Trial of Sunitinib and/or Nivolumab Plus Chemotherapy in Advanced Soft Tissue and Bone Sarcomas
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Phase I-II Trial of Sunitinib and/or Nivolumab Plus Chemotherapy in Advanced Soft Tissue and Bone Sarcomas
1 other identifier
interventional
197
3 countries
13
Brief Summary
Phase I-II, single-arm, non-randomized, open-label, multicenter, international clinical trial, with two stages. Stage one has two cohorts (soft tissue sarcoma and bone sarcoma) and stage two has eight cohorts (DDCS, EMC, VS, SFT, CCS, ASPS, UPS, LMS and OS). Nine sites in Spain, 3 sites in Italy and 1 site in the United Kingdom. Stage 1 (PHASE 1 and PHASE 2) Objective: To determine the recommended dose of the sunitinib plus nivolumab combination for phase II part. To evaluate the efficacy of the sunitinib plus nivolumab combination as measured by the progression-free survival rate (PFSR) at 6 months in patients with advanced soft tissue and bone sarcomas. Treatment: Adult patients will receive an initial induction phase (IP) from day 1 to day 14 of sunitinib 37.5 mg/day followed by a maintenance phase (MP) of sunitinib 37.5 mg/day continuously + nivolumab 3 mg/kg intravenous every 2 weeks infused over 1 hour. If three or more DLTs occur from day 15 to 42, for an initial set of 10 patients, sunitinib dose will be lowered to 25 mg/day or treatment schedule will be changed to 2 weeks on and one week off until recovery from toxicities. Stage 2 C1 to 6 Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of the sunitinib plus nivolumab combination as measured by PFSR at 6 months (CS/DDCS, EMC, VS, SFT, CCS cohorts) and at 12 months (ASPS cohort). Treatment: Adult patients will receive an initial induction phase (IP) from day 1 to day 14 of sunitinib 37.5 mg/day followed by a maintenance phase (MP) of sunitinib 25mg/day continuously + nivolumab 240mg every 2 weeks. Pediatric patients will receive an initial IP from day 1 to day 14 of (\<18 years) sunitinib at 25 mg/day unless the body surface area (BSA) of the patient is \>1.7. If BSA is \>1.7, then sunitinib 37.5 mg/day will be given followed by a MP of sunitinib 25 mg/day continuously + nivolumab 240 mg every 2 weeks regimen (if weight ≥40 kg) or sunitinib 25 mg/day continuously + nivolumab 3 mg/kg every 2 weeks regimen (if weight \<40kg). C 7 Objective: To determine the MTD of the epirubicin + ifosfamide + nivolumab combination in undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma and of the doxorubicin + dacarbazine + nivolumab combination in leiomyosarcoma. Treatment:Cohort 7a dose level 0: Patients will receive epirubicin dose of 60 mg/m2/d, d1 and d2 IV 20 minutes; followed by ifosfamide 3 g/m2/d d1-3, IV 3h with MESNA protection (40% of total dose of ifosfamide in each administration at 0, 3 and 6 h from ifosfamide initiation). Once finished Ifosfamide infusion of day 3, nivolumab is administered during 30 minutes, at dose of 360 mg IV, Q3W. GCSF support is mandatory. If three or more DLTs occur nivolumab dose will be lowered to dose level -1. Cohort 7b dose level 0: Patients will receive doxorubicin at dose of 75 mg/m2/d, d1 IV 20 minutes; followed by dacarbazine 400 mg//m2/d IV 60 minutes. Dacarbazine is administered also on day 2 of cycle. Once finished Dacarbazine infusion of day 2, nivolumab is administered for 30 minutes, at dose of 360 mg IV, Q3W. GCSF support is mandatory. If three or more DLTs occur nivolumab dose will be lowered to dose level -1 where patients will receive doxorubicin at dose of 75 mg/m2/d, d1 IV 20 minutes; followed by dacarbazine 400 mg//m2/d IV 60 minutes. Dacarbazine is administered also on day 2 of cycle. Once finished dacarbazine infusion of day 2, nivolumab is administered for 30 minutes, at dose of 240 mg IV, Q3W. GCSF support is mandatory. One-year maintenance of nivolumab is foreseen in the absence of progressive disease. C 8 Objectives:To determine the MTD of the MAP + nivolumab combination (phase I). Proportion of patients achieving good pathological response (phase II) Treatment dose level 0: In the IP, patients will receive CDDP 120 mg/m2 in 48h IV infusion (days 1-2) followed by doxorubicin 75 mg/m2 in 48h IV infusion (days 3-4). CDDP and doxorubicin will be given on days 1-4 and 36-39. Nivolumab administration will start on day 4 at flat dose 240 mg (after the end of doxorubicin), being the following doses administered on days 18, 39, and 53 (240 mg). HD methotrexate at 12 g/m2 in 2-h infusion will be administered on days 22, 29, 57, and 64. Surgery will be performed after finishing IP. Adjuvant chemotherapy will be administered after surgery. During the MP patients will receive nivolumab on day 210, every two weeks up to day 364. If three or more DLTs occur, then nivolumab dose level -1 will be activated.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for phase_1
Started May 2017
Longer than P75 for phase_1
13 active sites
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
May 31, 2017
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
August 3, 2017
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
September 11, 2017
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
June 30, 2024
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
June 30, 2024
CompletedAugust 13, 2024
August 1, 2024
7.1 years
August 3, 2017
August 12, 2024
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (5)
Stage 1 - PHASE 1
The recommended dose of the sunitinib and nivolumab combination for phase II part will be determined by assessing adverse events according to CTCAE 4.0 and they will be used as a rule for escalating or diminishing dose levels according to the dose-limiting toxicities detailed in the protocol
6 months
Stage 1 - PHASE 2
Progression-free survival rate (PFSR): Efficacy measured by the PFSR at 6 months according to RECIST 1.1. PFSR at 6 months is defined as the percentage of patients who did not experience progression or death due to any cause since enrollment until month 6 after enrollment.
6 months
Stage 2 - Cohort 1-6: Progression-free survival rate (PFSR)
CS/DDCS, EMC, VS, SFT, and CCS cohorts: 6-month progression-free survival rate (PFSR): Efficacy measured by the PFSR at 6 months according to RECIST 1.1. PFSR at 6 months is defined as the percentage of patients who did not experience progression or death due to any cause since enrollmentuntil month 6 after enrollment. ASPS cohort: 12-month progression-free survival rate (PFSR): Efficacy measured by the PFSR at 12 months according to RECIST 1.1. PFSR at 12 months is defined as the percentage of patients who did not experience progression or death due to any cause since the date of enrollment until month 12 after enrollment.
6 months for CS/DDCS, EMC, VS, SFT, and CCS and 12 months for ASPS
Stage 2 - Cohort 7: Maximum tolerated dose (MTD)
The maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of the epirubicin + ifosfamide + nivolumab combination will be determined by assessing adverse events according to CTCAE 5.0 and they will be used for adjusting dose levels according to the dose-limiting toxicities detailed in the protocol.
1 year
Stage 2 - Cohort 8: Maximum tolerated dose (MTD)
The maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of the MAP + nivolumab combination will be determined by assessing adverse events according to CTCAE 5.0 and they will be used for adjusting dose levels according to the dose-limiting toxicities detailed in the protocol.
1 year
Secondary Outcomes (11)
Stage 1 and Stage 2 - Overall survival (OS)
2 years
Stage 1 and Stage 2 - Objective response rate (ORR)
2 months
Stage 2 - Cohort 1-6 Correlation between efficacy and potential predictive biomarkers
2 years
Stage 1 and Stage 2 - Safety profile: Adverse events
3 years
Stage 1 (PHASE 2) and Stage 2 - Cohort 1-6 Clinical outcome
At 36 months
- +6 more secondary outcomes
Study Arms (1)
Sunitinib and/or nivolumab plus chemotherapy in advanced STS and BS
EXPERIMENTALStage 1: IP d1-14 sunitinib 37.5mg/d then MP sunitinib 37.5mg/d+nivolumab 3mg/kg ev 2w. Stage 2: C1-6: IP d1-14 sunitinib 37.5mg/d then MP sunitinib 25mg/d+nivolumab 240mg ev 2w. C7a level 0: Epirubicin 60mg/m2/d, d1,2, ifosfamide 3g/m2/d d1-3 and nivolumab 360mg. 3 or more DLTs level -1 same treatment than in level 0, but nivolumab 240mg. C7b level 0: Doxorubicin 75mg/m2/d, d1, dacarbazine 400mg/m2/d (also on d2) and nivolumab 360mg. 3 or more DLTs level -1 same tratment than in level 0, but nivolumab 240mg. GCSF support is mandatory. 1-year maintenance of nivolumab. C8 level 0: In the IP, CDDP 120mg/m2 (d1-2), doxorubicin 75mg/m2 in (d3-4 and d36-39), nivolumab 240mg (d5), and on d18,39,53 and methotrexate 12g/m2 on d22,29,57,64, surgery and MP with nivolumab on d210, every 2 weeks up to d364. 3 or more DLTs level -1, with nivolumab 360mg on d4,36, surgery and MP with nivolumab on d210, ev 3 weeks up to d364.
