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Radiotherapy in Combination With Checkpoint Inhibition for Patients With Metastatic Kidney Cancer

STING Agonist and Personalized Ultra-fractionated Stereotactic Adaptive Radiotherapy in Combination With Checkpoint Inhibition for Patients With Metastatic Kidney Cancer.

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06601296
Acronym
SPARK
Enrollment
15
Registered
2024-09-19
Start date
2025-04-01
Completion date
2028-10-01
Last updated
2026-10-29

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

Conditions

Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma ( mRCC), OligoProgressive Metastatic Disease

Keywords

renal, kidney, mrcc, metastatic, cancer, STING, PULSAR, SABr, SPARK, nivolumab, IMSA 101

Brief summary

To evaluate the impact of combining innate immune system activation (with IMSA101) with antigen release (through SAbR/PULSAR) on limited progressing lesions during ongoing adaptive immune system activation (with maintenance Nivo).

Detailed description

The study expects to accrue the 15 patients over a 3-4 year period. Patients with oligoprogressive disease (up to 5 lesions) after prior treatment with check-point inhibitor monotherapy (Nivolumab or Pembrolizumab). All patients will undergo baseline biopsy (just before the administration of IMSA101 of the same lesion to be injected). SAbR will be delivered in 3 fractions at 12 Gy every 4 weeks (PULSAR regimen) to all progressing lesions. One lesion will also receive 3 intratumoral injections of IMSA101 (C1D1, C2D1, C3D1) immediately after radiation either on the same day or within 72 hours after the PULSE. Selected Phase 2 dosing of IMSA101 (1200mcg) will be utilized. At disease progression, patients have the option to undergo additional imaging and tissue/blood collections.

Interventions

All enrolled patients to undergo the following treatment: SOC treatment: Nivolumab 480mg monthly PULSAR: 36 Gy in 3 fractions, Q4weeks IMSA101: three intra-tumoral injections of one of the progressive lesions at 1200 mcg (C1D1, C2D1, C3D1)

Sponsors

University of Texas Southwestern Medical 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

* Patients must have metastatic ccRCC. * Patients must have oligoprogressive disease (up to 5 progressing lesions) on any ongoing or prior check-point inhibitor regimen that are all amenable to radiation including one lesion suitable for IMSA101 injection. * Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) of at least 50%. * Life expectancy of at least 6 months. * Age ≥ 18 years. * Patients must have adequate organ and marrow function within 14 days prior to study entry. * All IMDC risk categories are allowed.

Exclusion criteria

* Prior high-grade toxicity from check-point inhibitors deemed to place he patient at high risk for toxicity recurrence with re-challenge with check-point inhibitors. * Prior STING agonist use. * Any condition requiring systemic treatment with corticosteroids (\>10 mg daily prednisone equivalent) or other immunosuppressive medications within 14 days prior to first dose of study drug. Inhaled steroids and adrenal replacement steroid doses up to 10 mg daily prednisone equivalents are permitted in the absence of active autoimmune disease. * Uncontrolled adrenal insufficiency.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
To evaluate the PFS rate associated with the therapeutic intervention. PFS is defined as the duration of time from initiation of PULSAR/IMSA101 to disease progression as defined by RECIST1.1 or death.Time from initiation of PULSAR/IMSA101 until death from any cause. Follow-up visits to be done every 12 weeks (+/- 1 week) for study duration until patient has progressed. Afterward, subjects to be contacted every 6 months for survival data up to 5 yearsExact binomial test will be used to test if the lower limit of the 95% confidence interval of the probability of postponing systemic therapy \>9 months will be greater than 30%.

Countries

United States

Contacts

CONTACTSARAH NEUFELD, MANAGER OF CLINICAL RESEARCH, MS, MBA
Sarah.Hardee@UTSouthwestern.edu214 648 1836
CONTACTRAQUIBUL HANNAN, MD, PhD.
Raquibul.Hannan@UTSouthwestern.edu214 645 7696
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORRAQUIBUL HANNAN, MD

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Oct 30, 2026