Summary

Eligibility
for people ages 18 years and up (full criteria)
Location
at UC Davis
Dates
study started
completion around
Principal Investigator
by Arnaud Bewley, MD (ucdavis)

Description

Summary

This is a multi-center, open-label, Phase 0 substudy designed to evaluate the localized pharmacodynamics (PD) of rilvegostomig, volrustomig, and sabestomig within the tumor microenvironment (TME) when administered intratumorally in microdose quantities via the CIVO device in patients presenting with Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC) with a surface accessible lesion, who are scheduled for tumor and/or regional node dissection as part of their standard treatment. PD effects due to injected investigational agents will be compared to those elicited by pembrolizumab alone, which will also be injected in microdose quantities via the CIVO device.

Official Title

A Phase 0 Multicenter Study of the Pharmacodynamic Effects of Intratumoral Microdose Administration of Rilvegostomig, Volrustomig, and Sabestomig

Details

The CIVO Microdose Injection Device (MID) simultaneously delivers multiple drugs and drug combinations (Up to 8), each in microdose amounts, into a single patient tumor and enables comparisons of the resulting biomarker responses that occurred while that tumor was still in the native microenvironment. AstraZeneca is developing three novel assets: rilvegostomig, volrustomig, and sabestomig, all of which are bispecific monoclonal antibodies designed to stimulate antitumor immunity. In this Phase 0 clinical trial, the PD effects of these investigational assets in the TME of patients presenting with HNSCC will be evaluated. These investigational assets will be injected alone in microdose quantities at tumor sites in HNSCC patients. Pembrolizumab, also used therapeutically in this patient population, will be included in the CIVO injection array administered as a single agent. The CIVO-injected portion of the tissue will be analyzed for localized response at sites of drug exposure in the TME.

Keywords

Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma, HNSCC, intratumoral microdosing, microdose injection, microdosing, in vivo oncology, tumor microenvironment, multiplexed immunohistochemistry, head and neck cancer, pharmacodynamic biomarkers, CIVO, master protocol, precision oncology, spatial biology, Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck, Pembrolizumab, Rilvegostomig, Volrustomig, Sabestomig, Rilvegostomig, Volrustomig, Sabestomig, Pembrolizumab

Eligibility

You can join if…

Open to people ages 18 years and up

  1. Ability and willingness to provide written informed consent. Voluntary written consent must be given before performance of any study related procedure not part of standard medical care, with the understanding that consent may be withdrawn by the patient at any time without prejudice to future medical care.
  2. Male or female ≥ 18 years of age at Visit 1 (Screening).
  3. Pathologic diagnosis of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC) of the oropharynx, hypopharynx, oral cavity, or larynx.
  4. Ability and willingness to comply with the study's visits and assessment schedule.
  5. At least one lesion (primary tumor, recurrent tumor, metastasis, or metastatic lymph node) that is surface accessible for CIVO injection that contains viable minimum tumor tissue volume and characteristics (e.g., based on clinical evaluation, available pre-operative imaging, pre-injection ultrasound imaging, or pathology reports indicating lesion with appropriate viable tumor volume without excessive cysts or necrosis) and for which there is a planned surgical intervention. The patient's presentation, surgical and pathology plan may determine whether a lesion is eligible with respect to a given CIVO MID needle configuration.
  6. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-2.
  7. Female patients who:
    • Are postmenopausal for at least one year before the screening visit, OR
    • Are surgically sterile, OR
    • Are of childbearing potential who agree to practice a highly effective method of contraception from the time of signing the Informed Consent Form (ICF) until 150 days after the CIVO injection OR agree to completely abstain from heterosexual intercourse.
    • Agree to refrain from donating, or retrieving for their own use, ova until 150 days after the CIVO injection.
    • Agree to refrain from breastfeeding until 150 days after the CIVO injection.
  8. Male patients, even if surgically sterile (i.e., status post-vasectomy), who:
    • Agree to practice effective barrier contraception from the time of signing the ICF until 150 days after the CIVO injection OR agree to completely abstain from heterosexual intercourse.
    • Agree to refrain from fathering a child or donating sperm until 150 days after the CIVO injection.

You CAN'T join if...

  1. Tumors and/or effaced nodes that are anticipated by the Investigator to lack a sufficient volume of viable tumor tissue (Based on available pre-operative imaging, pre-injection ultrasound imaging, or pathology reports) for CIVO microdose injection due to necrosis, cysts, excessive stroma, fibrosis, or treatment-induced tissue changes.
  2. Tumors near or involving critical structures for which, in the opinion of the treating clinician, injection would pose undue risk to the patient.
  3. Prior exposure to immune-mediated therapy including, but not limited to, other anti-CTLA-4, anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, and anti-PD-L2 antibodies within the last 5 years.
  4. Patients with concurrent cancer, immune disease or active infection requiring systemic or radiotherapy.
  5. Female patients who:
    • Intend to become pregnant during the study,
    • Are both lactating and breastfeeding, OR
    • Have a positive beta-subunit human chorionic gonadotropin (beta-hCG) pregnancy test at screening verified by the Investigator.
  6. Any uncontrolled intercurrent illness, condition, serious medical or psychiatric illness, or circumstance that, in the opinion of the Investigator, could interfere with adherence to the study's procedures or requirements, or otherwise compromise the study's objectives.
  7. History of organ transplant.
  8. Major surgery within 4 weeks prior to injection: subject must have adequate wound healing and have recovered from any prior surgery.

Locations

  • UC Davis
    Sacramento California 95817 United States
  • Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)
    Portland Oregon 97239 United States

Lead Scientist at University of California Health

  • Arnaud Bewley, MD (ucdavis)
    Associate Professor, Otolaryngology, School of Medicine. Authored (or co-authored) 63 research publications

Details

Status
not yet accepting patients
Start Date
Completion Date
(estimated)
Sponsor
Presage Biosciences
ID
NCT06366451
Phase
Phase 1 research study
Study Type
Interventional
Participants
Expecting 15 study participants
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