Ipilimumab and Nivolumab With Immunoembolization in Treating Participants With Metastatic Uveal Melanoma in the Liver
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03472586 |
Recruitment Status :
Active, not recruiting
First Posted : March 21, 2018
Last Update Posted : August 16, 2022
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Liver Metastatic Uveal Melanoma Stage IV Uveal Melanoma AJCC v7 | Biological: Ipilimumab Biological: Nivolumab Drug: Embolization Therapy | Phase 2 |
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. Determine the clinical benefit of treatment with immunoembolization (IEMBO) in combination with ipilimumab and nivolumab.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. Determine all treatment and immune related toxicities. II. Determine progression free survival. III. Determine overall survival.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 14 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Ipilimumab and Nivolumab in Combination With Immunoembolization for the Treatment of Metastatic Uveal Melanoma |
Actual Study Start Date : | May 2, 2018 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | December 14, 2020 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | June 30, 2023 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Treatment (ipilimumab, nivolumab, immunoembolization)
Patients receive ipilimumab IV over 30 minutes and nivolumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1. Patients also undergo immunoembolization on day 2. Cycles repeat every 3 weeks for 12 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients with complete response, partial response, or stable disease may receive nivolumab IV on day 1 and undergo immunoembolization on day 2. Cycles repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. The interval between treatments may be extended up to every 6 weeks at the discretion of the treating physician.
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Biological: Ipilimumab
Given IV
Other Names:
Biological: Nivolumab Given IV
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Drug: Embolization Therapy Undergo immunoembolization |
- Hepatic metastasis stabilization rate by response criteria (Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors [RECIST] 1.1) [ Time Frame: At the end of 4th treatment cycle; cycle is 28 days ]Defined as complete response + partial response + stable disease. Rated by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors version 1.1. The estimate of the hepatic metastasis stabilization rate will be presented with corresponding 95% confidence intervals. The method of Atkinson and Brown will be used to adjust for the two-stage design.
- Incidence of adverse events [ Time Frame: Up to 1 year ]Graded by National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 4.0. Toxicity rates will be estimated with corresponding 95% confidence intervals.
- Progression free survival (PFS) [ Time Frame: From the start of the treatment to confirmation of progression of disease, assessed up to 1 year ]Will be estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method.
- Overall survival [ Time Frame: From the start of the treatment to confirmation of progression of disease, assessed up to 1 year ]Will be estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Histologically confirmed metastatic uveal melanoma in the liver; patients must have at least one measurable liver metastasis that is >= 10 mm in longest diameter by computed tomography (CT) scan or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- The total volume of the tumors must be less than 50% of the liver volume
- Willingness and ability to give informed consent
- Agreement to access archival tissue or agreement for tumor biopsy prior to treatment
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0, or 1
- Serum creatinine =< 2.0 mg/dl
- Granulocyte count >= 1000/mm^3
- Platelet count >= 100,000/mm^3
- Bilirubin =< 2.0 mg/ml
- Albumin >= 3.0 g/dl
- Prothrombin time (PT)/partial thromboplastin time (PTT) less than 1.5 times normal
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) less than 3 x upper limit of normal (ULN)
- Alkaline phosphatase less than 1.5 times ULN (grade 1)
- Women must not be pregnant or breast-feeding
- Women of child-bearing potential must use at least two other accepted and effective methods of contraception and/or to abstain from sexual intercourse for at least 23 weeks after the last dose of nivolumab and/or ipilimumab and sexually active males must use at least two other accepted and effective methods of contraception and/or to abstain from sexual intercourse for at least 31 weeks after the last dose of nivolumab and/or ipilimumab
Exclusion Criteria:
- Failure to meet any of the criteria set forth in the inclusion criteria section
- Previous systemic exposure to anti-CTLA-4 antibody or anti-PD1 antibody
- Previous liver-directed treatments including chemoembolization, radiosphere, hepatic arterial perfusion, or drug-eluting beads; liver resection and focal ablation are permitted
- Presence of symptomatic liver failure including ascites and hepatic encephalopathy
- Presence of untreated brain metastases; if patients have had previous treatment for the brain metastasis, an MRI or CT scan of the brain must confirm the stabilization of the brain metastasis for more than 2 months
- Presence of uncontrolled hypertension or congestive heart failure, or acute myocardial infarction within 6 months of entry
- Presence of any other medical complication that implies survival of less than six months
- Uncontrolled severe bleeding tendency or active gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding
- Significant allergic reaction to contrast dye or granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating (GM-CSF)
- Immunosuppressive treatments within 4 weeks prior to embolization, unless prednisone =< 5 mg or equivalent
- Pregnancy or breast-feeding women
- Patients with active hepatitis with serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) and serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) equal or greater than 5 times normal
- Biliary obstruction, biliary stent or prior biliary surgery except cholecystectomy
- Positive for known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Infection
- Uncontrolled chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or previous known pulmonary fibrosis
- Active infection
- Auto-immune disease including inflammatory bowel disease, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, but not including hypothyroidism or psoriasis if condition has been stable for 2 months or greater

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03472586
United States, Pennsylvania | |
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University | |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19107 |
Principal Investigator: | Marlana Orloff, MD | Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University |
Responsible Party: | Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03472586 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
18P.042 |
First Posted: | March 21, 2018 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | August 16, 2022 |
Last Verified: | August 2022 |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
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