Overview

Study of Pembrolizumab Plus Chemotherapy in Patients With Advanced Cancer (PembroPlus)

Status:
Terminated
Trial end date:
2018-01-01
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
The Phase Ib and II cohorts will enroll patients with metistatic solid tumors. Phase II only will enroll the following patients: Patients with metastatic sarcoma to be enrolled in the following 4 arms: pembro plus gemcitabine, pembro plus gemcitabine and docetaxel, pembro plus gemcitabine and vinorelbine, and pembro plus liposomal doxorubicin. Patients with metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma to be enrolled in the pembro plus gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel arm. Patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer to be enrolled in the pembro plus irinotecan arm. Patients with ER+ breast cancer to be enrolled in the pembro and vinorelbine arm. Patients with ovarian cancer to be enrolled in the pembroplus liposomal doxorubicin arm. Patients with metastatic TNBC (ER/PR/HER2 negative) to be enrolled in the pembro plus gemcitabine arm.
Phase:
Phase 1/Phase 2
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Western Regional Medical Center
Treatments:
Docetaxel
Doxorubicin
Gemcitabine
Irinotecan
Liposomal doxorubicin
Paclitaxel
Pembrolizumab
Vinorelbine
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patient at least 18 years old and has definitive histologically or cytologically
confirmed metastatic solid tumor 2. Patient has one or more metastatic tumors measurable by
CT scan (or PET/CT, if patient is allergic to CT contrast media) 3. The investigator will
select the appropriate treatment arm for the patient with the following requirements: (a)
Patients cannot have had prior progression or intolerance on the single agent chemotherapy
and then enrolled on an arm with that same single agent chemotherapy plus pembro (b) The
chemotherapy on the arm selected must be considered standard of care or listed in the NCCN
guidelines (www.nccn.org) for that cancer type 4. Have recovered from acute toxicities of
prior treatment:

1. > 3 weeks must have elapsed since receiving any investigational agent

2. > 2 weeks must have elapsed since receiving any radiotherapy, or ≥ 3 weeks or 5
half-lives whichever is shorter for treatment with cytotoxic or biologic agents (≥ 6
weeks for mitomycin or nitrosoureas). Chronic treatment with non-investigational
gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogs or other hormonal or supportive care is
permitted 5. Patient has adequate biological parameters as demonstrated by the
following blood counts at time of screening: 6. Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) > 1500
mm3, platelet count ≥ 100×109 L, hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL 7. Serum creatinine ≤2.0, total
bilirubin ≤ 2 mg/dL, AST/ALT ≤ 5 times the upper limit of normal (ULN) range (except:
for the nab-paclitaxel containing arm, bilirubin ≤ 1.25 times the ULN and for the
docetaxel containing arm, bilirubin must be within institutional normal limits and
AST/ALT ≤ 1.5 times the ULN) 8. Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) within institutional
normal limits. If TSH is above the upper limit of normal range, then a free T4 within
institutional normal limits is acceptable 9. Persistent prior systemic therapy
non-hematologic AE grade ≥ 2 (except alopecia or correctable electrolyte abnormality
with supplementation) 10. Patient has a Karnofsky performance status (KPS) ≥ 70 11.
Women of child-bearing potential (i.e., women who are pre-menopausal or not surgically
sterile) must be willing to use an acceptable contraceptive method (abstinence, oral
contraceptive or double barrier method) for the duration of the study and for 4 months
following the last dose of pembrolizumab and 30 days following the last dose of
chemotherapy on this trial, and must have a negative urine or serum pregnancy test
within 2 weeks prior to beginning treatment on this trial Phase II only

1. Patients must have metastatic sarcoma to be enrolled in the following 4 arms:
pembro plus gemcitabine, pembro plus gemcitabine and docetaxel, pembro plus
gemcitabine and vinorelbine, and pembro plus liposomal doxorubicin

2. Patients must have metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma to be enrolled in the
pembro plus gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel arm

3. Patients must have extensive-stage small cell lung cancer to be enrolled in the
pembro plus irinotecan arm

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Active clinically serious infection > CTCAE (version 4.03) Grade 2.

2. Serious non-healing wound, ulcer, or bone fracture

3. Patient has known brain metastases, unless previously treated and well-controlled for
at least 1 month (defined as clinically stable, no edema, no steroids and stable in 2
scans at least 4 weeks apart)

4. Inability to complete informed consent process and adhere to the protocol treatment
plan and follow-up requirements

5. Patient has known active infection with HIV, hepatitis B, or hepatitis C (patients are
NOT required to be tested for the presence of such viruses prior to therapy on this
protocol)

6. Requiring daily corticosteroid dose ≥ 10 mg prednisone or equivalent per day

7. Patient has undergone major surgery, other than diagnostic surgery (e.g., surgery done
to obtain a biopsy for diagnosis without removal of an organ), within 4 weeks prior to
Day 1 of treatment in this study

8. Patient has a history of allergy or hypersensitivity to any of the study drugs or any
of their excipients, or the patient exhibits any of the events outlined in the
Contraindication or Special Warnings and Precautions sections of the product or
comparator SmPC or Prescribing Information

9. Patient has serious medical risk factors involving any of the major organ systems, or
serious psychiatric disorders, which could compromise the patient's safety or the
study data integrity

10. Patient will be receiving any other anti-cancer therapy during participation in this
trial

11. Prior treatment with pembro. Receipt of other PD-1 inhibitors or PD-L1 inhibitors is
allowed

12. Active or prior documented autoimmune disease requiring systemic treatment within the
past 2 years Phase II portion only

1. Patients with a history of more than one primary cancer, with the exception of:

1. curatively resected nonmelanomatous skin cancer;

2. curatively treated cervical carcinoma in-situ; or

3. other primary solid tumor treated with curative intent and no known active disease
present and no treatment administered during the 2 years prior to enrollment