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LEGEND Study: EG-70 in NMIBC Patients BCG-Unresponsive and High-Risk NMIBC Incompletely Treated With BCG or BCG-Naïve
This study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of intravesical administration of detalimogene (EG-70) in the bladder and its effect on bladder tumors in patients with NMIBC.
This study study consists of two phases; a Phase 1 dose-escalation to establish safety and recommended the phase 2 dose, followed by a Phase 2 study to establish how effective the treatment is. The Study will include patients with: NMIBC with CIS for whom BCG therapy is unresponsive, and other high risk patients with NMIBC.
A Substudy will include a surfactant bladder rinse prior to the instillation of detalimogene in patients with NMIBC with CIS for whom BCG therapy is unresponsive.
BCG-unresponsive Patients:
• BCG-unresponsive NMIBC with carcinoma in situ (CIS) with or without coexisting papillary Ta/T1 tumors who are ineligible for or have elected not to undergo cystectomy, and have experienced CIS disease within 12 months of treatment where: adequate BCG regimen consists of at least 2 courses of BCG where the first course (induction) must have included at least 5 or 6 doses and the second course may have included a re-induction (at least 2 treatments) or maintenance (at least 2 doses), and Cis must be documented or indicated by pathology
Phase 2 Only:
• BCG-Naïve or BCG-incompletely treated Patients with CIS or BCG-unresponsive, HG Ta/T1 papillary disease without CIS:
-NMIBC with current Cis of the bladder, with or without coexisting papillary Ta/T1 NMIBC tumor(s), who are ineligible for or have elected not to undergo cystectomy, where: either: cohort 2a) no treatment with BCG but may have previously been treated with at least 1 dose of intravesical chemotherapy following transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) and Cis must be documented or cohort 2b) indicated by pathology incomplete BCG treatment (at least 1 dose and less than the 5+2 doses required for adequate dosing per Cohort 1) or cohort 3) patients who are BCG-unresponsive following adequate treatment, with HG Ta/T1 papillary disease without CIS.
All Patients with High Grade NMIBC:
• Patients who have previously been treated with a checkpoint inhibitor and failed treatment are eligible for inclusion 30 days post-treatment (Phase 1) or 3 months post-treatment (Phase 2).
• Male or non-pregnant, non-lactating female, 18 years or older.
• Women of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test at Screening.
• Female patients of childbearing potential must be willing to consent to using highly effective birth control methods; Male patients are required to utilize a condom for the duration of the study treatment through 3 months post-dose.
• In Phase 2, for patients with T1 lesions may be eligible after repeat TURBT if pathology shows non-invasive (Ta or less) or no disease.
• Performance Status: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group 0, 1, and 2.
• Hematologic inclusion: a. Absolute neutrophil count \>1,500/mm3. b. Hemoglobin \>9.0 g/dL. c. Platelet count \>100,000/mm3.
• Hepatic inclusion: a. Total bilirubin must be ≤1.5 x the upper limit of normal (ULN). b. Aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and alkaline phosphatase ≤2.5 x ULN.
• Adequate renal function with creatinine clearance \>30 mL/min
• Prothrombin time and partial thromboplastin time ≤1.25 x ULN or within the therapeutic range if on anticoagulation therapy.
• Must have satisfactory bladder function with ability to retain study drug for 60 minutes.
Exclusion Criteria:
• Active malignancies (i.e., progressing or requiring treatment change in the last 24 months). Exceptions allowed under Sponsor review.
• Concurrent treatment with any chemotherapeutic agent.
• History of partial cystectomy.
• Treatment with last therapeutic agent (including intravesical chemotherapy post-TURBT) within 30 days of Screening (prior to the screening biopsy).
• Patients who have received systemic immunosuppressive medication including high-dose corticosteroids.
• History of severe asthma or other respiratory diseases.
• History of unresolved vesicoureteral reflux or an indwelling urinary stent.
• History of unresolved hydronephrosis due to ureteral obstruction.
• Participation in any other research protocol involving administration of an investigational agent within 30 Days prior to screening or any prior treatment of NMIBC with any investigational gene or immunotherapy agent.
• History of external beam radiation to the pelvis or prostate brachytherapy within the last 12 months.
• History of interstitial lung disease and/or pneumonitis in patients who have previously received a PD-1 or PD-L1 inhibitor therapy.
• Evidence of metastatic disease.
• History of difficult catheterization that in the opinion of the Investigator will prevent administration of EG-70.
• Active interstitial cystitis on cystoscopy or biopsy.
• Active, uncontrolled bacterial, viral, or fungal infection(s) requiring systemic therapy.
• Known human immunodeficiency virus, Hepatitis B, or Hepatitis C infection.
• Significant cardiovascular risk (e.g., coronary stenting within 8 weeks, myocardial infarction within 6 months).
• Hypersensitivity to any of the excipients of the study drug.
Exclusionary for Bladder Rinse cohorts: known allergy to polidocanol
Testing the Effectiveness of Two Immunotherapy Drugs (Nivolumab and Ipilimumab) With One Anti-cancer Targeted Drug (Cabozantinib) for Rare Genitourinary Tumors
This phase II trial studies how well cabozantinib works in combination with nivolumab and ipilimumab in treating patients with rare genitourinary (GU) tumors that has spread from where it first started (primary site) to other places in the body. Cabozantinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as nivolumab and ipilimumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Giving cabozantinib, nivolumab, and ipilimumab may work better in treating patients with genitourinary tumors that have no treatment options compared to giving cabozantinib, nivolumab, or ipilimumab alone.
* Metastatic disease defined as new or progressive lesions on cross-sectional imaging or bone scan. Patients must have at least:
* One measurable site of disease as per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) version (v) 1.1
* One bone lesion on bone scan (tec99 or sodium fluoride \[NaF\] PET/CT, CT or MRI) for the bone-only cohort.
