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Ipilimumab and Local Radiation for Selected Solid Tumors

A Phase I/II Study of Intratumoral Injection of Ipilimumab in Combination With Local Radiation in Melanoma, Non-Hodkgkin Lymphoma and Colorectal Carcinoma

Status
Terminated
Phases
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01769222
Enrollment
3
Registered
2013-01-16
Start date
2013-02-28
Completion date
2015-06-30
Last updated
2024-01-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Adult Nasal Type Extranodal NK/T-cell Lymphoma, Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma, Angioimmunoblastic T-cell Lymphoma, Cutaneous B-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Extranodal Marginal Zone B-cell Lymphoma of Mucosa-associated Lymphoid Tissue, Hepatosplenic T-cell Lymphoma, Intraocular Lymphoma, Nodal Marginal Zone B-cell Lymphoma, Peripheral T-cell Lymphoma, Recurrent Adult Burkitt Lymphoma, Recurrent Adult Diffuse Large Cell Lymphoma, Recurrent Adult Diffuse Mixed Cell Lymphoma, Recurrent Adult Diffuse Small Cleaved Cell Lymphoma, Recurrent Adult Grade III Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis, Recurrent Adult Immunoblastic Large Cell Lymphoma, Recurrent Adult Lymphoblastic Lymphoma, Recurrent Adult T-cell Leukemia/Lymphoma, Recurrent Colon Cancer, Recurrent Cutaneous T-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Recurrent Grade 1 Follicular Lymphoma, Recurrent Grade 2 Follicular Lymphoma, Recurrent Grade 3 Follicular Lymphoma, Recurrent Mantle Cell Lymphoma, Recurrent Marginal Zone Lymphoma, Recurrent Melanoma, Recurrent Mycosis Fungoides/Sezary Syndrome, Recurrent Rectal Cancer, Recurrent Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma, Refractory Hairy Cell Leukemia, Small Intestine Lymphoma, Splenic Marginal Zone Lymphoma, T-cell Large Granular Lymphocyte Leukemia, Testicular Lymphoma, Waldenström Macroglobulinemia

Brief summary

This pilot phase 1-2 trial studies the side effects and best of dose ipilimumab when given together with local radiation therapy and to see how well it works in treating patients with recurrent melanoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, colon, or rectal cancer. Monoclonal antibodies, such as ipilimumab, can block cancer growth in different ways. Some block the ability of cancer cells to grow and spread. Others find cancer cells and help kill them or carry cancer-killing substances to them. Radiation therapy uses high energy x rays to kill cancer cells. Giving monoclonal antibody therapy together with radiation therapy may be an effective treatment for melanoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, colon, or rectal cancer. * The phase 1 component (safety) of this study is ipilimumab 25 mg monotherapy. * The phase 2 component (treatment-escalation) of this study is ipilimumab 25 mg plus radiation combination therapy.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: 1\. To assess the safety of combining intratumoral anti-cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (CTLA4) immunotherapy with local radiation therapy in patients with melanoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and colorectal carcinoma with a monotherapy ipilimumab safety lead-in. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: 1. To assess the induction of an anti-tumor immune responses using laboratory correlative studies. 2. To determine tumor response rates and duration of response at unirradiated tumor sites in patients with advanced malignancies. 3. To identify putative immunologic biomarkers of tumor response. OUTLINE: This is a phase I safety study of ipilimumab monotherapy, followed by a phase 2 study. Only a few subjects participated in the phase 1 portion of this study. The phase 2 treatment-escalation portion of this study (ipilimumab plus radiation combination therapy) was not conducted. Patients receive ipilimumab intratumorally on day 1 and undergo local radiation therapy within 48 hours for at least 3 fractions. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 4 and 8 weeks, and then every 24 weeks for 5 years.

