Anti-PD1 Monoclonal Antibody Combined With Nimotuzumab and Capecitabine in Patients With First-line Platinum-resistant Recurrent/Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Last updated: March 6, 2024
Sponsor: Jiangxi Provincial Cancer Hospital
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

2

Condition

Carcinoma

Nasopharyngeal Cancer

Treatment

Anti-PD1 antibody, nimotuzumab and capecitabine

Clinical Study ID

NCT06259721
INC-RMNPC
  • Ages 18-70
  • All Genders

Study Summary

The purpose of this study is to explore the efficacy and safety of a combination regimen of Anti-PD1 monoclonal antibody, nimotuzumab, and capecitabin in treating recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients who have failed first-line platinum-based chemotherapy.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Histologically or cytologically confirmed with recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngealcarcinoma which is not amenable to curative treatment with surgery and/or radiationtherapy. If the patient refuses biopsy of metastatic lesions, those diagnosed withmetastasis based on imaging evidence and clinical evidence can be enrolled.
  2. Have failed for first-line platinum-based chemotherapy. Previously received first-lineplatinum-based chemotherapy for recurrent or metastatic disease and had diseaseprogression during or after treatment; or recurrence and metastases within 6 monthsafter treatment of platinum-based chemoradiation.
  3. Age ≥ 18 years and ≤ 75 years, both genders.
  4. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) 0 or 1
  5. The life expectancy of at least 3 months.
  6. Patients must have at least 1 lesion that is measurable using RECIST v1.1 criteria.
  7. Patients must have adequate organ function (without blood transfusion, without growthfactor or blood components support within 14 days before enrollment) as determined by: Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1.5×109/L; Platelet count ≥ 75×109/L; Hemoglobin ≥ 9g/dL; serum total bilirubin (TBIL) ≤1.5 times the upper limit of normal (ULN); alanineaminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤2.5×upper limit of normal (ULN), (for subjects with liver metastases, TBIL ≤3×ULN; ALT and AST≤5×ULN);Creatinine ≤1.5×ULN or creatinine clearance rate≥50 ml/min (Cockcroft-Gault formula);serum albumin ≥28 g/L; Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels ≤1×ULN (however,patients with free Triiodothyronine [FT3] or free Thyroxine [FT4] levels ≤1× ULN maybe enrolled); INR, APTT≤1.5 x ULN.
  8. All women with fertility potential must undergo a urine or serum pregnancy test duringscreening and the results are negative.
  9. Written informed consent.

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

    1. Those with a history of severe immediate allergy to any drugs used in this study;
  1. Patients who have previously received anti-EGFR monoclonal antibodies (nitolizumab,cetuximab) and anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibodies.
  2. Combined with other malignant tumors; 4. Any of the following conditions existwithin 6 months before screening: myocardial infarction, severe/unstable angina,coronary artery/peripheral artery bypass grafting, symptomatic congestive heartfailure, cerebrovascular accident, transient cerebral ischemia Paroxysmal orsymptomatic pulmonary embolism. Patients with known coronary artery disease,congestive heart failure that does not meet the above criteria, or left ventricularejection fraction <50% must be treated with an optimized and stable medical regimen asdetermined by the treating physician, who may consult a cardiologist if appropriate;
  3. Patients who have received any of the following treatments: (1) Have received any investigational drugs within 4 weeks before using theinvestigational drugs for the first time; (2) Use of large amounts of glucocorticoidsor other immunosuppressants (including but not limited to prednisone, dexamethasone,azathioprine, methotrexate, thalidomide and anti-tumor necrosis factor within 4 weeksbefore treatment (drugs against TNF), or subjects who require hormonal therapy duringclinical trials. Other special circumstances need to be communicated with the sponsor.In the absence of active autoimmune disease, inhaled or topical steroids andadrenocortical hormone replacement at doses >10 mg/day prednisone therapeutic dose areallowed; (4) Those who have received anti-tumor vaccines or have received livevaccines within 4 weeks before the first administration of the study drug; (5) Haveundergone major surgery or serious trauma within 4 weeks before using the study drugfor the first time; (6) Enroll in another clinical study at the same time, unless itis an observational (non-interventional) clinical study or an interventional clinicalstudy follow-up; 6. Patients with active autoimmune diseases or a history ofautoimmune diseases that may relapse Note: Patients with the following diseases are not excluded and can enter furtherscreening:
  4. Controlled type 1 diabetes
  5. Hypothyroidism (if it can be controlled with hormone replacement therapy alone)
  6. Skin diseases that do not require systemic treatment (such as vitiligo, psoriasis,alopecia)
  7. Any other disease that is not expected to recur in the absence of external triggers 7.Active infections, including tuberculosis, hepatitis B, hepatitis C and humanimmunodeficiency virus. Patients with positive HBV surface antigen (HBsAg) but HBV DNA <1000 copies/mL are eligible to participate in this study; patients with positive HCVantibody test results can only participate if the HCV RNA polymerase chain reactiontest result is negative. Selected for this study; 8. History of idiopathic pulmonaryfibrosis, drug-induced pneumonia, organizing pneumonia (bronchiolitis obliterans),idiopathic pneumonia or evidence of active pneumonia on chest CT scan duringscreening; 9. No capacity for civil conduct or limited capacity for civil conduct; 10.Drug abuse or alcohol addiction, the patient has physical or mental illness, and theresearcher believes that the patient cannot fully or fully understand the possiblecomplications of this study; 11. Other serious acute or chronic medical conditionsthat may increase the risks related to the treatment of the research protocol, or mayinterfere with the interpretation of the research results and (according to theinvestigator's judgment) may make the patient unfit to participate in this study (including immune colitis, inflammatory colitis, Enteropathy, non-infectiouspneumonia, pulmonary fibrosis) or mental illness (including dementia and epilepsy,suicidal ideation or behavior recently, within the past year, or active) or abnormallaboratory tests; 12. Previously diagnosed with immunodeficiency or known diseasesrelated to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS); 13. Pregnant or lactating female patients, male or female patients withchildbearing potential but unwilling or unable to use contraception during the entirestudy period and for at least 1 year after the end of the treatment plan; 14. Thosewith recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma are suitable for surgical treatment.

