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Nivolumab and Ipilimumab in People With Aggressive Pituitary Tumors

Phase II Trial of Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab in Patients With Aggressive Pituitary Tumors

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04042753
Enrollment
10
Registered
2019-08-02
Start date
2019-07-31
Completion date
2026-06-01
Last updated
2026-06-02

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

Conditions

Pituitary, Pituitary Cancer, Pituitary Carcinoma, Pituitary Tumor

Keywords

Pituitary tumor, Nivolumab, Ipilimumab, 19-216

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if nivolumab and ipilimumab are effective treatment for people with pituitary tumors have gotten worse after surgery and radiation.

Interventions

DRUGIpilimumab

Ipilimumab 3 mg/kg every 3 weeks,

DRUGNivolumab

Nivolumab 1 mg/kg every 3 weeks for 4 cycles

Sponsors

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Age greater than or equal to 18 * A pituitary adenoma/carcinoma of any histology ° Patients with unresectable tumors that are radiographically (and/or biochemically) consistent with a pituitary adenoma may be considered for enrollment without pathologic confirmation with approval from the principal investigator. * Progression on imaging following radiotherapy ° Patients with pituitary carcinomas in whom there is not felt to be a palliative benefit to treatment with radiotherapy are eligible for enrollment without prior radiotherapy. * Measurable disease by RANO criteria * At least 4 weeks have elapsed since the patient last received temozolomide and the patient must have recovered hematologically from other chemotherapeutics * Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) greater than or equal to 70 * Screening laboratory values must meet the following criteria: * WBC \>/= 2000/uL * Neutrophils \>/= 1500/uL * Platelets \>/= 100 x 10\^3/uL * Hemoglobin \> 9.0 g/dL * AST/ALT \</=3 x ULN * Total Bilirubin \</= 1.5 x ULN (except subjects with Gilbert Syndrome, who can have total bilirubin \<3.0 mg/dL) * Serum creatinine \</= 1.5 x ULN or creatinine clearance (CrCl) \>/= 40 mL/min using the Cockcroft-Gault formula * Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must use appropriate method(s) or contraception. WOCBP should use an adequate method to avoid pregnancy for 23 weeks (30 days plus the time required for nivolumab to undergo five half-lives) after the last dose of investigational drug * WOCBP is defined as any female who has experienced menarche and who has not undergone surgical sterilization (hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy) or who is not postmenopausal. Menopause is defined clinically as 12 months of amenorrhea in a woman over 45 in the absence of other biological or physiological causes. Women who are not of childbearing potential are not required to use contraception * Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test upon study entry * Men who are sexually active with women of childbearing potential must use adequate contraception upon study entry until 31 weeks after the last dose of study treatment. Men who are surgically sterile or azoospermic do not require contraception.

Exclusion criteria

* A corticosteroid requirement of greater than 4mg per day of dexamethasone (or an equivalent dose). NOTE: Patients requiring a physiologic replacement dose of corticosteroids, who may require stress dose corticosteroids, due to adrenal insufficiency are permitted onto this trial * Active, known, or suspected autoimmune disease within the past 2 years. NOTE: Subjects are permitted to enroll if they have vitiligo, type I diabetes mellitus, residual hypothyroidism due to autoimmune condition only requiring hormone replacement, psoriasis not requiring systemic treatment, or conditions not expected to recur in the absence of an external trigger * Patients should be excluded if they have had prior systemic treatment with a CTLA-4 antibody. Prior treatment with PD1 or PD-L1 antibodies are permitted as long as the patient did not experience serious toxicities requiring treatment discontinuation related to prior PD-1 or PD-L1 therapy * Patients should be excluded if they have a known history of testing positive for hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBV sAg) or hepatitis C virus antibody (HCV antibody) indicating acute or chronic infection * Patients should be excluded if they have a known history of testing positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or known acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) * History of allergy to study drug components * History of severe hypersensitivity reaction to any monoclonal antibody * Women who are pregnant or breast-feeding * Inability to undergo radiographic surveillance

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Radiographic response rate36 weeks from baselineRadiographic response rate will be assessed by RANO/iRANO

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Safety as assessed by CTCAE 5.036 weeks from baselineCommon Toxicity Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 5.0 will be used to assess safety

Countries

United States

Contacts

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORAndrew Lin, MD

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Jun 3, 2026