Interventions

BIOLOGICALIpilimumab

Given intratumorally

RADIATIONRadiation therapy

Undergo local radiation therapy, 10 Gy x 3 fractions

Sponsors

Stanford University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

Phase 1 ipilimumab 25 mg safety only. Subsequent Phase 2 ipilimumab 25 mg and radiation combination (treatment-escalation) was not conducted.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Willing and able to give written informed consent * Before any study procedures are performed, subjects (or their legally acceptable representatives) will have the details of the study described to them, and they will be given a written informed consent document to read; then, if subjects consent to participate in the study, they will indicate that consent by signing and dating the informed consent document in the presence of study personnel * Histologically confirmed malignancy * In Phase 1, histologically confirmed melanoma. * In Phase 2, histologically confirmed melanoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, or colorectal carcinoma * Must have failed at least 1 systemic therapy or be intolerant to at least one prior systemic treatment * Must have at least 2 lesions of evaluable size by modified World Health Organization (mWHO)/Cheson criteria; 1 of 2 lesions must be amenable to biopsy (core or fine needle aspirate) and intratumoral injection of up to 5 mL (diameter ≥ 10mm) * Subjects with asymptomatic brain metastases are eligible; (systemic steroids should be avoided if possible, or the subject should be stable on the lowest clinically effective dose, as steroids as they may interfere with the activity of ipilimumab if administered at the time of the first ipilimumab dose) * Must be at least 28 days since treatment with standard or investigational chemotherapy, biochemotherapy, surgery, radiation, cytokine therapy, or immunotherapy, and recovered from any clinically significant toxicity experienced during treatment * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0, 1, or 2 * Life expectancy of ≥ 16 weeks * Subjects must have baseline (screening/baseline) radiographic images, (e.g. brain, chest, abdomen, pelvis, and bone scans with specific imaging tests to be determined by the attending physician) within 6 weeks of initiation of ipilimumab * White blood cell (WBC) ≥ 2000/uL (\ 2 x 10\^9/L) * Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1000/uL (\ 0.5 x 10\^9/L) * Platelets ≥ 75 x 10\^3/uL (\ 75 x 10\^9/L) * Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL (may be transfused) * Creatinine ≤ 2.0 x upper limit of normal (ULN) * Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 2.5 x ULN for subjects without liver metastasis ≤ 5 times for liver metastases * Bilirubin ≤ 2.0 x ULN (except for subjects with Gilbert's syndrome, who must have a total bilirubin of less than 3.0 mg/dL) * No active or chronic infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B, or hepatitis C * Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must be using an adequate method of contraception to avoid pregnancy throughout the study and for up to 26 weeks after the last dose of investigational product, in such a manner that the risk of pregnancy is minimized; WOCBP include any female who has experienced menarche and who has not undergone successful surgical sterilization (hysterectomy, bilateral tubal ligation, or bilateral oophorectomy) or is not post-menopausal; post-menopause is defined as: * Amenorrhea ≥ 12 consecutive months without another cause, or * For women with irregular menstrual periods and taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT), a documented serum follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) level ≥ 35 mIU/mL * Women who are using oral contraceptives, other hormonal contraceptives (vaginal products, skin patches, or implanted or injectable products), or mechanical products such as an intrauterine device or barrier methods (diaphragm, condoms, spermicides) to prevent pregnancy, or are practicing abstinence or where their partner is sterile (eg, vasectomy) should be considered to be of childbearing potential; WOCBP must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test (minimum sensitivity 25 IU/L or equivalent units of human chorionic gonadotropin \[HCG\]) within 72 hours before the start of ipilimumab * Men of fathering potential must be using an adequate method of contraception to avoid conception throughout the study (and for up to 26 weeks after the last dose of investigational product) in such a manner that the risk of pregnancy is minimized

Exclusion criteria

* Any other malignancy from which the patient has been disease-free for less than 5 years, with the exception of adequately treated and cured basal or squamous cell skin cancer, superficial bladder cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix * Autoimmune disease: patients with a history of inflammatory bowel disease, including ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, are excluded from this study, as are patients with a history of symptomatic disease (eg, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic progressive sclerosis \[scleroderma\], systemic lupus erythematosus, autoimmune vasculitis \[eg, Wegener's Granulomatosis\]); motor neuropathy considered of autoimmune origin (e.g. Guillain-Barre Syndrome and Myasthenia Gravis) * Any underlying medical or psychiatric condition, which in the opinion of the investigator will make the administration of ipilimumab hazardous or obscure the interpretation of adverse events (AEs), such as a condition associated with frequent diarrhea * Patients with underlying heart conditions who are deemed ineligible for surgery by cardiology consult * Any non-oncology vaccine therapy used for prevention of infectious diseases (for up to 1 month before or after any dose of ipilimumab) * A history of prior treatment with ipilimumab or prior CD137 agonist or CTLA 4 inhibitor or agonist * Concomitant therapy with any of the following: interleukin-2 (IL 2), interferon, or other non-study immunotherapy regimens; cytotoxic chemotherapy; immunosuppressive agents; other investigation therapies; or chronic use of systemic corticosteroids * A history of AEs with prior IL-2 or Interferon will not preclude subjects from entering the current study * Any investigational agents * Immunosuppressive agents (unless required for treating potential AEs) * Chronic systemic corticosteroids (unless required for treating treatment emergent AEs or required for management of signs or symptoms due to brain metastases, upon discussion with Bristol-Myers Squibb \[BMS\] medical monitor) * Prisoners or subjects who are compulsorily detained (involuntarily incarcerated) for treatment of either a psychiatric or physical (eg, infectious) illness * Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) who: * Are unwilling or unable to use an acceptable method of contraception to avoid pregnancy for their entire study period and for at least 8 weeks after cessation of study drug, or * Have a positive pregnancy test at baseline, or * Are pregnant or breastfeeding * Persons of reproductive potential must agree to use an adequate method of contraception throughout treatment and for at least 8 weeks after ipilimumab is stopped; sexually active WOCBP must use an effective method of birth control during the course of the study, in a manner such that risk of failure is minimized; before study enrollment, WOCBP must be advised of the importance of avoiding pregnancy during study participation and the potential risk factors for an unintentional pregnancy; all WOCBP MUST have a negative pregnancy test before first receiving ipilimumab; if the pregnancy test is positive, the patient must not receive ipilimumab and must not be enrolled in the study

