A Study to Evaluate Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Preliminary Anti-tumor Activity of RO7616789 in Advanced Small Cell Lung Cancer and Other Neuroendocrine Carcinomas
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05619744 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : November 17, 2022
Last Update Posted : May 11, 2023
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Small Cell Lung Cancer Neuroendocrine Carcinoma | Drug: RO7616789 Drug: Tocilizumab | Phase 1 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 168 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Sequential Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | An Open-Label, Multicenter Phase I Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Preliminary Anti-Tumor Activity of RO7616789 in Participants With Advanced Small Cell Lung Cancer and Other Neuroendocrine Carcinomas |
Actual Study Start Date : | January 23, 2023 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | September 30, 2025 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | September 30, 2025 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Part 1: RO7616789 QW: Dose Escalation
Participants will receive a fixed dose of RO7616789 intravenously once weekly (QW) per dose level on Day 1, 8, and 15 of each 21-day cycle. In case of toxicity, step-up (single or double) dosing may be explored.
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Drug: RO7616789
RO7616789 solution for infusion will be administered intravenously at a dose and per schedule as specified for the respective part. Drug: Tocilizumab Tocilizumab will be used as rescue therapy, in case of clinical presentation of cytokine release syndrome (CRS). Tocilizumab solution for infusion will be administered intravenously at 8 mg/kg for participants >/= 30 kg or at 12 mg/kg for participants < 30 kg.
Other Name: Actemra, RoActemra |
Experimental: Part 2: RO7616789 Q3W: Dose Escalation
Participants will receive a fixed dose of RO7616789, at a dose determined in Part 1, intravenously once every 3 weeks (Q3W) on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle. In case of toxicity, step-up (single or double) dosing may be explored.
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Drug: RO7616789
RO7616789 solution for infusion will be administered intravenously at a dose and per schedule as specified for the respective part. Drug: Tocilizumab Tocilizumab will be used as rescue therapy, in case of clinical presentation of cytokine release syndrome (CRS). Tocilizumab solution for infusion will be administered intravenously at 8 mg/kg for participants >/= 30 kg or at 12 mg/kg for participants < 30 kg.
Other Name: Actemra, RoActemra |
Experimental: Part 3: Dose Expansion
Based on emerging data from Part 1 and 2, one or more dosing regimens will be further investigated in Part 3.
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Drug: RO7616789
RO7616789 solution for infusion will be administered intravenously at a dose and per schedule as specified for the respective part. Drug: Tocilizumab Tocilizumab will be used as rescue therapy, in case of clinical presentation of cytokine release syndrome (CRS). Tocilizumab solution for infusion will be administered intravenously at 8 mg/kg for participants >/= 30 kg or at 12 mg/kg for participants < 30 kg.
Other Name: Actemra, RoActemra |
- Part 1, 2 and 3: Number of Participants with Adverse Events and Serious Adverse Events [ Time Frame: Up to approximately 26 months ]Adverse events were reported according to the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events, Version 5.0 (NCI CTCAE v5.0), and Cytokine release syndrome (CRS), will be graded based on the American Society for Transplantation and Cell Therapy (ASTCT) criteria.
- Part 1 and 2: Number of Participants with Dose Limiting Toxicities (DLTs) [ Time Frame: Day 1 through Day 21 in cycle 1 (Cycle is 21 days) ]
- Part 3: Objective Response Rate (ORR) as determined by Investigator [ Time Frame: Up to approximately 26 months ]
- Part 3: Disease Control Rates as Determined by the Investigator [ Time Frame: Up to approximately 26 months ]
- Part 3: Duration of Response (DOR) as Determined by the Investigator [ Time Frame: Up to approximately 26 months ]
- Part 3: Progression Free Survival (PFS) as Determined by the Investigator [ Time Frame: Up to approximately 26 months ]
- Part 3: Overall Survival (OS) [ Time Frame: Up to approximately 26 months ]
- Part 1, 2 and 3: Serum Concentration of RO7616789 [ Time Frame: Up to approximately 26 months ]
- Part 1, 2 and 3: Maximum Serum Concentration (Cmax) of RO7616789 [ Time Frame: Up to approximately 26 months ]
- Part 1, 2 and 3: Area Under the Concentration-Time Curve (AUC) of RO7616789 [ Time Frame: Up to approximately 26 months ]
- Part 1, 2 and 3: Total Clearance of RO7616789 [ Time Frame: Up to approximately 26 months ]
- Part 1, 2 and 3: Terminal Half-Life of RO7616789 [ Time Frame: Up to approximately 26 months ]
- Part 1, 2 and 3: Volume of Distribution of RO7616789 [ Time Frame: Up to approximately 26 months ]
- Part 1, 2 and 3: Time to Reach Steady State Concentration of RO7616789 [ Time Frame: Up to approximately 26 months ]
- Part 1, 2 and 3: Accumulation Ratio of RO7616789 [ Time Frame: Up to approximately 26 months ]
- Part 1 and 2: ORR as Determined by the Investigators [ Time Frame: Up to approximately 26 months ]
- Part 1 and 2: Disease Control Rates as Determined by the Investigator [ Time Frame: Up to approximately 26 months ]
- Part 1 and 2: DOR as Determined by the Investigators [ Time Frame: Up to approximately 26 months ]
- Part 1 and 2: PFS as Determined by the Investigators [ Time Frame: Up to approximately 26 months ]
- Part 1 and 2: OS as Determined by the Investigators [ Time Frame: Up to approximately 26 months ]
- Part 1, 2 and 3: Percentage of Participants With Anti-Drug Antibody (ADA) to RO7616789 [ Time Frame: Up to approximately 26 months ]

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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:
- Life expectancy at least 12 weeks
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1
- Adequate hematologic and end organ function
- Negative serum pregnancy test.
