Clinical Study of the Efficacy and Safety of BCD-263 and Opdivo® as Monotherapy in Subjects With Advanced Melanoma of the Skin

Phase 3

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Advanced Melanoma; Melanoma (Skin)
• Interventions: Drug: Opdivo; Drug: BCD-263

• Registration Number: NCT06640530
• Lead Sponsor: Biocad

Brief Summary

The aim of the study BCD-263-2/UNIVERSE is to demonstrate comparable efficacy and similar safety and immunogenicity profile of BCD-263 and Opdivo after repeated intravenous doses in subjects with advanced unresectable or metastatic melanoma of the skin.

Detailed Description

Following screening, subjects will be randomized to receive either BCD-263 or Opdivo in a 1:1 ratio and enter the main study period.

During the main study period, subjects will receive therapy with BCD-263 or Opdivo, which will be administered intravenously until disease progression or signs of unacceptable toxicity develop (whichever occurs earlier).

At Week 25, after completion of all scheduled procedures subjects in both groups will continue to receive open-label BCD-263 for up to a total of 2 years of therapy, or disease progression, or signs of unacceptable toxicity (whichever occurs first).

Following discontinuation of the study therapy, the subjects will enter a follow-up period, during which data on overall survival will be collected through telephone contacts.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-03-21
• Study First Submitted: 2024-10-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-10-11
• Study First Posted: 2024-10-15
• Status Verified: 2025-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-07-03
• Last Update Posted: 2025-07-08
• Primary Completion: 2025-12
• Study Completion: 2027-03-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 392

Inclusion Criteria

1. Signed informed consent and the subject's ability to comply with the protocol requirements.

2. Age ≥18 years at the time of signing the informed consent form.

3. Histologically confirmed melanoma with the following prognostic characteristics:

   • LDH <ULN of local laboratory (enrollment of subjects with LDH <2 x ULN of local laboratory is allowed until the number of subjects with LDH >ULN is 30% of the total population of randomized subjects. The Sponsor will inform when enrollment of subjects is limited by LDH level <ULN of the local laboratory).
   • Absence, according to the Investigator, of clinically significant symptoms associated with the tumor.
   • Absence, according to the Investigator, of rapidly progressing metastatic melanoma.

4. Newly diagnosed advanced unresectable (stage III) or metastatic disease (stage IV), or progressive disease during / relapsing after radical treatment.

5. Presence of a tumor sample (archived or new biopsy) that is suitable for evaluation for PD L1 expression in the Investigator's opinion.

