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A Study of RO7121661 and RO7247669 Compared With Nivolumab in Participants With Advanced or Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04785820
Recruitment Status : Recruiting
First Posted : March 8, 2021
Last Update Posted : March 7, 2023
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Hoffmann-La Roche

Brief Summary:

This is a Phase II, randomized, blinded, active-controlled, global, multicenter study designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of RO7121661 and RO7247669, compared with nivolumab, in patients with advanced or metastatic esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma (ESCC) refractory or intolerant to fluoropyrimidine- or taxane- and platinum-based regimen.

Following approval of the protocol amendment version 3, recruitment into the RO7121661 arm has been stopped. The decision to stop recruitment for RO7121661 was based on strategic considerations and not based on emerging safety and/or efficacy data. The benefit/risk assessment for RO7121661 remains unchanged.

The study was planned to enroll participants randomized in a 1:1:1 ratio to receive RO7121661, RO7247669, or nivolumab. With version 3 of the protocol, recruitment into the RO7121661 has stopped, and moving forward, participants will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive either RO7247669 or nivolumab.


Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Advanced or Metastatic Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Drug: RO7121661 Drug: RO7247669 Drug: Nivolumab Phase 2

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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Estimated Enrollment : 210 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: A 3-Arm, Randomized, Blinded, Active-Controlled, Phase II Study of RO7121661, a PD1-TIM3 Bispecific Antibody and RO7247669, a PD1-LAG3 Bispecific Antibody, Compared With Nivolumab in Participants With Advanced or Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus
Actual Study Start Date : June 25, 2021
Estimated Primary Completion Date : June 30, 2025
Estimated Study Completion Date : June 30, 2025

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Drug Information available for: Nivolumab

Arm Intervention/treatment
Experimental: RO7121661 Drug: RO7121661
2100 milligrams (mg) administered by intravenous (IV) infusion once every 2 weeks on Day 1 of each 14-day cycle.
Other Names:
  • RG7769
  • PD1-TIM3 BsAb

Experimental: RO7247669 Drug: RO7247669
2100 mg administered by IV infusion once every 2 weeks on Day 1 of each 14-day cycle.
Other Names:
  • RG6139
  • PD1-LAG3 BsAb

Active Comparator: Nivolumab Drug: Nivolumab
240 mg administered by IV infusion once every 2 weeks on Day 1 of each 14-day cycle.
Other Name: Opdivo®




Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Overall Survival, Defined as the Time from Randomization to Death from Any Cause [ Time Frame: Up to 3 years, 11 months ]

Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. Number of Participants with Adverse Events, Severity Graded According to the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events, version 5.0 (NCI-CTCAE v5.0) [ Time Frame: Up to 3 years, 11 months ]
  2. Objective Response Rate (ORR), Defined as the Percentage of Participants with a Complete or Partial Response According to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors, version 1.1 (RECIST v1.1) [ Time Frame: Up to 3 years, 11 months ]
  3. Disease Control Rate (DCR), Defined as the Percentage of Participants with an Objective Response or Stable Disease According to RECIST v1.1 [ Time Frame: Up to 3 years, 11 months ]
  4. Duration of Response for Participants with ORR, Defined as the Time from the First Occurrence of a Documented Objective Response to Disease Progression According to RECIST v1.1 or Death from any Cause, Whichever Occurs First [ Time Frame: Up to 3 years, 11 months ]
  5. Progression-Free Survival (PFS), Defined as the Time from Randomization to the First Occurrence of Progression as Determined According to RECIST v1.1 or Death from any Cause, Whichever Occurs First [ Time Frame: Up to 3 years, 11 months ]
  6. Percentage of Participants Reporting Clinically Meaningful Improvement in Global Health Status/Quality of Life (GHS/QoL), and Emotional and Social Functioning, Defined as a ≥10-Point Increase from Baseline as Measured by the EORTC QLQ-C30 [ Time Frame: Baseline (Day 1 of Cycle 1) and Day 1 of Cycles 4, 7, 10, and then every 6 cycles thereafter (each cycle is 14 days) until treatment discontinuation; and every 3 months during the first year of post-treatment follow-up (up to 3 years) ]
    EORTC QLQ-C30 = European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire-C30

  7. Percentage of Participants Reporting a Clinically Meaningful Improvement in GHS/QoL, and Emotional and Social Functioning, Defined as a ≥10-Point Increase from Baseline as Measured by the EORTC IL97 Questionnaire [ Time Frame: Baseline (Cycle 1 Day 1) and Day 1 of Cycles 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, and 9 (each cycle is 14 days) ]
    EORTC IL97 = European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - Item Library 97

  8. Percentage of Participants Reporting a Clinically Meaningful Improvement in Dysphagia, Defined as a ≥10-Point Increase from Baseline as Measured by the EORTC QLQ-OES18 [ Time Frame: Baseline (Cycle 1 Day 1) and Day 1 of each subsequent treatment cycle (each cycle is 14 days) until treatment discontinuation; and every 3 months during the first year of post-treatment follow-up (up to 3 years) ]
    EORTC QLQ-OES18 = European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality-of-Life Questionnaire for Esophageal Cancer

  9. Serum Concentrations of RO7247669 and Nivolumab [ Time Frame: Predose and at end of infusion on Day 1 of every treatment cycle and on Day 8 of Cycles 1 and 5 (each cycle is 14 days); and at treatment discontinuation (up to 2 years) ]
  10. Area Under the Time-Serum Concentration Curve (AUC) of RO7247669 and Nivolumab [ Time Frame: Predose and at end of infusion on Day 1 of every treatment cycle and on Day 8 of Cycles 1 and 5 (each cycle is 14 days); and at treatment discontinuation (up to 2 years) ]
  11. Maximum Serum Concentrations of RO7247669 and Nivolumab [ Time Frame: Predose and at end of infusion on Day 1 of every treatment cycle and on Day 8 of Cycles 1 and 5 (each cycle is 14 days); and at treatment discontinuation (up to 2 years) ]
  12. Total Clearance of RO7247669 and Nivolumab [ Time Frame: Predose and at end of infusion on Day 1 of every treatment cycle and on Day 8 of Cycles 1 and 5 (each cycle is 14 days); and at treatment discontinuation (up to 2 years) ]
  13. Volume of Distribution at Steady State of RO7247669 and Nivolumab [ Time Frame: Predose and at end of infusion on Day 1 of every treatment cycle and on Day 8 of Cycles 1 and 5 (each cycle is 14 days); and at treatment discontinuation (up to 2 years) ]
  14. Terminal Half-Life of RO7247669 and Nivolumab [ Time Frame: Predose and at end of infusion on Day 1 of every treatment cycle and on Day 8 of Cycles 1 and 5 (each cycle is 14 days); and at treatment discontinuation (up to 2 years) ]
  15. Number of Participants with Anti-Drug Antibodies (ADAs) to RO7247669 or Nivolumab at Baseline and During the Study [ Time Frame: Predose at Baseline (Day 1 of Cycle 1) and on Day 1 of Cycles 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7, and then every 3 cycles thereafter (each cycle is 14 days); and at treatment discontinuation (up to 2 years) ]
  16. Change from Baseline in the Number of T-cell Subsets by Phenotype and Activation Status (CD4/CD8 HLA-DR+Ki67+) in the Peripheral Blood [ Time Frame: Predose at Baseline (Day 1 of Cycle 1) and on Day 1 of Cycles 2, 3, 5, and 7, and then every 3 cycles thereafter (each cycle is 14 days); and at treatment discontinuation (up to 2 years) ]
  17. Change from Baseline in the Number of CD8+ T-cells Infiltrating the Tumor Microenvironment [ Time Frame: Baseline and Day 1 of Cycle 3 (each cycle is 14 days) ]
  18. Change from Baseline in the Number of CD8+ T-cells Proliferating (CD8+Ki67+) in the Tumor Microenvironment [ Time Frame: Baseline and Day 1 of Cycle 3 (each cycle is 14 days) ]
  19. Baseline PDL1, CD8+PD1+, CD8+TIM3+, and CD8+LAG3+ Expression in the Tumor Microenvironment [ Time Frame: At Baseline ]


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

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Advanced or metastatic, histologically confirmed esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma (ESCC)
  • Patients who have previously received 1 line of treatment with either a fluoropyrimidine- and platinum- or a taxane- and platinum-based regimen in non-curative intention prior to randomization; or patients who received treatment with a fluoropyrimidine-/taxane- and platinum-based regimen in curative intention and had recurrence or progression within 24 weeks after the last dose of the treatment
  • Radiologically measurable disease according to RECIST v1.1. Previously irradiated lesions should not be counted as target lesions unless clearly progressed after the radiotherapy
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status 0-1
  • A life expectancy of at least (≥)12 weeks
  • Tissue samples must be provided for analysis of anti-programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) tumor positivity
  • Adverse events from any prior radiotherapy, chemotherapy, or surgical procedure must have resolved to Grade ≤1, except alopecia (any grade), vitiligo, endocrinopathy managed with replacement therapy, and Grade 2 peripheral neuropathy
  • Adequate cardiovascular, hematological, liver, and renal function
  • Serum albumin ≥25 grams per liter (g/L),
  • For participants not receiving therapeutic anticoagulation: prothrombin time (PT) and activated partial thromboplastin time ≤1.5 times (×) the upper limit of normal (ULN); for participants receiving therapeutic anticoagulation: stable anticoagulant regimen
  • A female participant is eligible to participate if she is not pregnant, not breastfeeding, not a woman of childbearing potential (WOCBP), or a WOCBP who agrees to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) or use contraceptive methods during the treatment period and for at least 5 months after the final dose of study drug and have a negative pregnancy test (blood) within the 7 days prior to randomization.
  • A male participant must remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) or use contraceptive measures such as a condom plus an additional contraceptive method and refrain from donating sperm during the treatment period and for at least 5 months after the final dose of study drug

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnancy, lactation, or breastfeeding
  • Known hypersensitivity to any of the components of RO7121661, RO7247669, or nivolumab, including but not limited to, hypersensitivity to Chinese hamster ovary cell products or other recombinant human or humanized antibodies
  • Patients with significant malnutrition. Patients whose nutrition has been well controlled for ≥28 days prior to randomization may be enrolled
  • Evidence of complete esophageal obstruction not amenable to treatment
  • Higher risk of bleeding or fistula caused by esophageal lesions invading adjacent organs (aorta or tracheobronchial tree). Patients with manageable fistula may be included at the Investigator's discretion.
  • Symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) metastases
  • Spinal cord compression not definitively treated with surgery and/or radiation or without evidence that disease has been clinically stable for ≥14 days prior to randomization
  • Active or history of carcinomatous meningitis/leptomeningeal disease
  • Asymptomatic CNS primary tumors or metastases if they have requirement for steroids or enzyme inducing anticonvulsants in the last 28 days prior to randomization
  • Uncontrolled tumor-related pain. Participants requiring pain medication must be on a stable regimen at study entry
  • Active second malignancy (with some exceptions)
  • Evidence of significant, uncontrolled concomitant diseases that could affect compliance with the protocol or interpretation of results, including diabetes mellitus, history of relevant pulmonary disorders, known autoimmune diseases or immune deficiency, or other diseases with ongoing fibrosis (such as scleroderma, pulmonary fibrosis, emphysema, neurofibromatosis, palmar/plantar fibromatosis, etc.).
  • Encephalitis, meningitis, or uncontrolled seizures in the year prior to informed consent
  • Significant cardiovascular/cerebrovascular disease within 6 months prior to randomization
  • Known active or uncontrolled bacterial, viral, fungal, mycobacterial (including but not limited to tuberculosis [TB] and typical mycobacterial disease), parasitic, or other infection (excluding fungal infections of nail beds) or any major episode of infection requiring treatment with intravenous (IV) antibiotics or hospitalization (relating to the completion of the course of antibiotics, except if for tumor fever) within 28 days prior to randomization
  • Known clinically significant liver disease, including alcoholic hepatitis, cirrhosis, and inherited liver disease.
  • Major surgical procedure or significant traumatic injury (excluding biopsies) within 28 days prior to randomization, or anticipation of the need for major surgery during the course of the study
  • Any other diseases, metabolic dysfunction, physical examination finding, or clinical laboratory finding giving reasonable suspicion of a disease or condition that contraindicates the use of an investigational drug or that may affect the interpretation of the results or render the participant at high risk from treatment complications
  • Dementia or altered mental status that would prohibit informed consent
  • Uncontrolled pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, or ascites requiring recurrent drainage procedures (expected to occur once monthly or more frequently)
  • Active or history of autoimmune disease or immune deficiency
  • Positive human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) test at screening
  • Positive hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) or positive total hepatitis B core antibody (HBcAb) test at screening
  • Positive hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody test at screening
  • Prior cancer therapy with any immunomodulatory agents including checkpoint inhibitors (CPIs; such as anti-PDL1/PD1, anti-CTLA-4, anti-LAG3, anti-TIM3)
  • Vaccination with live vaccines within 28 days prior to randomization, or anticipation that a live attenuated vaccine will be required during the study
  • Treatment with therapeutic oral or IV antibiotics within 14 days prior to randomization
  • Concurrent therapy with any other investigational drug (defined as treatment for which there is currently no regulatory authority approved indication) 28 days or 5 half-lives of the drug (whichever is shorter) prior to randomization
  • Treatment with immune-modulating and immune suppressive agents/medication 5 half-lives or 28 days (whichever is shorter) prior to randomization
  • Regular immunosuppressive therapy (i.e., for organ transplantation, chronic rheumatologic disease)
  • Radiotherapy within the last 28 days before start of study drug treatment is not allowed, with the exception of limited palliative radiotherapy
  • Prior treatment with adoptive cell therapies, such as chimeric antigen receptor T cells (CAR-T) therapies

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT04785820


Contacts
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Contact: Reference Study ID Number: BP42772 https://forpatients.roche.com/ 888-662-6728 (U.S. Only) global-roche-genentech-trials@gene.com

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Sponsors and Collaborators
Hoffmann-La Roche
Investigators
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Study Director: Clinical Trials Hoffmann-La Roche
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Responsible Party: Hoffmann-La Roche
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04785820    
Other Study ID Numbers: BP42772
2020-004606-60 ( EudraCT Number )
First Posted: March 8, 2021    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: March 7, 2023
Last Verified: March 2023
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
Plan to Share IPD: Yes
Plan Description:

Qualified researchers may request access to individual patient level data through the request platform (www.vivli.org). Further details on Roche's criteria for eligible studies are available here (https://vivli.org/ourmember/roche/).

For further details on Roche's Global Policy on Sharing of Clinical Study Information and how to request access to related clinical study documents, see here (https://www.roche.com/research_and_development/who_we_are_how_we_work/clinical_trials/our_commitment_to_data_sharing.htm).


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Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: Yes
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Carcinoma
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Esophageal Neoplasms
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Neoplasms
Neoplasms, Squamous Cell
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
Digestive System Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Head and Neck Neoplasms
Digestive System Diseases
Esophageal Diseases
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Nivolumab
Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological
Antineoplastic Agents
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action