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Dose-limiting Toxicity4 weeksSafety as the percentage of patients in Phase 1 (ipilimumab monotherapy) of the study, who experienced dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs) or serious adverse events (SAEs), using National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 4.0.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Immune Response (Phase 2 Only)4 weeksData will be summarized using proportions with exact 95% confidence intervals, means, standard deviations, and ranges.
Response Rate (Phase 2 Only)8 weeksResponse rates calculated based on the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST)/RECIST Immunotherapy and Cheson criteria (Phase 2 only). Response rate data will be summarized using proportions with exact 95% confidence intervals, means, standard deviations, and ranges.
Overall Survival (Phase 2 Only)Up to 5 yearsData will be summarized using Kaplan-Meier estimates for time to event data.
Duration of Response (Phase 2 Only)Up to 5 yearsData will be summarized using Kaplan-Meier estimates for time to event data.

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Ipilimumab 25 mg
Participants receive ipilimumab intratumorally on Day 1 Ipilimumab: Given intratumorally
3
Ipilimumab 25 mg and Radiation Therapy
Participants receive ipilimumab intratumorally on Day 1 and undergo local radiation therapy (10 Gy/fraction) within 48 hours for at least 3 fractions Ipilimumab: Given intratumorally Radiation therapy: Undergo local radiation therapy, 10 Gy x 3 fractions
0
Total3

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicIpilimumab 25 mg and Radiation TherapyTotalIpilimumab 25 mg
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
0 Participants1 Participants1 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
0 Participants2 Participants2 Participants
Age, Continuous61 years61 years
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
0 Participants0 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
3 Participants3 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
3 Participants3 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
3 Participants3 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
2 Participants2 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
1 Participants1 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
— / —— / —
other
Total, other adverse events
1 / 30 / 0
serious
Total, serious adverse events
0 / 30 / 0

Outcome results

Primary

Dose-limiting Toxicity

Safety as the percentage of patients in Phase 1 (ipilimumab monotherapy) of the study, who experienced dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs) or serious adverse events (SAEs), using National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 4.0.

Time frame: 4 weeks

Population: This study did not proceed to Phase 2 (ipilimumab plus radiation combination therapy).

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Ipilimumab 25 mgDose-limiting Toxicity0 percentage of participants
Secondary

Duration of Response (Phase 2 Only)

Data will be summarized using Kaplan-Meier estimates for time to event data.

Time frame: Up to 5 years

Population: This was a study phase 2 outcome, and no participants were enrolled in study phase 2.

Secondary

Immune Response (Phase 2 Only)

Data will be summarized using proportions with exact 95% confidence intervals, means, standard deviations, and ranges.

Time frame: 4 weeks

Population: This was a study phase 2 outcome, and no participants were enrolled in study phase 2.

Secondary

Immune Response (Phase 2 Only)

Data will be summarized using proportions with exact 95% confidence intervals, means, standard deviations, and ranges.

Time frame: 8 weeks

Secondary

Overall Survival (Phase 2 Only)

Data will be summarized using Kaplan-Meier estimates for time to event data.

Time frame: Up to 5 years

Population: This was a study phase 2 outcome, and no participants were enrolled in study phase 2.

Secondary

Response Rate (Phase 2 Only)

Response rates calculated based on the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST)/RECIST Immunotherapy and Cheson criteria (Phase 2 only). Response rate data will be summarized using proportions with exact 95% confidence intervals, means, standard deviations, and ranges.

Time frame: 8 weeks

Population: This was a study phase 2 outcome, and no participants were enrolled in study phase 2.

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 7, 2026