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Clinical Trials/NCT06548789
NCT06548789RecruitingPhase 2

Neoadjuvant Immune Checkpoint Blockade + a Prebiotic Food-enriched Dietary Intervention to Optimize Immune Response in Melanoma: NEO-PreFED

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center1 site in 1 country35 target enrollmentStarted: September 16, 2024Last updated:
Conditions
Interventions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Phase 2
Status
Recruiting
Enrollment
35
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
The completion rate, compliance and adherence.

Study Overview

Brief Summary

To Determine the feasibility, compliance and adherence to PreFED intervention in resectable melanoma patients initiating neoadjuvant Ipi/Nivo.

Detailed Description

Primary Objectives:

Determine the feasibility, compliance and adherence to PreFED intervention in patients with resectable melanoma initiating neoadjuvant combination ICB therapy.

Secondary Objectives:

  1. Determine the safety (AEs) and tolerability (GSRS-IBS) of the dietary intervention during the neoadjuvant phase and maintenance phases
  2. Assess the rate of immune related adverse events in patients of dietary intervention + ICB during neoadjuvant and maintenance phases.
  3. Determine the objective response rate (ORR) to dietary intervention + ICB as determined by RECIST1.1 after 2 cycles of neoadjuvant ICB + diet
  4. Determine the pathological response rate (pRR) to neoadjuvant ICB + dietary intervention
  5. Determine the Event-free Survival (EFS), Relapse-free Survival (RFS), and Overall Survival (OS) to neoadjuvant ICB + dietary intervention

Exploratory Objectives:

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Na
Intervention Model
Single Group
Primary Purpose
Supportive Care
Masking
None

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

Inclusion Criteria

  • •Age ≥ 18 years old.
  • •Body mass index (BMI) 18.5-45 kg/m2
  • •Able to self-complete study assessments monitoring diet and gastrointestinal symptom burden
  • •ECOG performance status of 0 or 1
  • •Histologically confirmed resectable stage IIIB-D or oligometastatic Stage IV cutaneous melanoma or locally invasive/advanced mucosal melanoma as determined by multidisciplinary review
  • •Planned initiation of standard-of-care neoadjuvant anti-PD1 +/- anti-CTLA4 or anti-LAG3 inhibitors or talimogene laherparepvec (T-VEC)
  • •Measurable disease per RECIST 1.1
  • •WOCP must have negative UPT within 1 week of beginning dietary intervention.
  • •Self-reported willingness to eat the provided foods (with some tailoring to their food preferences)
  • •Self-reported willingness to comply with scheduled visits, undergo venipuncture, provide stool samples.
  • •Archival tissue specimen or planned to undergo tumor biopsy as part of standard of care treatment.

Exclusion Criteria

  • •Uveal melanoma
  • •History of inflammatory bowel disease, total colectomy, or bariatric surgery
  • •Currently taking steroids > prednisone 10 mg/day or equivalent
  • •Medical contraindications to the intervention diet as determined by the treating physician
  • •Self-reported major dietary restrictions, including but not limited to relevant food allergies, celiac disease, or diets such as vegan, ketogenic, extended fasting
  • •Insulin-dependent diabetes or conditions requiring bile-acid sequestrants
  • •Unable or unwilling to undergo study procedures
  • •Intravenous (IV) antibiotic >1 dose in the past month or 1 dose IV/oral antibiotic use in past 2 weeks
  • •Regularly taking supplements containing prebiotics, fiber and/or probiotics, and unable/unwilling to discontinue for the purpose of the study
  • •Current smoker or heavy drinker (defined as >14 drinks per week) or current illicit drug use
  • •Currently pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or lactating
  • •Concurrent malignancy requiring systemic therapy other than hormonal therapy
  • •Cognitively impaired adults

Arms & Interventions

Prebiotic food-enriched diet (PreFED)

Experimental

Participants will identified from the clinic schedules and/or referred from participant's treating oncologists.

Intervention: Prebiotic Xnack Packouts (Dietary Supplement)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

The completion rate, compliance and adherence.

Time Frame: Up to 2 years

The completion rate is defined as proportion of participants completed the intervention. Among subjects that complete the PreFED intervention, compliance is defined as the proportion (%) of prebiotic snacks consumed versus provided and proportion (%) of counselling sessions attended, while adherence is defined as the number of servings of prebiotic foods the participant consumed.

Secondary Outcomes

No secondary outcomes reported

Investigators

Sponsor Class
Other
Responsible Party
Sponsor

Study Sites (1)

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