Purpose

Patients received intratumoral (IT) injections of NKTR-262 in 3-week cycles for up to 3 cycles; bempegaldesleukin with or without nivolumab was administered every 3 weeks (q3w), and treatment continued until unacceptable toxicity, death, or disease progression per RECIST 1.1. Based on Phase 1 results of the study, the decision was made not to start the Phase 2 part of the study and the study was terminated.

Conditions

Eligibility

Eligible Ages
Over 18 Years
Eligible Genders
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

Inclusion Criteria

  • Histologically confirmed diagnosis of a locally advanced (not amenable to curative therapy such as surgical resection) metastatic cancer of the following histologies: melanoma (MEL), Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), renal cell carcinoma (RCC), colorectal cancer, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), or sarcoma. - Life expectancy > 12 weeks as determined by the Investigator. - Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 or 1. - Measurable disease per RECIST 1.1. - Patients enrolled in Cohorts 1-10, Cohort A, Cohort B and Phase 2 Doublet must be refractory to all therapies known to confer clinical benefit to their disease. - Fresh tumor tissue available for cellular characterization and programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-L1) status. - Injected lesions (up to two) must be between 20 mm and 90 mm in diameter for IT injection; lesions must be accessible for baseline and on-treatment biopsies. Any liver lesion targeted for injection must not exceed 50 mm at the time of injection. - Demonstrated adequate organ function within 14 days of Cycle 1 Day 1 (C1D1).

Exclusion Criteria

  • Use of an investigational agent or an investigational device within 21 days before administration of first dose of study drug(s). - Patients treated with prior interleukin-2 (IL-2). - Patients who have been previously treated with a toll-like receptor (TLR) agonist (excluding topical agents) and patients who have received experimental cancer vaccines. - Patients who have received systemic interferon (IFN)α within the previous 6 months prior to enrollment to the study. - Other active malignancy, except non-melanomic skin cancer - Evidence of clinically significant interstitial lung disease or active, noninfectious pneumonitis. - Prior surgery or radiotherapy within 14 days of initiating study drug(s). Patients must have recovered from all radiation-related toxicities, not required corticosteroids and have not had radiation pneumonitis. - Prolonged Fridericia's corrected QT interval (QTcF) > 450 ms for men and > 470 ms for women at Screening. History of unstable or deteriorating cardiac disease within the previous 6 months prior to screening including but not limited to the following: - Unstable angina or myocardial infarction. - Congestive heart failure (NYHA Class III or IV). - Uncontrolled clinically significant arrhythmias. - Patients with a history of any retinal disorders (e.g., retinal detachment, diabetic retinopathy, retinal hemorrhage, macular degeneration). - Uveal melanoma will be excluded - Patients with tumor that invade the superior vena cava or other major blood vessels. Additional general and tumor specific inclusion and exclusion criteria will apply.

Study Design

Phase
Phase 1/Phase 2
Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
N/A
Intervention Model
Single Group Assignment
Primary Purpose
Treatment
Masking
None (Open Label)

Arm Groups

ArmDescriptionAssigned Intervention
Experimental
NKTR-262 + bempegaldesleukin or + bempegaldesleukin with nivolumab
Phase 1: NKTR-262 in escalating doses, combined with bempegaldesleukin. The goal of this dose escalation part of the study is to establish a recommended Phase 1b dose for NKTR-262 + bempegaldesleukin with nivolumab, followed by a dose-confirmation cohort.
  • Drug: NKTR-262
    During Phase 1 Doublet: Patients receive escalating doses of NKTR-262 IT (starting dose 0.03 mg) in 3-week treatment cycles. During Phase 1 Doublet (Cohort A), Phase 2 Doublet: Patients were to receive the RP2D of NKTR-262. During Phase 1 Triplet (Cohort B), and Phase 2 Triplet: Patients receive the RP2D of NKTR-262.
  • Drug: bempegaldesleukin
    During Phase 1 Doublet (Cohort A), and proposed Phase 2 Doublet: Patients receive 0.006 mg/kg bempegaldesleukin administered in 3-week treatment cycles. During Phase 1 Triplet (Cohort B), and proposed Phase 2 Triplet: Patients receive 0.006 mg/kg bempegaldesleukin administered in 3-week treatment cycles.
    Other names:
    • NKTR-214
  • Drug: nivolumab
    During Phase 1 Triplet (Cohort B), and proposed Phase 2 Triplet: Patients receive a nivolumab flat dose of 360 mg administered in 3-week treatment cycles.
    Other names:
    • Opdivo®

More Details

Status
Terminated
Sponsor
Nektar Therapeutics

Study Contact

Detailed Description

Cancer treatments that couple pharmacological activation of tumor antigen presentation with activation and expansion of CD8+ T and natural killer (NK) cells in the tumor environment have the potential to induce an effective anti-tumor immune response in patients. NKTR-262 is a small molecule agonist of toll-like receptors (TLRs) 7/8 designed to be retained in the tumor micro-environment in order to activate antigen-presenting cells (APC), such as dendritic cells, to create new antigen-specific cytotoxic T cells. As a CD122-biased agonist, bempegaldesleukin monotherapy increases newly proliferative CD8+ T cells in tumors. NKTR-262 plus bempegaldesleukin is expected to increase expansion of antigen-specific CD8+ T cells. In preclinical studies, a single IT injection of NKTR-262 plus IV bempegaldesleukin resulted in complete abscopal effects in tumor models. Preliminary clinical data show bempegaldesleukin plus nivolumab enhances immune-stimulatory responses. The REVEAL trial will assess safety and anti-tumor activity of NKTR-262 with bempegaldesleukin +/- nivolumab for the treatment of selected cancers. - Melanoma (1st-line and relapsed/refractory) - Merkel Cell Carcinoma (2nd-line and relapsed/refractory) - Triple Negative Breast Cancer (1st- and 2nd-line and relapsed/refractory) - Renal Cell Carcinoma (1st-line and relapsed/refractory) - Colorectal Cancer (2nd-line and relapsed/refractory; MSI non-high) - Colorectal Cancer (2nd 3rd-line+, I-O therapy naive; relapsed/refractory; MSI high) - Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (2nd-line and relapsed/refractory) - Sarcoma (2nd-line and relapsed/refractory)

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