Clinical trial • Phase III • Oncology

BOTENSILIMAB for Gastric cancer (MSI-H/dMMR)|Gastro-oesophageal junction adenocarcinoma (MSI-H/dMMR)|Oesophageal adenocarcinoma (MSI-H/dMMR)

Phase III trial of BOTENSILIMAB for Gastric cancer (MSI-H/dMMR)|Gastro-oesophageal junction adenocarcinoma (MSI-H/dMMR)|Oesophageal adenocarcinoma (MSI-H/…

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Oncology
Trial Disease
Gastric cancer (MSI-H/dMMR)|Gastro-oesophageal junction adenocarcinoma (MSI-H/dMMR)|Oesophageal adenocarcinoma (MSI-H/dMMR)
Trial Stage
Phase III
Drug Modality
Monoclonal antibody|Small molecule

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
31-10-2023
First CTIS Authorization Date
22-02-2024

Trial design

Randomised, open-label, standard arm: folfox, iv, q2w or q3w + nivolumab (360 mg, iv, q3w or 240 mg, iv, q2w). treatment with nivolumab recommended until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or up to 24 months in patients without disease progression. (standard of care comparator: folfox/xelox + nivolumab)-controlled Phase III trial in France.

Randomised
Yes
Open Label
Yes
Comparator
Standard arm: FOLFOX, IV, Q2W or Q3W + Nivolumab (360 mg, IV, Q3W or 240 mg, IV, Q2W). Treatment with nivolumab recommended until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or up to 24 months in patients without disease progression. (Standard of care comparator: FOLFOX/XELOX + nivolumab)
Biomarker Stratified
True, MSI-H/dMMR and PD-L1 CPS ≥ 5
Target Sample Size
132

Eligibility

Recruits 132 Vulnerable population not selected. Participants must be ≥18 and able to understand, sign, and date the written voluntary informed consent form prior to any protocol-specific procedures. No assent process for minors is described..

Pregnancy Exclusion
Pregnant or lactating women.
Vulnerable Population
Vulnerable population not selected. Participants must be ≥18 and able to understand, sign, and date the written voluntary informed consent form prior to any protocol-specific procedures. No assent process for minors is described.

