and post-treatment (definitive surgery or follow up biopsies if clinical CR) via increased expression of the 18 gene proimmune response signature measured using the Nanostring platform on tumor tissue biopsies. Descriptive statistics will be used to summarize the gene expression profile in tissue/blood. Changes in these measures during and after treatment (when measured) will also be summarized by descriptive statistics and tables/plots. Various statistical analyses will be used to explore the association between these gene expression measures (at different time points and the changes over time) with clinical outcomes. Up to 3 years
Secondary Incidence of adverse events Assessed per Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 5.0. Up to 90 days post-treatment
Secondary Disease-free survival (DFS) DFS will be determined using the Kaplan-Meier method. Up to 3 years
Secondary Overall survival (OS) OS will be determined using the Kaplan-Meier method. Up to 3 years
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