Randomized Phase II/III Study of Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab Plus Sargramostim Versus Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab in Patients With Unresectable Stage III or Stage IV Melanoma
Overview
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Intervention
- Echocardiography Test
- Conditions
- Stage III Cutaneous Melanoma AJCC v7
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Enrollment
- 600
- Locations
- 1231
- Primary Endpoint
- Overall survival
- Status
- Active, not recruiting
- Last Updated
- yesterday
Overview
Brief Summary
This phase II/III trial studies the side effects of nivolumab and ipilimumab when given together with or without sargramostim and to see how well they work in treating patients with stage III-IV melanoma that cannot be removed by surgery (unresectable) and that may have spread from where it first started to nearby tissue, lymph nodes, or distant parts of the body (advanced). Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as ipilimumab and nivolumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Colony-stimulating factors, such as sargramostim, may increase the production of white blood cells. It is not yet known whether nivolumab and ipilimumab are more effective with or without sargramostim in treating patients with melanoma.
Detailed Description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. To compare the overall survival (OS) of nivolumab/ipilimumab/sargramostim (GM-CSF) versus nivolumab/ipilimumab. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To evaluate progression free survival (PFS) of patients treated with nivolumab/ipilimumab/GM-CSF versus nivolumab/ipilimumab. II. To assess for differences in tolerability, specifically the rate of grade III or higher adverse events, between nivolumab/ipilimumab/GM-CSF versus nivolumab/ipilimumab. III. To evaluate immune-related response rate (based on immune-related response criteria) and response rate (based on Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors \[RECIST\] criteria) and to compare them. EXPLORATORY TOBACCO USE OBJECTIVES: I. To determine the effects of tobacco, operationalized as combustible tobacco (1a), other forms of tobacco (1b), and environmental tobacco exposure (ETS) (1c) on provider-reported cancer-treatment toxicity (adverse events \[both clinical and hematologic\] and dose modifications). II. To determine the effects of tobacco on patient-reported physical symptoms and psychological symptoms. III. To examine quitting behaviors and behavioral counseling/support and cessation medication utilization. IV. To explore the effect of tobacco use and exposure on treatment duration, relative dose intensity, and therapeutic benefit. OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms. ARM A: INDUCTION THERAPY: Patients receive nivolumab intravenously (IV) over 30 minutes on day 1 of each cycle, ipilimumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of each age, and sargramostim subcutaneously (SC) on days 1-14 of each cycle. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 4 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. MAINTENANCE THERAPY: Patients receive nivolumab and sargramostim as in induction therapy. Patients with partial response (PR), stable disease (SD), or complete response (CR) at 24 weeks may continue maintenance therapy for up to 2 years in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT) scan, and blood sample collection throughout the study. Patients may also undergo a multigated acquisition (MUGA) during screening, as well as an echocardiography (ECHO) throughout the trial as clinically indicated. ARM B: INDUCTION THERAPY: Patients receive nivolumab and ipilimumab as in Arm I. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 4 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. MAINTENANCE THERAPY: Patients receive nivolumab as in induction therapy. Patients with PR, SD, or CR at 24 weeks may continue maintenance therapy for up to 2 years in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo MRI, CT scan, and blood sample collection throughout the study. Patients may also undergo a MUGA during screening, as well as an ECHO throughout the trial as clinically indicated. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 3 months for 2 years and then every 6 months for 3 years.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •All patients must be \>= 18 years of age
- •Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status: 0 or 1
- •Patients must have known BRAF mutational status of tumor; wild-type (WT) or mutated, prior to randomization
- •Patients must not be pregnant or breast-feeding due to use of cytotoxic immunotherapy and risk of teratogenic side effects; all patients of childbearing potential must have a blood test or urine study within 2 weeks prior to randomization to rule out pregnancy; a patient of childbearing potential is anyone, regardless of whether they have undergone tubal ligation, who meets the following criteria: 1) has not undergone a hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy; or 2) has not been naturally postmenopausal for at least 24 consecutive months (i.e., has had menses at any time in the preceding 24 consecutive months)
- •Patients must not conceive or father children by using accepted and effective method(s) of contraception or by abstaining from sexual intercourse from the time of study registration and continuing (for patients of child bearing potential) for at least 5 months after the last dose of protocol treatment; patients of childbearing potential must also not donate eggs during this same time period
- •Patients must have unresectable stage III or stage IV melanoma according to American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) version (v)7; patients must have histological or cytological confirmation of melanoma that is metastatic or unresectable and clearly progressive
- •Patients must have measurable disease per RECIST 1.1 criteria; all sites of disease must be evaluated within 4 weeks prior to randomization
- •Patients may have had prior systemic therapy in the adjuvant setting (e.g. interferon, BRAF, or MEK agents). Patients may have had prior anti-CTLA-4 in the adjuvant setting, if at least one year from last dose of treatment has passed prior to beginning treatment. Patients may have had any prior anti-PD-1 or anti-PD-L1 agent in the adjuvant setting, if at least one year from last dose of treatment has passed prior to beginning treatment
- •Patients may not have had any prior ipilimumab and/or anti-PD-1/PD-L1 agent in the metastatic setting
- •Patients must have discontinued chemotherapy, immunotherapy or other investigational agents used in the adjuvant setting \>= 4 weeks prior to randomization and recovered from adverse events due to those agents; mitomycin and nitrosoureas must have been discontinued at least 6 weeks prior to entering the study; patients must have discontinued radiation therapy \>= 2 weeks prior to entering the study and recovered from any adverse events associated with treatment; prior surgery must be \>= 4 weeks from randomization and patients must be fully recovered from post-surgical complications
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Arms & Interventions
Arm B (nivolumab, ipilimumab)
INDUCTION THERAPY: Patients receive nivolumab and ipilimumab as in Arm I. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 4 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. MAINTENANCE THERAPY: Patients receive nivolumab as in Induction therapy. Patients with PR, SD, or CR at 24 weeks may continue maintenance therapy for up to 2 years in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo MRI, CT scan, and blood sample collection throughout the study. Patients may also undergo a MUGA during screening, as well as an ECHO throughout the trial as clinically indicated.
