PBI-MST-01 (NCT04541108) Substudy MSD-03: Intratumoral Microdosing of Pembrolizumab Alone and With MK-0482 or MK-4830 in HNSCC or STS

Completed · Early Phase 1

Conditions studied: Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Soft Tissue Sarcoma

In brief

This is a multi-center, open-label, Phase 0 substudy designed to evaluate the ability of pembrolizumab, alone and in combination with MK-0482 or MK-4830, to elicit pharmacodynamic changes suggestive of antitumor immune activation within the native tumor microenvironment (TME) following intratumoral microdosing via the CIVO device in patients with surface accessible Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC) or Soft Tissue Sarcoma (STS) lesion(s) who are scheduled for tumor and/or regional node dissection as part of their standard treatment.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06413095

Run by

Presage Biosciences

People needed

13

Starts

2022-06-01

Expected to finish

2023-06-22

Last updated by the study team

2024-05-14

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Ability and willingness to comply with the study's visit and assessment schedule.
• Male or female ≥18 years of age at Visit 1 (Screening).
• Pathologic diagnosis of HNSCC or STS.
• Ability and willingness to provide written informed consent. Voluntary written consent must be given before performance of any study related procedure not part of standard medical care, with the understanding that consent may be withdrawn by the patient at any time without prejudice to future medical care.
• At least one lesion (primary tumor, recurrent tumor, or metastatic lymph node) of at least approximately 2.5 cm in the shortest diameter that is surface accessible for CIVO injection that contains viable minimum tissue volume and characteristics (e.g., based on clinical evaluation, available pre-operative imaging, pre-injection ultrasound imaging, or pathology reports indication lesion with appropriate viable tumor volume, without excessive cysts or necrosis) and for which there is a planned surgical intervention.
• Female patients who:
• Are postmenopausal for at least one year before the screening visit, OR
• Are surgically sterile, OR
• Are of childbearing potential who agree to practice a highly effective method of contraception from the time of signing the Informed Consent Form (ICF) through up to 120 days after the tumor injection procedure OR agree to completely abstain from heterosexual intercourse.
• Agree to refrain from donating ova during study participation.
• Male patients, even if surgically sterile (i.e., status post-vasectomy), who:
• Agree to practice effective barrier contraception from the time of signing the ICF and during study participation OR agree to completely abstain from heterosexual intercourse.
• Agree to refrain from donating sperm during study participation.
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-1.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients who have received neoadjuvant therapy associated with the surgical intervention described in Inclusion Criterion #5 within 6 months of the CIVO injection procedure.
• Tumors near or involving critical structures for which, in the opinion of the treating clinician, injection would pose undue risk to the patient.
• Female patients who are:
• Both lactating and breastfeeding, OR
• Have a positive beta human chorionic gonadotropin (beta-hCG) pregnancy test at screening verified by the Investigator.
• Any uncontrolled intercurrent illness, condition, serious medical or psychiatric illness, or circumstance that, in the opinion of the Investigator, could interfere with adherence to the study's procedures or requirements, or otherwise compromise the study's objectives.
• Patients with a history of concurrent second cancers requiring active, ongoing systemic treatment. Note: Participants with basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, or carcinoma in situ (e.g., breast carcinoma, cervical cancer in situ) that have undergone potentially curative therapy are not excluded.
• Patients with a diagnosis of immunodeficiency.
• Patients with known HIV/AIDS with uncontrolled viral load and CD4 less than 200, or those with concurrent active hepatitis B (defined as HBsAg positive or detectable HBV DNA) or hepatitis C (defined as anti-HCV Ab positive and detectable HCV RNA) infection. Note: HIV infected participants with a history of Kaposi's sarcoma or Multicentric Castleman's Disease are excluded. Hepatitis B and C screening tests are not required unless:
• Patient has a known history of hepatitis B/C infection
• Mandated by local health authority
• Patients that have received a live or live-attenuated vaccine within 4 weeks of the baseline/screening visit.
• Use of any of the following ≤ 2 weeks prior to CIVO injection:
• Chronic systemic immunosuppressive therapy or corticosteroids (in dosing exceeding 10 mg daily of prednisone equivalent). Intranasal, inhaled, topical, or local corticosteroid injections (e.g., intra-articular injection), or steroids as premedication for hypersensitivity reactions (e.g. CT scan premedication) are exceptions to this criterion.
• Biological response modifiers for treatment of active autoimmune disease.
• Hematopoietic growth factors.
• Patients who have received prior treatment with radiation or systemic therapy (e.g., cytotoxic chemotherapy, targeted agents, or checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy, etc.), or have participated in a study of an investigational device within 6 months of the CIVO injection procedure. Note: Participants must have recovered from all radiation-related toxicities, must not require corticosteroids, and must not have had radiation pneumonitis.
• Patients who have a history of (noninfectious) pneumonitis that required steroids or have current pneumonitis.
• Patients who have had allogenic tissue/solid organ transplant.
• Patients who have had severe hypersensitivity (≥Grade 3) to pembrolizumab, MK-4830, MK-0482, or any of their excipients.
• Patients with an active infection requiring systemic therapy.

Where it is running

• UC Davis — Sacramento, California, United States
• Emory Winship Cancer Institute — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
• LSU Health Sciences Center - Shreveport — Shreveport, Louisiana, United States
• Montefiore Medical Center — The Bronx, New York, United States
• University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
• UC Health — Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
• Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) — Portland, Oregon, United States
• University of Pennsylvania — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• Sarah Cannon Medical Center — Charleston, South Carolina, United States
• UT Health Houston — Houston, Texas, United States
• University of Washington — Seattle, Washington, United States

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