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Nivolumab and Ipilimumab in Treating Patients With Rare Tumors

A Phase 2 interventional study of Biospecimen Collection and Computed Tomography in Acinar Cell Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma and Adrenal Cortical Carcinoma, sponsored by National Cancer Institute (NCI). Active, not recruiting at 1,007 sites in 2 countries. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-06-17.

Sponsored by National Cancer Institute (NCI) · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
798
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This phase II trial studies nivolumab and ipilimumab in treating patients with rare tumors. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as nivolumab and ipilimumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread.

This trial enrolls participants for the following cohorts based on condition:

  1. Epithelial tumors of nasal cavity, sinuses, nasopharynx: A) Squamous cell carcinoma with variants of nasal cavity, sinuses, and nasopharynx and trachea (excluding laryngeal, nasopharyngeal cancer [NPC], and squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck [SCCHN]) B) Adenocarcinoma and variants of nasal cavity, sinuses, and nasopharynx (closed to accrual 07/27/2018)
  2. Epithelial tumors of major salivary glands (closed to accrual 03/20/2018)
  3. Salivary gland type tumors of head and neck, lip, esophagus, stomach, trachea and lung, breast and other location (closed to accrual)
  4. Undifferentiated carcinoma of gastrointestinal (GI) tract
  5. Adenocarcinoma with variants of small intestine (closed to accrual 05/10/2018)
  6. Squamous cell carcinoma with variants of GI tract (stomach small intestine, colon, rectum, pancreas) (closed to accrual 10/17/2018)
  7. Fibromixoma and low grade mucinous adenocarcinoma (pseudomixoma peritonei) of the appendix and ovary (closed to accrual 03/20/2018)
  8. Rare pancreatic tumors including acinar cell carcinoma, mucinous cystadenocarcinoma or serous cystadenocarcinoma. Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is not eligible (closed to accrual)
  9. Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (closed to accrual 03/20/2018)
  10. Extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma and bile duct tumors (closed to accrual 03/20/2018)
  11. Sarcomatoid carcinoma of lung
  12. Bronchoalveolar carcinoma lung. This condition is now also referred to as adenocarcinoma in situ, minimally invasive adenocarcinoma, lepidic predominant adenocarcinoma, or invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma
  13. Non-epithelial tumors of the ovary: A) Germ cell tumor of ovary B) Mullerian mixed tumor and adenosarcoma (closed to accrual 03/30/2018)
  14. Trophoblastic tumor: A) Choriocarcinoma (closed to accrual)
  15. Transitional cell carcinoma other than that of the renal, pelvis, ureter, or bladder (closed to accrual)
  16. Cell tumor of the testes and extragonadal germ tumors: A) Seminoma and testicular sex cord cancer B) Non seminomatous tumor C) Teratoma with malignant transformation (closed to accrual)
  17. Epithelial tumors of penis - squamous adenocarcinoma cell carcinoma with variants of penis (closed to accrual)
  18. Squamous cell carcinoma variants of the genitourinary (GU) system
  19. Spindle cell carcinoma of kidney, pelvis, ureter
  20. Adenocarcinoma with variants of GU system (excluding prostate cancer) (closed to accrual 07/27/2018)
  21. Odontogenic malignant tumors
  22. Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (PNET) (formerly named: Endocrine carcinoma of pancreas and digestive tract.) (closed to accrual)
  23. Neuroendocrine carcinoma including carcinoid of the lung (closed to accrual 12/19/2017)
  24. Pheochromocytoma, malignant (closed to accrual)
  25. Paraganglioma (closed to accrual 11/29/2018)
  26. Carcinomas of pituitary gland, thyroid gland parathyroid gland and adrenal cortex (closed to accrual)
  27. Desmoid tumors
  28. Peripheral nerve sheath tumors and NF1-related tumors (closed to accrual 09/19/2018)
  29. Malignant giant cell tumors
  30. Chordoma (closed to accrual 11/29/2018)
  31. Adrenal cortical tumors (closed to accrual 06/27/2018)
  32. Tumor of unknown primary (Cancer of Unknown Primary; CuP) (closed to accrual 12/22/2017)
  33. Not Otherwise Categorized (NOC) Rare Tumors [To obtain permission to enroll in the NOC cohort, contact: S1609SC@swog.org] (closed to accrual 03/15/2019)
  34. Adenoid cystic carcinoma (closed to accrual 02/06/2018)
  35. Vulvar cancer (closed to accrual)
  36. MetaPLASTIC carcinoma (of the breast) (closed to accrual)
  37. Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) (closed to accrual 09/26/2018)
  38. Perivascular epithelioid cell tumor (PEComa)
  39. Apocrine tumors/extramammary Paget's disease (closed to accrual)
  40. Peritoneal mesothelioma
  41. Basal cell carcinoma (temporarily closed to accrual 04/29/2020)
  42. Clear cell cervical cancer
  43. Esthenioneuroblastoma (closed to accrual)
  44. Endometrial carcinosarcoma (malignant mixed Mullerian tumors) (closed to accrual)
  45. Clear cell endometrial cancer
  46. Clear cell ovarian cancer (closed to accrual)
  47. Gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD)
  48. Gallbladder cancer
  49. Small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type
  50. PD-L1 amplified tumors
  51. Angiosarcoma
  52. High-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma (pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor [PNET] should be enrolled in Cohort 22; prostatic neuroendocrine carcinomas should be enrolled into Cohort 53). Small cell lung cancer is not eligible (closed to accrual)
  53. Treatment-emergent small-cell neuroendocrine prostate cancer (t-SCNC)
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PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To evaluate the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) version (v)1.1 overall response rate (ORR) in subsets of patients with advanced rare cancers treated with ipilimumab plus nivolumab combination immunotherapy.