Intervention: Echocardiography Test
Arm A (nivolumab, ipilimumab, sargramostim)
INDUCTION THERAPY: Patients receive nivolumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of each cycle, ipilimumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of each cycle, and sargramostim SC on days 1-14 of each cycle. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 4 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. MAINTENANCE THERAPY: Patients receive nivolumab and sargramostim as in Induction therapy. Patients with PR, SC, or CR at 24 weeks may continue maintenance therapy for up to 2 years in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo MRI, CT scan, and blood sample collection throughout the study. Patients may also undergo a MUGA during screening, as well as an ECHO throughout the trial as clinically indicated.
Intervention: Nivolumab
Arm B (nivolumab, ipilimumab)
INDUCTION THERAPY: Patients receive nivolumab and ipilimumab as in Arm I. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 4 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. MAINTENANCE THERAPY: Patients receive nivolumab as in Induction therapy. Patients with PR, SD, or CR at 24 weeks may continue maintenance therapy for up to 2 years in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo MRI, CT scan, and blood sample collection throughout the study. Patients may also undergo a MUGA during screening, as well as an ECHO throughout the trial as clinically indicated.
Intervention: Nivolumab
Arm A (nivolumab, ipilimumab, sargramostim)
INDUCTION THERAPY: Patients receive nivolumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of each cycle, ipilimumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of each cycle, and sargramostim SC on days 1-14 of each cycle. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 4 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. MAINTENANCE THERAPY: Patients receive nivolumab and sargramostim as in Induction therapy. Patients with PR, SC, or CR at 24 weeks may continue maintenance therapy for up to 2 years in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo MRI, CT scan, and blood sample collection throughout the study. Patients may also undergo a MUGA during screening, as well as an ECHO throughout the trial as clinically indicated.
Intervention: Biospecimen Collection
Arm B (nivolumab, ipilimumab)
INDUCTION THERAPY: Patients receive nivolumab and ipilimumab as in Arm I. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 4 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. MAINTENANCE THERAPY: Patients receive nivolumab as in Induction therapy. Patients with PR, SD, or CR at 24 weeks may continue maintenance therapy for up to 2 years in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo MRI, CT scan, and blood sample collection throughout the study. Patients may also undergo a MUGA during screening, as well as an ECHO throughout the trial as clinically indicated.
Intervention: Ipilimumab
Arm A (nivolumab, ipilimumab, sargramostim)
INDUCTION THERAPY: Patients receive nivolumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of each cycle, ipilimumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of each cycle, and sargramostim SC on days 1-14 of each cycle. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 4 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. MAINTENANCE THERAPY: Patients receive nivolumab and sargramostim as in Induction therapy. Patients with PR, SC, or CR at 24 weeks may continue maintenance therapy for up to 2 years in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo MRI, CT scan, and blood sample collection throughout the study. Patients may also undergo a MUGA during screening, as well as an ECHO throughout the trial as clinically indicated.
Intervention: Multigated Acquisition Scan
Arm B (nivolumab, ipilimumab)
INDUCTION THERAPY: Patients receive nivolumab and ipilimumab as in Arm I. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 4 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. MAINTENANCE THERAPY: Patients receive nivolumab as in Induction therapy. Patients with PR, SD, or CR at 24 weeks may continue maintenance therapy for up to 2 years in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo MRI, CT scan, and blood sample collection throughout the study. Patients may also undergo a MUGA during screening, as well as an ECHO throughout the trial as clinically indicated.
Intervention: Magnetic Resonance Elastography
Arm A (nivolumab, ipilimumab, sargramostim)
INDUCTION THERAPY: Patients receive nivolumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of each cycle, ipilimumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of each cycle, and sargramostim SC on days 1-14 of each cycle. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 4 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. MAINTENANCE THERAPY: Patients receive nivolumab and sargramostim as in Induction therapy. Patients with PR, SC, or CR at 24 weeks may continue maintenance therapy for up to 2 years in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo MRI, CT scan, and blood sample collection throughout the study. Patients may also undergo a MUGA during screening, as well as an ECHO throughout the trial as clinically indicated.
