Clinical trial • Phase II | Phase III • Oncology
EFTILAGIMOD ALFA for Metastatic breast cancer (HER2-negative/low)
Phase II | Phase III trial of EFTILAGIMOD ALFA for Metastatic breast cancer (HER2-negative/low).
Overview
- Trial Therapeutic Area
- Oncology
- Trial Disease
- Metastatic breast cancer (HER2-negative/low)
- Trial Stage
- Phase II | Phase III
- Drug Modality
- Peptide/protein/enzyme | Small molecule
Key dates
- Initial CTIS Submission Date
- 27-05-2024
- First CTIS Authorization Date
- 24-06-2024
Trial design
Randomised, open-label, weekly paclitaxel (intravenous infusion; paclitaxel dose reported with maxdailydoseamount 80 mg/m2 in product data) plus placebo (imp321 placebo) versus eftilagimod alfa (imp321) plus weekly paclitaxel. dose optimization lead-in compares 30 mg vs 90 mg efti (open-label) to define obd before phase 3 randomized double-blind comparison.-controlled, adaptive Phase II | Phase III trial in Spain, Belgium.
- Randomised
- Yes
- Open Label
- Yes
- Comparator
- Weekly paclitaxel (intravenous infusion; paclitaxel dose reported with maxDailyDoseAmount 80 mg/m2 in product data) plus placebo (IMP321 Placebo) versus eftilagimod alfa (IMP321) plus weekly paclitaxel. Dose optimization lead-in compares 30 mg vs 90 mg efti (open-label) to define OBD before phase 3 randomized double-blind comparison.
- Adaptive
- True, Dose optimization lead-in (open-label) comparing 30 mg and 90 mg efti to evaluate safety/tolerability, occurrence of DLTs and to determine the optimal biological dose (OBD) for the Phase 3 portion; decision to proceed to Phase 3 and selection of dose based on lead-in safety/PK/PD and DLT data.
- Single Multiple Or Escalation Dose Combined
- Yes
- Target Sample Size
- 487
- Trial Duration For Participant
- 364
Eligibility
Recruits 487 The protocol requires that participants be able to provide written informed consent: "1. Able to give written informed consent and to comply with the protocol. Note: signed and dated informed consent must be obtained prior to any protocol related procedure." Participants with any disorder that would impede their ability to provide informed consent are excluded: "27. Any current disorder that would impede the patient's ability to provide informed consent or to comply with the protocol, or in the clinical judgement of the Investigator, the patient is unsuitable for participation in this trial for any reason." Only adults (≥18 years) are eligible (dose optimization lead-in females ≥18; Phase 3 males or females ≥18). No assent process for minors is provided; enrolment of minors is not allowed..
- Pregnancy Exclusion
- 10. Women who are pregnant or lactating.
- Vulnerable Population
- The protocol requires that participants be able to provide written informed consent: "1. Able to give written informed consent and to comply with the protocol. Note: signed and dated informed consent must be obtained prior to any protocol related procedure." Participants with any disorder that would impede their ability to provide informed consent are excluded: "27. Any current disorder that would impede the patient's ability to provide informed consent or to comply with the protocol, or in the clinical judgement of the Investigator, the patient is unsuitable for participation in this trial for any reason." Only adults (≥18 years) are eligible (dose optimization lead-in females ≥18; Phase 3 males or females ≥18). No assent process for minors is provided; enrolment of minors is not allowed.
Inclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- 1. Able to give written informed consent and to comply with the protocol. Note: signed and dated informed consent must be obtained prior to any protocol related procedure.\n- 10. Resolution of toxicity of prior therapy to grade <2 (except for transaminases in the presence of liver metastases and for alopecia where grade 2 is allowed).\n- 11. Patients who are HBsAg positive are eligible if they have received HBV antiviral therapy for at least 4 weeks and have undetectable HBV viral load prior to randomization.\n- 12. Patients with a history of HCV infection are eligible if HCV viral load is undetectable at screening.\n- 13. HIV infected patients must be on antiretroviral therapy and have a well-controlled HIV infection/disease defined as: a. Patients on ART must have a CD4+ T-cell count >350 cells/mm3 at time of screening. b. Patients on ART must have achieved and maintained virologic suppression defined as confirmed HIV RNA level below 50 copies/mL or the lower limit of qualification (below the limit of detection) using the locally available assay at the time of screening and for at least 12 weeks prior to screening. c. Patients on ART must have been on a stable regimen, without changes in drugs or dose modification, for at least 4 weeks prior to cycle 1 day 1.\n- 14. Laboratory criteria: a. Total white cell count ≥3 x 10^9/L b. Platelet count ≥100 x 10^9/L c. Hemoglobin ≥9 g/dL or 5.58 mmol/L d. Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) ≥1.5 x 10^9/L e. Estimated glomerular filtration rate by CKD-EPI >30 mL/min f. Total bilirubin ≤20 μmol/L, except for familial cholemia (Gilbert's disease) g. Serum ASAT and ALAT ≤3 times ULN or ≤5 times ULN if liver metastases are present. Please refer to the protocol for the full inclusion criteria with notes.\n- 2. Metastatic HR+ (estrogen receptor positive and/or progesterone receptor positive) or hormone receptor negative (HR-), and HER2- neg/low breast adenocarcinoma, histologically proven by biopsy last available tumor tissue (primary tumor and/or a metastasis; metastasis preferred).\n- 3. Patients with HR+ MBC who progressed on or after ≥1 line of endocrine based therapy and are indicated to receive paclitaxel chemotherapy for metastatic disease, in line with locally applicable treatment guidelines and local standard of care. Meeting any of below conditions: a. Primary endocrine resistance: recurrence/relapse ≤2 years after the start of adjuvant endocrine therapy for early breast cancer, or progression within 6 months of 1st line endocrine based therapy for metastatic breast cancer. b. Secondary endocrine resistance: recurrence/relapse >2 years after starting adjuvant endocrine based therapy, recurrence/relapse <12 months of finishing adjuvant endocrine based therapy or progression after >6 months of endocrine based therapy for metastatic breast cancer.\n- 4. Patients with TNBC who are indicated to receive paclitaxel chemotherapy without anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy in the 1st line setting for metastatic disease, in line with locally applicable treatment guidelines and local standard of care.\n- 5. Dose optimization lead-in: Female of age 18 years-of-age or older. Phase 3: Female or male of age 18 years-of-age or older.\n- 6. All patients of childbearing potential must have a negative highly sensitive pregnancy test at screening and agree to use a highly effective method for contraception according to the EU Clinical Trial Facilitation Group guidance from time of trial entry until at least 6 months after the last administration of the trial drug. The partners of patients with childbearing potential must also apply contraceptive methods. Patients who are either: a. Postmenopausal (≥60 years of age, or <60 years of age and amenorrhoeic for 12 months in the absence of chemotherapy, tamoxifen, toremifene, or ovarian suppression with follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) above 40 U/L and estradiol below 30 ng/L; or if taking tamoxifen or toremifene, and age <60 years, then FSH and estradiol in the postmenopausal range), permanently sterilized (e.g., bilateral tubal occlusion, hysterectomy), b. Incapable of pregnancy are not considered to be of childbearing potential.\n- 7. Dose optimization lead-in only: evidence of measurable disease as defined by RECIST 1.1.\n- 8. ECOG performance status 0-1.\n- 9. Expected survival longer than three months."}
Exclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- 1. Prior chemotherapy for metastatic breast adenocarcinoma.\n- 10. Women who are pregnant or lactating.\n- 11. Serious intercurrent infection treated with parenteral antibiotics within 4 weeks prior to first dose of trial treatment.\n- 12. QTcF >480 ms, family or personal history of long or short QT syndrome, Brugada syndrome or known history of QTc prolongation, or Torsade de Pointes (TdP).\n- 13. Uncontrolled electrolyte disorders of grade 2 or higher severity that may worsen the effects of a QTc-prolonging drug (e.g., hypocalcemia, hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia).\n- 14. Evidence of severe or uncontrolled cardiac disease within 6 months prior to first dose of trial treatment including: myocardial infarction, severe/unstable angina, ongoing cardiac dysrhythmias of NCI CTCAE version 5.0 Grade ≥2, atrial fibrillation, coronary/peripheral artery bypass graft, symptomatic congestive heart failure (NYHA III-IV), cerebrovascular accident including transient ischemic attack, ventricular arrhythmias requiring medication or symptomatic pulmonary embolism.