An Open-Label, Phase I, Dose-Finding Study of CBM588 in Combination With Nivolumab/Ipilimumab for Patients With Advanced Stage Renal Cell Carcinoma
Summary
This phase I trial tests the safety, side effects, best dose, and effectiveness of CBM588 in combination with nivolumab and ipilimumab in treating patients with kidney cancer that may have spread from where it first started to nearby tissue, lymph nodes, or distant parts of the body (advanced). CBM588 is a live biotherapeutic that may help improve the effects of immunotherapy. Nivolumab and ipilimumab are monoclonal antibodies that may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread by enhancing the ability of the body's immune cells to attack tumor cells. CBM588 in combination with nivolumab and ipilimumab may be safe, tolerable, and/or effective in treating patients with advanced stage kidney cancer.
Detailed description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. To evaluate the safety and tolerability of nivolumab/ipilimumab with escalating doses of Clostridium butyricum MIYAIRI 588 capsules (CBM588) in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To evaluate the effect of CBM588 on the clinical efficacy of nivolumab/ipilimumab. II. To determine the effect of CBM588 (in combination with nivolumab/ipilimumab) in modulation of the gut microbiome in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma. III. To assess the effect of CBM588 on the change of metabolic pathways with the nivolumab/ipilimumab combination in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma. IV. To determine the effect of CBM588 on systemic immunomodulation. OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study of CBM588 followed by a dose-expansion study. Patients receive CBM588 capsules orally (PO) twice daily (BID) on days 1-21, nivolumab intravenously (IV) over 30 minutes and ipilimumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of each cycle. Cycles repeat every 21 days for 4 cycles. Patients then receive CBM588 PO BID on days 1-28 and nivolumab IV on day 1. Cycles repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Additionally, patients undergo computed tomography (CT), bone scan and blood sample collection throughout the study. Patients may optionally undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on study. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up once a year.
Arms & interventions
- ProcedureBiospecimen Collection
Undergo blood sample collection
- ProcedureBone Scan
Undergo bone scan
- BiologicalCBM588 Capsules
Given PO
- ProcedureComputed Tomography
Undergo CT
- BiologicalIpilimumab
Given IV
- ProcedureMagnetic Resonance Imaging
Undergo MRI
- BiologicalNivolumab
Given IV
Outcome measures
Primary
Dose limiting toxicity (DLT)
Toxicities at least possibly related to study agent will be graded according to National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version (v)5.0.
Time frame: Up to 28 days
Maximum tolerated dose (MTD)
MTD estimate will be the highest dose with the occurrence of DLT in no more than 1 out of 6 of the patients.
Time frame: Up to 28 days
Incidence of adverse events (AEs)
AEs will be graded using CTCAE. Summaries will be provided overall and by dose group. The number and percentage of subjects reporting treatment-emergent AEs (TEAE) will be summarized overall and by the worse CTCAE grade, with a breakdown by dose. The number and percentage of subjects reporting TEAEs considered related to each study drug will be summarized.
Time frame: Up to 3 years
Secondary
Progression free survival (PFS)
Time frame: From enrollment to progression or death, assessed up to 3 years
Overall response rate (ORR)
Time frame: Up to 3 years
Change in stool microbial diversity
Time frame: Baseline to week 12 of therapy
Change in abundancies of gut microbiome species
Time frame: Baseline to week 12 of therapy
Metabolic pathways
Time frame: Baseline to week 12 of therapy
Changes in serum short chain fatty acids
Time frame: Baseline up to 3 years of therapy
Circulating regulatory T cells (Tregs) and myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs)
Time frame: Baseline up to 3 years of therapy
Serum Cytokines
Time frame: Baseline up to 3 years of therapy
Eligibility criteria
Study locations (1)
City of Hope Medical Center
Duarte, California, 91010
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