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Male or female patient ≥18 years of age at time of informed consent form signature\n- Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must have a negative serum pregnancy test at the Screening Visit (within 72 hours of first dose of study drugs) and must agree to use highly effective contraceptive measures starting with the Screening Visit through •9 months after the end of the treatment with oxaliplatin •6 months after the end of the treatment with fluorouracil •5 months after the end of the treatment with nivolumab or botensilimab or Balstilimab •6 months for capecitabine Highly effective contraception is defined in appendix 03 of protocol\n- Male patients with a female partner(s) of childbearing potential must agree to use highly effective contraceptive measures throughout the study starting with the screening visit through 6 months after the end of the treatment with oxaliplatine or 3 months after the last dose for other study treatments is received. Males with pregnant partners must agree to use a condom; no additional method of contraception is required for the pregnant partner.\n- Patient should understand, sign, and date the written voluntary informed consent form prior to any protocol-specific procedures performed and should be able and willing to comply with study visits and procedures as per protocol\n- Patients must be covered by a medical insurance\n- Patient with MSI-H/dMMR HER2 negative advanced or metastatic gastric, gastro-oesophageal junction or oesophageal adenocarcinoma whose tumours express PD-L1 with a combined positive score (CPS) ≥ 5\n- Patient to be treated with a first line therapy for locally advanced/metastatic disease\n- No prior treatment with chemotherapy for locally advanced/metastatic disease. Note - adjuvant or neoadjuvant chemotherapy is allowed providing that 6 months have elapsed between completion of adjuvant chemotherapy and recurrence\n- Measurable disease (outside any previous irradiated field within the past 6 months) defined as at least one unidimensional lesion that can be accurately measured as ≥ 10 mm with CT scan according to RECIST V1.1\n- Patient with PS ECOG 0 or 1\n- Adequate hematologic and end-organ function, defined by the following laboratory test results (cf. protocol)\n- Availability of a representative formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) sample of the primary or metastatic tumor tissue (resection or biopsy) with an associated pathology report must be available. This tumor sample must meet the following quality/quantity control criteria: ≥30 % of tumor cells and a tumor surface area ≥ 5mm2 or biopsable disease\n- Tumor lesion visible by medical imaging and accessible to repeatable percutaneous or endoscopic sampling that permits core needle biopsy without unacceptable risk of a significant procedural complications, and suitable for retrieval of a minimum of 4 cores with a needle minimum diameter :16-gauge"}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Oesogastric cancer eligible to treatment with curative intent\n- Any evidence of current interstitial lung disease (ILD) or pneumonitis, or prior history of ILD or non-infectious pneumonitis requiring glucocorticoids.\n- History of allogeneic organ transplant.\n- Psychiatric or substance abuse disorders that would interfere with cooperation with the requirements of the study.\n- Patient with peripheral sensory neuropathy with functional impairment.\n- Patients with clinically significant active heart disease or myocardial infarction within 6 months, history of uncontrolled or symptomatic cardiac disease.\n- Patient with recent (within 7d before C1D1) or concomitant treatment with brivudine.\n- Patient with complete absence of dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) activity (blood uracil level ≥ 150 ng/mL) or partial deficit in DPD (i.e. blood uracil level between ≥ 16 ng/ml and < 150 ng/mL)\n- Patients with a condition requiring systemic treatment with either corticosteroids (> 10 mg daily prednisone equivalent) within 14 days or another immunosuppressive medication within 30 days of the first dose of study treatment. Inhaled or topical steroids, and adrenal replacement steroid doses (≤ 10 mg daily prednisone equivalent) are permitted in the absence of active autoimmune disease.\n- Patient with Live vaccines injection within 4 weeks before C1D1. Examples of live vaccines include, but are not limited to, the following: measles, mumps, rubella, chicken pox, yellow fever and BCG. Seasonal influenza vaccines for injection are generally killed virus vaccines and are allowed; however intranasal influenza vaccines (e.g. Flu-Mist®) are live attenuated vaccines, and are not allowed.\n- Active autoimmune disease or history of autoimmune disease that required systemic treatment within 2 years of the start of study treatment (i.e., with use of disease-modifying agents or immunosuppressive drugs).\n- Patients previously treated by anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti-CTLA-4 or any other immunotherapy\n- History or current evidence of any condition, co-morbidity, therapy, any active infections, or laboratory abnormality that might confound the results of the study, interfere with the patient’s participation for the full duration of the study, or is not in the best interest of the patient to participate, in the opinion of the treating Investigator.\n- Patients with documented: Active hepatitis B (chronic or acute; defined as having a positive hepatitis B surface antigen [HBsAg] test at screening) unless their HBV is stably controlled on nucleoside analogs (eg entecavir or tenofovir) which will be continued for the duration of the study. Note: Patients with past hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection or resolved HBV infection (defined as the presence of hepatitis B core antibody [anti-HBc] and absence of HBsAg) are eligible. HBV DNA test must be performed in these patients prior to C1D1. Active hepatitis C. Patients positive for hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody are eligible only if PCR is negative for HCV RNA, or HIV infection\n- Prior organ or bone marrow transplant.\n- Pregnant or lactating women.\n- Patients with surgery or radiotherapy within less than 4 weeks before C1D1\n- Patients with persistent AE Grade >1 related to previous anti-cancer treatment, except alopecia (all grades), laboratory value according to criteria I7.\n- Patients with: hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia, hypocalcemia less than normal\n- Patients with known prolongation QT/QTc interval i.e. QT/QTc interval longer than 450 msec for men and longer than 470 msec for women according to the inclusion ECG.\n- Symptomatic, untreated, or actively progressing central nervous system (CNS) metastases.\n- Patients with other malignancy unless this malignancy is not expected to interfere with the evaluation of study endpoints (basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, in-situ carcinoma of the cervix, localized prostate cancer), or with no evidence of disease for ≥ 2 years.\n- Known allergy or hypersensitivity to any of the study drugs or any of the study drug excipients."}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Overall Survival","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- PFS, Objective response rate after 16 weeks of treatment (ORR-16W) and duration of response (DoR) as per RECIST V1.1","definition_or_measurement_approach":"As stated: assessment per RECIST V1.1"}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Adverse events (AEs), drugs related AEs, drugs related AE leading to dose reduction or discontinuation during treatment, SAE and SUSAR, immune-related AE graded according to NCI-CTCAE V5.0.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Safety events graded according to NCI-CTCAE v5.0"}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Patient quality of life according to EORTC QLQC30 and items selected form the PRO CTC-AE","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Quality of life measured using EORTC QLQ-C30 and selected PRO CTC-AE items"}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Translational program : TMB on tumor sample and ctDNA ; RNASeq and WES on pre and on-treatment tumor samples ; multi-IF or IHC (eg but not limited to PD-L1, TIGIT, LAG3, TIM3)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Translational analyses as listed: TMB, ctDNA, RNASeq, WES, multi-IF/IHC on tumor samples"}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
132
Recruitment Window Months
48
Consent Approach
Written voluntary informed consent required: patients must understand, sign, and date the informed consent form prior to any protocol-specific procedures. Participants are adults (≥18). Multiple subject information and ICF documents are listed in the trial documents. No assent for minors described. Languages not specified.

