Personalized immunotherapy for advanced solid tumors

An Open Label, Single Arm, Phase I Clinical Study Assessing Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of MVX-ONCO-2 in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors

This study is testing a personalized immunotherapy treatment for people with advanced solid tumors who haven't had success with standard therapies to see if it can help their immune system fight the cancer better.

Quick facts

• Phase: PHASE1
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 6 (estimated)
• Ages: 18 Years and up
• Sex: All
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Geneva (other)
• Drugs / interventions: radiation, immunotherapy
• Locations: 1 site (Geneva)
• Trial ID: NCT05071846 on ClinicalTrials.gov

What this trial studies

MVX-ONCO-2 is a patient-specific immunotherapy designed to enhance the immune response against a patient's own tumor cells. This treatment involves a suspension of irradiated autologous tumor cells combined with genetically modified allogenic cells that release an immunomodulator, GM-CSF. The trial aims to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and potential efficacy of MVX-ONCO-2 in patients with advanced solid tumors who have not responded to standard therapies. Participants will undergo a surgical biopsy to manufacture the vaccine, ensuring a tailored approach to their treatment.

Who should consider this trial

Good fit: Ideal candidates are adults with advanced metastatic solid tumors that have progressed after at least one line of systemic therapy.

Not a fit: Patients with early-stage tumors or those who have not yet undergone systemic therapy may not benefit from this study.

Why it matters

Potential benefit: If successful, this therapy could provide a new treatment option for patients with advanced solid tumors who have limited or no available therapies.

How similar studies have performed: Previous studies with similar patient-specific immunotherapies have shown promising results, indicating potential for success in this approach.

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

* Patient with advanced metastatic solid tumors with documented tumor progression after at least one line of systemic therapy and for which no further standard therapies are available, feasible or accepted by the patient. Prior exposure to an immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICPI) is allowed. Patient with a localized disease for which no curative therapy is available and a measurable lesion is still amenable for RECIST assessment after biopsy (to manufacture the vaccine) are allowed (example: GBM or sarcoma with local relapse after surgery, chemo-radiation)
* Must be 18 years of age or older at the time of signing the informed consent.
* Must have a primary tumor and/or metastasis amenable for surgery (or tap as indicated).
* Must be willing to undergo a surgical tumor biopsy (or tap as indicated) prior to registration.
* Must have at least 1 additional radiologically measurable lesion of the primary cancer type, evaluable per RECIST 1.1, that will remain untouched by surgical harvest procedure for the assessment of tumor size throughout the study.
* Must have a life expectancy estimate of at least 4 months.
* Must have Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of Grade 0 to 1.
* Must have no major impairment of liver function: Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 2.5 × the upper limit of the normal range (ULN); bilirubin ≤ 1.5 × ULN. Exceptions:

  * Liver metastases: ALT ≤ 5 × ULN; bilirubin ≤ 3 × ULN;
  * Documented diagnosis of Gilbert syndrome: total bilirubin ≤ 3 × ULN.
* Must have no major impairment of renal function: Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) \> 30 mL/min as calculated using the Chronic Kidney Disease-Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI).
* Must have no major impairment of bone marrow function (without hematological support within 7 days prior to assessment): Hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 g/dL; complete blood count (CBC) ≥ 2.5 × 109/L; neutrophils ≥ 1.5 × 109/L; platelets ≥ 75 × 109/L.
* Must have no major impairment of coagulation status: International normalized ratio (INR) ≤ 1.5 × ULN (without anticoagulation therapy), prothrombin time (PT) or activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) ≤ ULN.
* May be male or female.

  1. A male participant with a female partner of childbearing potential must agree to remain sexually abstinent or use condoms during the treatment period with MVX-ONCO-2 and for 60 days after the last treatment; and the patient must also refrain from donating sperm during this period.
  2. A female patient is eligible to participate if she is not pregnant, not breastfeeding, and at least one of the following conditions applies:

  i. Not a woman of childbearing potential (WOCBP). OR ii. A WOCBP who has had a negative pregnancy test within 7 days before the first study treatment and agrees to follow contraceptive guidance during the treatment period and for at least 60 days after the last dose of study treatment.
* Has the ability to understand the concept of a clinical study and be willing and have the ability to comply with scheduled visits (including geographical proximity), treatment plans, laboratory tests, and other study procedures.
* Is capable of giving signed informed consent, which includes compliance with the requirements and restrictions listed in the Informed Consent Form (ICF) and in this Protocol.
* Patient or legal representative has signed an ICF prior to any study-specific procedures or treatment.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Has participated in any other investigational study or received an experimental therapeutic procedure considered to interfere with the study in the 4 weeks before Screening.
* Has received any prior cytotoxic biologic or any investigational agent treatment in the 4 weeks (or 5 half-lives, whichever is shorter) before Screening. Chronic treatment with non investigational gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues or other hormonal or supportive care is permitted.
* Has received prior radiotherapy within 2 weeks of the start of study treatment. Prior irradiation of RECIST 1.1 target lesions is not allowed.

Note: radiotherapy of bone metastases to control pain is allowed.

- Has history of another malignancy, unless potentially curative treatment has been completed with no evidence of malignancy for 2 years.

Note: The time requirement does not apply to patients who underwent successful definitive resection of basal cell carcinoma of the skin, superficial bladder cancer, in situ cervical cancer, or other in situ cancers.

* Has known active central nervous system metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis. Patients with previously treated brain metastases may participate provided they are stable (without evidence of progression by imaging for at least 4 weeks prior to the first dose of study treatment and any neurologic symptoms have returned to baseline), have no evidence of new or enlarging brain metastases, and are not using steroids for at least 7 days prior to study treatment. This exception does not include carcinomatous meningitis, which is excluded regardless of clinical stability.
* Has known history of positive test for HIV-1 or HIV-2 unless on established anti-retroviral therapy (ART) for at least 4 weeks prior to treatment administration and whose viral load is ≤ 400 copies/mL prior to enrollment.
* Has known history of hepatitis B virus (HBV). Patients who are hepatitis B surface antigen negative and HBV viral deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) negative may be included in the study. Patients who had HBV but who received an antiviral treatment and show non-detectable viral DNA for 6 months or patients who are seropositive because of HBV vaccine may also be included in the study.
* Has known history of hepatitis C virus (HCV). Patients who had HCV but who received an antiviral treatment and show no detectable HCV viral deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) for 6 months may be included in the study.
* Has known active or recent cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection.
* Has received vaccine containing live virus within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of study treatment. Inactivated seasonal influenza vaccines are permitted on study without restriction.
* Has a clinically severe auto-immune condition requiring immunosuppressive medication.
* Has a history of transplants.
* Has conditions requiring concurrent use of systemic immunosuppressants or corticosteroids \> 30 mg daily of cortisone or equivalents. Topical steroids at or near the injection site should not be allowed.
* Use of other immunosuppressive medications within 14 days of study treatment.
* Has evidence of chronic or concurrent active infection or medical condition that requires intravenous antibacterial, antiviral, or antifungal therapy within 14 days of the first study treatment administration.
* Has other unresolved toxicities related to prior anticancer therapy and/or surgery.

Note: Patient must have stabilized or recovered (Grade 1 or baseline) from all prior therapy related toxic effects of prior therapy or surgical procedure (except alopecia).

* Has uncontrolled or significant cardiovascular disease including, but not limited to, any one of the following:

  * Myocardial infarction ≤ 6 months prior to the first dose;
  * Unstable angina pectoris;
  * Uncontrolled congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association \[NYHA\] \> Class II);
  * Uncontrolled ≥ Grade 3 hypertension (per the CTCAE); and
  * Uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmias.
* Has any known or underlying medical or psychiatric condition, and/or social situations that, in the opinion of the Investigator, would limit participation and compliance with the study requirements.
* Has a history of allergy or hypersensitivity to any of the study treatments or study treatment components.
* Has received transfusions of blood products (including platelets or red blood cells), or the administration of colony-stimulatory factors (including G-CSF and GM-CSF), or recombinant erythropoietin within 4 weeks before the start of study treatment.

Where this trial is running

Geneva

• Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève — Geneva, Switzerland (RECRUITING)

Study contacts

• Principal investigator: Eugenio Fernandez — University Hospital, Geneva
• Study coordinator: Laura Le Bouil

Conditions: Solid Tumor, Adult