This study is being done to answer the main question of: Do patients with colorectal cancer that cannot be removed by surgery, that is treated with two new immunotherapy drugs, botensilimab and balstilimab, live longer? Other important questions include: Is their quality of life better? Do their tumours slow in growth or possibly shrink in size? Are there markers in their tumour or blood that can predict whether they achieve any of these benefits? In addition, the study is done to confirm the safety of these immunotherapy drugs and to determine how long it takes for the body to metabolize them.
This study is being done to find out if this approach (taking botensilimab and balstilimab) is better or worse than the usual approach for colorectal adenocarcinoma that cannot be removed by surgery. The usual approach is defined as care most people get for colorectal adenocarcinoma that cannot be removed by surgery and that has become resistant to treatment with available therapies. The usual approach for patients who are not in a study is supportive care with drugs and other treatments that may help to make them feel better or may improve their quality of life. This treatment is known as "best supportive care." Although patients with best supportive care can feel better for some months, the cancer usually continues to grow.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
21
Measures designed to provide palliation of symptoms and improve quality of life as much as possible
450mg IV every 3 weeks
75mg IV every 6 weeks x 4 doses
Kingston Health Science Centre
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Overall Survival
Time frame: 34 months
Progression Free Survival (PFS) based on RECIST 1.1 criteria
Time frame: 34 months
Overall Response Rate (ORR) based on RECIST 1.1 criteria
Time frame: 34 months
Clinical Benefit Rate (CBR) at 6 months based on RECIST 1.1 criteria
Time frame: 34 months
Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) utilizing EORTC QLQ-C30
30 items measuring: 5 functional domains (physical, role, cognitive, emotional and social functioning); 3 symptom domains (fatigue, pain, and nausea/vomiting); a global health status/QoL domain; and 6 single-item measures that assesses other symptoms such as dyspnea and insomnia.
Time frame: 34 months
Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) utilizing EORTC QLQ-CR29
Disease specific module that supplements the core questionnaire with 18 items on gastrointestinal symptoms, such as diarrhea constipation and abdominal pain; separate items for patients with stomas; 4 items on sexual function; and 6 scales and 11 individual items to capture colorectal cancer-specific concerns.
Time frame: 34 months
Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) utilizing the SDoH questionnaire
Time frame: 34 months
Number and Severity of Adverse Events based on CTCAE v5.0
Time frame: 34 months
Health Economics utilizing the health utility questionnaire EQ-5D-5L
Time frame: 34 months
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