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Azacitidine Combined With Pembrolizumab and Epacadostat in Subjects With Advanced Solid Tumors (ECHO-206)

Phase 1
Terminated
Conditions
Advanced Malignancies
Solid Tumors
Metastatic Cancer
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT02959437
Lead Sponsor
Incyte Corporation
Brief Summary

This is an open-label, Phase 1/2 study in subjects with advanced or metastatic solid tumors. The study has three separate treatment groups where separate epigenetic agents are evaluated with an immunotherapy combination. Treatment Group A will evaluate the DNA methyltransferase inhibitor azacitidine in combination with the programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1) inhibitor pembrolizumab and the indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO-1) inhibitor epacadostat; Treatment Group B will evaluate the bromodomain and extra-terminal (BET) inhibitor INCB057643 with pembrolizumab and epacadostat; and Treatment Group C will evaluate the lysine-specific demethylase 1A (LSD1) inhibitor INCB059872 with pembrolizumab and epacadostat. The study will be divided into 2 parts (Part 1 and 2). Part 1 is a dose-escalation assessment to evaluate the safety and tolerability of the combination therapies. Once the recommended doses have been determined, subjects with previously treated NSCLC, microsatellite-stable colorectal cancer (CRC), head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, urothelial carcinoma, and melanoma will be enrolled into expansion cohorts in Part 2.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
TERMINATED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
70
Inclusion Criteria
  • Willingness to provide written informed consent for the study.

  • Willingness to undergo a pretreatment and on-treatment tumor biopsy to obtain tumor tissue.

  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1.

  • Part 1: Subjects with histologically or cytologically confirmed advanced or metastatic solid tumors that have failed prior standard therapy (disease progression; subject refusal or intolerance is also allowable).

  • Part 2:

    *Note: Subjects must have failed available therapies that are known to confer clinical benefit as indicated below, unless they are ineligible, intolerant, or refused standard treatment.

  • Subjects with histologically or cytologically confirmed NSCLC:

    • Metastatic (Stage IV) or recurrent NSCLC (according to American Joint Committee on Cancer 7th edition guidelines) who have had disease progression after available therapies for advanced or metastatic disease that are known to confer clinical benefit, been intolerant to treatment, or refused standard treatment.
    • Prior systemic regimens must include previously approved therapies, including a platinum-containing chemotherapy regimen; a tyrosine kinase inhibitor for tumors with driver mutations; and checkpoint inhibitors where approved.
    • Must have disease progression on a prior PD-1-pathway targeted agent.
  • Subjects with recurrent (unresectable) or metastatic CRC:

    • Have histologically confirmed microsatellite stable (MSS) CRC.
    • Stage IV MSS CRC (according to American Joint Committee on Cancer 7th edition guidelines) who have had disease progression after available therapies for advanced or metastatic disease that are known to confer clinical benefit, been intolerant to treatment, or refused standard treatment.
    • Prior systemic regimens must include previously approved therapies, including fluoropyrimidine-, oxaliplatin-, and irinotecan-based chemotherapy; an anti-VEGF therapy (if no contraindication); and if negative for KRAS, NRAS, and BRAF mutations and no contraindication, an anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) therapy; and progressed after the last administration of approved therapy.
  • Subjects with HNSCC:

    • Histologically confirmed squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity, oropharynx, hypopharynx, or larynx.
    • Carcinomas of the nasopharynx, salivary gland, or nonsquamous cell histology are excluded.
    • Must have received prior treatment with a platinum-based therapy
    • Must have had documented disease progression while on a prior PD-1 pathway-targeted agent.
  • Subjects with melanoma:

    • Histologically or cytologically confirmed melanoma.
    • Unresectable Stage III or Stage IV melanoma, as per American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system not amenable to local therapy.
  • Subjects with urothelial carcinoma:

    • Histologically or cytologically confirmed urothelial carcinoma of the renal pelvis, ureter, urinary bladder, or urethra that is transitional cell or mixed transitional/nontransitional (predominantly transitional) cell type.
    • Stage IV locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma (according to American Joint Committee on Cancer 7th edition guidelines) with documented disease progression while on a PD-1 pathway targeted therapy.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Laboratory parameters not within the protocol-defined range.
  • Receipt of anticancer medications or investigational drugs within a defined interval before the first administration of study drug.
  • Has not recovered from toxic effects of prior therapy to ≤ Grade 1.
  • Active or inactive autoimmune disease or syndrome.
  • Active infection requiring systemic therapy.
  • Known active central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis.
  • History or presence of an abnormal ECG that, in the investigator's opinion, is clinically meaningful.
  • Has received a live vaccine within 30 days of planned start of study therapy.
  • Prior receipt of an IDO inhibitor.
  • Subjects with uncontrolled type I or type II diabetes mellitus (defined as HgbA1c > 8).
  • Prior receipt of a BET inhibitor (Treatment Group B only).
  • Subjects with a history of bleeding related to cancer under study requiring a medical intervention (eg, embolization procedure, RBC transfusion, or hospitalization) within 30 days of study enrollment (Treatment Groups B and C only).
  • Clinically significant bleeding within 14 days of Cycle 1 Day 1 (Treatment Groups B and C only).
  • Prior receipt of an LSD1 inhibitor including INCB059872 (Treatment Group C only).

