This study will investigate the influence of maintenance therapy on progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) after combination therapy with BRAF/MEK (MAP-ERK kinase) inhibitors and PD-1 antibody pembrolizumab. In the safety phase I part the optimal dose of pembrolizumab in combination with BRAF inhibitor and MEK inhibitor and the safety of this three-drugs-combination regime will be determined. In the randomized part 2 different maintenance therapies will be tested for toxicity and efficacy. Patients with disease control after 6 months of triple therapy will be randomized to receive 2 different maintenance therapies further on, either continuation of triple therapy or administration of pembrolizumab alone.
There is growing interest to understand the best strategies to use targeted therapies and novel immunotherapy for the treatment of advanced melanoma. This study will explore the combination of encorafenib plus binimetinib with the PD-1 antibody pembrolizumab in patients with BRAF mutant melanoma. Combination of two clinically effective approaches, targeting the mutant BRAF pathway by BRAF/MEK inhibition and modulating immunological checkpoint control by administration of a PD-1 antibody, should prolong PFS and OS even further. This study will investigate the influence of maintenance therapy on PFS and OS after triple therapy. Patients with disease control after 6 months of triple therapy will be randomized to receive 2 different maintenance therapies further on to investigate if administration of pembrolizumab only is sufficient for maintenance of disease control. For reasons of safety a phase I study is performed to determine the optimal dosing and schedule of the combination therapy (encorafenib, binimetinib, pembrolizumab). In the phase II-part, patient will receive triple therapy with the doses defined in phase I for a 6 months induction period. Patients with complete or partial response or stable disease after the 6 months period will be randomized for maintenance therapy: Arm A: Therapy as in induction period. Arm B: Therapy with pembrolizumab only with a dose of 200 mg every 3 weeks.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
16
Dose determined in phase I. Start dose: 450 mg qd
Dose determined in phase I. Start dose: 45 mg bid
Dose determined in phase I. Start dose: 200 mg q3w
200 mg q3w
Universitätsklinikum Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Klinikum Augsburg Süd
Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany
Klinikum rechts der Isar
München, Bavaria, Germany
Klinikum Nürnberg Nord
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg GmbH, Klinik für Dermatologie und Allergologie
Giessen, Hesse, Germany
Universitätsklinikum der RWTH Aachen
Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
University Hospital Essen, Department of Dermatology, Skin Cancer Center
Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
HELIOS Klinikum Krefeld
Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Gesellschaft für Klinische Forschung Ludwigshafen mbH
Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Städtisches Klinikum Dessau
Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
...and 1 more locations
Phase I: Incidence of Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events [Safety and Tolerability of the triple combination treatment]
Dose limiting toxicities (DLT) will be determined within 42 days of therapy start (first pembrolizumab injection) and are defined as all ≥ grade 4 hematological toxicities and certain non-hematological toxicities ≥ CTCAE grade 3.
Time frame: 42 days
Phase II: Progression-free survival (PFS)
Time from administration of first study drug to the date of first documented progression (according Recist criteria version 1.1) or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first.
Time frame: 24 months
Phase II: PFS rate at 12 months
Rate of patients with PFS after 12 months of therapy
Time frame: 12 months
Phase II: PFS rate at 18 months
Rate of patients with PFS after 18 months of therapy
Time frame: 18 months
Phase II: PFS rate at 24 months
Number of patients with PFS after 24 months of therapy
Time frame: 24 months
Incidence of Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events [Safety and Tolerability]
All adverse events (AEs) / serious adverse events (SAEs) NCI CTCEA (Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events) Grade ≥ 3
Time frame: 24 months
Objective response rate
Number of patients with complete response (CR), partial response (PR) and stable disease (SD) as best response.
Time frame: 24 months
Overall survival time
Time from the date of first administration of study drug to the date of death due to any cause.
Time frame: 24 months
1-year survival rate
Number of patients alive in the time period from date of first administration of study drug until 1 year after date of first administration
Time frame: 12 months
2-year survival rate
Number of patients alive in the time period from date of first administration of study drug until 2 years after date of first administration
Time frame: 24 months
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