Intervention: Magnetic Resonance Elastography
Arm A (nivolumab, ipilimumab, sargramostim)
INDUCTION THERAPY: Patients receive nivolumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of each cycle, ipilimumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of each cycle, and sargramostim SC on days 1-14 of each cycle. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 4 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. MAINTENANCE THERAPY: Patients receive nivolumab and sargramostim as in Induction therapy. Patients with PR, SC, or CR at 24 weeks may continue maintenance therapy for up to 2 years in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo MRI, CT scan, and blood sample collection throughout the study. Patients may also undergo a MUGA during screening, as well as an ECHO throughout the trial as clinically indicated.
Intervention: Echocardiography Test
Arm B (nivolumab, ipilimumab)
INDUCTION THERAPY: Patients receive nivolumab and ipilimumab as in Arm I. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 4 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. MAINTENANCE THERAPY: Patients receive nivolumab as in Induction therapy. Patients with PR, SD, or CR at 24 weeks may continue maintenance therapy for up to 2 years in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo MRI, CT scan, and blood sample collection throughout the study. Patients may also undergo a MUGA during screening, as well as an ECHO throughout the trial as clinically indicated.
Intervention: Multigated Acquisition Scan
Arm B (nivolumab, ipilimumab)
INDUCTION THERAPY: Patients receive nivolumab and ipilimumab as in Arm I. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 4 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. MAINTENANCE THERAPY: Patients receive nivolumab as in Induction therapy. Patients with PR, SD, or CR at 24 weeks may continue maintenance therapy for up to 2 years in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo MRI, CT scan, and blood sample collection throughout the study. Patients may also undergo a MUGA during screening, as well as an ECHO throughout the trial as clinically indicated.
Intervention: Biospecimen Collection
Arm B (nivolumab, ipilimumab)
INDUCTION THERAPY: Patients receive nivolumab and ipilimumab as in Arm I. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 4 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. MAINTENANCE THERAPY: Patients receive nivolumab as in Induction therapy. Patients with PR, SD, or CR at 24 weeks may continue maintenance therapy for up to 2 years in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo MRI, CT scan, and blood sample collection throughout the study. Patients may also undergo a MUGA during screening, as well as an ECHO throughout the trial as clinically indicated.
Intervention: Computed Tomography
Arm A (nivolumab, ipilimumab, sargramostim)
INDUCTION THERAPY: Patients receive nivolumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of each cycle, ipilimumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of each cycle, and sargramostim SC on days 1-14 of each cycle. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 4 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. MAINTENANCE THERAPY: Patients receive nivolumab and sargramostim as in Induction therapy. Patients with PR, SC, or CR at 24 weeks may continue maintenance therapy for up to 2 years in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo MRI, CT scan, and blood sample collection throughout the study. Patients may also undergo a MUGA during screening, as well as an ECHO throughout the trial as clinically indicated.
Intervention: Sargramostim
Arm A (nivolumab, ipilimumab, sargramostim)
INDUCTION THERAPY: Patients receive nivolumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of each cycle, ipilimumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of each cycle, and sargramostim SC on days 1-14 of each cycle. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 4 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. MAINTENANCE THERAPY: Patients receive nivolumab and sargramostim as in Induction therapy. Patients with PR, SC, or CR at 24 weeks may continue maintenance therapy for up to 2 years in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo MRI, CT scan, and blood sample collection throughout the study. Patients may also undergo a MUGA during screening, as well as an ECHO throughout the trial as clinically indicated.
Intervention: Ipilimumab
Arm A (nivolumab, ipilimumab, sargramostim)
INDUCTION THERAPY: Patients receive nivolumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of each cycle, ipilimumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of each cycle, and sargramostim SC on days 1-14 of each cycle. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 4 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. MAINTENANCE THERAPY: Patients receive nivolumab and sargramostim as in Induction therapy. Patients with PR, SC, or CR at 24 weeks may continue maintenance therapy for up to 2 years in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo MRI, CT scan, and blood sample collection throughout the study. Patients may also undergo a MUGA during screening, as well as an ECHO throughout the trial as clinically indicated.
Intervention: Computed Tomography
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Overall survival
Time Frame: Time from randomization to death from any cause, assessed up to 5 years
Overall survival between the two arms will be compared using the stratified log-rank test. One-sided type I error rate of 0.2 will be used. Kaplan-Meier plot will be generated and two-sided p-values will be reported. This analysis will be summarized using the forest plots with hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals. Cox multivariate models will be developed for overall survival.
Secondary Outcomes
- Clinical response(Up to 5 years)
- Progression free survival(Time from randomization to disease progression or death (whichever occurs first), assessed up to 5 years)
- Immune response(Up to 5 years)
- Incidence of toxicities(Up to 90 days after the last study drug administration)