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NCT Number: NCT06601296

Radiotherapy in Combination With Checkpoint Inhibition for Patients With Metastatic Kidney Cancer

To evaluate the impact of combining innate immune system activation (with IMSA101) with antigen release (through SAbR/PULSAR) on limited progressing lesions during ongoing adaptive immune system activation (with maintenance Nivo).

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, Texas, 75390, United States

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

BUSAYO ADEFALUJO, CLINICAL RESEARCH COORDINATOR

CONTACT

[email protected]

214 648 1873

RAQUIBUL HANNAN, MD

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

SARAH NEUFELD SUPERVISOR OF CLINICAL RESEARCH, MS, MBA

CONTACT

[email protected]

214 648 1836

About this study

The study expects to accrue the 15 patients over a 3-4 year period.

Patients with oligoprogressive disease (≤5 lesions) after treatment with Anti-PD1 / Anti-CTLA-4 will continue Anti-PD1 (nivolumab). All patients will have a mandatory PD-L1 PET (Pre-treatment and Week 12). All patients will undergo baseline biopsy (just before the administration of IMSA101 of the same lesion to be injected). SAbR will be delivered in 3 fractions at 12 Gy every 4 weeks (PULSAR regimen) to all progressing lesions. One lesion will also receive 3 intratumoral injections of IMSA101 (C1D1, C1D8, C1D15, C2D1, C3D1) immediately after radiation either on the same day or within 72 hours after the PULSE.

Selected Phase 2 dosing of IMSA101 (1200mcg) will be utilized.

At disease progression, patients have the option to undergo additional imaging and tissue/blood collections.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients must have metastatic ccRCC.
  • Patients must have oligoprogression defined as progression in ≤5 lesions.
  • All oligoprogression lesions must be suitable for radiation.
  • Patients must have at least one site of disease that can be safely injected with IMSA101.
  • Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) of at least 50%.
  • Age ≥ 18 years.
  • Patients must have adequate organ and marrow function within 14 days prior to study entry.
  • All IMDC risk categories are allowed.

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients with progressive ultracentral/central chest lesions will be excluded

Treatment and study plan

IMSA101

Drug

All enrolled patients to undergo the following treatment:

SOC treatment: Nivolumab 480mg monthly PULSAR: 36 Gy in 3 fractions, Q4weeks IMSA101: three intra-tumoral injections of one of the progressive lesions at 1200 mcg (C1D1, C2D1, C3D1)

Primary outcomes

  1. To evaluate the PFS rate associated with the therapeutic intervention. PFS is defined as the duration of time from initiation of PULSAR/IMSA101 to disease progression as defined by RECIST1.1 or death.

    Time frame: Time from initiation of PULSAR/IMSA101 until death from any cause. Follow-up visits to be done every 12 weeks (+/- 1 week) for study duration until patient has progressed. Afterward, subjects to be contacted every 6 months for survival data up to 5 years

    Exact binomial test will be used to test if the lower limit of the 95% confidence interval of the probability of postponing systemic therapy >9 months will be greater than 30%.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

RAQUIBUL HANNAN, MD, PhD.

CONTACT

[email protected]

214 645 7696

SARAH NEUFELD, MANAGER OF CLINICAL RESEARCH, MS, MBA

CONTACT

[email protected]

214 648 1836

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Other

Registry information

Official study title

STING Agonist and Personalized Ultra-fractionated Stereotactic Adaptive Radiotherapy in Combination With Checkpoint Inhibition for Patients With Metastatic Kidney Cancer.

Acronym: SPARK

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2028
First posted
Sep 19, 2024
Registry last updated
Nov 12, 2025

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