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
10
Total Number Of Participants
132

France

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
18-12-2023
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
29-04-2026
Processing Time Days
863
Number Of Sites
10
Number Of Participants
132

Sites

Site Name
University Hospital Of Clermont-Ferrand
Department Name
Digestive Oncology
Contact Person Name
Marine JARY
Contact Person Email
mjary@chu-clermontferrand.fr
Site Name
Hopital Prive Jean Mermoz
Department Name
Gastroenterology and gastrintestinal oncology
Contact Person Name
Chloé VERNET
Contact Person Email
chloe.vernet@ramsaysante.fr
Site Name
Sainte Catherine Institut Du Cancer Avignon-Provence
Department Name
Medical oncology
Contact Person Name
Clémence TOULLEC
Contact Person Email
C.toullec@isc84.org
Site Name
Centre Francois Baclesse
Department Name
Surgery
Contact Person Name
François GHIRINGHELLI
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Poitiers
Department Name
Gastroenterology and medical oncology
Contact Person Name
David TOUGERON
Contact Person Email
david.tougeron@chu-poitiers.fr
Site Name
Institut Mutualiste Montsouris
Department Name
Medical oncology
Contact Person Name
Raphael COLLE
Contact Person Email
raphael.colle@imm.fr
Site Name
Institut Paoli-Calmettes
Department Name
Medical oncology
Contact Person Name
Christelle DE LA FOUCHARDIERE
Site Name
Centr Georges Francois Leclerc
Department Name
Medical oncology
Contact Person Name
François GHIRINGHELLI
Contact Person Email
pphilippe@cgfl.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Regional Et Universitaire De Brest
Department Name
Digestive oncology
Contact Person Name
Philippe METGES
Site Name
Centre Leon Berard

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Centre Leon Berard
Organisation Type
Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility
Country Of Registered Address
France

Third parties

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  • {"country":"","full_name":"PHRC interrégional","duties_or_roles":"Monetary support","organisation_type":""}

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
BOTENSILIMAB
Active Substance
BOTENSILIMAB
Modality
Monoclonal antibody
Routes Of Administration
IV INFUSION
Route
IV INFUSION
Authorisation Status
Not authorised
Starting Dose
75 mg
Frequency
Q6W (for up to 4 doses as described in experimental arm)
Maximum Dose
75 mg (maxDailyDoseAmount), maxTotalDoseAmount 300 mg
Investigational Product Name
BALSTILIMAB
Active Substance
BALSTILIMAB
Modality
Monoclonal antibody
Routes Of Administration
IV INFUSION
Route
IV INFUSION
Authorisation Status
Not authorised
Starting Dose
240 mg
Frequency
Q2W (for up to 2 years as described in experimental arm)
Maximum Dose
240 mg (maxDailyDoseAmount), maxTotalDoseAmount 12480 mg
Investigational Product Name
OPDIVO (NIVOLUMAB)
Active Substance
NIVOLUMAB
Modality
Monoclonal antibody
Routes Of Administration
IV INFUSION
Route
IV INFUSION
Authorisation Status
Authorised
Starting Dose
360 mg or 240 mg depending on schedule
Frequency
Q3W (360 mg) or Q2W (240 mg); treatment until progression or up to 24 months
Maximum Dose
360 mg (maxDailyDoseAmount), maxTotalDoseAmount 12480 mg
Investigational Product Name
OXALIPLATINE WINTHROP (OXALIPLATIN)
Active Substance
OXALIPLATIN
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
IV INFUSION
Route
IV INFUSION
Authorisation Status
Authorised
Starting Dose
85 mg/m2
Frequency
Q2W or Q3W as per FOLFOX schedule (standard arm)
Maximum Dose
85 mg/m2 (maxDailyDoseAmount), maxTotalDoseAmount 4420 mg
Investigational Product Name
FLUOROURACIL (5-FU)
Active Substance
FLUOROURACIL
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
IV INFUSION
Route
IV INFUSION
Authorisation Status
Authorised
Maximum Dose
1200 mg/m2 (maxDailyDoseAmount), maxTotalDoseAmount 31200 mg
Investigational Product Name
CAPECITABINE
Active Substance
CAPECITABINE
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
ORAL USE
Route
ORAL
Authorisation Status
Authorised
Maximum Dose
1000 mg/m2 (maxDailyDoseAmount), maxTotalDoseAmount 24000 mg
Combination Treatment
Yes

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