The IMmunotherapy Pleural 5-ALA PDT

Official title

Intrapleural Photodynamic Therapy by Video-Assisted Thoracoscopy Followed by Anti-PD-1 NIVOLUMAB in Patients With Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma - a Pilot Study

Overview

Pilot study of the feasibility of an innovative multimodal treatment combining intrapleural photodynamic therapy with videothoracoscopy followed by adjuvant immunotherapy with anti-PD-1 Nivolumab antibodies in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma

Interventions

• Device intrapleural photodynamic therapy with videothoracoscopy
  MPM patients will be first administrated 20 mg/kg of oral photosensitizer, 5-Aminolevulinic Acid (5-ALA) {Gliolan®}, 4 to 6 hours prior undergoing thoracoscopy (VATS). During VATS procedure, after a qualitative control of the fluorescence of tumor lesions and some guided pleural tumor biopsies, the pleural cavity will be illuminated using a flexible probe and laser source at a specific wavelength for 5-ALA (400-500 nm; 25 J/cm2) during 15 minutes (6 fractions of 2.5 minutes separated by 5 pauses
• Drug Nivolumab Injection
  Seven to 10 days after VATS, patients will start to be treated by Nivolumab 240mg IV every 2 weeks till progression (CT-scan reassessment every 8 cycles), unacceptable toxicity, or maximum 2 years.

Primary outcome measures

• the proportion of patients having the full multimodal treatment [Time frame: through study completion, an average of 24 months]

Secondary outcome measures (5)

• objective response rate (ORR) according to modified RECIST 1.1 criteria for mesothelioma for pleural lesions; RECIST 1.1 for all other targets [Time frame: through study completion, an average of 24 months]
• Kaplan Meier curve for overall survival (mOS) [Time frame: through study completion, an average of 24 months]
• Kaplan Meier curve for progression free survival (mPFS) [Time frame: through study completion, an average of 24 months]
• quality of life (QoL) of patients by dedicated EORTC QLQ C30 (or LCSS-30) questionnaire [Time frame: At baseline and]
• evaluation of chest pain using visual scale. [Time frame: through study completion, an average of 24 months]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

• ECOG Performance status (PS) 0-1 (WHO)
• Unresectable Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
• suffering from unresectable MPM (n=20), relapsing after one or 2 lines of treatment with platinum-based doublet of chemotherapy (including pemetrexed) \[Note: MPM patients having contra-indications for, or refusing chemotherapy may also be recruited\], and candidate for palliative pleural procedure (i.e. thoracoscopy for pleurodesis by talc or by insertion of indwelled pleural catheter, IPC)
• Documented progression after previous 1 or 2 lines of chemotherapy including Platinum/Pemetrexed chemotherapy\*
• Measurable disease according to modified RECIST 1.1. for MPM
• Malignant pleural lesion assessed to be accessible by local PDT treatment during thoracoscopy, as validated by expert MTB ("MESOCLIN", Lille, France)
• Histological diagnosis confirmed by national expert pathology panel ("MESOPATH" - Institut Léon Bérard, Lyon, France)
• Weight loss <10%
• available tumor tissue (archival or fresh)
• obtention of an informed written consent before any specific procedure of the study
• Decision to treat the patient within this clinical trial taken during MPM dedicated multidisciplinary board (RCP MESOCLIN in France )
• Patient affiliated to and covered by social security for standard care
• Women of child-bearing potential must use a highly effective method of contraception for 28 days prior to the first dose of investigational product, and must agree to continue using such precautions for 5 months after the final dose of investigational product
• Women of child-bearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test within 24h before administration of investigational product
• First line patients may also be recruited if they declined or if they have contra-indications for chemotherapy.

Exclusion criteria

• lack of informed written consent; or refusal to sign or to participate
• Pregnant, breastfeeding patients, and female patients of childbearing potential who are unwilling or unable to use a highly effective method of contraception as outlined in the protocol for the duration of the study and for at least 5 months after the last dose of nivolumab
• Male patients who are unwilling or unable to use contraception methods for the duration of the study and for at least 7 months after the last dose of nivolumab
• a previous treatment by anti-PD-1 or anti-PD-L1 antibodies for their cancer or any other cancer in the last 5 years
• hypersensitivity to Nivolumab (anti-PD-1 antibodies)
• contra-indications for 5-ALA or PDT
• contra-indications for thoracoscopy (VATS)
• any other comorbidity precluding the feasibility of the therapeutic protocol: uncontrolled cardiac failure, pulmonary hypertension, liver or kidney severe dysfunction (creatinin clearance <60 ml/min), uncontrolled infection, or other disease according to the investigator
• other cancer treated within 5 years before inclusion except baso-cellular skin carcinoma or cervical / bladder in situ carcinoma
• inability to receive study information and to give informed consent
• patient unable to have a clinical follow-up due to psychological, familial, social or geographical reasons
• legal incapacity (people in jail), or under supervision (i.e. guardianship or curatorship)
• treatment with experimental drug within 30 days before the start of the study

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: No

Study design

Allocation

N/A

Model

Single group

Masking

Open label

Primary purpose

Treatment

Study locations

France · 1 center

• Institut Coeur-Poumon, CHU — Lille

Identifiers

NCT: NCT04400539 · 2019_41 · 2019-003003-35

Primary sources (government registries)

• ClinicalTrials.gov (US NIH)

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