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ECI301 and Radiation for Advanced or Metastatic Cancer

A Phase 1 interventional study of Radiation Therapy and ECI301 in Cancer, Neoplasm Metastasis and Radiation Oncology, sponsored by National Cancer Institute (NCI). Terminated at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 99 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-12-28.

Sponsored by National Cancer Institute (NCI) · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

Why this study was terminated
A trial using ECI301 \& radiation was initiated in Japan in 2012. This tested the primary endpoint in a duplicate trial, thus the study was closed.
Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
2
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 99 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Background:

  • ECI301 is a drug that may help make cancer cells more visible to the immune system after radiation. The drug may also help the immune system destroy the cancer at sites that have not received radiation therapy. Researchers want to study ECI301 in people with advanced cancer or cancer that has spread in the body (metastatic).

Objectives:

  • To test ECI301 with radiation therapy for advanced or metastatic cancer.

Eligibility:

  • People at least 18 years of age with either metastatic or advanced cancer that may benefit from radiation therapy.

Design:

  • Participants will be screened with a medical history and physical exam. They will also have blood and urine tests, and imaging studies.
  • All participants will have radiation therapy 5 days a week for 2 weeks.
  • They will have different doses of ECI301 to test its safety and effectiveness. ECI301 will be given in a vein during the second week of radiation therapy. Frequent blood tests and imaging studies will monitor the treatment.
  • After participants have ECI301, tumor samples may be taken from the site that had radiation and another site that did not have radiation.
  • Follow-up visits will include blood tests and imaging studies.
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Background:

  • Patients with metastatic or locally advanced cancer frequently require palliative radiotherapy to relieve symptoms; however, progression of disease is frequent in patients with extended survival
  • Radiation results in tumor cell death which can result in increased dendritic cell activation and trafficking
  • ECI301 is a derivative of Macrophage Inflammatory Protein-1 alpha, a 70 amino acid chemokine that is a ligand for C-C chemokine receptor type 1 (CCR1) and C-C chemokine receptor type 5 (CCR5), the chemokine receptors of immature dendritic cells.
  • ECI301 has been shown to enhance the effect of radiotherapy in animal models.

Objectives:

  • The primary objective is to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of ECI301 delivered in combination with 30 Gray (Gy) of external beam radiation to patients with metastatic or locally advanced cancer.
  • The secondary objectives are:

    • To describe the safety and tolerability of ECI301 delivered in combination with 30 Gy of external beam radiation to patients with metastatic or locally advanced cancer
    • To evaluate the humoral and cellular immune responses by:

      • Measurement of circulating precursor dendritic cells before and after the completion of ECI301
      • Measurement of circulating MIP-alpha before and after the completion of ECI301
      • Assessment of T-lymphocyte quantitative and qualitative changes by flow cytometry and assays for interferon (IFN-gamma) production
    • To define pharmacologic parameters following the intravenous dose of ECI301
    • To determine if neutralizing anti-EC301 antibodies occur after treatment
    • To describe the response at the radiated site and distant sites after radiation in combination with ECI301

Eligibility:

  • Age >18 years.
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status \<2.
  • Life expectancy of greater than 3 months
  • Histologically confirmed metastatic or locally advanced cancer for which radiotherapeutic management would be appropriate
  • No recent history of myocardial infarction or unstable angina

Design:

  • This is a Phase I trial to determine the maximum tolerated dose of ECI301 in combination with external beam radiation therapy in patients with locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors.
  • Patients will be treated with radiation therapy in a standard manner with ECI301 given daily during radiation. The dose of ECI301 will be escalated over the course of the trial to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD of daily ECI301 in combination with radiotherapy.
  • We anticipate that accrual to this trial of 30 patients will take approximately 2 years.
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Conditions studied

  • Cancer
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Radiation Oncology
  • Neoplasm
  • Metastasis

Keywords

  • Metastasis
  • Cancer
  • Radiation Therapy
  • Locally Advanced
  • Palliation
  • Metastatic Cancer
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In context

Neoplasms

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Lead sponsor

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 99 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

2.1.1.1 Age greater than or equal to18 years.

2.1.1.2 Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status less than or equal to 2.

