Combining AK104 with chemotherapy for advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma

A Multi-center, Randomized, Double-blind, Phase II/III Clinical Trial of AK104 or Placebo in Combination With Chemotherapy as Second-line or More Lines for Recurrent or Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC)

This study is testing if a new treatment called AK104, when combined with chemotherapy, can help people with advanced nasopharyngeal cancer who haven't had success with earlier treatments.

Quick facts

• Phase: Phase2; Phase3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 300 (estimated)
• Ages: 18 Years to 75 Years
• Sex: All
• Sponsor: Sun Yat-sen University (Academic / other)
• Drugs / interventions: radiation, prednisone
• Locations: 1 site (Guangzhou, Guangdong)
• Trial ID: NCT06241599 on ClinicalTrials.gov

What this trial studies

This clinical trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of AK104 in combination with chemotherapy regimens GP or PFLL for patients with recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma who have not responded to first-line treatment. It is a multi-center, randomized, double-blind study that will compare the survival benefits, safety, and tolerability of the treatment combinations against a placebo. The trial will include patients aged 18 to 75 with confirmed non-keratinized differentiated or undifferentiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The study will assess measurable lesions to determine treatment efficacy based on established evaluation criteria.

Who should consider this trial

Good fit: Ideal candidates are adults aged 18 to 75 with recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma who have failed first-line therapy.

Not a fit: Patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma who are eligible for local treatment options or those with a poor ECOG performance score may not benefit from this study.

Why it matters

Potential benefit: If successful, this treatment could significantly improve survival rates and quality of life for patients with advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

How similar studies have performed: Other studies have shown promising results with similar approaches in treating advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma, indicating potential for success.

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1\. Age ≥18 years and ≤75 years; 2. Non-keratinized differentiated or undifferentiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma confirmed by pathology; 3. For patients with recurrent and metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma who are not eligible for local treatment and meet the definition of the staging system (8th edition) of the International Union against Cancer and the American Joint Committee on Cancer (UICC/AJCC), local treatment mainly refers to measures related to anti-tumor treatment, including surgery, radiofrequency ablation, transhepatic arterial chemoembolization (TACE), radiotherapy (except for patients with bone metastasis). A locally appropriate dose of radiotherapeutic therapy for symptomatic relief) 4. Patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma recurrence and metastasis who failed first-line treatment; 5.ECOG performance score 0 or 1; 6. There is at least one measurable lesion according to the RECIST1.1 evaluation criteria, and a lesion that has previously received, for example, radiation therapy can be considered a target lesion if there is objective evidence of disease progression. 7. Patients are required to provide tissue samples within three years prior to enrollment; 8. Expected survival ≥3 months; 9. The functions of vital organs meet the following requirements (no blood components, cell growth factors, whitening drugs, thrombocytophytics, or anemia correction drugs are allowed within 14 days before screening) : · Neutrophil absolute count (ANC) ≥1.5×109/L· Platelets ≥100×109/L; · Hemoglobin ≥8.0g/dl (note: Hemoglobin ≥8.0g/dl through blood transfusion or other intervention is acceptable); · Serum albumin ≥2.8g/dL; · Bilirubin ≤ 1.5x ULN, ALT and AST≤ 1.5x ULN; If there is liver metastasis, ALT and AST are less than 5 times ULN. Creatinine clearance ≥50mL/min (using the standard CockcroftGault formula, see Annex II); 10. Women of reproductive age who have an unsterilized sexual partner should use at least one highly effective form of birth control; 11. Unsterilized men with a partner of childbearing age must use a highly effective form of birth control from day 1 to day 120 of the last use of the study drug; 12. Informed consent has been signed.

