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Registration number
NCT03710876
Ethics application status
Date submitted
22/06/2018
Date registered
18/10/2018
Date last updated
26/10/2021

Titles & IDs
Public title
Efficacy & Safety of rAd-IFN Administered With Celecoxib & Gemcitabine in Patients With Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Scientific title
A Phase 3, Open-Label, Randomized, Parallel Group Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Intrapleural Administration of Adenovirus-Delivered Interferon Alpha-2b (rAd-IFN) in Combination With Celecoxib and Gemcitabine in Patients With Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
2017-003169-82
Secondary ID [2] 0 0
rAd-IFN-MM-301
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
INFINITE
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Cancer 0 0 0 0
Lung - Mesothelioma

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Other interventions - rAd-IFN
Treatment: Drugs - Celecoxib Oral Product
Treatment: Drugs - Gemcitabine

Active Comparator: Treatment Group - rAd-IFN (Study Day 1) + celecoxib oral product (Study Days 1 to 14) + gemcitabine (Study Days 14 and 21 [i.e., Days 1 and 8 of the first gemcitabine treatment cycle], gemcitabine will be repeated every 3 weeks until disease progression/early termination [ET]

Placebo Comparator: Control Group - Celecoxib oral product (Study Days 1 to 14) + gemcitabine (Study Days 14 and 21 [i.e., Days 1 and 8 of the first gemcitabine treatment cycle], gemcitabine will be repeated every 3 weeks until disease progression/ET.


Other interventions: rAd-IFN
Adenovirus-Delivered Interferon Alpha-2b

Treatment: Drugs: Celecoxib Oral Product
400 mg twice daily

Treatment: Drugs: Gemcitabine
1250 mg/m2 administered intravenously on Days 1 and 8 of a 21-day cycle and continued every 3 weeks until disease progression/ early termination
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Other interventions
Intervention code [2] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
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Overall Survival
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60 months
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Survival rate
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60 months
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Progression Free Survival
Timepoint [2] 0 0
60 months
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
Best response
Timepoint [3] 0 0
60 months

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Inclusion Criteria

Patients who meet all of the following criteria will be eligible to participate in the
study:

1. Aged 18 years or older at the time of consent;

2. Able to give informed consent;

3. Has a confirmed histological diagnosis of MPM with histological type epithelioid or
biphasic (if biphasic, histology must be predominantly [50%] epithelioid).
Histological diagnosis of MPM will be confirmed centrally using specimens or slides
from tumor specimens obtained at the time of initial presentation or a subsequent
procedure. Central confirmation of diagnosis with immunohistochemistry will be
performed, and independent central confirmation will be required for study entry;

4. Measurable disease, per modified Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors [RECIST]
1.1 (see Section 7) for pleural mesothelioma;

5. Has received a minimum of 1 treatment regimen and a maximum of 2 treatment regimens,
which may have been chemotherapeutic and/or immunotherapeutic treatment regimens for
MPM which included at least 1 anti-folate and platinum combination regimen;

- Adjuvant or neoadjuvant therapy represent 1 line of therapy each;

- Patients who have undergone primary surgical resection and/or radiation therapy
to the pulmonary site are eligible to participate. For clarity, surgical
resection and/or radiation therapy to the pulmonary site are not exclusionary and
are not considered a line of therapy;

- Treatment that is split between pre-surgical resection and post-surgical
resection and is the same regimen will be counted as 1 regimen. Patients meeting
this condition should be discussed with the Medical Monitor prior to including
the patient in the study;

6. Has a pleural space accessible for IPC or similar device insertion. Patients with a
previously inserted IPC or similar device may be enrolled, and the pre-existing IPC or
similar device can be used for vector administration as long as it is functional and
has no evidence of local infection;

7. Life expectancy 12 weeks in the judgement of the Investigator;

8. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) status of 1 or 0;

9. Female and male patients:

- Female patients of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test
upon entry into this study and agree to use a highly effective method of
contraception from Screening until 1 month after the last dose of gemcitabine;

- Highly effective methods of contraception that result in a low failure rate
(i.e., <1% per year) when used consistently and correctly include combined
(estrogen and progestogen containing) hormonal contraception associated with
inhibition of ovulation (oral, intravaginal, or transdermal),
progestogen-only hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of
ovulation (oral, injectable, or implantable), intrauterine device,
intrauterine hormone-releasing system, bilateral tubal occlusion,
vasectomized partner, or sexual abstinence;

