Neuroblastoma, the most common extra-cranial solid tumour in children, remains one of the major challenges in paediatric oncology. A promising way to further improve outcome in this disease appears to be the development of adjuvant therapeutic strategies. In this research the anti-GD2 antibody, which is a standard treatment, is to be combined with 131-l Metaiodobenzylguanidine (mlBG) and anti-Programmed Cell Death Protein 1 (anti-PD1) antibody Nivolumab - the investigated drugs - with the aim of generating sustained anti-neuroblastoma immunity. In particular it will be determined the safety and tolerability of the novel combination as well as documented any evidence of efficacy in paediatric patients with relapsed and refractory high risk neuroblastoma. This study is sponsored by the University Hospital Southampton and will take place in 4 hospitals in the United Kingdom, Germany and USA. The estimated duration of the study is 2 years, starting in December 2016. This is an "adaptive study". Such design uses accumulating of data from the ongoing trial to modify aspects of the study (e.g. duration, number of treatments) without undermining its validity or integrity. There will be 3 cohorts of patients. As safety of Nivolumab is well established, Cohort 1 will assess its safety and tolerability in combination with 131-l mlBG. Cohort 2 will then add anti-GD2 to the drug combination, assessing safety and tolerability. Cohort 3 will escalate all 3 agents to the full 100% dose level to assure safety for expanded analyses of clinical and laboratory data at that dose level. Patients will initially be recruited into Cohort 1. Patients must have completed at least 12 weeks of trial treatment without reaching a Dose Limiting Toxicity before a patient can be recruited to the next cohort. A minimum of 3 evaluable patients will be treated in cohorts 1-3. Assuming the full dose combination therapy (cohort) is tolerable, 15 evaluable patients will be treated.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
44
Nivolumab is a soluble protein consisting of 4 polypeptide chains, which include 2 identical heavy chains consisting of 440 amino acids and 2 identical light chains. Molecular weight is 146,221 daltons.
APN311 (ch14.18/CHO) is manufactured in a Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) compliant facility of Polymun Scientific, Austria according to a state of the art aseptic manufacturing process based on a characterized and stable Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cell line. After propagation of the working cell bank (WCB) in small volume vessels/bioreactors, manufacture is carried out in a 2500 L stirred tank reactor utilizing components which are free of material of animal or human origin.
University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center; UW Hospital and Clinics; American Family Children's Hospital
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom
University College London Hospital
London, London, United Kingdom
Incidence of Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events [Safety and tolerability] of 131-I-MIBG, ch14.18/CHO and Nivolumab in paediatric patients
• To determine the safety and tolerability of the novel combination of 131-I-MIBG, ch14.18/CHO and Nivolumab in paediatric patients, assessed by nature, frequency, severity and timing of adverse events, including serious adverse events and immune related adverse events during administration of ch14.18/CHO
Time frame: 2 Years
Anti-tumour response in patients with measureable disease as measured by immunocytology, MIBG, CT and/or MRI in patients receiving 131-I-MIBG, ch14.18/CHO and Nivolumab in patients with relapsed and refractory high risk neuroblastoma
To document any evidence of efficacy of 131-I-MIBG, ch14.18/CHO and Nivolumab in patients with relapsed and refractory high risk neuroblastoma (time to progression)
Time frame: 2 Years
Anti-tumour response in patients with measureable disease as measured by immunocytology, MIBG, CT and/or MRI in patients receiving 131-I-MIBG, ch14.18/CHO and Nivolumab in patients with relapsed and refractory high risk neuroblastoma
To document any evidence of efficacy of 131-I-MIBG, ch14.18/CHO and Nivolumab in patients with relapsed and refractory high risk neuroblastoma (objective response rate)
Time frame: 2 Years
KIR/KIR-Ligand genotype, FcγR genotype
To provide descriptive analysis of any associations between KIR/KIR-Ligand genotype, FcγR genotype and response
Time frame: 2 Years
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