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
- Contact Person Email
- m.dossantos@baclesse.unicancer.fr
- 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
- Contact Person Email
- delafouchardierec@ipc.unicancer.fr
- 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
- Contact Person Email
- jean-philippe.metges@chu-brest.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Leon Berard
- Contact Person Email
- DRCIreglementaire@lyon.unicancer.fr
Sponsor
Primary sponsor
- Full Name
- Centre Leon Berard
- Organisation Type
- Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility
- Country Of Registered Address
- France
Third parties
- {"country":"","full_name":"Agenus Laboratory","duties_or_roles":"Monetary support","organisation_type":""}
- {"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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