This phase II trial studies how well ivonescimab works prior to surgery in treating patients with high-risk clear cell kidney (renal cell) cancer that has not spread to other parts of the body (localized). Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as ivonescimab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Ivonescimab may also stop or slow the cancer by blocking the growth of new blood vessels necessary for tumor growth. Giving ivonescimab before standard surgery may make the tumor smaller.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. To define the response rate associated with ivonescimab in patients with high-risk, localized renal cell carcinoma (RCC) planned for nephrectomy. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To define toxicity associated with ivonescimab in this setting. II. To define the feasibility of surgery following systemic therapy with ivonescimab. III. To determine the pathologic response rate following ivonescimab. IV. To characterize KIM-1 expression before and after ivonescimab. V. To determine survival outcomes following ivonescimab. EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES: I. To characterize the expression of validated genomic signatures (including those derived from IMmotion151) in baseline biopsy and nephrectomy tissue (i.e., before and after therapy with ivonescimab). II. To evaluate patient-reported quality of life using the FKSI-23 instrument at baseline, pre-surgery, and at post-surgical follow-up time points. OUTLINE: Patients receive ivonescimab intravenously (IV) over 60-120 minutes on day 1 of each cycle. Cycles repeat every 3 weeks for 4 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Between 4-10 weeks after completion of ivonescimab treatment, patients then undergo standard of care (SOC) nephrectomy. Patients also undergo echocardiogram (ECHO) during screening, biopsy prior to treatment start, and computed tomography (CT) and blood sample collection throughout the study. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed every 12 weeks for a total of 2 years and then periodically at the discretion of the investigator.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
31
Undergo biopsy
Undergo blood sample collection
Undergo CT
Undergo ECHO
Given IV
Undergo SOC nephrectomy
Ancillary studies
City of Hope Medical Center
Duarte, California, United States
RECRUITINGProportion of patients achieving a best overall response (ORR)
Objective response is defined as complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors. The ORR will be estimated as the proportion of patients who have CR or PR during the treatment, along with the 90% and 95% exact confidence intervals.
Time frame: Up to 2 years after completion of study treatment
Incidence of adverse events (AEs)
Will be graded using the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 5.0. Safety and toxicity will be assessed by tabulating the toxicity type, frequency, grades and proportion identified in the participants treated on the trial. Binary proportions and associated confidence intervals will be calculated.
Time frame: Up to 30 days after completion of study treatment
Rate of completion of surgery
Proportion of patients who undergo the planned nephrectomy
Time frame: At least 4 weeks after and within 10 weeks of the last cycle of ivonescimab (each cycle is 21 days)
Pathologic complete response (pCR)
pCR defined as 0% viable tumor cells in the nephrectomy specimen and sampled regional lymph nodes at the time of surgery, assessed per NCI standards and confirmed by central pathology review. The pCR rate will be estimated as the proportion of all treated patients who undergo surgery and have pCR; patients who do not undergo surgery or have an unevaluable specimen will be considered non-responders. Will be estimated as the proportion of patients who have CR, major response, or PR, after the treatment, along with confidence intervals.
Time frame: Up to 2 years after completion of study treatment
Peri-treatment KIM-1 levels
Stored plasma will be analyzed for KIM-1 and other exploratory analytes.
Time frame: Prior to surgery and after completion of Cycle 4 (each cycle is 21 days)
Recurrence-free survival
The method of Kaplan-Meier will be used to estimate survival distributions.
Time frame: From date of surgery to disease recurrence or death from any cause, whichever occurs first, assessed up to 2 years after completion of study treatment
Overall survival
The method of Kaplan-Meier will be used to estimate survival distributions.
Time frame: From the start of study therapy to death from any cause, assessed up to 2 years after completion of study treatment
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