* Histologically confirmed diagnosis of one of the following metastatic cohorts:
* Small cell/ neuroendocrine carcinoma of the bladder (Cohort A)- All urothelial carcinomas with any amount of neuroendocrine differentiation (including small cell differentiation) will be included. If the tumor is purely neuroendocrine, metastasis from another site of origin should be clinically excluded
* Adenocarcinoma of the bladder, or urachal adenocarcinoma, or bladder/urethra clear cell adenocarcinoma (Cohort B) - must be pure (per World Health Organization \[WHO\] definition), (i.e. urothelial carcinoma with glandular differentiation is not considered a pure adenocarcinoma
* Squamous cell carcinoma of the bladder (Cohort C) - must be pure (i.e. urothelial carcinoma with squamous differentiation is not considered a pure squamous cell carcinoma)
* Plasmacytoid urothelial carcinoma (Cohort D) - Tumor should show predominantly \> or equal \~ 50% plasmacytoid histology (including all types of discohesive growth, such as tumors with signet-ring and/or rhabdoid features as well)
* Any penile cancer (Cohort E)
* Sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma (Cohort F) - Tumor should be predominantly sarcomatoid \~ 50% (including rhabdoid differentiation) is also unclassified renal cell carcinomas (RCCs): all (assuming they are high grade with metastasis) malignant angiomyolipomas are allowed
* Other miscellaneous histologic variants of the urothelial carcinoma, such as, but not limited to (Cohort G) : Micropapillary (Tumor should show predominantly \> or equal 50% micropapillary architecture), giant cell, lipid-rich, clear cell and nested variants (Tumor should predominantly \> or equal 50% show these features), large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma, lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma and mixed patterns will be considered, as well as small cell neuroendocrine prostate cancer (Only treatment-naïve primary small cell of prostate with any amount of small cell component allowed. Post-treatment small cell prostatic carcinomas are not allowed), Malignant testicular Sertoli or Leydig cell tumors, and papillary and chromophobe RCC
* Note: Translocation positive renal cell carcinoma patients are eligible. However, AREN1721 should be considered before this trial
* Sarcomatoid urothelial carcinoma (Cohort H) - Tumor should show predominantly \~ 50% sarcomatoid differentiation
* Renal medullary carcinoma (Cohort I) - Per World Health Organization (WHO) definition, ideally confirmed with immunostains
* Bone-only metastatic GU tumors (non-prostate) (Cohort J) - All genitourinary histologies, except prostate are eligible
* Renal Collecting Duct Carcinoma (Cohort K) - Per WHO definition (medullary involvement, predominant tubular morphology, desmoplastic stromal reaction, high grade cytology, infiltrative growth pattern, and absence of other renal cell carcinoma subtype or urothelial carcinoma)
* Urethra carcinoma (Cohort L) - May be of any histology but if urothelial carcinoma then must be isolated to the urethra and not have metachronous or synchronous urothelial carcinoma of the bladder
* H\&E slides from diagnostic tumor tissue for retrospective central pathology review
* Patients may have received up to 2 systemic anti-cancer treatments or be treatment naive. Patients with small cell carcinoma should have received a platinum-based combination regimen either as neoadjuvant, adjuvant or first-line treatment). Patients in the bone-only cohort may be urothelial carcinoma histology but must receive standard cisplatin-based chemotherapy (if cisplatin-eligible)
* Age \>= 18 years
* Patients must be able to swallow oral formulation of the tablets
* Karnofsky performance status \>= 80%
* Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \>= 1,000/mcL
* Platelet count \>= 75,000/mcL
* Total bilirubin =\< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN). For subjects with known Gilbert's disease or similar syndrome with slow conjugation of bilirubin, total bilirubin =\< 3.0 mg/dL
* Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) =\< 3.0 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) (or =\< 5 x ULN for patients with liver metastases or Gilbert's disease)
* Creatinine =\< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) OR creatinine clearance \>= 40 mL/min/1.73 m\^2 (calculated using the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology \[CKD-EPI\] equation or Cockcroft-Gault formula) for patients with creatinine levels above institutional normal
* Hemoglobin \>= 9 g/dL (transfusion of packed red blood cells \[PRBCs\] allowed)
* Serum albumin \>= 3.2 g/dL
* Lipase and amylase =\< 2.0 x ULN and no radiologic (on baseline anatomical imaging) or clinical evidence of pancreatitis
* Prior treatment with MET or VEGFR inhibitors is allowed. However, prior cabozantinib will not be allowed. Also, patients that have received both prior MET or VEGF and prior PD-1/PD-L1/CTLA-4 (sequentially or in combination) are also not allowed
* No prior treatment with any therapy on the PD-1/PD-L1 axis or anti- CTLA-4/CTLA-4 inhibitors with the exception of patients with "urothelial carcinoma" histology (cohorts D, H, J, L)
* Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients are eligible if on stable dose of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), no clinically significant drug-drug interactions are anticipated with the current HAART regimen, CD4 counts are greater than 350 and viral load is undetectable
* Patients with rheumatoid arthritis and other rheumatologic arthropathies, Sjogren's syndrome and psoriasis controlled with topical medication only and patients with positive serology, such as antinuclear antibodies (ANA), anti-thyroid antibodies etc. are eligible but should be considered for rheumatologic evaluation for the presence of target organ involvement and potential need for systemic treatment
* Patients with vitiligo, endocrine deficiencies including thyroiditis managed with replacement hormones or medications (e.g. thyroiditis managed with propylthiouracil \[PTU\] or methimazole) including physiologic oral corticosteroids are eligible
* Patients who have evidence of active or acute diverticulitis, intra-abdominal abscess, and gastrointestinal (GI) obstruction, within 12 months are not eligible
* Women of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test =\< 7 days prior to registration
* Women of childbearing potential include women who have experienced menarche and who have not undergone successful surgical sterilization (hysterectomy, bilateral tubal ligation, or bilateral oophorectomy) or are not postmenopausal. Post menopause is defined as amenorrhea \>= 12 consecutive months. Note: women who have been amenorrheic for 12 or more months are still considered to be of childbearing potential if the amenorrhea is possibly due to prior chemotherapy, antiestrogens, ovarian suppression or any other reversible reason
* Pregnant women may not participate in this study because with cabozantinib, nivolumab, and ipilimumab have potential for teratogenic or abortifacient effects. Because there is an unknown but potential risk for adverse events in nursing infants secondary to treatment of the mother with cabozantinib, nivolumab, and ipilimumab, breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with these agents
* The patient has received no cytotoxic chemotherapy (including investigational cytotoxic chemotherapy) or biologic agents (e.g., cytokines or antibodies) within 2 weeks before the first dose of study treatment
* The patient has received no radiation therapy:
* To the lungs and mediastinum or abdomen within 4 weeks before the first dose of study treatment, or has ongoing complications, or is healing from prior radiation therapy
* To brain metastasis within 3 weeks for whole-brain radiotherapy (WBXRT), and 2 weeks for stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) before the first dose of study treatment
* To the abdomen within 4 weeks before the first dose of study treatment, or has ongoing complications, or is healing from prior radiation therapy
* To any other site(s) within 2 weeks before the first dose of study treatment
* The patient has received no radionuclide treatment within 6 weeks of the first dose of study treatment
* The patient has received no prior treatment with a small molecule kinase inhibitor within 14 days or five half-lives of the compound or active metabolites, whichever is longer, before the first dose of study treatment
* The patient has received no prior treatment with hormonal therapy within 14 days or five half-lives of the compound or active metabolites, whichever is longer, before the first dose of study treatment. Subjects receiving gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists and antagonists are allowed to participate
* The patient has not received any other type of investigational agent within 14 days before the first dose of study treatment
* The patient must have recovered to baseline or Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) =\< grade 1 from toxicity due to all prior therapies except alopecia, neuropathy and other non-clinically significant adverse events (AEs) defined as lab elevation with no associated symptoms or sequelae
* The patient may not have active brain metastases or epidural disease. Patients with brain metastases previously treated with whole brain radiation or radiosurgery who are asymptomatic and do not require steroid treatment for at least 2 weeks before starting study treatment are eligible. Neurosurgical resection of brain metastases or brain biopsy is permitted if completed at least 3 months before starting study treatment. Baseline brain imaging with contrast-enhanced CT or MRI scans for subjects with known brain metastases is required to confirm eligibility
* No concomitant treatment with warfarin. Aspirin (up to 325 mg/day), thrombin or factor Xa inhibitors, low-dose warfarin (=\< 1 mg/day), prophylactic and therapeutic low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) are permitted
* No chronic concomitant treatment with strong CYP3A4 inducers (e.g., dexamethasone, phenytoin, carbamazepine, rifampin, rifabutin, rifapentine, phenobarbital, and St. John's wort) or strong CYP3A4 inhibitors
* Because the lists of these agents are constantly changing, it is important to regularly consult medical reference texts such as the Physicians' Desk Reference may also provide this information. As part of the enrollment/informed consent procedures, the patient will be counseled on the risk of interactions with other agents, and what to do if new medications need to be prescribed or if the patient is considering a new over-the-counter medicine or herbal product
* The patient has not experienced any of the following:
* Clinically-significant gastrointestinal bleeding within 6 months before the first dose of study treatment
* Hemoptysis of \>= 0.5 teaspoon (2.5 mL) of red blood per day within 1 months before the first dose of study treatment
* Any other signs indicative of pulmonary hemorrhage within 3 months before the first dose of study treatment
* The patient has no tumor invading any major blood vessels
* The patient has no evidence of tumor invading the GI tract (esophagus, stomach, small or large bowel, rectum or anus), or any evidence of endotracheal or endobronchial tumor within 28 days before the first dose of cabozantinib. Patients with rectal tumor masses are not eligible
* The patient has no uncontrolled, significant intercurrent or recent illness including, but not limited to, the following conditions:
* Cardiovascular disorders including:
* Congestive heart failure (CHF): New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III (moderate) or class IV (severe) at the time of screening.