2.1.1.3 Life expectancy of greater than 3 months

2.1.1.4 Histologically confirmed cancer

2.1.1.5 Extracranial metastatic cancer or locally advanced cancer for which palliative radiotherapeutic management would be appropriate (no more than two sites will be treated on this trial)

2.1.1.6 Patients must have measurable or evaluable disease at the site(s) requiring radiation

2.1.1.7 Adequate marrow and organ function defined as

  • absolute neutrophil count (ANC) > 1.5 times 10(9)/L,
  • platelet count > 100 times 10(9),
  • hemoglobin >9 g/L.
  • creatinine clearance greater than or equal to 60 mL/min/1.73 m(2) for patients with creatinine levels above institutional normal
  • serum bilirubin \<1.5 times upper limit reference range (ULRR),
  • alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), or

alkaline phosphatase (ALP) \<2.5 times the ULRR (\<5 times the ULRR in the presence

of liver metastases)

2.1.1.8 Female patients of childbearing potential must either be surgically sterile to prevent pregnancy, be at least 1-year post-menopausal, or have had no menses for 12 months, or agree to use reliable methods of contraception (oral contraceptives, barrier methods, approved contraceptive implant, long-term injectable contraception, copper banded intrauterine device, tubal ligation or abstinence) from time of screening until 4 weeks after discontinuing study treatment. It is not known whether ECI301 has the capacity to induce hepatic enzymes so hormonal contraceptives should be combined with a barrier method of contraception.

2.1.1.9 Male patients must agree to use barrier contraception (i.e. condoms) and refrain from donating sperm from the start of dosing until 16 weeks after discontinuing study treatment. If male patients wish to father children, they should be advised to arrange for freezing of sperm prior to the start of study treatment.

Exclusion criteria

EXCLUSION CRITERIA:

2.1.2.1 Pregnant or lactating females

2.1.2.2 Contraindications to radiotherapy (i.e. prior radiotherapy to the intended treatment site)

2.1.2.3 Untreated or previously treated but progressive intracranial metastases (Patients with previously treated intracranial metastases should have no clinical evidence of progression and be at least 4 weeks from therapy for intracranial metastases)

2.1.2.4 Need for emergent radiotherapy (defined as need for radiotherapy within 24 hours of consultation at the judgment of the treating radiation oncologist)

2.1.2.5 Active treatment with immunosuppressive therapy and subjects taking systemic corticosteroid therapy for any reason including replacement therapy for hypoadrenalism

2.1.2.6 Chemotherapy, radiation therapy, Tamoxifen or investigational therapy during the 4 weeks prior to initiation of protocol therapy

2.1.2.7 History of rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjogren's disease, sarcoidosis, vasculitis, polymyositis, temporal arteritis or any other autoimmune disease

2.1.2.8 History of organ transplant

2.1.2.9 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Hepatitis B, or Hepatitis C positivity

2.1.2.10 Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements

2.1.2.11 Use of excluded immune modulating medications within 4 weeks prior to protocol therapy, or requirement for concurrent use.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
2 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    ECI301 Dose level 1 - 25 ug/kg and Radiation for Advanced or Metastatic Cancer

    ECI301 Dose level 1 - 25 ug/kg and Radiation for Advanced or Metastatic Cancer

    Procedure: Radiation Therapy · Drug: ECI301

Interventions

  • ProcedureRadiation Therapy
  • DrugECI301
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) of ECI301 Delivered in Combination With 30 Gray (Gy) External Beam Radiation to Participants With Metastatic or Locally Advanced Cancer

    MTD is defined as the highest dose level at which no more than 1 of 6 participants experience dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) during treatment or the first three weeks after treatment, and the dose below that at which at least 2 (of ≤6) participants have DLT as a result of the drug. Examples of DLT is any grade 3 or greater non-hematologic toxicity, ang grade 3 neutropenia or thrombocytopenia, any grade 4 anemia, and toxicity requiring a cumulative radiation treatment delay of 4 or more days.

