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Study of Nivolumab (BMS-936558) vs. Everolimus in Pre-Treated Advanced or Metastatic Clear-cell Renal Cell Carcinoma (CheckMate 025)

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Advanced or Metastatic (Medically or Surgically Unresectable) Clear-cell Renal Cell Carcinoma
Interventions
Biological: Nivolumab
Registration Number
NCT01668784
Lead Sponsor
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to compare the clinical benefit, as measured by duration of overall survival, of Nivolumab vs. Everolimus in subjects with advanced or metastatic clear-cell renal cell carcinoma who have received prior anti-angiogenic therapy

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
821
Inclusion Criteria
  • Men & women ≥18 years of age
  • Histologic confirmation of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) with clear-cell component
  • Advanced/metastatic RCC
  • Measurable disease per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1 criteria
  • Received 1 or 2 prior anti-angiogenic therapy regimens in advanced or metastatic setting
  • No more than 3 total prior systemic treatment regimens in the advanced or metastatic setting, and evidence of progression on or after last treatment regimen received and within 6 months of enrollment
  • Karnofsky Performance Score ≥70%
Exclusion Criteria
  • Any Central Nervous System (CNS) metastases or history of CNS metastases
  • Prior therapy with an Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor
  • Any active known or suspected autoimmune disease
  • Uncontrolled adrenal insufficiency
  • Active chronic liver disease
  • Prior malignancy active within past 3 years, except for locally curable cancers

Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria apply

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Arm 1: NivolumabNivolumabNivolumab 3 mg/kg solution intravenously every 2 weeks until documented disease progression, discontinuation due to toxicity, withdrawal of consent or the study ends
Arm 2: EverolimusEverolimusEverolimus 10 mg tablets by mouth daily until documented disease progression, discontinuation due to toxicity, withdrawal of consent or the study ends
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Overall Survival (OS) at Primary EndpointRandomization until 398 deaths, up to May 2015 (approximately 30 months)

Overall Survival (OS) was defined as the time from randomization to the date of death. Participants that had not died were censored at last known date alive. Median OS time was calculated using Kaplan-Meier Estimates. Interim analysis for the Primary Endpoint occurred after 398 deaths (70% of the total OS events needed for final analysis). At that time the data monitoring committee noted that the pre-specified boundary for OS (nominal significance level p \< 0.0148) was crossed while no new safety signals that would affect continuation of the study were found. The study was stopped early by the Sponsor, Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) and the interim analysis became the final analysis. As a result, participants in the everolimus groups could be assessed for a crossover to nivolumab treatment if they met all inclusion criteria.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of Participants With Serious Adverse Events, Death, Discontinuation Due to Adverse EventsDay of first dose to 30 days post study completion (approximately 106 months)

Adverse event (AE) defined: any new unfavorable symptom, sign, or disease or worsening of a preexisting condition that may not have a causal relationship with treatment. Serious adverse event (SAE) defined: a medical event that at any dose results in death, persistent or significant disability/incapacity, or drug dependency/abuse; is life-threatening, an important medical event, or a congenital anomaly/birth defect; or requires or prolongs hospitalization.

Investigator-assessed Objective Response Rate (ORR)from randomization up to disease progression or death (approximately up to 105 Months)

ORR is defined as Percentage of participants with a best response of complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) divided by number of randomized participants. CR=Disappearance of all target lesions. Any pathological lymph nodes (whether target or non-target) must have reduction in short axis to \< 10 mm.; PR=At least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions, the baseline sum diameters used as reference. Tumor assessments began at 8 weeks following randomization and continued every 8 weeks for the first year, then every 12 weeks thereafter until disease progression or death. CIs used Clopper and Pearson.

Investigator-assessed Duration of Objective ResponseFrom randomization to date of disease progression or death or censoring if no progression or death occurred (approximately 105 months)

Duration of objective response is defined as the time from study start date to response, CR or partial response, PR) to the date of the first documented tumor progression as determined by the investigator (per RECIST 1.1 criteria or clinical) or death due to any cause, whichever occurred first. For participants who neither progress nor die, the duration of objective response were censored at the same time they were censored for the primary definition. CR=Disappearance of all target lesions. Any pathological lymph nodes (whether target or non-target) must have reduction in short axis to \< 10 mm.; PR=At least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions, the baseline sum diameters used as reference. Based on Kaplan-Meier Estimates.

Number of Participants Meeting Marked Laboratory Abnormality Criteria in Specific Liver and Thyroid TestsDay 1 to 30 days post study completion (approximately 106 months)

Aspartate aminotransferase, AST. Alanine aminotransaminase, ALT. Total bilirubin, tBIL. Thyroid stimulating hormone, TSH. Upper limit of normal (ULN). Units per Liter (U/L). Results reported in International System of Units (SI).

Number of Participants With Abnormal Hematology and Serum Chemistry Laboratory Parameters by Worse CTC Grade - SI UnitsDay 1 to 30 days post study completion (approximately 106 months)

Common Terminology Criteria (CTC) version 4.0 in International System of Units (SI); Gr 3=Severe, Gr 4= Potentially Life-threatening or disabling. Hematology parameters=Hemoglobin (Gr 3: \< 8.0 g/dL), Platelet Count (Gr 3: 25.0 -\< 50.0\*10\^9 c/L; Gr 4: \< 25.0\*10\^9 c/L), Leukocyte Count (Gr 3: 1.0 -\< 2.0\*10\^3 c/µL; Gr4: \< 1.0\*10\^3 c/µL), Absolute Lymphocyte Count (Gr 3: 0.2 -\< 0.5\*10\^3 c/µL; Gr 4: \< 0.2\*10\^3 c/µL), Absolute Neutrophil Count (Gr 3: 0.5 - \< 1.0\*10\^3 c/µL; Gr 4: \< 0.5\*10\^3 c/µL). Liver Function parameters=Alkaline Phosphatase (Gr 3: \> 5.0 - 20.0 U/L \* ULN; Gr 4: \> 20.0 U/L \* ULN), AST (Gr 3: \> 5.0 - 20.0 U/L \* ULN; Gr 4: \> 20.0 U/L \* ULN), ALT (Gr 3: \> 5.0 - 20.0 U/L \* ULN; Gr 4: \> 20.0 U/L \* ULN), tBIL (Gr 3: \> 3.0 - 10.0 mg/dL \* ULN; Gr 4: \> 10.0 mg/dL \* ULN). Renal parameter=Creatinine (Grade: Gr3: \> 3.0 - 6.0 mg/dL \*ULN; Gr4: \> 6.0 mg/dL \*ULN). Cells per microliter (c/µL). Cells per Liter (c/L). Grams per deciliter (g/dL). Milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL).

Investigator-assessed Time to Objective ResponseRandomization to date of first response (approximately 105 months)

Time to objective response is defined as the time from randomization to first response (complete response, CR or partial response, PR). CR=Disappearance of all target lesions. Any pathological lymph nodes (whether target or non-target) must have reduction in short axis to \< 10 mm.; PR=At least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions, the baseline sum diameters used as reference.

Percentage of Participants With Disease-related Symptom Progression (DRSP)from randomization up to disease progression or death (approximately up to 105 Months)

Disease-related symptom progression rate (DRSPR)=a decrease of two points in the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Kidney Symptom Index - Disease Related Symptoms (FKSI-DRS) questionnaire relative to the participant's baseline FKSI-DRS score with no later increase above this threshold observed during the course of the study. The 9 items of the FKSI-DRS were summarized into a symptom scale ranging in score from 0 to 36, with 0 being the worst possible score and 36 being the best possible score. A single measure reporting a decrease of at least 2 units was considered disease-related symptom progression only if it was the last one available for the participant. In order to consider a questionnaire received as valid, over 50% of the items were to be completed. Calculated by the Clopper-Pearson method for each treatment group.

Investigator-assessed Time of Progression-free Survival (PFS)from randomization up to disease progression or death (approximately up to 105 Months)

PFS=time from randomization to date of first documented tumor progression as determined by investigator (per RECIST 1.1 criteria or clinical) or death due to any cause, whichever occurred first. Participants who die without a reported prior progression and without subsequent anti-cancer therapy were considered to have progressed on the date of their death. Participants who did not progress or die were censored on the date of their last evaluable tumor assessment. Participants who did not have any on-study tumor assessments and did not die were censored on the date they were randomized. Participants who received any subsequent anti-cancer therapy without a prior reported progression were censored at the last evaluable tumor assessment prior to or on initiation date of the subsequent anti-cancer therapy. Progressive disease: \>=20% increase in sum of target lesion diameters and sum must show absolute increase of \>=5mm; smallest sum on study as reference. Based on Kaplan-Meier Estimates.

Overall Survival (OS) by Programmed Death-Ligand 1 (PD-L1) Expression LevelRandomization to date of death or date of last contact for patients without documentation of death, up to May 2015 (approximately 30 months)

Quantifiable PD-L1 expression=percent of tumor cell membrane staining in a minimum of 100 evaluable tumor cells per Dako PD-L1 IHC assay. If the PD-L1 staining could not be quantified it was classified as: indeterminate=tumor cell membrane staining hampered for reasons attributed to biology of tumor biopsy specimen and not due to improper sample preparation or handling; not evaluable=tumor biopsy specimen was not optimally collected or prepared. Not evaluable determined from H\&E process before the tumor biopsy specimen was sent for evaluation or from H\&E process during PD-L1 evaluation; baseline PD-L1 expression=if more than one tumor biopsy specimen was available, the most recently collected specimen with a quantifiable result. If all specimens for a given participant are either indeterminate or not evaluable, then the PD-L1 expression was considered indeterminate as long as at least one specimen is indeterminate. Otherwise, PD-L1 expression was considered not evaluable.

Trial Locations

Locations (76)

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Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, Lorraine, France

Local Institution - 0102

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Rozzano, Italy

Local Institution - 0007

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Lyon Cedex, France

Local Institution - 0124

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Sao Paulo, Brazil

Local Institution - 0064

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Hospitalet De Llobregat, Spain

Local Institution - 0095

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Westmead, New South Wales, Australia

Local Institution - 0012

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Toulouse Cedex 9, France

Local Institution - 0169

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Suita, Osaka, Japan

Local Institution - 0004

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Marseille Cedex 9, France

Local Institution - 0082

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Milano, Italy

Local Institution - 0008

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Bordeaux, France

Local Institution - 0126

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Heidelberg, Germany

Local Institution - 0005

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Saint Herblain Cedex, France

Local Institution - 0002

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Villejuif Cedex, France

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London, Greater London, United Kingdom

Local Institution - 0145

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Montreal, Canada

Local Institution - 0118

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Paris, France

Euromedica General Clinic of Thessaloniki

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Thessaloniki, Greece

University Of Southern California

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Los Angeles, California, United States

Winship Cancer Institute.

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Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center At Johns Hopkins

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Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Northwestern University

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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Loyola University Chicago

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Maywood, Illinois, United States

Local Institution - 0143

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Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

Indiana University Simon Cancer Center

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Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Temple University Hospital

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

The Ohio State University

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Columbus, Ohio, United States

Ut Southwestern Medical Center

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Dallas, Texas, United States

Local Institution - 0009

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Seattle, Washington, United States

Local Institution - 0139

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Houston, Texas, United States

Princess Margaret Hospital

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Local Institution - 0024

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Los Angeles, California, United States

UCSD Moores Cancer Center

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La Jolla, California, United States

Stanford Cancer Institute

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Stanford, California, United States

University Of Iowa Hospitals And Clinics

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Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

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Buffalo, New York, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau

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New York, New York, United States

Levine Cancer Institute

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Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Cross Cancer Institute

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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Chum, Hopital Notre-Dame

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Local Institution - 0003

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Poitiers, France

Local Institution - 0125

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Ijui, RIO Grande DO SUL, Brazil

Local Institution - 0137

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Odense, Denmark

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

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Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States

St Francis Hospital

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Greenville, South Carolina, United States

Centro Para La Atencion Integral Del Paciente Oncologico

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San Miguel De Tucuman, Tucuman, Argentina

Fox Chase Cancer Center

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

COIBA

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Berazategui, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Weill Cornell Medical College

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New York, New York, United States

BC Cancer Agency - Vancouver Centre

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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Cedars Sinai Medical Center

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Los Angeles, California, United States

Georgetown University Medical Center

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Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Local Institution - 0182

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Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States

Local Institution - 0027

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Washington, District of Columbia, United States

University Of Washington

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Seattle, Washington, United States

Instituto Oncologico De Cordoba

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Cordoba, Argentina

Tom Baker Cancer Centre

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Alexandra General Hospital Of Athens

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Athens, Greece

Local Institution - 0087

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Dublin, Ireland

Local Institution - 0167

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Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, Japan

Centre D'Oncologie Dr-Leon-Richard

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Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

QEII Health Sciences Centre

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Halfax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Local Institution - 0148

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Petah Tikva, Israel

Local Institution - 0048

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Swansea, Carmarthenshire, United Kingdom

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute

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Tampa, Florida, United States

Ucsf Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

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San Francisco, California, United States

University Of Colorado

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Aurora, Colorado, United States

Karmanos Cancer Institute

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Detroit, Michigan, United States

Duke University Medical Center

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Durham, North Carolina, United States

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Tennessee Oncology, PLLC

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Nashville, Tennessee, United States

CTRC at UTHSC San Antonio

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San Antonio, Texas, United States

University Of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center

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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Medical University Of South Carolina

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Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Local Institution - 0076

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Richmond, Virginia, United States

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