* Concurrent uncontrolled hypertension defined as sustained blood pressure (BP) \> 150 mm Hg systolic, or \> 90 mm Hg diastolic despite optimal antihypertensive treatment within 7 days of the first dose of study treatment
* The subject has a corrected QT interval calculated by the Fridericia formula (QTcF) \> 500 ms within 28 days before randomization. Note: if initial QTcF is found to be \> 500 ms, two additional electrocardiograms (EKGs) separated by at least 3 minutes should be performed. If the average of these three consecutive results for QTcF is =\< 500 ms, the subject meets eligibility in this regard
* Any history of congenital long QT syndrome
* Any of the following within 6 months before registration of study treatment:
* Unstable angina pectoris
* Clinically-significant cardiac arrhythmias (patients with atrial fibrillation are eligible)
* Stroke (including transient ischemic attack \[TIA\], or other ischemic event)
* Myocardial infarction
* Cardiomyopathy
* No significant gastrointestinal disorders particularly those associated with a high risk of perforation or fistula formation including:
* Any of the following that have not resolved within 28 days before the first dose of study treatment:
* Active peptic ulcer disease
* Acute diverticulitis, cholecystitis, symptomatic cholangitis or appendicitis, or malabsorption syndrome
* None of the following within 2 years before the first dose of study treatment:
* Abdominal fistula or genitourinary fistula
* Gastrointestinal perforation
* Bowel obstruction or gastric outlet obstruction
* Intra-abdominal abscess. Note: Complete resolution of an intra-abdominal abscess must be confirmed prior to initiating treatment with cabozantinib even if the abscess occurred more than 2 years before the first dose of study treatment
* Disorders associated with a high risk of fistula formation including percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement are not eligible
* No other clinically significant disorders such as:
* Severe active infection requiring IV systemic treatment within 14 days before the first dose of study treatment
* Serious non-healing wound/ulcer/bone fracture within 28 days before the first dose of study treatment
* History of organ or allogeneic stem cell transplant
* Concurrent uncompensated hypothyroidism or thyroid dysfunction within 7 days before the first dose of study treatment (for asymptomatic patients with an elevated thyroid-stimulating hormone \[TSH\], thyroid replacement may be initiated if clinically indicated without delaying the start of study treatment)
* No history of major surgery as follows:
* Major surgery within 3 months of the first dose of cabozantinib; however, if there were no wound healing complications, patients with rapidly growing aggressive cancers, may start as soon as 6 weeks if wound has completely healed post-surgery
* Minor surgery within 1 month of the first dose of cabozantinib if there were no wound healing complications or within 3 months of the first dose of cabozantinib if there were wound complications excluding core biopsies and mediport placement
* Complete wound healing from prior surgery must be confirmed before the first dose of cabozantinib irrespective of the time from surgery
* No history of severe hypersensitivity reaction to any monoclonal antibody
* No evidence of active malignancy, requiring systemic treatment within 2 years of registration
* No history of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to cabozantinib, nivolumab, ipilimumab or other agents used in study
* No positive test for hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBV sAg) or hepatitis C virus ribonucleic acid (HCV antibody) indicating acute or chronic infection. If HBV sAG is positive, subsequent ribonucleic acid (RNA) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) must be negative
* No patients with active autoimmune disease or history of autoimmune disease that might recur, which may affect vital organ function or require immune suppressive treatment including systemic corticosteroids. These include, but are not limited to patients with a history of immune related neurologic disease, multiple sclerosis, autoimmune (demyelinating) neuropathy, Guillain-Barre syndrome, myasthenia gravis; systemic autoimmune disease such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), connective tissue diseases, scleroderma, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), Crohn's, ulcerative colitis, hepatitis; and patients with a history of toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), Stevens-Johnson syndrome, or phospholipid syndrome should be excluded because of the risk of recurrence or exacerbation of disease
Testing an Immunotherapy Anti-cancer Drug, Nivolumab, for Advanced Cancers in Patients With Autoimmune Disorders, AIM-NIVO
This phase Ib trial studies the side effects of nivolumab and to see how well it works alone and in combination with other treatments, such as ipilimumab, cabozantinib, platinum containing therapy, and fluoropyrimidine, in treating patients with autoimmune disorders and cancer that has spread from where it first started (primary site) to nearby tissue, lymph nodes, or distant parts of the body (advanced), to other places in the body (metastatic) or cannot removed by surgery (unresectable). Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as nivolumab and ipilimumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Cabozantinib blocks certain proteins, which may help keep tumor cells from growing. It may also prevent the growth of new blood vessels that tumors need to grow. Cabozantinib is a type of tyrosine kinase inhibitor and a type of angiogenesis inhibitor. Chemotherapy drugs, such as platinum containing therapies and fluoropyrimidine, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Giving nivolumab alone and in combination with other treatments, including ipilimumab, cabozantinib, platinum containing therapy, or fluoropyrimidine, may be safe, tolerable, and/or effective in treating patients with autoimmune disorders and advanced, metastatic, or unresectable cancer.