- Adequate contraception and no or interruption of breastfeeding
- Histologically confirmed extensive SCLC or high grade NEC of any other origin, relapsed after at least 1 systemic therapy
- Measurable disease according to Response Evaluation criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) Version 1.1
- Confirmed availability of representative archival tumor specimens in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) blocks or unstained slides
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant or breastfeeding, or intending to become pregnant during the study or within 40 days after the final dose of study treatment
- Poorly controlled Type 2 diabetes mellitus defined as a screening hemoglobin A1c ≥ 8% or a fasting plasma glucose ≥ 160 mg/dL (or 8.8 mmol/L)
- QT interval corrected using Fridericia's formula (QTcF) > 470 ms demonstrated by at least two electrocardiogram (ECGs) 30 minutes apart
- Current treatment with medications that are well known to prolong the QT interval
- Prior treatment with anti-cluster of differentiation (CD)137 agents, anti-CD3 agents and/or delta-like ligand 3 (DLL3) targeted therapies
- Any anti-cancer therapy, whether investigational or approved, including chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, or radiotherapy, within 21 days prior to initiation of study treatment
- Any history of an immune-related Grade 4 adverse event (AE) attributed to prior anti-programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) /PD-1 or anti-cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein (CTLA-4) therapy (other than asymptomatic elevation of serum amylase or lipase)
- Any history of an immune-related Grade 3 adverse event attributed to prior anti-PD-L1 /PD-1 or anti-CTLA-4 therapy (other than asymptomatic elevation of serum amylase or lipase) that resulted in permanent discontinuation of the prior immunotherapeutic agent
- History or clinical evidence of primary central nervous system (CNS) malignancy, symptomatic CNS metastases, CNS metastases requiring any anti-tumor treatment, or leptomeningeal disease and current or history of CNS disease, such as stroke, epilepsy, CNS vasculitis, or neurodegenerative disease
- Spinal cord compression that has not been definitively treated with surgery and/or radiation
- Active or history of clinically significant autoimmune disease
- Positive test for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
- Positive hepatitis B surface antigen (HbsAg) test, and/or positive total hepatitis B core antibody (HbcAb) test at screening
- Prior allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation or prior solid organ transplantation
- Administration of a live, attenuated vaccine within 4 weeks before first RO7616789 infusion
- Known allergy or hypersensitivity to any component of the RO7616789 formulation

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT05619744
Contact: Reference Study ID Number: BP44382 https://forpatients.roche.com/ | 888-662-6728 (U.S. Only) | global-roche-genentech-trials@gene.com |
United States, New Jersey | |
John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center | Recruiting |
Hackensack, New Jersey, United States, 07601 | |
United States, Tennessee | |
Sarah Cannon Cancer Center - Tennessee Oncology, Pllc | Recruiting |
Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37203 | |
Japan | |
National Cancer Center Hospital East; Thoracic Oncology | Recruiting |
Chiba, Japan, 277-8577 | |
National Cancer Center Hospital | Recruiting |
Tokyo, Japan, 104-0045 |
Study Director: | Clinical Trials | Hoffmann-La Roche |
Responsible Party: | Hoffmann-La Roche |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT05619744 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
BP44382 |
First Posted: | November 17, 2022 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | May 11, 2023 |
Last Verified: | May 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 clinical study data 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 the Sharing of Clinical 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). |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Carcinoma Lung Neoplasms Small Cell Lung Carcinoma Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine 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 Neuroendocrine Tumors Neuroectodermal Tumors Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal Adenocarcinoma Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue |