The purpose of this research study is to look at the safety and side effects of combining the drug pembrolizumab with imiquimod, GM-CSF, and cryotherapy to treat breast cancer that includes skin lesions.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
1
Epicutaneous cryoimmunotherapy (EC) treatment includes liquid nitrogen cryotherapy applied for 10 seconds x 2 freeze-thaw cycles. Four treatment areas will be chosen at each treatment.
Patients will apply the cream directly over the treatment areas and can use up to one packet per day (covers approximately 5 cm x 5 cm).
Pembrolizumab 200 mg will be administered as a 30 minute IV infusion
Washington University School of Medicine
St Louis, Missouri, United States
Safety and tolerability as measured by rate of treatment emergent grade 3 or higher toxicities
-NCI Common terminology criteria for adverse events (CTCAE v5.0) will be used to grade toxicities
Time frame: From beginning of treatment through 90 days following completion of treatment or 30 days following completion of treatment if the participant initiates new therapy (whichever is earlier)
Objective response rate (ORR) as measured by RECIST 1.1
* For patients who present with discrete measurable lesions * ORR = number of patients who achieve CR or PR divided by the total number response-evaluable patients * Complete Response (CR): Disappearance of all target lesions. Any pathological lymph nodes (whether target or non-target) must have reduction in short axis to \<10 mm. * Partial Response (PR): At least a 30% decrease in the sum of the diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum diameters.
Time frame: Baseline and 18 weeks
Progression-free survival (PFS)
* Progressive Disease (PD): At least a 20% increase in the sum of the diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum on study (this includes the baseline sum if that is the smallest on study). In addition to the relative increase of 20%, the sum must also demonstrate an absolute increase of at least 5 mm. (Note: the appearance of one or more new lesions is also considered progressions). * PFS is defined from date on treatment to the earliest date of progression, death, or last follow-up and progression or death are events of interest for PFS.
Time frame: 2 years
Change from baseline to week 3 in the number of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes after epicutaneous cryoimmunotherapy
Time frame: Baseline and week 3
Change from baseline to week 9 in the number of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes after epicutaenous cryoimmunotherapy plus pemrolizumab
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* 10 questions about how much skin problems has affected the participant's life over the past week * The scoring of each question is as follows: very much = 3, a lot = 2, a little = 1, not at all = 0, not relevant = 0, and question #7 'prevented work or studying' = 3 * The DLQI is calculated by summing the score of each question resulting in a max of 30 and min of 0. The higher the score, the more quality of life is impaired.
* 5 subscales (physical well-being, social/family well-being, emotional well-being, functional well-being, and additional concerns) * Answers ranging from 0=Not at all to 4 = very much * Each item is rated on a 5-point Likert scale. * The higher the score on the social/family well-being and functional well-being indicate higher quality of life * The lower the score on physical well-being, emotional well-being, and additional concerns indicate higher quality of life
250 mcg every 2 weeks x 3 doses then every 3 weeks for 3 doses
-Device used to give the cryoimmunotherapy
-Baseline, week 3 (prior to 1st dose of pembrolizumab), week 9, and at week 18. An optional biopsy can be obtained at the time of disease progression.
-Baseline, week 3 (prior to 1st dose of pembrolizumab), week 9, and at week 18. An optional biopsy can be obtained at the time of disease progression.
Time frame: Baseline and week 9
Change from baseline to 18 weeks in the number of tumor cells
Time frame: Baseline and 18 weeks
Change in quality of life as measured by the Dermatologic Quality of Life Index
* 10 questions about how much skin problems has affected the participant's life over the past week * The scoring of each question is as follows: very much = 3, a lot = 2, a little = 1, not at all = 0, not relevant = 0, and question #7 'prevented work or studying' = 3 * The DLQI is calculated by summing the score of each question resulting in a max of 30 and min of 0. The higher the score, the more quality of life is impaired.
Time frame: Baseline and 18 weeks
Change in quality of life as measured by the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT)
Time frame: Baseline and 18 weeks
Objective response rate as measured by measurement of 2 sentinel skin lesions
-Largest diameter in 2 dimensions
Time frame: Baseline and 18 weeks
Objective response rate as measured by photography-based estimates of body surface area
Time frame: Baseline and 18 weeks