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Active, not recruiting Phase 2

Immunotherapy in MSI/dMMR Tumors in Perioperative Setting.

NCT04795661 · tracked via the Priya Life Science France tracker
Phase
Phase 2
Started
2021-10-18
Last updated
2026-09-10

Condition(s) studied

Localized Resectable TumorMSI/dMMR

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

Pembrolizumab →

Pembrolizumab: Administered intravenous (IV)

Study summary

This trial is a multicenter, 3-cohort, prospective, Phase II trial conducted in patients with untreated resectable MSI/dMMR carcinomas and aiming to evaluate the safety and the efficacy of ICI (immune checkpoint inhibitor) as neoadjuvant treatment in these patients.

We hypothesize that immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICPi) will benefit to MSI/dMMR tumors from the early stages, whatever their anatomical origin. We assume that this neoadjuvant treatment would improve the response rate, providing even high rate of pathological complete responses and prolong patients survival.

We anticipated colorectal and gastric cancers to be the most frequent recruited and constructed our statistical hypothesis with results in those 2 cancers. However patients with other localized MSI/dMMR tumors could be included.

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Min age
18 Years
Max age
—
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria I1. Age ≥ 18 years on the day of signing informed consent. I2. Histologically proven localized non-metastatic tumor included in one of the 4 cohorts: * Colon or rectal Cancer (cT3/T4 N0 M0 ou cT N+ M0) OR * Oesogastric (gastric, gastro-oesophageal or oesophageal) cancer (cT2 to cT4 N M0) OR * Other tumor types (cT2 to cT4 N M0): small bowel adenocarcinoma (duodenum, jejunum, ileum). I3. MSI/dMMR established by immunohistochemistry (IHC) \[MMR protein expression\] and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) (or Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS)) \[both techniques are required\] and validated by coordinator's team. MMR and/or MSI tumors will be assessed using IHC with four antibodies (anti-MLH1, anti-MSH2, anti-MSH6 and anti-PMS2) and PCR (pentaplex panel is recommended: BAT-25, BAT-26, NR-21, NR-24, and NR-27) prior to screening. Loss of MLH1 and PMS2 / or MSH2 and MSH6 / or MSH6 alone / or PMS2 alone protein staining by IHC indicates dMMR, and tumor with ≥ 2 unstable markers analyzed on PCR proves MSI/dMMR, NGS will be accepted instead of PCR analysis. I4. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status (PS) 0 to 1 within 7 days prior to the inclusion. I5. Adequate bone-marrow, hepatic, and renal functions, within 10 days prior to the start of study treatment with: * Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dl or ≥ 5.6 mmol/l, neutrophils ≥ 1.0 x 109/l, platelets ≥ 100 x 109/l, * Creatinine ≤ 1.5 x ULN or calculated creatinine clearance ≥ 30 ml/min/1.73m² using either MDRD or CKD-EPI formula, * AST and ALT ≤ 3 x ULN, total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 ULN (or direct bilirubin ≤ ULN for patients with total bilirubin \>1.5 × ULN), * International normalized ratio (INR) OR prothrombin time (PT) ≤1.5 × ULN unless participant is receiving anticoagulant therapy as long as PT or activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) is within therapeutic range of intended use of anticoagulants. I6. Covered by a medical/health insurance. I7. Willingness and ability to comply with scheduled visits, treatment plans, laboratory tests, and other study procedures. I8. Patients of childbearing potential accepting to use effective contraceptive measures or abstain from heterosexual activity, for the course of the study through 4 months after the last dose of pembrolizumab MK-3475 adjuvant treatment or 6 months after adjuvant chemotherapy or being surgically sterile. Refer to Appendix 1 for approved methods of contraception. I9. Signed and dated IRB/IE approved informed consent form. Non-inclusion criteria E1. MSS/pMMR tumors. E2. Metastatic disease (stage IV). E3. HIV positive with CD4 count under 400 cells/mm3 E4.Concurrent active Hepatitis B (defined as Hepatitis B surface antigen \[HBsAg\] positive and/or detectable HBV DNA) or Hepatitis C virus (defined as anti-HCV Ab positive and detectable HCV RNA) infection). E5. Active systemic autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years (i.e. with use of disease modifying agents, corticosteroids or immunosuppressive drugs). Replacement therapy (eg. thyroxine, insulin) is not considered a form of systemic treatment and is allowed. E6. Interstitial lung disease. E7. Prior (non-infectious) pneumonitis requiring systemic corticosteroid therapy or current pneumonitis. E8. History of severe hypersensitivity to another monoclonal antibody. E9. Receiving immunosuppressive therapy or having received corticosteroids (in dosing exceeding 10 mg daily of prednisone equivalent) within the last 2 months before inclusion. E10. Active infections. E11. Radiotherapy within the 2 weeks before inclusion. Patients must have recovered from all radiation related toxicities, not require corticosteroids, and not have had radiation pneumonitis. A 1-week washout is permitted for palliative radiation (≤ 2 weeks of radiotherapy) to non-CNS disease. - Not applicable E12. Live vaccine within 30 days prior to the first dose of study drug. Examples of live vaccines include, but are not limited to, the following: measles, mumps, rubella, varicella/zoster (chicken pox), yellow fever, rabies, Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), and typhoid vaccine. Seasonal influenza vaccines for injection are generally killed virus vaccines and are allowed; however, intranasal influenza vaccines (eg, FluMist®) are live attenuated vaccines and are not allowed. E13. Known history of active TB (Bacillus Tuberculosis). E14. Known psychiatric or substance abuse disorders that would interfere with cooperation with the requirements of the study. E15. Pregnant or breastfeeding woman or patient expecting to conceive or father children within the projected duration of the study, starting with the screening visit through 4 months after the last dose of study treatment. E16. Patient requiring tutorship or curatorship. E17. Ongoing anti-cancer treatment for another cancer (to be discussed with the coordinator in case of hormone therapy). E18. Prior history of other malignancies (except for HNPCC or Lynch syndrome-related cancers) unless the subjects has been free of the disease for at least 2 years. E19. Patient hospitalized at the moment of inclusion and treatment initiation (palliative care unit, retirement home … are considered as hospitals). E20. Recent hemorrhage (in the month before inclusion).

Primary outcome measure(s)

  • Rate of complete pathological response (pCR) after surgery — 6 weeks after first injection
    A complete pathological response will be defined as 0% viable tumor cells.

Trial sites (18)

FacilityCityRegionStatus
CHU Amiens Picardie Amiens France
CHU Clermont-Ferrand Clermont-Ferrand France
Centre Georges-Francois Leclerc Dijon France
Hopital Huriez Lille France
Centre Léon Bérard Lyon France
Institut Paoli Calmettes Marseille France
Institut du Cancer Val d'Aurelle Montpellier France
Centre Antoine Lacassagne Nice France
APHP Hôpital Saint-Louis Paris France
Institut mutualiste Montsouris Paris France
Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou Paris France
APHP - Hôpital Saint-Antoine Paris France
Groupe Hospitalier Diaconesses Croix Saint-Simon Paris France
CHU Poitiers Poitiers France
Centre Eugène Marquis Rennes France
CHU Saint Etienne Saint-Etienne France
Centre Paul Strauss Strasbourg France
Institut de cancérologie Strasbourg Europe Strasbourg France
Official registry record

This page summarises publicly available registry data for informational purposes — not medical advice. Eligibility is determined by each study team; patients should discuss participation with their clinician.

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