- True abstinence, when in line with the preferred and usual lifestyle of the
patient, is considered a highly effective method only if defined as
refraining from heterosexual intercourse during the entire period of study
participation and for 1 month after the last dose of gemcitabine. The
reliability of sexual abstinence needs to be evaluated in relation to the
duration of the clinical study and the preferred and usual lifestyle of the
patient. Periodic abstinence (e.g., calendar, ovulation, symptothermal, and
post-ovulation method) and withdrawal are not acceptable methods of
contraception; and

- Female patients of non-childbearing potential must be either postmenopausal (no
menstrual period for a minimum of 12 months) or surgically sterile upon entry
into the study;

- Male patients must be either surgically sterile or agree to use a double-barrier
contraception method from Screening until 6 months after the last dose of
gemcitabine; o Where available and in accordance with local practice, male
patients must be advised to seek further advice regarding cryoconservation of
sperm prior to gemcitabine treatment due to the possibility of infertility after
therapy with gemcitabine; and

10. Adequate laboratory values at Screening:

- Hemoglobin 9 g/dL;

- White blood cell count 3500/µL;

- Absolute neutrophil count 1500/µL;

- • Platelet count 100,000/µL;

- International normalized ratio (INR) and activated partial thromboplastin time
(aPTT) below the upper limit of normal (ULN). It is expected that patients
receiving anticoagulation therapy will not have INR and aPTT results that fall
within normal limits. It is not intended to exclude these patients and,
therefore, medical discretion is permitted for patients who have clinically
acceptable results in regards to their current concomitant anticoagulant therapy;

- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) 3 × ULN;

- Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) 3 × ULN;

- Total bilirubin 2 × ULN;

- Estimated glomerular filtration rate (calculated using the Modification of Diet
in Renal Disease study equation [see Appendix B]) 50 mL/min/1.73 m2; and

- Serum albumin 2.5 g/dL.
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
Exclusion Criteria

Patients who meet any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in the
study:

1. Is "treatment-naïve" (i.e., has not received at least 1 anti-folate and platinum
combination regimen);

2. Has previously received 3 or more lines of systemic chemotherapeutic or
immunotherapeutic treatment. Treatment that is split between pre-surgical resection
and post-surgical resection and is the same regimen will be counted as 1 regimen.
Patients meeting this condition should be discussed with the Medical Monitor prior to
including the patient in the study;

3. Has previously received treatment with gemcitabine;

4. Has stage IV extrathoracic metastatic disease;

5. Inadequate pulmonary function of clinical significance as per Investigator review;

6. Clinically significant pericardial effusion (i.e., as judged by the Investigator
and/or requiring drainage) detected by computed tomography (CT) scan at Screening.
Standard of care CT scans completed within 2 weeks prior to Screening may be used in
place of the Screening CT scan on a case by-case basis as agreed with the Medical
Monitor;

7. Prior therapy(ies), if applicable, must be completed according to the criteria below
prior to vector administration:

- Cytotoxic chemotherapy, at least 21 days from last dose;

- Non-cytotoxic chemotherapy (e.g., small molecule inhibitor), at least 14 days
from last dose;

- Monoclonal antibody, at least 30 days from last dose;

- Non-antibody immunotherapy (e.g., tumor vaccine), at least 42 days from last
dose;

- Radiotherapy, at least 14 days from last local site radiotherapy;

- Hematopoietic growth factor, at least 14 days from last dose; or

- Study drug, 30 days or 5 half-lives, whichever is longer, from last dose;

8. Patient previously treated with IFNs (e.g., for chronic active hepatitis);

9. Suspected/known hypersensitivity to IFN-a2b or rAd-IFN (including any of its
excipients);

10. Known hypersensitivity to celecoxib (including any of its excipients) or sulfonamides;

11. Known hypersensitivity to gemcitabine (including any of its excipients);

12. Impaired cardiac function or clinically significant cardiac disease including the
following:

- New York Heart Association class III or IV congestive heart failure;

