This is a multi-center, open-label, Phase 0 substudy designed to evaluate the localized pharmacodynamics (PD) of rilvegostomig, volrustomig, sabestomig, and AZD9592 within the tumor microenvironment (TME) when administered intratumorally in microdose quantities via the CIVO device in patients presenting with Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC) with a surface accessible lesion, who are scheduled for tumor and/or regional node dissection as part of their standard treatment. PD effects due to injected investigational agents, either as single agents or as AZD9592 drug combinations with the evaluated biologics, will be compared to those elicited by pembrolizumab alone, which will also be injected in microdose quantities via the CIVO device.
The CIVO Microdose Injection Device (MID) simultaneously delivers multiple drugs and drug combinations (Up to 8), each in microdose amounts, into a single patient tumor and enables comparisons of the resulting biomarker responses that occurred while that tumor was still in the native microenvironment. AstraZeneca is developing three novel assets: rilvegostomig, volrustomig, and sabestomig, all of which are bispecific monoclonal antibodies designed to stimulate antitumor immunity. In this Phase 0 clinical trial, the PD effects of these investigational assets in the TME of patients presenting with HNSCC will be evaluated. These investigational assets will be injected alone in microdose quantities at tumor sites in HNSCC patients. Pembrolizumab, also used therapeutically in this patient population, will be included in the CIVO injection array administered as a single agent. In addition, microdoses of AZD9592, a novel antibody drug conjugate (ADC), alone or in combinations with the evaluated biologics will also be assessed. The CIVO-injected portion of the tissue will be analyzed for localized response at sites of drug exposure in the TME.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
15
Intratumoral microdose injection by the CIVO device.
Intratumoral microdose injection by the CIVO device.
Intratumoral microdose injection by the CIVO device.
Intratumoral microdose injection by the CIVO device.
Intratumoral microdose injection by the CIVO device.
Intratumoral microdose injection by the CIVO device.
Intratumoral microdose injection by the CIVO device.
Intratumoral microdose injection by the CIVO device.
Intratumoral microdose injection by the CIVO device.
UC Davis
Sacramento, California, United States
RECRUITINGMontefiore Medical Center
The Bronx, New York, United States
RECRUITINGUniversity of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
RECRUITINGOregon Health & Science University (OHSU)
Portland, Oregon, United States
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGUniversity of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
RECRUITINGSarah Cannon Medical Center
Charleston, South Carolina, United States
RECRUITINGMedical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina, United States
RECRUITINGEvaluation of signature scores using Gene Set Variability Analysis within regions injected with microdoses of rilvegostomig, volrustomig, sabestomig, AZD9592, or pembrolizumab as single agents or as AZD9592 drug combinations with the evaluated biologics
The localized activity of injected microdoses will be analyzed using the NanoString GeoMx Digital Spatial Profiler (DSP) and the GeoMx Cancer Transcriptome Atlas to comprehensively profile over 1800 genes simultaneously with spatial resolution to describe tumor biology, the TME, and the immune response signatures of each drug at an injection site. DSP outcomes may be validated via IHC, immunofluorescence, or ISH technique.
Time frame: 1 to 3 days after microdose injection
Incidence of reported Adverse Events and/or Adverse Device Effects [Safety and Tolerability]
Safety of the microdose injection procedure and injected content will be assessed by quantification of the frequency, intensity, and relatedness of all reported Adverse Events and/or Adverse Device Effects.
Time frame: Up to 28 days after microdose injection
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