Treatment of Cancer With Immune Checkpoint Inhibition Therapy Boosted by High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Histotripsy

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 1
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUMC Utrecht

About this trial

This phase 1 clinical trial aims to evaluate the safety, tolerability and feasibility of combination treatment of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Histotripsy (HIFU-HT) and immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) in adult patients with metastatic or unresectable cancer that have progressive disease after regular treatment. Patients will undergo one single session of HIFU-HT during treatment with ipilimumab and nivolumab. Safety, tolerability and feasibility endpoints will be studied as well as radiologic, immunologic and clinical response.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Histologically confirmed metastatic or unresectable cancer that progressed under standard of care treatment options.

Age ≥ 18 years.

Has signed and dated written informed consent before performing any study procedure, including screening.

Anticipated life expectancy ≥ 12 weeks by investigator judgement.

Disqualifiers

Presence of known central nervous system, meningeal, or epidural metastatic disease. However, subjects with known brain metastases are allowed if the brain metastases are stable for ≥4 weeks before the first dose of study treatment. Stable is defined as neurological symptoms not present or resolved to baseline, no radiologic evidence of progression, and steroid requirement of prednisone ≤10 mg/day or equivalent.

Patients currently participating and receiving study therapy or patients who participated in a study of an investigational agent and received study therapy or used an investigational device within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of the study treatment.

Prior chemotherapy, targeted small molecule therapy or monoclonal antibodies within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of the study treatment.

Prior radiotherapy within 8 weeks prior to the first dose of the study treatment. The patient will be excluded from the study if the only targetable lesion has directly been treated with radiation therapy in the past with an exception for lesions that showed massive regrowth.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • HIFU-HT
  • ICI

Treatment groups

24 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group

Sponsors and collaborators