Safe Stop Ipilimumab-nivolumab (IPI-NIVO) Trial

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorErasmus Medical Center

About this trial

Safe Stop IPI-NIVO Trial: Early discontinuation of nivolumab upon achieving a (confirmed) complete or partial response in patients with irresectable stage III or metastatic melanoma treated with first-line ipilimumab-nivolumab

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

18 years of age or older

Irresectable stage III or metastatic melanoma

previous systemic treatment, including immune-checkpoint inhibitors, in (neo)adjuvant setting for resectable melanoma is allowed

in this protocol, nivolumab maintenance is interchangeable with pembrolizumab maintenance therapy.

Disqualifiers

Patients with SD/PD according to RECIST v1.1

Malignant disease other than being treated in this study. Exceptions to this exclusion include the following: malignancies that were treated curatively and have not recurred within 2 years prior to start of study treatment; completely resected basal cell and squamous cell skin cancers and any completely resected carcinoma in situ.

prior to first-line treatment with ipilimumab-nivolumab, or;

when defined as new or progressive brain metastases at the time of study entry;

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

  • nivolumab

    Drug

    Early discontinuation of nivolumab maintenance therapy in patients with irresectable stage III or metastatic melanoma

Treatment groups

80 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: Early discontinuation of nivolumabExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Ongoing response

The rate of ongoing response at 12 months in patients with irresectable stage III or metastatic melanoma who are treated with first-line ipilimumab-nivolumab and who early discontinue nivolumab upon achieving a CR or PR according to RECIST v1.1

Time frame
12 months after start of ipilimumab-nivolumab combination therapy

Secondary outcomes

1

Ongoing response

Ongoing response at 24 months after start of first-line treatment with ipilimumab-nivolumab

Time frame
24 months after start of treatment
2

Disease control

Disease control (CR/PR) at different time points

Time frame
5 years after inclusion
3

duration of response

Duration of response (CR/PR) measured until progressive/recurrent disease

Time frame
5 years after inclusion
4

Melanoma Specific Survival rate

Melanoma specific survival measured from start of first-line treatment with ipilimumab-nivolumab until melanoma related death

Time frame
5 years after inclusion

Other outcomes

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