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This phase II trial studies the side effects of talabostat and pembrolizumab and to see how well they work for the treatment of solid cancers that have spread to other places in the body (advanced). Talabostat may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as pembrolizumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Giving talabostat and pembrolizumab may help control the disease.
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PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To evaluate response rate per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) and immune (i)RECIST in patients treated in cohort A and in patients treated in cohort B.
II. To evaluate dose-limiting toxicities (DLT) in the first 6 patients enrolled to the study.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To evaluate progression-free survival (PFS). II. To evaluate duration of response (DOR). III. To evaluate overall survival (OS). IV. To evaluate overall safety and tolerability.
EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:
I. To evaluate the quantitative and qualitative effects of talabostat (BXCL701) in combination with pembrolizumab on relevant immune effector cytokines in blood.
II. To evaluate the quantitative and qualitative effects of BXCL701 in combination with pembrolizumab on various immunological effector cells, including neutrophils, myeloid derived suppressor cells (MDSCs), dendritic cells, cancer associated fibroblast (CAF), T-cells and macrophage density in pre-dose tumor biopsies and when feasible in post-dose tumor tissues.
III. To explore the predictive value of baseline programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) tumor expression and tumor mutation burden (TMB) with clinical outcomes.
IV. To evaluate changes in serially collected blood circulating tumor deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) (ctDNA) to assess for tumor response and clonal evolution.
V. To evaluate pre- and post-treatment PD-L1 positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) as a predictive tool for therapeutic efficacy.
OUTLINE:
Patients receive talabostat orally (PO) twice daily (BID) on days 1-14 and pembrolizumab intravenously (IV) over 30 minutes on day 1. Cycles repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 30 days.
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Patient with a histology or cytology proven solid advanced cancer, which failed or is intolerant of standard therapies known to offer survival benefit unless standard therapies include PD1 or PD-L1 antibodies
Patient with a life expectancy of more than 3 months, in the opinion of the investigator
Patient has Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 2
Patients < 18 years of age have to weigh > 40 kgs
Patients must have measurable disease by RECIST 1.1 and iRECIST. Disease amenable to a biopsy is not mandatory
Patient's acute toxic effects of previous anticancer therapy have resolved to =< grade 1 except for grade 2 peripheral neuropathy or any grade of alopecia
Serum creatinine =< 1.5 times institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) or calculated creatinine clearance > 40 mL/min
Serum albumin >= 2.5 g/dL
Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x ULN (for patients with known Gilbert syndrome < 3 x ULN)
Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) =< 3 x institutional ULN (patients with hepatic metastases must have AST/ALT =< 5 x ULN)
Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1.0 x 10^9/L
Hemoglobin >= 8 g/dL and no red blood cell transfusions during the prior 7 days
Platelet count >= 75 x 10^9/L
Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test (minimum sensitivity 25 IU/L or equivalent units of human chorionic gonadotropin [HCG]) within 14 days prior to the initiation of treatment and/or postmenopausal women must be amenorrhoeic for at least 12 months to be considered of non-childbearing potential. Women of childbearing potential must agree and commit to the use of 2 highly effective methods of birth control throughout the duration of the study until at least 4 months following the last dose of study drug. Acceptable methods are defined as those that result, alone or in combination, in a low failure rate (ie, less than 1% per year) when used consistently and correctly, such as surgical sterilization, an intrauterine device, or hormonal contraception in combination with a barrier method. It is currently unknown whether BXCL701 or pembrolizumab may reduce the effectiveness of systemically acting hormonal contraceptives; therefore, women using systemically acting hormonal contraceptives should add a barrier method. In certain countries (if permitted by law), WOCBP may agree to abide by heterosexual sexual abstinence during the time of participation in this study
Male patients and their female partners of childbearing potential must agree and commit to use a barrier contraception (eg, condom with spermicidal foam/gel/film/cream/suppository) throughout the duration of the study until at least 60 days following the last dose of study drug, in addition to their female partners using either an intrauterine device or hormonal contraception and continuing until at least 4 months days following the last dose of study drug. This criterion may be waived for male patients who have had a vasectomy > 6 months before signing the informed consent form (ICF)
Patient has signed informed consent prior to initiation of any study-specific procedures or treatment
Patient is able to adhere to the study visit schedule and other protocol requirements
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