Combination Therapy With Intravenous VSV-IFNβ-NIS and Pembrolizumab in Refractory NSCLC and HNSCC

• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03647163
• Recruitment Status: Recruiting
• First Posted: August 27, 2018
• Last Update Posted: September 30, 2020
• Sponsor: Vyriad, Inc.
• Collaborator: Mayo Clinic
• Information provided by (Responsible Party): Vyriad, Inc.

Study Description

Brief Summary:

This is a Phase I safety run-in study designed to determine the safety of VSV-IFNβ-NIS in combination with pembrolizumab, followed by expansion to examine efficacy of combination therapy in patients with refractory NSCLC or HNSCC.

Condition or disease	Intervention/treatment	Phase
Solid Tumor; Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma; Non Small Cell Lung Cancer	Biological: VSV-IFNβ-NIS; Biological: Pembrolizumab	Phase 1

Detailed Description:

The safety run-in portion of this study is designed to identify the optimal dose of VSV-IFNβ-NIS in combination with pembrolizumab in patients with solid tumors, and follows the 3+3 design. The expansion portion will use one-sample binomial designs to assess the efficacy of the combination in pateints with refractory NSCLC or HNSCC. The optimal dose determined in the dose escalation portion of the trial will be used as the starting dose for the expansion portion. The primary endpoint of the dose escalation portion of this trial is to find the optimal dose of VSV-IFNβ-NIS+pembrolizumab. For the expansion portion of the trial, the primary endpoint is RECIST 1.1 confirmed response.

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional (Clinical Trial)
• Estimated Enrollment: 23 participants
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)
• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Official Title: Phase I Trial of Systemic Administration of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Genetically Engineered to Express NIS and Human Interferon (VSV-IFNβ-NIS), in Combination With Pembrolizumab, With Expansion Cohorts in Patients With Refractory Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer or Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
• Actual Study Start Date: April 9, 2019
• Estimated Primary Completion Date: March 2021
• Estimated Study Completion Date: July 2021

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/treatment
Experimental: Safety Run-in Dose Level 1; Patients with pembrolizumab refractory solid tumors will receive a single IV dose of 5e10 TCID50 VSV-IFNβ-NIS in combination with Pembrolizumab at standard labeled dose administered on day 1, then every 21 days, up to 2 years.	Biological: VSV-IFNβ-NIS; Intravenous oncolytic Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) expressing Interferon-beta (IFNβ) and the sodium iodide symporter (NIS); Other Name: Voyager-V1; Biological: Pembrolizumab; Pembrolizumab
Experimental: Safety Run-in Dose Level 2; Patients with pembrolizumab refractory Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC) or non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) will receive a single IV dose of 1.7e11 TCID50 VSV-IFNβ-NIS in combination with Pembrolizumab at standard labeled dose administered on day 1, then every 21 days, up to 2 years.	Biological: VSV-IFNβ-NIS; Intravenous oncolytic Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) expressing Interferon-beta (IFNβ) and the sodium iodide symporter (NIS); Other Name: Voyager-V1; Biological: Pembrolizumab; Pembrolizumab
Experimental: Expansion HNSCC arm; Patients with pembrolizumab refractory Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC) will receive a single IV dose of 1.7e11 TCID50 VSV-IFNβ-NIS in combination with Pembrolizumab at standard labeled dose administered on day 1, then every 21 days, up to 2 years.	Biological: VSV-IFNβ-NIS; Intravenous oncolytic Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) expressing Interferon-beta (IFNβ) and the sodium iodide symporter (NIS); Other Name: Voyager-V1; Biological: Pembrolizumab; Pembrolizumab
Experimental: Expansion NSCLC arm; Patients with pembrolizumab refractory non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) will receive a single IV dose of 1.7e11 TCID50 VSV-IFNβ-NIS in combination with Pembrolizumab at standard labeled dose administered on day 1, then every 21 days, up to 2 years.	Biological: VSV-IFNβ-NIS; Intravenous oncolytic Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) expressing Interferon-beta (IFNβ) and the sodium iodide symporter (NIS); Other Name: Voyager-V1; Biological: Pembrolizumab; Pembrolizumab

