Nivolumab in Treating Patients With Autoimmune Disorders and Advanced, Metastatic, or Unresectable Cancer

Study Purpose

This phase Ib trial studies the side effects of nivolumab and to see how well it works in treating patients with autoimmune disorders and cancer that has spread to other places in the body or cannot removed by surgery. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as nivolumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread.

Recruitment Criteria

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Healthy volunteers are participants who do not have a disease or condition, or related conditions or symptoms

No
Study Type

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Interventional
Eligible Ages 18 Years and Over
Gender All
More Inclusion & Exclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • - Patients can have either histologically confirmed malignancy that is radiologically evaluable and metastatic or unresectable, or have a malignancy for which a PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor has been approved in the adjuvant setting.
Eligible tumor types include solid tumors and malignancies in which there is known evidence of clinical activity for single agent PD-1 or PD-L1 antibodies. Nivolumab is Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved for the treatment of melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), Merkel cell cancer, bladder cancer, renal cell carcinoma (RCC), gastric cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), cervical cancer, head and neck cancer, Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), metastatic small cell lung cancer (SCLC), and any solid tumor with microsatellite instability (MSI)-high status confirmed. Patients with HL are eligible but must follow standard response criteria. Additional tumor types may be eligible on a case by case basis upon discussion with principal investigator (PI). Patients enrolling on the trial for adjuvant use will be restricted to those with histology for which a PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor has been approved in the adjuvant setting including but not limited to NSCLC, melanoma, RCC, cervical cancer, and bladder cancer.
  • - Patients who have previously received other forms of immunotherapy (high-dose [HD] IL-2, IFN, CTLA-4) are allowed.
Patients must not have received cytokine immunotherapy for at least 4 weeks before nivolumab administration. Patients who have received prior anti-CTLA4 will be allowed and the washout period is 6 weeks.
  • - Age >= 18 years; children are excluded from this study but may be eligible for future pediatric phase 1 combination trials.
  • - Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 2 (Karnofsky >= 60) - Life expectancy of greater than 12 weeks.
  • - Leukocytes >= 1,000/mcL.
  • - Absolute neutrophil count >= 500/mcL.
  • - Platelets >= 50,000/mcL.
  • - Total bilirubin =< 2 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) - Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) =< 5 x institutional ULN or =< 8 x institutional ULN for patients with liver metastases or an autoimmune disease that is contributing to the elevation of these values.
  • - Creatinine ULN OR glomerular filtration rate (GFR) >= 30 mL/min (if using the Cockcroft-Gault formula) - Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients on effective antiretroviral therapy with undetectable viral load within 6 months are eligible for this trial.
  • - If evidence of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, HBV viral load must be undetectable on suppressive therapy if indicated.
  • - If history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, must be treated with undetectable HCV viral load.
  • - Patients with new or progressive brain metastases (active brain metastases) or leptomeningeal disease are eligible if the treating physician determines that immediate central nervous system (CNS) specific treatment is not required and is unlikely to be required for at least 4 weeks (or scheduled assessment after the first cycle of treatment), and a risk-benefit analysis (discussion) by the patient and the investigator favors participation in the clinical trial.
  • - The effects of nivolumab on the developing human fetus are unknown.
For this reason, women of child-bearing potential (WOCBP) and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation. WOCBP receiving nivolumab will be instructed to adhere to contraception for a period of 5 months after the last dose of investigational product. Men receiving nivolumab and who are sexually active with WOCBP will be instructed to adhere to contraception for a period of 7 months after the last dose of investigational product. Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test (minimum sensitivity 25 IU/L or equivalent units of human chorionic gonadotropin [HCG]) within 24 hours prior to the start of nivolumab. Women must not be breastfeeding. Women who are not of childbearing potential (i.e., who are postmenopausal or surgically sterile as well as azoospermic men) do not require contraception. WOCBP is defined as any female who has experienced menarche and who has not undergone surgical sterilization (hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy) or who is not postmenopausal. Menopause is defined clinically as 12 months of amenorrhea in a woman over 45 in the absence of other biological or physiological causes. In addition, women under the age of 55 must have a documented serum follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) level less than 40 mIU/mL. These durations have been calculated using the upper limit of the half-life for nivolumab (25 days) and are based on the protocol requirement that WOCBP use contraception for 5 half-lives plus 30 days, and men who are sexually active with WOCBP use contraception for 5 half-lives plus 90 days. Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while she or her partner is participating in this study, she (or the participating partner) should inform the treating physician immediately.
  • - Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.
  • - Patients with more than one autoimmune disease are eligible.
The treating physician would determine which autoimmune disease is dominant and the patient would be treated under that specific cohort.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • - Patients who have had chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 2 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) prior to entering the study or those who have not recovered from adverse events (AEs) due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier have not resolved or stabilized.
Palliative (limited-field) radiation therapy (RT) is permitted (2 week washout from start of treatment), if all of the following criteria are met:
  • - Repeat imaging demonstrates no new sites of bone metastases.
  • - The lesion being considered for palliative radiation is not a target lesion.
  • - Patients with prior therapy with an anti-PD-1 or anti-PD-L1.
  • - Patients with prior allogeneic hematologic transplant.
  • - Patients who are receiving any other anticancer investigational agents.
- 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 would limit compliance with study requirements

