Clinical trial • Phase II • Oncology

DOSTARLIMAB for Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HPV-negative)

Phase II trial of DOSTARLIMAB for Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HPV-negative). None/Not specified-controlled. 49 participants.

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Oncology
Trial Disease
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HPV-negative)
Trial Stage
Phase II
Drug Modality
Monoclonal antibody|Small molecule

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
16-09-2024
First CTIS Authorization Date
11-11-2024

Trial design

None/Not specified-controlled Phase II trial across 9 sites in Italy.

Comparator
None/Not specified
Target Sample Size
49

Eligibility

Recruits 49 Vulnerable population selected. Subject information and informed consent forms are provided (documents listed in CTIS: L1_PRIME HN-Foglio Informativo e CI versions and L2_PRIME HN-Lettera medico curante). No specific assent or minor-consent procedures are described in the CTIS record..

Pregnancy Exclusion
27. Pregnant or breast-feeding patients. Women of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test performed within 72 hours before treatment start. Both men and women enrolled in this trial must use adequate barrier birth control measures during the course of the trial and 180 days after the last dose of study treatment;
Vulnerable Population
Vulnerable population selected. Subject information and informed consent forms are provided (documents listed in CTIS: L1_PRIME HN-Foglio Informativo e CI versions and L2_PRIME HN-Lettera medico curante). No specific assent or minor-consent procedures are described in the CTIS record.