* Patients can have either histologically confirmed malignancy that is radiologically evaluable and metastatic or unresectable, or have a malignancy for which a PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor has been approved in the adjuvant setting, as well as the neoadjuvant or perioperative setting in which such treatment is considered standard of care or has been approved. Eligible tumor types include solid tumors and malignancies in which there is known evidence of clinical activity for single agent PD-1 or PD-L1 antibodies. Nivolumab or other PD1/PD-L1 inhibitors are FDA-approved for the treatment of melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), Merkel cell cancer, bladder cancer, renal cell carcinoma (RCC), gastric cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), cervical cancer, head and neck cancer, Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), metastatic small cell lung cancer (SCLC), and any solid tumor with microsatellite instability (MSI)-high status confirmed. Patients with HL are eligible but must follow standard response criteria. Additional tumor types may be eligible on a case by case basis upon discussion with principal investigator (PI)
* Patients enrolling on the trial for adjuvant use will be restricted to those with histology for which a PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor has been approved in the adjuvant setting including but not limited to NSCLC, melanoma, RCC, cervical cancer, and bladder cancer
* Patients enrolled on the study can receive Nivolumab with other FDA-approved combinations according to the FDA package insert, including, but not limited to ipilimumab, cabozantinib or chemotherapy
* Patients who have previously received other forms of immunotherapy (high-dose \[HD\] IL-2, IFN, CTLA-4) are allowed. Patients must not have received cytokine immunotherapy for at least 4 weeks before nivolumab administration. Patients who have received prior anti-CTLA4 will be allowed and the washout period is 6 weeks
* Age \>= 18 years; children are excluded from this study but may be eligible for future pediatric phase 1 combination trials
* Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 2 (Karnofsky \>= 60)
* Life expectancy of greater than 12 weeks
* Leukocytes \>= 1,000/mcL
* Absolute neutrophil count \>= 500/mcL
* Platelets \>= 50,000/mcL
* Total bilirubin =\< 2 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN)
* Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase \[SGOT\])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase \[SGPT\]) =\< 5 x institutional ULN or =\< 8 x institutional ULN for patients with liver metastases or an autoimmune disease that is contributing to the elevation of these values
* Creatinine ULN OR glomerular filtration rate (GFR) \>= 30 mL/min (if using the Cockcroft-Gault formula)
* Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients on effective antiretroviral therapy with undetectable viral load within 6 months are eligible for this trial
* If evidence of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, HBV viral load must be undetectable on suppressive therapy if indicated
* If history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, must be treated with undetectable HCV viral load
* Patients with new or progressive brain metastases (active brain metastases) or leptomeningeal disease are eligible if the treating physician determines that immediate central nervous system (CNS) specific treatment is not required and is unlikely to be required for at least 4 weeks (or scheduled assessment after the first cycle of treatment), and a risk-benefit analysis (discussion) by the patient and the investigator favors participation in the clinical trial
* The effects of nivolumab on the developing human fetus are unknown. For this reason, women of child-bearing potential (WOCBP) and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation. WOCBP receiving nivolumab will be instructed to adhere to contraception for a period of 5 months after the last dose of investigational product. Men receiving nivolumab and who are sexually active with WOCBP will be instructed to adhere to contraception for a period of 7 months after the last dose of investigational product
* Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test (minimum sensitivity 25 IU/L or equivalent units of human chorionic gonadotropin \[HCG\]) within 24 hours prior to the start of nivolumab. Women must not be breastfeeding. Women who are not of childbearing potential (i.e., who are postmenopausal or surgically sterile as well as azoospermic men) do not require contraception
* WOCBP is defined as any female who has experienced menarche and who has not undergone surgical sterilization (hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy), tubal ligation, or who is not postmenopausal. Menopause is defined clinically as 12 months of amenorrhea in a woman over 45 in the absence of other biological or physiological causes. In addition, women under the age of 55 must have a documented serum follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) level less than 40 mIU/mL
* These durations have been calculated using the upper limit of the half-life for nivolumab (25 days) and are based on the protocol requirement that WOCBP use contraception for 5 half-lives plus 30 days, and men who are sexually active with WOCBP use contraception for 5 half-lives plus 90 days
* Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while she or her partner is participating in this study, she (or the participating partner) should inform the treating physician immediately. Patients can resume treatment upon termination of a pregnancy or the completion of a successful pregnancy
* Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document
* Patients with more than one autoimmune disease are eligible. The treating physician would determine which autoimmune disease is dominant and the patient would be treated under that specific cohort (Please note: Patients with more than one autoimmune disease should receive assessments for all previously diagnosed autoimmune diseases. For example, a patient with psoriasis and IBD might be enrolled in the IBD cohort. Disease assessments for both psoriasis and IBD should be obtained, as per protocol. Case report forms \[CRFs\] for all relevant autoimmune diseases should be utilized. However, all additional cohort requirements will be considered optional and only the assessments from the assigned cohort will be considered mandatory)
* DM/SSc-SPECIFIC INCLUSION: Patients with known SSc or DM according to updated classification criteria (Van den Hoogan et al., Arthritis Rheum 2013;65(11):2737-47; Lundberg et al., A\&R in press). Overlap features are permitted, but patients must meet criteria for a "primary diagnosis" of DM or SSc
* DM/SSc-SPECIFIC INCLUSION: Patients may be on any concurrent therapy for DM or SSc unless specifically excluded
* DM/SSc-SPECIFIC INCLUSION: Patients must have a baseline computed tomography (CT) of the chest (within 6 months of study entry)
* RA-SPECIFIC INCLUSION: Rheumatologist-diagnosed RA requiring prior treatment with disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) before patient was diagnosed with current malignancy. We recommend, but do not require, documentation for meeting 2010 American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) classification criteria for RA
* RA-SPECIFIC INCLUSION: Prednisone up to 10 mg/day will be allowed. Intraarticular steroids will be allowed for the treatment of new symptomatic joints
* RA-SPECIFIC INCLUSION: Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) will be allowed
* SLE-SPECIFIC INCLUSION: SLE diagnosed by a rheumatologist. The patient should meet the revised 1997 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) classification criteria for SLE, but this is not mandatory
* ULCERATIVE COLITIS (UC)-SPECIFIC INCLUSION: Diagnosis of UC must be made by endoscopy with biopsies
* UC-SPECIFIC INCLUSION: Complete colonoscopy with biopsies during study screening, within 8 weeks before initial nivolumab administration, or within 4 weeks after initial nivolumab administration
* UC-SPECIFIC INCLUSION: Patients must test negative for hepatitis B (antigen \[Ag\] negative, antibody \[core (c)Ab\] negative, antibody \[surface (s)Ab\] positive or negative) and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (purified-protein- derivative \[PPD\] or enzyme-linked immunospot assay \[ELISpot or T-spot\]) or be on appropriate anti-microbial treatment for these infections
* UC-SPECIFIC INCLUSION: Mild Disease Cohort: Patients must be in clinical remission, defined as a Mayo Clinic score (MCS) of 2 or lower and no subscore higher than 1, and an endoscopic subscore of 0 or 1 either without medications, or treated with 5-ASA derivative, probiotic, or prior fecal transplant
* UC-SPECIFIC INCLUSION: Moderate Disease Cohort: Patients must be in clinical remission, defined as a MCS of 2 or lower and no subscore higher than 1, and an endoscopic subscore of 0 or 1 on 6-mercaptopurine, azathioprine, methotrexate, or rectal hydrocortisone, budesonide, or one of these medications in combination with any of the medications listed in the Mild cohort
* UC-SPECIFIC INCLUSION: Severe Disease Cohort (A or B): Patients must either be A) in clinical remission, defined as a MCS of 2 or lower and no subscore higher than 1, and an endoscopic subscore of 0 or 1 on a biologic therapy targeting tumor necrosis alpha (TNF-α) (infliximab, adalimumab, golimumab, or other approved agent in this class), α4β7 integrin (vedolizumab or other approved agent in this class), selective JAK1 inhibitor (upadacitinib or other approved agent in this class), IL-23p19 inhibitors (risankizumab or other approved agent in this class), selective sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor (S1PR) inhibitors (ozanimod, etrasimod or other approved agent in this class), or one of these biologic therapies in combination with any of the medications listed in the Mild or Moderate cohort, or B) have mild active disease defined as a MCS of 3-5 and no subscore higher than 2, and an endoscopic subscore of \< 2 on one of the medications or combination of medications defined for the Moderate or Mild cohort
