Advanced Kidney Cancer
Conditions
Keywords
Chronoimmunotherapy, Time-of-day administration, Chronotherapy, Circadian rhythm, Advanced kidney cancer, Nivolumab/Ipilimumab
Brief summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if the timing of treatments plays a role in how effective the standard-of-care drugs nivolumab/ipilimumab (ICI/ICI) works to treat adults with advanced kidney cancer. The trial will also learn if time-of-day reduces ICI/ICI side-effects. Researchers will compare ICI/ICI given in the morning (before 11:30am) vs in the afternoon (after 1:30pm), to see if circadian rhythm effects how ICI/ICI works to treat advanced kidney cancer. Participants will be randomized in Arm A or Arm B to receive drugs ICI/ICI either in the morning (Arm A) or afternoon (Arm B) as part of their standard-of-care treatment for advanced kidney cancer. Participants will: * Visit the clinic either in the morning (Arm A) or afternoon (Arm B) to receive ICI/ICI treatment as part of their regular medical care for advanced kidney cancer * Frequency of visits will follow standard-of-care guidelines
Interventions
Participants will receive ICI/ICI as part of their standard-of-care therapy administered in the morning before 11:30am (Arm A) , as determined by randomization.
Participants will receive ICI/ICI as part of their standard-of-care therapy administered in the afternoon after 1:30pm (Arm B) , as determined by randomization.
Sponsors
British Columbia Cancer Agency
Guliz Ozgun
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
This study is a randomized, controlled trial designed to evaluate the effects of timing of standard-of-care (SOC) treatment administration on patient outcomes. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive SOC nivolumab/ipilimumab either in the morning or in the afternoon, with no additional interventions planned. Patients will be scheduled for treatments at the same time for the first four cycles, with a ±1 hour flexibility, to minimize the impact of timing as a confounding factor in the analyses. The trial is open-label and not blinded due to the nature of the intervention (timing of treatment).
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Participants must meet all of the following criteria to be eligible for participation in this trial. Waivers to the inclusion criteria will NOT be allowed. 1. Age 18 or older 2. Able to provide informed consent 3. Histologically confirmed advanced clear cell kidney cancer 4. Eligible for standard-of-care nivolumab/ipilimumab regimen 5. Measurable disease per RECIST 1.1 6. ECOG performance status 0-2 7. Ability to adhere to scheduled infusion times (Before 11:30 a.m. or after 1:30 pm)
Exclusion criteria
Participants are excluded from the trial if any of the following criteria apply. Waivers to the
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Assess Overall-Survival in time-of-day administration of ICI/ICI treatment | From enrollment to the end of follow-up at 24 months. | To assess overall survival (OS) in patients treated with time-of day dependent administration of nivolumab-ipilimumab (ICI/ICI) standard-of-care therapy in advanced kidney cancer. OS is defined as the time from randomization to death from any cause. The primary analysis will compare OS curves between study arms and estimate 2-year OS rates for each group. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Evaluate Progression-Free Survival in time-of-day administration of ICI/ICI treatment | From enrollment to the end of follow-up at 24-months. | Progression-free Survival (PFS) will be determined by time of randomization to disease progression or death from any cause. |
| Determine the Time-to-Treatment Failure in time-of-day administration of ICI/ICI treatment | From enrollment to the end of follow-up at 24-months. | Time to treatment failure (TTF) is determined by assessing time from treatment initiation to treatment discontinuation for any reason, including disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, patient withdrawal, or death, capturing both treatment efficacy and tolerability. |
| Assess treatment-related tolerability and toxicity differences | From enrollment to the end of follow-up at 24-months. | Differences in steroid use (yes/no) for the management of treatment-related toxicity, treatment interruptions (yes/no) due to treatment-related toxicity, and treatment discontinuations (yes/no) due to treatment-related toxicity will be used as surrogate safety outcomes, as comprehensive adverse event documentation is beyond the scope of this pragmatic clinical trial. The study seeks to determine whether treatment administration at a predefined time of day is associated with differences in the need for toxicity-related clinical interventions. Given that the relevant adverse events are well characterized in the existing literature, the focus of this study is on comparative safety between groups using these surrogate measures rather than on detailed characterization of individual adverse events. |
| Determine Objective Response Rate in time-of-day administration of ICI/ICI treatment | From enrollment to the end of follow-up at 24-months. | Objective response rate (ORR) will be determined by Proportion of patients achieving a complete or partial response as assessed by RECIST v1.1 criteria, confirmed by central or investigator review. Tumor assessments will be performed as standard of care (typically every 12 weeks), and best overall response prior to disease progression will be used for ORR determination. |
| Bulk RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) | At 4 time points: Baseline, 1-day post first cycle of treatment, 3 weeks into treatment and 12 weeks into treatment | Bulk RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) will be performed to comprehensively characterize global gene expression profiles and to evaluate time-of-day-associated differences in immune-related transcriptional signatures. This approach will enable the identification of circadian variation in gene expression and provide insight into temporal regulation of immune pathways in response to treatment. |
| Cytokine and chemokine analyses | At 4 time points: Baseline, 1-day post first cycle of treatment, 3 weeks into treatment and 12 weeks into treatment | Plasma will be isolated for cytokine and chemokine analyses to assess systemic immune signaling and inflammatory profiles. Quantitative evaluation of circulating cytokines and chemokines will provide insight into treatment- and time-dependent changes in immune activation, inflammation, and immune regulation, complementing cellular and transcriptional immune profiling. |
| Immune Profiling | At 4 time points: Baseline, 1-day post first cycle of treatment, 3 weeks into treatment and 12 weeks into treatment | Immune cell populations will be characterized from the blood samples at baseline (prior to treatment initiation) and at three predefined time points during therapy: 1 day after treatment initiation, 3 weeks into treatment, and 12 weeks into treatment. Cytometry by time-of-flight (CyTOF) will be used to comprehensively profile immune cell populations allowing for high-dimensional assessment of immune cell composition and activation states across treatment timing groups. |
Countries
Canada
Contacts
Primary ContactDr. Guliz Ozgun, MD
Outcome results
None listed