NCT02339558

Brief Summary

This phase II trial studies how well nivolumab works in treating patients with nasopharyngeal cancer that has returned after a period of improvement (recurrent) and/or has spread to other parts of the body (metastatic). Monoclonal antibodies, such as nivolumab, may block tumor growth in different ways by targeting certain cells.

Trial Health

85
On Track

Trial Health Score

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Enrollment
45

participants targeted

Target at P25-P50 for phase_2

Geographic Reach
3 countries

19 active sites

Status
completed

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Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

January 12, 2015

Completed
3 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

January 15, 2015

Completed
6 months until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

July 21, 2015

Completed
2.9 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

June 16, 2018

Completed
1.2 years until next milestone

Results Posted

Study results publicly available

September 13, 2019

Completed
Last Updated

September 13, 2019

Status Verified

August 1, 2019

Enrollment Period

2.9 years

First QC Date

January 12, 2015

Results QC Date

August 16, 2019

Last Update Submit

August 16, 2019

Conditions

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Confirmed Response Rate (Complete Response or Partial Response) Based on RECIST Version 1.1

    Confirmed response rate is defined as either a Complete Response (CR) or Partial Response (PR) based on RECIST version 1.1. \> To be consider a CR, there must be a disappearance of all target lesions and each target lymph node must have reduction in short axis to \< 1.0 cm.\> \> To be considered a PR, at least a 30% decrease in PBSD (sum of the longest diameter for all target lesions plus the sum of the short axis of all the target lymph nodes at current evaluation) taking as reference the baseline value.\> \> The confirmed response rate is reported as the number of patients reporting a CR or PR divided by the total number of evaluable patients multiplied by 100 (reported as a percentage).

    Up to 3 years

Secondary Outcomes (5)

  • Adverse Events

    Up to 3 years on treatment

  • Tumor Response to Nivolumab Based on the Immune Response Criteria (IRC)

    Up to 3 years

  • Duration of Response

    Up to 3 years

  • Progression-free Survival (PFS) Based on RECIST Version 1.1

    Time from registration to the first of either death due to any cause or progression, assessed up to 3 years

  • Overall Survival (OS)

    Time from registration to death due to any cause, assessed up to 3 years

Other Outcomes (5)

  • Clearance of EBV DNA

    Up to 6 weeks of treatment

  • Intratumoral Expression of PD-1 and PD-L1

    Baseline

  • Change in Serum Absolute Lymphocyte Count

    Baseline and up to 3 years

  • +2 more other outcomes

Study Arms (1)

Treatment (nivolumab)

EXPERIMENTAL

Patients receive nivolumab IV over approximately 60 minutes on days 1 and 15. Courses repeat every 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Other: Laboratory Biomarker AnalysisBiological: Nivolumab

Interventions

Correlative studies

Treatment (nivolumab)
NivolumabBIOLOGICAL

Given IV

Also known as: BMS-936558, MDX-1106, NIVO, ONO-4538, Opdivo
Treatment (nivolumab)

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document
  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed non-keratinizing nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) that has recurred at locoregional and/or distant sites; NOTE: patients with local recurrence at the bony skull-base as the only site of index disease are excluded; patients with locoregional recurrence without distant metastases must have undergone radical radiotherapy previously
  • Measurable disease according to the RECIST criteria (version 1.1), for the evaluation of measurable disease
  • Received one or more lines of chemotherapy, which must include prior treatment with a platinum agent and must not be amenable to potentially curative radiotherapy or surgery
  • Archived or fresh tumor sample available; willingness to donate blood and tissue for mandatory correlative research studies
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0, 1 or 2
  • Absolute neutrophil count \>= 1.5 x 10\^9/L
  • Platelet count \>= 100 x 10\^9/L
  • Hemoglobin \>= 8.0 g/dL
  • Serum alanine aminotransferase (\[ALT\]; serum glutamate-pyruvate transferase \[SGPT\]), or serum aspartate aminotransferase \[AST\] where available at the center) \< 2.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN), OR \< 5 x ULN in the presence of liver metastases
  • Serum total bilirubin \< 2 x ULN (except patients with Gilbert syndrome, who can have total bilirubin \< 3.0 mg/dL)
  • Serum creatinine \< 1.5 x ULN

You may not qualify if:

  • Any of the following:
  • Chemotherapy =\< 4 weeks prior to registration
  • Radiotherapy =\< 4 weeks prior to registration
  • Nitrosoureas =\< 6 weeks prior to registration or
  • Mitomycin C =\< 6 weeks prior to registration
  • Those who have not recovered from adverse events (to grade =\< 1 in severity) due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier; prior palliative radiotherapy to bone metastases =\< 2 weeks prior to registration (i.e. prior palliative radiotherapy to bone metastases is allowed if it is performed \> 2 weeks prior to registration)
  • Prior investigational agents =\< 4 weeks prior to registration
  • Prior treatment with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, anti-PD-L2, anti-cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4) antibody, or any other antibody or drug specifically targeting T-cell co-stimulation or immune checkpoint pathways
  • Known brain metastases or leptomeningeal metastases; NOTE: symptomatic, and/or if they require immunosuppressive doses of corticosteroids (e.g. \> 10 mg/day prednisone or equivalents) for at least 2 weeks prior to study drug administration; patients with treated brain metastases who are deemed clinically stable and without radiological progression on positron emission tomography (PET), MRI or computed tomography (CT) scan performed =\< 8 weeks of study entry, are not excluded; NOTE: primary nasopharyngeal cancers that directly invade the skull base and extend into the infratemporal fossa (e) are not regarded as brain metastases and are not excluded
  • History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to nivolumab
  • History of severe hypersensitivity reaction to any monoclonal antibody
  • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
  • Any of the following:
  • Pregnant women
  • Nursing women
  • +8 more criteria

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (19)

City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

Duarte, California, 91010, United States

Location

Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center

Los Angeles, California, 90033, United States

Location

USC / Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center

Los Angeles, California, 90033, United States

Location

Keck Medical Center of USC Pasadena

Pasadena, California, 91105, United States

Location

University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center

Sacramento, California, 95817, United States

Location

City of Hope South Pasadena

South Pasadena, California, 91030, United States

Location

Moffitt Cancer Center

Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States

Location

Northwestern University

Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States

Location

University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center

Chicago, Illinois, 60637, United States

Location

UC Comprehensive Cancer Center at Silver Cross

New Lenox, Illinois, 60451, United States

Location

University of Maryland/Greenebaum Cancer Center

Baltimore, Maryland, 21201, United States

Location

Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center

Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States

Location

Mayo Clinic Cancer Center P2C

Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States

Location

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States

Location

Washington University School of Medicine

St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States

Location

Chinese University of Hong Kong-Prince of Wales Hospital

Shatin, Hong Kong, China

Location

National University Hospital Singapore

Singapore, 119074, Singapore

Location

National Cancer Centre

Singapore, 169610, Singapore

Location

Johns Hopkins Singapore

Singapore, 308433, Singapore

Location

Related Publications (1)

  • Ma BBY, Lim WT, Goh BC, Hui EP, Lo KW, Pettinger A, Foster NR, Riess JW, Agulnik M, Chang AYC, Chopra A, Kish JA, Chung CH, Adkins DR, Cullen KJ, Gitlitz BJ, Lim DW, To KF, Chan KCA, Lo YMD, King AD, Erlichman C, Yin J, Costello BA, Chan ATC. Antitumor Activity of Nivolumab in Recurrent and Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: An International, Multicenter Study of the Mayo Clinic Phase 2 Consortium (NCI-9742). J Clin Oncol. 2018 May 10;36(14):1412-1418. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2017.77.0388. Epub 2018 Mar 27.

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Nasopharyngeal NeoplasmsNasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Interventions

Nivolumab

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pharyngeal NeoplasmsOtorhinolaryngologic NeoplasmsHead and Neck NeoplasmsNeoplasms by SiteNeoplasmsNasopharyngeal DiseasesPharyngeal DiseasesStomatognathic DiseasesOtorhinolaryngologic DiseasesCarcinomaNeoplasms, Glandular and EpithelialNeoplasms by Histologic Type

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Antibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodiesImmunoglobulinsImmunoproteinsBlood ProteinsProteinsAmino Acids, Peptides, and ProteinsSerum GlobulinsGlobulins

Results Point of Contact

Title
Brigette B.Y. Ma
Organization
Prince of Wales Hospital

Study Officials

  • Brigette B Ma

    Mayo Clinic Cancer Center P2C

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

PI is Sponsor Employee
No
Restriction Type
LTE60
Restrictive Agreement
Yes

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
phase 2
Allocation
NA
Masking
NONE
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
SINGLE GROUP
Sponsor Type
NIH
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

January 12, 2015

First Posted

January 15, 2015

Study Start

July 21, 2015

Primary Completion

June 16, 2018

Last Updated

September 13, 2019

Results First Posted

September 13, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-08

Locations