Clinical trial NCT05729139: Cemiplimab/Peg-Interferon-α in Advanced CSCC
Official title: Cemiplimab/PEG-Interferon-α Combination for Advanced Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma (aCSCC)
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: WITHDRAWN
Phase: PHASE1
Conditions: Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Advanced Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Keywords: cemiplimab
peg-interferon-alpha
Lead sponsor: Baptist Health South Florida
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
First posted: 2023-02-15
Enrollment: 0
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The primary purpose of this research study is to test the safety and possible harms of cemiplimab/peg-interferon-alpha, when it is given to participants at different dose levels. The researchers want to find out what effects (good and bad) cemiplimab/Peg-Interferon has on participants with advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (aCSCC) so that they can find the best dose to treat aCSCC and reduce side effects as much as possible.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Provision of signed and dated informed consent form
2. Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures and availability for the duration of the study
3. Participants must have histologically or cytologically confirmed aCSCC

   * Participants who present with unknown primary SCC at the time of diagnosis will be eligible if participants have a plausible primary skin site removed in the past
   * Similarly, participants with neck, parotid or facial lymph nodes biopsy proven SCC with no identifiable mucosal primary would also be eligible
4. Participants must have measurable disease, defined by RECIST v1.1 as at least one lesion that can be accurately measured in at least one dimension of ≥ or equal than 10mm by CT, MRI, positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) or ruler/caliper
5. Male or female ≥ 18 years old
6. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status of 0-2
7. Participants must have normal organ function as defined below:

   * Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mcl
   * Platelets ≥ 75,000
   * Aspartate transaminase (AST) or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) \< 2.5 x upper limit of normal or up to 5x Upper Limit of Normal (ULN) if known to be secondary to liver metastasis
   * Serum creatinine \< 1.5 or creatinine clearance ≥ 30 ml/min by either Cockcroft-Gault formula or 24-hour urine collection analysis
8. For females of reproductive potential: pregnancy test must be negative (urine or serum), and use of highly effective contraception (like birth control pills and condoms) prior to screening and agreement to use such a method during study participation
9. For males of reproductive potential: use of condoms or other methods to ensure effective contraception with partner

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Participants who have had chemotherapy, immunotherapy or targeted therapy within 21 days of protocol treatment initiation, or those who have not recovered to grade 1 CTCAE adverse events due to agents administered ≥ 3 weeks earlier
2. Participants may not be receiving any other investigational agents
3. Pregnancy or lactation
4. Known allergic reactions to components of similar chemical or biologic composition to either cemiplimab or interferon
5. Uncontrolled ongoing illness including, but not limited to ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, myocardial infarction \< 30 days, cerebrovascular accident/transient ischemic attack (CVA/TIA) \< 30 days, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
6. Any organ transplant participants on immunosuppressive agents

   * Participants with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) or other hematologic malignancies are allowed as long as they meet all other criteria listed above
7. Patient must not be candidates for curative locoregional treatments

   * Participants with recurrent locoregional disease for who a resection is unacceptably morbid and unlikely to be curative are eligible
8. Participants with autoimmune disease on immunosuppressive therapy
9. Participants with a history of non-infectious pneumonitis

Primary outcomes:
measure: Total Incidence of Dose Limiting Toxicities (DLTs), Adverse Events (AEs), and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs) Leading to Discontinuation or Death
timeFrame: 2 years
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Response Rate (RR)
timeFrame: 2 years
measure: Duration of Response (DOR)
timeFrame: 2 years
measure: Progression-free Survival (PFS)
timeFrame: 2 years
measure: Overall Survival (OS)
timeFrame: 2 years
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Miami
country: United States
facility: Miami Cancer Institute at Baptist Health, Inc.
state: Florida
Study officials:
affiliation: Miami Cancer Institute at Baptist Health, Inc.
name: Guilherme Rabinowits, M.D.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
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