II. To evaluate the overall response rate (ORR) in patients with gestational trophoblastic tumors treated with ipilimumab plus nivolumab combination immunotherapy.

III. To evaluate the RECIST v1.1 overall response rate (ORR) in patients PD-L1 amplified cancers treated with nivolumab immunotherapy.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To evaluate toxicities in each cohort. II. To estimate overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), clinical benefit rate; and to estimate immune related (i)RECIST ORR (iORR), and iRECIST PFS (iPFS) across cohorts and within each cohort.

OUTLINE: Patients are assigned to 1 of 2 arms.

ARM I (ALL COHORTS EXCEPT THE PD-L1 AMPLIFIED COHORT): Patients receive nivolumab intravenously (IV) over 30 minutes on days 1, 15, and 29 and ipilimumab IV over 60 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every 42 days for up to 17 cycles (2 years) in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients who complete 17 cycles (2 years) of therapy, may continue receiving the same treatment with nivolumab and ipilimumab, or receive nivolumab once every 14 or 28 days (2 weeks or 4 weeks) per physician discretion in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients who stop treatment prior to the completion of 17 cycles of therapy may receive nivolumab once every 14 or 28 days (2 weeks or 4 weeks) in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo echocardiography (ECHO) during screening and on study. Patients also undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT) throughout the trial. Additionally, patients undergo blood sample collection throughout the trial.

ARM II (PD-L1 AMPLIFIED COHORT): Patients receive nivolumab IV over 30 minutes on days 1, 15 and 29. Treatment repeats every 42 days for up to 17 cycles (2 years) in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. After 17 cycles (2 years) of therapy, patients may receive nivolumab once every 14 or 28 days (2 weeks or 4 weeks) in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo ECHO during screening and on study. Patients also undergo MRI or CT throughout the trial. Additionally, patients undergo blood sample collection throughout the trial.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up for 10 years from registration.

