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Pembrolizumab Combined With Cisplatin-based Chemotherapy as First-line Systemic Therapy in Advanced Penile Cancer

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
Penile Carcinoma
Interventions
Drug: Standard of care therapy
Registration Number
NCT04224740
Lead Sponsor
Latin American Cooperative Oncology Group
Brief Summary

This is a phase II clinical trial evaluating activity, safety and patients reported outcomes of first-line pembrolizumab plus cisplatin (or carboplatin) plus 5-FU for patients with advanced penile squamous cell carcinoma.

The primary endpoint is overall responsa rate according to RECIST v1.1 at week 24.

Detailed Description

Advanced penile squamous cell carcinoma is associated with dismal survival rates and a major impact on the quality of life. To date, unresectable or metastatic disease is managed by systemic therapy with platinum-based chemotherapy for patients with good performance status. The median PFS and OS on first-line platinum-based chemotherapy vary between 3-4 and 7-15 months, respectively. Chemotherapy induces objective responses in only 20-30% of penile cancer patients with rare complete responses and systemic treatment has not changed for decades. Therefore, this study's rationale is to explore the efficacy and safety of pembrolizumab combined with standard-of-care cisplatin(or carboplatin) plus 5-fluorouracil as part of the first-line therapy. Patients will receive pembrolizumab 200mg IV every three weeks with a maximum duration of 2 years (34 cycles-counting the combination with chemotherapy) in case of no progressive disease or intolerance. The investigators hypothesized that the combination of immunotherapy with standard cytotoxic chemotherapy may improve the overall response rate by RECIST v1.1 in this patient population.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Male
Target Recruitment
37
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Pembrolizumab plus standard of care chemotherapyStandard of care therapy-Pembrolizumab combined with standard of care therapy * Standard of care therapy: ciplastin 70mg/m² IV D1(or carboplatin AUC 5) plus 5-Fluouracil 1000mg/m²/day IV( continuous infusion on Days 1-4) Q3W for 6 cycles
Pembrolizumab plus standard of care chemotherapyPembrolizumab-Pembrolizumab combined with standard of care therapy * Standard of care therapy: ciplastin 70mg/m² IV D1(or carboplatin AUC 5) plus 5-Fluouracil 1000mg/m²/day IV( continuous infusion on Days 1-4) Q3W for 6 cycles
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Overall response rate (ORR)24 weeks

Proportion of patients with partial or complete response by investigator-assessed RECIST v1.1

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Overall survival (OS)36 months

Time from enrollment to death due to any cause.

Clinical Benefit Rate (CBR)24 weeks

Proportion of patients who have complete, partial response or stable disease by investigator-assessed RECIST v1.1

Health Related Quality of Life (QoL)24 weeks

Comparison of initial and final scores of the European Organization for Research and Treatment (EORTC) C30 questionnaires.

Progression Free Survival (PFS)24 months

Time from enrollment to progression by investigator-assessed RECIST 1.1 or death

Trial Locations

Locations (11)

ICC - Instituto do Câncer do Ceará

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Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

Oncocentro Ceará (Rede D'or)

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Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

ICESP - Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo

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São Paulo, Brazil

Hospital Amaral Carvalho de Jaú

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Jaú, São Paulo, Brazil

Hospital Universitário de Brasília (HUB-UnB)

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Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

CPO - Centro de Pesquisa em Oncologia do Hospital São Lucas da PUCRS

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Porto Alegre, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil

Hospital Erasto Gaertner

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Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

COB - Clínica Oncológica do Brasil

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Belém, Pará, Brazil

BP - A Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo

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São Paulo, Brazil

Hospital de Amor de Barretos

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Barretos, São Paulo, Brazil

INCA - Instituto Nacional de Câncer

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Barretos, São Paulo, Brazil

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