* CROHN'S DISEASE (CD)-SPECIFIC INCLUSION: Complete colonoscopy with biopsies during study screening, within 8 weeks before initial nivolumab administration, or within 4 weeks after initial nivolumab administration
* CD-SPECIFIC INCLUSION: If patients have prior known disease in the stomach or small intestines, appropriate endoscopic evaluation (esophagogastroduodenoscopy/video capsule endoscopy) and/or imaging (computed tomography or magnetic resonance enterography) must also be current within 4 weeks prior to nivolumab administration
* CD-SPECIFIC INCLUSION: Deep enteroscopy techniques, such as double balloon enteroscopy, will not be required
* CD-SPECIFIC INCLUSION: Patients must test negative for hepatitis B (sAg negative, cAb negative, sAb positive or negative) and M. tuberculosis (PPD or ELISpot or T-spot) or be on appropriate anti-microbial treatment for these infections
* CD-SPECIFIC INCLUSION: Mild Disease Cohort: Patients must be in clinical remission as defined by a Crohn's Disease Activity Index (CDAI) \< 150 either without treatment or on a 5-ASA derivative, probiotic, antibiotics, or following fecal transplant
* CD-SPECIFIC INCLUSION: Moderate Disease Cohort: Patients must be in clinical remission as defined by a CDAI \< 150 on 6-mercaptopurine, azathioprine, methotrexate, rectal hydrocortisone, budesonide, or one of these medications in combination with any of the medications listed in the Mild cohort
* CD-SPECIFIC INCLUSION: Severe Disease Cohort (A or B): Patients must either A) be in clinical remission as defined by a CDAI \< 150 on biologic therapy targeting TNF-α (infliximab, adalimumab, certolizumab pegol, or other approved agent in this class), IL-12/23p40 (Ustekinumab or other approved agent in this class), α4β7 integrin (vedolizumab or other approved agent in this class), selective JAK1 inhibitor (upadacitinib or other approved agent in this class), selective sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor (S1PR) inhibitors (ozanimod, etrasimod or other approved agent in this class), or one of these biologic therapies in combination with any of the medications listed in the Mild or Moderate cohort, or B) have mild active disease as defined by a CDAI of 150 to 220 on one of medications or combination of medications defined for the Moderate or Mild cohort
* OTHER AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES- NS-SPECIFIC INCLUSION: For other autoimmune diseases that cannot be classified, the eligibility criteria will be determined by the managing rheumatologist or other autoimmune disease specialist, based on the clinical judgement and current American College of Radiology (ACR) classification guidelines or other relevant guidelines, as per the disease category in question
* OTHER AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES- NS-SPECIFIC INCLUSION: For giant cell arteritis (GCA), patients must have had positive temporal artery biopsy for GCA and abnormal erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) at time of diagnosis
* OTHER AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES- NS-SPECIFIC INCLUSION: For polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), patients must have clinical diagnosis in addition to elevated inflammatory markers including (ESR, C reactive protein \[CRP\])
* OTHER AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES- NS-SPECIFIC INCLUSION: Patients can be in remission (with no glucocorticoids or immunosuppressive medications) or have low-moderate activity, which is defined as being on prednisone ≤ 10 mg or equivalent
* MS-SPECIFIC INCLUSION: Patients must meet 2017 McDonald criteria for the diagnosis of MS (Thompson AJ, et al. Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: 2017 revision of the McDonald criteria. Lancet Neurol. 17(2):162-173.)
* MS-SPECIFIC INCLUSION: Patients with MS can be in remission and can have a history of being on immunomodulatory agents, but at the time of entry into the clinical trial, patients should be off any concurrent MS therapy for at least 2 weeks. Patients can resume concurrent MS therapy 2 weeks after Nivolumab initiation. Patients in the MS2 cohort may be receiving contemporary multiple sclerosis disease modifying therapies, including but not limited to anti CD20 agents (ocrelizumab, rituximab, ofatumumab, ublituximab), sphingosine 1 phosphate (S1P) modulators (fingolimod, siponimod, ozanimod, ponesimod), cladribine, or other FDA approved MS therapies
* MS-SPECIFIC INCLUSION: Patients must have neurologic stability for at least 4 weeks prior to nivolumab initiation
* SJS-SPECIFIC INCLUSION: SjS diagnosed by a rheumatologist or oral medicine provider. The patient should meet the American-European Consensus Criteria for Sjögren's Syndrome (Vitali, et al., 2002). If on treatment, the patient may only be on hydroxychloroquine and prednisone ≤ 10 mg or equivalent
* PSO/PSA-SPECIFIC INCLUSION: Patients with known PsO as diagnosed by a dermatologist or PsA by a rheumatologist and/or by Classification for Psoriatic Arthritis (CASPAR) criteria (Tillett et al., 2012)
* PSO/PSA-SPECIFIC INCLUSION: Patients must have stable disease as determined by the investigator with no change in systemic therapy and/or biologic therapy for at least 3 months, except for those on tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors. In the case of TNF inhibition, patients may have transitioned to an alternative biologic therapy with stable disease for at least 4 weeks. For PsA, no change in corticosteroid therapy for at least 1 month prior to baseline and dose must be 10 mg or less
* PSO/PSA-SPECIFIC INCLUSION: Patients may be on any concurrent therapy for PsO or PsA unless specifically excluded
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patients who have had chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 2 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) prior to entering the study or those who have not recovered from adverse events (AEs) due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier have not resolved or stabilized. Palliative (limited-field) radiation therapy (RT) is permitted (2 week washout from start of treatment), if all of the following criteria are met:
* Repeat imaging demonstrates no new sites of bone metastases
* The lesion being considered for palliative radiation is not a target lesion
* Patients with prior therapy with an anti-PD-1 or anti-PD-L1
* Patients with prior allogeneic hematologic transplant
* Patients who are receiving any other anticancer investigational agents
* 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
* Patients with thymoma concurrent with myasthenia gravis
* UC-SPECIFIC EXCLUSION: Patients who have received ipilimumab treatment
* UC-SPECIFIC EXCLUSION: Prior colectomy
* UC-SPECIFIC EXCLUSION: Concurrent primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). Patients with PSC can be enrolled on the Other Autoimmune Diseases Cohorts
* UC-SPECIFIC EXCLUSION: Patients on empiric immunosuppressive treatment without any clinical workup
* CD-SPECIFIC EXCLUSION: Known untreated abscesses, untreated and symptomatic strictures, short gut physiology, or isolated jejunal disease
* CD-SPECIFIC EXCLUSION: Patients who have received ipilimumab treatment
* CD-SPECIFIC EXCLUSION: Patients on empiric immunosuppressive treatment without any clinical workup
* MS-SPECIFIC EXCLUSION: Patients with MS cannot have medical contraindications to gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Converting HR+ Breast Cancer Into an Individualized Vaccine (CBCV)
Newly diagnosed post-menopausal women with clinical stage II-III, HR+HER2- breast cancer are eligible to a randomized trial, concurrently open at five US academic institutions. Patients receiving 4 months of standard neoadjuvant hormonal therapy with letrozole are randomly assigned to one of 4 arms of a trial testing focal hypo-fractionated RT alone or with immunotherapy combinations.
* Post-menopausal female ≥ 18 years of age (Post-menopausal status defined as either 1) at least 2 years without menstrual period or 2) or patients older than 50 with serological evidence of post-menopausal status or 3) hysterectomized patients of any age with FSH confirmation of post-menopausal status.
* Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-1
* Biopsy proven diagnosis of ER+ PR+ or PR- HER2- breast cancer.
* Clinical stage I(\>1.5cm, if N0) - III breast cancer, as per AJCC staging 8th edition.
* Patient needs to be able to understand and demonstrate willingness to sign a written informed consent document.
Adequate bone marrow reserve and liver function:
WBC ≥ 2000/uL Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1500/μL Platelets ≥100 000/μL Hemoglobin ≥9.0 g/dL or ≥5.6 mmol/La Creatinine OR Measured or calculated creatinine clearance (GFR can also be used in place of creatinine or CrCl) ≤1.5 × ULN OR ≥30 mL/min for participant with creatinine levels \>1.5 × institutional ULN Total bilirubin ≤1.5 ×ULN OR direct bilirubin ≤ULN for participants with total bilirubin levels \>1.5 × ULN AST (SGOT) and ALT (SGPT) ≤2.5 × ULN (≤5 × ULN for participants with liver metastases) International normalized ratio (INR) OR prothrombin time (PT) Activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) ≤1.5 × ULN unless participant is receiving anticoagulant therapy as long as PT or aPTT is within therapeutic range of intended use of anticoagulants
Exclusion Criteria:
* Active connective tissue disorders, such as lupus or scleroderma requiring flare therapy
* Current use of systemic chemotherapy, endoctine therap or HER2-neu targeted therapy
* Post surgical excision of breast cancer.
