Study of PULSAR-ICI +/- IMSA101 in Patients With Oligometastatic NSCLC and RCC

Purpose

Phase 2, open-label, multicenter, randomized study comparing the safety and efficacy of personalized ultra-fractionated stereotactic adaptive radiotherapy (PULSAR) combined with immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) immunotherapy (PULSAR-ICI) + IMSA101 and PULSAR-ICI alone in patients with NSCLC or RCC

Condition

  • Oligometastatic Disease

Eligibility

Eligible Ages
Over 18 Years
Eligible Genders
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

Inclusion Criteria

  1. Male or female patients ≥ 18 years of age 2. Signed informed consent and mental capability to understand the informed consent 3. Histologically or cytologically documented NSCLC or RCC with radiographically documented presence of ≤ 6 metastatic lesions consistent with the diagnosis of "oligometastatic" disease 4. Patient's disease must be evaluable per RECIST Version 1.1 5. All metastatic lesions amenable to administration of radiotherapy, at the discretion of the investigator 6. Must have at least one single pre-defined lesion/lesion site (longest diameter ≥ 10 mm and ≤ 50 mm) suitable for intra-tumoral injection 7. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of ≤ 1 8. Electrocardiogram (ECG) without evidence of clinically significant conduction abnormalities or active ischemia as determined by the investigator 9. Acceptable organ and marrow function as defined below: - Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) > 1,500 cells/μL - Platelets > 50,000 cells/μL - Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times (×) the upper limit of normal (ULN) - Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 2.5 × ULN. If liver metastases are present, AST/ALT < 5 × ULN - Serum creatinine < 1.5 mg/dL and a measured creatinine clearance ≥ 50 mL/min using the Cockcroft-Gault formula - Prothrombin time (PT)/partial thromboplastin time (PTT) ≤ 1.5 × ULN 10. Women of child-bearing potential (defined as a female who has experienced menarche and who has not undergone successful surgical sterilization [hysterectomy, bilateral salpingectomy, or bilateral oophorectomy]) or is not postmenopausal (defined as amenorrhea for at least 12 consecutive months with an appropriate clinical profile at the appropriate age, eg, greater than 45 years) must have a negative serum pregnancy test prior to first dose of study treatment 11. Male and female patients with reproductive potential must agree to use two forms of highly effective contraception throughout the study

Exclusion Criteria

  1. Prior disease progression through programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1 or PD-1)-targeted immunotherapy 2. Prior receipt of stimulator of interferon genes (STING) agonist 3. Prior receipt of therapeutic radiotherapy to the lesions intended for PULSAR treatment 4. Anti-cancer therapy, except pembrolizumab and nivolumab, within 4 weeks or < 5 half-lives of the first dose of study treatment 5. Existence of primary tumor that requires therapeutic treatment beyond the provided immune checkpoint inhibitor drug 6. Failure to recover, to Grade 1 or less, from clinically significant AEs due to prior anti-cancer therapy, as judged by the investigator 7. Previous life-threatening (Grade 4) immune-related adverse event (irAE) 8. Existence of actionable mutations that may be eligible for mutation-targeted drug that represents standard-of-care therapy 9. Presence of brain metastases 10. Baseline prolongation of QT/corrected QT (QTc) interval (QTc interval > 470) 11. Uncontrolled intercurrent illness (including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations) that in the opinion of the investigator would limit compliance with study requirements 12. Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding 13. Sponsor reserves the right to exclude any patient from the study on the basis of pre-study medical histories, physical examination findings, clinical laboratory results, prior medications, or other entrance criteria

Study Design

Phase
Phase 2
Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Parallel Assignment
Primary Purpose
Treatment
Masking
None (Open Label)

Arm Groups

ArmDescriptionAssigned Intervention
Experimental
Experimental Arm
PULSAR-ICI + IMSA101
  • Drug: IMSA101
    Intra-tumoral administration once weekly for the first three weeks of Cycle 1 (Days 1, 8 and 15) and then on Day 1 of Cycles 2 and 3.
  • Drug: Immune checkpoint inhibitor
    1st infusion on Cycle 1 Day 2, and then thereafter as per product label
    Other names:
    • pembrolizumab
    • nivolumab
  • Radiation: PULSAR
    1st day of Cycles 1, 2 and 3.
Active Comparator
Control Arm
PULSAR-ICI
  • Drug: Immune checkpoint inhibitor
    1st infusion on Cycle 1 Day 2, and then thereafter as per product label
    Other names:
    • pembrolizumab
    • nivolumab
  • Radiation: PULSAR
    1st day of Cycles 1, 2 and 3.

Recruiting Locations

MetroHealth Medical Center
Cleveland, Ohio 44109
Contact:
Roger Ove, MD, PhD
216-778-8693
rove@metrohealth.org

More Details

Status
Recruiting
Sponsor
ImmuneSensor Therapeutics Inc.

Study Contact

Patrick Widhelm
830-730-8176
pwidhelm@immunesensor.com

Detailed Description

Patients shall be enrolled in 2 treatment arms as follows: 1. 20 patients in the control arm (PULSAR-ICI alone) 2. 20 patients in the experimental arm (PULSAR-ICI + IMSA101) Patients will be stratified by histology (NSCLC and RCC) in the randomized portion. PULSAR-ICI with or without IMSA101 treatment will be administered to the patients in Cycles 1, 2, and 3, and thereafter only standard of care ICI monotherapy will be administered to all patients. Each treatment cycle will be 28 days in duration for Cycles 1, 2 and 3, then per standard of care monotherapy thereafter based on the product labels of the prescribed ICI. The study will start with a safety run-in portion at 2 dose levels for the experimental arm, followed by a randomized portion for both treatment arms. The safety run-in shall employ a 3+3 safety run-in component. All patients will be followed throughout the study for drug tolerability and safety by collecting clinical and laboratory data, including adverse events (AEs) using Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) Version 5.0 criteria, SAEs, concomitant medications, and vital signs. All patients will be assessed for anti-tumor efficacy at screening, prior to the end of Cycle 3, and at 8-week intervals thereafter based on radiographic assessments (all outcome measures per RECIST Version 1.1 and iRECIST). All patients will continue to receive their assigned treatment throughout the study until the occurrence of disease progression (based on iRECIST), death, or other unacceptable treatment-related toxicity, or until the study is closed by the sponsor.