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A Study of Neoadjuvant Therapy With BCD-217 (Nurulimab + Prolgolimab) in Patients With Resectable Stage III Skin Melanoma

Phase 3
Recruiting
Conditions
Melanoma (Skin)
Melanoma Stage III
Interventions
Biological: anti-PD1
Procedure: Excision of the primary lesion
Procedure: Regional lymphadenectomy
Registration Number
NCT05751928
Lead Sponsor
Biocad
Brief Summary

This study is an open-label, randomized, comparative phase III study, which will include subjects with resectable stage III skin melanoma (up to 3 resectable transient metastases are acceptable).

Detailed Description

In both study groups, adjuvant therapy is possible until melanoma progresses to unresectable stage III-IV, unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal of ICF or the end of the therapy period (12 months).

In case of postoperative relapse of the disease, at the decision of the investigator and if the lesion is resectable, radical surgical treatment can be carried out (R0 - resection) in accordance with current clinical guidelines without withdrawing the patient from the study.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
410
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Signed informed consent and the subject's ability to comply with the requirements of the clinical study protocol;

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

  3. Histologically or cytologically confirmed (documented results of relevant studies are available) resectable stage IIIB/C/D skin melanoma;

  4. At least one clinically detectable lymph node accessible for biopsy and not more than three resectable in-transit metastases .

    Clinically detectable lymph nodes include:

    • Palpable lymph nodes with pathologically confirmed melanoma
    • Non-palpable but enlarged (≥15 mm in smallest diameter, RECIST 1.1) lymph nodes with pathologically confirmed melanoma
  5. Subject's consent to a biopsy;

  6. Consent to the evaluation of the PD-L1 status and BRAF V600 mutation status ;

  7. ECOG score 0-1;

  8. Life expectancy of at least 5 years;

  9. Willingness of subjects and their sexual partners of childbearing potential to use reliable methods of contraception from the date of signing the informed consent form throughout the study period and for 24 weeks after the administration of the last dose of the investigational therapy.

Exclusion Criteria
  1. Ocular melanoma;

  2. Mucosal melanoma;

  3. Distant metastases;

  4. Impossibility of radical resection of the tumor, metastasis and/or involved lymph nodes;

  5. Presence of only in-transit transit/satellite metastases without confirmed involvement of lymph nodes;

  6. Prior therapy with checkpoint inhibitors (e.g. anti-CTLA-4 and/or anti-PD-1/PD-L1/PD-L2 products);

  7. Prior therapy with BRAF and MEK protein kinase inhibitors;

  8. Prior radiation therapy;

  9. Inability to determine BRAF status;

  10. Subjects with severe comorbidities, with life-threatening acute complications of the underlying disease at the time of signing the informed consent form;

  11. Current concomitant diseases at the time of screening, which increase the risk of severe adverse events during surgery and/or study therapy administration;

    • stable angina, functional class III-IV;
    • unstable angina or a history of myocardial infarction within less than 6 months prior to signing the informed consent form;
    • moderate to severe cardiac failure (NYHA classes III and IV);
    • uncontrolled hypertension (systolic blood pressure >150 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure >90 mmHg) ;
    • a history of atopic asthma , angioneurotic edema;
    • respiratory failure (moderate to severe), grade 3 or 4 chronic obstructive pulmonary disease;
    • any other concomitant diseases (including, but not limited to, metabolic, hematological, renal, hepatic, pulmonary, neurological, endocrine, cardiac, infectious, gastrointestinal disorders), which expose the subject to an unacceptable risk during surgery or study therapy;
  12. Known or suspected systemic autoimmune diseases (including, but not limited to, systemic lupus erythematosus, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis (UC), systemic scleroderma, inflammatory myopathy, mixed connective tissue disease, overlap syndrome, etc.) ;

  13. A history of interstitial pulmonary disease or pneumonitis requiring systemic glucocorticoids;

  14. The need for glucocorticoid therapy (at >10mg/day prednisolone equivalent doses) or any other drugs with immunosuppressive effects within 6 months prior to randomization;

  15. Use of immunostimulants, monoclonal antibodies and/or colony-stimulating factors within less than 4 weeks prior to randomization in the study;

  16. Hematological abnormalities :

    • neutrophils <1.5×109/L;
    • platelets <100×109/L;
    • hemoglobin <90 g/L;
  17. Renal impairment: creatinine ≥1.5×ULN;