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Conditions studied

  • Acinar Cell Carcinoma
  • Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma
  • Adrenal Cortical Carcinoma
  • Adrenal Gland Pheochromocytoma
  • Anal Canal Neuroendocrine Carcinoma
  • Anal Canal Undifferentiated Carcinoma
  • Angiosarcoma
  • Apocrine Neoplasm
  • Appendix Mucinous Adenocarcinoma
  • Bartholin Gland Transitional Cell Carcinoma
  • Basal Cell Carcinoma
  • Bladder Adenocarcinoma
  • Breast Metaplastic Carcinoma
  • Cervical Adenocarcinoma
  • Cholangiocarcinoma
  • Chordoma
  • Colorectal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
  • Desmoid Fibromatosis
  • Endometrial Transitional Cell Carcinoma
  • Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma
  • Esophageal Neuroendocrine Carcinoma
  • Esophageal Undifferentiated Carcinoma
  • Extrahepatic Bile Duct Carcinoma
  • Extramammary Paget Disease
  • Fallopian Tube Adenocarcinoma
  • Fallopian Tube Transitional Cell Carcinoma
  • Fibromyxoid Tumor
  • Gallbladder Carcinoma
  • Gastric Neuroendocrine Carcinoma
  • Gastric Squamous Cell Carcinoma
  • Gastric Undifferentiated Carcinoma
  • Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor
  • Gestational Trophoblastic Tumor
  • Giant Cell Carcinoma
  • Human Papillomavirus-Independent Cervical Adenocarcinoma, Clear Cell-Type
  • Intestinal Neuroendocrine Carcinoma
  • Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
  • Lung Neuroendocrine Tumor
  • Lung Sarcomatoid Carcinoma
  • Major Salivary Gland Carcinoma
  • Malignant Neoplasm of Unknown Primary
  • Malignant Odontogenic Neoplasm
  • Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor
  • Malignant Solid Neoplasm
  • Malignant Testicular Sex Cord-Stromal Tumor
  • Metastatic Pituitary Neuroendocrine Tumor
  • Minimally Invasive Lung Adenocarcinoma
  • Mixed Mesodermal (Mullerian) Tumor
  • Mucinous Adenocarcinoma
  • Mucinous Cystadenocarcinoma
  • Nasal Cavity Adenocarcinoma
  • Nasal Cavity Carcinoma
  • Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
  • Nasopharyngeal Low Grade Papillary Adenocarcinoma
  • Nasopharyngeal Undifferentiated Carcinoma
  • Oral Cavity Carcinoma
  • Oropharyngeal Undifferentiated Carcinoma
  • Ovarian Adenocarcinoma
  • Ovarian Germ Cell Tumor
  • Ovarian Mucinous Adenocarcinoma
  • Ovarian Squamous Cell Carcinoma
  • Ovarian Transitional Cell Carcinoma
  • Pancreatic Acinar Cell Carcinoma
  • Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Carcinoma
  • Paraganglioma
  • Paranasal Sinus Adenocarcinoma
  • Paranasal Sinus Carcinoma
  • Parathyroid Gland Carcinoma
  • PEComa
  • Penile Squamous Cell Carcinoma
  • Peritoneal Mesothelial Neoplasm
  • Placental Choriocarcinoma
  • Primary Peritoneal High Grade Serous Adenocarcinoma
  • Pseudomyxoma Peritonei
  • Rare Disorder
  • Scrotal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
  • Seminal Vesicle Adenocarcinoma
  • Seminoma
  • Serous Cystadenocarcinoma
  • Small Intestinal Adenocarcinoma
  • Small Intestinal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
  • Spindle Cell Neoplasm
  • Teratoma With Somatic-Type Malignancy
  • Testicular Non-Seminomatous Germ Cell Tumor
  • Thyroid Gland Carcinoma
  • Tracheal Carcinoma
  • Transitional Cell Carcinoma
  • Ureter Adenocarcinoma
  • Ureter Squamous Cell Carcinoma
  • Urethral Adenocarcinoma
  • Urethral Squamous Cell Carcinoma
  • Vaginal Adenocarcinoma
  • Vaginal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Not Otherwise Specified
  • Vulvar Carcinoma
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In context

Carcinoma, Acinar Cell

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Lead sponsor

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Of its 411 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 373 (91%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

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

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients are eligible under ONE of the following criteria:

