This phase 1 clinical trial aims to evaluate the safety, tolerability and feasibility of combination treatment of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Histotripsy (HIFU-HT) and immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) in adult patients with metastatic or unresectable cancer that have progressive disease after regular treatment. Patients will undergo one single session of HIFU-HT during treatment with ipilimumab and nivolumab. Safety, tolerability and feasibility endpoints will be studied as well as radiologic, immunologic and clinical response.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
24
High-Intensify Focused Ultrasound Histotripsy
Ipilimumab and nivolumab
University Medical Center Utrecht
Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Number and severity of adverse events until 100 days after the last study treatment
Safety: Incidence and severity of adverse events (related to HIFU-HT or the combination of HIFU-HT and ICI.)
Time frame: Adverse events will be assessed up to 100 days after the last study treatment
Tolerability: Discontinuation rate
Discontinuation rate due to adverse events.
Time frame: At every visit untill 2 years after first study treatment
Tolerability: Patient reported tolerability by HIFU-HT-tolerability questionnaire
The HIFU-HT tolerability questionnaire is a self-reported, customized questionnaire that describes the burden/complaints a respondent experienced following HIFU-histotripsy treatment. The questionnaire comprises questions about pain, use of pain medication, complaints other than pain, burden of MRI scan, burden of peri-procedural analgesia, time burden of treatment. Respondents are asked to grade the experienced complaints or burden on a scale of 5 options, ranging from no complaints/no burden to severe complaints/severe burden. If respondents report pain, they are asked to grade their pain on a scale ranging from 0 - 10 (0 reflecting no pain, 10 reflecting worst possible pain) and respondents are asked for how many days the pain was present (ranging from 0 to 7 days).
Time frame: Day 8 + 15
Tolerability: Patient reported tolerability by EQ-5D
The EuroQol Group EQ-5D questionnaire (Dutch version) is a self-reported questionnaire that reflects a respondent's health. The EQ-5D comprises questions on 5 domains (mobility, self care, daily activities, pain/complaints, mood), for each of these domains respondents state whether they have no problems, some problems or severe problems. Respondents are also asked to grade their general health status on a scale of 0 - 100 (0 reflecting the worst possible health status, 100 reflecting the best possible health status).
Time frame: Baseline, days 1, 8, 15, 22, 43, 64, 91; thereafter every 4 to 8 weeks until 2 years after start of therapy
Tolerability: Patient reported tolerability by USD-I
The Utrecht symptom diary immunotherapy (USD-I) is a self-reported questionnaire that was developed and validated in the UMC Utrecht to score symptoms patients might experience during/after treatment with checkpoint inhibition therapy. The questionnaire comprises of questions on 19 possible symptoms (apetite, stool pattern, diarrhea, abdominal pain, coughing, eye complaints, skin rash, pruritus, headache, myalgia, arthralgia, paresthesias, pain, sleeping problems). Respondents are asked to grade these symptoms on a scale of 0 - 10 (0 reflecting no problems, 10 reflecting worst possible problem).
Time frame: Baseline, days 1, 8, 15, 22, 43, 64, 91; thereafter every 4 weeks until 2 years after start of therapy
Feasibility: Number of technically effective HIFU-HT procedures
Feasibility: The number of technically effective HIFU-HT procedures.
Time frame: Day 8
Feasibility: Percentage of screening failures
Feasibility:The percentage screening failures.
Time frame: Baseline
Feasibility: Time burden
Feasibility: Time burden of the study procedures.
Time frame: Through study completion, up to two years after start of study treatment
Radiological response: MRI
Local response of HIFU-HT treated tumor as assessed by MRI directly and 12 weeks after HIFU-HT
Time frame: Directly after HIFU-HT and 12 weeks after start of treatment
Radiological response: CT
Best overall systemic response using RECIST 1.1 as assessed by CT-scan every 12 weeks (or using PERCIST as assessed by PET-CT if not RECIST measurable)
Time frame: 12 weeks after start of treatment; every 12 weeks while on treatment up to two years after start therapy
Immunologic response
1. Analysis of immunological parameters in peripheral blood 2. Analysis of immune infiltrates in tumor biopsies taken at baseline and 7 days after HIFU-HT
Time frame: Baseline and days 1, 8, 9, 15, 22, 64
Overall survival
Explorative analysis to assess overall survival in months while taking into consideration the heterogeneous patient population in this basket design.
Time frame: Every 12 weeks until 2 years
Progression free survival
Explorative analysis to assess progression-free survival in months while taking into consideration the heterogeneous patient population in this basket design.
Time frame: Every 12 weeks until 2 years
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