Exclusion Criteria:

1\. Previous history of allergy to 5-Fu, cisplatin, gemcitabine, other monoclonal antibodies or any component of CTLA-4 and PD1 bispecial antibodies; In the past, CTLA-4 and PD1-specific antibody therapy were used simultaneously. 2. Had major surgery other than diagnosis of nasopharyngeal cancer within 28 days prior to randomization or was expected to require major surgery during the study period; 3. The subject has any active autoimmune disease or a history of autoimmune disease (e.g., but not limited to: interstitial pneumonia, uveitis, enteritis, hepatitis, hypophysitis, vasculitis, nephritis, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism; Subjects with vitiligo or asthma that has been in complete remission in childhood can be adults without any intervention.Patients with asthma requiring medical intervention with bronchodilators were not included); 4. Subjects were taking immunosuppressants, or systemic, or absorbable local hormone therapy for immunosuppressive purposes (doses \>10mg/ day of prednisone or other therapeutic hormones) and continued to use within 2 weeks prior to enrollment; 5. Known subject is previously allergic to macromolecular protein preparation ingredients; 6. The subject has clinically symptomatic central nervous system metastases (e.g. brain edema, need for hormonal intervention, or progression of brain metastases); Other aggressive malignancies within 7.5 years, except locally curable (appearing to cure) malignancies such as basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, superficial cancers of the bladder, cervix and breast in situ; 8. Active autoimmune disease requiring systemic treatment within the last two years, except vitiligo, alopecia, Grave disease, psoriasis or eczema that did not require systemic treatment within the last two years, hypothyroidism requiring stable hormone replacement therapy only (due to autoimmune thyroiditis), type 1 diabetes requiring stable dose insulin replacement therapy only; Childhood asthma that has been completely cured in adulthood without intervention or primary disease that does not recur unless stimulated by external factors; 9. Active or previous inflammatory bowel disease (such as Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, or chronic diarrhea); 10. Systemic glucocorticoid therapy (dose equivalent to 10mg/ day of prednisone) or other immunosuppressants are required within the first seven days of initial administration of the investigational drug. 11. Having allogeneic organ transplantation or allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; 12. Gastrointestinal perforation or fistula within the first six months of enrollment; 13. There were necrotic foci within the first four weeks of enrollment that researchers thought might be a potential source of major bleeding;14. History of interstitial pneumonia; 15. History of active tuberculosis; 16. Serious infections, including but not limited to complications requiring hospitalization, sepsis, or severe pneumonia, occur within four weeks prior to the first application of the investigational drug; 17. Active infections that require systematic treatment; 18. Untreated chronic hepatitis B or chronic HBVDNA≥1000IU/ml or active hepatitis C. Non-active HBsAg carriers, stable hepatitis B after treatment (HBVDNA \< 1000IU/ml) and cured hepatitis C can be included. Patients who are positive for HCV antibodies can only be enrolled if they test negative for HCVRNA. 19. History of major surgery within 30 days before the first application of the investigational drug; 20. There is meningeal metastasis or active brain metastasis; 21. Uncontrolled pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, or ascites requiring repeated drainage; 22. Toxicity problems unresolved at the time of previous antitumor therapy, defined as unresolved to level 0 or 1 of NCICTCAEv5.0, or levels specified in the inclusion/exclusion criteria, except hair loss. 23. Live attenuated vaccines were administered within 30 days prior to the first application of the investigational drug, or live attenuated vaccines were planned to be administered during the study period. 24. Known history of severe allergy to other monoclonal antibodies; 25. Pregnant or lactating women; 26. Have clinical symptoms or diseases of heart that are not well controlled, such as: ① heart failure of NYHA2 or above; ② Unstable angina pectoris; ③ Myocardial infarction occurred within 1 year; Patients with clinically significant supraventricular or ventricular arrhythmias requiring treatment or intervention; 27. Subjects had an active infection or unexplained fever \>38.5 degrees during screening or prior to initial dosing (as determined by the investigator, subjectsFever due to tumor can be included in the group); •28. Allergic to AK104 ingredients; 29. The subject has a known history of psychotropic substance abuse, alcohol abuse, or drug use; 30. According to the investigator's judgment, the subjects have other factors that may lead to the forced termination of the study, such as other serious illnesses (including mental illness) requiring combined treatment, serious abnormalities in laboratory tests, and family or social factors that may affect the safety of the subjects, or the collection of test data and samples.

Where this trial is running

Guangzhou, Guangdong

• Department of Radiation Oncology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center — Guangzhou, Guangdong, China (Recruiting)

Conditions Recurrent or Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma