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A Phase Ib Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of FMT and Nivolumab in Subjects With Metastatic or Inoperable Melanoma, MSI-H, dMMR or NSCLC

Primary Purpose

Melanoma Stage IV, Unresectable Melanoma, NSCLC Stage IV

Status
Unknown status
Phase
Phase 1
Locations
Israel
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
Fecal Microbial Transplantation by capsules
Sponsored by
Ella Therapeutics Ltd
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Eligibility
Locations
Arms
Outcomes
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About this trial

This is an interventional treatment trial for Melanoma Stage IV

Eligibility Criteria

18 Years - undefined (Adult, Older Adult)All SexesDoes not accept healthy volunteers

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Age and gender: 18 and older, all genders
  2. Signed written informed consent . Participants must be willing to participate in the study and provide written and signed informed consent (ICF) for the study.

    Participants must be willing and able to complete all study specific procedures and visits

  3. Diagnosis:

    For NSCLC patients Histologically or cytologically confirmed metastatic or locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer not amenable to curative treatment that have a confirmed progression on anti-PD-1/PDL1 therapy:

    Subjects may have had a maximum of one prior line of therapy after failure of anti-PD-1/ Programmed death-ligand 1 (PDL1) therapy Received a platinum based chemotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer; or, Subjects with a documented activating mutation {e.g., against epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), against rearranged anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK), Proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase (ROS)} must have received the appropriate targeted therapy.

    For Melanoma patients Histologically confirmed unresectable or metastatic melanoma not amenable to curative treatment that have a confirmed progression on anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy: a. Subjects may have had a maximum of one prior line of therapy after failure of anti-PD-1/PDL1 therapy b. Subjects with a documented B-Raf (BRAF) mutation must have received the appropriate targeted therapy

    For MSI-H/dMMR patients -Histologically confirmed MSI-H/dMMR metastatic solid tumors including the following indications: colorectal adenocarcinoma, gastric adenocarcinoma, esophageal adenocarcinoma, endometrial carcinoma, ovarian carcinoma, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and urothelial carcinoma that had a confirmed progression on anti-PD-1/PD-L1-based therapy.

  4. Biopsies Patients must agree to study biopsies at two time points: a. Pretreatment and on treatment gut biopsies. b. Pretreatment and on treatment tumor biopsies.
  5. Measurable disease by RECIST v1.1.
  6. Patient status: a. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) status of 0-1 b. Liver function: Total bilirubin ≤ 2 Upper limit of normal (ULN), Alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 2.5 ULN (or < 5 in case of present liver metastasis) c. Neutrophils ≥ 1,000/mm3, platelets ≥ 100,000/mm3, Hb>8 g/dL d. Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 ULN e. International normalized ratio (INR), prothrombin time (PT), and activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) ≤1.5x ULN
  7. Pregnancy a. Negative urine or serum pregnancy test within 72 hours prior to receiving first dose of study procedure in women of childbearing potential. b. Use of an effective contraceptive method throughout the entire treatment period and up to 6 months after the completion of treatment in both males and females of child bearing potential.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Medical Conditions :

    1.1 History of chronic or active colitis 1.2. Tumor involvement of the esophagus, stomach, small intestine or colo-rectum. Note: not applicable for patients with MSI-H or dMMR colorectal , gastric or esophageal adenocarcinoma 1.3. Has a current active or a past known additional malignancy within the last 5 years.

    1.4. Has an active or a documented history of autoimmune disease that required treatment in the past 2 years.

    1.5. Known food allergy to eggs, nuts, peanuts 1.6. Known allergy to neomycin,vancomycin or metronidazole 1.7. Pregnant or breastfeeding women 1.8. Has known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (HIV 1/2 antibodies) 1.9 Has known history of or is positive for hepatitis B or Hepatitis C.

  2. Prior/Concomitant Therapy and medical procedure 2.1 Has ongoing immune-related adverse effects from previous immunotherapy treatments that are of Grade ≥2, excluding endocrine adverse effects 2.2 Immunosuppressive chronic treatments. Patients treated with Prednisone ≤10mg per day may be included.

    2.3 Known active bacterial, viral, fungal, mycobacterial, parasitic, or other infection (excluding fungal infections of nail beds) or any major episode of infection requiring treatment with i.v. antibiotics or hospitalization (relating to the completion of the course of antibiotics, except if for tumor fever) within 28 days prior to the start of Day 1 2.4 Medical condition that requires chronic treatment with antibiotics 2.5 Vaccination with live vaccines within 28 days prior to start of Cycle 1, Day 1.

