NCT07818018 · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
A Study of 2141-V11 in People With Esophageal, Gastric, or Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma
What this study is about
The purpose of this study is to find out whether adding the drug 2141-V11 to standard treatment (anti-PD-1 immunotherapy with or without 5-FU) is a safe treatment approach for participants with advanced esophageal, gastric, or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma
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The purpose of this study is to find out whether adding the drug 2141-V11 to standard treatment (anti-PD-1 immunotherapy with or without 5-FU) is a safe treatment approach for participants with advanced esophageal, gastric, or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma
Interventions
BIOLOGICAL
Intratumoral 2141-V11
2141-V11 is a recombinant fully humanized IgG1 monoclonal antibody directed against CD40, which activates the CD40 receptor.
BIOLOGICAL
Nivolumab
Nivolumab will be given as an intravenous infusion.
DRUG
Fluoropyrimidine
5-FU will be administered as a continuous infusion over 48 hours
Primary outcome measures
Evaluate safety of intratumoral 2141-V11
Time frame: 6 weeks
The primary endpoint of the safety lead-in cohort is safety. Safety is defined as the incidence of dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs) during the 6-week DLT evaluation window.
Who can participate
This study lists these criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov. A study coordinator reviews eligibility during screening — this page does not determine whether you qualify.
Inclusion criteria
- Histologically confirmed esophageal, gastric, or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma
- Locally advanced unresectable or metastaticdisease at diagnosis
- On first line systemic therapy including fluoropyrimidine + anti-PD-1 therapy for advanced GEA (e.g. FOLFOX + nivolumab) for a minimum of 3 months and no more than 9 months.
- Platinum chemotherapy included in first line regimen has been discontinued or will be discontinued ≥2 weeks prior to first planned dose of 2141-V11
- Patients in the safety lead-in cohort must be on 5-FU
- Primary esophageal, gastric, or gastroesophageal junction tumor intact and visible at time of enrollment (within 1 month of 2141-V11 treatment initiation) on endoscopy
- Evaluable disease at time of 2141-V11 treatment initiation as defined per RECIST v1.1
- Able to undergo endoscopy
- Age 18 years or older
- ECOG performance status 0 to 1 (See Appendix I for performance status criteria)
- Adequate organ function as defined by:
- Absolute neutrophil count ≥1000/mcL
- Platelets ≥90,000/mcL
- Hemoglobin ≥8 g/dL
- Serum creatinine ≤1.5X ULN
- Serum total bilirubin ≤1.5X ULN OR Direct bilirubin ≤ULN for participants with total bilirubin levels \>1.5X ULN, except patients with Gilbert's disease (≤3X ULN)
- AST and ALT ≤3X ULN
- Albumin ≥3 mg/dL Abbreviations: ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aminotransferase; ULN, upper limit of normal.
Exclusion criteria
- Mismatch repair deficient (dMMR) disease by IHC or microsatellite instability (MSI-H) by next-generation sequencing
- Known HER2-positive disease (IHC 3+ or IHC 2+ and amplification via fluorescence in situ hybridization)
- Prior radiation therapy to primary esophageal, gastric, or gastroesophageal junction tumor
- Anti-PD-1 therapy in ongoing regimen has been discontinued for any reason
- Disease progression on frontline therapy
- Patients with active autoimmune disease requiring ongoing systemic steroids or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days before the first dose of trial treatment.
- Ongoing systemic steroids or receipt of systemic steroid therapy exceeding prednisone 10 mg/day or equivalent within 7 days before first dose, except physiologic replacement or short-course premedication (e.g. as antiemetics or CT scan contrast premedication), or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days before the first dose of trial treatment. Use of inhaled corticosteroids and mineralocorticoids (e.g., fludrocortisone) for patients with orthostatic hypotension or adrenocortical insufficiency is allowed.
- Patients with active infection on parenteral antibiotics
- Patients with history of grade 3 or higher immune related adverse events to anti-PD-1 therapy may only be enrolled with the permission of the study PI.
- Prior treatment before ongoing regimen for any reason with PD-1, PD-L1, or CTLA-4 inhibitors
- Currently participating in a therapeutic study and receiving study therapy or has participated in a therapeutic study within 4 weeks of the first dose of treatment. Radiographic protocols including protocols with experimental tracers are not considered therapeutic studies and are exempt.
- Known active central nervous system metastases and/or leptomeningeal disease
- HIV, HBV, and HCV testing do not need to be performed as part of the study. For patients with known HIV, HBV, and/or HCV infection:
- HIV-infected patients on effective anti-retroviral therapy with undetectable viral load within 6 months are eligible for this trial.
- For patients with evidence of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, the HBV viral load must be undetectable on suppressive therapy, if indicated.
- Patients with a history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection must have been treated and cured. For patients with HCV infection who are currently on treatment, they are eligible if they have an undetectable HCV viral load.
- Unwilling to give written, informed consent, unwilling to participate, or unable to comply with the protocol for the duration of the study
Where
- Basking Ridge, New Jersey
- Middletown, New Jersey
- Montvale, New Jersey
- Commack, New York
- Harrison, New York
- New York, New York
- Uniondale, New York
Collaborators
Rockefeller University
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