The Response to Intralesional IL-2 and/or BCG Treatment for Cutaneous Metastatic Melanoma

Study Purpose

The investigators aim to include 100 local participants over the next 5 years in a two-stage sequential randomized interventional study of intralesional Interleukin-2 (IL-2) and Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG) to assess the utility of treating cutaneous metastatic melanoma (CMM).

Recruitment Criteria

Accepts Healthy Volunteers Healthy volunteers are participants who do not have a disease or condition, or related conditions or symptoms	No
Study Type An interventional clinical study is where participants are assigned to receive one or more interventions (or no intervention) so that researchers can evaluate the effects of the interventions on biomedical or health-related outcomes. An observational clinical study is where participants identified as belonging to study groups are assessed for biomedical or health outcomes. Searching Both is inclusive of interventional and observational studies.	Interventional
Eligible Ages	18 Years - 80 Years
Gender	All

More Inclusion & Exclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patient with cutaneous metastatic melanoma.

- Has 4 or more melanoma lesions.

- Between18 and 80 years of age.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Immunocompromized.

- Receiving immuno-therapy for other diagnosis.

- Inflammatory disease.

- Autoimmune disease.

- Pregnant.

- HIV.

- Test positive for TB

Trial Details

Trial ID: This trial id was obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, providing information on publicly and privately supported clinical studies of human participants with locations in all 50 States and in 196 countries.	NCT03928275
Phase Phase 1: Studies that emphasize safety and how the drug is metabolized and excreted in humans. Phase 2: Studies that gather preliminary data on effectiveness (whether the drug works in people who have a certain disease or condition) and additional safety data. Phase 3: Studies that gather more information about safety and effectiveness by studying different populations and different dosages and by using the drug in combination with other drugs. Phase 4: Studies occurring after FDA has approved a drug for marketing, efficacy, or optimal use.	Phase 2/Phase 3
Lead Sponsor The sponsor is the organization or person who oversees the clinical study and is responsible for analyzing the study data.	Carman Giacomantonio
Principal Investigator The person who is responsible for the scientific and technical direction of the entire clinical study.	Carman A Giacomantonio, MD
Principal Investigator Affiliation	Nova Scotia Health Authority
Agency Class Category of organization(s) involved as sponsor (and collaborator) supporting the trial.	Other
Overall Status	Not yet recruiting
Countries
Conditions The disease, disorder, syndrome, illness, or injury that is being studied.	Cutaneous Metastatic Melanoma

Additional Details

In the first stage of the study, all consenting CMM patients will be randomized and will receive 4 treatments of either intralesional IL-2 or intralesional IL-2 and BCG. We hypothesize that patients with MM (stage 3C or 4a with a minimum of 4 lesions) that receive combination therapy (IL-2/BCG) in the first stage of treatment will have a higher complete response (iCR) rate compared to IL-2 therapy alone. Response to stage-one treatment will be monitored and patient response to treatment will be determined and reported according to Immune Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumours (iRECIST) guidelines. Based on response to stage-one treatment, patients will be placed into a response group before entering stage two. For stage two of the trial, patients will be randomized again, and placed into a treatment group; Il-2, IL-2 and BCG, BCG, or Discontinue Treatment. Response to treatment will be monitored and patient response to treatment will be determined and reported according to iRECIST guidelines. All patients will have lesions biopsied following standard surgical practice techniques and will provide urine and blood for analysis. Tissue samples will be assessed for immune system activity and transcriptome analysis, and urine and blood will be assessed for immune cell populations and markers. All patients will be followed for 5 years post treatment, and patient disease and survival status will be recorded according to iRECIST.

Arms & Interventions

Arms

Experimental: Intralesional IL-2 Treatment

CMM patients will received 4 treatments of intralesional Interleukin-2 two weeks apart over an eight week period.

Experimental: Combination therapy: Intralesional IL-2 and BCG Treatment

CMM patients will receive 4 treatments of combination therapy intralesional Interleukin-2 and Bacillus Calmette Guerin two weeks apart over an eight week period.

Interventions

Biological: - Interleukin-2

IL-2 is prepared as 4 million International Units (IU) per 0.8ml at a total dose of 500,000 IU in 0.1ml of sterilized saline (0.9%, m/v)/lesion.

Biological: - Combination therapy Interleukin-2 and Bacillus Calmette Guerin

BCG (OncoTICE solutions 1-8 x 10-8 Colony Forming Units (CFU)) will be administered at a maximum dose of 3.2 million CFU per treatment at a maximum of 1.6 million CFU per lesion (max 2 lesions). IL-2 is prepared as 4 million International Units (IU) per 0.8ml at a total dose of 500,000 IU in 0.1ml of sterilized saline (0.9%, m/v)/lesion (in remaining lesions).

Contact Information

This trial has no sites locations listed at this time. If you are interested in learning more, you can contact the trial's primary contact:

Carman A Giacomantonio, MD

carman.giacomantonio@nshealth.ca

9024736177

For additional contact information, you can also visit the trial on clinicaltrials.gov.

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