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NCT Number: NCT02327078

A Study of the Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of Epacadostat Administered in Combination With Nivolumab in Select Advanced Cancers (ECHO-204)

This is a Phase 1/2, open label study. Phase 1 consists of 2 parts. Part 1 is a dose-escalation assessment of the safety and tolerability of epacadostat administered with nivolumab in subjects with select advanced solid tumors and lymphomas. Part 2 will evaluate the safety and tolerability of epacadostat in combination with nivolumab and chemotherapy in subjects with squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck (SCCHN) and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Phase 2 will include expansion cohorts in 7 tumor types, including melanoma, NSCLC, SCCHN, colorectal cancer, ovarian cancer, glioblastoma and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).

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Key information

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Male or female subjects, age 18 years or older
  • Subjects with histologically or cytologically confirmed NSCLC, MEL (including I/O relapsed MEL or I/O refractory MEL), CRC, SCCHN, ovarian cancer, recurrent B cell NHL or HL, or glioblastoma
  • Presence of measurable disease by RECIST v1.1 for solid tumors or Cheson criteria for B cell NHL (including DLBCL) or HL. For subjects with glioblastoma, presence of measurable disease is not required.
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 to 1
  • Fresh baseline tumor biopsies (defined as a biopsy specimen taken since completion of the most recent prior chemotherapy regimen) are required for all cohorts except glioblastoma

Exclusion criteria

  • Laboratory and medical history parameters not within Protocol-defined range
  • Currently pregnant or breastfeeding
  • Subjects who have received prior immune checkpoint inhibitors or an IDO inhibitor (except select Phase 2 cohorts evaluating I/O relapsed or I/O refractory MEL). Subjects who have received experimental vaccines or other immune therapies should be discussed with the medical monitor to confirm eligibility
  • Untreated central nervous system (CNS) metastases or CNS metastases that have progressed
  • Subjects with any active or inactive autoimmune process
  • Evidence of interstitial lung disease or active, noninfectious pneumonitis
  • Subjects with any active or inactive autoimmune process
  • Ocular MEL

Treatment and study plan

Nivolumab

Drug

specified dose and dosing schedule

Epacadostat

Drug

oral twice daily continuous at the protocol-defined dose

Chemotherapy

Drug

Specified dose on specified days

Primary outcomes

  1. Phase 1, Part 1: Number of Participants With Dose Limiting Toxicities (DLTs)

    Time frame: Day 42

    A DLT was defined as occurrence of any treatment-emergent adverse event (TEAE) in Phase 1 Parts 1 and 2. DLT included all TEAE of specified grades such as 1) Hematologic toxicities - any Grade 4 thrombocytopenia or neutropenia, anemia, febrile neutropenia, ≥ Grade 3 hemolysis, thrombocytopenia and 2) Nonhematologic toxicities - Grade 4 AE, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea, electrolyte abnormality, ≥ Grade 3 aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), or total bilirubin elevation, Grade 2 AST/ALT with symptomatic liver inflammation, AST or ALT > 3 × upper limit of normal (ULN) and concurrent total bilirubin > 2 × ULN without initial findings of cholestasis, and any other ≥ Grade 3 toxicity. A TEAE is any AE either reported for the first time or worsening of a pre-existing event after first dose of study drug and up to 100 days after last dose of study drug.

  2. Phase 1, Part 2: Number of Participants With Dose Limiting Toxicities (DLTs)

    Time frame: Day 42

    A DLT was defined as occurrence of any treatment-emergent adverse event (TEAE) in Phase 1 Parts 1 and 2. DLT included all TEAE of specified grades such as 1) Hematologic toxicities - any Grade 4 thrombocytopenia or neutropenia, anemia, febrile neutropenia, ≥ Grade 3 hemolysis, thrombocytopenia and 2) Nonhematologic toxicities - Grade 4 AE, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea, electrolyte abnormality, ≥ Grade 3 aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), or total bilirubin elevation, Grade 2 AST/ALT with symptomatic liver inflammation, AST or ALT > 3 × upper limit of normal (ULN) and concurrent total bilirubin > 2 × ULN without initial findings of cholestasis, and any other ≥ Grade 3 toxicity. A TEAE is any AE either reported for the first time or worsening of a pre-existing event after first dose of study drug and up to 100 days after last dose of study drug.

  3. Phase 1, Parts 1 and 2: Number of Participants With At Least One Treatment-Emergent Adverse Event (TEAE)

    Time frame: up to approximately 39 months

    An Adverse Event (AE) is defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a clinical investigation participant administered a drug; it does not necessarily have to have a causal relationship with this treatment. An AE can therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign (e.g., a clinically significant abnormal laboratory finding), symptom, or disease temporally associated with the use of a drug, whether or not it is considered related to the drug. A TEAE is any AE either reported for the first time or worsening of a pre-existing event after first dose of study drug and up to 100 days after last dose of study drug.