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Treatment Group A: Azacitidine + Pembrolizumab + EpacadostatAzacitidinePart 1 is an open-label 3 + 3 + 3 dose-escalation design based on observing each dose level for a period of 21 days. Part 2 will evaluate the recommended dose determined in Part 1.
Treatment Group B: INCB057643 + Pembrolizumab + EpacadostatINCB057643Part 1 is an open-label 3 + 3 + 3 dose-escalation design based on observing each dose level for a period of 42 days. Part 1 will also contain dose-expansion cohorts in previously treated NSCLC and MSS CRC. Part 2 will evaluate the recommended dose determined in Part 1.
Treatment Group C: INCB059872 + Pembrolizumab + EpacadostatINCB059872Part 1 is an open-label 3 + 3 + 3 dose-escalation design based on observing each dose level for a period of 42 days. Part 1 will also contain dose-expansion cohorts in previously treated NSCLC and MSS CRC. Part 2 will evaluate the recommended dose determined in Part 1.
Treatment Group A: Azacitidine + Pembrolizumab + EpacadostatPembrolizumabPart 1 is an open-label 3 + 3 + 3 dose-escalation design based on observing each dose level for a period of 21 days. Part 2 will evaluate the recommended dose determined in Part 1.
Treatment Group A: Azacitidine + Pembrolizumab + EpacadostatEpacadostatPart 1 is an open-label 3 + 3 + 3 dose-escalation design based on observing each dose level for a period of 21 days. Part 2 will evaluate the recommended dose determined in Part 1.
Treatment Group B: INCB057643 + Pembrolizumab + EpacadostatEpacadostatPart 1 is an open-label 3 + 3 + 3 dose-escalation design based on observing each dose level for a period of 42 days. Part 1 will also contain dose-expansion cohorts in previously treated NSCLC and MSS CRC. Part 2 will evaluate the recommended dose determined in Part 1.
Treatment Group C: INCB059872 + Pembrolizumab + EpacadostatPembrolizumabPart 1 is an open-label 3 + 3 + 3 dose-escalation design based on observing each dose level for a period of 42 days. Part 1 will also contain dose-expansion cohorts in previously treated NSCLC and MSS CRC. Part 2 will evaluate the recommended dose determined in Part 1.
Treatment Group B: INCB057643 + Pembrolizumab + EpacadostatPembrolizumabPart 1 is an open-label 3 + 3 + 3 dose-escalation design based on observing each dose level for a period of 42 days. Part 1 will also contain dose-expansion cohorts in previously treated NSCLC and MSS CRC. Part 2 will evaluate the recommended dose determined in Part 1.
Treatment Group C: INCB059872 + Pembrolizumab + EpacadostatEpacadostatPart 1 is an open-label 3 + 3 + 3 dose-escalation design based on observing each dose level for a period of 42 days. Part 1 will also contain dose-expansion cohorts in previously treated NSCLC and MSS CRC. Part 2 will evaluate the recommended dose determined in Part 1.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Part 1 and 2 : Number of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse EventsBaseline through 42-49 days after end of treatment, estimated up to 27 months (24 months with 100 day FU period).

A treatment-emergent AE was defined as an event occurring after exposure to at least 1 dose of study drug. A treatment-related AE was defined as an event with a definite, probable, or possible causality to study medication. A serious AE is an event resulting in death, hospitalization, persistent or significant disability/incapacity, or is life threatening, a congenital anomaly/birth defect or requires medical or surgical intervention to prevent 1 of the outcomes above. The intensity of an AE was graded according to the National Cancer Institute common terminology criteria for adverse events (NCI-CTCAE) version 4.03: Grade 1 (Mild); Grade 2 (Moderate); Grade 3 (Severe); Grade 4 (life-threatening).

Part 1 and 2: Objective Response Rate Based on Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST v1.1)Every 9 weeks for the duration of study participation; estimated minimum of 6 months.

ORR was defined as the percentage of participants having a complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) as determined by investigator assessment of radiographic disease per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) v1.1. CR is disappearance of all target lesions. Any pathological lymph nodes (whether target or non-target) must have reduction in short axis to \<10 mm. PR is at least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum of diameters. A participant was considered as an objective responder if the participant had a best overall response of CR or PR.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Parts 1 and 2: Percentage of Responders Determined by ImmunohistochemistryBaseline to Week 5/6 or week 8/9

Responder is defined as an increase in the number of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes or the ratio of CD8+ lymphocytes to T regulatory cells infiltrating tumor post-treatment versus pretreatment with pembrolizumab and epacadostat in combination with azacitidine.

Parts 1 and 2: Progression-free Survival Based on RECIST v1.1.Every 9 weeks from date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause whichever came first, assessed up to 24 months

Defined as the time from date of first dose of study drug until the earliest date of disease progression per RECIST v1.1, or death due to any cause, if occurring sooner than progression.

Parts 1 and 2: Duration of Response Based on RECIST v1.1Every 9 weeks from date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause whichever came first, assessed up to 24 months

Defined as the time from earliest date of disease response until the earliest date of disease progression per RECIST v1.1, or death due to any cause, if occurring sooner than progression.

Trial Locations

Locations (12)

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

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Nashville, Tennessee, United States

University of Pennsylvania Health System

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

The University of Chicago

🇺🇸

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Sarah Cannon

🇺🇸

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Vall D Hebron Univ

🇪🇸

Barcelona, Spain

Univ De Navarra

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Pamplona, Spain

University of Washington

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Seattle, Washington, United States

Churchill Hospital

🇬🇧

Oxford, United Kingdom

University College London Hospitals (Uclh)

🇬🇧

London, United Kingdom

City of Hope National Medical Center

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Duarte, California, United States

University of California San Diego

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La Jolla, California, United States

MD Anderson Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Houston, Texas, United States

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