Clinical trial • Phase III • Oncology

PEMBROLIZUMAB for Metastatic renal cell carcinoma

Phase III trial of PEMBROLIZUMAB for Metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Oncology
Trial Disease
Metastatic renal cell carcinoma
Trial Stage
Phase III
Drug Modality
Monoclonal antibody | Small molecule

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
09-07-2024
First CTIS Authorization Date
17-07-2024

Trial design

Randomised, open-label, arm b (control arm): treatment continuation — patients continue the combination treatment pd-1/pd-l1 ici + vegfr-tki until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. (specific drugs/doses/schedules not specified at arm level in the record.) Phase III trial in France.

Randomised
Yes
Open Label
Yes
Comparator
Arm B (control arm): treatment continuation — patients continue the combination treatment PD-1/PD-L1 ICI + VEGFR-TKI until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. (Specific drugs/doses/schedules not specified at arm level in the record.)
Target Sample Size
372
Trial Duration For Participant
730

Eligibility

Recruits 372 The trial record indicates vulnerable population selection is true. Adults who are the subject of legal protection measures and persons deprived of their liberty are explicitly listed in the exclusion criteria. Participation requires a signed informed consent form; adult subject information sheet (SIS) and informed consent form (ICF) documents are listed (L1_SIS and ICF_adults). No provisions for assent or minors are provided; minimum age is ≥ 18 years..

Pregnancy Exclusion
Women who are pregnant or lactating
Vulnerable Population
The trial record indicates vulnerable population selection is true. Adults who are the subject of legal protection measures and persons deprived of their liberty are explicitly listed in the exclusion criteria. Participation requires a signed informed consent form; adult subject information sheet (SIS) and informed consent form (ICF) documents are listed (L1_SIS and ICF_adults). No provisions for assent or minors are provided; minimum age is ≥ 18 years.