Study Design

Total Participants: 22
Treatment Group(s): 1
Primary Treatment: Anti-PD1 antibody, nimotuzumab and capecitabine
Phase: 2
Study Start date:
February 10, 2024
Estimated Completion Date:
August 09, 2026

Study Description

Currently, there is still no uniform treatment regimen for treating recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients who failed to first-line platinum-based chemotherapy. Anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody showed efficacy and safety in previous studies, however, the efficacy of immunotherapy alone was limited. Immunotherapy combined with other treatment regimens for recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a strategy that needs to be urgently explored. Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is an important target in the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Nimotuzumab, an EGRF antibody selectively inhibits epidermal growth factor receptors, has shown strong clinical utility in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma. Nimotuzumab is an IgG1 monoclonal antibody targeting EGFR. It can not only effectively block the EGFR signaling pathway to promote cell death, but also activate immunity through ADCC to mediate anti-tumor effects.

Anti-PD-1 antibodies relieve inhibition of cytotoxic lymphocytes to promote tumor regression. Nimotuzumab targeting EGFR mediates antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity and promotes communication between immune cells, including natural killer and dendritic cells. This communication can trigger tumor antigen-specific cellular immunity and generate antigen-specific T lymphocyte responses. Furthermore, therefore, recruitment of adaptive and innate immunity and antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity may induce antitumor synergy. Considering that anti-PD1 monoclonal antibodies and nimotuzumab play a synergistic role in enhancing anti-tumor immunity. The combination of anti-EGFR monoclonal antibody and anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody has shown good efficacy in recurrent and metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. The overall response rate (ORR) of the combination treatment reached 45%, better than the ORR of the anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody alone (20%).

As a new type of fluorouracil oral anticancer drug, capecitabine has better efficacy and lower toxicity than 5-Fu [14]. Two recent clinical trials have confirmed that maintenance therapy with capecitabine oral chemotherapy can effectively reduce the risk of metastasis in locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma, suggesting that new fluorouracil drugs have good anti-cancer effects. Clinical studies from recurrent metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma also confirmed that capecitabine metronomic therapy can improve overall survival. Maintenance chemotherapy is a strategy of administering cytotoxic drugs at high frequency, low doses, and minimal downtime.

Based on this, this study aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of anti-PD1 monoclonal antibody combined with nimotuzumab and capecitabine in patients with recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma who failed to first-line platinum-based chemotherapy, to provide new evidence for individualized comprehensive treatment in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Connect with a study center

  • Department of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Jiangxi Cancer Hospital

    Nanchang, Jiangxi 330029
    China

    Active - Recruiting

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