Spartalizumab and Low-dose PAzopanib in Refractory or Relapsed Solid TumOrs of Pediatric and Adults

Last updated: January 13, 2026
Sponsor: University Hospital, Bordeaux
Overall Status: Active - Not Recruiting

Phase

1/2

Condition

Neoplasms

Treatment

Low-dose Pazopanib in Adult Cohort

Spartalizumab in Adult cohort

Spartalizumab in Pediatric cohort

Clinical Study ID

NCT05210413
CHUBX 2020/31
  • Ages > 5
  • All Genders

Study Summary

Immunotherapies have revolutionized medical oncology following the remarkable and, in some cases, unprecedented outcomes observed in certain groups of patients with cancer. However results in adults and mainly in pediatric cancer are still disappointing.

Modulators of angiogenesis, such as VEGF, have a broad range of diverse effects on the immune system and the tumor micro-environment that are mainly immunosuppressive. In patients with early-stage disease, anti-VEGF therapy can lead to antitumor effects by modulating immune mechanisms - provided that therapy is maintained for an adequate length and tumors are sufficiently immunogenic. Nevertheless, blocking angiogenic molecules using a strategy based on a single therapeutic approach is likely insufficient to generate a complete or robust immune response against cancer, especially in patients with advanced-stage disease.

Based on the results of previous studies which evaluated the safety profile of spartalizumab, of pazopanib and the combination of antiangiogenic agents with checkpoint inhibitors, a study combining spartalizumab and low-dose pazopanib in refractory or relapsed solid tumors of pediatric and adults is proposed. This study will include 2 separate cohorts:

  • the pediatric cohort will consist of a phase I study (dose-finding and expansion phases) combining pazopanib at a fixed dose of 225 mg/m2 and spartalizumab with four potential candidate doses (2, 3, 4 and 6 mg/kg).

  • the adult cohort will consist of a phase II study combining pazopanib at a fixed dose of 400 mg and spartalizumab at the RP2D of 400 mg every 4 weeks.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. For pediatric patients (Cohort 1):

  2. Patients should be without standard established therapeutic alternatives at thetime of enrollment suffering from the following conditions :

  • refractory or recurrent solid tumor, proven histologically,
  • any tumor with high mutational load (> 10 somatic mutations/ Mo) or a highMSI status,
  • tumor, whatever the histology, with proven PDL1 expression (≥1%) orpresence of mature tertiary lymphoid structure (TLS).
  1. Age ≥5 and <18 years at inclusion, patients 18 years and older may be includedafter discussion with the Sponsor if they have a pediatricrecurrent/refacractory malignancy.

  2. Performance status: Karnofsky performance status (for patients >16 years ofage) or Lansky Play score (for patients ≤16 years of age) ≥70%. Patients whoare unable to walk because of paralysis or stable neurological disability, butwho are up in a wheelchair, will be considered ambulatory for the purpose ofassessing the performance score.

  3. Able to swallow tablets.

  4. Evaluable or measurable disease as defined by standard imaging criteria for thepatient's tumor type (RECIST v1.1…).

  5. Life expectancy ≥ 3 months.

  6. Adequate organ function:

  • Hematologic criteria :peripheral absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1000/μL (unsupported), platelet count ≥100,000/μL (unsupported), hemoglobin ≥8.0g/dL (transfusion is allowed)
  • Cardiac function: shortening fraction (SF) >29% (>35% for children <3years) and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥50% at baseline, asdetermined by echocardiography (mandatory only for patients who havereceived cardiotoxic therapy), absence of QTc prolongation (QTc >450 msecon baseline ECG, using the Fridericia correction [QTcF formula]) or otherclinically significant ventricular or atrial arrhythmia.
  • Renal and hepatic function: serum creatinine ≤1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age, total bilirubin ≤1.5 x ULN, alanine aminotransferase (ALT)/serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) ≤ 2.5 x ULN; aspartateaminotransferase (AST)/serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase/SGOT ≤ 2.5x ULN except in patients with documented tumor involvement of the liverwho must have AST/SGOT and ALT/SGPT ≤ 5 x ULN.
  1. Able to comply with scheduled follow-up and with management of toxicity.

