Clinical trial NCT02630368: A Study of Metronomic CP and JX-594 in Patients With Advanced Breast Cancer and Advanced Soft-tissue Sarcoma (METROmaJX)
Official title: A Phase I/II Study of Metronomic Cyclophosphamide and Oncolytic Poxvirus JX-594 in Patients With Advanced Hormone-receptor Positive and Triple Negative Breast Cancer and Advanced Soft Tissue Sarcoma (METROmaJX)
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: PHASE1
PHASE2
Conditions: Solid Tumors
Soft-tissue Sarcoma
Breast Cancer
Keywords: Advanced Soft-tissue Sarcoma
Advanced Breast Cancer
Maximum Tolerated Dose
Efficacy and safety
Immunotherapy
Lead sponsor: Institut Bergonié
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Cancer Institute, France
name: Fondation ARC
name: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
name: Transgene
First posted: 2015-12-15
Enrollment: 197
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Assessment of the efficacy and safety of JX-594 and metronomic cyclophosphamide in patients with advanced soft-tissue sarcoma and advanced breast cancer, once the Maximum Tolerated Dose have been determined (phase I trial).

Phase I study: this is a prospective open-labeled phase I trial based on a dose escalating study design assessing two dose levels of JX594 when prescribed in combination with metronomic cyclophosphamide.

Phase II trials with two treatments strategies:

Metronomic CP + JX-594: phase II study sarcoma: this is a monocentric, randomized two-arm non comparative phase 2 study assessing efficacy and safety of JX-594 in association with metronomic cyclophosphamide in patients with advanced soft-tissue sarcoma.

Metronomic CP + JX-594: phase II study breast cancer: this is a monocentric, single-arm phase II study, assessing efficacy and safety of JX-594 in association with metronomic cyclophosphamide in patients with advanced breast cancer.

Metronomic CP + JX-594 + Avelumab: phase II study sarcoma: this is a monocentric, single arm phase II study assessing efficacy and safety of avelumab in combination with IT JX-594 and metronomic cyclophosphamide in patients with advanced soft-tissue sarcoma.

Metronomic CP + JX-594 + Avelumab:: phase II study breast cancer: this is a monocentric, single-arm phase II study, assessing efficacy and safety of avelumab in combination with IT JX-594 and metronomic cyclophosphamide in patients with advanced breast cancer.

Detailed description: For the phase I study, this is a prospective open-label phase I trial based on a dose escalating study design assessing two dose level of JX-594 when associated to metronomic cyclophosphamide.

For the phase II study, two distincts treatment strategies will be evaluated.

First, treatment by JX-594 and metronomic cyclophosphamide:

* stratum soft-tissue sarcoma, this is a monocenter, randomized non comparative phase II clinical trial. This phase II trial was based on an optimal 2-stage Simon's design. Randomization 2:1 with 2 patients randomized in experimental arm n°1 (association of metronomic cyclophosphamide and JX-594) and 1 patient randomized in control arm n°2 (treatment by metronomic cyclophosphamide alone).
* stratum breast cancer, this is a monocenter, one-arm phase II clinical trial, based on two-stage optimal Simon's design (association of metronomic cyclophosphamide and JX-594).

Second, treatment by Avelumab, intratumoral JX-594 and metronomic cyclophosphamide:

* stratum soft-tissue sarcoma, this is a monocenter, single arm phase II clinical trial based on an optimal 2-stage Simon's design.
* stratum breast cancer, this is a monocenter, one-arm phase II clinical trial, based on two-stage optimal Simon's design).

Eligibility criteria: Main Inclusion Criteria:

1. Histology:

   * Phase Ib : Patient with histologically confirmed solid tumor
   * Phase II :

