Isunakinra Alone and in Combination With Pembrolizumab in Patients With Colorectal Cancer (MSS)
A Phase IIa, Non-Randomized, Open-Label Dose Expansion Trial of Isunakinra in Combination With Pembrolizumab in Patients With Metastatic or Unresectable, Locally Advanced Colorectal Cancer
Who can join
As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.
- Age
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Compensation
- Not stated
Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.
What to expect
No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.
What participation involves
Not stated in the study description — ask the study team about visits and procedures.
- Compensation
- Not stated
- Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
- Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
- Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
- Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.
About this study
In plain language
This study tests isunakinra alone and with pembrolizumab, a treatment that helps the immune system fight cancer. It is for people with colon or rectal cancer that has grown nearby or spread, has certain gene changes, and has few remaining treatment options.
This study will enroll patients with colorectal cancer that is locally advanced or metastatic. The tumor must be microsatellite stable (MSS), have a tumor mutational burden that is high (TMB-H) and be kras mutated. Patients must have been treated with available approved treatments already. In this study the investigators are testing a new type of immunotherapy, the potent IL-1 inhibitor isunakinra to be added to already approved immunotherapy (PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor) in an attempt to get this treatment to work in this treatment resistant type of tumor.
Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.
Eligibility
Who can join
- Have colon or rectal adenocarcinoma, a cancer that starts in gland cells, confirmed by tissue or cell testing.
- The tumor must have a RAS gene change, be microsatellite stable (MSS, with a working DNA repair system), and have many gene changes overall (high TMB of at least 10).
- Have cancer that can be measured on scans.
- Have finished at least one treatment for cancer that has spread, or had cancer worsen during it. No remaining treatment is likely to help, or you cannot receive a proven treatment.
- Wait long enough after earlier cancer treatment. The listing gives different wait times in different sections; ask the study team which applies.
- Have recovered from major side effects of earlier treatment to mild levels or your usual health.
- Be fully active or able to walk and do light work.
- Meet kidney, liver, and blood test limits. Blood oxygen must be above 90% while resting and breathing room air.
Who can't join
- Are pregnant or breastfeeding, or will not use birth control if needed. Birth control must start before joining and continue for 3 months after study treatment ends.
- Are receiving other cancer treatment, unless an allowed exception applies, or received another experimental drug within 28 days before study treatment.
- Have a serious illness that could make treatment unsafe or prevent following study rules, or have HIV.
- Have memory, thinking, or mental health problems that prevent understanding the study and agreeing to join.
- Have an active disease where the immune system attacks the body and need treatment for it. Some skin, hair-loss, and stable hormone conditions are allowed.
- Use steroids that affect the whole body, unless an allowed exception applies, such as replacement doses or brief use. Skin, nose, and inhaled steroids are allowed.
- Have untreated cancer spread to the brain or spinal cord, or had local treatment for brain spread within the past 2 months. Brain spread stable for 2 months after treatment is allowed.
- Have a severe allergy to pembrolizumab or its ingredients, or a past allergic reaction to drugs similar to the study drugs.
Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.