  18. Hepatic impairment :

    • Total bilirubin ≥1.3×ULN (except for subjects with Gilbert's syndrome, in whom bilirubin levels should not exceed 50 μmol/L);
    • ALP, AST or ALT ≥1.5×ULN;
  19. Any surgery within less than 28 days prior to randomization in the study;

  20. History of oncological disease, except for radically treated diseases with remission for over 5 years prior randomization in this study ;

  21. Conditions limiting the subject's ability to comply with the Protocol requirements (in the Investigator's opinion );

  22. Participation in other clinical studies within less than 30 days prior to randomization and during this clinical study ;

  23. Acute infections or activation of chronic infectious diseases or systemic antibacterial therapy within less than 28 days prior to randomization;

  24. Active hepatitis B, active hepatitis C (confirmed by PCR), HIV-infection, currently or previously ;

  25. Impossibility to administer the investigational product intravenously;

  26. Impossibility to administer intravenous contrast agents (including due to hypersensitivity to contrast media);

  27. Hypersensitivity to any of the components of BCD-217, prolgolimab or pembrolizumab;

  28. A history of hypersensitivity to monoclonal antibody products;

  29. Pregnancy or breastfeeding.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Subjects with a pPR or pNR to neoadjuvant therapy (Group 1B)Regional lymphadenectomySubjects will receive 2 cycles of BCD-217 neoadjuvant therapy, followed by index lymph node removal. Subjects with a pathological partial response (pPR) or non-responders (pNR) to neoadjuvant therapy (Group 1B): excision of the primary lesion (if not performed earlier), regional lymphadenectomy, then up to 12 months of adjuvant therapy with anti-PD1 agent.
Subjects with pCR and pnCR (Group 1A)BCD-217Subjects will receive 2 cycles of BCD-217 neoadjuvant therapy, followed by index lymph node removal. Subjects with pathological complete (pCR) and near complete response (pnCR) (Group 1A): excision of the primary lesion (if not previously performed) without regional lymphadenectomy, followed by up to 12 months of anti-PD1 agent in the adjuvant setting.
Subjects with pCR and pnCR (Group 1A)anti-PD1Subjects will receive 2 cycles of BCD-217 neoadjuvant therapy, followed by index lymph node removal. Subjects with pathological complete (pCR) and near complete response (pnCR) (Group 1A): excision of the primary lesion (if not previously performed) without regional lymphadenectomy, followed by up to 12 months of anti-PD1 agent in the adjuvant setting.
Subjects with pCR and pnCR (Group 1A)Excision of the primary lesionSubjects will receive 2 cycles of BCD-217 neoadjuvant therapy, followed by index lymph node removal. Subjects with pathological complete (pCR) and near complete response (pnCR) (Group 1A): excision of the primary lesion (if not previously performed) without regional lymphadenectomy, followed by up to 12 months of anti-PD1 agent in the adjuvant setting.
Subjects with a pPR or pNR to neoadjuvant therapy (Group 1B)BCD-217Subjects will receive 2 cycles of BCD-217 neoadjuvant therapy, followed by index lymph node removal. Subjects with a pathological partial response (pPR) or non-responders (pNR) to neoadjuvant therapy (Group 1B): excision of the primary lesion (if not performed earlier), regional lymphadenectomy, then up to 12 months of adjuvant therapy with anti-PD1 agent.
Subjects with a pPR or pNR to neoadjuvant therapy (Group 1B)anti-PD1Subjects will receive 2 cycles of BCD-217 neoadjuvant therapy, followed by index lymph node removal. Subjects with a pathological partial response (pPR) or non-responders (pNR) to neoadjuvant therapy (Group 1B): excision of the primary lesion (if not performed earlier), regional lymphadenectomy, then up to 12 months of adjuvant therapy with anti-PD1 agent.
Subjects with a pPR or pNR to neoadjuvant therapy (Group 1B)Excision of the primary lesionSubjects will receive 2 cycles of BCD-217 neoadjuvant therapy, followed by index lymph node removal. Subjects with a pathological partial response (pPR) or non-responders (pNR) to neoadjuvant therapy (Group 1B): excision of the primary lesion (if not performed earlier), regional lymphadenectomy, then up to 12 months of adjuvant therapy with anti-PD1 agent.
Control Group (Group 2)Excision of the primary lesionSubjects start treatment with excision of the primary lesion (if not previously performed), regional lymphadenectomy followed by adjuvant therapy with anti-PD1 agent (up to 12 months). This approach is considered the standard therapy for patients in the target population.
Control Group (Group 2)Regional lymphadenectomySubjects start treatment with excision of the primary lesion (if not previously performed), regional lymphadenectomy followed by adjuvant therapy with anti-PD1 agent (up to 12 months). This approach is considered the standard therapy for patients in the target population.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
event free survival (EFS)24 months
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
distant metastases-free survival (DMFS)24 months
pathologic response rate (pRR)24 months
The proportion of subjects with treatment-related adverse events;24 months
overall survival (OS)24 months
The proportion of subjects with severe immune-related adverse events (grade 3 or higher according to CTCAE v.5.0)24 months
The proportion of subjects experiencing any grade 3 or higher adverse events24 months
The proportion of subjects with SAEs24 months
The proportion of subjects with immune-related adverse events of any severity24 months
The proportion of subjects requiring treatment discontinuation due to AEs24 months
The proportion of BAb and NAb positive subjects24 months