     * Patients with histologically confirmed HER2 negative breast cancer (treatment by CP+JX-594), or triple negative (treatment by avelumab + CP+JX-594)
     * Patients with histologically confirmed soft tissue sarcoma confirmed by the RRePS Network, b)Progressive disease or relapse, after standard therapy according to RECIST v1.1 criteria diagnosed on the basis of two CT scan or MRI obtained at an interval less than 6 months in the period of 12 months prior to inclusion and confirmed by central review
2. Metastatic or unresectable locally advanced disease
3. Age ≥ 18 years
4. ECOG ≤ 1 (Phase Ib), ≤ 2 (Phase II JX+CP) and ≤ 1 (Phase II avelumab+JX+CP).
5. Life expectancy \> 3 months,
6. Measurable disease according to RECIST v1.1 outside any previously irradiated field. For patients treated by avelumab+JX+CP, at least one injectable site ≥ 2 cm and ≤ 8 cm in diameter and one distant non-injected measurable site (target site)
7. At least three weeks since last chemotherapy, immunotherapy or any other pharmacological treatment and/or radiotherapy.
8. Adequate hematological, renal, metabolic and hepatic functions.
9. Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test before study entry. Both women and men must agree to use a medically acceptable method of contraception throughout the treatment period and for six months after discontinuation of treatment.
10. Patients informed of risks regarding drug interactions: patients receiving any substances that are inhibitors or inducers of CYP450 2B6 are ineligible
11. Voluntarily signed and dated written informed consent prior to any study specific procedure.
12. Patients with a social security in compliance with the French law.

Main Exclusion Criteria:

1. Previous treatment with JX-594 or other vaccina vector based treatment .
2. Concomitant diseases/conditions (non exhaustive list):

