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A Prospective Study of the Relevance of the HLA-G Immune Checkpoint in Cancer Immunotherapy

A Prospective Study of the Relevance of the HLA-G Immune Checkpoint in Cancer Immunotherapy

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04300088
Acronym
GEIA
Enrollment
281
Registered
2020-03-09
Start date
2020-03-10
Completion date
2025-09-10
Last updated
2020-03-09

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Conditions

Solid Tumor

Brief summary

Therapeutic targeting of immune checkpoints PD-1/PD-L1 and/or CTLA-4 is efficient in several solid cancer subtypes, however only some patients do experience clinical benefit from these treatments. One explanation could be that multiple redundant checkpoints are present within the tumor, simultaneously keeping in check the patient's immune response. The immune checkpoint HLA-G is neo-expressed in over 50% of cases in some cancer subtypes and associated with more dismal prognosis. The immunosuppressive effects of HLA-G may result in resistance to current immunotherapy drugs. The GEIA study explores the impact of HLA-G tumor expression on the efficacy of cancer immunotherapy in solid cancer patients.

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Age 18 or older * Social insurance * Ability to provide signed consent * Histologically proven solid cancer (non-small cell lung cancer, urothelial carcinoma, renal cell carcinoma, other) * Advanced and/or metastatic disease not accessible to local treatment * At least one target lesion according to iRECIST * Available fixed tumor sample for immunohistochemistry studies * Treatment with anti-PD(L)1 immunotherapy with or without anti-CTLA4 immunotherapy

Exclusion criteria

* Women pregnant or breastfeeding * Inability to consent to this research * Previous cancer immunotherapy (except BCG instillations for non-muscle infiltrative bladder cancer) * Patients chronically infected with HIV, HBV or HCV

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Objective tumor response rateat 6 monthsThe impact of HLA-G tumor expression (evaluated by immunohistochemistry) on tumor response rates (evaluated with iRECIST) in solid cancer patients treated with anti-PD(L)1 immunotherapy with or without anti-CTLA4 immunotherapy.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Progression free-survivalat 6 months
Overall survivalat 6 months
Specific disease survivalat 6 months
Incidence of adverse eventsat 2 yearsAdverse events will be assessed using Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v5.0
Soluble HLA-G levels countsUp to 24 monthsSoluble HLA-G levels will be evaluated by ELISA.The correlation between tumor HLA-G expression and soluble HLA-G levels will be studied.

Contacts

Primary ContactStephane Culine, Pr
stephane.culine@aphp.fr01.42.49.42.47
Backup ContactMatthieu Resche-Rigon
matthieu.resche-rigon@univ-paris-diderot.fr0142499742

Outcome results

None listed

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