Trial Locations

Locations (36)

Healthcare Institution "Minsk City Clinical Cancer Center"

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Minsk, Belarus

Healthcare Institution "Vitebsk Regional Clinical Oncology Center"

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Vitebsk, Belarus

State Institution "Republican Scientific and Practical Center of Oncology and Medical Radiology named after A.I. N.N. Alexandrov"

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Lesnoy, Belarus

State Institution "Mogilev Regional Oncological Dispensary"

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Mogilev, Belarus

Clinical Oncologic Dispensary No. 1

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Krasnodar, Krasnodar Kari, Russian Federation

Clinical Oncologic Dispensary No. 2

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Sochi, Krasnodar Territory, Russian Federation

Regional Clinical Oncology Hospital

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Yaroslavl, Yaroslavskaya Oblast, Russian Federation

State Budgetary Healthcare Institution "Chelyabinsk Regional Clinical Center for Oncology and Nuclear Medicine",

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Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation

State budgetary healthcare institution Leningrad Regional Clinical Hospital

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Gatchina, Russian Federation

State budgetary health care institution "Kuzbass clinical oncological dispensary named after M.S. Rappoport"

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Kemerovo, Russian Federation

State Autonomous Health Institution "Republican Clinical Oncology Dispensary of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tatarstan named after Professor M.Z. Sigal"

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Kazan, Russian Federation

Regional Goverment Budgetary Healthcare State "Kostroma Oncology Center"

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Kostroma, Russian Federation

State Budgetary Institution of Healthcare "Leningrad Regional Clinical Oncological Dispensary named after V.I. L.D. Romana"

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Kuz'molovskiy, Russian Federation

"Russian Cancer Research Center named after N.N. Blokhin "of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

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Moscow, Russian Federation

Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (Sechenov University)

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Moscow, Russian Federation

Branch of Hadassah Medical LTD Limited Liability Company

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Moscow, Russian Federation

Joint Stock Company "K31 City"

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Moscow, Russian Federation

Moscow City Oncology Hospital No. 62

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Moscow, Russian Federation

State budgetary health care institution of the city of Moscow "City Clinical Oncology Hospital No. 1 of the Department of Health of the City of Moscow"

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Moscow, Russian Federation

JSC "Medsi Group"

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Moscow, Russian Federation

Nizhny Novgorod Region State Budgetary Healthcare Facility "Clinical Diagnostics Center"

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Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation

State Budgetary Healthcare Institution "Novosibirsk Regional Clinical Oncology Center" of the Novosibirsk Region

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Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

LLC "DobroMed"

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Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

Budgetary healthcare institution of the Omsk region "Clinical oncological dispensary"

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Omsk, Russian Federation

Federal State Budgetary Institution "National Medical Research Center for Radiology" of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

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Obninsk, Russian Federation

JSC "Modern Medical Technologies"

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Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation

Saint-Petersburg Petersburg Clinical Scientific and Practical Center for Specialized Types of Medical Care (Oncological)

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Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation

Limited Liability Company "American Medical Clinic"

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Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation

Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education "Saint Petersburg State University"

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Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation

Limited Liability Company "Oncological Research Center"

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Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation

Limited Liability Company "Strategic Medical Systems"

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Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation

N.N. Petrov National Medicine Research Center of oncology

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Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation

Private Medical Institution Evromedservis

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Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation

Federal State Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education "Mordovia State University N.P. Ogareva "

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Saransk, Russian Federation

City Hospital #40, Kurortny district

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St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

State Health Care Institution "Volgograd Regional Clinical Oncology Dispensary № 1"

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Volgograd, Russian Federation

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