   1. Clinically significant immunodeficiency, such as HIV or active Hepatite B or C
   2. Any other major illness that, in the Investigator's judgment, will substantially increase the risk associated with the patient's participation in this study.
   3. History of severe exfoliative skins condition requiring systemic treatment for more than 4 weeks in the last two years.
   4. active autoimmune disease for patients treated by avelumab
3. Active central nervous system metastasis (CNS)
4. Participation to a study involving a medical or therapeutic intervention in the last 30 days.
5. Previous enrolment in the present study.
6. Patient unable to follow and comply with the study procedures because of any geographical, social or psychological reasons.
7. Known hypersensitivity to any involved study drug or any of its formulation components.
8. Use of steroids (any route of administration), interferon/pegylated interferon or ribavirin that cannot be discontinued within 14 days prior to any JX-594 dose.
9. No prior malignancy except for the following: adequately treated basal or squamous cell skin cancer, in situ cervical cancer, adequately treated Stage 1 or Stage 2 cancer from which the patient is currently in complete remission or any other cancer from which the patient has been disease-free for 3 years.
10. Active cardiovascular disease, including but not limited to significant coronary artery disease (e.g. requiring angioplasty or stenting) or congestive heart failure within the preceding 12 months. (treatment by CP+JX)
11. Inability to suspend treatment with anti-hypertensive medication for 48 hours prior to and 48 hours after all JX-594 treatments.
12. Pulse oximetry O2 saturation \< 90% at rest on room air.
13. Experienced a severe systemic reaction or side-effect as result of previous smallpox vaccination.
14. Cardiac disease: LVEF out of normal limits ; cumulative dose of anthracyclines in excess of 450 mg/m²
15. Known urinary tract obstruction
16. Household contact exclusions for patients enrolled: children\< 1 year old ; People with skin disease (e.g., eczema, atopic dermatitis and related diseases...), Immunocompromised hosts (severe deficiencies in cell-mediated immunity, including AIDS, organ transplant recipients, hematologic malignancies)
17. Vaccination within 4 weeks of the first dose of study treatment and while on trial is prohibited except for administration of inactivated vaccines.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Phase Ib : Maximum Tolerated Dose evaluated on the first cycle (D1 to D28) of the combination of JX-594 And metronomic cyclophosphamide
timeFrame: during the first cycle (28 days)
measure: Phase II : Advanced soft-tissue sarcoma: Assessment of the antitumor activity of the association of JX-594 and metronomic cyclophosphamide based on 6 month non-progression (CR, PR or SD more than 24 weeks) following RECIST v1.1 criteria
timeFrame: Phase II : 6 months after the beginning of treatment
measure: Phase II : Advanced Breast cancer: Assessment of the antitumor activity of the association of JX-594 and metronomic cyclophosphamide Efficacy will be defined based on objective response under treatment (CR or PR) following RECIST v1.1 criteria
timeFrame: Phase II : 6 months after the beginning of treatment
measure: Phase II : Advanced soft-tissue sarcoma: Assessment of the antitumor activity of Avelumab in combination with IT JX-594 and metronomic cyclophosphamide based on 6 month non-progression (CR, PR or SD more than 24 weeks) following RECIST v1.1 criteria
timeFrame: Phase II : 6 months after the beginning of treatment
measure: Phase II : Advanced Breast cancer: Assessment of the antitumor activity of avelumab in combination with IT JX-594 and metronomic cyclophosphamide Efficacy will be defined based on objective response under treatment following RECIST v1.1 criteria
timeFrame: Phase II : 6 months after the beginning of treatment
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Phase Ib : Recommended Phase II dose (RP2D) of the association of JX-594 and metronomic cyclophosphamide
timeFrame: Phase Ib : Throughout the 6 months of treatment period
measure: Phase Ib: Objective response under treatment as per RECIST V1.1
timeFrame: an average of 6 months
measure: Phase Ib: Best overall response as per RECIST V1.1
timeFrame: an average of 6 months
measure: Phase Ib: 6-months non-progression as per RECIST V1.1
timeFrame: 6-months after the beginning of treatment
measure: Phase Ib: 1-year progression-free survival as per RECIST V1.1
timeFrame: 1-year after the beginning of treatment
measure: Phase Ib: 2-year progression-free survival as per RECIST V1.1
timeFrame: 2-year after the beginning of treatment
measure: Phase Ib : Pharmacokinetics (PK): PK measurements expressed as Area Under the curve forJX-594
timeFrame: Day 8 of cycle 1, Day 15 of cycle 1, Day 22 of cycle 1, Day 1 of cycle 2, Day 8 of cycle 2, Day 22 of cycle 2, Day 8 of cycle 3, Day 8 of cycle 4, Day 8 of cycle 6 (Each cycle = 28 days)
measure: Phase Ib : Pharmacokinetics (PK): PK measurements expressed as half-life forJX-594
timeFrame: Day 8 of cycle 1, Day 15 of cycle 1, Day 22 of cycle 1, Day 1 of cycle 2, Day 8 of cycle 2, Day 22 of cycle 2, Day 8 of cycle 3, Day 8 of cycle 4, Day 8 of cycle 6 (Each cycle = 28 days)
measure: Phase Ib : Pharmacokinetics (PK): PK measurements expressed as Concentration peak forJX-594
timeFrame: Day 8 of cycle 1, Day 15 of cycle 1, Day 22 of cycle 1, Day 1 of cycle 2, Day 8 of cycle 2, Day 22 of cycle 2, Day 8 of cycle 3, Day 8 of cycle 4, Day 8 of cycle 6 (Each cycle = 28 days)
measure: Phase Ib : Dose-Limiting toxicity of the association of JX-594 and metronomic cyclophosphamide
timeFrame: during the first cycle (cycle = 28 days)
measure: Phase Ib : Predictive biomarkers analysis (cytokines levels)
