A Study of Etrumadenant and Zimberelimab in People With Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma

Launched by MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER · May 23, 2023

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is studying the effectiveness of a combination of two drugs, etrumadenant and zimberelimab, in treating advanced dedifferentiated liposarcoma (DDLS), a type of soft tissue cancer that may have come back after treatment, spread to other parts of the body, or cannot be removed through surgery. The goal is to see if this combination can help improve outcomes for patients with this challenging condition.

To be eligible for the trial, participants need to be at least 18 years old and have a diagnosis of recurrent, unresectable, or metastatic DDLS. They should be in good health overall, meaning they can perform daily activities without major difficulties. Participants may have received previous cancer treatments and must be able to provide informed consent to join the study. If someone decides to participate, they will receive the study drugs and be monitored closely for any effects and changes in their condition. It’s also important for participants to use effective birth control during the study to prevent pregnancy.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Diagnosis of recurrent, unresectable, or metastatic DDLPS
• • The definition of recurrent disease is a patient with a primary tumor that has been successfully resected, but has recurred after primary surgery
• • Any number of prior systemic therapies will be allowed
• • Age ≥ 18 years at the time of informed consent
• • Willing and able to provide written informed consent/assent for the trial
• • Willing to comply with treatment protocol
• • Adequate performance status: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status 0 or 1/Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) 70-100%
• • Presence of measurable disease per RECIST v1.1
• • o Target lesions must not be chosen from a previously irradiated field unless there has been radiographically and/or pathologically documented tumor progression
• • QTc ≤ 480 msec using Fredericia's QT correction formula
• * Adequate organ function determined within 2 weeks of treatment initiation, defined as follows:
• • Hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 g/dL
• • Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mm3 (1.0 x 109/L)
• • Platelet count ≥ 75,000/mm3 (50 x 109/L)
• • Serum bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) OR direct bilirubin ≤ ULN for a patient with total bilirubin level \> 1.5 x ULN
• • Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 2.5 x ULN OR ≤ 5 x ULN for patients with liver metastases
• • Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 2.5 x ULN OR ≤ 5 x ULN for patients with liver metastases
• • Alkaline phosphatase \< 5 x ULN
• • Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 x ULN or a measured or calculated creatinine clearancea
• • ≥ 60 mL/min for a patient with creatinine levels \> 1.5 x institutional ULN (Note: Creatinine clearance need not be determined if the baseline serum creatinine is within normal limits. GFR can also be used in place of creatinine or CrCl)
• • International normalized ratio (INR) or prothrombin time (PT) ≤ 1.5 X ULN unless patient is receiving anticoagulant therapy as long as PT or PTT is within therapeutic range of intended use of anticoagulants
• • Activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) ≤ 1.5 x ULN unless subject is receiving anticoagulant therapy as long as PT and PTT is within therapeutic range of intended use of anticoagulants
• • For female patients of childbearing potential, negative serum pregnancy test at screening visit and within 72 h prior to the first dose of study medication
• • aCreatinine clearance should be calculated per institutional standard.
• • Contraception Requirements
• • Female participants of reproductive potential and male participants with female partners of reproductive potential are required to use highly effective contraceptive measures from the first dose of study treatment until 30 days after the last dose of etrumadenant or 90 days after the last dose of zimberelimab, whichever is longer.
• • A female participant (or female partner of a male participant) is considered fertile following menarche and until becoming post-menopausal unless permanently sterile.
• • Permanent sterilization methods include hysterectomy, bilateral salpingectomy and bilateral oophorectomy.
• • A postmenopausal state is defined as no menses for 12 months without an alternative medical cause. A high follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) level in the postmenopausal range may be used to confirm a post-menopausal state in women not using hormonal contraception or hormonal replacement therapy. However, in the absence of 12 months of amenorrhea, a single FSH measurement is insufficient.
• • A man is considered fertile after puberty unless permanently sterile by bilateral orchidectomy
• Highly effective contraception is defined as use of one or more methods that result in a low failure rate (i.e., less than 1%). Highly effective contraceptive measures include:
• • Combined (estrogen and progestogen containing) hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation: oral, intravaginal, transdermal
• • Progestogen only hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation: oral, injectable, implantable
• • Intrauterine device
• • Intrauterine hormone-releasing system in combination with a barrier method (preferably male condom)
• • Surgical sterilization
• • Female participant or female partner of the male participant has undergone bilateral tubal ligation
• • Male participant is vasectomized (with documented medical confirmation of surgical success) and is the sole sexual partner of a female with reproductive potential
• • Complete sexual abstinence defined as refraining from heterosexual intercourse during the entire period of risk associated with study treatment. The reliability of sexual abstinence needs to be evaluated in relation to the duration of the clinical trial and the preferred and usual lifestyle of the participant
• • To ensure proper birth control, female participants who use hormonal contraception should use an efficient barrier contraceptive (condom plus spermicide). Additionally, male participants, when having sexual intercourse with a female of reproductive potential, should use an efficient barrier contraceptive (condom plus spermicide); the respective partner should also use an additional efficient contraceptive method (e.g., oral pills, intrauterine device, or diaphragm, and spermicide).
• Exclusion Criteria:
• Patients who fulfil any of the following criteria are not eligible for admission to the study:
• • Prior treatment with systemic PD-1 or PD-L1 inhibitor