  2. Females of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must have a negative serum or urinepregnancy test within 72 hours prior to initiation of treatment. Sexuallyactive women of childbearing potential must agree to use a highly effectivecontraception during the study and for at least 6 months after the last studytreatment administration. Sexually active male patients must agree to usecondoms during the study and for at least 6 months after the last studytreatment administration.

  3. Written informed consent from parents/legal representative and age-appropriateassent before any study-specific screening procedures are conducted accordingto local, regional or national guidelines.

  4. Patient affiliated to a social security regimen or beneficiary of the sameaccording to local requirements.

  5. For adults patients:

  • Pre-screening phase:
  1. adults (≥ 18 years old) with refractory or recurrent solid tumor (includerhabdomyosarcoma, Ewing's sarcoma, osteosarcoma and other) and/or tumorwith High mutation rate (>10 somatic mutations/Mb) and/or suffering ofMismatch repair-deficient syndrome.
  2. Adult patients with an ECOG score of 0/1. Patients who are unable to walkbecause of paralysis or stable neurological disability, but who are up ina wheelchair, will be considered ambulatory for the purpose of assessingthe performance score.
  3. Evaluable or measurable disease as defined by standard imaging criteriafor the patient's tumor type (RECIST v1.1…).
  4. Written informed consent from patient before any study-specific screeningprocedures are conducted according to local, regional or nationalguidelines.
  • Screening phase (Cohort 2):
  1. adults without standard established therapeutic alternatives at the timeof enrollment suffering from refractory or recurrent advanced solid tumorcharacterized by the presence of mature TLS
  2. Age ≥ 18 years at inclusion
  3. Adult patients with an ECOG score of 0/1. Patients who are unable to walkbecause of paralysis or stable neurological disability, but who are up ina wheelchair, will be considered ambulatory for the purpose of assessingthe performance score.
  4. Evaluable or measurable disease as defined by standard imaging criteriafor the patient's tumor type (RECIST v1.1…).
  5. Life expectancy ≥ 3 months
  6. Adequate organ function:
  • Hematologic criteria :peripheral absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1000/μL (unsupported), platelet count ≥100,000/μL (unsupported), hemoglobin ≥8.0 g/dL (transfusion is allowed)

  • Cardiac function: shortening fraction (SF) >29% and left ventricular ejectionfraction (LVEF) ≥50% at baseline, as determined by echocardiography (mandatoryonly for patients who have received cardiotoxic therapy), absence of QTcprolongation (QTc >450 msec on baseline ECG, using the Fridericia correction [QTcF formula]) or other clinically significant ventricular or atrialarrhythmia.

  • Renal and hepatic function: serum creatinine ≤1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN)for age, total bilirubin ≤1.5 x ULN, alanine aminotransferase (ALT)/serumglutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) ≤ 2.5 x ULN; aspartate aminotransferase (AST)/serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase/SGOT ≤ 2.5 x ULN except inpatients with documented tumor involvement of the liver who must have AST/SGOTand ALT/SGPT ≤5 x ULN. g. Able to comply with scheduled follow-up and with management of toxicity. h.Females of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must have a negative serum or urinepregnancy test within 72 hours prior to initiation of treatment. Sexuallyactive women of childbearing potential must agree to use a highly effectivecontraception during the study and for at least 6 months after the last studytreatment administration. Sexually active male patients must agree to usecondoms during the study and for at least 6 months after the last studytreatment administration. i. Written informed consent from patient before any study-specific screeningprocedures are conducted according to local, regional or national guidelines. j. Patient affiliated to a social security regimen or beneficiary of the sameaccording to local requirements.

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

For pediatric and adult patients (Cohorts 1 and 2):

  1. Patients treated with anti-PD1 immunotherapy within 6 months prior to starting studytreatment; patients treated with anti-PD1 for more than 6 months remain eligible forinclusion, provided that this treatment has brought the patient clinical benefit (objective response or stable disease > 4 months).

  2. Impairment of gastrointestinal (GI) function or GI disease that may significantlyalter drug absorption of oral drugs (e.g. ulcerative diseases, uncontrolled nausea,vomiting, diarrhea or malabsorption syndrome).

  3. Clinically significant, uncontrolled heart disease (including history of any cardiacarrhythmia, e.g. ventricular, supraventricular, nodal arrhythmias, or conductionabnormality), unstable ischemia, congestive heart failure within 12 months ofscreening).

  4. Uncontrolled hypertension

  5. Active viral hepatitis or known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or anyother uncontrolled infection.

  6. Presence of any ≥ CTCAE grade 2 treatment-related toxicity with the exception ofalopecia, ototoxicity or peripheral neuropathy.

  7. Systemic anticancer therapy within 21 days of the first study dose or 5 times itshalf-life, whichever is less.

  8. Previous myeloablative therapy with autologous hematopoietic stem cell rescue within 8 weeks of the first study drug dose

  9. Allogeneic stem cell transplant within 3 months prior to the first study drug dose.Patients receiving any agent to treat or prevent graft-versus host disease (GVHD)post bone marrow transplant are not eligible for this trial.

  10. Radiotherapy (non-palliative) within 21 days prior to the first dose of drug (orwithin 6 weeks for therapeutic doses of MIBG)

  11. Major surgery within 21 days of the first dose. Gastrostomy, ventriculo-peritonealshunt, endoscopic ventriculostomy, tumor biopsy and insertion of central venousaccess devices are not considered major surgery, but for these procedures, a 48-hourinterval must be maintained before the first dose of the investigational drug isadministered.

  12. Currently taking medications with a known risk of prolonging the QT interval orinducing Torsades de Pointes

  13. High dose chemotherapy followed by peripheral stem cell transplantation within lessthan 6 months.

  14. Diagnosis of immunodeficiency or receiving systemic steroid therapy or any otherform of immunosuppressive therapy within 14 days prior to the first dose of studytreatment. The use of physiologic doses of corticosteroids (up to 0.25 mg/kg dailyprednisone equivalent) may be approved after consultation with the Sponsor.

  15. Diagnosis of prior or active autoimmune disease.

  16. Evidence of interstitial lung disease.

  17. Unable to taper steroids due to ongoing mass effect; a maximum dexamethasone dose of 0.05 mg/kg/day is allowed, but preferably have been discontinued.

  18. Known hypersensitivity to any study drug or component of the formulation.

  19. Persons referred to in Articles L. 1121-5, L. 1121-6, L. 1121-8 and L. 11221-1-2 ofthe Public Health Code (pregnant women, parturient and nursing mothers; personsdeprived of their liberty by a judicial or administrative decision, personshospitalized without consent and persons admitted to a health or socialestablishment for purposes other than that of research; adults subject to a legalprotection measure or incapacitated express consent; people in emergency situationswho cannot give prior consent)

  20. Vaccinated with live, attenuated vaccines within 4 weeks of the first dose of studydrug.

Study Design

Total Participants: 80
Treatment Group(s): 4
Primary Treatment: Low-dose Pazopanib in Adult Cohort
Phase: 1/2
Study Start date:
May 17, 2022
Estimated Completion Date:
November 17, 2027

Study Description

Immunotherapies have revolutionized medical oncology following the remarkable and, in some cases, unprecedented outcomes observed in certain groups of patients with cancer. However results in adults and mainly in pediatric cancer are still disappointing. One hypothesis is that the tumor micro-environment (TME) - characterized by hypoxia, a low pH, and a high interstitial fluid pressure - can reduce the effectiveness of virtually all types of anticancer therapies, including immunotherapy. In adults, combination with other therapeutic modalities, including anti-angiogenic agents, is one of the many strategies currently under investigation to improve the response rates and duration of immunotherapies.