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- 3. Primary histologically proven squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity, oropharynx, hypopharynx or larynx amenable to surgery with curative intent. p16 negative status will be requested only for oropharyngeal cancer and it will be assessed as surrogate marker for HPV infection. p16 status will be assessed using the CINtec p16 Histology assay (Ventana Medical Systems, Tucson, AZ, USA) with strong and diffuse nuclear and cytoplasmic staining in at least 70% of cells used as the cutpoint for positivity.\n- 4. Clinical stage III-IV(M0) according to the VIII edition of AJCC staging system; recurrent/metastatic HNSCC, or previously treated HNSCC with local or systemic therapies, are not eligible for this study.\n- 5. Performance status ECOG 0-1;\n- 8. Absence of a second malignancy (except non-melanoma skin cancers, and the following in situ cancers: bladder, gastric, oesophageal, colon, endometrial, cervical/dysplasia, melanoma, or breast) unless a complete remission was achieved at least 2 years prior to study entry AND no additional therapy is required during the study period;\n- 9. Patient has adequate organ and marrow function (absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1500, hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 gram/deciliter (g/dL), platelet count ≥ 100,000, total bilirubin ≤1.5 times institution's upper limit of normal, AST/SGOT and ALT/SPGT ≤ 2.5 times institutional upper limit of normal, albumin ≥ 2.0 g/dL, serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 times institutional upper limit of normal or creatinine clearance ≥ 60 milliliters per minute (mL/min) according to Cockroft-Gault formula, or local institutional standard method);\n- 10. Patient must be able to swallow study drug;\n- 11. Participant must agree to not donate blood during the study or for 90 days after the last dose of study treatment;\n- 12. Female participant has a negative serum pregnancy test within 72 hours prior to taking study treatment if of childbearing potential and agrees to use an adequate method of contraception from screening through 180 days after the last dose of study treatment, or is of nonchildbearing potential. Nonchildbearing potential is defined as follows (by other than medical reasons): • ≥45 years of age and has not had menses for >1 year • Patients who have been amenorrhoeic for <2 years without history of a hysterectomy and oophorectomy must have a follicle stimulating hormone value in the postmenopausal range upon screening evaluation • Post-hysterectomy, post-bilateral oophorectomy, or post-tubal ligation. Documented hysterectomy or oophorectomy must be confirmed with medical records of the actual procedure or confirmed by an ultrasound. Tubal ligation must be confirmed with medical records of the actual procedure, otherwise the patient must be willing to use an adequate barrier method throughout the study, starting with the screening visit through 180 days after the last dose of study treatment. See Section 3.3 for a list of acceptable birth control methods. Information must be captured appropriately within the site’s source documents. Note: Abstinence is acceptable if this is the established and preferred contraception for the patient.\n- 13. Participant must agree to not breastfeed during the study or for 120 days after the last dose of study treatment;\n- 14. Male participant agrees to use an adequate method of contraception (Section 3.3 for a list of acceptable birth control methods) starting with the first dose of study treatment through 180 days after the last dose of study treatment. Note: Abstinence is acceptable if this is the established and preferred contraception for the patient;"}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- 1. Patient has recurrent/metastatic disease;\n- 2. Patient with locally advanced disease not amenable of surgery with curative intent;\n- 3. Patient has received prior local or systemic treatment for HNSCC;\n- 4. Patient with p16/HPV positive HNSCC;\n- 5. Patient with sinonasal, nasal cavity or nasopharyngeal cancer;\n- 6. Patient with SCC on neck disease with unknown primary tumor site;\n- 10. Participant has had radiation therapy encompassing >20% of the bone marrow within 2 weeks; or any radiation therapy within 1 week prior to Day 1 of protocol therapy;\n- 12. Participant must not have received a transfusion (platelets or red blood cells) ≤ 4 weeks prior to initiating protocol therapy;\n- 13. Participant must not have received colony-stimulating factors (eg, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor, or recombinant erythropoietin) within 4 weeks prior initiating protocol therapy;\n- 14. Participant has had any known Grade 3 or 4 anemia, neutropenia or thrombocytopenia due to prior chemotherapy that persisted > 4 weeks and was related to the most recent treatment;\n- 15. Participant must not have any known history of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) or acute myeloid leukemia (AML);\n- 17. Participant must not have known, symptomatic brain or leptomeningeal metastases;\n- 18. Patient experienced ≥ Grade 3 immune-related adverse event with prior immunotherapy, with the exception of non-clinically significant lab abnormalities;\n- 19. Participant has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or has received systemic steroid therapy or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to initiating protocol therapy;\n- 21. Subjects with previous malignancies (except non-melanoma skin cancers, and the following in situ cancers: bladder, gastric, oesophageal, colon, endometrial, cervical/dysplasia, melanoma, or breast) unless a complete remission was achieved at least 2 years prior to study entry AND no additional therapy is required during the study period;\n- 22. Subjects with an active, known or suspected autoimmune disease. Subjects with type I diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism only requiring hormone replacement, skin disorders (such as vitiligo, psoriasis, or alopecia) not requiring systemic treatment, or conditions not expected to recur in the absence of an external trigger are permitted to enroll;\n- 23. Subjects with a condition requiring systemic treatment with either corticosteroids (> 10 mg daily prednisone equivalent) or other immunosuppressive medications within 14 days of enrollment. Inhaled or topical steroids, and adrenal replacement steroid > 10 mg daily prednisone equivalent, are permitted in the absence of active autoimmune disease;\n- 24. Subjects with interstitial lung disease that is symptomatic or may interfere with the detection or management of suspected drug-related pulmonary toxicity;\n- 26. Known active Hepatitis B infection (defined as presence of HBsAg and/or HBV DNA), active hepatitis C infection (defined as presence of Hep C RNA) and/or known Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Patients with HIV who have a normal CD4 count (≥ 200) and an undetectable viral load are not excluded;\n- 27. Pregnant or breast-feeding patients. Women of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test performed within 72 hours before treatment start. Both men and women enrolled in this trial must use adequate barrier birth control measures during the course of the trial and 180 days after the last dose of study treatment;"}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Efficacy: Rate of Major Pathological Response (MPR, i.e. less than 10% viable tumor cells identified on routine hematoxylin and eosin staining in pathological surgical specimen) in patients with locally advanced HNSCC treated with Niraparib + Dostarlimab (TSR-042) in the WoO setting.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Major Pathological Response (MPR, i.e. less than 10% viable tumor cells identified on routine hematoxylin and eosin staining in pathological surgical specimen)"}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Safety: Safety stopping rule: the first 6 patients will be evaluated for surgical toxicities graded according to Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v 5.0 and documented over the 4 weeks period following surgery in order to determine if preoperative study protocol is safe.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Surgical toxicities graded per CTCAE v5.0, documented over 4 weeks following surgery; safety stopping rule applied after first 6 patients."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Once the safety is established total planned enrolment will be completed. Surgical safety in the whole population will be evaluated up to 4 weeks after surgery considering the following: a) postoperative bleeding requiring surgical revision b) delayed wound healing or wound dehiscence c) wound infection d) fistula e) need for secondary surgical interventions (not considered part of institutional standard of care) f) skin loss/flap necrosis including partial or total flap as applicable.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Surgical safety endpoints assessed up to 4 weeks post-surgery, including postoperative bleeding, delayed wound healing/dehiscence, infection, fistula, need for secondary surgery, skin/flap necrosis."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- • Two-year DFS of the patients enrolled in the trial, defined as the time from treatment assignment to cancer recurrence, second cancer or death from any cause. • radiological response after 6 weeks of treatment evaluated at MRI prior to surgery by: a) RECIST v1.1 using conventional MRI imaging b) Diffusion Weighted Imaging Magnetic Resonance Imaging (DWI MRI)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Two-year disease-free survival (DFS) defined as time from treatment assignment to cancer recurrence, second cancer, or death; radiological response at 6 weeks assessed by MRI prior to surgery using RECIST v1.1 and DWI MRI."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- • Safety of the whole treatment and safety of each phase (induction and maintenance) as evaluated in a separate way • correlation between radiological and pathological response; • evaluation of predictive role of baseline genomic expression, salivary markers and radiomic characteristics on response to induction therapy; • change in gene expression in tumor samples after induction therapy;","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Safety to be evaluated for whole treatment and separately by phase; correlations between radiological and pathological response; exploratory biomarker analyses (baseline genomic expression, salivary markers, radiomic characteristics) and changes in tumor gene expression after induction."}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
49
Recruitment Window Months
106
Consent Approach
Informed consent is managed via subject information and informed consent forms (documents listed in CTIS: multiple L1/L2 consent/information form documents). Consent is provided by the participant; documents available include Italian translations. No specific assent procedures for minors are described.

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
9
Total Number Of Participants
49

Italy

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
13-09-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
11-11-2024
Processing Time Days
59
Number Of Sites
9
Number Of Participants
49

Sites

Site Name
IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino
Department Name
Oncologia Medica 2
Contact Person Name
Stefania Vecchio
Site Name
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Maggiore Della Carita
Department Name
SCDU Oncologia
Contact Person Name
Andrea Sponghini
Site Name
Pia Fondazione Di Culto E Religione Card G Panico
Department Name
UOC Oncologia
Contact Person Name
Emiliano Tamburini
Contact Person Email
emilianotamburini@icloud.com
Site Name
Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Degli Spedali Civili Di Brescia
Department Name
Medical Oncology
Contact Person Name
Andrea Alberti
Contact Person Email
a.alberti015@unibs.it
Site Name
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico Umberto I
Department Name
Oncologia Medica
Contact Person Name
Andrea Botticelli
Contact Person Email
andrea.botticelli@uniroma.it
Site Name
I.F.O. Istituti Fisioterapici Ospitalieri
Department Name
Oncologia Medica 1
Contact Person Name
Consuelo D'Ambrosio
Contact Person Email
consuelo.dambrosio@ifo.it
Site Name
Humanitas Mirasole S.p.A.
Department Name
Oncologia
Contact Person Name
Armando Santoro
Site Name
Istituto Oncologico Veneto
Department Name
Oncologia Medica 2
Contact Person Name
Mariagrazia Ghi
Contact Person Email
mariagrazia.ghi@iov.veneto.it
Site Name
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Maggiore Della Carita (Novara) - duplicate listing accounted above
Department Name
SCDU Oncologia
Contact Person Name
Andrea Sponghini

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Fondazione GONO Plus
Organisation Type
Laboratory/Research/Testing facility
Country Of Registered Address
Italy

Contract research organisations

Name
Clinical Research Technology S.r.l.
Responsibilities
Sponsor duties codes: 1,12,5,7 (as listed in CTIS thirdParty sponsorDuties)

Third parties

  • {"country":"Italy","full_name":"Clinical Research Technology S.r.l.","duties_or_roles":"1,12,5,7","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
JEMPERLI 500 mg concentrate for solution for infusion
Active Substance
DOSTARLIMAB
Modality
Monoclonal antibody
Routes Of Administration
IV INFUSION
Route
IV infusion
Authorisation Status
Authorised (marketing authorisation EU/1/21/1538/001)
Maximum Dose
1000 mg
Investigational Product Name
Zejula 100 mg film-coated tablets
Active Substance
NIRAPARIB
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
ORAL
Route
Oral
Authorisation Status
Authorised (marketing authorisation EU/1/17/1235/006 and EU/1/17/1235/007)
Maximum Dose
200 mg
Combination Treatment
Yes

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