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An Investigational Study of Infliximab With Prednisone or Methylprednisolone Versus Prednisone Combination Treatment in Immune Related or Severe Diarrhea in Patients Treated With Yervoy and/or Opdivo

A Phase 2, Randomized, Open-Label Study of Infliximab and Lower Exposure Corticosteroids vs Methylprednisolone and Higher Exposure Oral Corticosteroids for the Management of Immune-Related Severe or Persistent Diarrhea in Patients Treated With Yervoy (Ipilimumab) and/or Opdivo (Nivolumab)

Status
Withdrawn
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02763761
Enrollment
0
Registered
2016-05-05
Start date
2016-08-16
Completion date
2017-03-31
Last updated
2018-10-09

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Conditions

Lung Cancer, Melanoma, Renal Cell Carcinoma

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of Infliximab and oral prednisone versus methylprednisolone and oral prednisone in patients with melanoma, lung cancer, or renal cell carcinoma who have immune related Grade 3-4 diarrhea for up to 3 days or persistent Grade 2 diarrhea for more than 5 days after treatment with Yervoy and/or Opdivo

Interventions

DRUGInfliximab + Prednisone

Prednisone dose will be decreased every 3 days for 18 days

DRUGMethylprednisolone + Prednisone

Prednisone dose will be decreased every 4 days for 40 days

Sponsors

Bristol-Myers Squibb
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

For more information regarding Bristol-Myers Squibb Clinical Trial participation, please visit www.BMSStudyConnect.com Inclusion Criteria: * Subjects must have melanoma or lung cancer or renal cell carcinoma and received ipilimumab or nivolumab as a single treatment or in combination * Subject must have NCI common toxicity Grade 3-4 immune-related diarrhea for up to 3 days or persistent Grade 2 diarrhea for more than 5 days * Subjects must be discontinued from ipilimumab or nivolumab as monotherapy or with the combination regimen

Exclusion criteria

* Subjects who received other anti Cytotoxic T-lymphocytic antigen (CTLA-4) (non-ipilimumab) or other anti-Programmed death-1 (PD-1) (non-nivolumab) treatment * Subjects treated with systemic Corticosteroid (CST) within 1 week before randomization and subjects treated with infliximab within 7 weeks before randomization * Subjects with known history of tuberculosis * Subjects with immunosuppressive disease that require use of systemic steroids or immunosuppressive treatment * Subjects allergic to infliximab, inactive components of infliximab, murine proteins and methylprednisolone Other protocol defined inclusion/

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Improvement in management of immune related grade 3 and 4 diarrhea as measured by proportion of responders to less than or equal to grade 1Up to 78 hours
Improvement in management of persistent grade 2 diarrhea as measured by proportion of responders to less than or equal to grade 1Up to 78 hours

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Number of hospitalizationsUp to 12 weeks
Duration of hospitalizationsUp to 12 weeks
Number of days to improvement to less than grade 1 diarrheaRandomization up to 12 weeks
Number of patients with AEs related to steroid useUp to 12 weeks
Number of patients with Gastrointestinal (GI) specific AEsUp to 12 weeks
Number of patients with adverse events (AEs)Up to 12 weeks
Quality of life as measured by European Quality of Life-5 Dimensions Questionnaire (EQ-5D)Up to 12 weeks

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026