    • For all cohorts except the gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD) (Cohort #47), patients must have histologically and/or biochemically confirmed rare cancer and must be able to submit specimens; to be eligible for the GTD cohort: patients must have disease confirmed by quantitative serum beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) within 28 days prior to registration and must be able to submit blood specimens (tissue submission is not required for patients who will be registered to the GTD cohort [Cohort #47]); NOTE: Subsequent to site's Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval of revision 3, patients are NOT required to participate in EAY131 "National Cancer Institute (NCI)-Molecular Analysis for Therapy Choice (MATCH)" to register to S1609 OR
    • FOR PATIENTS WITH AMPLIFICATION (COHORT #50) ONLY: All solid tumors (excluding lymphoma) are allowed for the PD-L1 amplified cohort if they have PD-L1 amplification; patients may be considered for registration to the PD-L1 amplified cohort (Cohort #50) with the confirmation of at least one of the study chairs; PD-L1 amplification is defined as having deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) copy number of equal to or greater than six by any of the following Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA)-approved lab; (Immunohisochemistry [IHC] and fluorescence in situ hybridization [FISH] are not allowed); the assay must be done at or after the diagnosis of advanced disease, but PRIOR TO REGISTRATION; NOTE: patients with PD-L1 overexpression by IHC or PD-L1 amplification by FISH do not quality for this cohort; OR
    • FOR PATIENTS ENROLLED IN EAY131 "NCI-MATCH" PRIOR TO EAY131 ADDENDUM 10 ONLY: Patients must have confirmed rare cancer that did not have a match to a molecularly-guided therapy on EAY131 "NCI-MATCH" protocol or who are off protocol treatment on EAY131, "NCI-MATCH" and have no further molecularly-matched treatment recommendations per EAY131, "NCI-MATCH" or who are otherwise unable to receive EAY131, "NCI-MATCH" therapy
  • Patients who do not qualify for one of the histologic cohorts and are not on the ineligible histology list may be considered for registration in the "Not Otherwise Categorized" Rare Tumors cohort with confirmation of at least one of the study chairs via email

    • NOTE: The "Not Otherwise Categorized" Rare Tumors cohort was permanently closed to accrual on 3/15/2019
  • Patients who are determined to have a rare cancer with unknown primary site are eligible under cohort #32 (tumor of unknown primary [cancer of unknown primary; CuP]), provided that there is histologic documentation of with no discernible primary site identified from histopathologic review, physical exam and associated cross-sectional imaging of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis

    • NOTE: The "Tumor of unknown primary (Cancer of Unknown Primary; CuP" cohort was permanently closed to accrual on 12/22/2017
  • Patients must also meet one of the following:

    • Patients must have progressed following at least one line of standard systemic therapy and there must not be other approved/standard therapy available that has been shown to prolong overall survival (i.e. in a randomized trial against another standard treatment or by comparison to historical controls); patients who cannot receive other standard therapy that has been shown to prolonged survival due to medical issues will be eligible, if other eligibility criteria are met; OR
    • Patients for whose disease no standard treatment exists that has been shown to prolong overall survival
  • For all cohorts except the GTD cohort (Cohort #47): Patients must have a diagnostic quality computed tomography (CT) scan or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), performed within 28 days prior to registration, which demonstrates , as defined in v. 1.1; scans must include imaging of the chest, abdomen and pelvis, with the exception of patients with head/neck cancer, who must have imaging of the chest, abdomen, pelvis and neck; if there is clinical suspicion for bone metastases at the time of enrollment (in the judgement of the treating investigator) bone scan should be performed; bone scans done within 42 days prior to registration may be used to establish baseline condition at registration
  • No other prior malignancy is allowed except for the following:

    • Adequately managed stage I or II cancer from which the patient is currently in complete remission
    • Any other cancer from which the patient has been disease free for one year
    • Adequately managed stage I or II follicular thyroid or prostate cancer is also eligible, wherein patient is not required to be in complete remission
    • Note: Second primary tumors are not allowed concurrent with any of the eligible rare cancers
  • For all cohorts except the PD-L1 amplified tumors cohort (Cohort # 50): Patients may have received either prior anti-CTLA4 or other prior anti-PD-1/anti-PD-L1 therapy, but not both, provided that it is completed >= 4 weeks prior to registration. To be eligible for the PD-L1 amplified tumors cohort (Cohort #50): Patients must not have received anti-PD-1/anti-PD-L1 therapy; prior anti-CTLA-4 is allowed provided that it is completed >= 4 weeks prior to registration
  • Patients who had prior grade 3 or higher immune-related adverse event (e.g. pneumonitis, hepatitis, colitis, endocrinopathy) with prior immunotherapy (e.g. cancer vaccine, cytokine, etc.) are not eligible
  • Patients with clinically controlled thyroiditis or pituitary disorders on stable replacement therapy are eligible
  • Patients are not eligible if they have had or are planned for solid organ transplant
  • Patients with disease who are otherwise eligible must not have received and therapy within 28 days prior to registration
  • Patients with or primary brain tumors must have completed treatment, surgery or radiation therapy >= 28 days prior to registration and have stable disease at time of registration; these patients must also have a CT or MRI of the brain to evaluate for CNS disease within 42 days prior to registration to S1609; metastatic brain parenchymal disease must have been treated and patient must be off steroids for 7 days prior to registration
  • Patients must not currently be receiving any other agents or any other systemic anti-cancer therapy (including radiation, excluding RANKL inhibitors and bisphosphonates); in event patient recently received any other systemic anti-cancer therapy, patient must be off therapy at least 7 days prior to registration and any therapy-induced toxicity must have recovered to =\< grade 1, except alopecia and =\< grade 2 neuropathy which are allowed; any planned radiation therapy must be completed before registration to S1609
  • Patients must not have prior history of allergy or known to nivolumab or ipilimumab
  • Hormonal or endocrine blockade is permitted as long as patient has demonstrated progression on prior therapy (e.g. gonadotrophin releasing hormone [GnRH], somatostatin); long-acting somatostatin analogs (including octreotide) and androgen deprivation treatment (including long-acting leuprolide) are permitted while on protocol therapy
  • Patients must be >= 18 years of age
  • Patients must have a Zubrod performance status of 0-2
  • (ANC) >= 1,000/mcL (within 28 days prior to registration)
  • >= 75,000/mcL (within 28 days prior to registration)
  • >= 8 g/dL (within 28 days prior to registration)
  • Total =\< 2.0 x institutional (IULN) or for documented/suspected Gilbert's disease, total bilirubin =\< 3.0 x IULN (within 28 days prior to registration)
  • (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) both =\< 3 x IULN (within 28 days prior to registration)
  • Serum creatinine =\< 2.0 x IULN (within 28 days prior to registration)
  • (CrCl) >= 50 mL/min., as estimated by the Cockcroft and Gault formula; estimated creatinine clearance is based on actual body weight (within 28 days prior to registration)
  • Patients must have adequate thyroid function, as evidenced by either thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) or, free thyroxine (T4) serum tests demonstrating values within the normal range, within 28 days prior to registration; at pre-registration, if TSH is not within normal limits, then free T4 must be performed and must be within normal range for patient to be eligible; Note: TSH, with reflex T4 (if TSH is abnormal) is allowable if per institutional standard, provided that free T4 is within normal range; patients who have undergone thyroidectomy or who are on thyroid suppression for their cancer are not required to have normal TSH and free T4
  • Patients must have adequate adrenal axis function, as evidenced by cortisol levels within institutional normal ranges (ante meridiem [AM] cortisol preferred), OR adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) values within the institutional normal ranges within 28 days prior to registration; if cortisol levels are not within normal limits prior to registration, then ACTH must be performed and must be within normal ranges for patient to be eligible; Note: Neither cortisol nor ACTH levels are required for patients with primary adrenal tumors (e.g. adrenocortical carcinoma)
  • For women of , the local investigator must rule out pregnancy; Except for Cohorts 13 and 47, where tumor types may express beta-hCG, women of childbearing potential must have a serum or urine pregnancy test within 7 days prior to registration; for Cohorts 13 and 47, where tumor types may produce hCG (e.g. germ cell tumors or trophoblastic disease), other pregnancy exclusion methods should be used to rule out pregnancy, such as ultrasound examination, documented history of effective , or documented infertility; all females of childbearing potential must have been demonstrated not to be pregnant within 7 days prior to registration and agree to use birth control throughout study and for 23 weeks after completion of protocol therapy; patients must not be pregnant or nursing due to risk of fetal or nursing infant harm; women of childbearing potential must have agreed to use an effective contraceptive method; a woman is considered to be of "childbearing potential" if she has had menses at any time in the preceding 12 consecutive months; in addition to routine contraceptive methods, "effective contraception" also includes heterosexual celibacy and surgery intended to prevent pregnancy (or with a side-effect of pregnancy prevention) defined as a hysterectomy, bilateral oophorectomy or bilateral tubal ligation; however, if at any point a previously celibate patient chooses to become heterosexually active during the time period for use of contraceptive measures outlined in the protocol, she is responsible for beginning contraceptive measures
  • Men of must have agreed to use birth control throughout the study and for 31 weeks after completion of protocol therapy; in addition to routine contraceptive methods, "effective contraception" also includes heterosexual celibacy and surgery intended to prevent pregnancy (vasectomy); however, if at any point a previously celibate patient chooses to become heterosexually active during the time period for use of contraceptive measures outlined in the protocol, he is responsible for beginning contraceptive measures
  • Patients must not have known active virus (HBV) or hepatitis virus () infection at time of registration; patients with HBV or HCV that have an undetectable viral load and no residual hepatic impairment are eligible
  • Patients who are known to be (HIV)-positive at registration are eligible at the time of registration:

    • greater or equal to 250 cells/mm\^3
    • No history of non-malignancy acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-defining conditions other than historical low CD4+ cell counts
  • Patients must not have active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in past 2 years (i.e., with use of disease modifying agents, immunosuppressive drugs, or corticosteroids with prednisone dose >= 10 mg); replacement therapy (e.g., thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency, etc.) is not considered a form of systemic treatment; autoimmune diseases include but are not limited to autoimmune hepatitis, inflammatory bowel disease (including ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease), as well as symptomatic disease (e.g.: rheumatoid arthritis, systemic progressive sclerosis [scleroderma], systemic lupus erythematosus, autoimmune vasculitis [e.g., Wegener's granulomatosis]); central nervous system (CNS) or motor neuropathy considered of autoimmune origin (e.g., Guillain-Barre syndrome and Myasthenia gravis, multiple sclerosis or glomerulonephritis); vitiligo, alopecia, hypothyroidism on stable doses of thyroid replacement therapy, psoriasis not requiring systemic therapy within the past 2 years is permitted; short-term steroid premedication for contrast allergy is permitted
  • Patients must not have any uncontrolled intercurrent illness including (not limited to): symptomatic congestive heart failure (CHF) ( [NYHA] III/IV), unstable angina pectoris or coronary angioplasty, or stenting within 24 weeks prior to registration, unstable cardiac arrhythmia (ongoing cardiac dysrhythmias of NCI [CTCAE] version [v] 4 grade >= 2), known psychiatric illness that would limit study compliance, intra-cardiac defibrillators, known cardiac metastases, or abnormal cardiac valve morphology (>= grade 3)

    • Note: Patients with history of CHF or patients who are deemed at risk because of underlying cardiovascular disease or exposure to cardiotoxic drugs should have an (EKG) and echocardiogram (ECHO), as clinically indicated, at baseline and at the start of each cycle; patients who have evidence at baseline (or subsequently) of CHF, myocardial infarction (MI), cardiomyopathy, or myositis cardiac evaluation (NYHA I/II) should have additional consult by a cardiologist, including review of EKG, creatine phosphokinase (CPK), troponin, echocardiogram, as clinically indicated
  • Patients must have amylase or lipase within =\< 1.5 x IULN without symptoms of pancreatitis at registration, within 28 days prior to registration
  • Patients must not have symptomatic interstitial lung disease or pneumonitis
  • Patients must have fully recovered from any adverse effects of major surgery (to =\< grade 1) at least 14 days prior to registration
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(29)

Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.

PD-1, PD-L1 and checkpoint inhibitors

PD-1, PD-L1 and CTLA-4 are proteins that act as brakes on the immune system. Checkpoint inhibitors, such as pembrolizumab or nivolumab, block them so the immune system can attack a cancer.

PD-L1 can also be measured in a tumour sample. Some scores count stained tumour cells only (TPS); others also count certain immune cells (CPS). The study names the score and the minimum it uses.

Histologically or cytologically confirmed

The diagnosis was confirmed by looking at a sample under a microscope: tissue from a biopsy or surgery (histology), or cells from a fluid or needle sample (cytology).

Your pathology report is the document that shows this.

Metastases

Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.

Cancer (malignancy)

Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.

Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.

Measurable disease

The amount of disease can be tracked with a defined measurement, so the study can see whether it shrinks or grows. It might be a tumour measured on a scan or, in some blood cancers such as myeloma, a marker measured in blood or urine.

The criteria or the study team say which measurement counts — having no tumour visible on a scan does not by itself rule you out.

RECIST

The standard rules for measuring tumours on CT or MRI scans, to tell whether a cancer is shrinking, stable or growing during treatment.

“Measurable disease per RECIST 1.1” usually means at least one tumour 10 mm or more at its longest on a CT scan, or a lymph node 15 mm or more across its short axis.

Autoimmune disease

A condition in which the immune system attacks the body’s own tissues, such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, psoriasis, type 1 diabetes or inflammatory bowel disease.

