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Treatment Pause Versus Treatment Continuation in IMDC Good or Intermediate Risk With Only One Adverse Prognostic Factor in mRCC Patients With an Objective Response at 12 Months of Treatment With PD1/ PDL1 ICIs + VEGFR-Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors

Phase 3
Recruiting
Conditions
Good or Only One Adverse Prognostic Factor Intermediate Risk Per IMDC Score
Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma
Interventions
Other: Treatment pause
Drug: Combination PD-1/PD-L1 ICI + VEGFR-TKI
Registration Number
NCT05219318
Lead Sponsor
University Hospital, Bordeaux
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the non-inferiority of treatment pause versus treatment continuation in good or intermediate risk with only one adverse prognostic factor as per IMDC mRCC patients with a confirmed objective response between the end of the 11th month to th end of the 13th month of treatment with PD-1/PD-L1 ICI plus VEGFR-TKI.

Tolerance and quality of life of treatment pause with PD-1/PD-L1 ICI + VEGFR-TKI compared to treatment continuation will be reported. In France, its impact on healthcare resource utilization will also be assessed.

Detailed Description

Although multiple combinations therapies in particular PD-1/PD-L1 immune-checkpoint inhibitors (PD-1/PD-L1 ICIs) in combination with vascular endothelial growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (VEGFR-TKIs) are approved and have improved patient's outcomes with mRCC, they are maintained until disease progression and treatment pause after an objective response has not been fully explored \[5-7\]. The good-risk population is characterised by prolonged survival therefore a treatment pause in this population could impact the quality of life, safety and total cost of care, without impacting outcome. As well, intermediate risk population group is heterogeneous, while the one's with only one adverse prognostic factor seems to be closed to the outcome of good risk population \[11-15\]. As the purpose of the study is to target patients with an objective response, there is already a selection of patients with a better outcome.

Patient will be randomised after 11 to 13 months of treatment with PD-1/PD-L1 ICI plus VEGFR-TKI (treatment pause versus treatment continuation) and follow every 3 months for a period of 12 months following by 12 additional months for survival follow-up.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
372
Inclusion Criteria
  • Age ≥ 18 years at time of signing informed consent form
  • Signed informed consent form
  • Histological confirmation of RCC with a Clear-cell component, including subject who also have a sarcomatoïd feature
  • Advanced (not amenable to curative surgery or radiation therapy) or Metastatic RCC (American Joint Committee on Cancer [AJCC] Stage IV)
  • Participants with good or intermediate risk with only one adverse prognostic factor will be eligible as per International Metastatic RCC Database Consortium (IMDC) criteria
  • Prior first line therapy for mRCC with the combination of PD-1/ PD-L1 ICI plus VEGFR-TKI
  • First line treatment with the combination of PD-1/PD-L1 ICI and VEGFR-TKI must be ongoing whatever the dose with no period of discontinuation > 6 consecutive weeks during treatment of the PD-1/PD-L1 ICI, and 2 consecutive weeks in the last 3 months before randomisation for the VEGFR-TKI
  • Patients with an objective response (complete response or partial response) between the end of 11th month and the end of the 13th month of the combination treatment with PD-1/PD-L1 ICI and VEGFR-TKI. CT scan at the initiation of this treatment must be available.
  • Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) grade ≥ 70%
  • Measurable disease as per RECIST v1.1 per investigator on CT scan at the initiation of first line treatment with combination treatment with PD-1/PD-L1 ICI and VEGFR-TKI
  • Adequate organ function
  • Females of childbearing potential must use a highly effective contraception (combined (estrogen and progestogen containing) hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation (oral ; intravaginal ;transdermal) ; progestogen-only hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation (oral ; injectable ; implantable ; intrauterine device (IUD) ; intrauterine hormone-releasing system ( IUS)) ; bilateral tubal occlusion ; vasectomised partner ; sexual abstinence) and continue its use for 5 months after the last PD1/PD L1 ICI administration.
  • Sexually active male patients must agree to use condoms and continue its use for 5 months after the last PD1/PD L1 ICI administration.
  • Willingness and ability to comply with study procedures.
  • Patient affiliated to a social security system or benefit from the same system
Exclusion Criteria
  • Prior therapy with PD-1/PD-L1 ICI or VEGFR-TKI monotherapy.
  • Poorly controlled hypertension despite antihypertensive therapy
  • More than one adverse prognostic factor (IMDC criteria)
  • Women who are pregnant or lactating;
  • Current participation in an investigational program
  • Patient with any medical or psychiatric condition or disease, which would make the patient inappropriate for entry into this study
  • Adults who are the subject of legal protection measures
  • Persons deprived of their liberty by a judicial or administrative decision