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures :

1. Expansion arms: Overall response rate (ORR) [ Time Frame: 43 days - 6 months ]
   proportion of patients in the analysis population who have complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) based on RECIST 1.1 imaging
2. Safety run-in arm: Number of participants with treatment related adverse events (NCI CTCAE; Version 4.03) [ Time Frame: 21 days ]
   Assessment of safety and toxicity of intravenous VSV-IFNβ-NIS in combination with pembrolizumab therapy

Secondary Outcome Measures :

1. Overall Survival (OS) [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
   Survival time is defined as the time from registration to death due to any cause.
2. Progression Free Survival (PFS) [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
   Progression-free survival is defined as the time from registration to the earliest date documentation of disease progression or death due to any cause
3. Duration of response [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
   defined for all evaluable patients who have achieved an objective response as the date at which the patient's earliest best objective status is first noted to be either a CR or PR to the earliest date progression is documented.
4. Disease Control Rate (DCR) [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
   proportion of patients in the analysis population who have complete response (CR), partial response (PR) or stable disease (SD) based on RECIST 1.1 imaging on day 43.
5. Adverse events [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
   All eligible patients that have initiated treatment will be considered evaluable for assessing adverse event rate(s). The maximum grade for each type of adverse event will be recorded for each patient.

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Histologically confirmed diagnosis of:

Arm 1: dose level 1 and below: Advanced and/or metastatic solid tumors for which no existing options are felt to provide clinical benefit

Arm 2: dose level 2: Advanced and/or metastatic NSCLC OR HNSCC in which radiological progression has been demonstrated during therapy with a PD-1/PD-L1 immune checkpoint inhibitor, and for which no existing options are felt to provide clinical benefit.

Arm 3: Advanced and/or metastatic HNSCC in which radiological progression has been demonstrated during therapy with a PD-1/PD-L1 immune checkpoint inhibitor, and for which no existing options are felt to provide clinical benefit.

Arm4: Advanced and/or metastatic NSCLC in which radiological progression has been demonstrated during therapy with a PD-1/PD-L1 immune checkpoint inhibitor, and for which no existing options are felt to provide clinical benefit.

• Measurable disease based on RECIST 1.1. The first 3 patients in the safety run-in phase do not need measurable disease. HNSCC lesions that have been previously embolized (bland embolization, chemo- or radio-embolization) or have undergone percutaneous thermoablation are not eligible as target lesions.
• Performance status of 0 or 1 on the ECOG Performance Scale.
• Life expectancy of >3 months if not on active anti-cancer therapy
• Willingness to provide biological samples required for the duration of the study including a fresh tumor biopsy sample (See Section 14.0).
• Adequate organ function using predefined laboratory values obtained ≤14 days prior to registration.
• Negative pregnancy test for female patients of childbearing potential
• Absence of active CNS involvement. NOTE: Pre-enrollment imaging of asymptomatic patients not mandatory
• Ability to provide written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Availability of and patient acceptance of curative therapy.

• Recent or ongoing serious infection, including:

  1. Any active Grade 3 or higher (per the NCI CTCAE, version 4.03) viral, bacterial, or fungal infection within 2 weeks of registration.
  2. Known seropositivity for or active infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
  3. Acute hepatitis B or acute hepatitis C. Patients with chronic hepatitis B or hepatitis C may be enrolled provided their liver function is adequate as per section 3.17
  4. Known history of active TB (Bacillus tuberculosis).
• Any serious health condition, which, in the opinion of the investigator, would place the patient at undue risk from the study, including uncontrolled hypertension and/or diabetes, clinically significant pulmonary disease (e.g., chronic obstructive pulmonary disease requiring hospitalization within 3 months) or neurological disorder (e.g., seizure disorder active within 3 months)