6. At least one measurable lesion as per RECIST 1.1 based on independent central review.

7. ECOG score 0-1.

8. Laboratory test results consistent with adequate functioning of systems and organs.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Indications for radical treatment (surgery, radiation therapy).
2. Uveal or mucosal melanoma.
3. Previous systemic anticancer therapy for advanced unresectable or metastatic skin melanoma.
4. Active CNS metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis.
5. Previous invasive cancer, excluding diseases treated with potentially radical therapy with no evidence of recurrence for 2 years from the start of this therapy (subjects with radically resected basal cell carcinoma of the skin, superficial bladder cancer, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, cervical carcinoma in situ of the uterus and other carcinomas in situ may be included).
6. Subjects with severe concomitant disorders, life-threatening acute complications of the primary disease (including massive pleural, pericardial, or peritoneal effusions requiring intervention, pulmonary lymphangitis, bleeding or organ perforation) at the time of signing the informed consent and during the screening period.
7. Concomitant diseases and/or conditions that significantly increase the risk of adverse events (AEs) during the study.
8. Active, known or suspected autoimmune disorders (subjects with type 1 diabetes mellitus or hypothyroidism requiring only hormone-replacement therapy and those with skin disorders [vitiligo, alopecia, or psoriasis] not requiring systemic therapy are eligible to participate).
9. The need for systemic corticosteroids (at doses equivalent to >10 mg/day prednisolone) or any other immunosuppressive drugs within 14 days prior to randomization. The use of inhaled and topical corticosteroids is allowed.
10. History of (non-infectious) pneumonitis requiring corticosteroid therapy or pneumonitis at the time of screening.
11. Any anticancer therapy or major surgery within 28 days prior to randomization, or the subject's AE (other than alopecia) caused by anticancer therapy has not yet recovered to CTCAE grade 1 or has not completely resolved.
12. Concomitant use of drugs or medical devices studied in other clinical studies or their use within 28 days prior to randomization.
13. Infections requiring therapy or systemic antibiotics within 14 days prior to randomization.
14. Administration of a live and/or attenuated vaccine within 28 days prior to randomization.
15. Positive HIV-1 or HIV-2 test.
16. HBV/HCV infections (subjects with a negative PCR result for hepatitis C virus RNA, without significant abnormalities in blood chemistry tests, examined by an infectious disease specialist and not requiring specific antiviral treatment at the time of screening, may be included in the study. Subjects with a positive HbsAg test result cannot be included in the study).
17. Impossibility to administer intravenous contrast agents (including due to hypersensitivity to contrast media).
18. Hypersensitivity or allergy to any of the nivolumab product components. Hypersensitivity or allergy to medicinal products obtained based on Chinese hamster ovary cells, or history of severe allergic, anaphylactic or other hypersensitivity reactions to chimeric or humanized antibodies or hybrid proteins.
19. Pregnancy or breastfeeding, as well as intention to become pregnant or father a child during the study period.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Opdivo	Opdivo	Opdivo will be administered during main period
BCD-263	BCD-263	BCD-263 will be administered during main period and open-label period

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Overall response rate (ORR) according to RECIST 1.1	Week 25	To compare the overall response rates (ORRs) after administration of BCD-263 and Opdivo in subjects with advanced unresectable or metastatic skin melanoma

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Immunogenicity assessment	Through week 105	Proportion of subjects with binding and/or neutralizing antibodies to nivolumab
Time to response	Week 25	To compare time to response according to RECIST 1.1 and iRECIST criteria after administration of BCD-263 or Opdivo
Duration of response	week 25	To compare duration of response according to RECIST 1.1 and iRECIST criteria after administration of BCD-263 or Opdivo
DCR	week 25	To compare disease control rate according to RECIST 1.1 and iRECIST criteria after administration of BCD-263 or Opdivo
PFS	week 25	To compare progression-free survival according to RECIST 1.1 and iRECIST criteria after administration of BCD-263 or Opdivo
Overall survival	week 25	To compare overall survival according to RECIST 1.1 and iRECIST criteria after administration of BCD-263 or Opdivo
Safety assessment	Through week 105	The subjects will undergo the vital sign assessment, physical and instrumental examination, sampling for complete blood count, blood chemistry, thyroid hormone tests, and urinalysis, as well as assessment of the presence and characteristics of adverse events to assess the safety of the investigational product

Trial Locations

Locations (44)

Healthcare Institution "Brest Regional Oncological Dispensary"; 🇧🇾 Brest, Belarus

Health Institution "Gomel Regional Clinical Oncology Center"; 🇧🇾 Gomel, Belarus

Healthcare Institution "Minsk City Clinical Cancer Center"; 🇧🇾 Minsk, Belarus

State Institution "Republic Scientific and Practical Centre for Oncology and Medical Radiology Named after N.N.Aleksandrov"; 🇧🇾 Minsk, Belarus

Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University; 🇵🇰 Islamabad, Pakistan

Rehman Medical Institute; 🇵🇰 Peshawar, Pakistan

Chelyabinsk Regional Clinical Center for Oncology and Nuclear Medicine; 🇷🇺 Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russian Federation

Clinical Oncologic Dispensary No. 1; 🇷🇺 Krasnodar, Krasnodar Kari, Russian Federation

Krasnoyarsk Regional Clinical Oncological Dispensary named after A.I. Kryzhanovsky; 🇷🇺 Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian Federation

State Budgetary Institution of Healthcare of the Arkhangelsk Region "Severodvinsk City Hospital №2 of Emergency"; 🇷🇺 Arkhangel'sk, Russian Federation

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