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Age ≥ 18 years at time of signing informed consent form\n- Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) grade ≥ 70%\n- Measurable disease as per RECIST v1.1 per investigator on CT scan at the initiation of first line treatment with combination treatment with PD-1/PD-L1 ICI and VEGFR-TKI\n- Adequate organ function\n- Females of childbearing potential must use a highly effective contraception (combined (estrogen and progestogen containing) hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation (oral ; intravaginal ;transdermal) ; progestogen-only hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation (oral ; injectable ; implantable ; intrauterine device (IUD) ; intrauterine hormone-releasing system ( IUS)) ; bilateral tubal occlusion ; vasectomised partner ; sexual abstinence) and continue its use for 5 months after the last PD1/PD L1 ICI administration\n- Sexually active male patients must agree to use condoms and continue its use for 5 months after the last PD1/PD L1 ICI administration\n- Willingness and ability to comply with study procedures\n- Patient affiliated to a social security system or benefit from the same system\n- Signed informed consent form\n- Histological confirmation of RCC with a Clear-cell component, including subject who also have a sarcomatoïd feature\n- Advanced (not amenable to curative surgery or radiation therapy) or Metastatic RCC (American Joint Committee on Cancer [AJCC] Stage IV)\n- Participants with good or intermediate risk with only one adverse prognostic factor will be eligible as per International Metastatic RCC Database Consortium (IMDC) criteria\n- Prior first line therapy for mRCC with the combination of PD-1/ PD-L1 ICI plus VEGFR-TKI\n- First line treatment with the combination of PD-1/PD-L1 ICI and VEGFR-TKI must be ongoing whatever the dose with no period of discontinuation > 6 consecutive weeks during treatment of the PD-1/PD-L1 ICI, and 2 consecutive weeks in the last 3 months before randomisation for the VEGFR-TKI\n- Patients with an objective response (complete response or partial response) between the end of the 11th month and the end of the 13th month of the combination treatment with PD-1/PD-L1 ICI and VEGFR-TKI\n- CT scan at the initiation of this treatment must be available"}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Prior therapy with PD-1/PD-L1 ICI or VEGFR-TKI monotherapy\n- Poorly controlled hypertension despite antihypertensive therapy\n- More than one adverse prognostic factor (IMDC criteria)\n- Women who are pregnant or lactating\n- Current participation in an investigational program\n- Patient with any medical or psychiatric condition or disease, which would make the patient inappropriate for entry into this study\n- Adults who are the subject of legal protection measures\n- Persons deprived of their liberty by a judicial or administrative decision"}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Percentage of participants without progression at up to 12 months after randomisation, based on a blinded independent central review (BICR) according to RECIST v1.1 criteria","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Proportion of participants without progression up to 12 months post-randomisation assessed by blinded independent central review according to RECIST v1.1."}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Proportion of participants who experience an adverse event or serious adverse event, and mean number of adverse events or serious adverse events up to 12 months after randomisation","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Proportion and mean number of AEs/SAEs occurring up to 12 months after randomisation (safety monitoring)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Mean change in quality of life up to 12 months after randomisation, measured by the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Kidney Symptom Index (FKSI-19)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change from baseline in FKSI-19 scores up to 12 months after randomisation."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Mean scores in the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale at up to 12 months after randomisation","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Mean HADS scores up to 12 months post-randomisation."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Quality-adjusted time without symptoms of disease or toxicity (Q-TWiST)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Q-TWiST calculated as quality-adjusted time without symptoms or toxicity (methodology referenced but not further specified in the record)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- 2-year overall survival","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Defined as time from randomisation to date of death from any cause (2-year OS)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- 2-year progression-free survival","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Defined as time from randomisation to documented disease progression or death, whichever occurs first (2-year PFS)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- For patients in the experimental arm, site and distribution of the sites of progression: known lesions, new lesion(s) or both","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Descriptive assessment of progression sites (known lesions, new lesions, or both) for experimental-arm patients."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- For patients in the experimental arm, distribution of treatment modality after progression: surveillance, focal treatment or general treatment","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Descriptive distribution of post-progression therapeutic modalities (surveillance, focal, general) in experimental arm."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- For patients in the experimental arm, if general treatment when restarting PD-1/PD-L1 ICI + VEGFR-TKI, percentage of patients with status SD or in objective response at 6 months","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Percentage of experimental-arm patients who, after restarting PD-1/PD-L1 ICI + VEGFR-TKI, have stable disease or objective response at 6 months."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- In France only, healthcare resource utilisation up to 12 months after randomisation, measured by medication use and hospitalisations","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Country-specific (France) health resource utilisation over 12 months measured via medication use and hospitalisations; costs estimated from French Healthcare System perspective."}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
372
Recruitment Window Months
48
Consent Approach
Signed informed consent form required. Adult subject information sheet (SIS) and informed consent form (ICF) documents are listed (L1_SIS and L1_SIS and ICF_adults). Minimum age ≥ 18 years. No assent or paediatric consent procedures are provided in the record; languages of consent documents not specified beyond available translations.

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
26
Total Number Of Participants
372

France

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
16-07-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
27-05-2025
Processing Time Days
315
Number Of Sites
26
Number Of Participants
372

