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CompletedNCT02076633Updated May 27, 2015

Intratumoral Administration of L19IL2/L19TNF

A Phase 2 interventional study of L19IL2+L19TNF in Malignant Melanoma, Skin, sponsored by Philogen S.p.A.. Completed at 2 sites in Italy. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2015-05-27.

Sponsored by Philogen S.p.A. · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
21
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This Phase II study is an uncontrolled, multicenter, prospective study for patients with malignant melanoma of the skin in clinical stage III or stage IV M1a.

Twenty Patients will be treated with a mixture of L19IL2 and L19TNF once weekly for up to 4 weeks.

The dose will be distributed among the lesions via multiple intralesional injections.

The proportion of patients with complete response at week 12 will be calculated.

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L19IL2 is a recombinant fusion protein composed of a fully human recombinant monoclonal antibody (L19) and the human recombinant interleukin-2 (IL-2).

IL2, is a potent stimulator of the immune response. It has a central role in the regulation of T cell responses and effects on other immune cells such as natural killer cells, B cells, monocyte/macrophages and neutrophils. IL2 can induce tumor regression through its ability to stimulate a potent cell-mediated immune response in vivo.

L19TNF is a recombinant fusion protein composed of a fully human recombinant monoclonal antibody (L19) and the human tumor necrosis factor-alpha, a primary mediator of immune regulation and inflammation.

As an anti-tumor agent, TNF exerts its major effects via a preferential toxicity for the endothelial cells of the tumor-associated vasculature and an increase of the antitumor immune response. Given at sufficient doses (e.g. intratumorally or in the ILP setting with melphalan), TNF causes significant tumor shrinkage in solid cancer subjects.

This phase II signal generating study is designed to test the efficacy and safety of an intratumorally administered mixture of L19IL2 + L19TNF in patients suffering from metastatic melanoma. It is well documented that the intratumoral administration of IL-2 leads to a high response rate and unexpectedly favorable longtime outcome and several tumor responses have been observed in clinical trials of Philogen, both using intratumorally administered L19IL2 and L19TNF in the ILP setting.

Preclinical data produced within the Philogen group now suggest that the intratumoral administration of a mixture of L19IL2 and L19TNF could be even more effective. After only one intratumoral administration of a mixture of L19IL2 and L19TNF tumors disappeared completely while neither L19IL2 nor L19TNF monotherapy was nearly as effective.

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Conditions studied

  • Malignant Melanoma, Skin

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Keywords

  • L19
  • monoclonal
  • antibody
  • IL-2
  • TNFα
  • Interleukin
  • Phase II
  • metastatic melanoma
  • clinical stage III
  • Clinical stage IV M1a
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In context

Melanoma

3,073 studies on the registry are indexed under Melanoma; 529 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 21 is below the median of 38 across 2,400 interventional studies indexed under Melanoma.

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Lead sponsor

Philogen S.p.A. is the lead sponsor of 49 studies on the registry; 17 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Histologically confirmed malignant melanoma of the skin in clinical stage III or stage IV M1a
  • Presence of measurable and injectable cutaneous and/or subcutaneous lesions
  • Males or females, age ≥ 18 years
  • ECOG Performance Status/WHO Performance Status ≤ 2
  • Life expectancy of at least 12 weeks
  • Absolute neutrophil count > 1.5 x 10\^9/L
  • Hemoglobin > 9.0 g/dL
  • Platelets > 100 x 10\^9/L
  • Total bilirubin ≤ 30 μmol/L (or ≤ 2.0 mg/dl)
  • ALT and AST ≤ 2.5 x the upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Serum creatinine \< 1.5 x ULN
  • LDH serum level within normal range
  • All acute toxic effects (excluding alopecia) of any prior therapy must have resolved to National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) (v4.02) Grade ≤ 1 unless otherwise specified above
  • Negative serum pregnancy test (for women of child-bearing potential only) at screening
  • If of childbearing potential, agreement to use adequate contraceptive methods (e.g., oral contraceptives, condoms, or other adequate barrier controls, intrauterine contraceptive devices, or sterilization) beginning at the screening visit and continuing until 3 months following last treatment with study drug.
  • Able to provide written Informed Consent
  • Willingness and ability to comply with the scheduled visits, treatment plan, laboratory tests and other study procedures.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Uveal melanoma and mucosal melanoma
  • Evidence of visceral metastases and/or active brain metastases at screening
  • Previous or concurrent cancer that is distinct in primary site or histology from the cancer being evaluated in this study except cervical carcinoma in situ, treated basal cell carcinoma, superficial bladder tumors (TA, Tis \& Ti) or any cancer curatively treated \< 5 years prior to study entry
  • History of HIV infection or infectious hepatitis B or C
  • Presence of active infections (e.g. requiring antimicrobial therapy) or other severe concurrent disease, which, in the opinion of the investigator, would place the patient at undue risk or interfere with the study.
  • History within the last year of acute or subacute coronary syndromes including myocardial infarction, unstable or severe autoimmune disease
  • History of organ allograft or stem cell transplantation
  • Recovery from major trauma including surgery within 4 weeks prior to administration of study treatment.
  • Known history of allergy to IL2, TNF, or other human proteins/peptides/antibodies.
  • Breast feeding female
  • Anti-tumor therapy within 4 weeks of the administration of study treatment (except small surgery).
  • Previous in vivo exposure to monoclonal antibodies for biological therapy in the 6 weeks before administration of study treatment.
  • Planned administration of growth factors or immunomodulatory agents within 7 days before the administration of study treatment
  • Patients in need of systemic treatment for rapidly progressive systemic disease.
  • Patient requires or is taking corticosteroids or other immunosuppressant drugs on a long-term basis. Limited use of corticosteroids to treat or prevent acute hypersensitivity reactions is not considered an exclusion criterion.
  • Any conditions that in the opinion of the investigator could hamper compliance with the study protocol.
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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    L19IL2 + L19TNF

    One arm, intratumoral injections of 10 Mio IU of L19IL2 and 312 μg L19TNF. Weekly administration for all combined leasions

    Drug: L19IL2+L19TNF

Interventions

  • DrugL19IL2+L19TNF

    Drug pages: Darleukin · Onfekafusp alfa

    Patients will be treated with intratumoral injections of 10 MioIU L19IL2 and 312μg L19TNF once weekly for up to 4 weeks.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Rate of patients with complete response (CR) of L19IL2 treated Index/Non-Index lesions at week 12.

    Time frame: Week 12

Secondary outcomes

  1. Efficacy of L19IL2/L19TNF treated Index/non treated lesions

    * Rate of patients with CR, PR and SD of all metastases at week 12, 24 and 36 (objective response rate according to RECIST v 1.1) * Duration of objective response and disease control of all metastases * Median overall survival (mOS)

    Time frame: week 12, 24 and 36

  2. Overall survival (OS)

    Time frame: 1 year

  3. Safety of the combination treatment with L19IL2 and L19TNF

    Evaluation of the type and the number of adverse events eventually present

    Time frame: 1 year

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Study locations

2 sites
  • Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori
    Milan, Italy
  • Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese
    Siena, Italy
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 27, 2015, 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
NCT02076633
Lead sponsor
Philogen S.p.A.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Mar 3, 2014
Start date
Dec 2012
Primary completion
May 2015
Completion
May 2015
Last update
May 27, 2015

Study contacts

Mario Santinami, Dr
principal investigator · Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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