• Prior therapy within the following timeframe before the planned start of study treatment as follows:

  • Chemotherapy, small molecule inhibitors, radiation, interventional radiology procedure, and/or other investigational agent: ≤3 weeks or 5 half-lives, whichever is shorter
  • Other monoclonal antibodies, antibody-drug conjugates, radioimmunoconjugates, or experimental therapies: ≤4 weeks (≤3 weeks with documented disease progression)
• New York Heart Association classification III or IV, known symptomatic coronary artery disease, or symptoms of coronary artery disease on systems review, or known cardiac arrhythmias (atrial fibrillation or SVT) (Appendix II).
• Any known or suspected active organ-threatening autoimmune disease, such as inflammatory bowel disease, autoimmune hepatitis, lupus, or pneumonitis, with the exception of hypothyroidism and type 1 diabetes that are controlled with treatment.
• Immunodeficiency or immunosuppression, including systemic corticosteroids at >10mg/day prednisone or equivalent within 1 week prior to planned start of study treatment
• History of severe immune-mediated adverse reaction to immune checkpoint inhibitors.
• Toxicities from previous therapies that have not resolved to a grade 1 or less.
• History of non-infectious pneumonitis that required steroids, or current pneumonitis.
• High volume disease, as assessed clinically via parameters such as radiologic impression and tumor markers or LDH.
• Portal vein thrombosis involving more than intrahepatic portal vein branches: thrombosis of the right or left portal vein branch or the bifurcation, partial or complete obstruction of the portal vein trunk.
• Known concurrent malignancy that is progressing or requires active treatment. EXCEPTIONS: basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, in-situ cervical cancer that has been treated with curative intent, prostate cancer confined to the prostate gland with Gleason score <6 or PSA <1, as well as any stage I cancer treated with curative intent or any prior cancer with a disease-free interval of ≥3 years.
• Other concurrent anti-cancer therapy (chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiotherapy, or any ancillary therapy considered investigational (used for a non-FDA approved indication and in the context of a research investigation)).
• Has received a live vaccine within 30 days of planned start of study treatment. Seasonal influenza vaccines for injection are generally inactivated flu vaccines and are allowed; intranasal influenza vaccines (e.g., Flu-Mist) are live attenuated vaccines and are NOT allowed.

• Any of the following because this study involves an investigational agent whose genotoxic, mutagenic and teratogenic effects on the developing fetus and newborn are unknown:

  • Pregnant women or women of reproductive ability who are unwilling to use highly effective contraception
  • Nursing women
  • Men who are unwilling to use a condom (even if they have undergone a prior vasectomy) while having intercourse with any woman, while taking the drug and for 4 weeks after stopping treatment.

Contacts and Locations

Contacts

Contact: Barb Duckett; 507-289 0944; bduckett@vyriad.com

Contact: Shruthi Naik, PhD; snaik@vyriad.com

Locations

United States, Minnesota

Mayo Clinic; Recruiting

Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905

Contact: Clinical Trials Referral Office 855-776-0015

Principal Investigator: Alex Adjei, MD, PhD

Sponsors and Collaborators

Vyriad, Inc.

Mayo Clinic

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Alex Adjei, MD, PhD; Mayo Clinic

More Information

• Responsible Party: Vyriad, Inc.
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03647163
• Other Study ID Numbers: VYR-VSV2-202
• First Posted: August 27, 2018
• Last Update Posted: September 30, 2020
• Last Verified: September 2020

Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:

• Plan to Share IPD: Yes

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: Yes
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Carcinoma; Lung Neoplasms; Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell; Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck; Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Respiratory Tract Neoplasms; Thoracic Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Lung Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Carcinoma, Bronchogenic; Bronchial Neoplasms; Neoplasms, Squamous Cell; Head and Neck Neoplasms; Pembrolizumab; Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological; Antineoplastic Agents