Sites

Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire De Tours
Department Name
Oncology
Contact Person Name
Mathilde CANCEL
Contact Person Email
m.cancel@chu-tours.fr
Site Name
Centre De Lutte Contre Le Cancer Eugene Marquis
Department Name
Oncology
Contact Person Name
Brigitte LAGUERRE
Contact Person Email
b.laguerre@rennes.unicancer.fr
Site Name
Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
Department Name
Oncology
Contact Person Name
Stéphane OUDARD
Contact Person Email
stephane.oudard@aphp.fr
Site Name
Institut Gustave Roussy
Department Name
Oncology
Contact Person Name
Laurence ALBIGES
Site Name
Centr Georges Francois Leclerc
Department Name
Oncology
Contact Person Name
Sylvain LADOIRE
Contact Person Email
sladoire@cgfl.fr
Site Name
Institut Regional Du Cancer De Montpellier
Department Name
Oncology
Contact Person Name
Diego TOSI
Contact Person Email
Diego.Tosi@icm.unicancer.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Bordeaux
Department Name
Oncology
Contact Person Name
Marine GROSS-GOUPIL
Site Name
Polyclinique De Limoges
Department Name
Oncology
Contact Person Name
Sabrina FALKOWSKI
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Et Universitaire De Limoges
Department Name
Oncology
Contact Person Name
Tiffany DARBAS
Contact Person Email
tiffany.darbas@chu-limoges.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Saint Etienne
Department Name
Oncology
Contact Person Name
Pierre CORNILLON
Site Name
Centre Antoine Lacassagne
Department Name
Oncology
Contact Person Name
Delphine BORCHIELLINI
Site Name
Centre Jean Perrin
Department Name
Oncology
Contact Person Name
Hakim MAHAMMEDI
Contact Person Email
hakim.mahammedi@cjp.fr
Site Name
Hospices Civils De Lyon
Department Name
Oncology
Contact Person Name
Denis MAILLET
Contact Person Email
denis.maillet@chu-lyon.fr
Site Name
Institut De Cancerologie De Lorraine
Department Name
Oncology
Contact Person Name
Lionel GEOFFROIS
Contact Person Email
l.geoffrois@nancy.unicancer.fr
Site Name
Centre Leon Berard
Department Name
Oncology
Contact Person Name
Armelle VINCENEUX
Site Name
Institut Paoli Calmettes
Department Name
Oncology
Contact Person Name
Gwenaelle GRAVIS
Contact Person Email
gravisg@ipc.unicancer.fr
Site Name
Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris (Creteil)
Department Name
Oncology
Contact Person Name
Carolina SALDANA
Contact Person Email
carolina.saldana@aphp.fr
Site Name
Oncopole Claudius Regaud
Department Name
Oncology
Contact Person Name
Damien POUESSEL
Site Name
Centre Francois Baclesse
Department Name
Oncology
Contact Person Name
Florence JOLY
Contact Person Email
f.joly@baclesse.unicancer.fr
Site Name
Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris (Paris 10)
Department Name
Oncology
Contact Person Name
Clément DUMONT
Contact Person Email
clement.dumont@aphp.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Poitiers
Department Name
Oncology
Contact Person Name
Sheik EMAMBUX
Contact Person Email
sheik.emambux@chu-poitiers.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier De La Cote Basque
Department Name
Oncology
Contact Person Name
Louis FRANCOIS
Contact Person Email
lfrancois@ch-cotebasque.fr
Site Name
Hospital Foch
Department Name
Oncology
Contact Person Name
Raffaele RATTA
Contact Person Email
r.ratta@hopital-foch.com
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Grenoble Alpes
Department Name
Oncology
Contact Person Name
Mathieu LARAMAS
Contact Person Email
mlaramas@chu-grenoble.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De La Reunion
Department Name
Oncology
Contact Person Name
Florence LAI-TIONG
Site Name
Institut De Cancerologie Strasbourg Europe
Department Name
Oncology
Contact Person Name
Philippe BARTHELEMY
Contact Person Email
p.barthelemy@icans.eu

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Bordeaux
Organisation Type
Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility
Country Of Registered Address
France

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
KEYTRUDA 25 mg/mL concentrate for solution for infusion
Active Substance
PEMBROLIZUMAB
Modality
Monoclonal antibody
Routes Of Administration
INTRAVENOUS USE
Route
Intravenous
Authorisation Status
Authorised (EU/1/15/1024/002)
Maximum Dose
200 mg (max daily dose amount)
Investigational Product Name
Inlyta 5 mg film-coated tablets
Active Substance
AXITINIB
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
ORAL USE
Route
Oral
Authorisation Status
Authorised (EU/1/12/777/004)
Maximum Dose
10 mg (max daily dose amount)
Investigational Product Name
Kisplyx 10 mg hard capsules
Active Substance
LENVATINIB
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
ORAL USE
Route
Oral
Authorisation Status
Authorised (EU/1/16/1128/002)
Maximum Dose
20 mg (max daily dose amount)
Investigational Product Name
CABOMETYX 20 mg film-coated tablets
Active Substance
CABOZANTINIB
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
ORAL USE
Route
Oral
Authorisation Status
Authorised (EU/1/16/1136/002)
Maximum Dose
40 mg (max daily dose amount)
Investigational Product Name
OPDIVO 10 mg/mL concentrate for solution for infusion.
Active Substance
NIVOLUMAB
Modality
Monoclonal antibody
Routes Of Administration
SOLUTION FOR INFUSION
Route
Intravenous
Authorisation Status
Authorised (EU/1/15/1014/004)
Maximum Dose
480 mg (max daily dose amount)
Combination Treatment
Yes

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