Interventions
Treatment will continue until disease progression, development of unacceptable toxicity, non-compliance, withdrawal of consent by the patient or investigator decision.
Treatment will continue until disease progression, development of unacceptable toxicity, non-compliance, withdrawal of consent by the patient or investigator decision.
Treatment will continue until disease progression, development of unacceptable toxicity, non-compliance, withdrawal of consent by the patient or investigator decision.
Treatment will continue until disease progression, development of unacceptable toxicity, non-compliance, withdrawal of consent by the patient or investigator decision.
Treatment will continue until disease progression, development of unacceptable toxicity, non-compliance, withdrawal of consent by the patient or investigator decision.
Treatment will continue until disease progression, development of unacceptable toxicity, non-compliance, withdrawal of consent by the patient or investigator decision.
Treatment will continue until disease progression, development of unacceptable toxicity, non-compliance, withdrawal of consent by the patient or investigator decision.
Treatment will continue until disease progression, development of unacceptable toxicity, non-compliance, withdrawal of consent by the patient or investigator decision.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Stage 1
- Patients must provide written informed consent prior to performance of study-specific procedures and must be willing to comply with treatment and follow-up. Informed consent must be obtained prior to start of the screening process. Procedures conducted as part of the patient's routine clinical management (e.g. blood count, imaging tests, etc.) and obtained prior to signature of informed consent may be used for screening or baseline purposes as long as these procedures are conducted as specified in the protocol.
- Age: 18-80 years.
- Histologic diagnosis of soft tissue sarcoma (undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma, synovial sarcoma, alveolar soft part sarcoma, clear cell sarcoma, angiosarcoma, epithelioid hemangioendothelioma, solitary fibrous tumor,epithelioid sarcoma and extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma) or bone sarcoma (osteosarcoma/high grade bone sarcoma, Ewing's sarcoma, chondrosarcoma and dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma) confirmed by central pathology review. Mandatory paraffin embedded tumor blocks must be provided for all subjects without exception for biomarker analysis before treatment (first biopsy) and at end of month 3 or earlier (second biopsy).
- Metastatic/advanced disease in progression in the last 6 months.
- Measurable disease according to RECIST 1.1 criteria.
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status of 0-1.
- Adequate hepatic, renal, cardiac, and hematologic function.
- Laboratory tests as follows:
- Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,200/mm³
- Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm³
- Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 mg/dL
- PT and INR ≤ 1.5
- AST and ALT ≤ 2.5 times upper limit of normal
- Creatinine ≤ 1.5 mg/dL
- +16 more criteria
You may not qualify if:
- Stage 1
- Four or more previous lines of chemotherapy for the advanced disease.
- Previous anti-programmed death-1 (PD-1), anti-programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1), anti PD-L2 or anti CTLA-4 antibody.
- Prior immune-related adverse event (Grade 3 or higher immune-related pneumonitis, hepatitis, colitis, endocrinopathy) with prior immunotherapy (e.g. cancer vaccine, cytokine, etc.).
- Active, known or suspected autoimmune disease.
- A condition requiring systemic treatment with either corticosteroids (\> 10 mg daily prednisone equivalents) or other immunosuppressive medications within 14 days of study drug administration. Inhaled or topical steroids and adrenal replacement doses \> 10 mg daily prednisone equivalents are permitted in the absence of active autoimmune disease.
- Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including (not limited to): symptomatic congestive heart failure (CHF) (New York Heart Association \[NYHA\] III/IV), unstable angina pectoris or coronary angioplasty, or stenting within 24 weeks prior to registration, unstable cardiac arrhythmia (ongoing cardiac dysrhythmias of NCI CTCAE version 4.0 Grade \>= 2), known psychiatric illness that would limit study compliance, intra-cardiac defibrillators, known cardiac metastases, or abnormal cardiac valve morphology (\>= Grade 3).
- Positive test for hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBV sAg) or hepatitis C virus ribonucleic acid (HCV antibody) indicating acute or chronic infection.
- Other disease or illness within the past 6 months, including any of the following: • Myocardial infarction Severe or unstable angina • Coronary or peripheral artery bypass graft • Symptomatic congestive heart failure • Cerebrovascular accident or transient ischemic attack • Pulmonary embolism 9. Evidence of a bleeding diathesis. 10. Ongoing cardiac dysrhythmias \> Grade 2. 11. Uncontrolled hypertension, defined as blood pressure \> 150/100 mm Hg despite optimal medical therapy. 12. Psychiatric illness or social situation that would preclude study compliance. 13. Pre-existing thyroid abnormality, defined as abnormal thyroid function tests despite medication. 14. Prolonged QTc interval (i.e., QTc \> 450 msec for males or QTc \> 470 msec for females) on baseline ECG. 15. Hemorrhage ≥ Grade 3 in the past 4 weeks. 16. History of allergy to study drug components. 17. Previous anticoagulants due to thrombotic events. 18. History of another cancer with the exception of adequately treated basal cell carcinoma or cervical cancer in situ. 19. Presence of brain or central nervous system metastases.
