A Trial of Ipatasertib in Combination With Atezolizumab

Last updated: May 12, 2025
Sponsor: Institute of Cancer Research, United Kingdom
Overall Status: Active - Not Recruiting

Phase

1/2

Condition

Neuroblastoma

Glioblastoma Multiforme

Gliomas

Treatment

ipatasertib

Atezolizumab

Clinical Study ID

NCT03673787
CCR4720
  • Ages > 18
  • All Genders

Study Summary

This is a single centre, proof-of-concept phase I trial of atezolizumab in combination with ipatasertib. There are two parts to this study, the dose escalation phase (Part A) and the dose expansion phase (Part B). Part A, will determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and recommended Phase II dose (RP2D). This will be followed by the Part B dose expansion phase to further characterise the safety and tolerability and to assess the pharmacodynamic activity of the combination.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. PART A1: Patients with histologically or cytologically confirmed malignant advancedsolid tumours refractory to conventional treatment, or for which no conventionaltherapy exists or is declined by the patient; PART A2: Patients with advanced glioblastoma with potentially surgically resectabledisease. PART B1: Patients with histologically or cytologically confirmed malignant advancedsolid tumours, refractory to conventional treatment, or for which no conventionaltherapy exists or is declined by the patient, with somatic mutations or otheraberrations predicted to result in a hyperactivated PI3K-AKT pathway (eg activatingmutations in PIK3CA, AKT1, AKT2) or PTEN loss (assessed by immunohistochemistry (IHC) (n=12). PART B2: Patients with histologically or cytologically confirmed malignant castraterefractory prostate cancer, refractory to conventional treatment, or for which noconventional therapy exists or is declined by the patient, with PTEN loss confirmedby immunohistochemistry H-score <30 as established in our local laboratory PART B3:Patients with relapsed histologically confirmed glioblastoma. At least 3 patientswill need to have potentially surgically resectable disease.

  2. Part A1: Evaluable disease as assessed by immune-modified RECIST 1.1 (solidtumours). Part A2: Evaluable disease as assessed by Response-assessment in Neuro-Oncology (RANO) criteria for glioblastoma patients. Part B1: Measurable disease as assessedby immune-modified RECIST Part B2: Measurable disease as assessed by immune-modifiedRECIST 1.1 OR evaluable disease as per Prostate Cancer Working Group 3 (PCWG 3)criteria Part B3: Measurable disease as assessed by RANO

  3. All patients with advanced solid tumours must be willing and able to have freshpaired tissue biopsies for biomarker analysis. All patients with potentiallyresectable glioblastomas being considered for Part A2 and Part B3 must be willingand able to have surgical resection with fresh tissue samples provided fortranslational studies.

  4. Life expectancy of at least 12 weeks.

  5. World Health Organisation (WHO) performance status of 0-1

  6. Haematological and biochemical indices within the ranges shown below. Thesemeasurements must be performed within one week prior to the first dose of eitherInvestigational Medicinal Product (IMP) Haemoglobin (Hb) ≥ 9.0 g/dL Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1.5 x 109/L Platelet count ≥ 100 x 109/L Serum bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) Alanineaminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 2.5 x (ULN) unlessraised due to tumour in which case up to 5 x ULN is permissible Either: Creatinine OR IF Creatinine > 1.5 times ULN then Calculated creatinine clearance <1.5 times ULN

≥ 50 mL/min (uncorrected value) Coagulation INR < 1.5 APTT <1.5x ULN (except for potentially resectable glioblastomapatients enrolled onto the surgical resection arms where the APTT should be <1.2xULN Triglycerides ≤ 300 mg/dL Cholesterol ≤ 300 mg/dL

7.18 years or over

8.Written (signed and dated) informed consent and be capable of co-operating with treatment and follow-up 9.Female patients with reproductive potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test within 14 days prior to start of trial.

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • 1.Radiotherapy, endocrine therapy, immunotherapy or chemotherapy during the previousfour weeks (six weeks for nitrosoureas, Mitomycin-C) and four weeks forinvestigational medicinal products) before treatment, except for hormonal therapywith luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) analogues for medical castrationin patients with castrate resistant prostate cancer, which are permitted, andbisphosphonates or RANK ligand antagonists that are permitted for the management ofbone metastases.

2.Ongoing Grade 2 or greater toxicities from pre-existing conditions or fromprevious treatments. Exceptions to this are alopecia.

3.Clinically significant abnormalities of glucose metabolism as defined by any ofthe following:

◦Diagnosis of diabetes mellitus types I or II (irrespective of management).