- Myocardial infarction within the last 12 months; and

- Patients known to have impaired left ventricular ejection fraction per
institutional standards and of clinical significance as per Investigator review;

13. Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding;

14. Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active
infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac
arrhythmia, depression, or psychiatric illness/social situations within the last 12
months;

15. Patients with active, known, or suspected auto-immune disease or a syndrome that
requires systemic or immunosuppressive agents (oral prednisolone or equivalent at a
dose of 10 mg per day is permitted); NOTE: patients with vitiligo, residual
hypothyroidism due to auto immune disease only requiring hormone replacement,
psoriasis not requiring systemic treatment, or conditions not expected to recur in the
absence of an external trigger are permitted to enroll;

16. History of asthma, acute rhinitis, nasal polyps, angioneurotic edema, urticaria, or
other allergic type reactions after taking acetylsalicylic acid or NSAIDs, including
COX-2 inhibitors;

17. History of ulcer disease or gastrointestinal bleeding;

18. Uncontrolled or poorly controlled hypertension (i.e., blood pressure >160/100 mmHg)
requiring 3 or more anti-hypertensive drugs;

19. Heart rate corrected QT interval using Fridericia's formula >470 ms on resting 12-lead
electrocardiogram (ECG);

20. Patients receiving lithium;

21. Any significant disease which, in the opinion of the Investigator, would place the
patient at increased risk of harm if he/she participated in the study;

22. History of a prior malignancy for which treatment was completed <2 years prior to
Screening or for which the patient has continued evidence of disease, or concurrent
malignancy that is clinically unstable and requires tumor-directed treatment;

23. Has a congenital or acquired immunodeficiency, including patients with known history
of infection with human immunodeficiency virus;

24. Has both serum albumin 2.5 to 3.5 g/dL and total bilirubin >1.5 ULN;

25. History of clinically significant inflammatory bowel disease requiring systemic
(parenteral) immunosuppressive therapy within 5 years prior to Screening; or

26. History of galactose intolerance, Lapp lactase deficiency, or glucose-galactose
malabsorption.

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 3
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Active, not recruiting
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
21/01/2019
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
1/11/2024
Actual
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
53
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
NSW,VIC
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Chris O'Brien Lifehouse - Camperdown
Recruitment hospital [2] 0 0
Monash Medical Centre - Clayton
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
2050 - Camperdown
Recruitment postcode(s) [2] 0 0
3168 - Clayton
Recruitment outside Australia
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United States of America
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California
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Florida
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Kansas
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Maryland
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Minnesota
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New York
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Pennsylvania
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United States of America
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Texas
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Canada
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Sainte-Foy
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France
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Nantes Cedex 1
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France
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Bordeaux
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France
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Brest
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France
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Caen
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France
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Lille
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France
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Paris
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France
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France
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Saint-Quentin
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Germany
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Bavaria
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Hamm
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Germany
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Regensburg
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Forlì-Cesena (FC)
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Italy
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Tuscany
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Poland
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Poznan
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Poland
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Warszawa
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Russian Federation
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The Republic Of Mordovia ;
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Russian Federation
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Kursk
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Moscow
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Russian Federation
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Volgograd
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United Kingdom
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Manchester
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Oxford

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/Industry
Name
Trizell Ltd
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Other
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University of Pennsylvania
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
This study will evaluate intrapleural administration of Adenovirus-Delivered Interferon
Alpha-2b (rAd-IFN) in combination with Celecoxib and Gemcitabine in patients with
histologically confirmed Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM) who have failed a minimum of 1
treatment regimen and a maximum of 2 treatment regimens, 1 of which must have been an
anti-folate and platinum combination regimen.

Eligible patients will be randomized 1:1 to either:

1. Treatment group: rAd-IFN + Celecoxib followed by Gemcitabine

2. Control group: Celecoxib followed by Gemcitabine

Patients randomized to the treatment group will receive rAd-IFN administered into the pleural
space via an Intrapleural catheter (IPC) or similar intrapleural device on study Day 1.

The primary objective of this study is to compare the overall survival (OS) associated with
rAd IFN, when administered with celecoxib and gemcitabine, versus that associated with
celecoxib and gemcitabine alone for the treatment of patients with MPM
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03710876
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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Daniel Sterman, MD
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NYU Langone Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center
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Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03710876