A Phase 2 Study of Sitravatinib in Combination With PD-(L)1 Checkpoint Inhibitor Regimens in Patients With Advanced or Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma

Mirati Therapeutics

Status and phase: Terminated; Phase 2

Conditions: Urothelial Carcinoma Urethra; Urothelial Carcinoma Ureter; Urothelial Carcinoma; Urothelial Carcinoma Bladder; Urothelial Carcinoma of the Renal Pelvis and Ureter

Treatments: Drug: Pembrolizumab; Drug: Sitravatinib; Drug: Enfortumab vedotin; Drug: Nivolumab

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT03606174

516-003

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study will evaluate the clinical activity of PD-(L)1 Checkpoint Inhibitor regimens in combination with the investigational agent sitravatinib in patients with advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma.

Full description

Sitravatinib is an orally-available, small molecule inhibitor of a closely related spectrum of receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) including MET, Axl, MERTK, VEGFR family, PDGFR family, KIT, FLT3, Trk family, RET, DDR2 and selected Eph family members. Nivolumab is a human IgG monoclonal antibody that binds to the programmed cell death-1(PD-1) receptor and blocks its interaction with programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD-L1) and PD-L2, releasing PD-1 pathway-mediated inhibition of the immune response including anti-tumor immune response. Combining an immunotherapeutic PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitor with an agent that has both immune modulatory and antitumor properties could enhance the antitumor efficacy observed with either agent alone. Sitravatinib selectively inhibits key molecular and cellular pathways strongly implicated in checkpoint inhibitor resistance and therefore represents a rational strategy to enhance or restore anti-tumor immunity when combined with nivolumab, a checkpoint inhibitor therapy.

Pembrolizumab is a humanized IgG4 monoclonal antibody that binds to the PD-1 receptor and selectively blocks its interaction with PD-L1 and PD-L2, releasing PD-1 pathway-mediated inhibition of the immune response, including the anti-tumor immune response. Enfortumab vedotin (enfortumab) is an investigational ADC that is comprised of a fully human anti-Nectin-4 IgG1 monoclonal antibody conjugated to MMAE via a protease-cleavable linker. Enfortumab binds to cells that express Nectin-4 with high affinity, triggering the internalization and release of MMAE in target cells, inducing cell cycle arrest and apoptotic cell death. Early efficacy results from enfortumab in combination with pembrolizumab in frontline cisplatin-ineligible urothelial carcinoma in the ongoing EV-103 study have demonstrated encouraging activity with a safety profile that appears manageable and tolerable. Addition of sitravatinib to this combination might further augment clinical activity by selectively inhibiting key molecular and cellular pathways strongly implicated in checkpoint inhibitor resistance.

Enrollment: 260 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of urothelial carcinoma
• Adequate bone marrow and organ function

Exclusion criteria

• Uncontrolled tumor in the brain
• Unacceptable toxicity with prior checkpoint inhibitor
• Impaired heart function

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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260 participants in 9 patient groups

Cohort 1

Experimental group

Description:

Patients previously treated with checkpoint inhibitor and platinum-based chemotherapy. Nivolumab over 30 min IV infusion (240 mg IV every 2 weeks or 480 mg every 4 weeks) and sitravatinib 120 mg orally once per day continuously in 28-day cycles.

Treatment:

Drug: Nivolumab

Drug: Sitravatinib

Cohort 2

Experimental group

Description:

Patients previously treated with checkpoint inhibitor, but ineligible for platinum-based chemotherapy. Nivolumab over 30 min IV infusion (240 mg IV every 2 weeks or 480 mg every 4 weeks) and sitravatinib 120 mg orally once per day continuously in 28-day cycles.

Treatment:

Drug: Nivolumab

Drug: Sitravatinib

Cohort 3

Experimental group

Description:

Patients previously treated with selected immunotherapies and platinum-based chemotherapy. Nivolumab over 30 min IV infusion (240 mg IV every 2 weeks or 480 mg every 4 weeks) and sitravatinib 120 mg orally once per day continuously in 28-day cycles.

Treatment:

Drug: Nivolumab

Drug: Sitravatinib

Cohort 4

Experimental group

Description:

Patients previously treated with with selected immunotherapies, but ineligible for platinum-based chemotherapy. Nivolumab over 30 min IV infusion (240 mg IV every 2 weeks or 480 mg every 4 weeks) and sitravatinib 120 mg orally once per day continuously in 28-day cycles.

Treatment:

Drug: Nivolumab

Drug: Sitravatinib

Cohort 5

Experimental group

Description:

Patients previously treated with platinum-based chemotherapy, but never treated with checkpoint inhibitor. Nivolumab over 30 min IV infusion (240 mg IV every 2 weeks or 480 mg every 4 weeks) and sitravatinib 120 mg orally once per day continuously in 28-day cycles.

Treatment:

Drug: Nivolumab

Drug: Sitravatinib

Cohort 6

Experimental group

Description:

Patients ineligible for treatment with platinum-based chemotherapy and never treated with checkpoint inhibitor. Nivolumab over 30 min IV infusion (240 mg IV every 2 weeks or 480 mg every 4 weeks) and sitravatinib 120 mg orally once per day continuously in 28-day cycles.

Treatment:

Drug: Nivolumab

Drug: Sitravatinib

Cohort 7

Experimental group

Description:

Patients previously treated with antibody-drug conjugate, checkpoint inhibitor and platinum-based chemotherapy. Nivolumab over 30 min IV infusion (240 mg IV every 2 weeks or 480 mg every 4 weeks) and sitravatinib 120 mg orally once per day continuously in 28-day cycles.

Treatment:

Drug: Nivolumab

Drug: Sitravatinib

Cohort 8

Experimental group

Description:

Patients previously treated with antibody-drug conjugate and checkpoint inhibitor, but ineligible for platinum-based chemotherapy. Nivolumab over 30 min IV infusion (240 mg IV every 2 weeks or 480 mg every 4 weeks) and sitravatinib 120 mg orally once per day continuously in 28-day cycles.

Treatment:

Drug: Nivolumab

Drug: Sitravatinib

Cohort 9

Experimental group

Description:

Patients previously treated with checkpoint inhibitor and platinum-based chemotherapy. There are 2 parts to this Cohort - a lead-in dose escalation portion and a dose expansion portion. In the dose escalation portion, treatment with up to 3 dose levels of sitravatinib in combination with up to 2 dose levels of pembrolizumab and enfortumab combination regimen to determine the recommended doses to be used in the combination treatment regimen and those doses will be further studied in the dose expansion portion. Pembrolizumab 200 mg over 30 min IV infusion every 3 weeks, sitravatinib orally once per day continuously in 21-day cycles (at 35 mg, 50 mg, 70 mg, or 100 mg) and enfortumab vedotin over 30 min IV infusion on Day 1 and Day 8 in 21-day cycles (at 1 mg/kg or 1.25 mg/kg).

Treatment:

Drug: Enfortumab vedotin

Drug: Sitravatinib

Drug: Pembrolizumab