Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is increasingly administered as the sole treatment of brain metastases, in order to spare acute and long term side effects associated with whole brain radiotherapy. Local control of SRS treated lesions is good, but patients tend to develop additional brain metastases subsequently. Nivolumab is a modulator of the immune system. Treatment with Nivolumab is associated with an increase in local control and survival in patients with non-small cell lung cancer and clear cell renal cell carcinoma. In the presence of Nivolumab, treatment of brain metastases with SRS may trigger an immune reaction against cancer. Therefore, the combination of SRS with Nivolumab may reduce the development of new brain metastases and improve patient survival. The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of combining Nivolumab and SRS in controlling cancer progression. SRS will be administered to patients while they are receiving Nivolumab.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
26
Nivolumab is administered to patients to a maximum of 2 year.
Up to 10 cubic centimeter of brain metastases will be treated with radiosurgery. The dose of radiosurgery depends on the size of individual metastases.
Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Jewish General Hospital
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
McGill University Health Centre
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Intracranial progression-free survival
To evaluate whether the combination SRS with Nivolumab will improve the intracranial progression-free survival of patients. Response will be assessed as per RECIST version 1.1.
Time frame: 1 year
Treated brain lesions control rate
Treated brain lesions control will be assessed as per RECIST version 1.1.
Time frame: 1 year
Overall survival after receiving Nivolumab.
Overall Survival is assessed at the end of the study at 2 years. A subject will be classified as either alive or dead due to any cause. The time to event will be calculated as the time from Day 1 until date of death. Day 1 is the date of 1st treatment consisting of an infusion of Nivolumab.
Time frame: 2 years
Maximum response rate of distant non-irradiated disease
Response will be assessed as per RECIST version 1.1.
Time frame: 1 year
Progression-free survival
Response will be assessed as per RECIST version 1.1.
Time frame: 1 year
Correlation between tumor PD-L1 expression and clinical outcomes
Tumor PD-L1 expression level will be correlated with patient overall response rate, loco-regional recurrence free survival and overall survival.
Time frame: 1 year
Patient quality of life
Quality of life will be assessed using the the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - General (FACT-G) and the Brain Subscale (FACT-BR) questionnaires. A composite score will be obtained from the score of each subscale. Quality of life decline is the time to the first minimal important difference in the composite score from baseline.
Time frame: 1 year
Neurocognitive function, as measured by the HVLT-R
Neurocognitive function will be assessed using the Hopkins Verbal Learning Test - Revised (HVLT-R). Neurocognitive failure is the time to the first failure on the assessments using the Reliable Change Index. Baseline neurocognitive function will be compared to the test results at 1 year using either a t-test or Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test, depending on the normality of the data.
Time frame: 1 Year
Neurocognitive function, as measured by TMT
Neurocognitive function will be assessed using the Trail Making Test (TMT). Neurocognitive failure is the time to the first failure on the assessments using the Reliable Change Index. Baseline neurocognitive function will be compared to the test results at 1 year using either a t-test or Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test, depending on the normality of the data.
Time frame: 1 year
Neurocognitive function, as measured by COWA
Neurocognitive function will be assessed using the Controlled Oral Word Association (COWA). Neurocognitive failure is the time to the first failure on the assessments using the Reliable Change Index. Baseline neurocognitive function will be compared to the test results at 1 year using either a t-test or Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test, depending on the normality of the data.
Time frame: 1 Year
Acute and late toxicity of SRS + Nivolumab
Adverse events will be coded according to MedDRA. The results will be tabulated to examine their frequency, organ systems affected, severity, and relationship to study treatment. Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) V4.03 will be used for grading of AEs. Investigators will provide their assessment of causality as 1) unrelated, 2) unlikely, 3) possibly related, 4) probably, or 5) definitely related.
Time frame: 1 year
Imaging indicators of response
Patient response to the treatment will be analysed using the Immune-related Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors (irRECIST) criteria.
Time frame: 1 year
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