About this trial
This phase I trial studies the side effects and best dose of PBF-1129 in combination with nivolumab in treating patients with non-small cell lung cancer that has come back (recurrent) or spread to other places in the body (metastatic). Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as PBF-1129 and nivolumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Age >= 18 years
Confirmed recurrent or metastatic non-small cell carcinoma of the lung of any histology without curative options
Measurable disease based on RECIST 1.1
Patients must have received standard of care chemotherapy and immunotherapy. No limits to prior lines of therapy. Prior PD-1 and/or PD-L1 directed therapies are required. Prior CTLA4 therapy is permitted. Patients may have received no more than 3 prior lines of therapy in the metastatic setting (excluding targeted therapies)
Disqualifiers
Has active autoimmune disease, including myasthenic syndrome, which has required systemic treatment in the past 12 months (i.e. with use of disease modifying agents, corticosteroids or immunosuppressive drugs). Replacement therapy (eg, thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency, etc.) is not considered a form of systemic treatment. Patients with eczema, psoriasis, lichen simplex chronicus, or vitiligo with dermatologic manifestations only (e.g., patients with psoriatic arthritis are excluded) are eligible for the study provided that disease is well controlled at baseline and requires only topical corticosteroids.
Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving systemic steroid therapy (at a dose > 10 mg prednisone or equivalent) or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the first dose of trial treatment
Known active chronic infections - human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), known active (ie with detectable polymerase chain reaction [PCR]) Hepatitis B or C
Cirrhosis (Child-Pugh B or worse) or cirrhosis with history of hepatic encephalopathy or clinically meaningful ascites resulting from cirrhosis. Clinically meaningful ascites is defined as ascites from cirrhosis requiring diuretics or paracentesis
Trial design
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
Adenosine A2B Receptor Antagonist PBF-1129
DrugGiven PO
Biospecimen Collection
Procedure/SurgeryCorrelative studies
Nivolumab
Biological/VaccineGiven IV
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Incidence of adverse events
Safety will be measured by the occurrence of dose-limited toxicities as well as any other adverse events as defined in Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 5. Frequency and severity of adverse events and tolerability of the regimen will be collected and summarized by descriptive statistics. The maximum grade for each type of toxicity will be recorded for each patient, and frequency tables will be reviewed to determine toxicity patterns. All patients who have received at least one dose of the therapeutic agents will be evaluable for toxicity and tolerability.
Secondary outcomes
Overall objective response rate
Will be calculated and exact binomial 95% confidence interval (CI) will be provided.
Disease control rate
Will be calculated and exact binomial 95% CI will be provided.
Overall survival
Will be defined as time from initiation of therapy to death, or censored at last follow-up date if the subject is alive. Kaplan-Meier methods will be used to estimate overall survival with 95% CI.
Progression free survival
Will be defined as the time from initiation of therapy to the time of Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors progression or death. Kaplan-Meier methods will be used to estimate progression free survival with 95% CI.
Other outcomes
Levels of myeloidderived suppressor cells (MDSC)
Baseline MDSC and the changes upon treatment will be compared between responders and non-responders using two sample t-test or non-parametric Wilcoxon test as appropriate. Linear mixed effect models will be used to evaluate MDSC levels over the time with the response, as well as the clinical outcomes including resistance to treatment. Potential confounders (patients' demographics and clinical characteristics) might be included in the models.
Correlative biomarkers
We will compare responses within this cohort. The impact of STK11/LKB1 alterations and how it is associated with response will be assessed using logistic regression analyses.
Sponsors and contacts
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Dwight Owen
Lead sponsor
Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Sponsor institution
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Collaborator