  4. Phase 2: Objective Response Rate (ORR) in Participants With Select Solid Tumors Per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) v 1.1 for Participants With Solid Tumors and Per Cheson Criteria for Participants With DLBCL

    Time frame: From first dose up end of the study (up to approximately 6 years)

    ORR was defined as the percentage of participants having a complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) as determined by investigator assessment of radiographic disease per RECIST v1.1. CR per RECIST v 1.1 was defined as disappearance of all target lesions. PR per RECIST v 1.1 was defined as At least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters (SOD) of target lesions, taking as reference the Baseline sum diameters. Data is reported as per dose received by the participants with a particular cancer type. CR per Cheson criteria was defined as complete disappearance of all detectable clinical evidence of disease and disease-related symptoms. PR per Cheson criteria was defined as at least a 50% decrease in sum of the product of the diameters (SPD) of up to 6 of the largest dominant nodes or nodal masses.

  5. Phase 2: Progression Free Survival (PFS)

    Time frame: From first dose up end of the study (up to approximately 6 years)

    PFS is defined as the time from randomization to the first documented progressive disease per RECIST v1.1 or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first.

  6. Phase 2: Overall Survival (OS) Rate of Proportion With Glioblastoma

    Time frame: Month 9

    OS rate is defined as the proportion of participants alive 9 months after the start of treatment.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Phase 1, Part 2: ORR Per RECIST v1.1 and for Participants With Advanced or Metastatic SCCHN and Advanced or Metastatic NSCLC

    Time frame: From first dose up end of the study (up to approximately 6 years)

    ORR was defined as percentage of participants having CR or PR as determined by investigator assessment of radiographic disease per RECIST v1.1. CR per RECIST v 1.1 was defined as disappearance of all target lesions. PR: At least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters (SOD) of target lesions, taking as reference the Baseline sum diameters.

  2. Phase 1, Part 1: ORR Per RECIST v1.1 for Participants With Solid Tumors; Per Cheson Criteria for Participants With B-cell NHL; and Per RANO and mRANO Criteria for Participants With GBM

    Time frame: From first dose up end of the study (up to approximately 6 years)

    ORR was defined as percentage of participants having CR or PR as determined by investigator assessment of radiographic disease per RECIST v1.1. CR per RECIST v 1.1 was defined as disappearance of all target lesions. PR: At least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters (SOD) of target lesions, taking as reference the Baseline sum diameters. Per Cheson criteria, CR: complete disappearance of all detectable clinical evidence of disease and disease-related symptoms. PR: at least a 50% decrease in SPD of up to 6 of the largest dominant nodes or nodal masses. Per RANO criteria, CR: Complete disappearance of all enhancing measurable and non-measurable disease sustained. PR: at least ≥50% decrease compared with baseline in the SOD of all measurable enhancing lesions sustained.

  3. Phase 1, Part 2: Duration of Response (DOR) for Participants With Advanced or Metastatic SCCHN and Advanced or Metastatic NSCLC

    Time frame: From first dose up end of the study (up to approximately 6 years)

    DOR is defined as the time from the first overall response contributing to an objective response (CR or PR) to the earlier of the participant's death and first overall response of PD. CR was defined as disappearance of all target lesions. PR was defined as At least a 30% decrease in the SOD of target lesions, taking as reference the Baseline sum diameters. PD was defined as at least a 20% increase in the SOD of target lesions.

  4. Phase 1, Part 2: PFS for Participants With Advanced or Metastatic SCCHN and Advanced or Metastatic NSCLC

    Time frame: From first dose up end of the study (up to approximately 6 years)

    PFS is defined as the time from randomization to the first documented progressive disease or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first.

  5. Phase 2: Duration of Response

    Time frame: From first dose up end of the study (up to approximately 6 years)

    DOR is defined as the time from the first overall response contributing to an objective response (CR or PR) to the earlier of the participant's death and first overall response of PD. CR was defined as disappearance of all target lesions. PR was defined as At least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters (SOD) of target lesions, taking as reference the Baseline sum diameters. PD was defined as at least a 20% increase in the SOD of target lesions.

  6. Phase 2: Duration of Disease Control, Defined as CR, PR, and Stable Disease (SD)

    Time frame: From first dose up end of the study (up to approximately 6 years)

    Duration of disease control is the time from the first dose to the first objective response of PD, or death, whichever occurs first, for participants who reported a best overall response of SD or better. PD was defined as at least a 20% increase in the SOD of target lesions. SD was defined as neither sufficient shrinkage to qualify for PR nor sufficient increase to qualify for PD. PR was defined as at least a 30% decrease in the SOD of target lesions, taking as reference the Baseline sum diameters.

  7. Phase 2: Safety and Tolerability Measured by the Number of Adverse Events (AEs), Serious Adverse Events (SAEs), and Fatal Treatment Emergent AEs

    Time frame: up to approximately 35 months

    An AE is defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a clinical investigation participant administered a drug; it does not necessarily have to have a causal relationship with this treatment. An AE can therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign (e.g., a clinically significant abnormal laboratory finding), symptom, or disease temporally associated with the use of a drug, whether or not it is considered related to the drug. A TEAE is any AE either reported for the first time or worsening of a pre-existing event after first dose of study drug and up to 100 days after last dose of study drug. Adverse events of grade 5 which result in death are called as fatal AEs.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Incyte Corporation

Industry

Collaborators

  • Bristol-Myers Squibb

Registry information

Official study title

A Phase 1/2 Study of the Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of Epacadostat Administered in Combination With Nivolumab in Select Advanced Cancers (ECHO-204)

Important dates

Study start
2014
Primary completion
2020
Study completion
2020
First posted
Dec 30, 2014
Registry last updated
Aug 14, 2025

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