• • Prior treatment with an agent targeting the adenosine pathway
• • Have a concurrent unrelated malignancy that requires active treatment
• • o Patients with concurrent malignancies of a different tumor whose natural history or treatment will likely not interfere with the safety or efficacy assessment of the investigational drug will be eligible
• • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including active infection requiring systemic therapy or symptomatic congestive heart failure within the past 6 months
• • Has known active central nervous system (CNS) metastases
• • Patients with previously treated brain metastases may participate provided they are stable (without evidence of progression by imaging for at least 4 weeks prior to study Day 1 and return to baseline of neurologic symptoms), and have no evidence of new or enlarging brain metastases. This exception does not include sarcomatous meningitis, which is excluded regardless of clinical stability.
• • Patients must be on a stable or decreasing corticosteroid dose at the time of study entry; patients who require escalating doses of corticosteroids for the treatment of CNS metastases will be excluded.
• * Shows evidence of clinically significant immunosuppression such as the following:
• • Primary immunodeficiency state such as Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disease
• • Concurrent opportunistic infection
• • Receiving systemic immunosuppressive therapy (\> 2 weeks) including oral steroid doses \> 10 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent within 14 days prior to enrollment. However, in the setting of non-immune mediated indications for use, chronic/active low dose steroid use may be permitted at the discretion of the principal investigator.
• • Has a known infection with HIV AND
• • CD4+ T-cell (CD4+) counts \< 350 cells/uL
• • An opportunistic infection within the prior 12 months
• • Has a known active infection with hepatitis B or hepatitis C
• • Chronic carriers of HBV infection (HBsAg-positive, undetectable or low HBV DNA, and normal ALT) or individuals who have serologic evidence of a resolved prior HBV infection (i.e., HBsAg-negative and anti-HBc-positive) may be eligible if suppressive antiviral therapy can be safely administered.
• • Patients who have completed curative antiviral treatment for HCV and have a viral load below the limit of quantification will be eligible (e.g. a patient who is HCV Ab positive but HCV RNA negative due to prior treatment or natural resolution)
• • Has a known history of active tuberculosis infection
• • Has history or evidence of symptomatic autoimmune disease (e.g., pneumonitis, glomerulonephritis, vasculitis, or other), or history of active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment (i.e., use of corticosteroids, immunosuppressive drugs or biological agents used for treatment of autoimmune diseases) in the past 2 years.
• • Replacement therapy (e.g., thyroxine for hypothyroidism, insulin for diabetes or physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency) is not considered a form of systemic treatment for autoimmune disease.
• • For female subjects, is pregnant or breast-feeding, or planning to become pregnant
• • For male subjects, is planning to father a child within the projected duration of the trial, starting with the pre-screening or screening visit, during study treatment and through 4 months after the last cycle of treatment
• • For patients of childbearing potential, is unwilling to use acceptable method(s) of effective contraception during study treatment and through 4 months after the last cycle of treatment. (Women not of childbearing potential are defined as: post-menopausal \[age \> 55 years with cessation of menses for 12 or more months or less than 55 years but not spontaneous menses for at least 2 years or less than 55 years and spontaneous menses within the past 1 year, but currently amenorrhoeic (e.g., spontaneous or secondary to hysterectomy), and with postmenopausal gonadotropin levels (luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone levels \> 40 IU/L) or postmenopausal estradiol levels (\< 5 ng/dL) or according to the definition of "postmenopausal range" for the laboratory involved\] or who have had a hysterectomy, bilateral salpingectomy, or bilateral oophorectomy.)
• • Underwent prior chemotherapy, radiotherapy, biological cancer therapy, targeted small molecule therapy, or major surgery within 4 weeks (or 5 half-lives, whichever is shorter) prior to study Day 1 or has not recovered (i.e., to CTCAE ≤ grade 1 or at baseline) from adverse events due to previously administered therapy. Patients with ≤ grade 2 neuropathy and alopecia are an exception and may qualify for the study. If patients received major surgery, they must have recovered adequately prior to starting therapy.
• • Is currently participating and receiving study therapy with another investigational device or study drug or has participated in a study of an investigational agent and received study therapy or used an investigational device within 4 weeks (or 5 half-lives, whichever is shorter) of the first dose of treatment
• • Has known psychiatric or substance abuse disorders that would interfere with cooperation with the requirements of the trial
• • Prior organ transplantation, including allogeneic stem-cell transplant
• * Due to the potential risk for drug-drug interactions with etrumadenant, participants must not have had:
• • Treatment with known BCRP substrates with a narrow therapeutic window, administered orally (e.g., prazosin, rosuvastatin) within 4 weeks or 5 half-lives of the drug (whichever is shorter) prior to initiation of and throughout study treatment
• • Treatment with known P-gp substrates with a narrow therapeutic window, administered orally (e.g., digoxin) within 4 weeks or 5 half-lives of the drug (whichever is shorter) prior to initiation of study treatment
• • Treatment with known strong CYP3A4 inducers (e.g., rifampin, phenytoin, carbamazepine, phenobarbital, and St. John's Wort) and strong CYP3A4 inhibitors (e.g., clarithromycin, grapefruit juice, itraconazole, ketoconazole, posaconazole, telithromycin, and voriconazole) within 4 weeks or 5 half lives of the drug (whichever is shorter) prior to initiation of study treatment
• • Refer to the following for more examples of relevant substrates, inhibitors, and inducers with the potential for drug-drug interactions with etrumadenant: https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-interactions-labeling/drug-development-and-drug-interactions-table-substrates-inhibitors-and-inducers
• • Any gastrointestinal condition that would preclude the use of oral medications (e.g., difficulty swallowing, nausea, vomiting, or malabsorption)
• • History of severe allergic reactions to chimeric or humanized antibodies or fusion protein