- Stage 2
- Cohort 1-6
- Four or more previous lines of chemotherapy.
- Previous anti-programmed death-1 (PD-1), anti-programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1), anti PD-L2 or anti CTLA-4 antibody.
- Prior immune-related adverse event (Grade 3 or higher immune-related pneumonitis, hepatitis, colitis, endocrinopathy) with prior immunotherapy (e.g. cancer vaccine, cytokine, etc.).
- Active, known or suspected autoimmune disease.
- +66 more criteria
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (13)
Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli
Bologna, 40136, Italy
Candiolo Cancer Institute - FPO, IRCCS
Candiolo, 10060, Italy
Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori
Milan, 20133, Italy
Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz
Madrid, Madrid, 28040, Spain
Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Canarias
San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Santa Cruz De Tenerife, 38320, Spain
Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebrón
Barcelona, 08035, Spain
Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
Barcelona, 08041, Spain
Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre
Madrid, 28041, Spain
Hospital Universitario La Paz
Madrid, 28046, Spain
Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío
Seville, 41013, Spain
Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe
Valencia, 46026, Spain
Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet
Zaragoza, 50009, Spain
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
London, NW1 2PG, United Kingdom
Related Publications (3)
Martin-Broto J, Diaz-Beveridge R, Moura D, Ramos R, Martinez-Trufero J, Carrasco I, Sebio A, Gonzalez-Billalabeitia E, Gutierrez A, Fernandez-Jara J, Hernandez-Vargas L, Cruz J, Valverde C, Hindi N. Phase Ib Study for the Combination of Doxorubicin, Dacarbazine, and Nivolumab as the Upfront Treatment in Patients With Advanced Leiomyosarcoma: A Study by the Spanish Sarcoma Group (GEIS). J Clin Oncol. 2025 Jan 20;43(3):297-307. doi: 10.1200/JCO.24.00358. Epub 2024 Oct 2.
PMID: 39356980DERIVEDMartin-Broto J, Hindi N, Grignani G, Martinez-Trufero J, Redondo A, Valverde C, Stacchiotti S, Lopez-Pousa A, D'Ambrosio L, Gutierrez A, Perez-Vega H, Encinas-Tobajas V, de Alava E, Collini P, Pena-Chilet M, Dopazo J, Carrasco-Garcia I, Lopez-Alvarez M, Moura DS, Lopez-Martin JA. Nivolumab and sunitinib combination in advanced soft tissue sarcomas: a multicenter, single-arm, phase Ib/II trial. J Immunother Cancer. 2020 Nov;8(2):e001561. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2020-001561.
PMID: 33203665DERIVEDHattinger CM, Patrizio MP, Magagnoli F, Luppi S, Serra M. An update on emerging drugs in osteosarcoma: towards tailored therapies? Expert Opin Emerg Drugs. 2019 Sep;24(3):153-171. doi: 10.1080/14728214.2019.1654455. Epub 2019 Aug 14.
PMID: 31401903DERIVED
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Study Officials
- STUDY DIRECTOR
Javier Martín Broto
Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Andrés Redondo
Hospital Universitario La Paz
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Claudia Valverde
Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebrón
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Antonio López Pousa
Fundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Roberto Diaz de Beveridge
Hospital Universitario La Fe
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Javier Martínez Trufero
Hospital Miguel Servet
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Irene Carrasco
Hospitales Universitarios Virgen del Rocío
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Enrique González
Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Josefina Cruz
Hospital Universitario de Canarias
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Silvia Stacchiotti
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Giovanni Grignani
Candiolo Cancer Institute - FPO, IRCCS
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Emanuela Palmerini
Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Sandra Strauss
University College London Hospitals
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Cristina Mata
Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Antonio Casado
Hospital Clínico Universitario San Carlos
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Alejandro Pérez Fidalgo
Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Luis De Sande
Hospital Universitario de León
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Alba Rubio
Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Jerónimo Martínez
Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- phase 1
- Allocation
- NA
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- SINGLE GROUP
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
August 3, 2017
First Posted
September 11, 2017
Study Start
May 31, 2017
Primary Completion
June 30, 2024
Study Completion
June 30, 2024
Last Updated
August 13, 2024
Record last verified: 2024-08