◦Glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1C) ≥7.50% at screening

  • Fasting Plasma Glucose ≥ 8.3mmol/L (150 mg/dL) at screening. Fasting is definedas no caloric intake for at least 8 hours. 4.Ability to become pregnant (or already pregnant or lactating). However, thosefemale patients who have a negative serum pregnancy test before enrolment andagree to use two highly effective forms of contraception (oral, injected orimplanted hormonal contraception and condom, have an intra-uterine device andcondom, diaphragm with spermicidal gel and condom) from time of consent, duringthe trial and for six months afterwards are considered eligible. 5.Male patients with partners of child-bearing potential (unless they agree totake measures not to father children by using one form of highly effectivecontraception [condom plus spermicide] during the trial and for six monthsafterwards). Men with pregnant or lactating partners should be advised to usebarrier method contraception (for example, condom plus spermicidal gel) toprevent exposure to the foetus or neonate. 6.For patients with solid tumours, known untreated or active central nervoussystem (CNS) metastases (progressing or requiring corticosteroids forsymptomatic control). Patients with a history of treated CNS metastases areeligible, provided they meet all of the following criteria:

  • Evaluable or measurable disease outside the CNS is present.

  • Radiographic demonstration of improvement upon the completion of CNS-directedtherapy and no evidence of interim progression between the completion ofCNS-directed therapy and the baseline disease assessment

  • Not requiring corticosteroids. 7.Major surgery within four weeks of the first dose of study treatment. 8.History of malabsorption syndrome or other condition that would interferewith enteral absorption. 9.At high medical risk because of non-malignant systemic disease includingactive uncontrolled infection. 10.Known to be serologically positive for hepatitis B, hepatitis C or humanimmunodeficiency virus (HIV). 11.Has a known history of clinically significant liver disease, including viralor other hepatitis or cirrhosis. 12.Has an active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment inpast 3 months (i.e. with use of disease modifying agents, corticosteroids orimmunosuppressive drugs). Replacement therapy (e.g., thyroxine, insulin, orphysiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitaryinsufficiency, etc.) is not considered a form of systemic treatment. Patientswith a history of inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn's disease orulcerative colitis will be excluded from the study. Patients with Sjogren'ssyndrome will not be excluded from the study. In addition patients thatexperienced a Grade 2 or higher immune-related AE's on treatment withimmunotherapy will be excluded from the study. Patients with inactiveautoimmune disease which has previously required systemic therapy, may beconsidered on a case-by-case basis after discussion with the sponsor. 13.Has a known history of severe allergic anaphylactic reactions to chimeric,human or humanized antibodies, or fusion proteins. 14.Has a known hypersensitivity to CHO cell products or any component of theatezolizumab formulation. 15.Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving systemic steroid therapyor any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 14 days prior to thefirst dose of trial treatment. The use of physiologic doses of corticosteroidsmay be approved after consultation with the chief Investigator. Stable use (i.e., no change in dose within 1 month prior to Day 1 of Cycle 1 of inhaledcorticosteroids is allowed.

In the Part B dose expansion only, patients with castrate-resistant prostate cancer who have been on long-term steroids, will be allowed, provided the average total daily dose of steroids for the two weeks prior to commencement of trial is ≤10mg prednisolone/day. Again, in the Part B3 dose expansion only, patients with glioblastoma will be allowed to be enrolled if they had been on a stable dose of steroids ≤3mg Dexamethasone for at least 5 days prior to Day 1 of Cycle 1.

16.Has received a live vaccine within 30 days of planned start of study therapy. Note: The killed virus vaccines used for seasonal influenza vaccines for injection are allowed; however intranasal influenza vaccines (e.g. FluMist®) are live attenuated vaccines and are not allowed.

17.Any of the following cardiac criteria:

  • Mean resting corrected QT interval (QTc) > 470 msec obtained from 3 consecutiveelectrocardiograms (ECGs) within 5 minutes of each other.

  • Any clinically significant abnormalities in rhythm, conduction or morphology ofresting ECG, e.g. complete left bundle branch block, third degree heart block.Controlled atrial fibrillation is allowed.

  • Experience of any of the following procedures or conditions in the preceding 6months: coronary artery bypass graft, angioplasty, vascular stent, myocardialinfarction, angina pectoris, congestive heart failure New York Heart Association [NYHA Grade 2]

18.Prior bone marrow transplant or have had extensive radiotherapy to greater than 25% of bone marrow within eight weeks.

19.Current malignancies of other types, with the exception of adequately treatedcone-biopsied in situ carcinoma of the cervix uteri and basal or squamous cellcarcinoma of the skin. Cancer survivors, who have undergone potentially curativetherapy for a prior malignancy, have no evidence of that disease for three years ormore and are deemed at negligible risk for recurrence, are eligible for the trial.

