RECRUITING

Efineptakin Alfa and Pembrolizumab for the Treatment of Recurrent Glioblastoma

Conditions

High Grade Astrocytic Tumor Recurrent Glioblastoma, IDH-Wildtype Recurrent Gliosarcoma

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Study Overview

This clinical trial focuses on testing the efficacy of different digital interventions to promote re-engagement in cancer-related long-term follow-up care for adolescent and young adult (AYA) survivors of childhood cancer.

Description

This phase II trial tests the safety and side effects of efineptakin alfa and pembrolizumab in treating patients with glioblastoma that has come back (recurrent). Efineptakin alfa is an immunotherapy drug that works by helping the immune system fight tumor cells. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as pembrolizumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Giving efineptakin alfa and pembrolizumab may kill more tumor cells in patients with recurrent glioblastoma.

Official Title

Efficacy and Safety Study of Neoadjuvant Efineptakin Alfa (NT-I7) and Pembrolizumab in Recurrent Glioblastoma

Quick Facts

Study Start:2023-01-24

Study Completion:2028-10-15

Study Type:Not specified

Phase:Not Applicable

Enrollment:Not specified

Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT05465954

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:No

Standard Ages:ADULT, OLDER_ADULT

Inclusion Criteria	Exclusion Criteria
* Age \>= 18 years * Disease characteristics: * Tissue-confirmed progressive or recurrent World Health Organization (WHO) Grade IV IDH wildtype glioblastoma (including molecular glioblastoma and gliosarcoma) * Previously treated with maximum feasible resection or biopsy, radiation, and temozolomide * Have an enhancing mass on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) amenable to resection or biopsy of the tumor (as determined by the neurosurgeon pre-operatively) and histological diagnosis of glioblastoma from a prior biopsy or surgery * Willing to undergo clinically indicated biopsy and/or resection of their glioblastoma at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota (MN). * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status (PS) of 0 or 1 and Karnofsky Performance Scale (KPS) \>= 70 NOTE: PS must be assessed (again) within 7 days prior to first dose of study drug * Hemoglobin \>= 9.0 g/dL (obtained =\< 15 days prior to registration) (without transfusion or erythropoietin \[EPO\] dependency =\< 7 days prior to assessment) * Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \>= 1500/mm\^3 (obtained =\< 15 days prior to registration) * Platelet count \>= 100,000/mm\^3 (obtained =\< 15 days prior to registration) * Creatinine =\< 1.5 x upper limits of normal (ULN) OR measured or calculated creatinine clearance (per institutional standard) must be \>= 45 ml/min (obtained =\< 15 days prior to registration) * Total bilirubin =\<1.5 x ULN OR direct bilirubin =\< ULN for patients with total bilirubin levels \>1.5 x ULN (obtained =\< 15 days prior to registration) * Aspartate transaminase (AST) AND alanine transaminase (ALT) =\< 2.5 x ULN (obtained =\< 15 days prior to registration) * Prothrombin time (PT)/international normalized ratio (INR)/activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) =\< 1.5 x ULN OR if patient is receiving anticoagulant therapy then INR or aPTT is within target range of therapy (obtained =\< 15 days prior to registration) * Negative pregnancy test done =\< 7 days prior to registration, for persons of childbearing potential only (POCBP) Note: If testing done for eligibility is \> 72 hours prior to first dose, then pregnancy testing must be repeated, and result must be negative for patient to receive treatment. * POCBP or able to father a child must be willing to use adequate contraception starting with first dose through 180 days after last dose * Provide written informed consent * Willing to return to enrolling institution for follow-up (during the active monitoring phase of the study). * Willing to provide tissue and blood samples for correlative research purposes	* Any of the following because this study involves an investigational agent for which genotoxic, mutagenic, and teratogenic effects on the developing fetus and newborn are unknown: * Pregnant persons * Nursing persons * Persons of childbearing potential or able to father a child who are unwilling to employ adequate contraception * Signs or symptoms of life-threatening raised intracranial pressure: as determined by the treating neurosurgeon, including severe headache, nausea, decreasing level of consciousness, precluding 4-7-day delay in scheduling neurosurgery (i.e., immediate surgery is indicated, and patient cannot wait). * Prior treatment * Received bevacizumab (AVASTIN) =\< 4 months prior to registration * Note: Bevacizumab is allowed for symptom control during the adjuvant phase of the study * Received a live vaccine =\< 30 days prior to registration. * Requirement for dexamethasone dose of \> 2mg/day =\< 2 days prior to registration * Failure to recover from any adverse events related to any of the following therapies received prior to registration: * Major surgery =\< 28 days prior to registration * Radiation therapy =\< 14 days prior to registration * Co-morbid systemic illnesses or other severe concurrent disease which, in the judgment of the investigator, would make the patient inappropriate for entry into this study or interfere significantly with the proper assessment of safety and toxicity of the prescribed regimens * Known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection * Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations (e.g., drug addiction) that would limit compliance with study requirements * Receiving any other investigational agent * Other active malignancy requiring systemic treatment =\< 1 year prior to registration * History of myocardial infarction =\< 6 months prior to registration, or congestive heart failure requiring use of ongoing maintenance therapy for life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias * Active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment (i.e., with use of disease modifying agents, corticosteroids, or immunosuppressive drugs) =\< 2 years prior to registration NOTE: Replacement therapy (e.g., thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency, etc.) is not considered a form of systemic treatment * Concurrent known active Hepatitis B (i.e., known positive hepatitis B virus \[HBV\] surface antigen \[HBsAg\] reactive) AND known active Hepatitis C (i.e., hepatitis C virus \[HCV\] ribonucleic acid \[RNA\] \[qualitative\] detected by polymerase chain reaction \[PCR\]) * Note: No testing for Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C is required unless mandated by local health authority * NOTE: Patients with known Hepatitis B OR Hepatitis C may be enrolled if they meet the following criteria: * Hepatitis B: Patients who are HBsAG positive are eligible if they have received HBV antiviral therapy for at least 4 weeks and have undetectable HBV viral load prior to randomization. Patients should remain on anti-viral therapy throughout the treatment phase of the trial and should follow local guidelines for HBV anti-viral therapy after completing study treatment * Hepatitis C: Patients with history of Hepatitis C infection are eligible if HCV viral load is undetectable at screening. Patients must have completed curative anti-viral therapy at least 4 weeks prior to registration * Known history of active TB (Bacillus Tuberculosis) * History of (non-infectious) pneumonitis or interstitial lung disease that required steroids, or current pneumonitis or interstitial lung disease * Hypersensitivity to pembrolizumab or any of its excipients * Received prior therapy with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti-PD-L2 agent within \< 12 months prior to registration * NOTE: If such therapy was given ≥ 12 months prior to registration, patient is eligible * History of allogenic tissue/solid organ transplant