    Time frame: During treatment or the first three weeks after treatment

Secondary outcomes

  1. Number of Adverse Events Unrelated, Unlikely, and Possibly Related to ECI301 Delivered in Combination With 30 Gray (Gy) of External Beam Radiation to Participants With Metastatic or Locally Advanced Cancer

    Adverse events were assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE v4.0) and the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) criteria.

    Time frame: Date treatment consent signed to date off study, and up to 30 days following the last dose of study drug, approximately 5 months and 25 days.

  2. Humoral and Cellular Immune Responses

    Measurement of circulating precursor dendritic cells, circulating macrophage inflammatory protein-1 alpha (MIP-α), and assessment of T-lymphocytes will be measured by flow cytometry and assays for type II interferon (IFNγ) production.

    Time frame: Before and after completion of ECI301

  3. Pharmacologic Parameters Following the Intravenous Dose of ECI301

    Pharmacologic parameters will be derived using non-compartmental analysis.

    Time frame: Following the intravenous dose of ECI301

  4. Number of Participants With Response at the Radiated Site and Distant Site After Radiation in Combination With ECI301

    Response will be measured by the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST). Complete response is disappearance of all target lesions. Partial response is at least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum diameters. Progressive disease is at least a 20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum on study. The appearance of one or more new lesions is also considered progression. Stable disease is neither sufficient shrinkage to qualify for partial response nor sufficient increase to qualify for progressive disease.

    Time frame: 6 months

Other outcomes

  1. Here is the Number of Participants With Non-Serious Adverse Events Assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE v4.0)

    Here is the number of participants with non-serious adverse events assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE v4.0). A non-serious adverse event is any untoward medical occurrence. A serious adverse event is an adverse event or suspected adverse reaction that results in death, a life-threatening adverse drug experience, hospitalization, disruption of the ability to conduct normal life functions, congenital anomaly/birth defect or important medical events that jeopardize the patient or subject and may require medical or surgical intervention to prevent one of the previous outcomes mentioned.

    Time frame: Date treatment consent signed to date off study, and up to 30 days following the last dose of study drug, approximately 5 months and 25 days.

  2. Number of Participants With a Dose-Limiting Toxicity (DLT)

    Examples of DLT is any grade 3 or greater non-hematologic toxicity, any grade 3 neutropenia or thrombocytopenia, any grade 4 anemia; nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, tumor pain, or pre-existing hyponatremia, dyselectrolytemia, or orthostatic hypotension that has been optimally treated with anti-emetics, anti-diarrheal, analgesics, or hydration and which persists for over 48 hours despite maximal medical therapy, and toxicity requiring a cumulative radiation treatment delay of 4 or more days.

    Time frame: During treatment or the first three weeks after treatment

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Results

Posted Dec 28, 2021

Participant flow

Participant flow — Overall Study
MilestoneECI301 Dose Level 1 - 25 ug/kg and Radiation for Advanced or Metastatic Cancer
Started2
Completed1
Not completed1
Withdrew: Taken off study - principal investigator discretion1

Outcome measures

PrimaryMaximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) of ECI301 Delivered in Combination With 30 Gray (Gy) External Beam Radiation to Participants With Metastatic or Locally Advanced Cancer

MTD is defined as the highest dose level at which no more than 1 of 6 participants experience dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) during treatment or the first three weeks after treatment, and the dose below that at which at least 2 (of ≤6) participants have DLT as a result of the drug. Examples of DLT is any grade 3 or greater non-hematologic toxicity, ang grade 3 neutropenia or thrombocytopenia, any grade 4 anemia, and toxicity requiring a cumulative radiation treatment delay of 4 or more days.

Time frame:
During treatment or the first three weeks after treatment

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

SecondaryNumber of Adverse Events Unrelated, Unlikely, and Possibly Related to ECI301 Delivered in Combination With 30 Gray (Gy) of External Beam Radiation to Participants With Metastatic or Locally Advanced Cancer

Adverse events were assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE v4.0) and the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) criteria.

Time frame:
Date treatment consent signed to date off study, and up to 30 days following the last dose of study drug, approximately 5 months and 25 days.
Reported as:
Number · Adverse events
Number of Adverse Events Unrelated, Unlikely, and Possibly Related to ECI301 Delivered in Combination With 30 Gray (Gy) of External Beam Radiation to Participants With Metastatic or Locally Advanced Cancer
Adverse eventsUnrelatedUnlikely RelatedPossibly Related
Alanine aminotransferase increased010
Anemia400
Aspartate aminotransferase increased010
Edema limbs100
Erythema multiforme001
Gastritis010
Headache100
Hyperkalemia010
Lymphocyte count decreased100
Pain in extremity100
Urinary tract infection001
SecondaryHumoral and Cellular Immune Responses

Measurement of circulating precursor dendritic cells, circulating macrophage inflammatory protein-1 alpha (MIP-α), and assessment of T-lymphocytes will be measured by flow cytometry and assays for type II interferon (IFNγ) production.

Time frame:
Before and after completion of ECI301

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

SecondaryPharmacologic Parameters Following the Intravenous Dose of ECI301

Pharmacologic parameters will be derived using non-compartmental analysis.

Time frame:
Following the intravenous dose of ECI301

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

SecondaryNumber of Participants With Response at the Radiated Site and Distant Site After Radiation in Combination With ECI301

Response will be measured by the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST). Complete response is disappearance of all target lesions. Partial response is at least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum diameters. Progressive disease is at least a 20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum on study. The appearance of one or more new lesions is also considered progression. Stable disease is neither sufficient shrinkage to qualify for partial response nor sufficient increase to qualify for progressive disease.

Time frame:
6 months
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Number of Participants With Response at the Radiated Site and Distant Site After Radiation in Combination With ECI301
ParticipantsECI301 Dose Level 1 - 25 ug/kg and Radiation for Advanced or Metastatic Cancer
Complete Response0
Partial Response0
Stable Disease1
Progressive Disease0
Other pre-specifiedHere is the Number of Participants With Non-Serious Adverse Events Assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE v4.0)

Here is the number of participants with non-serious adverse events assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE v4.0). A non-serious adverse event is any untoward medical occurrence. A serious adverse event is an adverse event or suspected adverse reaction that results in death, a life-threatening adverse drug experience, hospitalization, disruption of the ability to conduct normal life functions, congenital anomaly/birth defect or important medical events that jeopardize the patient or subject and may require medical or surgical intervention to prevent one of the previous outcomes mentioned.

Time frame:
Date treatment consent signed to date off study, and up to 30 days following the last dose of study drug, approximately 5 months and 25 days.
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Here is the Number of Participants With Non-Serious Adverse Events Assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE v4.0)
ParticipantsECI301 Dose Level 1 - 25 ug/kg and Radiation for Advanced or Metastatic Cancer
Here is the Number of Participants With Non-Serious Adverse Events Assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE v4.0)1
Other pre-specifiedNumber of Participants With a Dose-Limiting Toxicity (DLT)

Examples of DLT is any grade 3 or greater non-hematologic toxicity, any grade 3 neutropenia or thrombocytopenia, any grade 4 anemia; nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, tumor pain, or pre-existing hyponatremia, dyselectrolytemia, or orthostatic hypotension that has been optimally treated with anti-emetics, anti-diarrheal, analgesics, or hydration and which persists for over 48 hours despite maximal medical therapy, and toxicity requiring a cumulative radiation treatment delay of 4 or more days.