    2.6 Has received major surgery (within 28 days prior to the start of Cycle 1, Day 1), other than for diagnosis. Patient must have recovered from all surgery-related toxicities.

    2.7 Patient has a known intolerance to anti-PD-L1 or anti-PD1.

  3. Prior/Concurrent Clinical Study Experience 3.1 Participation in another clinical trial with anti-neoplastic intervention up to 14 days prior to study entry
  4. Other Exclusions 4.1 Any other serious uncontrolled medical condition (including active bleeding or non-healing wound) 4.2 Has known psychiatric or substance abuse disorder that would interfere with cooperation with the requirements of the study.

Sites / Locations

  • Sheba Medical CenterRecruiting

Arms of the Study

Arm 1

Arm Type

Experimental

Arm Label

Treatment Arm

Arm Description

Combination treatment: anti PD1 + FMT by capsules

Outcomes

Primary Outcome Measures

Incidence of FMT-related Adverse Events
Number of patients with adverse events that emerged post FMT. The AE severity grading scale for the NCI-CTCAE (v5.0) will be used for assessing AE severity
Overall Response Rate (ORR)
Number of patients with objective responses divided by the total number of evaluable patients, according to imaging studies (RECIST 1.1) and iRECIST

Secondary Outcome Measures

Changes in immune activation in the gut
Immune activation in gut is defined as a 20% or more increase in cluster of differentiation 68 (CD68) cell counts pre and post FMT
Changes in immune activation in the tumor
Changes in the relative abundance of different immune cell population (such as the proportion of cluster of differentiation 8 (CD8) and T cell in the tumor pre and post FMT
Progression-free survival (PFS)
Duration of progression free status evaluated according to imaging studies (RECIST 1.1) and iRECIST.
To assess Overall survival (OS)
The proportion of patients remaining alive from initiation of study treatment until completion of two year follow-up from End of Treatment (EOT)
To assess Duration of response (DoR)
Time from initial response to disease progression or death among patients who have experienced a Complete Response (CR) or Partial Response (PR) according to RECIST v1.1
Incidence of immune related toxicities induced by anti-PD-1
Number and Grade of immune related Adverse events (irAE) reported that emerged post anti-PD1 treatment

Full Information

First Posted
August 13, 2020
Last Updated
August 9, 2021
Sponsor
Ella Therapeutics Ltd
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1. Study Identification

Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT04521075
Brief Title
A Phase Ib Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of FMT and Nivolumab in Subjects With Metastatic or Inoperable Melanoma, MSI-H, dMMR or NSCLC
Official Title
A Phase Ib Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Fecal Microbial Transplantation (FMT) in Combination With Nivolumab in Subjects With Metastatic or Inoperable Melanoma, Microsatellite Instability-high (MSI-H) or Mismatch-repair Deficient (dMMR) Cancer, or Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
Study Type
Interventional

2. Study Status

Record Verification Date
August 2021
Overall Recruitment Status
Unknown status
Study Start Date
November 1, 2020 (Actual)
Primary Completion Date
July 1, 2022 (Anticipated)
Study Completion Date
July 1, 2023 (Anticipated)

3. Sponsor/Collaborators

Responsible Party, by Official Title
Sponsor
Name of the Sponsor
Ella Therapeutics Ltd

4. Oversight

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product
No
Product Manufactured in and Exported from the U.S.
No
Data Monitoring Committee
No

5. Study Description

Brief Summary
A Phase Ib trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Fecal Microbial Transplantation (FMT) in combination with Nivolumab in subjects with metastatic or inoperable melanoma, microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) or mismatch-repair deficient (dMMR) cancer, or Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
Detailed Description
This study is a Phase I single-center adaptive design study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of FMT in combination with Nivolumab for adult subjects with treatment-refractory or inoperable melanoma, MSH-H, dMMr or NSCLC. FMT will be conducted with fecal capsules, originating from patients that have achieved a durable complete response with immune checkpoint inhibitors. The study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of the combination of FMT with Nivolumab, a human immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4) monoclonal antibody that blocks PD-1 (anti PD-1) treatment and explore different biomarkers.

