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This phase I trial studies the side effects and best dose of APX005M in treating younger patients with primary malignant central nervous system tumor that is growing, spreading, or getting worse (progressive), or newly diagnosed diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma. APX005M can trigger activation of B cells, monocytes, and dendritic cells and stimulat cytokine release from lymphocytes and monocytes. APX005M can mediate a direct cytotoxic effect on CD40+ tumor cells.
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This is a multicenter phase I trial of APX005M in patients with recurrent or refractory primary malignant central nervous system tumor, or newly diagnosed diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma.
APX005M is a humanized IgG1κ mAb that binds to CD40. APX005M binds to both human and cynomolgus monkey CD40 with high affinity, triggering activation of B cells, monocytes, and dendritic cells and stimulating cytokine release from both human and monkey lymphocytes and monocytes. APX005M does not bind to mouse or rat CD40. CD40 is also expressed on many human tumor cells, and APX005M can mediate a direct cytotoxic effect on CD40+ tumor cells.
Activation of CD40 on tumor cells results in tumor cell apoptosis and inhibition of tumor growth. CD40 agonistic antibodies have demonstrated potent antitumor immune response stimulation in both animal models and cancer patients. Due to its action on both immune and tumor cells, CD40 has been studied as a target for novel cancer immunotherapy.
Apexigen has declared the adult recommended phase 2 dose to be 0.3 mg/kg because no dose limiting toxicities were encountered at that dose and the pharmacodynamic profile was similar to the 1 mg/kg maximally tolerated dose. This phase 1 clinical trial is to study APX005M in children with central nervous system tumors.
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Stratum 2: Newly diagnosed DIPG patients (on-hold until pediatric RP2D has been established in Stratum 1) Patients with diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas (DIPGs) will be eligible 6 to 14 weeks post-completion of radiation therapy if they do not have any evidence of progression. Patients with newly diagnosed DIPGs, defined as tumors with a pontine epicenter and diffuse involvement of 2/3 or more of the pons, are eligible without histologic confirmation. Patients with pontine tumors that do not meet these criteria or not considered to be typical intrinsic pontine gliomas will only be eligible if the tumors have been biopsied and (1) are proven to be an anaplastic astrocytoma, glioblastoma multiforme, gliosarcoma, anaplastic mixed glioma or fibrillary astrocytoma or (2) have a histone mutation typically seen in DIPG. Patients with disseminated disease are not eligible, and MRI of spine must be performed if disseminated disease is suspected by the treating physician.
Stratum 2: Patients with DIPG who have pre-trial tumor tissue available are requested to submit tissue; however, this is not required for eligibility.
Refractory/Recurrent patients Patients must have recovered from the acute treatment related toxicities (defined as < grade 1) of all prior chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiotherapy or any other treatment modality prior to entering this study.
Myelosuppressive chemotherapy -- Patients must have received their last dose of known myelosuppressive anticancer therapy at least 21 days prior to enrollment or at least 42 days if nitrosourea.
Biological agent: Patient must have recovered from any acute toxicity potentially related to the agent and received their last dose of the biologic agent ≥ 7 days prior to study enrollment.
For agents that have known adverse events occurring beyond 7 days after administration, this period must be extended beyond the time during which adverse events are known to occur.
Monoclonal antibody treatment and agents with known prolonged half-lives: At least three half-lives must have elapsed prior to enrollment.
Radiation --
Patients must have had their last fraction of:
Craniospinal irradiation (>24Gy) or total body irradiation or radiation to greater than 50% of pelvis > 3 months prior to enrollment.
Focal irradiation >6 weeks prior to enrollment Local palliative irradiation (small port) ≥4 weeks
Autologous Stem Cell Transplant -- Patient must be ≥ 6 months since autologous bone marrow/stem cell transplant prior to enrollment and have CD4 counts above 200/mm3.
Surgery -- Patients must be at least 4 weeks (28 days) from major surgery and fully recovered from all acute effects of prior surgical intervention.
Patients with seizure disorders may be enrolled if seizures are well controlled.
• Performance Status -- Karnofsky Performance Scale (KPS for > 16 years of age) or Lansky Performance Score (LPS for ≤ 16 years of age) assessed within two weeks of enrollment must be ≥ 60. Patients who are unable to walk because of neurologic deficits, but who are up in a wheelchair, will be considered ambulatory for the purpose of assessing the performance score.
• Organ Function --
Patients must have adequate organ and bone marrow function as defined below:
Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) ≥ 1.0 x 109 cells/ L Platelets ≥ 100 x 109 cells/L (unsupported, defined as no platelet transfusion within 7 days) Hemoglobin ≥ 8 g/dL (may receive transfusions) Total bilirubin ≤1.5 times institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) AST(SGOT)/ALT(SGPT) ≤ 3 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) Albumin ≥ 3 g/dl Serum creatinine based on age/gender as noted below. Patients that do not meet the criteria below but have a 24 hour Creatinine Clearance or GFR (radioisotope or iothalamate) ≥ 70 mL/min/1.73 m2 are eligible.
Age Maximum Serum Creatinine (mg/dL) 1 to < 2 years 0.6, 0.6 (M, F); 2 to < 6 years 0.8, 0.8 (M, F); 6 to < 10 years 1, 1 (M, F); 10 to < 13 years 1.2, 1.2 (M, F); 13 to < 16 years 1.5, 1.4 (M, F); ≥ 16 years 1.7, 1.4 (M, F).
• Cardiac Function: Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (LVEF) > 50% ECG QTc ≤ 450 msec
• Pulmonary Function: Oxygen saturation as measured by pulse oximetry is > 93% on room air and no evidence of dyspnea at rest
• Growth Factors -- Patients must be off all colony- forming growth factor(s) for at least 1 week prior to enrollment (i.e., filgrastim, sargramostim or erythropoietin). 2 weeks must have elapsed if patients received PEG formulations.
Exclusion criteria
• Concurrent Illness -- Patients with any clinically significant unrelated systemic illness (serious infections Grade ≥ 2 or significant cardiac, pulmonary, hepatic or other organ dysfunction), that in the opinion of the investigator would compromise the patient's ability to tolerate protocol therapy, put them at additional risk for toxicity or would interfere with the study procedures or results.
Patients with a history of any other malignancy, except patients with a secondary brain tumor if the patient's first malignancy has been in remission for at least 5 years from the end of treatment.
• Concurrent Therapy -- Patients who are receiving any other anticancer or investigational drug therapy.
Patients requiring systemic treatment with either corticosteroids (greater than physiologic replacement, defined as dexamethasone 0.75 mg/m2/day) or other immunosuppressive medications within 14 days of study drug administration will be excluded. However, patients who require intermittent use of bronchodilators or local steroid injections will not be excluded from the study. Please see section 5.3 for a list of acceptable and unacceptable concomitant medications as well as reporting requirements.
• Presence of Bulky Tumor --
Patients with bulky tumor on imaging are ineligible. Bulky tumor is defined as:
Tumor with any evidence of uncal herniation or midline shift Tumor that in the opinion of the site investigator, shows significant mass effect
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