Trial Details

Trial ID:

This trial id was obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, providing information on publicly and privately supported clinical studies of human participants with locations in all 50 States and in 196 countries.

NCT03816345
Phase

Phase 1: Studies that emphasize safety and how the drug is metabolized and excreted in humans.

Phase 2: Studies that gather preliminary data on effectiveness (whether the drug works in people who have a certain disease or condition) and additional safety data.

Phase 3: Studies that gather more information about safety and effectiveness by studying different populations and different dosages and by using the drug in combination with other drugs.

Phase 4: Studies occurring after FDA has approved a drug for marketing, efficacy, or optimal use.

Phase 1
Lead Sponsor

The sponsor is the organization or person who oversees the clinical study and is responsible for analyzing the study data.

National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Principal Investigator

The person who is responsible for the scientific and technical direction of the entire clinical study.

Hussein A Tawbi
Principal Investigator Affiliation University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center LAO
Agency Class

Category of organization(s) involved as sponsor (and collaborator) supporting the trial.

NIH
Overall Status Recruiting
Countries Canada, United States
Conditions

The disease, disorder, syndrome, illness, or injury that is being studied.

Autoimmune Disease, Crohn Disease, Dermatomyositis, Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Cell Neoplasm, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Malignant Solid Neoplasm, Multiple Sclerosis, Psoriasis, Psoriatic Arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Sjogren Syndrome, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic Scleroderma, Ulcerative Colitis
Additional Details

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

  • I. To assess the overall safety, and toxicities associated with the use of the anti-programmed death 1 (PD-1) antibody nivolumab in patients with varying severity of dermatomyositis (DM)/systemic sclerosis (SSc), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) (ulcerative colitis [UC] and Crohn's disease [CD]), multiple sclerosis (MS), Sjogren's syndrome [SjS], Psoriasis (PsO)/Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA), and other autoimmune diseases.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
  • I. To evaluate the efficacy of nivolumab in terms of objective response rates (ORRs), progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS) in patients with cancer and DM/SSc, RA, SLE, IBD (UC and CD), MS, SjS, PsO/PsA, and other autoimmune diseases.
  • II. To observe and record anti-tumor activity.
  • III. To propose dosing recommendations for anti-PD-1 antibodies based on the severity of the autoimmune disorder.
  • IV. To evaluate the impact of nivolumab on the disease severity indices for: DM/SSc, RA, SLE, IBD: UC and CD, not specified (NS), MS, SjS, PsO/PsA.
  • V. To identify biomarkers of response and toxicity.
OUTLINE: Patients receive nivolumab intravenously (IV) over 30 minutes every 4 weeks for up to 2 years in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients also undergo collection of blood, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), tissue, stool, and urine samples throughout the trial. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up for 100 days.

Arms & Interventions

Arms

Experimental: Treatment (nivolumab)

Patients receive nivolumab IV over 30 minutes every 4 weeks for up to 2 years in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients also undergo collection of blood, CSF, tissue, stool, and urine samples throughout the trial.

