The Impact of Time-of-day-Dependent Administration of Nivolumab-Ipilimumab (ICI/ICI) Combination on Overall Survival in Adults With Advanced Kidney Cancer: A Pragmatic Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial.

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if the timing of treatments plays a role in how effective the standard-of-care drugs nivolumab/ipilimumab (ICI/ICI) works to treat adults with advanced kidney cancer. The trial will also learn if time-of-day reduces ICI/ICI side-effects. Researchers will compare ICI/ICI given in the morning (before 11:30am) vs in the afternoon (after 1:30pm), to see if circadian rhythm effects how ICI/ICI works to treat advanced kidney cancer. Participants will be randomized in Arm A or Arm B to receive drugs ICI/ICI either in the morning (Arm A) or afternoon (Arm B) as part of their standard-of-care treatment for advanced kidney cancer. Participants will: * Visit the clinic either in the morning (Arm A) or afternoon (Arm B) to receive ICI/ICI treatment as part of their regular medical care for advanced kidney cancer * Frequency of visits will follow standard-of-care guidelines

Timeline

Start

2026-04

Primary completion

2030-12

Completion

2032-12

Publications

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• Background Fortin BM, Pfeiffer SM, Insua-Rodriguez J, Alshetaiwi H, Moshensky A, Song WA, Mahieu AL, Chun SK, Lewis AN, Hsu A, Adam I, Eng OS, Pannunzio NR, Seldin MM, Marazzi I, Marangoni F, Lawson DA, Kessenbrock K, Masri S. Circadian control of tumor immunosuppression affects efficacy of immune checkpoint blockade. Nat Immunol. 2024 Jul;25(7):1257-1269. doi: 10.1038/s41590-024-01859-0. Epub 2024 May 28.
• Background Lee Y. Roles of circadian clocks in cancer pathogenesis and treatment. Exp Mol Med. 2021 Oct;53(10):1529-1538. doi: 10.1038/s12276-021-00681-0. Epub 2021 Oct 7.
• Background Karaboue A, Innominato PF, Wreglesworth NI, Duchemann B, Adam R, Levi FA. Why does circadian timing of administration matter for immune checkpoint inhibitors' efficacy? Br J Cancer. 2024 Sep;131(5):783-796. doi: 10.1038/s41416-024-02704-9. Epub 2024 Jun 4.
• Background Dizman N, Govindarajan A, Zengin ZB, Meza L, Tripathi N, Sayegh N, Castro DV, Chan EH, Lee KO, Prajapati S, Feng M, Loo V, Pace M, O'Brien S, Bailey E, Barragan-Carrillo R, Chehrazi-Raffle A, Hsu J, Li X, Agarwal N, Pal SK. Association Between Time-of-Day of Immune Checkpoint Blockade Administration and Outcomes in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma. Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2023 Oct;21(5):530-536. doi: 10.1016/j.clgc.2023.06.004. Epub 2023 Jun 25.
• Background Patel JS, Woo Y, Draper A, Jansen CS, Carlisle JW, Innominato PF, Levi FA, Dhabaan L, Master VA, Bilen MA, Khan MK, Lowe MC, Kissick H, Buchwald ZS, Qian DC. Impact of immunotherapy time-of-day infusion on survival and immunologic correlates in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma: a multicenter cohort analysis. J Immunother Cancer. 2024 Mar 26;12(3):e008011. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2023-008011.
• Background Giacchetti S, Bjarnason G, Garufi C, Genet D, Iacobelli S, Tampellini M, Smaaland R, Focan C, Coudert B, Humblet Y, Canon JL, Adenis A, Lo Re G, Carvalho C, Schueller J, Anciaux N, Lentz MA, Baron B, Gorlia T, Levi F; European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Chronotherapy Group. Phase III trial comparing 4-day chronomodulated therapy versus 2-day conventional delivery of fluorouracil, leucovorin, and oxaliplatin as first-line chemotherapy of metastatic colorectal cancer: the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Chronotherapy Group. J Clin Oncol. 2006 Aug 1;24(22):3562-9. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2006.06.1440.
• Background Levi F, Okyar A, Dulong S, Innominato PF, Clairambault J. Circadian timing in cancer treatments. Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol. 2010;50:377-421. doi: 10.1146/annurev.pharmtox.48.113006.094626.
• Background Motzer RJ, Tannir NM, McDermott DF, Aren Frontera O, Melichar B, Choueiri TK, Plimack ER, Barthelemy P, Porta C, George S, Powles T, Donskov F, Neiman V, Kollmannsberger CK, Salman P, Gurney H, Hawkins R, Ravaud A, Grimm MO, Bracarda S, Barrios CH, Tomita Y, Castellano D, Rini BI, Chen AC, Mekan S, McHenry MB, Wind-Rotolo M, Doan J, Sharma P, Hammers HJ, Escudier B; CheckMate 214 Investigators. Nivolumab plus Ipilimumab versus Sunitinib in Advanced Renal-Cell Carcinoma. N Engl J Med. 2018 Apr 5;378(14):1277-1290. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1712126. Epub 2018 Mar 21.

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