An Investigational Immuno-therapy Study to Investigate the Safety and Effectiveness of Nivolumab, and Nivolumab Combination Therapy in Virus-associated Tumors

Summary

The purpose of this study to investigate the safety and effectiveness of nivolumab, and nivolumab combination therapy, to treat patients who have virus-associated tumors. Certain viruses have been known to play a role in tumor formation and growth. This study will investigate the effects of the study drugs, in patients who have the following types of tumors: * Anal canal cancer-No longer enrolling this tumor type * Cervical cancer * Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) positive gastric cancer-No longer enrolling this tumor type * Merkel Cell Cancer * Penile cancer-No longer enrolling this tumor type * Vaginal and vulvar cancer-No longer enrolling this tumor type * Nasopharyngeal Cancer - No longer enrolling this tumor type * Head and Neck Cancer - No longer enrolling this tumor type

Timeline

Start

2015-10-13

Primary completion

2021-03-19

Completion

2022-10-24

Publications

• Bhatia S, Topalian SL, Sharfman W, Meyer T, Steven N, Lao CD, Farinas-Madrid L, Devriese LA, Moore K, Ferris RL, Honma Y, Elias I, Srirangam A, Garnett-Benson C, Lee M, Nghiem P. Nivolumab With or Without Ipilimumab in Patients With Recurrent or Metastatic Merkel Cell Carcinoma: A Nonrandomized, Open-Label, International, Multicenter Phase I/II Study. J Clin Oncol. 2025 Mar 20;43(9):1137-1147. doi: 10.1200/JCO-24-02138. Epub 2025 Jan 31.
• Oaknin A, Moore K, Meyer T, Lopez-Picazo Gonzalez J, Devriese LA, Amin A, Lao CD, Boni V, Sharfman WH, Park JC, Tahara M, Topalian SL, Magallanes M, Molina Alavez A, Khan TA, Copigneaux C, Lee M, Garnett-Benson C, Wang X, Naumann RW. Nivolumab with or without ipilimumab in patients with recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer (CheckMate 358): a phase 1-2, open-label, multicohort trial. Lancet Oncol. 2024 May;25(5):588-602. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(24)00088-3. Epub 2024 Apr 9.
• Pulliam T, Jani S, Jing L, Ryu H, Jojic A, Shasha C, Zhang J, Kulikauskas R, Church C, Garnett-Benson C, Gooley T, Chapuis A, Paulson K, Smith KN, Pardoll DM, Newell EW, Koelle DM, Topalian SL, Nghiem P. Circulating cancer-specific CD8 T cell frequency is associated with response to PD-1 blockade in Merkel cell carcinoma. Cell Rep Med. 2024 Feb 20;5(2):101412. doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2024.101412. Epub 2024 Feb 10.
• Ferris RL, Spanos WC, Leidner R, Goncalves A, Martens UM, Kyi C, Sharfman W, Chung CH, Devriese LA, Gauthier H, Chiosea SI, Vujanovic L, Taube JM, Stein JE, Li J, Li B, Chen T, Barrows A, Topalian SL. Neoadjuvant nivolumab for patients with resectable HPV-positive and HPV-negative squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck in the CheckMate 358 trial. J Immunother Cancer. 2021 Jun;9(6):e002568. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2021-002568.
• Topalian SL, Bhatia S, Amin A, Kudchadkar RR, Sharfman WH, Lebbe C, Delord JP, Dunn LA, Shinohara MM, Kulikauskas R, Chung CH, Martens UM, Ferris RL, Stein JE, Engle EL, Devriese LA, Lao CD, Gu J, Li B, Chen T, Barrows A, Horvath A, Taube JM, Nghiem P. Neoadjuvant Nivolumab for Patients With Resectable Merkel Cell Carcinoma in the CheckMate 358 Trial. J Clin Oncol. 2020 Aug 1;38(22):2476-2487. doi: 10.1200/JCO.20.00201. Epub 2020 Apr 23.
• Naumann RW, Hollebecque A, Meyer T, Devlin MJ, Oaknin A, Kerger J, Lopez-Picazo JM, Machiels JP, Delord JP, Evans TRJ, Boni V, Calvo E, Topalian SL, Chen T, Soumaoro I, Li B, Gu J, Zwirtes R, Moore KN. Safety and Efficacy of Nivolumab Monotherapy in Recurrent or Metastatic Cervical, Vaginal, or Vulvar Carcinoma: Results From the Phase I/II CheckMate 358 Trial. J Clin Oncol. 2019 Nov 1;37(31):2825-2834. doi: 10.1200/JCO.19.00739. Epub 2019 Sep 5.
• Appelbaum J, Wells D, Hiatt JB, Steinbach G, Stewart FM, Thomas H, Nghiem P, Kapur RP, Thompson JA, Bhatia S. Fatal enteric plexus neuropathy after one dose of ipilimumab plus nivolumab: a case report. J Immunother Cancer. 2018 Aug 31;6(1):82. doi: 10.1186/s40425-018-0396-9.

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