Interventions

Procedure: - Biospecimen Collection

Undergo collection of blood, CSF, tissue, stool and urine samples

Biological: - Nivolumab

Given IV

Contact a Trial Team

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Birmingham, Alabama

Status

Active, not recruiting

Address

University of Alabama at Birmingham Cancer Center

Birmingham, Alabama, 35233

Stanford Cancer Institute Palo Alto, Palo Alto, California

Status

Active, not recruiting

Address

Stanford Cancer Institute Palo Alto

Palo Alto, California, 94304

Sacramento, California

Status

Recruiting

Address

University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center

Sacramento, California, 95817

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

916-734-3089

New Haven, Connecticut

Status

Recruiting

Address

Smilow Cancer Center/Yale-New Haven Hospital

New Haven, Connecticut, 06510

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

canceranswers@yale.edu

203-785-5702

Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

Status

Recruiting

Address

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut, 06520

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

canceranswers@yale.edu

203-785-5702

MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia

Status

Recruiting

Address

MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

Washington, District of Columbia, 20007

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

202-444-2223

Atlanta, Georgia

Status

Active, not recruiting

Address

Emory University Hospital/Winship Cancer Institute

Atlanta, Georgia, 30322

Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois

Status

Recruiting

Address

Northwestern University

Chicago, Illinois, 60611

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

cancer@northwestern.edu

312-695-1301

Chicago, Illinois

Status

Recruiting

Address

University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center

Chicago, Illinois, 60637

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

cancerclinicaltrials@bsd.uchicago.edu

773-702-8222

Fairway, Kansas

Status

Recruiting

Address

University of Kansas Clinical Research Center

Fairway, Kansas, 66205

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

KUCC_Navigation@kumc.edu

913-588-3671

Hays, Kansas

Status

Recruiting

Address

HaysMed University of Kansas Health System

Hays, Kansas, 67601

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

785-623-5774

University of Kansas Cancer Center, Kansas City, Kansas

Status

Recruiting

Address

University of Kansas Cancer Center

Kansas City, Kansas, 66160

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

KUCC_Navigation@kumc.edu

913-588-3671

Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Lawrence, Kansas

Status

Recruiting

Address

Lawrence Memorial Hospital

Lawrence, Kansas, 66044

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

Stephanie.Norris@LMH.ORG

785-505-2800

Olathe Health Cancer Center, Olathe, Kansas

Status

Recruiting

Address

Olathe Health Cancer Center

Olathe, Kansas, 66061

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

Jeni.wakefield@olathehealth.org

913-355-8000

Overland Park, Kansas

Status

Recruiting

Address

University of Kansas Cancer Center-Overland Park

Overland Park, Kansas, 66210

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

KUCC_Navigation@kumc.edu

913-588-3671

Overland Park, Kansas

Status

Recruiting

Address

University of Kansas Hospital-Indian Creek Campus

Overland Park, Kansas, 66211

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

KUCC_Navigation@kumc.edu

913-588-3671

Ascension Via Christi - Pittsburg, Pittsburg, Kansas

Status

Recruiting

Address

Ascension Via Christi - Pittsburg

Pittsburg, Kansas, 66762

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

jennifer.jameson@ascension.org

620-235-7900

Salina Regional Health Center, Salina, Kansas

Status

Recruiting

Address

Salina Regional Health Center

Salina, Kansas, 67401

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

mleepers@srhc.com

785-452-7038

Topeka, Kansas

Status

Recruiting

Address

University of Kansas Health System Saint Francis Campus

Topeka, Kansas, 66606

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

785-295-8000

Westwood, Kansas

Status

Recruiting

Address

University of Kansas Hospital-Westwood Cancer Center

Westwood, Kansas, 66205

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

KUCC_Navigation@kumc.edu

913-588-3671

Baltimore, Maryland

Status

Recruiting

Address

Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center

Baltimore, Maryland, 21287

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

jhcccro@jhmi.edu

410-955-8804

Bethesda, Maryland

Status

Recruiting

Address

National Cancer Institute Developmental Therapeutics Clinic

Bethesda, Maryland, 20892

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

800-411-1222

Bethesda, Maryland

Status

Recruiting

Address

National Institutes of Health Clinical Center

Bethesda, Maryland, 20892

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

800-411-1222

Boston, Massachusetts

Status

Recruiting

Address

Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center

Boston, Massachusetts, 02114

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

877-726-5130

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts

Status

Recruiting

Address

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, Massachusetts, 02215

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

877-442-3324

Detroit, Michigan

