Image Guided Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy, Nelfinavir Mesylate, Pembrolizumab, Nivolumab and Atezolizumab in Treating Patients With Advanced Melanoma, Lung, or Kidney Cancer
Metastatic Kidney Carcinoma, Recurrent Lung Non-Small Cell Carcinoma, Stage IV Cutaneous Melanoma AJCC v6 and v7
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Metastatic Kidney Carcinoma focused on measuring Kidney, Lung, Melanoma, Skin
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Disease eligibility and stage
- Histologically confirmed diagnosis of melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), or renal carcinoma
- Previously treated or previously untreated stage IV melanoma, stage IV or recurrent lung cancer, and metastatic renal cancer by American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging criteria
- Presence of a lesion that is suitable for hypofractionated radiotherapy
- Subjects must have measurable disease by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) criteria independent of the lesion to be irradiated. Prior checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy or chemotherapy is allowed as long as the last dose was received > 14 days prior to enrollment
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) 0-2
- Acceptable marrow function and hematologic indices for PD1/PDL1 immune checkpoint inhibitor and nelfinavir as per standard of care
- Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subjects who have had immunotherapy, chemotherapy, or radiation therapy within 14 days (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) prior to entering the study or those who have not recovered from adverse events due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier
- Subjects may not be receiving other investigational agents
- Patients with untreated/active brain metastases as documented by computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) within 2 months of study enrollment; by active brain metastases - we mean - actively symptomatic brain metastases requiring steroids
- Allergy or intolerance to nelfinavir or selected PD1/PDL1 immune checkpoint inhibitor
- Patients requiring steroids or other immunosuppressive therapy; low-dose or topical steroids are allowable if being used as replacement therapy
- Patients receiving anti-retroviral therapy or other agents that are contra-indicated with nelfinavir due to drug-drug interactions*
- Pregnant or lactating patients
Prior radiation that precludes delivery of hypofractionated radiotherapy
- *For a study regarding the safety and efficacy of high dose nelfinavir on patients with Kaposi's Sarcoma (KS), exclusion criteria included participants who were receiving any "strong inhibitors or inducers of cytochrome P450, family 3, subfamily A (CYP3A) or cytochrome P450, family 2, subfamily C, polypeptide 19 (2C19)"
Strong Inhibitors of CYP3A4:
- Antibiotics: clarithromycin, erythromycin, telithromycin, troleandomycin
- HIV: non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (delavirdine, nevirapine), protease inhibitors (ritonavir, indinavir, lopinavir/ritonavir, saquinavir), cobicistat-boosted antiretrovirals (e.g., elvitegravir); NOTE: Clinical trials have demonstrated that there are no clinically significant drug-drug interactions between nelfinavir and the following antiretrovirals: efavirenz (strong CYP3A4 inhibitor), etravirine (strong CYP3A4 inhibitor); therefore, these antiretrovirals will not be excluded. • Antifungals: itraconazole, ketoconazole, voriconazole, fluconazole, posaconazole
- Antidepressants: nefazodone
- Antidiuretic: conivaptan
- GI: cimetidine, aprepitant
- Hepatitis C: boceprevir, telaprevir
- Miscellaneous: seville oranges, grapefruit, or grapefruit juice and/or pomelos, star fruit, exotic citrus fruits, or grapefruit hybrids.
Strong Inducers of CYP3A4:
- Glucocorticoids: cortisone (> 50 mg), hydrocortisone (> 40 mg), prednisone (> 10 mg), methylprednisolone (> 8 mg), dexamethasone (> 1.5 mg)
- Anticonvulsants: phenytoin, carbamazepine, primidone, phenobarbital and other enzyme inducing anti-convulsant drugs (EIACD)
- Antibiotics: rifampin (rifampicin), rifabutin, rifapentine
- Miscellaneous: St. John's Wort, modafinil
Strong Inhibitors of CYP2C9:
• Antifungals: fluconazole; lists including medications and substances known or with the potential to interact with the CYP3A or 2C19
Sites / Locations
- Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
Treatment (nelfinavir, immunotherapy, radiation therapy)
Beginning 7-14 days prior to start of pembrolizumab, nivolumab, or atezolizumab, patients receive nelfinavir mesylate PO BID on days 1-7 or 1-14 (dependent upon when treatment is started) up to 11-12 weeks. Patients also receive pembrolizumab, nivolumab or atezolizumab IV over 30-60 minutes on day 1. Cycles repeat every 21-28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients then undergo hypofractionated radiation therapy over 3-14 days starting after cycle 1 and before cycle 3 of pembrolizumab, nivolumab or atezolizumab. The study will exclude irradiation of liver metastases as an added precaution.