Modulators of angiogenesis, such as VEGF, have a broad range of diverse effects on the immune system and the tumor micro-environment that are mainly immunosuppressive. In patients with early-stage disease, anti-VEGF therapy can lead to antitumor effects by modulating immune mechanisms - provided that therapy is maintained for an adequate length and tumors are sufficiently immunogenic. Nevertheless, blocking angiogenic molecules using a strategy based on a single therapeutic approach is likely insufficient to generate a complete or robust immune response against cancer, especially in patients with advanced-stage disease. Therefore, such anti-angiogenic agents will likely need to be used in combination with various immunotherapeutic strategies that boost adaptive immune responses, such as those described in the next sections. For these reasons, the investigators proposed to combine immunotherapy and low dose of pazopanib to enhance the efficacy of immunotherapy in some selected pediatric patients and adults.

PDR001 (also referred to as spartalizumab) is a humanized monoclonal antibody (mAb) directed against human programmed death-1 (PD-1) that blocks the interaction between PD-1 and its ligands (PD-L1 and PD-L2).

Pazopanib is a potent, selective, oral, ATP competitive multitargeted receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor receptors (VEGFR) -1, -2, and -3, c-kit, and platelet-derived growth factor receptors. It is approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma and soft tissue sarcoma (STS) in adults. Based on the results of previous studies which evaluated the safety profile of spartalizumab, of pazopanib and the combination of antiangiogenic agents with checkpoint inhibitors, a study combining spartalizumab and low-dose pazopanib in refractory or relapsed solid tumors of pediatric and adults is proposed. This study will include 2 separate cohorts:

  • the pediatric cohort will consist of a phase I study (dose-finding and expansion phases) combining pazopanib at a fixed dose of 225 mg/m2 and spartalizumab with four potential candidate doses (2, 3, 4 and 6 mg/kg).

  • the adult cohort will consist of a phase II study combining pazopanib at a fixed dose of 400 mg and spartalizumab at the RP2D of 400 mg every 4 weeks.

Connect with a study center

  • CHU d'Angers - Unité d'Hématologie et d'Oncologie pédiatrique

    Angers,
    France

    Site Not Available

  • CHU d'Angers - Unité d'Hématologie et d'Oncologie pédiatrique

    Angers 3037656,
    France

    Site Not Available

  • CHU de Bordeaux - Unité d'Hématologie et d'Oncologie pédiatrique

    Bordeaux, 33076
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Institut Bergonié - Oncologie Médicale

    Bordeaux, 33076
    France

    Active - Recruiting

  • CHU de Bordeaux - Unité d'Hématologie et d'Oncologie pédiatrique

    Bordeaux 3031582, 33076
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Institut Bergonié - Oncologie Médicale

    Bordeaux 3031582, 33076
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Centre Oscar Lambret - Oncologie pédiatrie

    Lille, 59020
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Centre Oscar Lambret - Oncologie pédiatrie

    Lille 2998324, 59020
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Oscar Lambret Center

    Lille 2998324,
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Centre Léon Bérard - Oncologie Médicale

    Lyon, 69373
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Institut d'Hématologie et d'Oncologie Pédiatrique (IHOP) - Oncologie pédiatrique

    Lyon, 69373
    France

    Active - Recruiting

  • Centre Léon Bérard - Oncologie Médicale

    Lyon 2996944, 69373
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Institut d'Hématologie et d'Oncologie Pédiatrique (IHOP) - Oncologie pédiatrique

    Lyon 2996944, 69373
    France

    Site Not Available

  • APHM Hôpital des Enfants La Timone - Hématologie Oncologie Pédiatrique

    Marseille, 13385
    France

    Site Not Available

  • APHM Hôpital des Enfants La Timone - Hématologie Oncologie Pédiatrique

    Marseille 2995469, 13385
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Nantes University Hospital

    Nantes 2990969,
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Institut Curie - Centre D'Oncologie SIREDO

    Paris, 75005
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Curie Institute

    Paris 2988507,
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Institut Curie - Centre D'Oncologie SIREDO

    Paris 2988507, 75005
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Strasbourg University Hospital

    Strasbourg 2973783,
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Gustave Roussy - Oncologie pédiatrique

    Villejuif, 94805
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Gustave Roussy - Oncologie pédiatrique

    Villejuif 2968705, 94805
    France

    Site Not Available

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