This phase II trial tests how well giving gemcitabine, cisplatin and durvalumab alternating with pemigatinib for the treatment of biliary tract cancer with FGFR2 alterations that cannot be removed by surgery (unresectable), that has spread to nearby tissue or lymph nodes (locally advanced) or that has spread from where it first started (primary site) to other places in the body (metastatic). Gemcitabine is a chemotherapy drug that blocks the cells from making DNA and may kill cancer cells. Cisplatin is in a class of medications known as platinum-containing compounds. It works by killing, stopping or slowing the growth of cancer cells. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as durvalumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Pemigatinib is in a class of medications called kinase inhibitors. It works by blocking the action of an abnormal FGFR protein that signals cancer cells to multiply. This may help keep cancer cells from growing and may kill them. Giving gemcitabine, cisplatin and durvalumab alternating with pemigatinib may work well for the treatment of unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic biliary tract cancer with FGFR2 alterations.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. To evaluate the efficacy of cyclical therapy alternating with chemoimmunotherapy and pemigatinib in patients with advanced cholangiocarcinoma and FGFR2 fusions and rearrangements, or other gain-of function alterations involved in FGFR. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To further evaluate the tumor response and other clinical benefits of cyclical therapy alternating with chemoimmunotherapy and pemigatinib. II. To characterize the safety and tolerability of cyclical therapy alternating with chemoimmunotherapy and pemigatinib. EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES: I. To evaluate liquid biopsy findings during cyclical therapy using a novel FGFR focused cell free deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) (cfDNA) assay. II. Measure change patterns of quality of life (QoL) with standard questionnaires and correlative with clinical outcomes during cyclical therapy. OUTLINE: Patients alternate between the chemoimmunotherapy (CIO) block and the FGFR inhibitor (FGFRi) block. CIO BLOCK: Patients receive cisplatin intravenously (IV), over 60 minutes, and gemcitabine IV, over 30 minutes, on days 1 and 15 and durvalumab IV, over 60 minutes on day 1 of each cycle. Cycles repeat every 28 days for 2 cycles for each block, in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. FGFRi BLOCK: Patients receive pemigatinib orally (PO) daily (QD) on days 1-14 of each cycle. Cycles repeat every 21 days for 3 cycles for each block, in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. If no progression after FGFRi, treatment will be switched to CIO block. If CIO has been completely discontinued due to prior failures or unacceptable toxicity, patients may continue treatment with pemigatinib until unacceptable toxicity, disease progression, treatment is discontinued at the discretion of investigator or withdrawal of consent, or death. If tumor progressed after the first CIO block, but disease was controlled after the following FGFRi block, switching to one more chemoimmunotherapy block is allowed. If pemigatinib has been completely discontinued due to prior failures or unacceptable toxicity, patients may continue treatment with chemoimmunotherapy until the patient experiences unacceptable toxicity, disease progression, treatment is discontinued at the discretion of investigator or withdrawal of consent, or death. Patients come off study if tumor progressed after both initial chemoimmunotherapy block and FGFR inhibitor block or if no evidence of disease after the therapy, but patient is willing to switch to maintenance therapy. Patients undergo computed tomography (CT) scan and/or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and blood sample collection throughout the study. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 30 days and every 3 months for 2 years then every 6 months until 5 years.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
29
Undergo blood sample collection
Given IV
Undergo CT scan
Given IV
Given IV
Undergo MRI
Given PO
Ancillary studies
Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Columbus, Ohio, United States
RECRUITINGOverall survival (OS)
Defined as the date of start of treatment to the date of death due to any cause. Will be analyzed using the Kaplan Meier method. Survival rate at 12 months and median OS will be estimated along with 95% confidence intervals from the Kaplan Meier distribution.
Time frame: At 12 months
Overall response rate (ORR)
Defined as complete response (CR) + partial response (PR). Assessed by investigator as per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) version (v) 1.1. The estimated ORR will be presented along with the corresponding 95% confidence interval for each cohort, based on a binomial distribution.
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Disease control rate
Defined as CR + PR + stable disease. Assessed by investigator as per RECIST v 1.1.
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Duration of response
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Duration of therapy (DOT)
The median DOT will be presented along with the corresponding 95% confidence interval for each cohort, based on a binomial distribution.
Time frame: From start of cyclical therapy to termination of cyclical therapy, up to 5 years
Progression free survival (PFS)
Kaplan-Meier analysis of PFS will be conducted for each cohort.
Time frame: From start of treatment to the event defined as the first documented progression or death due to any cause, up to 5 years
Overall survival
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Percentage of patients who discontinue therapy
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Percentage of patients who go on to receive second line treatment
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Patient quality of life
Patient quality of life will be measured by the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life EORTC QLQ-C30. The EORTC QLQ-30 consists of 30 questions and is scored on 10 sub scales. Each subscale score ranges from 0-100. For functional and quality of life subscales a higher score indicates better function and quality of life. For the symptoms subscales higher scores represent worse symptoms. Changes over time will be analyzed using a linear mixed model.
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Incidence of adverse events (AE)
Type, frequency, and severity, assessed with National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE), v 5.0.
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Incidence of serious adverse events
Type, frequency, and severity, assessed with NCI CTCAE, v 5.0.
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Dose interruptions
The number of dose interruptions experienced by patients will be summarized
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Dose reductions
The number of times a dose reduction is required for a patient will be summarized
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Dose intensity
The ratio of actual dose received and actual duration will be listed and summarized by means of descriptive statistics
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Incidence of AE leading to study drug delay or discontinuation
Time frame: Up to 5 years
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