E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
Patients suffering from refractory metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma. |
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E.1.1.1 | Medical condition in easily understood language |
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E.1.1.2 | Therapeutic area | Diseases [C] - Cancer [C04] |
MedDRA Classification |
E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.2 | Version | 18.1 |
E.1.2 | Level | PT |
E.1.2 | Classification code | 10050513 |
E.1.2 | Term | Metastatic renal cell carcinoma |
E.1.2 | System Organ Class | 10029104 - Neoplasms benign, malignant and unspecified (incl cysts and polyps) |
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E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | No |
E.2 Objective of the trial |
E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial |
To evaluate the incidence of high-grade (i.e. Grade 3-4 and Grade 5 of CTCAE v4.0) adverse reactions of interest in patients with metastatic RCC who have progressed during or after receiving at least one prior systemic anti-angiogenic treatment and who are eligible for nivolumab monotherapy. |
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
Secondary objectives are:
• To evaluate the efficacy of nivolumab by measuring Overall Survival (OS) in all treated patients and pre-defined sub-groups using RECIST 1.1 (Appendix 1).
• To evaluate investigator-assessed Objective Response Rate (ORR) in all treated patients and pre-defined sub-groups using RECIST 1.1 (Appendix 1).
• To characterize the outcome of all high-grade (i.e. Grade 3 4 and Grade 5 CTCAE v4.0) adverse reactions/adverse events in patients receiving nivolumab monotherapy. |
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
1. Adult men and women ≥ 18 years.
2. Patients with a histologically confirmed Renal Cell Carcinoma with a clear-cell component
3. Patients with metastatic (AJCC stage IV) Renal Cell Carcinoma, with at least one measurable lesion by CT Scan or MRI according to RECIST 1.1 or with clinically apparent disease that can be reliably monitored by the investigator.
4. Patients having received at least one prior systemic anti-angiogenic treatment including but not limited to: sunitinib, sorafenib, pazopanib, axitinib, and bevacizumab, in the advanced or metastatic setting. Prior cytokine therapies (e.g. IL-2, IFN-α), vaccine therapy or treatment with cytotoxics are allowed. Patients intolerant to prior systemic anti-angiogenic treatment can also be eligible (except hypersensitivity to other monoclonal antibodies).
5. Patients with Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status ≤2.
6. Favorable, intermediate or poor risk group patients measured by the IMDC model (Appendix 2).
7. Patients with small brain metastases will be eligible if they are: asymptomatic, without edema, not on corticosteroids, not be eligible for radiation therapy/surgery and not receiving active treatments.
8. Patients who have progressed following radiation therapy. Palliative, focal radiation therapy, and immunosuppressive doses of systemic corticosteroids must be discontinued at least 2 weeks prior to the first nivolumab administration.
9. Potentially reproductive patients must agree to use an effective contraceptive method or practice adequate methods of birth control or practice complete abstinence while on treatment, and for at least 31 weeks (≈ 7 months) for males and 23 weeks (≈ 5 months) for females after the last dose of study drug. Azoospermic males and women of childbearing potential who are continuously not heterosexually active are exempt from contraceptive requirements.
10. Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test done within 24 hours prior to the first dosing.
11. Women who are breastfeeding should discontinue nursing prior to the first dose of study drug and until 6 months after the last dose.
12. Provision of signed and dated, written informed consent prior to any study specific procedures, sampling and analyses.
13. Patients with social insurance coverage. |
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
1. Patients with any active autoimmune disease or a history of known autoimmune disease (Patients with type I diabetes mellitus, residual hypothyroidism due to an autoimmune condition requiring hormone replacement, psoriasis not requiring systemic treatment, or conditions not expected to recur in the absence of an external trigger are however eligible for this trial).
2. Patients with uncontrolled adrenal insufficiency.
3. Patients with known history of testing positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or known acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
4. Patients with positive tests for hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBV sAg) or hepatitis C virus ribonucleic acid (HCV RNA) indicating active or chronic infection.
5. Patients having received prior therapy with anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, anti-PD-L2, anti-CD137, or anti-CTLA-4 antibody (or any other antibody or drug specifically targeting T-cell co-stimulation or checkpoint pathways).
6. Patients having received any non-oncology vaccine therapy used for prevention of infectious diseases including seasonal (influenza) vaccinations within 4 weeks of the first dose of study drug.
7. Patients receiving anti-cancer therapies must be discontinued at least 4 weeks prior to administration of study drug. Palliative, focal radiation therapy, and immunosuppressive doses of systemic corticosteroids must be discontinued at least 2 weeks before administration of study drug. All toxicities attributed to prior anti-cancer therapy other than alopecia must have resolved to grade 1 (NCI CTCAE version 4) or baseline before administration of study drug.
8. Patients with other prior malignancy active within the previous 3 years except for locally curable cancers that have been apparently cured, such as basal or squamous cell skin cancer, superficial bladder cancer, or carcinoma in situ of the prostate, cervix or breast.
9. Patients with altered hematopoietic or organ function, as indicated by the following criteria (assessed within -14 to 3 days prior the first dosing):
• WBC < 2000/µL
• Polynuclear neutrophils < 1.5 x 109/L
• Platelets < 100 x 109/L
• Hemoglobin < 8.0 g/mL
• ALAT/ASAT > 3.0 x ULN in the absence of or > 5x ULN in the presence of liver metastases
• Bilirubin > 1.5 x ULN (except Gilbert Syndrome : < 3.0 mg/dL)
• Creatinine clearance ≤ 40 mL/min (measured or calculated by Cockroft and Gault formula) or serum creatinine > 2.0 x ULN
10. Patients with a history of hypersensitivity to other monoclonal antibodies or to the active or inactive excipients of study drug.
11. Known drug or alcohol abuse.
12. Known or underlying medical condition (e.g., a condition associated with diarrhea or acute diverticulitis) that, in the investigator’s opinion, would make the administration of study drug hazardous to the patient or obscure the interpretation of toxicity determination or adverse events.
13. History of uncontrolled seizures, central nervous system disorders or psychiatric disability judged by the investigator to be clinically significant, precluding informed consent, or interfering with compliance of oral drug intake.
14. Unwillingness to give written informed consent, unwillingness to participate, or inability to comply with the protocol for the duration of the study.
15. Individuals deprived of liberty or placed under the authority of a tutor.
16. Treatment with any other investigational agent, or participation in another clinical trial within 28 days prior to enrolment and during the treatment period
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
The primary endpoint of this study is the incidence for high-grade (CTCAE v4.0 Grade 3-4 and Grade 5) adverse reactions of interest (i.e. adverse event related to study treatment).
The adverse reactions of interest are: skin, endocrinopathy, gastrointestinal, hepatic, renal, pulmonary, and hypersensitivity adverse events.
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E.5.1.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
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E.5.2 | Secondary end point(s) |
The main secondary endpoints of the study are :
• The median time to onset, median time to resolution (Grade 3-4) of adverse reactions of interest.
• The percentage of patients who received immune modulating concomitant medication (e.g., corticosteroids, infliximab, cyclophosphamide, IVIG, and mycophenolate mofetil), or hormonal replacement therapy, the percentage of patients who received ≥ 40 mg prednisone or equivalent, total duration of all immune modulating medications given for the select event and summary of patients with resolution of AEs after initiating these therapies.
• The efficacy data assessed by measuring the OS and ORR. These endpoints are defined as follows:
o OS is defined as the time from first dosing date to the date of death. A patient who has not died will be censored at last known date alive. OS will be followed continuously while patients are on the treatment and every 3 months via in-person or phone contact after patients discontinue the study drug.
o Objective response rate (ORR) is defined as the number and percentage of patients with a Best Overall Response (BOR) of confirmed complete response (CR) or partial response (PR). Best overall response (BOR) is defined as the best response designation, recorded between the date of first dose and the date of the initial objectively documented tumor progression per RECIST v1.1 or the date of subsequent therapy, whichever occurs first. For Patients without documented progression or subsequent therapy, all available response designations will contribute to the BOR determination.
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E.5.2.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
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E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial |
E.6 | Scope of the trial |
E.6.1 | Diagnosis | No |
E.6.2 | Prophylaxis | No |
E.6.3 | Therapy | Yes |
E.6.4 | Safety | Yes |
E.6.5 | Efficacy | Yes |
E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | No |
E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | No |
E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No |
E.6.9 | Dose response | No |
E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | No |
E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic | No |
E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic | No |
E.6.13 | Others | No |
E.7 | Trial type and phase |
E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) | No |
E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans | No |
E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | No |
E.7.1.3 | Other | No |
E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description | |
E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) | Yes |
E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | No |
E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | No |
E.8 Design of the trial |
E.8.1 | Controlled | No |
E.8.1.1 | Randomised | No |
E.8.1.2 | Open | Yes |
E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No |
E.8.1.4 | Double blind | No |
E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | No |
E.8.1.6 | Cross over | No |
E.8.1.7 | Other | No |
E.8.2 | Comparator of controlled trial |
E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) | No |
E.8.2.2 | Placebo | No |
E.8.2.3 | Other | No |
E.8.2.4 | Number of treatment arms in the trial | 1 |
E.8.3 |
The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned
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E.8.4 | The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned | Yes |
E.8.4.1 | Number of sites anticipated in Member State concerned | 20 |
E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | No |
E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA |
E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA | No |
E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | No |
E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee | No |
E.8.8 |
Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last
visit of the last subject undergoing the trial
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E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned years | 7 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | |