Pre-operative Trial for Breast Cancer With Nivolumab in Combination With Novel IO

Last updated: May 28, 2024
Sponsor: The Netherlands Cancer Institute
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

2

Condition

Breast Cancer

Cancer

Treatment

Ipilimumab

Nivolumab

Clinical Study ID

NCT03815890
M18BEL
  • Ages > 18
  • Female

Study Summary

To determine whether short-term pre-operative nivolumab either as monotherapy or in combination with low dose doxorubicin or novel IO combinations can induce immune activation in early BC.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Signed written informed consent

  • 18 years or older at moment of inclusion;

  • Female gender;

  • WHO performance status 0 or 1;

  • Resectable primary breast cancer stage I-III. Nodal status must be examined byultrasound, fine needle aspiration, sentinel node biopsy, or FDG-PET scan.

  • The tumors must be:

  • at least 10 mm (minimum cT1c) as determined by MRI

  • TNBC defined as ER<10%, HER2-negative OR luminal B defined as ER≥10%,HER2-negative with either Ki67≥20% or PR =<20% OR grade 3. HER2 negative isdefined as an IHC score of <2 or 2+ with a negative ISH.

  • For TNBC patients: TIL≥5%

  • For LumB breast cancer patients: TIL≥1%

  • For cohort 3B: N0 status, TN and TIL ≥50%

  • For cohort 4B: N0 status, TNBC and TIL 30-49%

  • For cohort 5B: N0 status, TNBC and TIL ≥50% ● Patients withmultifocal/multicentric breast cancer are eligible if triple negative breastcancer histology as well as sufficient TIL percentages (30-49% in cohort 4B, ≥50% in cohort 5B) have been confirmed in all tumor lesions.

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • evidence or suspicion of metastatic disease. Evaluation of the presence of distantmetastases may include chest X-ray, liver ultrasound, isotope bone-scan, CT-scan ofchest and abdomen and/or FDG-PET scan, according to local procedures;

  • evidence of a concurrent contralateral or ipsilateral second primary infiltratingbreast cancer. Evaluation of the presence of a concurrent second primary breastcancer may include mammography, breast ultrasound and/or MRI breast;

  • other malignancy except carcinoma in situ and basal-cell and squamous carcinoma ofthe skin, unless the other malignancy was treated ≥5 years ago with curative intentwithout the use of chemotherapy or radiotherapy

  • previous radiation therapy or chemotherapy;

  • prior treatment with checkpoint inhibitors (including anti- PD1, -PD-L1, -CTLA-4);

  • concurrent anti-cancer treatment, neoadjuvant therapy or another investigationaldrug;

Study Design

Total Participants: 80
Treatment Group(s): 2
Primary Treatment: Ipilimumab
Phase: 2
Study Start date:
October 04, 2019
Estimated Completion Date:
January 01, 2033

Study Description

The investigators aim to test the activity of nivolumab monotherapy in primary breast tumors in a pre-operative window of opportunity trial. As the data of the investigators generated in the TONIC trial (metastatic TNBC) indicate that low dose doxorubicin may 'prime' the tumor microenvironment (TME) resulting in higher response rates on nivolumab, in addition, cohorts for treatment with nivolumab plus low dose doxorubicin will be opened. Given the emerging data on other immunomodulatory strategies, this platform study allows opening additional cohorts for promising novel immune-oncology (IO) drugs for which a strong efficacy signal has been seen without drug safety issues. The investigators will study the TME and systemic host factors with specific emphasis on immunosuppressive processes that can potentially be targeted by novel IO agents to further optimize BC immunotherapy.

Connect with a study center

  • NKI-AVL

    Amsterdam, 1066CX
    Netherlands

    Active - Recruiting

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