Status

Active, not recruiting

Address

Wayne State University/Karmanos Cancer Institute

Detroit, Michigan, 48201

Creve Coeur, Missouri

Status

Recruiting

Address

Siteman Cancer Center at West County Hospital

Creve Coeur, Missouri, 63141

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

info@siteman.wustl.edu

800-600-3606

Truman Medical Centers, Kansas City, Missouri

Status

Recruiting

Address

Truman Medical Centers

Kansas City, Missouri, 64108

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

816-404-4375

Kansas City, Missouri

Status

Recruiting

Address

University of Kansas Cancer Center - North

Kansas City, Missouri, 64154

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

KUCC_Navigation@kumc.edu

913-588-3671

Lee's Summit, Missouri

Status

Recruiting

Address

University of Kansas Cancer Center - Lee's Summit

Lee's Summit, Missouri, 64064

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

KUCC_Navigation@kumc.edu

913-588-3671

North Kansas City, Missouri

Status

Recruiting

Address

University of Kansas Cancer Center at North Kansas City Hospital

North Kansas City, Missouri, 64116

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

KUCC_Navigation@kumc.edu

913-588-3671

Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri

Status

Recruiting

Address

Washington University School of Medicine

Saint Louis, Missouri, 63110

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

info@siteman.wustl.edu

800-600-3606

Siteman Cancer Center-South County, Saint Louis, Missouri

Status

Recruiting

Address

Siteman Cancer Center-South County

Saint Louis, Missouri, 63129

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

info@siteman.wustl.edu

800-600-3606

Saint Louis, Missouri

Status

Recruiting

Address

Siteman Cancer Center at Christian Hospital

Saint Louis, Missouri, 63136

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

info@siteman.wustl.edu

800-600-3606

Saint Peters, Missouri

Status

Recruiting

Address

Siteman Cancer Center at Saint Peters Hospital

Saint Peters, Missouri, 63376

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

info@siteman.wustl.edu

800-600-3606

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey

Status

Recruiting

Address

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08903

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

732-235-7356

NYU Winthrop Hospital, Mineola, New York

Status

Suspended

Address

NYU Winthrop Hospital

Mineola, New York, 11501

New York, New York

Status

Recruiting

Address

Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone

New York, New York, 10016

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

CancerTrials@nyulangone.org

New York, New York

Status

Recruiting

Address

NYP/Columbia University Medical Center/Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center

New York, New York, 10032

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

cancerclinicaltrials@cumc.columbia.edu

212-342-5162

NYP/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York

Status

Recruiting

Address

NYP/Weill Cornell Medical Center

New York, New York, 10065

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

212-746-1848

Columbus, Ohio

Status

Recruiting

Address

Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

Columbus, Ohio, 43210

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

Jamesline@osumc.edu

800-293-5066

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Status

Active, not recruiting

Address

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Status

Recruiting

Address

University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15232

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

412-647-8073

Dallas, Texas

Status

Recruiting

Address

UT Southwestern Simmons Cancer Center - RedBird

Dallas, Texas, 75237

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

canceranswerline@utsouthwestern.edu

214-648-7097

Dallas, Texas

Status

Recruiting

Address

UT Southwestern/Simmons Cancer Center-Dallas

Dallas, Texas, 75390

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

canceranswerline@UTSouthwestern.edu

214-648-7097

Fort Worth, Texas

Status

Recruiting

Address

UT Southwestern/Simmons Cancer Center-Fort Worth

Fort Worth, Texas, 76104

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

canceranswerline@UTSouthwestern.edu

214-648-7097

M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

Status

Recruiting

Address

M D Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, 77030

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

askmdanderson@mdanderson.org

877-632-6789

Richardson, Texas

Status

Recruiting

Address

UT Southwestern Clinical Center at Richardson/Plano

Richardson, Texas, 75080

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

Suzanne.cole@utsouthwestern.edu

972-669-7044

Salt Lake City, Utah

Status

Active, not recruiting

Address

Huntsman Cancer Institute/University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112

Richmond, Virginia

Status

Recruiting

Address

Virginia Commonwealth University/Massey Cancer Center

Richmond, Virginia, 23298

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

CTOclinops@vcu.edu

International Sites

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Status

Recruiting

Address

University Health Network-Princess Margaret Hospital

Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2M9

Site Contact

Site Public Contact

clinical.trials@uhn.on.ca

416-946-4501

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