6. Conditions and Keywords

Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Melanoma Stage IV, Unresectable Melanoma, NSCLC Stage IV

7. Study Design

Primary Purpose
Treatment
Study Phase
Phase 1, Phase 2
Interventional Study Model
Single Group Assignment
Model Description
Stage I: Cohort A: Fifteen Melanoma patients will be treated with FMT capsules originating from 5 different donors. Cohort B: Two NSCLC patients will be treated with FMT capsules originating from 2 different donors. Cohort C: Three MSI-H or dMMR patients will be treated with FMT via colonoscopy and capsules combined with anti-PD-1 (Nivolumab). An interim analysis will be conducted following completion of recruitment of 15 patients. Based on the interim analysis, the abovementioned independent cohorts will be expanded to include additional patients as Stage II: Cohort A expansion will include 15 melanoma patients Cohort C expansion will include seven MSI-H or dMMR patients. Patients will be treated with FMT originating from selected donors, combined with anti-PD-1 (Nivolumab).
Masking
None (Open Label)
Allocation
N/A
Enrollment
42 (Anticipated)

8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions

Arm Title
Treatment Arm
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
Combination treatment: anti PD1 + FMT by capsules
Intervention Type
Biological
Intervention Name(s)
Fecal Microbial Transplantation by capsules
Other Intervention Name(s)
Nivolumab
Intervention Description
Cohorts A and B - Patients will receive 30 oral capsules per administration for two consecutive days (Days 1-2) Cohort C - Patients will receive FMT via colonscopy (Day 1), followed the day after by adnistration of 12 oral capsules (Day 2) Combination cycles: 6 combined cycles Q2W of FMT maintenance followed by treatment with anti-PD1. Anti-PD-1 will be administered at least one day and up to 3 days after the FMT. Maintenance of FMT by oral capsules: 12 capsules per administration. Anti PD-1 therapy: A dose of 240 mg Nivolumab will be administrated by intravenous infusion.
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Incidence of FMT-related Adverse Events
Description
Number of patients with adverse events that emerged post FMT. The AE severity grading scale for the NCI-CTCAE (v5.0) will be used for assessing AE severity
Time Frame
3 years
Title
Overall Response Rate (ORR)
Description
Number of patients with objective responses divided by the total number of evaluable patients, according to imaging studies (RECIST 1.1) and iRECIST
Time Frame
3 years
Secondary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Changes in immune activation in the gut
Description
Immune activation in gut is defined as a 20% or more increase in cluster of differentiation 68 (CD68) cell counts pre and post FMT
Time Frame
3 years
Title
Changes in immune activation in the tumor
Description
Changes in the relative abundance of different immune cell population (such as the proportion of cluster of differentiation 8 (CD8) and T cell in the tumor pre and post FMT
Time Frame
3 years
Title
Progression-free survival (PFS)
Description
Duration of progression free status evaluated according to imaging studies (RECIST 1.1) and iRECIST.
Time Frame
3 years
Title
To assess Overall survival (OS)
Description
The proportion of patients remaining alive from initiation of study treatment until completion of two year follow-up from End of Treatment (EOT)
Time Frame
3 years
Title
To assess Duration of response (DoR)
Description
Time from initial response to disease progression or death among patients who have experienced a Complete Response (CR) or Partial Response (PR) according to RECIST v1.1
Time Frame
3 years
Title
Incidence of immune related toxicities induced by anti-PD-1
Description
Number and Grade of immune related Adverse events (irAE) reported that emerged post anti-PD1 treatment
Time Frame
3 years

10. Eligibility

Sex
All
Minimum Age & Unit of Time
18 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Age and gender: 18 and older, all genders Signed written informed consent . Participants must be willing to participate in the study and provide written and signed informed consent (ICF) for the study. Participants must be willing and able to complete all study specific procedures and visits Diagnosis: For NSCLC patients Histologically or cytologically confirmed metastatic or locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer not amenable to curative treatment that have a confirmed progression on anti-PD-1/PDL1 therapy: Subjects may have had a maximum of one prior line of therapy after failure of anti-PD-1/ Programmed death-ligand 1 (PDL1) therapy Received a platinum based chemotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer; or, Subjects with a documented activating mutation {e.g., against epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), against rearranged anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK), Proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase (ROS)} must have received the appropriate targeted therapy. For Melanoma patients Histologically confirmed unresectable or metastatic melanoma not amenable to curative treatment that have a confirmed progression on anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy: a. Subjects may have had a maximum of one prior line of therapy after failure of anti-PD-1/PDL1 therapy b. Subjects with a documented B-Raf (BRAF) mutation must have received the appropriate targeted therapy For MSI-H/dMMR patients -Histologically confirmed MSI-H/dMMR metastatic solid tumors including the following indications: colorectal adenocarcinoma, gastric adenocarcinoma, esophageal adenocarcinoma, endometrial carcinoma, ovarian carcinoma, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and urothelial carcinoma that had a confirmed progression on anti-PD-1/PD-L1-based therapy. Biopsies Patients must agree to study biopsies at two time points: a. Pretreatment and on treatment gut biopsies. b. Pretreatment and on treatment tumor biopsies. Measurable disease by RECIST v1.1. Patient status: a. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) status of 0-1 b. Liver function: Total bilirubin ≤ 2 Upper limit of normal (ULN), Alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 2.5 ULN (or < 5 in case of present liver metastasis) c. Neutrophils ≥ 1,000/mm3, platelets ≥ 100,000/mm3, Hb>8 g/dL d. Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 ULN e. International normalized ratio (INR), prothrombin time (PT), and activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) ≤1.5x ULN Pregnancy a. Negative urine or serum pregnancy test within 72 hours prior to receiving first dose of study procedure in women of childbearing potential. b. Use of an effective contraceptive method throughout the entire treatment period and up to 6 months after the completion of treatment in both males and females of child bearing potential. Exclusion Criteria: Medical Conditions : 1.1 History of chronic or active colitis 1.2. Tumor involvement of the esophagus, stomach, small intestine or colo-rectum. Note: not applicable for patients with MSI-H or dMMR colorectal , gastric or esophageal adenocarcinoma 1.3. Has a current active or a past known additional malignancy within the last 5 years. 1.4. Has an active or a documented history of autoimmune disease that required treatment in the past 2 years. 1.5. Known food allergy to eggs, nuts, peanuts 1.6. Known allergy to neomycin,vancomycin or metronidazole 1.7. Pregnant or breastfeeding women 1.8. Has known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (HIV 1/2 antibodies) 1.9 Has known history of or is positive for hepatitis B or Hepatitis C. Prior/Concomitant Therapy and medical procedure 2.1 Has ongoing immune-related adverse effects from previous immunotherapy treatments that are of Grade ≥2, excluding endocrine adverse effects 2.2 Immunosuppressive chronic treatments. Patients treated with Prednisone ≤10mg per day may be included. 2.3 Known active bacterial, viral, fungal, mycobacterial, parasitic, or other infection (excluding fungal infections of nail beds) or any major episode of infection requiring treatment with i.v. antibiotics or hospitalization (relating to the completion of the course of antibiotics, except if for tumor fever) within 28 days prior to the start of Day 1 2.4 Medical condition that requires chronic treatment with antibiotics 2.5 Vaccination with live vaccines within 28 days prior to start of Cycle 1, Day 1. 2.6 Has received major surgery (within 28 days prior to the start of Cycle 1, Day 1), other than for diagnosis. Patient must have recovered from all surgery-related toxicities. 2.7 Patient has a known intolerance to anti-PD-L1 or anti-PD1. Prior/Concurrent Clinical Study Experience 3.1 Participation in another clinical trial with anti-neoplastic intervention up to 14 days prior to study entry Other Exclusions 4.1 Any other serious uncontrolled medical condition (including active bleeding or non-healing wound) 4.2 Has known psychiatric or substance abuse disorder that would interfere with cooperation with the requirements of the study.
Central Contact Person:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name or Official Title & Degree
Elizbeth Tarshish, Msc
Phone
+972-504048559
Email
elizabeth@ellatherapeutics.com
Overall Study Officials:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Guy Ben-Betzalel, MD
Organizational Affiliation
Sheba Medical Center
Official's Role
Principal Investigator
Facility Information:
Facility Name
Sheba Medical Center
City
Ramat Gan
Country
Israel
Individual Site Status
Recruiting
Facility Contact:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Meital Bar
Email
Bar Meital <Meital.Bar@sheba.health.gov.il>
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Nili Golan
Email
Nili.Golan@sheba.health.gov.il

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