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Adding Biotherapy or Placebo to Standard Treatment for Advanced Kidney Cancer

S2419: Phase III Double Blinded Trial of Immune-Based Therapy With a Live Biotherapeutic MO-03 or Placebo for Frontline Therapy of Advanced Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma [BioFront Trial]

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Overview

Principal Investigator: Paul Mathew, MD

This phase III trial compares the effect of adding live biotherapy, MO-03, to standard of care (SOC) immunotherapy, including ipilimumab, nivolumab, axitinib, pembrolizumab, cabozantinib, and lenvatinib, to SOC immunotherapy alone in treating patients with clear cell renal cell cancer that may have spread from where it first started (primary site) to nearby tissue, lymph nodes, or distant parts of the body (advanced) or that has spread from where it first started to other places in the body (metastatic). Studies have shown that gut health (the gut microbiome) may impact the effectiveness of immunotherapy. The microbiome includes all of the bacteria and organisms naturally found in the digestive tract. MO-03, a type of biotherapy, contains material from living organisms that may help keep the digestive tract healthy and may help to increase the effect of immunotherapy. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as ipilimumab, nivolumab, pembrolizumab, may help the body's immune system attack the tumor, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Axitinib, cabozantinib, and lenvatinib are a type of angiogenesis inhibitor and tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) that block certain proteins which may help keep tumor cells from growing and may also help prevent the growth of new blood vessels that tumors need to grow. Adding MO-03 to SOC immunotherapy may be more effective than SOC immunotherapy alone in treating patients with advanced or metastatic clear cell renal cell cancer.

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Study details

Inclusion Criteria
  • Participants must be ≥ 18 years old at the time of registration
  • Participants must have a Zubrod performance status 0-2 within 28 days of registration
  • Participants must have histologically confirmed renal cell carcinoma (RCC) with clear cell component that is advanced (not amenable to curative surgery or radiation therapy) or metastatic RCC at the time of registration on study.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Participants plan to take any over the counter probiotic supplements at time of study registration and while on protocol treatment.
  • Participants have had prior systemic therapy for advanced or metastatic RCC or any treatment with immune based combination therapy.
  • Participants receiving steroid replacement therapy for adrenal insufficiency greater than 50 mg daily of hydrocortisone or prednisone equivalent dose at the time of registration.
Study Requirements

Experimental: Arm 1 (MO-03, SOC immunotherapy)

Placebo Comparator: Arm 2 (placebo, SOC immunotherapy)

All patients also undergo computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and blood sample collection throughout the study. Additionally, patients with suspected bone metastasis may undergo bone scan throughout the study and patients with suspected brain metastasis may undergo brain MRI throughout the study

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed every 6 months for the first 2 years then once a year for years 3-5. Please look at the clinicaltrial.gov website for more information.

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