Time frame:
During treatment or the first three weeks after treatment
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Number of Participants With a Dose-Limiting Toxicity (DLT)
ParticipantsECI301 Dose Level 1 - 25 ug/kg and Radiation for Advanced or Metastatic Cancer
Number of Participants With a Dose-Limiting Toxicity (DLT)0

Adverse events

Collected over Date treatment consent signed to date off study, and up to 30 days following the last dose of study drug, approximately 5 months and 25 days.. Non-serious events are listed at a 0% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
ECI301 Dose Level 1 - 25 ug/kg and Radiation for Advanced or Metastatic Cancer0/1 (0%)0/1 (0%)1/1 (100%)
Most frequent other events
Showing 10 of 11
Most frequent other events
EventECI301 Dose Level 1 - 25 ug/kg and Radiation for Advanced or Metastatic Cancer
Alanine aminotransferase increasedInvestigations1/1
AnemiaBlood and lymphatic system disorders1/1
Aspartate aminotransferase increasedInvestigations1/1
Edema limbsGeneral disorders1/1
Erythema multiformeSkin and subcutaneous tissue disorders1/1
GastritisGastrointestinal disorders1/1
HeadacheNervous system disorders1/1
HyperkalemiaMetabolism and nutrition disorders1/1
Lymphocyte count decreasedInvestigations1/1
Pain in extremityMusculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders1/1

Baseline characteristics

Age, Categorical
Age, Categorical(Participants)ECI301 Dose Level 1 - 25 ug/kg and Radiation for Advanced or Metastatic Cancer
<=18 years0
Between 18 and 65 years1
>=65 years1
Age, Continuous
Age, Continuous(years)ECI301 Dose Level 1 - 25 ug/kg and Radiation for Advanced or Metastatic Cancer
Mean60.1 ± 9.62
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)ECI301 Dose Level 1 - 25 ug/kg and Radiation for Advanced or Metastatic Cancer
Female2
Male0
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)(Participants)ECI301 Dose Level 1 - 25 ug/kg and Radiation for Advanced or Metastatic Cancer
Hispanic or Latino0
Not Hispanic or Latino2
Unknown or Not Reported0
Race (NIH/OMB)
Race (NIH/OMB)(Participants)ECI301 Dose Level 1 - 25 ug/kg and Radiation for Advanced or Metastatic Cancer
American Indian or Alaska Native0
Asian1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander0
Black or African American0
White1
More than one race0
Unknown or Not Reported0
Region of Enrollment
Region of Enrollment(participants)ECI301 Dose Level 1 - 25 ug/kg and Radiation for Advanced or Metastatic Cancer
United States2
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Study locations

1 site
  • National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike
    Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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References and documents

Publications

  • Friedman EJ. Immune modulation by ionizing radiation and its implications for cancer immunotherapy. Curr Pharm Des. 2002;8(19):1765-80. doi: 10.2174/1381612023394089. PubMed 12171547 ↗
  • Sharp HJ, Wansley EK, Garnett CT, Chakraborty M, Camphausen K, Schlom J, Hodge JW. Synergistic antitumor activity of immune strategies combined with radiation. Front Biosci. 2007 Sep 1;12:4900-10. doi: 10.2741/2436. PubMed 17569618 ↗
  • Maurer M, von Stebut E. Macrophage inflammatory protein-1. Int J Biochem Cell Biol. 2004 Oct;36(10):1882-6. doi: 10.1016/j.biocel.2003.10.019. PubMed 15203102 ↗

Study documents

  • Protocol and statistical analysis plan · Nov 1, 2011
  • Informed consent form · Nov 15, 2011

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Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 28, 2021, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01441115
Lead sponsor
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Responsible party
Deborah Citrin, M.D. (Principal Investigator, National Cancer Institute (NCI)) — Principal investigator
First posted
Sep 27, 2011
Start date
Sep 6, 2011
Primary completion
Apr 24, 2013
Completion
Apr 24, 2013
Results posted
Dec 28, 2021
Last update
Dec 28, 2021

Study contacts

Deborah E Citrin, M.D.
principal investigator · National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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