The trial aims to collect safety, efficacy, exposure, dose- response, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic information of the combination of L19TNF and lomustine at different dose levels in patients with Glioblastoma at progression or recurrence
The present study is a randomized, open-label, non-controlled phase II study in patients with glioblastoma at any progression/recurrence (first and later). Overall, 90 subjects will be enrolled and parallel assigned in a 1:1 fashion to one of six treatment arms (from A to F) of 15 patients each. Each arm has a different combination of L19TNF (7 μg/kg or 10 μg/kg or 13 μg/kg) and lomustine at different dose levels (90 or 110 mg/m2). Treatment is based on a 42-day cycle for up to a maximum of 6 cycles. This is an open-label study, so there is no blinding. Patients who successfully complete the screening evaluations and are eligible for participation in the study will be enrolled and randomly assigned (1:1:1:1:1:1) to either of the six parallel treatment arms. To maintain an appropriate balance between the six treatment arms and avoid undesired confounding effect of different factors, patients will be randomized in accordance with the following strata: * MGMT status * Steroid administration * Previous systemic therapy treatment for progression A randomization list will be prepared for each stratum using permuted block, the block sizes will be chosen randomly from different, pre-specified sizes with an equal treatment allocation ratio. The labels for the arms are assigned randomly within each block (fixed seed). The obtained final list is sorted by block together with the progressive enrollment number for the patients. The primary objective of this study is to select the optimal regimen of L19TNF in combination with lomustine, that maximizes effects on clinical parameters and minimizes the probability of moderate to severe adverse events, among six (three L19TNF doses x two lomustine doses) combination schedules for the treatment of patient with progressing or recurrent glioblastoma. Primary endpoints include Safety (Incidence of adverse Events (AEs), Serious Adverse Events (SAEs) and Drug-Induced Liver Injury (DILI), standard laboratory assessments, ECG, ECHO and physical examination according to CTCAE v.5.0) and Efficacy (Survival rate at 12 months). The secondary objective of this study is to further evaluate safety, efficacy, exposure, dose-response, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic information of the combination of L19TNF and lomustine at different dose levels to determine the best dose regimen for further studies. During the conduct of the study the safety information collected will be routinely reviewed by the Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) in order to identify possible safety concerns. If the probability in a treatment arm that the development of unacceptable toxicity rate exceeds 33 % is equal or higher than 80%, the recruitment to this treatment arm will be interrupted and the DSMB will be informed to assess the events and relationship to the study treatment. The DSMB may then recommend to re-start recruitment again for the treatment arm or permanently suspend it. In case of a treatment-related death, recruitment will be suspended for all treatment arms until the Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) has reviewed the event and recommended to restart
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
90
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Adverse Events
Occurence of AEs according to CTCAE v.5.0
Time frame: From the screening, throughout the study, until demonstration of confirmed disease progression, treatment begins with another anti-cancer agent or surgery, or for a minimum of 12 months
Serious Adverse Events
Occurence of SAEs according to CTCAE v.5.0
Time frame: From the screening, throughout the study, until demonstration of confirmed disease progression, treatment begins with another anti-cancer agent or surgery, or for a minimum of 12 months
Unacceptable Toxicity
Occurence of Unacceptable Toxicity according to CTCAE v.5.0
Time frame: From the start of treatment up to 3 months
DILI assessment
Occurence of DILI according to CTCAE v.5.0
Time frame: From the screening, throughout the study, until demonstration of confirmed disease progression, treatment begins with another anti-cancer agent or surgery, or for a minimum of 12 months
Survival
Survival rate at 12 months
Time frame: From enrollment to death from any cause, for a minimum of 12 months
Overall Survival
Time frame: From enrollment to death from any cause, for a minimum of 12 months
Progression Free Survival
Time frame: From enrollment to the date of progression or death from any cause, whichever came first, for a minimum of 12 months
Objective Response Rate
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90 mg/m2
110 mg/m2
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, United States
Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, United States
University of Virginia (UVA)
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
The rate of patients achieving Complete Response (CR) or Partial Response (PR) defined according to RANO criteria
Time frame: From enrollment to death from any cause, for a minimum of 12 months
Disease Control Rate
The rate of patients achieving complete (CR), partial (PR) and stable response (SD)
Time frame: From enrollment to death from any cause, for a minimum of 12 months
Duration of Response
Time frame: From enrollment to the date of progression or death from any cause, whichever came first, for a minimum of 12 months
Time to reach maximum drug concentration [Tmax]
Pharmacokinetics assessment of L19TNF through blood sampling
Time frame: From the start of treatment up to 9 months
Terminal half-life [t1/2]
Pharmacokinetics assessment of L19TNF through blood sampling
Time frame: From the start of treatment up to 9 months
Area under the drug concentration-time curve, extrapolated to infinity [AUC]
Pharmacokinetics assessment of L19TNF through blood sampling
Time frame: From the start of treatment up to 9 months
Maximum drug concentration [Cmax]
Pharmacokinetics assessment of L19TNF through blood sampling
Time frame: From the start of treatment up to 9 months
Human anti-fusion protein antibodies (HAFA) levels against L19TNF
Determination of the formation of Human Anti-Fusion protein Antibodies (HAFA) against L19TNF
Time frame: From the start of treatment to the date of progression or death for any cause, whichever come first