Inclusion Criteria

Exclusion Criteria

* Age \>= 18 years
* Disease characteristics:
* Tissue-confirmed progressive or recurrent World Health Organization (WHO) Grade IV IDH wildtype glioblastoma (including molecular glioblastoma and gliosarcoma)
* Previously treated with maximum feasible resection or biopsy, radiation, and temozolomide
* Have an enhancing mass on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) amenable to resection or biopsy of the tumor (as determined by the neurosurgeon pre-operatively) and histological diagnosis of glioblastoma from a prior biopsy or surgery
* Willing to undergo clinically indicated biopsy and/or resection of their glioblastoma at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota (MN).
* Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status (PS) of 0 or 1 and Karnofsky Performance Scale (KPS) \>= 70 NOTE: PS must be assessed (again) within 7 days prior to first dose of study drug
* Hemoglobin \>= 9.0 g/dL (obtained =\< 15 days prior to registration) (without transfusion or erythropoietin \[EPO\] dependency =\< 7 days prior to assessment)
* Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \>= 1500/mm\^3 (obtained =\< 15 days prior to registration)
* Platelet count \>= 100,000/mm\^3 (obtained =\< 15 days prior to registration)
* Creatinine =\< 1.5 x upper limits of normal (ULN) OR measured or calculated creatinine clearance (per institutional standard) must be \>= 45 ml/min (obtained =\< 15 days prior to registration)
* Total bilirubin =\<1.5 x ULN OR direct bilirubin =\< ULN for patients with total bilirubin levels \>1.5 x ULN (obtained =\< 15 days prior to registration)
* Aspartate transaminase (AST) AND alanine transaminase (ALT) =\< 2.5 x ULN (obtained =\< 15 days prior to registration)
* Prothrombin time (PT)/international normalized ratio (INR)/activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) =\< 1.5 x ULN OR if patient is receiving anticoagulant therapy then INR or aPTT is within target range of therapy (obtained =\< 15 days prior to registration)
* Negative pregnancy test done =\< 7 days prior to registration, for persons of childbearing potential only (POCBP) Note: If testing done for eligibility is \> 72 hours prior to first dose, then pregnancy testing must be repeated, and result must be negative for patient to receive treatment.
* POCBP or able to father a child must be willing to use adequate contraception starting with first dose through 180 days after last dose
* Provide written informed consent
* Willing to return to enrolling institution for follow-up (during the active monitoring phase of the study).
* Willing to provide tissue and blood samples for correlative research purposes