* Previous radiotherapy of the same breast.
* Has received prior therapy with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti-PD-L2 agent or with an agent directed to another stimulatory or co-inhibitory T-cell receptor (eg, CTLA-4, OX-40, CD137).
* Inability to obtain histologic proof of breast cancer
* Has received a live vaccine within 30 days prior to the first dose of study drug.
Examples of live vaccines include, but are not limited to, the following: measles, mumps, rubella, varicella/zoster (chicken pox), yellow fever, rabies, Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), and typhoid vaccine. Seasonal influenza vaccines for injection are generally killed virus vaccines and are allowed; however, intranasal influenza vaccines (eg, FluMist®) are live attenuated vaccines and are not allowed.
* Is currently participating in or has participated in a study of an investigational agent or has used an investigational device within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of study treatment. Note: Participants who have entered the follow-up phase of an investigational study may participate as long as it has been 4 weeks after the last dose of the previous investigational agent.
* Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy (in dosing exceeding 10 mg daily of prednisone equivalent) or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the first dose of study drug.
* Has a known additional malignancy (second primary) that is progressing or has required active treatment within the past 3 years. Note: Participants with basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, or carcinoma in situ (e.g. cervical cancer in situ) that have undergone potentially curative therapy are not excluded.
* Has severe hypersensitivity (≥Grade 3) to pembrolizumab and/or any of its excipients.
* Has active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years (i.e. with use of disease modifying agents, corticosteroids or immunosuppressive drugs). Replacement therapy (eg., thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency, etc.) is not considered a form of systemic treatment.
* Has a history of (non-infectious) pneumonitis that required steroids or has current pneumonitis.
* Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy.Has a known history of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Note: No HIV testing is required unless mandated by local health authority.
* Has a known history of Hepatitis B (defined as Hepatitis B surface antigen \[HBsAg\] reactive) or known active Hepatitis C virus (defined as HCV RNA \[qualitative\] is detected) infection. Note: no testing for Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C is required unless mandated by local health authority.
* Has a known history of active TB (Bacillus Tuberculosis). Note: optional based on country.
* Has known psychiatric or substance abuse disorders that would interfere with cooperation with the requirements of the trial.
RADIATION: Focal Radiation therapy, DRUG: Pembrolizumab (200mg IV for 30 minutes, BIOLOGICAL: CDX-301
Breast Cancer, Breast - Female
UT Southwestern; Parkland Health & Hospital System
S1501 Dual Observational and Randomized Cohort Study of Patients With Metastatic HER-2+ Breast Cancer at Risk of Cardiac Toxicity
This trial has two cohorts of patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER)-2-positive breast cancer that has spread to other places in the body. All patients must be receiving trastuzumab-based treatment. Both cohorts are being observed for cardiac toxicity. The largest cohort (currently open to accrual) is observational, and contains patients who are taking a beta blocker, ACE inhibitor, or ARB as well as their trastuzumab-based treatment. The goal is to understand how common cardiac problems are in this group of patients at high risk. The smaller cohort (currently closed to accrual) is randomized. Patients in this second cohort are randomized to either carvedilol or no treatment, with the goal of seeing whether carvedilol (used to treat heart failure and high blood pressure) may prevent the heart from side effects of chemotherapy.
* STEP 1 REGISTRATION
Patients must:
• Have metastatic breast cancer, AND
• Be initiating within 11 calendar days of Step 1 Registration OR be continuing trastuzumab-based HER-2 targeted therapy without concurrent anthracyclines, AND
• Be receiving the trastuzumab-based HER-2 targeted therapy for metastatic disease in first, second, third-, or fourth-line setting. Patients may have brain metastasis. There is no limit for number of doses of HER-2 targeted therapy prior to registration.
Examples of eligible HER-2 targeted therapy:
* Trastuzumab or a trastuzumab biosimilar
* Trastuzumab + chemotherapy or hormonal therapy
* Trastuzumab + other HER-2 targeted agent with or without chemotherapy (such as pertuzumab, lapatinib, and tucatinib)
* Ado-trastuzumab (Kadcyla®)
* Fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan (Enhertu) NOTE: Patients on lapatinib without trastuzumab are not eligible. Planned treatment with concurrent HER-2 targeted therapy and anthracyclines is not permitted.
* Patients must be at increased risk for cardiotoxicity defined by at least one of the following:
• Previous anthracycline exposure OR
• 1 or more of the following risk factors for heart disease:
* LVEF 50-54% by local ECHO read\*
* Age ≥ 65
* BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2
* Current or prior anti-hypertensive therapy
* Diagnosis of coronary artery disease (CAD)
* Diagnosis of diabetes mellitus
* Diagnosis of atrial fibrillation/flutter Note: ECHO can be performed at any time prior to registration with the most recent being sent.
* Patients must not have taken within 21 days prior to Step 1 Registration, be currently taking at the time of Step 1 Registration or planning to take once registered to Step 1 a beta blocker, ARB, or ACE inhibitor, in order to be randomized (Arms 1 and 2).
Patients enrolling in the observational cohort (Arm 3) must be currently taking a beta blocker, ARB, or ACE inhibitor at the time of Step 1 Registration.
* Patients must have a Zubrod Performance status of 0-2
* Patients must have a complete physical examination and medical history within 28 days prior to registration
* Patients must have LVEF \>= 50% echocardiogram (2D or 3D) within 28 days prior to registration. The echocardiogram must be obtained from a S1501 validated ECHO laboratory (lab) and submitted for central review by the S1501 ECHO core lab.
If a 3D echocardiogram is performed at baseline, sites must ensure that standard 2D images, including 40chamber and 2-chamber views, are also obtained and submitted at subsequent timepoints.
All follow-up echocardiograms (every 12 weeks) must be performed using 2D imaging to allow for standardized assessments. Follow-up scans must be completed at a site that can provide 2D images per protocol requirements. The echocardiograms cannot be submitted for central read until after Step 1 registration is complete.
* Patients must have adequate hepatic function as evidenced by all of the following within 28 days prior to registration:
* Serum bilirubin \< 3.0 x institutional upper limit of normal (IULN)
* Serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT)/aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT)/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) \< 5.0 x IULN
* Patients must not be dialysis dependent
* No other prior malignancy is allowed except for the following: adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, in situ cervical cancer, prostate cancer on active surveillance, adequately treated stage I or II cancer from which the patient is currently in complete remission, or any other cancer from which the patient has been disease free for five years
* Patients must not be pregnant or nursing due to potential fetal or nursing infant harm; women/men of reproductive potential must have agreed to use an effective contraceptive method, a woman is considered to be of "reproductive potential" if she has had menses at any time in the preceding 12 consecutive months; in addition to routine contraceptive methods, "effective contraception" also includes heterosexual celibacy and surgery intended to prevent pregnancy (or with a side-effect of pregnancy prevention) defined as a hysterectomy, bilateral oophorectomy or bilateral tubal ligation; however, if at any point a previously celibate patient chooses to become heterosexually active during the time period for use of contraceptive measures outlined in the protocol, he/she is responsible for beginning contraceptive measures
* Patients must be willing to submit blood specimens
* Sites must seek additional patient consent for the future use of specimens
* Patients must be informed of the investigational nature of this study and must sign and give written informed consent in accordance with institutional and federal guidelines
* For participants with impaired decision-making capabilities, legally authorized representatives may sign and give informed consent on behalf of study participants in accordance with applicable federal, local, and CIRB regulations.