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Treatment pauseTreatment pauseTreatment pause for 12 months
Treatment continuationCombination PD-1/PD-L1 ICI + VEGFR-TKITreatment continuation regimens with PD-1/PD-L1 ICI + VEGFR-TKI until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Proportion of participants without progressionUp to 12 months after randomisation

Disease progression at up to 12 months after randomisation will be based on a blinded independent central review (BICR) according to RECIST v1.1 criteria, with tumor assessment performed every 12 weeks during study participation

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Percentage of patients with status SD or in objective response at 6 months after restarting PD-1/PD-L1 ICI + VEGFR-TKIFrom randomisation until 2 years of follow-up
Progression-free survival (PFS)From randomisation until 2 years of follow-up

PFS is defined as the time between date of randomisation and the first date of the documented disease progression, or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first

Site and distribution of the sites of progression: known lesions, new lesion(s) or bothFrom randomisation until 2 years of follow-up
Healthcare resource utilisationUp to 12 months after randomisation

Costs of care will be estimated in the perspective of the French Healthcare System over a 12-month times horizon. Conventional tariffs of hospitalizations will be used to calculate costs

Overall safety profile and tolerability eventUp to 12 months after randomisation

Proportion of participants who experience an adverse event or serious adverse event and mean number of adverse events or serious adverse events up to 12 months after randomisation

Quality-adjusted survivalUp to 12 months after randomisation

The quality-adjusted time without symptoms or toxicity (Q-TWiST) is a simultaneous assessment of time without toxicity or disease progression, which essentially examines the trade-off between AEs and treatment benefits

Distribution of treatment modality after progressionFrom randomisation until 2 years of follow-up

Proportion of participants treated after progression with surveillance, focal treatment or general treatment

Anxiety and depressionUp to 12 months after randomisation

Mean scores in the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale at up to 12 months after randomisation

Overall survival (OS)From randomisation until 2 years of follow-up

OS is defined as the time between the date of randomisation and the date of death due to any cause

Mean change in quality of lifeUp to 12 months after randomisation

Measured by the NCCN functional assessment of cancer therapy-kidney symptom index (FKSI-19). The NCCN FKSI-19 is a 19-item scale that measures tumor specific health-related quality of life in kidney cancer participants. A higher score indicates fewer symptoms

Trial Locations

Locations (27)

CHU de Besançon - Service d'Oncologie

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Besançon, France

CH de la Cote Basque - Service d'Oncologie

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Bayonne, France

CHU de Bordeaux - Service d'Oncologie

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Bordeaux, France

Centre François Baclesse - Service d'Oncologie

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Caen, France

Centre Jean Perrin - Service d'Oncologie

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Clermont-Ferrand, France

Polyclinique de Limoges - Service d'Oncologie

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Limoges, France

Centre Leon Berard - Service d'Oncologie

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Lyon, France

Hospices Civils de Lyon - Service d'Oncologie

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Lyon, France

AP-HP - Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou - Service d'Oncologie

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Paris, France

CHU de Poitiers - Service d'Oncologie

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Poitiers, France

CHU de la Réunion Site Sud - Service d'Oncologie

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Saint-Pierre, France

CHU de Saint-Etienne - Service d'Oncologie

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Saint-Étienne, France

Centre Georges-François Leclerc - Service d'Oncologie

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Dijon, France

Centre Antoine Lacassagne - Service d'Oncologie

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Nice, France

Institut Gustave Roussy - Service d'Oncologie

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Villejuif, France

CHU Grenoble Alpes - Service d'Oncologie

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Grenoble, France

AP-HP - Henri Mondor - Service d'Oncologie

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Créteil, France

CHU de Limoges - Service d'Oncologie

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Limoges, France

Institut Paoli-Calmettes - Service d'Oncologie

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Marseille, France

Institut Régional du Cancer - Service d'Oncologie

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Montpellier, France

AP-HP - Hôpital Saint Louis - Service d'Oncologie

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Paris, France

Hopital Foch - Service d'Oncologie

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Suresnes, France

Centre Eugène Marquis - Service d'Oncologie

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Rennes, France

Institut de cancérologie Strasbourg Europe - Service d'Oncologie

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Strasbourg, France

CHU de Tours - Service d'Oncologie

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Tours, France

Institut de Cancérologie de Lorraine - Service d'Oncologie

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vandoeuvre les Nancy, France

IUCT Oncopole - Service d'Oncologie

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Toulouse, France

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