Patients with Her2 negative, previously untreated metastatic esophagogastric adenocarcinoma will be treated with modified FOLFOX, with modified FOLFOX plus Nivolumab and Ipilimumab or FLOT plus Nivolumab. The groups will be compared for time until progression of the disease (primary endpoint) as well as for response to the treatment, overall survival, safety/tolerability of the treatment and quality of life.
This is a randomized, open labelled multicenter phase II trial, followed by a non-randomized arm. Patients with Her2 negative, previously untreated metastatic esophagogastric adenocarcinoma will be randomized to receive either modified FOLFOX (Oxaliplatin at a dose of 85 mg/m² iv over two hours (day 1), Leucovorin at a dose of 400 mg/m2 iv over two hours (day 1), Fluorouracil at a dose of 400 mg/m² iv bolus (day 1), and Fluorouracil at a dose of 2400 mg/m² iv continuous infusion over 44 hours (day 1+2), every 2 weeks) alone, modified FOLFOX plus Nivolumab (240mg "Flatdose" i.v. d1 every 2 weeks) and Ipilimumab (1mg/kg i.v. d1 every 6 weeks) or sequential treatment (three cycles of induction chemotherapy with modified FOLFOX followed by immunotherapy consisting of 4 administrations of Nivolumab at 240mg "Flatdose" i.v. d1 every 2 weeks and 2 administrations of Ipilimumab at 1mg/kg i.v. d1 every 6 weeks, this sequence may be repeated starting two weeks after last administration of immunotherapy once, or, if medically reasonable, for an unlimited number of repetitions upon investigator decision; after completion or discontinuation of chemotherapy, immunotherapy will be continued consisting of Nivolumab at 240mg "Flatdose" i.v. d1 every 2 weeks and Ipilimumab at 1mg/kg i.v. d1 every 6 weeks). In a non-randomized arm, patients receive Nivolumab 240mg "Flatdose" i.v. d1 every 2 weeks and FLOT (Docetaxel 50mg/², Oxaliplatin 85 mg/m², leucovorin 200 mg/m² on day 1 and fluorouracil 2600 mg/m² IV continuous infusion over 24 hours) every 2 weeks. After completion or discontinuation of chemotherapy, immunotherapy may be continued (Nivolumab at 240mg "Flatdose" i.v. d1 every 2 weeks). Treatment in every arm will be given for a maximum of 24 months or until disease progression or inacceptable toxicity or end of study treatment. The primary objective is to determine the clinical performance of the experimental regimen in patients with previously untreated HER2 negative locally advanced or metastatic esophagogastric adenocarcinoma in terms of progression free survival (acc. to RECIST v1.1). Secondary objectives are to determine efficacy in terms of objective response rate (acc. to RECIST v1.1) and overall survival, as well as tolerability (acc. to NCI CTC AE v4.03) of the experimental regimen. In addition histopathological types and molecular parameters such as immune cell composition and PD-L1 expression as determined by quantitative mRNA (RT-PCR) will be correlated with efficacy in an exploratory analysis. 257 subjects (59 in the control arm, 89 in the experimental treatment group A1, 59 in the experimental treatment group A2 and 50 in the experimental treatment group C) will be enrolled.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
262
Nivolumab 240mg "Flatdose" i.v. d1 over 30 minutes every 2 weeks
1mg/kg i.v. d1 over 30 minutes every 6 weeks
Oxaliplatin at a dose of 85 mg/m² iv over two hours (day 1), Leucovorin at a dose of 400 mg/m2 iv over two hours (day 1), Fluorouracil at a dose of 400 mg/m² iv bolus (day 1), and Fluorouracil at a dose of 2400 mg/m² iv continuous infusion over 44 hours (day 1+2) every 2 weeks
Docetaxel at a dose of 50 mg/m² iv over one hour (day 1), Oxaliplatin at a dose of 85 mg/m² iv over two hours (day 1), Leucovorin\* at a dose of 200 mg/m² iv over one hour (day 1), Fluorouracil at a dose of 2600 mg/m² iv over 24 hours (day 1) every 2 weeks \* Note: Leucovorin can be replaced by sodium folinate that is given according to local guideline.
Klinikum St. Marien Amberg
Amberg, Germany
Klinikum Aschaffenburg
Aschaffenburg, Germany
HELIOS Klinikum Bad Saarow
Bad Saarow, Germany
Charité CVK
Berlin, Germany
HELIOS Klinikum Berlin Buch
Berlin, Germany
Klinikum Bielefeld
Bielefeld, Germany
Städtisches Klinikum Dresden
Dresden, Germany
Universitätsklinikum TU Dresden
Dresden, Germany
Krankenhaus Nordwest
Frankfurt, Germany
Agaplesion Markus KH Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
...and 17 more locations
Progression-free survival (PFS) Arm A and B
PFS, defined as time from randomization to the date of first observed disease progression as assessed by the investigator using CT criteria or death from any cause assessed every 8 weeks for up to 3 years Arm A versus Arm B
Time frame: Up to 3 years
Progression-free Survival rate at 6 months Arm A2 and C
PFS rate at 6 months is defined as proportion of patients being known to be alive and free of disease progression as assessed by the investigator using CT criteria at 6 months after randomization/enrolment
Time frame: 6 months after randomization/enrolment
Progression-free survival (PFS) Arm A1, A2, C
PFS, defined as time from randomization/enrolment to the date of first observed disease progression as assessed by the investigator using CT criteria or death from any cause assessed every 8 weeks for up to 3 years for Arm A1, Arm A2 and Arm C
Time frame: Up to 3 years
Progression-free Survival rate at 6 months Arms A and B
PFS rate at 6 months is defined as proportion of patients being known to be alive and free of disease progression as assessed by the investigator using CT criteria at 6 months after randomization
Time frame: 6 months after randomization
Overall Response Rate (ORR)
ORR defined as proportion of patients with complete or partial response (CR + PR) as assessed according to RECIST criteria every 8 weeks for up to 2 years
Time frame: Up to 2 years
Duration of response and disease stabilization
Duration of response and disease stabilization defined as time from documentation of tumor response (CR, PR) or disease stabilization (SD) according to RECIST criteria to disease progression or death for up to 3 years
Time frame: Up to 3 years
Overall survival (OS)
Overall survival according to Kaplan-Meier assessed from randomization/enrolment to the date of death from any cause
Time frame: Up to 3 years
Incidence and severity of adverse events
incidence and severity of adverse events according to CTCAE (Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events) Version 4.03 criteria as assessed every 2 weeks during treatment and until 100 days after the last dose of study drug
Time frame: Up to 27 months
Patient reported outcomes: Quality of life
Quality of life as measured by questionnaire EORTC-QLQ-C30 from randomization every 8 weeks until EOT and afterwards every 3 months until first observed disease progression or death for up to 3 years
Time frame: Up to 3 years
Progression-free survival (PFS) by PD-L1 expression status
Subgroup analysis of PFS, defined as time from randomization/enrolment to the date of first observed disease progression as assessed by the investigator using CT criteria or death from any cause assessed every 8 weeks for up to 3 years, according to PD-L1 expression status
Time frame: Up to 3 years
Overall survival (OS) by PD-L1 expression status
Subgroup analysis of overall survival according to Kaplan-Meier assessed from randomization/enrolment to the date of death from any cause according to PD-L1 expression status
Time frame: Up to 3 years
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