KeyLargo: Pembrolizumab + Oxaliplatin + Capecitabine in Gastric Cancer



Status:Recruiting
Conditions:Cancer, Cancer, Cancer, Cancer
Therapuetic Areas:Oncology
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - Any
Updated:3/31/2019
Start Date:January 11, 2018
End Date:December 2022
Contact:Taylor Kennedy Frenchi
Email:taylor.kennedy.frenchi@duke.edu
Phone:919-668-1861

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A Single Arm, Phase II Study of Pembrolizumab, Oxaliplatin, and Capecitabine in the First Line Treatment of Patients With Gastro-esophageal Cancer.

This study will be conducted in two stages: 1) safety validation and 2) dose expansion

1. Safety Validation Cohort: The first portion of the study will preliminarily establish
the tolerability of the combination of pembrolizumab, oxaliplatin and capecitabine. Five
(5) subjects will be enrolled and their safety data after 21 days of treatment will be
reviewed before additional subjects are enrolled. Subjects on this portion of the study
will only be enrolled at the Duke Cancer Institute.

2. Dose Expansion Cohort: The second portion of the study (ie. phase II) will enroll 30
subjects. In the dose expansion cohort, the first cycle will be modified to allow one
week of pembrolizumab monotherapy before starting capecitabine and oxaliplatin (XELOX)
chemotherapy, which will allow analysis of biomarkers related to pembrolizumab. Subjects
on this portion of the study will be enrolled at the Duke Cancer institute and select
external collaborating institutions.

The primary objective of this trial is to describe the progression free survival (PFS)
associated with the combination of pembrolizumab, oxaliplatin and capecitabine (pembrolizumab
+XELOX) in all patients with previously untreated metastatic esophagogastric adenocarcinoma.


Inclusion Criteria:

- Histologically and/or cytologically documented and radiographically measurable (by
RECIST 1.1) adenocarcinoma of the esophagus or stomach (HER2-positive or negative)
that is metastatic/recurrent and not amenable to potentially curative treatment

- No prior chemotherapy for metastatic/recurrent disease. Prior adjuvant or neo-adjuvant
treatment with a fluoropyrimidine or fluoropyrimidine based regimen is allowed only if
it is completed at least 6 months prior to the start of study drug, whether given
alone or with radiation therapy. Patients who have received prior neo-adjuvant therapy
(chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy) which did not contain 5-FU or capecitabine and
have been diagnosed with metastatic disease (with no previous treatment in the
metastatic setting) are eligible. No 6-months window is required for these patients.
In the setting of metastatic disease requiring local palliation, only radiosensitizing
doses of 5-FU or capecitabine monotherapy are permitted.

- Prior radiation therapy is permitted, provided is completed at least 28 days prior to
the start of study drug.

- Age ≥ 18 years with ability to understand and willingness to provide informed consent.

- ECOG performance status of 0 or 1.

- Adequate organ and marrow function as defined below by the following:

1. Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1500 µl

2. Platelets ≥ 100,000/µl

3. Hemoglobin (Hgb) ≥ 9 g/dL

4. Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN)

5. AST/ALT ≤ 2 x ULN without liver metastasis; ≤ 5 x ULN with liver metastasis

6. Creatinine clearance ≥ 50 cc/min

Exclusion Criteria:

- Prior therapy with an anti-PD-1, anti PD-L1, anti-PD-L2, anti-CD137 antibody, or
anti-cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 (CTLA-4) agents.

- Chemotherapy, targeted small molecule therapy, radiotherapy, experimental agents,
prior therapy with anti-tumor vaccines or other immune-stimulatory antitumor agents,
or biological cancer therapy (including monoclonal antibodies) within 14 days prior to
the start of study drug, or not recovered (≤ grade 1 or baseline) from adverse events
due to a previously administered agent.

- Known CNS metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis. Patients with radiated or
resected lesions are permitted, provided the lesions are fully treated and inactive,
patients are asymptomatic, and no steroids have been administered for at least 30 days
prior to the start of study drug.

- Documented history of clinically significant autoimmune disease (other than
well-controlled hypothyroidism) or a syndrome that requires systemic steroids or
immunosuppressive agents. Subjects with vitiligo, type I diabetes mellitus, psoriasis
not requiring systemic treatment, or conditions not expected to recur in the absence
of an external trigger are permitted to enroll.

- Receiving systemic steroid therapy or any form of immunosuppressive therapy within 1
week prior to the start of study drug.

- Received a live vaccine within 4 weeks prior to the start of the study drug.

- Has known history of, or any evidence of active, non-infectious pneumonitis.

- Known history of HIV seropositivity, hepatitis C virus, acute or chronic active
hepatitis B infection, or other serious chronic infection requiring ongoing treatment.
Patients receiving prophylactic antibiotics (e.g., for prevention of urinary tract
infection or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) are eligible.

- Pregnant or breastfeeding

- Not willing to use an effective method of birth control

- Concurrent severe and/or uncontrolled medical conditions, which may compromise
participation in the study, including impaired heart function or clinically
significant heart disease.

- Current use of medication specified by the protocol as prohibited for administration
in combination with the study drug. This includes patients with a condition requiring
systemic treatment with either corticosteroids (>10mg daily prednisone equivalents) or
other immunosuppressive medications within 14 days prior to the start of study drug.
Inhaled or topical steroids and adrenal replacement doses > 10mg daily prednisone
equivalents are permitted in the absence of active autoimmune disease.

- Recent or current active infectious disease requiring systemic antibiotics,
antifungal, or antiviral treatment within 2 weeks prior to the start of study drug.

- Major surgical procedure, open biopsy, or significant traumatic injury within 28 days
prior to the start of study drug (56 days for hepatectomy, open thoracotomy, major
neurosurgery) or anticipation of need for major surgical procedure during the course
of the study (except fot rhe planned metastatectomy).

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

- History of myocardial infarction, NYHA lass III or IV congestive heart failure,
arrhythmia requiring therapy, unstable angina, cardia or other vascular stenting,
angioplasty, or surgery within 6 months prior to the start of study drug.

- History of other carcinomas within the last five years, except cured non-melanoma skin
cancer, curatively treated in-situ cervical cancer, or localized prostate cancer with
a current PSA of < 1.0mg/dL on 2 successive evaluations, at least 3 months apart, with
the most recent evaluation no more than 4 weeks prior to the start of study drug.
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Durham, North Carolina 27710
Principal Investigator: Hope Uronis, MD
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