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A Study of T-VEC (Talimogene Laherparepvec) With or Without Radiotherapy for Melanoma, Merkel Cell Carcinoma, or Other Solid Tumors

A Phase II Randomized Trial of Intralesional Talimogene Laherparepvec (TALIMOGENE LAHERPAREPVEC) With or Without Radiotherapy for Cutaneous Melanoma, Merkel Cell Carcinoma, or Other Solid Tumors

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02819843
Enrollment
19
Registered
2016-06-30
Start date
2016-06-21
Completion date
2024-02-22
Last updated
2025-01-29

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

Conditions

Melanoma, Merkel Cell Carcinoma, Other Solid Tumors

Keywords

T-VEC (Talimogene Laherparepvec), Radiotherapy, 16-224

Brief summary

The purpose of this phase II clinical study is to test the good and bad effects of T-VEC (talimogene laherparepvec) with or without hypofractionated radiotherapy on people with melanoma, Merkel cell carcinoma, or other solid tumors with skin metastasis.

Interventions

RADIATIONHypofractionated Radiotherapy

Sponsors

Amgen
CollaboratorINDUSTRY
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Man or woman ≥ 18 years old * Life expectancy \> 4 months * Histopathologically confirmed melanoma, Merkel cell carcinoma or other solid tumor malignancy * Cutaneous subcutaneous soft tissue, or superficial lymphatic metastasis not suitable for surgical resection * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 to 2 * Cutaneous subcutaneous soft tissue, or superficial lymphatic metastasis that is amenable to injection and irradiation and \> 10 mm in longest dimension ° Cutaneous metastasis in a region of previous radiation therapy is amenable to radiation therapy as part of this protocol if at least 6 months has elapsed since prior radiotherapy and the dose of radiotherapy previously administered did not exceed an equivalent dose of 60 Gy in 2 Gy equivalent fractions at the skin surface (using linear-quadratic modeling with alpha/beta=11.5) * Metastasis that is \> 10 mm in longest dimensionor exhibits radiotracer uptake consistent with metastasis on PET/CT * Adequate coagulation function (platelet count \>50 k/mcL, international normalized ratio of \< 1.5) * Resolution or stabilization of clinically significant adverse events from prior therapy * Able to provide valid written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

* Active herpetic skin lesions or prior complications of HSV-1 infection (such as herpetic keratitis, herpetic encephalitis) * Receipt of a therapeutic anticoagulant * Receipt of live vaccine within 28 days of planned first dose of TVEC * Receipt of another cancer therapy (targeted therapy, chemotherapy, investigational therapy, immunotherapy, radiotherapy or surgery) which is yielding an overall response (by response criteria in this study) ° Patients with stable or progressing disease (as determined by at least 2 consecutive assessments at 6-week interval) can continue to receive the same therapy during treatment as part of this protocol * History of symptomatic autoimmune disease (such as lupus, scleroderma, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis) requiring systemic treatment (for example corticosteroids or immunosuppressants); replacement therapy (for example, thyroxine, insulin) is not considered a systemic treatment * History of high grade (CTCAE ≥ Grade 3) immune mediated adverse event from prior cancer immunotherapy * History of CTCAE ≥ Grade 2 immune mediated endocrinopathy from prior cancer immunotherapy * Intermittent or chronic use of oral or intravenous antiherpetic drug (such as acyclovir) * Active or chronic hepatitis B or C infection ° Previously infected, with evidence of immunity and no evidence of active hepatitis is not an exclusion criterion * Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection * Known leukemia or lymphoma * Common variable immunodeficiency * Patients requiring chronic high dose immunosuppressants including steroids (prednisone daily equivalent of ≥ 10 mg) * Known severe congenital or acquired cellular or humoral immunodeficient or immunocompromised patients * High likelihood of protocol non-compliance (in opinion of investigator) * Woman of childbearing potential unwilling to use effective contraception during protocol treatment and for 3 months after last dose of Talimogene Laherparepvec * Woman of childbearing potential that is pregnant or breast-feeding, or planning to become pregnant or breast-feed during protocol treatment and for 3 months after last dose of Talimogene Laherparepvec

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Best Response16 weeksOverall subject level response is defined as partial or complete (\>50% or greater decrease in largest lesion) by the modified World Health Organization (mWHO) criteria, and will include measurements of tumor size by CT component of PET/CT, and clinically by digital photography.

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Intralesional TALIMOGENE LAHERPAREPVEC Without Radiotherapy
Patients will receive Talimogene Laherparepvec alone, as described above, without radiotherapy. TALIMOGENE LAHERPAREPVEC (TVEC)
9
Intralesional TALIMOGENE LAHERPAREPVEC With Radiotherapy
Patients will receive 3 radiotherapy treatments (one treatment every 3-5 days) during weeks 3 and 4. The first treatment will occur 6 (+/- 2) hours after the Talimogene Laherparepvec administration at week 3.Talimogene Laherparepvec will be administered at weeks 0, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15. The first dose of Talimogene Laherparepvec will be 10\^6 plaque forming units (PFU)/mL, followed three weeks later by a dose of 10\^8 pfu/mL. TALIMOGENE LAHERPAREPVEC (TVEC) Hypofractionated Radiotherapy
10
Total19

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000FG001
Overall StudyDisease progression before RT01

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicIntralesional TALIMOGENE LAHERPAREPVEC Without RadiotherapyTotalIntralesional TALIMOGENE LAHERPAREPVEC With Radiotherapy
Age, Continuous70 years65 years62 years
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
2 Participants2 Participants0 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
7 Participants17 Participants10 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
0 Participants2 Participants2 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
0 Participants2 Participants2 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
9 Participants15 Participants6 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
9 Participants19 Participants10 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
5 Participants13 Participants8 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
4 Participants6 Participants2 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
8 / 99 / 10
other
Total, other adverse events
9 / 910 / 10
serious
Total, serious adverse events
0 / 90 / 10

Outcome results

Primary

Best Response

Overall subject level response is defined as partial or complete (\>50% or greater decrease in largest lesion) by the modified World Health Organization (mWHO) criteria, and will include measurements of tumor size by CT component of PET/CT, and clinically by digital photography.

Time frame: 16 weeks

ArmMeasureCategoryValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Intralesional TALIMOGENE LAHERPAREPVEC Without RadiotherapyBest ResponseComplete Response1 Participants
Intralesional TALIMOGENE LAHERPAREPVEC Without RadiotherapyBest ResponsePartial Response0 Participants
Intralesional TALIMOGENE LAHERPAREPVEC Without RadiotherapyBest ResponseStable Disease2 Participants
Intralesional TALIMOGENE LAHERPAREPVEC Without RadiotherapyBest ResponseProgressive Disease6 Participants
Intralesional TALIMOGENE LAHERPAREPVEC With RadiotherapyBest ResponseProgressive Disease4 Participants
Intralesional TALIMOGENE LAHERPAREPVEC With RadiotherapyBest ResponseComplete Response1 Participants
Intralesional TALIMOGENE LAHERPAREPVEC With RadiotherapyBest ResponseStable Disease5 Participants
Intralesional TALIMOGENE LAHERPAREPVEC With RadiotherapyBest ResponsePartial Response0 Participants

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 9, 2026