Official eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * 1\. Subjects must have: * Histologically or cytologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the colon or the rectum * Tumor is determined to be RAS-mutated (KRAS, NRAS or HRAS) and microsatellite stable/proficient in mismatch repair, as assessed by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and/or polymerase chain reaction (PCR)/next generation sequencing (NGS) in a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA) environment and with a tumor mutational burden (TMB) of 10 MB or more. 2\. The study patients are required to have measurable disease by radiographic criteria (RECIST 1.1 and iRECIST). 3\. Prior therapy: Patients must have completed or had disease progression on at least one prior line of disease-appropriate therapy for metastatic disease (with or without PD-1 inhibitors), with no available therapy likely to convey clinical benefit, or not be candidates for therapy of proven efficacy for their disease. 4\. There should be a minimum of 4 weeks from any prior chemotherapy (except for the nitrosoureas and mitomycin C, requiring a minimum of 6 weeks), immunotherapy and/or radiation. Patients with prostate cancer on hormone deprivation therapy may continue that therapy while on study. 5\. Patients must have recovered (grade 1 or baseline) from any clinically significant toxicity associated with prior therapy (for example, alopecia is not clinically significant). 6\. ECOG performance status ≤ 1 7. Patients must have normal organ and hematologic function as defined below: * Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal OR creatinine clearance and a 24-h urine collection of ≥ 60 mL/min. * ALT and AST ≤ 3x the upper limits of normal. * Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal OR in patients with Gilbert's syndrome, a total bilirubin ≤ 3.0. * Hematological eligibility parameters (within 16 days of starting therapy): * Granulocyte count ≥ 1,500/mm3 * Platelet count ≥ 75.000/mm3 8. Patients must have baseline pulse oximetry \> 90% on room air at rest. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Subjects must have: ⦁ Histologically or cytologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the colon or the rectum • Tumor is determined to be RAS-mutated (KRAS, NRAS or HRAS) and microsatellite stable/proficient in mismatch repair, as assessed by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and/or polymerase chain reaction (PCR)/next generation sequencing (NGS) in a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA) environment and with a tumor mutational burden (TMB) of 10 MB or more. 2. The study patients are required to have measurable disease by radiographic criteria (RECIST 1.1 and iRECIST). 3. Prior therapy: Patients must have completed or had disease progression on at least one prior line of disease-appropriate therapy for metastatic disease (with or without PD-1 inhibitors), with no available therapy likely to convey clinical benefit, or not be candidates for therapy of proven efficacy for their disease. 4. There should be a minimum of 2 weeks wash out period from chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy, and 4 weeks wash out period for immunotherapy. 5. Patients must have recovered (grade 1 or baseline) from any clinically significant toxicity associated with prior therapy (for example, alopecia is not clinically significant). 6. ECOG performance status ≤ 1 7. Patients must have normal organ and hematologic function as defined below: * Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal OR creatinine clearance and a 24-h urine collection of ≥ 60 mL/min. * ALT and AST ≤ 3x the upper limits of normal. * Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal OR in patients with Gilbert's syndrome, a total bilirubin ≤ 3.0. * Hematological eligibility parameters (within 16 days of starting therapy): * Granulocyte count ≥ 1,500/mm3 * Platelet count ≥ 75.000/mm3 8. Patients must have baseline pulse oximetry \> 90% on room air at rest. Exclusion criteria 1. Pregnant women or women presently breast-feeding their children are excluded due to unknown risks to a developing fetus or infant, confirmed by negative pre-treatment serum pregnancy test. 2. Concurrent treatment for cancer, with specific exceptions noted in inclusion criteria. 3. Any significant disease that, in the opinion of the investigator, may impair the patient's tolerance of study treatment. 4. Dementia, altered mental status, or any psychiatric condition that would prohibit the understanding or rendering of informed consent. 5. Active autoimmune diseases requiring treatment. However, patients with vitiligo, alopecia, or clinically stable autoimmune endocrine disease who are on stable dosing of appropriate replacement therapy (if such therapy is indicated) are eligible. 6. Concurrent use of systemic steroids, except for physiologic doses of systemic steroid replacement or local (topical, nasal, or inhaled) steroid use. Limited pharmacologic doses of systemic steroids (e.g., in patients with exacerbations of reactive airway disease or to prevent iv contrast allergic reaction or anaphylaxis in patients who have known contrast allergies) are allowed. 7. Patients who are receiving any other investigational agents within 28 days before start of study treatment. 8. Patients with untreated central nervous system metastases or local treatment of brain metastases within the last 2 months. Patients with stable brain metastasis for 2 months post-intervention are eligible. 9. Has severe hypersensitivity (≥Grade 3) to pembrolizumab or any of its excipients or a history of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to the agents used in study. 10. Serious or uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that, in the opinion of the investigator, would limit compliance with study requirements. 11. HIV-positive patients are ineligible because of the potential for decreased immune response. 12. Patients unwilling to use adequate contraception (defined as hormonal or barrier method or abstinence) prior to study entry are excluded. If the patient needs to be on adequate contraception, contraception must start before study entry and continue for 3 months after completion of study therapy.
Study sites (2)
CA
- USC/Norris Cancer Center · Los Angeles, CA 90089Rabia Rehman, MBBS, MHA · Study contact · info@med.usc.edMore trials in Los Angeles
- Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian · Newport Beach, CA 92658More trials in Newport Beach