\n- 15. Active acute or chronic infection (exceptions are defined in Incl. crit. #11-13).\n- 16. HIV-infected patients with a history of Kaposi sarcoma and/or Multicentric Castleman Disease.\n- 17. Active or past autoimmune disease requiring systemic immunosuppressive therapy in the past 2 years. Replacement therapy is allowed.\n- 18. Any condition requiring continuous systemic treatment with either corticosteroids (>10 mg daily prednisone equivalents) or other immunosuppressive medications within 4 weeks prior to first dose of trial treatment. Inhaled or topical steroids and physiological replacement doses of up to 10 mg daily prednisone equivalent are permitted in the absence of active autoimmune disease.\n- 19. Life threatening illness unrelated to cancer.\n- 2. Patients with HR+ MBC who have received <1 line of ET based therapy in the metastatic setting.\n- 20. Previous malignancies within the last three years other than breast cancer, except successfully treated squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, superficial bladder cancer, in situ carcinoma of the cervix and tamoxifenrelated endometrial cancer definitively treated with hysterectomy.\n- 21. Patients with prior organ or stem cell transplantation.\n- 22. Live vaccine within 30 days of planned C1D1. Examples of live vaccines include, but are not limited to, the following: measles, mumps, rubella, varicella/zoster (chicken pox), yellow fever, rabies, Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG), and typhoid vaccine. Seasonal influenza vaccines for injection are generally killed virus vaccines and are allowed; however, intranasal influenza vaccines (e.g., FluMist®) are live attenuated vaccines and are not allowed.\n- 23. Patients treated with systemic immune stimulatory agents (excluding vaccines) within 6 weeks or five half-lives of the drug prior to first administration of trial treatment.\n- 24. History of severe allergic episodes and/ or Quincke's oedema.\n- 25. Known hypersensitivity to any of the components of the trial agents.\n- 26. Participation in another interventional clinical trial with last trial treatment given within 4 weeks prior to C1D1, with intent other than covered by Exclusion criterion #8.\n- 27. Any current disorder that would impede the patient's ability to provide informed consent or to comply with the protocol, or in the clinical judgement of the Investigator, the patient is unsuitable for participation in this trial for any reason.\n- 28. Persons with any kind of dependency on the Investigator or employed by the Sponsor or Investigator; persons held in an institution by legal or official order.\n- 3. Patients with HR+ MBC who are not primary or secondary resistant to ET-based therapy and would be candidates to ET based therapy as per applicable treatment guidelines.\n- 4. TNBC patients who are candidates for PD-1/PD-L1 therapy in combination with chemotherapy.\n- 5. Disease-free interval of less than twelve months from the last dose of adjuvant chemotherapy.\n- 6. Prior high-dose chemotherapy requiring hematopoietic stem cell rescue.\n- 7. Inflammatory breast cancer at the time of screening.\n- 8. Any (investigational) agent given with intent to treat breast cancer within 4 weeks, while for endocrine therapy within 1 week and for treatment with CDK4/6 inhibitors within 5 times half-life (according to SPC) prior to first dose of trial treatment.\n- 9. Symptomatic known cerebral and/or leptomeningeal metastases."}
Endpoints
Primary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- DOSE OPTIMIZATION LEAD-IN • Frequency, severity, and duration of adverse events (AEs). • Clinically relevant abnormalities in vital signs, physical examinations, 12-lead ECGs, and safety laboratory assessments. • Occurrence of dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs). • Determination of the OBD.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Safety and tolerability will be assessed by frequency, severity, and duration of AEs, clinically relevant abnormalities in vital signs, physical exams, 12-lead ECGs and safety labs; DLTs occurrence will be recorded; determination of optimal biological dose (OBD) based on these safety and tolerability assessments."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- PHASE 3 • Overall survival (OS) is defined as the time from randomization to death from any cause.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"OS measured as time from randomization to death from any cause; standard survival analysis (time-to-event) with censoring at last known alive or data cut-off."}
Secondary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- DOSE OPTIMIZATION LEAD-IN • Objective response rate (ORR) according to RECIST 1.1 by investigator assessment defined as the proportion of patients who have best overall response (BOR) of CR or PR.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"ORR per RECIST 1.1 by investigator assessment; proportion of patients with BOR of complete response (CR) or partial response (PR)."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- • Progression free survival (PFS) per RECIST 1.1, defined as the timefrom the date of first treatment to documented disease progression or death from any cause as assessed by the investigator assessment based on RECIST 1.1. Censuring rules as per FDA guideline. .","definition_or_measurement_approach":"PFS per RECIST 1.1 measured from date of first treatment to documented progression or death; investigator-assessed; censoring rules per FDA guidance."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- • Overall survival (OS) is defined as the time from the date of first treatment to death from any cause. Patients who are lost to follow-up and those who are alive at the date of data cut-off will be censored at the last date the patient was last known alive, or date of data cut-off, whichever occurs first.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"OS measured from date of first treatment to death from any cause; censoring at last known alive date or data cut-off for those alive or lost to follow-up."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- • Changes from baseline in quality of life (QOL) as assessed by EORTC QLQ-C30 over the course of the trial.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"QOL assessed using EORTC QLQ-C30 with changes from baseline evaluated over time."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- • Plasma concentration time profile and derived PK parameters of efti at 30 and 90 mg (dose optimization lead-in only) dose levels.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Pharmacokinetic sampling to determine plasma concentration-time profiles and PK parameters (e.g., Cmax, AUC) for efti at 30 mg and 90 mg."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- • Progression free survival (PFS) per RECIST 1.1, defined as the time from randomization to documented disease progression or death from any cause as assessed by the investigator assessment based on RECIST 1.1. Censuring rules as per FDA guideline.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"PFS per RECIST 1.1 measured from randomization to progression or death; investigator-assessed; censoring rules per FDA guidance."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- • Objective response rate (ORR) according to RECIST 1.1 by investigator assessment defined as the proportion of patients who have best overall response (BOR) of CR or PR.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"ORR per RECIST 1.1 by investigator assessment; proportion achieving CR or PR."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- • Frequency, severity, and duration of adverse events (AEs)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Safety monitoring and AE reporting according to CTCAE criteria; summary of frequencies, grades and durations."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- • Clinically relevant abnormalities in vital signs, physical examinations, 12-lead ECGs, and safety laboratory assessments.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Regular safety assessments including vital signs, physical exams, 12-lead ECGs and laboratory tests to identify clinically relevant abnormalities."}
Recruitment
- Planned Sample Size
- 487
- Recruitment Window Months
- 50
- Consent Approach
- Participants must provide signed and dated written informed consent prior to any protocol-related procedures ("1. Able to give written informed consent and to comply with the protocol. Note: signed and dated informed consent must be obtained prior to any protocol related procedure."). Only adults (≥18 years) provide consent; no assent for minors (minors not eligible). Subject information and informed consent forms (L1 SIS and ICF) are available in multiple language versions as indicated in the application documents (English, French, Dutch, Spanish and German versions of the Phase 3 and lead-in ICFs are listed). A specific ICF for pregnant partners is also provided.
Geography
- Total Number Of Sites
- 14
- Total Number Of Participants
- 99
Spain
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 06-06-2024
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 20-10-2025
- Processing Time Days
- 501
- Number Of Sites
- 9
- Number Of Participants
- 63
Sites
- Site Name
- Parc Tauli Hospital Universitari
- Department Name
- Oncology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Luis Fernández Morales
- Principal Investigator Email
- lfernandez@tauli.cat
- Contact Person Name
- Luis Fernández Morales
- Contact Person Email
- lfernandez@tauli.cat
- Site Name
- Institut Catala D'oncologia
- Department Name
- Oncology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Anna Pous Badia
- Principal Investigator Email
- apous@iconcologia.net
- Contact Person Name
- Anna Pous Badia
- Contact Person Email
- apous@iconcologia.net
- Site Name
- Hospital Universitari Arnau De Vilanova De La Gerencia Territorial De Lleida
- Department Name
- Oncology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Serafín Morales Murillo
- Principal Investigator Email
- Serafinmorales01@gmial.com
- Contact Person Name
- Serafín Morales Murillo
- Contact Person Email
- Serafinmorales01@gmial.com
- Site Name
- Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia
- Department Name
- Oncology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Juan De la Haba Rodríguez
- Principal Investigator Email
- juanhaba@gmail.com
- Contact Person Name
- Juan De la Haba Rodríguez
- Contact Person Email
- juanhaba@gmail.com
- Site Name
- Hospital Universitario De Jaen
- Department Name
- Oncology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Pedro Sánchez Rovira
- Principal Investigator Email
- oncopsr@yahoo.es
- Contact Person Name
- Pedro Sánchez Rovira
- Contact Person Email
- oncopsr@yahoo.es
- Site Name
- Hospital Universitario La Paz