20.Is a participant or plans to participate in another interventional clinicaltrial, whilst taking part in this Phase I study of ipatasertib and atezolizumab.Participation in an observational trial would be acceptable.

21.Patients with prior exposure to a PI3K or AKT inhibitors will be excluded fromthis study. Patients with prior exposure to mTOR inhibitors will be permitted to beenrolled on study. Patients with prior exposure to immunotherapy (either CTLA-4,PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor/cellular therapy) will be excluded from the dose escalationPart A of the study, but will be permitted to enrol onto the Part B dose expansionas long as they did not experience any ≥Grade 2 immune-adverse event toxicity whileon their prior immunotherapy.

22.Is taking or requiring the continued use of any of the prohibited concomitantmedications listed in 5.8 Concomitant medication and treatment.

23.Any other condition which in the Investigator's opinion would not make thepatient a good candidate for the clinical trial.

Study Design

Total Participants: 87
Treatment Group(s): 2
Primary Treatment: ipatasertib
Phase: 1/2
Study Start date:
August 13, 2018
Estimated Completion Date:
March 31, 2026

Study Description

This is a Phase 1 trial of atezolizumab in combination with ipatasertib. There are two parts to this study. Part A: dose escalation, and Part B: dose expansion.

Part A:

The investigators will investigate the combination of a fixed dose of atezolizumab (1200mg) in combination with escalating doses of ipatasertib in patients with advanced solid tumours (Cohort A1) and patients with resectable glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) (Cohort A2).

Cohort A1 (advanced solid tumours):

There will be an ipatasertib run-in phase of 14 days of continuous oral dosing with paired pre and post-treatment blood and tissue samples. Combinations dosing will commence on Cycle 1 Day 1 with the atezolizumab infusion. Cycle 1 will therefore be 35 days. Only patients with advanced solid tumours recruited into Cohort A1 will be included in dose escalation decisions and determination of the MTD and recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D) for part B.

Cohort A2 (potentially resectable GBMs):

There will be an ipatasertib run-in phase of at least 14 days and up to 21 days followed by surgical resection of the patient's tumour (5 day window for surgery). Ipatasertib dosing will be stopped 48 hours prior to surgery and combination dosing on Cycle1Day1 (C1D1) will commence after recovery. Accrual to Cohort A2 will run in parallel Cohort A1 without formal dose escalations and patients in Cohort A2 will not be included in dose escalation decisions for Cohort A1.

Recruitment to Part A is complete.

Part B:

Patients will be enrolled into the expansion phase (Part B) to further characterize the tolerability of the RP2D (established in Cohort A1) of the combination in specific subgroups of patients. Part B of the study will have a pre-screening component for patients with solid tumours (Cohorts B1 and B2) to allow for enrichment for these specific subgroups of patients.

Part B of the study will have three cohorts:

  • Cohort B1: patients with solid tumours with hyperactivation of PI3K pathway as determined by pathogenic mutations identified by next generation sequencing (NGS) (eg known activating mutations in PIK3CA, AKT1, AKT2) or PTEN loss (assessed by immunohistochemistry (IHC) (n=12).

  • Cohort B2: patients with castrate-resistant prostate cancer with PTEN loss as assessed by IHC (n=12)

  • Cohort B3: patients with glioblastoma (n=12) of which at least three (n=3) patients will have potentially resectable recurrent glioblastomas. Recruitment to cohort B3 is complete.

  • Cohort B4: patients with melanoma post progression on immune-checkpoint inhibitors (n=12)

  • Cohort B5: patients with other tumour types refractory to immune checkpoint inhibitors (where immune checkpoint inhibitors are licensed, e.g. bladder cancer, head and neck SCC, NSCLC) (n=12)

  • Cohort B6: patients with gynaecological cancers (including ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, endometrial cancer) (n=12)

Approximately 12 patients with solid tumours and 3 patients with glioblastoma will be entered into Part A of this trial and a further 72 patients will be enrolled into part B of the trial for an expected maximum of 87 patients on the study. If the MTD is reached in Part A with less than 15 patients enrolled, the investigators may enrol further patients at the R2PD in Part A to a maximum of 15 patients to include sufficient numbers of patients for the proof-of-concept translational studies. Additional subjects may be enrolled in a given cohort to ensure that the required number of evaluable subjects in each cohort is achieved.

Connect with a study center

  • Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    Sutton, Surrey SM2 5PT
    United Kingdom

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