Trial of Nivolumab Following Partially Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) Mismatched BMT in Children & Adults With Sarcoma

Last updated: February 5, 2025
Sponsor: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

1/2

Condition

Sarcoma

Treatment

Nivolumab

Clinical Study ID

NCT03465592
J17124
IRB00143746
  • Ages 12-40
  • All Genders

Study Summary

This research is being done to find out if an investigational drug, Nivolumab, can be safely administered after a "half-matched" (haplo) bone marrow transplant (BMT), and if the investigational drug will help to prevent or delay relapse or progression of sarcomas. In this study investigators will also be trying to learn more about how the investigational drug changes blood and/or tumors. Participants are eligible for this trial if they have recently undergone a "half-matched" (haplo) bone marrow transplant and have either relapsed or are at high risk to relapse.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients must be ≥ 12 months and ≤ 50 years of age at the time of study enrollment.

  2. Patients with histologically confirmed solid tumors with an estimated poor long termsurvival.

  3. Performance Level: Karnofsky ≥ 50% for patients > 16 years of age and Lansky ≥ 60for patients ≤16 years of age.

  4. Patients must be post RIC haploidentical BMT.

  5. Patients must have fully recovered from the acute toxic effects of prior BMT.

  6. Concomitant radiation therapy can be administered in the setting of this trial.

  7. Subjects must consent to allow for a baseline tumor biopsy. If a biopsy is notfeasible, then archival tumor material must be made available. Tumor biopsies to betaken (if a subject's tumor is thought to be reasonably safe and easy to biopsy) atbaseline (any time prior to the first dose after eligibility is met) and at Cycle 2 (4-6 cores per time point) or when lesions are visualized on physical examination orimaging studies in the case of no identifiable masses at cycle 2. Additionaloptional biopsies may be obtained later in the course of study treatment. Theproposed investigation is considered a non-significant risk (NSR). A significantrisk procedure is generally considered to be one for which the procedure-associatedabsolute risk of mortality or major morbidity, in the patient's clinical setting andat the institution completing the procedure, is 2% or higher. Diagnostic TissueSamples Tissue, fluid, or blood may be collected from standard of care proceduresused to treat or diagnose immune related toxicities/GVHD.

  8. Organ Function Requirements: I. Adequate Hematologic Parameters:

  9. For patients with solid tumors without known bone marrow involvement:

  • Peripheral absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 500/mm3
  • Platelet count ≥ 50,000/mm3
  1. Patients with known bone marrow metastatic disease will be eligible for studywithout the above criteria. They may receive transfusions provided they are notknown to be refractory to red cell or platelet transfusions. These patientswill not be evaluable for hematologic toxicity. II. Adequate Renal Function Defined as:

  2. Creatinine clearance or radioisotope Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) ≥ 70ml/min/1.73 m2 or

  3. A serum creatinine based on age/gender as follows:

  • Age 1 to <2 years, Male: 0.6 and Female: 0.6
  • Age 2 to <6 years, Male: 0.8 and Female: 0.8
  • Age 6 to <10 years, Male: 1 and Female:1
  • Age 10 to <13 years, Male: 1.2 and Female 1.2
  • Age 13 to <16 years, Male: 1.5 and Female 1.4
  • Age ≥ 16 years, Male: 1.7 and Female 1.4 III. Adequate Liver Function Defined as:
  1. Bilirubin (sum of conjugated + unconjugated) ≤1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN)for age

  2. Serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) (ALT) ≤110 U/L. For the purpose ofthis study, the ULN for SGPT is 45 U/L.

  3. Patients must have been registered on protocol J12106 "A Phase II Trial of ReducedIntensity Conditioning and HLA-matched or Partially HLA-mismatched (HLA-haploidentical) Related Donor Bone Marrow Transplant for High-risk SolidTumors" before enrolling on this study.Patient may be screened prior to Day +120 butfirst dose of study drug must be given on or after Day +120.

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. GVHD: any history of Stage 4 skin GVHD or Stage 3 gut/liver GVHD (a.k.a. overallGrade III/IV GVHD) or any severe chronic GVHD. Any person with ≤ Grade II GVHD mustbe off systemic immunosuppressive therapy for at least 2 weeks prior to receivingNivolumab therapy.

  2. Inhaled or topical steroids and adrenal replacement steroid doses are permitted inthe absence of active auto- or allo-immune disease

  3. BMT-related toxicities: patients who developed idiopathic pneumonia syndrome (IPS)or veno-occlusive hepatic disease (VOD) must be off systemic immunosuppressionand/or defibrotide for at least 14 days to be eligible.

  4. Infection: Patients who have an uncontrolled infection.

  5. Patients who in the opinion of the investigator may not be able to comply with thesafety monitoring requirements of the study are not eligible.

  6. Has active, known or suspected autoimmune disease. Subjects with vitiligo, type Idiabetes mellitus, residual hypothyroidism due to autoimmune thyroiditis onlyrequiring hormone replacement, or conditions not expected to recur in the absence ofan external trigger are permitted to enroll.

  7. Allergies and Adverse Drug Reaction

  8. History of allergy to study drug components.

  9. History of severe hypersensitivity reaction to any monoclonal antibody.

  10. Pregnancy or Breast Feeding: Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must agree tofollow instructions for method(s) of contraception for the duration of studytreatment with nivolumab and 5 months after the last dose of study treatment {i.e., 30 days (duration of ovulatory cycle) plus the time required for the investigationaldrug to undergo approximately five half-lives. Males who are sexually active withWOCBP must agree to follow instructions for method(s) of contraception for theduration of study treatment with nivolumab and 7 months after the last dose of studytreatment {i.e., 90 days (duration of sperm turnover) plus the time required for theinvestigational drug to undergo approximately five half-lives.

Study Design

Total Participants: 39
Treatment Group(s): 1
Primary Treatment: Nivolumab
Phase: 1/2
Study Start date:
May 01, 2018
Estimated Completion Date:
March 31, 2029

Study Description

High risk, recurrent, or refractory solid tumors in pediatric, adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients have an extremely poor prognosis despite current intensive treatment regimens. Johns Hopkins piloted an allogeneic bone marrow transplant (alloBMT) platform using a reduced intensity conditioning (RIC) and partially HLA-mismatched (haploidentical) related donors for this population of pediatric and AYA solid tumor patients.With this strategy, investigators demonstrated that RIC haploBMT with post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PTCy) is feasible and has acceptable toxicities in patients with incurable pediatric and AYA solid tumors; thus, this approach serves as a platform for post-transplant strategies to prevent relapse and optimize progression free survival. In this trial, the central hypothesis is that the efficacy of alloBMT for high risk solid tumors can be improved by developing methods to augment donor T cell responses against antigens selectively or uniquely expressed by tumor tissue.

Investigators aim to demonstrated that Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-1) blockade with nivolumab will be safe and well tolerated after RIC haplo BMT, initially in a relapsed population (Part A) and ultimately when given pre-emptively (Part B).

Connect with a study center

  • Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital

    Saint Petersburg, Florida 33701
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Johns Hopkins Hospital

    Baltimore, Maryland 21287
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Children's Hospital at Montefiore

    Bronx, New York 10467
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • New York Medical Center/ Maria Fareri Children's Hospital

    Valhalla, New York 10595
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

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