- Department Name
- Oncology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Maria del Pilar Zamora Auñón
- Principal Investigator Email
- zamorapilar@gmail.com
- Contact Person Name
- Maria del Pilar Zamora Auñón
- Contact Person Email
- zamorapilar@gmail.com
- Site Name
- Hospital Clinic De Barcelona
- Department Name
- Oncology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Isabel García Fructuoso
- Principal Investigator Email
- igarciaf@recerca.clinic.cat
- Contact Person Name
- Isabel García Fructuoso
- Contact Person Email
- igarciaf@recerca.clinic.cat
- Site Name
- Hospital Universitari Vall D Hebron
- Department Name
- Oncology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Ana Mafalda Antunes Melo Oliveira
- Principal Investigator Email
- moliveira@vhio.net
- Contact Person Name
- Ana Mafalda Antunes Melo Oliveira
- Contact Person Email
- moliveira@vhio.net
- Site Name
- Hospital Universitario Fundacion Jimenez Diaz
- Department Name
- Oncology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Bernard Doger de Speville
- Principal Investigator Email
- Bernard.doger@startmadrid.com
- Contact Person Name
- Bernard Doger de Speville
- Contact Person Email
- Bernard.doger@startmadrid.com
Belgium
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 06-06-2024
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 07-04-2026
- Processing Time Days
- 670
- Number Of Sites
- 5
- Number Of Participants
- 36
Sites
- Site Name
- Grand Hopital De Charleroi
- Department Name
- Oncology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Jean-Luc Canon
- Principal Investigator Email
- Jean-Luc.Canon@ghdc.be
- Contact Person Name
- Jean-Luc Canon
- Contact Person Email
- Jean-Luc.Canon@ghdc.be
- Site Name
- Antwerp University Hospital
- Department Name
- Oncology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Konstantinos Papadimitriou
- Principal Investigator Email
- Konstantinos.Papadimitriou@uza.be
- Contact Person Name
- Konstantinos Papadimitriou
- Contact Person Email
- Konstantinos.Papadimitriou@uza.be
- Site Name
- Clinique Saint-Pierre
- Department Name
- Oncology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Renaud Poncin
- Principal Investigator Email
- rponcin4@hotmail.com
- Contact Person Name
- Renaud Poncin
- Contact Person Email
- rponcin4@hotmail.com
- Site Name
- Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc
- Department Name
- Oncology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Francois Duhoux
- Principal Investigator Email
- Francois.Duhoux@uclouvain.be
- Contact Person Name
- Francois Duhoux
- Contact Person Email
- Francois.Duhoux@uclouvain.be
- Site Name
- Hopital De Libramont
- Department Name
- Oncology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Frederic Forget
- Principal Investigator Email
- Frederic.forget@vivalia.be
- Contact Person Name
- Frederic Forget
- Contact Person Email
- Frederic.forget@vivalia.be
Sponsor
Primary sponsor
- Full Name
- Immutep
- Organisation Type
- Pharmaceutical company
- Country Of Registered Address
- France
Contract research organisations
- Name
- Fortrea Development Limited
- Responsibilities
- Sponsor duties codes listed in application: 10,12,2,5,6,7,8,9 (responsibilities provided as codes in record); contact email: Submissions@fortrea.com
Third parties
- {"country":"France","full_name":"Phinc Development","duties_or_roles":"Other","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"France","full_name":"Charles River Laboratories Evreux","duties_or_roles":"Oher","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"Belgium","full_name":"Allucent (Belgium)","duties_or_roles":"SAFETY REPORTING","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United Kingdom","full_name":"Fortrea Development Limited","duties_or_roles":"codes: 10,12,2,5,6,7,8,9 (multiple responsibilities listed)","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"France","full_name":"Median Technologies","duties_or_roles":"code: 1","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"Switzerland","full_name":"Labcorp Central Laboratory Services SARL","duties_or_roles":"Other","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
Investigational products
- Investigational Product Name
- IMP321
- Active Substance
- EFTILAGIMOD ALFA
- Modality
- Peptide/protein/enzyme
- Routes Of Administration
- Subcutaneous use
- Route
- Subcutaneous
- Authorisation Status
- prodAuthStatus: 1; miaNumber: DE BW 01 M1A2023_0054
- Starting Dose
- 30 mg (dose optimization lead-in evaluates 30 mg and 90 mg)
- Dose Levels
- 30 mg; 90 mg
- Frequency
- Administered in combination with weekly paclitaxel (weekly schedule referenced)
- Maximum Dose
- 90 mg
- Dose Escalation Increase
- Initial 30 mg followed by 90 mg
- Investigational Product Name
- PACLITAXEL
- Active Substance
- Paclitaxel
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- Intravenous infusion
- Route
- Intravenous infusion
- Authorisation Status
- prodAuthStatus: 2; euSubstNumber: SUB09583MIG
- Starting Dose
- Reported product maxDailyDoseAmount 80 mg/m2 (weekly paclitaxel schedule used in study)
- Dose Levels
- Not further specified in record (product data lists dosing units mg/m2 and maxDailyDoseAmount 80 mg/m2)
- Frequency
- Weekly paclitaxel (as stated in trial description)
- Maximum Dose
- Max daily dose amount 80 mg/m2 (per product data)
- Investigational Product Name
- IMP321 Placebo
- Modality
- Other
- Combination Treatment
- Yes
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