* As a part of the OPEN registration process the treating institution's identity is provided in order to ensure that the current (within 365 days) date of institutional review board approval for this study has been entered in the system
* STEP 2 REGISTRATION (Randomization)
* Patients must not be registered to step 2 until confirming via RAVE EDC that the patient's LVEF by echocardiogram was \>= 50% by central review. Patients must be registered within 21 calendar days of submission of the ECHO study/
* Site must verify that there is no known change in the step 1 eligibility since initial registration
Cardiotoxicity, HER2/Neu Positive, Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Brain, Recurrent Breast Carcinoma, Stage IV Breast Cancer AJCC v6 and v7, Breast - Female
Phase 1 Dose-escalating Study of MM-398 (Irinotecan Sucrosofate Liposome Injection) Plus Intravenous Cyclophosphamide in Recurrent or Refractory Pediatric Solid Tumors
This is a Phase 1 study of the combination of two drugs: MM-398 and Cyclophosphamide. The
goal is to find the highest dose of MM-398 that can be given safely when it is used together
with the chemotherapy drug Cyclophosphamide.
• Histologically or cytologically-confirmed Ewing sarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma,
neuroblastoma, or osteosarcoma
• Disease progression after prior therapy in locally advanced or metastatic setting
• Measurable or evaluable disease based on the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid
Tumors (RECIST v1.1) criteria
• Age 12 months to <21 years
• Adequate bone marrow reserves, hepatic function, and renal function
• Recovered from effects of any prior surgery or cancer therapy
• Patients 18 years or older will provide written consent. A parent or legal guardian of
a patient <18 years of age will provide informed consent and patients 11 to 18 years
of age will provide written assent or as per participating institutional policy.
Exclusion Criteria:
• Clinically significant gastrointestinal disorders
• NYHA Class III or IV congestive heart failure, ventricular arrhythmias or uncontrolled
blood pressure
• Active infection or unexplained fever
• Known hypersensitivity to any of the components of MM-398 or other liposomal products
• Recent Investigational therapy
• Pregnant or breast feeding; females of child-bearing potential must test negative for
pregnancy at the time of enrollment
Drug: MM-398 (Irinotecan Sucrosofate Liposome Injection) plus cyclophosphamide
Recurrent or Refractory Solid Tumors, Ewing Sarcoma, Rhabdomyosarcoma, Neuroblastoma, Osteosarcoma, Anus, Bones and Joints, Brain and Nervous System, Breast - Female, Breast - Male, Cervix, Colon, Corpus Uteri, Ear, Esophagus, Eye and Orbit, Gall Bladder, Head and Neck, Hodgkins Lymphoma, Kaposis sarcoma, Kidney, Larynx, Lip, Oral Cavity and Pharynx, Liver, Lung/Thoracic, Melanoma, skin, Mycosis Fungoides, Nose, Other Digestive Organ, Other Endocrine System, Other Female Genital, Other Hematopoietic, Other Male Genital, Other Respiratory and Intrathoracic Organs, Other Skin, Other Urinary, Ovary, Pancreas, Prostate, Rectum, Sarcoma, Small Intestine, Soft Tissue, Stomach, Throat, Thyroid, Urinary Bladder, Uterine (Endometrial), Vulva
GammaPod Registry and Quality of Life Nomogram (GCC 1876)
This study is a prospective, single arm study (registry) summarizing patient-level
adverse-event and tumor outcomes as well as a number of feasibility and dosimetric
characteristics of delivering a single-fraction boost with the GammaPod.
• The patient must sign consent for study participation.
• The patient must be female and have a diagnosis of an invasive or non-invasive breast
cancer that was treated surgically by a partial mastectomy.
• The patient must be deemed an appropriate candidate for breast conserving therapy
(i.e. not pregnant, never had radiation to the treated breast, breast size would allow
adequate cosmesis after volume loss from partial mastectomy).
• Patients with involved lymph nodes are candidates for the study.
• Surgical margins are negative for invasive (no tumor on ink) or non-invasive breast
cancer (2 mm negative margin).
• The greatest dimension of the tumor is less than 4cm before surgery.
• Multifocal disease is allowed if it was removed by a single lumpectomy resection and
the patient remained a candidate for breast conservation.
• Age 18 years and older.
• Women of childbearing potential (pre-menopausal defined as having a menstrual period
within the past 1 year) must have a negative serum pregnancy test or complete a
pregnancy waiver form per institutional policy.
• The surgical cavity is clearly visible on CT images. Of note, clips are not required
but recommended.
• The patient must weigh less than 150Kg (330lb), which is the limit of the imaging
couch.
• The patient must be less than 6'6" in height.
• The patient must feel comfortable in the prone position.
• Diagnosis of prior contralateral breast cancer is allowed.
• Diagnosis of synchronous bilateral cancers is allowed. In this case if bilateral
boosts are required, a patient would not have both treatments on the same day.
• Oncoplastic reduction surgery is allowed if the lumpectomy cavity can be clearly
visualized.
Exclusion Criteria:
• Patients with proven multi-centric carcinoma (tumors in different quadrants of the
breast or tumor separated by at least 4 cm).
• Prior radiation therapy to that breast or that hemi thorax.
• Unable to fit into the immobilization breast cup with an adequate seal.
• Male gender.
• Patient cannot comfortably be set up in the prone position (i.e. physical disability)
• Unable to fit into the breast immobilization device due to breast size or other
anatomical reason.
• Mastectomy is the surgery performed.
• Patient has received prior radiotherapy to the involved breast.
• Tumor bed is less than 3 mm from the skin surface.
• Greater than 50% of the target volume is above the upper border of the table.
• Patients with skin involvement, regardless of tumor size.
• Patients with connective tissue disorders specifically systemic lupus erythematosis,
scleroderma, or dermatomyositis.
• Patients with psychiatric or addictive disorders that would preclude obtaining
informed consent.
• Patients who are pregnant or lactating due to potential exposure of the fetus to RT
and unknown effects of RT to lactating females.
• Patients with breast implants/tissue expanders or flap reconstruction.
Radiation: Quality Of Life Sizing Nomogram
Breast Cancer Female, Breast - Female
Breast Nomogram, Breast Cancer Quality of Life, GammaPod Registry
UT Southwestern; Parkland Health & Hospital System
Testicular Tissue Cryopreservation for Fertility Preservation
Testicular tissue cryopreservation is an experimental procedure where a young boy's
testicular tissue is retrieved and frozen. This technique is reserved for young male patients
who are not yet producing mature sperm, with the ultimate goal that their tissue may be used
in the future to restore fertility when experimental techniques emerge from the research
pipeline.
• Be male at any age.
• Be scheduled to undergo surgery, chemotherapy, drug treatment and/or radiation for the
treatment or prevention of a medical condition or malignancy with risk of causing
permanent and complete loss of subsequent testicular function.
• Or, have a medical condition or malignancy that requires removal of all or part of one
or both testicles.
• Have newly diagnosed or recurrent disease. Those who were not enrolled at the time of
initial diagnosis (i.e., patients with recurrent disease) are eligible if they have
not previously received therapy that is viewed as likely to result in complete and
permanent loss of testicular function.
• Have two testicles if undergoing elective removal of all or part of a testicle for
fertility preservation only. Note: removal of both testicles will limit fertility
preservation options.
• Sign an approved informed consent and authorization permitting the release of personal
health information. The patient and/or the patient's legally authorized guardian must
acknowledge in writing that consent for specimen collection has been obtained, in
accordance with institutional policies approved by the U.S. Department of Health and
• Consent for serum screening tests for infectious diseases [HIV-1, HIV-2, Hepatitis B,
Hepatitis C], to be performed at the time of testicular tissue harvesting.
• Undergo a full history and physical examination and obtain standard pre-operative
clearance (based on the most recent ACC/AHA Guideline for Perioperative Cardiovascular
Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery) as determined by their primary surgeon.
• Participating in long term follow-up is a requirement of the protocol.
Exclusion Criteria:
• Diagnosed with psychological, psychiatric, or other conditions which prevent giving
fully informed consent.
• Diagnosed with an underlying medical condition that significantly increases their risk
of complications from anesthesia and surgery.
Procedure: Testicular biopsy
Cancer, Autoimmune Disorders, Bones and Joints, Brain and Nervous System, Breast - Male, Colon, Head and Neck, Hodgkins Lymphoma, Leukemia, Not Otherwise Specified, Leukemia, Other, Lip, Oral Cavity and Pharynx, Liver, Lymphoid Leukemia, Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, Other Endocrine System, Other Male Genital, Sarcoma, Soft Tissue, Unknown Sites, Anklylosing Spondylitis, Anus, Carcinoid Tumor, Cardiovascular, Esophagus, Eye and Orbit, Gall Bladder, Heart, Ill - Defined Sites, Kidney, Larynx, Lung/Thoracic, Mycosis Fungoides, Myeloid and Monocytic Leukemia, Nose, Other, Other Digestive Organ, Other Hematopoietic, Other Respiratory and Intrathoracic Organs, Other Skin, Other Urinary, Pancreas, Prostate, Rectum, Small Intestine, Stomach, Throat, Thyroid, Urinary Bladder
Abatacept in Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Myocarditis (ATRIUM)
The primary aim is to test whether abatacept, as compared to placebo, is associated with a
reduction in major adverse cardiac events (MACE) among participants hospitalized with
myocarditis secondary to an immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI). The primary outcome, MACE, is
a composite of first occurrence of cardiovascular death, non-fatal sudden cardiac arrest,
cardiogenic shock, significant ventricular arrythmias, significant bradyarrythmias, or
incident heart failure.
• Must have provided informed consent in a manner approved by the Investigator's
Institutional Review Board (IRB) prior to any study-related procedure being performed.
If a participant is unable to provide informed consent due to his/her medical
condition, the participant's legally authorized representative may consent on behalf
of the study participant, as permitted by local law and institutional Standard
Operating Procedures;
• Aged greater than or equal to 18 years at the time of informed consent;
• Recent use of an FDA-approved immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI, defined as
administered an immune checkpoint inhibitor ≤ 6 months of myocarditis diagnosis),
alone or in combination with other cancer therapies (i.e. chemotherapy, radiation
therapy or targeted therapy). The FDA-approved ICI could be given as part of a
clinical trial but not in combination with a new investigational agent which may cause
myocarditis;
• A diagnosis of myocarditis.
• Hospitalized at the time of randomization;
• On 1000 mg of solumedrol per day for myocarditis or with an intent to initiate 1000 mg
of solumedrol per day for myocarditis within 24 hours of first administration of study
drug;
• Serum evidence of ongoing myocardial injury: Serum evidence of ongoing myocardial
injury will be defined as an institutional troponin (either conventional or
high-sensitivity troponin I or T, using the standard institutional assay) with a value
that is ≥5 times the upper limit of the reference standard normal for that
institution. The troponin assay may be adjusted based on sex depending on
institutional standards. This value of troponin of ≥5 times above the institutional
upper limits of normal value must be noted within 10 days prior to potential
randomization. The 10-day period can be in the outpatient or inpatient setting. For
example, a participant with a troponin value that on one occasion was ≥5 times the
upper limits of institutional normal in the 10-day window prior to potential
randomization (whether in the inpatient or outpatient setting), but later decreases
below that threshold, typically due to starting corticosteroids, would still be
considered eligible;
• The following laboratory parameters, not older than 48 hours at the time of
randomization, and measured as part of usual care:
• Total white blood cell (WBC) count >2,500/μl
• Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >1,500/μL
• Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) <20 times the
upper limit of the institutional normal ranges;
• Women of childbearing potential (i.e., not postmenopausal, or surgically sterilized)
must have a negative highly sensitive urine or serum pregnancy test prior to
randomization. Participating women of childbearing potential must be willing to
consistently use effective methods of contraception from screening until at least 90
days after administration of the last dose of study drug. Participating men must also
be willing to consistently use effective methods of contraception from screening until
at least 90 days after administration of the last dose of study drug; and
• Must be willing and able to abide by all study requirements and restrictions.
Exclusion Criteria:
• Must not have experienced any of the following (as defined in the section on the
primary endpoint) in the 30-day period prior to randomization:
• A sudden cardiac arrest
• Cardiogenic shock as defined. A significant bradyarrhythmia (Mobitz type II
second degree atrioventricular block or third degree (complete) atrio-ventricular
(AV) block, for which an intervention with a temporary or permanent pacemaker is
completed or recommended).
• A significant tachyarrhythmia (ventricular fibrillation of any duration or
sustained ventricular tachycardia (>30 seconds, >120 beats per minute); or a
ventricular tachyarrhythmia requiring intervention.
• Recent (≤2 month) exposure to abatacept or belatacept.
• Concurrent or recent (≤2 month) use of the following non-corticosteroid
immunosuppressive therapies prior to randomization: mycophenolate, JAK STAT inhibitors
(including but not limited to upadacitinib, tofacitinib, baricitinib, and filgotinib),
tacrolimus, anti-thymocyte globulin, alemtuzumab, infliximab, and plasma exchange. The
use of intravenous immunoglobulin is permitted prior to randomization and during study
treatment.
• Currently enrolled in another interventional study utilizing systemic agents for the
management of ICI-related toxicities.
• Female who is pregnant, breastfeeding, or is considering becoming pregnant during the
study or for approximately 90 days after the last dose of study drug.
• Male who is considering fathering a child or donating sperm during the study or for
approximately 30 days after the last dose of study drug.
• Any active, chronic, or recurrent viral infection that, based on the investigator's
clinical assessment, makes the participant an unsuitable candidate for the study.
These may include hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV), recurrent or
disseminated (even a single episode) herpes zoster, and disseminated (even a single
episode) herpes simplex. Active HBV and HCV are defined as: HBV: hepatitis B surface
antigen (HBs Ag) positive (+) or detected sensitivity on the HBV deoxyribonucleic acid
(DNA) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) qualitative test for Hepatitis B core antibody
(HBc Ab) positive (+) participants; HCV: HCV ribonucleic acid (RNA) detectable in any
participant with anti-HCV antibody (HCV Ab). Patients with active Covid-19 infection
will be excluded. This is defined as the period of ongoing symptoms in the setting of
a positive Covid-19 test, or until 10 days after symptom onset and after resolution of
fever for at least 24 hours, without the use of fever-reducing medications.
• Known active tuberculosis (TB), history of incompletely treated TB, suspected or known
extrapulmonary TB, suspected or known systemic bacterial or fungal infections;
• Receipt of any live vaccine within four weeks prior to the first dose of study drug,
or expected need of live vaccination during study participation including at least 90
days after the last dose of IV study drug.
• Any medical condition that could interfere with, or for which the treatment might
interfere with, the conduct of the study or interpretation of the study results, or
that would, in the opinion of the Investigator, increase the risk of the participant
by participating in the study.
• Any factors that, in the Investigator's opinion, are likely to interfere with study
procedures, such as history of noncompliance with scheduled appointments.
Drug: Abatacept plus, Drug: Placebo
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