A Phase II Platform Study to Evaluate Treatment With Cemiplimab Monotherapy or Cemiplimab Plus Fianlimab or Other Novel Combinations in Patients With Colorectal Cancer With Minimal Residual Disease Following Definitive Surgery and Chemotherapy (EMPIRE)

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 2
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorNSABP Foundation Inc

About this trial

The NSABP FC-13 study is being done to determine if using immunotherapies alone or in combination with other drugs will delay or prevent colorectal cancer from coming back in patients with colorectal cancer who are ctDNA-positive after their treatment. Immunotherapeutic drugs (immunotherapies) act on different proteins on the surface of cells of the immune system and trigger the immune system to destroy cancer cells. The drugs being studied in NSABP FC-13 are cemiplimab, fianlimab, and REGN7075.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

The patient must have consented to participate and, prior to beginning specific study procedures, must have signed and dated appropriate Institutional Review Board (IRB) -approved consent forms that conform to federal and institutional guidelines for study treatment.

Patients must be greater than or equal to18 years old.

The ECOG performance status must be 0-1.

Patients must have confirmed histologic and pathologic stage II/III colon, stage II/III rectal, or oligometastatic stage IV colorectal adenocarcinoma (per AJCC 8th edition).

Disqualifiers

Colon cancer other than adenocarcinoma, e.g., sarcoma, lymphoma, carcinoid.

Patients with MSI-high (dMMR) tumors.

Use and/or receipt of the last dose of anti-cancer therapy (chemotherapy, immunotherapy, targeted therapy, biologic therapy, monoclonal anti-bodies) or radiation therapy within 4 weeks prior to receiving first dose of study therapy or associated with immune-mediated adverse events (imAEs) that were Grade ≥1 within 90 days prior to the first dose of study therapy or associated with toxicity that resulted in discontinuation of the immune-modulating agent.

History of active or latent tuberculosis (TB) infection. If the presence of TB (active or latent) is established, then treatment for TB must be completed according to local guidelines prior to the screening.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Cemiplimab
  • cemiplimab plus fianlimab
  • cemiplimab + REGN7075
  • ctDNA testing

Treatment groups

79 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

NSABP Foundation Inc

Lead sponsor

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Collaborator