timeFrame: baseline, day 8 of cycle 1, day 22 of cycle 1, day 8 of cycle 2, day 8 of cycle 4, day 8 of cycle 6. Each cycle = 28 days
measure: Phase Ib : Predictive biomarkers analysis (lymphocytes levels)
timeFrame: baseline, day 8 of cycle 1, day 22 of cycle 1, day 8 of cycle 2, day 8 of cycle 4, day 8 of cycle 6. Each cycle = 28 days
measure: Phase II : Best overall response defined as per RECIST v1.1 criteria
timeFrame: an average of 6 months
measure: Phase II : For sarcoma only: objective response following CHOI criteria
timeFrame: an average of 6 months
measure: Phase II : For sarcoma only: best overall response following CHOI criteria
timeFrame: an average of 6 months
measure: Phase II : For sarcoma only: 6- month non-progression following CHOI criteria
timeFrame: 6-months after the beginning of treatment
measure: Phase II : 1-year Progression-Free Survival (PFS) defined as the time from study treatment initiation to the first occurrence of disease progression or death (of any cause), whichever occurs first
timeFrame: one year after the beginning of treatment
measure: Phase II : 2-year Progression-Free Survival (PFS) defined as the time from study treatment initiation to the first occurrence of disease progression or death (of any cause), whichever occurs first
timeFrame: two years the beginning of treatment
measure: Phase II : 1-year Overall Survial (OS) defined as the time from study treatment initiation to death (of any cause)
timeFrame: one year after the beginning of treatment
measure: Phase II : 2-year Overall Survial (OS) defined as the time from study treatment initiation to death (of any cause)
timeFrame: two year after the beginning of treatment
measure: Phase II : Toxicity graded using the common toxicity criteria from the NCI v4.0
timeFrame: an average of 6 months
measure: Predictive biomarkers (cytokines level)
timeFrame: baseline, day 8 of cycle 1, day 22 of cycle 1, day 8 of cycle 2, day 8 of cycle 4, day 8 of cycle 6. Each cycle = 28 days
measure: Predictive biomarkers (lymphocytes level)
timeFrame: baseline, day 8 of cycle 1, day 22 of cycle 1, day 8 of cycle 2, day 8 of cycle 4, day 8 of cycle 6. Each cycle = 28 days
measure: Phase II : Relationship between levels of anti-JX-594 antibodies and efficacy of CP + JX-594 in terms of 6-month non progression for sarcoma (as per RECIST V1.1)
timeFrame: Six months after the beginning of treatment
measure: Phase II : Relationship between levels of anti-JX-594 antibodies and efficacy of CP + JX-594 in terms of objective response for breast cancer (as per RECIST V1.1)
timeFrame: an average of 6 months
measure: Phase II : Relationship between activation of the pRB/E2F/TK pathway and efficacy of CP + JX-594 on available archived tumor tissue in terms of 6- month non progression for sarcoma (as per RECIST V1.1)
timeFrame: Phase II : Six months after the beginning of treatment
measure: Phase II : Relationship between activation of the pRB/E2F/TK pathway and efficacy of CP + JX-594 on available archived tumor tissue in terms objective response for breast cancer (as per RECIST V1.1)
timeFrame: an average of 6 months
measure: Phase II Soft-tissue sarcoma: antitumor actiivty of avelumab in combination with IT JX-594 and metronomic CP in terms of best overall response
timeFrame: an average of 6 months
measure: Phase II Breast cancer: antitumor actiivty of avelumab in combination with IT JX-594 and metronomic CP in terms of best overall response
timeFrame: an average of 6 months
measure: Phase II Breast cancer: antitumor actiivty of avelumab in combination with IT JX-594 and metronomic CP in terms of 6-month non-progression
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Phase II Soft-tissue sarcoma: antitumor actiivty of avelumab in combination with IT JX-594 and metronomic CP in terms of objective response Under treatment
timeFrame: an average of 6 months
measure: Phase II Soft-tissue sarcoma: antitumor actiivty of avelumab in combination with IT JX-594 and metronomic CP in terms of 1-year progression-free survival
timeFrame: 1 year
measure: Phase II Breast cancer: antitumor actiivty of avelumab in combination with IT JX-594 and metronomic CP in terms of 1-year progression-free survival
timeFrame: 1 year
measure: Phase II Soft-tissue sarcoma: antitumor actiivty of avelumab in combination with IT JX-594 and metronomic CP in terms of 2-year progression-free survival
timeFrame: 2 years
measure: Phase II Breast cancer: antitumor activity of avelumab in combination with IT JX-594 and metronomic CP in terms of 2-year progression-free survival
timeFrame: 2 years
measure: Phase II Soft-tissue sarcoma: antitumor activity of avelumab in combination with IT JX-594 and metronomic CP in terms of 1-year overall survival
timeFrame: 1 year
measure: Phase II Breast cancer: antitumor activity of avelumab in combination with IT JX-594 and metronomic CP in terms of 1-year overall survival
timeFrame: 1 year
measure: Phase II Soft-tissue sarcoma: antitumor activity of avelumab in combination with IT JX-594 and metronomic CP in terms of 2-year overall survival
timeFrame: 2 year
measure: Phase II Breast cancer: antitumor activity of avelumab in combination with IT JX-594 and metronomic CP in terms of 2-year overall survival
timeFrame: 2 year
measure: Phase II Soft-tissue sarcoma: safety profile of avelumab in combination with IT JX-594 and metronomic CP
timeFrame: throughout the treatment period, an expected average of 6 months
measure: Phase II breast cancer: safety profile of avelumab in combination with IT JX-594 and metronomic CP
timeFrame: throughout the treatment period, an expected average of 6 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Bordeaux
country: France
facility: Institut Bergonie
Study officials:
affiliation: Institut Bergonié
name: Antoine ITALIANO, MD, PhD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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