RECRUITING

Neoadjuvant Tebentafusp for Uveal Melanoma

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 how well tebentafusp works to shrink tumors prior to primary treatment with surgery or radiation in patients with uveal (eye) melanoma that has spread to nearby tissue or lymph nodes (locally advanced) or that cannot be removed by surgery (unresectable). Tebentafusp is a drug that binds to melanoma tumor cells as well as immune cells called T-cells. This binding causes an immune response against the melanoma cells, which leads to tumor cell death. Tebentafusp has been approved for the treatment of locally advanced and unresectable uveal melanoma. Giving tebentafusp before primary treatment with surgery or radiation may help shrink the tumor, prevent the disease from spreading, or reduce the likelihood that patients will require total eye removal (called enucleation).

Official Title

Neoadjuvant Tebentafusp in Patients With Locally Advanced, Unresectable Primary Uveal Melanoma

Quick Facts

Study Start:2025-09-05
Study Completion:2032-03
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT06414590

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 CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. 1. Male or female patient age ≥ 18 years of age at the time of informed consent.
  2. 2. Ability to provide and understand written informed consent prior to any study procedures.
  3. 3. Willingness to undergo tumor biopsies at baseline and post-Tebentafusp treatment.
  4. 4. Treatment naïve primary uveal melanoma with T3 or T4 category tumor size that are surgically unresectable (other than complete enucleation of eye).
  5. 5. No surgical indication to completely remove the tumor without enucleation.
  6. 6. Clinically or cytologically confirmed primary uveal melanoma.
  7. 7. Participants must be HLA-A\*02:01 positive.
  8. 8. Predicted life expectancy of at least 12 weeks as estimated by investigator
  9. 9. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1 at screening.
  10. 10. All other relevant medical conditions must be well-managed and stable, in the opinion of the investigator, for at least 28 days prior to first administration of study drug.
  11. 11. Absence of any psychological, familial, sociological or geographical condition potentially hampering compliance with the study protocol and follow-up schedule.
  1. 1. Symptomatic uveal melanoma that requires immediate ophthalmological intervention such as enucleation.
  2. 2. Evidence of metastatic disease.
  3. 3. Previous treatment with Tebentafusp.
  4. 4. Patients with any out-of-range laboratory values defined as:
  5. * Serum creatinine \> 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) and/or creatinine clearance (calculated using Cockcroft-Gault Formula, or measured) \< 50 mL/minute
  6. * Albumin \< 3.0 g/dl
  7. * Total bilirubin \>1.5 mg/dL (or 1.3 x ULN). Patients with hyperbilirubinemia clinically consistent with an inherited disorder of bilirubin metabolism (e.g., Gilbert syndrome) will be eligible at the discretion of the treating physician and/or the principal investigator.
  8. * Alanine aminotransferase \> 1.5 x ULN
  9. * Aspartate aminotransferase \> 1.5 x ULN
  10. * Absolute neutrophil count \< 1.0 x 109 /L
  11. * Absolute lymphocyte count \< 0.5 x 109 /L
  12. * Platelet count \< 100 x 109 /L
  13. * Hemoglobin \< 9.0 g/dL
  14. * Uncorrectable abnormal potassium, magnesium, corrected calcium or phosphate abnormality of National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI CTCAE v5.0) \> grade 1
  15. * Morning cortisol \< lower limit of normal (unless the patient has asymptomatic adrenal insufficiency and is receiving stable replacement doses)
  16. 5. History of severe hypersensitivity reactions (eg, anaphylaxis) to other biologic drugs or monoclonal antibodies.
  17. 6. Clinically significant cardiac disease or impaired cardiac function, including any of the following:
  18. * Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction \<50%
  19. * Clinically significant and/or uncontrolled heart disease such as congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association grade ≥ 2), uncontrolled hypertension, or clinically significant arrhythmia uncontrolled with medical treatment
  20. * QTcF \> 470 msec on screening electrocardiogram (ECG) or congenital long QT syndrome
  21. * Acute myocardial infarction or unstable angina pectoris \< 6 months to Screening
  22. 7. Active infection requiring systemic antibiotic therapy. Patients requiring systemic antibiotics for infection must have completed therapy at least 1 week prior to the first dose of study drug.
  23. 8. Participants with a history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. NOTE: Testing is not required unless mandated by the local health authority. Participants with HIV infection may be eligible if ALL of the following are applicable:
  24. 1. Receiving an approved, stable, effective combination antiretroviral therapy regimen for \> 3 months prior to the planned first study intervention. NOTE: please review Section 5.7 and consider whether any actions should be taken to minimize potential drug-drug interactions,
  25. 2. CD4 T cell count \> 350 cells/µl,
  26. 3. CD4 T cell nadir (lowest historical count) \> 200 cells/µl, and
  27. 4. Viral load confirmed as \< 50 copies/mL during Screening.
  28. 9. Participants with a known history of chronic viral infections as indicated below. NOTE: Testing for hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) is not required unless mandated by the local health authority.
  29. 1. Known HBV infection defined as hepatitis B surface antigen reactive. NOTE: Participants with HBV infection on stable anti-viral therapy for \> 4 weeks prior to the planned first study intervention and viral load confirmed as undetectable during Screening may be eligible.
  30. 2. Known active HCV infection defined as detectable HCV RNA (qualitative) infection. NOTE: History of HCV is not exclusionary if participants have received curative treatment and viral load is confirmed as undetectable during screening.
  31. 10. Malignant disease, other than that being treated in this study. Exceptions to this exclusion include the following: malignancies that were treated curatively and have not recurred within 2 years prior to study treatment; completely resected basal cell and squamous cell skin cancers; any malignancy considered to be indolent and that has never required therapy; and completely resected carcinoma in situ of any type.
  32. 11. Any medical condition that would, in the investigator's or Sponsor's judgement, prevent the patient's participation in the clinical study due to safety concerns, compliance with clinical study procedures or interpretation of study results.

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

Rino Seedor, MD
CONTACT
215-955-8874
Rino.Seedor@Jefferson.edu
Rino Seedor, MD
CONTACT

Study Locations (Sites)

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107
United States
Wills Eye Hospital
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: Thomas Jefferson University

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 Date2025-09-05
Study Completion Date2032-03

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2025-09-05
Study Completion Date2032-03

Terms related to this study

Keywords Provided by Researchers

  • Neoadjuvant Tebentafusp
  • Uveal Melanoma
  • Primary Uveal Melanoma
  • Neoadjuvant IMCgp100
  • gp100 peptide-HLA-directed CD3 T cell engager
  • HLA-A*02:01
  • KIMMTRAK®
  • Tebentafusp-tebn
  • IMCgp100
  • radioactive plaque therapy
  • enucleation
  • radioactive plaque
  • fine-needle aspiration
  • circulating tumor-derived DNA
  • Phase II
  • advanced primary uveal melanoma
  • Simon's two stage design

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Locally Advanced Unresectable Uveal Melanoma