* Any of the following because this study involves an investigational agent for which genotoxic, mutagenic, and teratogenic effects on the developing fetus and newborn are unknown:
* Pregnant persons
* Nursing persons
* Persons of childbearing potential or able to father a child who are unwilling to employ adequate contraception
* Signs or symptoms of life-threatening raised intracranial pressure: as determined by the treating neurosurgeon, including severe headache, nausea, decreasing level of consciousness, precluding 4-7-day delay in scheduling neurosurgery (i.e., immediate surgery is indicated, and patient cannot wait).
* Prior treatment
* Received bevacizumab (AVASTIN) =\< 4 months prior to registration
* Note: Bevacizumab is allowed for symptom control during the adjuvant phase of the study
* Received a live vaccine =\< 30 days prior to registration.
* Requirement for dexamethasone dose of \> 2mg/day =\< 2 days prior to registration
* Failure to recover from any adverse events related to any of the following therapies received prior to registration:
* Major surgery =\< 28 days prior to registration
* Radiation therapy =\< 14 days prior to registration
* Co-morbid systemic illnesses or other severe concurrent disease which, in the judgment of the investigator, would make the patient inappropriate for entry into this study or interfere significantly with the proper assessment of safety and toxicity of the prescribed regimens
* Known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
* Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations (e.g., drug addiction) that would limit compliance with study requirements
* Receiving any other investigational agent
* Other active malignancy requiring systemic treatment =\< 1 year prior to registration
* History of myocardial infarction =\< 6 months prior to registration, or congestive heart failure requiring use of ongoing maintenance therapy for life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias
* Active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment (i.e., with use of disease modifying agents, corticosteroids, or immunosuppressive drugs) =\< 2 years prior to registration NOTE: Replacement therapy (e.g., thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency, etc.) is not considered a form of systemic treatment
* Concurrent known active Hepatitis B (i.e., known positive hepatitis B virus \[HBV\] surface antigen \[HBsAg\] reactive) AND known active Hepatitis C (i.e., hepatitis C virus \[HCV\] ribonucleic acid \[RNA\] \[qualitative\] detected by polymerase chain reaction \[PCR\])
* Note: No testing for Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C is required unless mandated by local health authority
* NOTE: Patients with known Hepatitis B OR Hepatitis C may be enrolled if they meet the following criteria:
* Hepatitis B: Patients who are HBsAG positive are eligible if they have received HBV antiviral therapy for at least 4 weeks and have undetectable HBV viral load prior to randomization. Patients should remain on anti-viral therapy throughout the treatment phase of the trial and should follow local guidelines for HBV anti-viral therapy after completing study treatment
* Hepatitis C: Patients with history of Hepatitis C infection are eligible if HCV viral load is undetectable at screening. Patients must have completed curative anti-viral therapy at least 4 weeks prior to registration
* Known history of active TB (Bacillus Tuberculosis)
* History of (non-infectious) pneumonitis or interstitial lung disease that required steroids, or current pneumonitis or interstitial lung disease
* Hypersensitivity to pembrolizumab or any of its excipients
* Received prior therapy with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti-PD-L2 agent within \< 12 months prior to registration
* NOTE: If such therapy was given ≥ 12 months prior to registration, patient is eligible
* History of allogenic tissue/solid organ transplant

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

Clinical Trials Referral Office

CONTACT

855-776-0015

mayocliniccancerstudies@mayo.edu

Principal Investigator

Jian L. Campian, MD, PhD

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

Study Locations (Sites)

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, Minnesota, 55905

United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: Mayo Clinic

Jian L. Campian, MD, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Mayo Clinic in Rochester

Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2023-01-24

Study Completion Date2028-10-15

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2023-01-24

Study Completion Date2028-10-15

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

High Grade Astrocytic Tumor
Recurrent Glioblastoma, IDH-Wildtype
Recurrent Gliosarcoma