Immunotherapy studies often leave out active autoimmune disease, and some name exceptions, such as thyroid disease on replacement hormone. Check the exceptions this study lists.

Corticosteroids (steroids)

Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.

Studies differ in what they allow: check which steroid medicines, routes (tablets, injections, creams, inhalers, eye drops) and doses this study accepts.

Immunosuppression

A weakened immune system. It can come from an illness, such as HIV or some blood cancers, or from medicines that turn the immune system down, for example after an organ transplant or for an autoimmune disease; steroids at higher doses count.

Read whether the line is about a condition or about medicines, and which medicines and doses it means.

Brain metastases

Cancer deposits in the brain from a cancer that started elsewhere in the body (CNS metastases include the spinal cord).

Studies differ: some leave out any brain metastases, some accept ones treated and stable for some weeks. Check what this study allows.

Investigational drug or device

A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.

It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.

Hypersensitivity

An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.

Absolute neutrophil count (ANC)

The number of neutrophils, white blood cells that help fight infection, in a given amount of blood. Too few raises the risk of infection.

It is a count, not a percentage of the white cells. Limits are written in units that mean the same: ≥ 1.5 × 10⁹/L is ≥ 1,500 per mm³ (µL). Each lab has its own reference range.

Platelets

Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.

Hemoglobin (Hb)

The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A low level is anaemia, which can cause tiredness and breathlessness. Measured in g/dL or g/L (9 g/dL is 90 g/L).

Bilirubin

A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.

Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.

ULN (upper limit of normal)

The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.

“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.

ALT and AST (liver enzymes)

Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.

Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.

Creatinine clearance (CrCl)

How quickly the kidneys clear creatinine, a waste product, from the blood. A study may estimate it from a blood test with age, weight and sex (often by the Cockcroft–Gault formula), or measure it using blood and urine collected over a set time. Given in mL/min; higher is better.

Childbearing potential

Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).

Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

Reproductive potential

Able to have children. For women this usually means from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery; for men, unless permanently sterile. Read who the line is about — participants, women, men, or their partners.

Criteria about it usually ask for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

Hepatitis B tests

Hepatitis B is a virus that infects the liver. These are separate tests: HBsAg positive usually means a current infection (a recent vaccination can briefly cause it too); total anti-HBc (HBcAb) positive means an infection now or in the past; HBV DNA measures how much virus is in the blood.

Some studies accept a past infection if HBV DNA is undetectable, sometimes with antiviral medicine during the study. Check what this study allows.

Hepatitis C tests

Hepatitis C is a virus that infects the liver. An HCV antibody test can stay positive after an infection has cleared (and is occasionally positive without one); an HCV RNA test shows whether the virus is there now.

After treatment, hepatitis C counts as cured when HCV RNA is still undetectable 12 weeks or more after the treatment ended. Studies often accept people cured this way.

HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.

Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.

CD4 count

The number of CD4 cells, a type of white blood cell, in a given amount of blood. It is used to follow how well the immune system is doing in HIV.

NYHA class (heart failure)

The New York Heart Association’s four classes of how much heart failure limits physical activity.

I
No limits: ordinary activity causes no undue tiredness or breathlessness.
II
Slight limits: comfortable at rest, ordinary activity causes symptoms.
III
Marked limits: comfortable at rest, less than ordinary activity causes symptoms.
IV
Symptoms even at rest; any activity makes them worse.

Studies set their own limit — many outside heart failure leave out class III–IV, while heart failure studies may ask for a particular class. Check the class this study names.

CTCAE grade

The US National Cancer Institute’s scale of how severe an adverse event is — any unwanted medical event during a study, such as a symptom, an illness or an abnormal test result, whether or not a treatment caused it. Whether it did is judged separately.

1
Mild.
2
Moderate.
3
Severe.
4
Life-threatening.
5
Death due to the event.

“Side effects of earlier treatment resolved to grade 1 or less” means they have settled to mild or gone.

ECG (electrocardiogram)

A recording of the heart’s electrical activity, taken with stickers on the chest, arms and legs. It takes a few minutes and does not hurt.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
798 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Arm I (nivolumab, ipilimumab)

    Patients receive nivolumab IV over 30 minutes on days 1, 15, and 29 and ipilimumab IV over 60 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every 42 days for up to 17 cycles (2 years) in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients who complete 17 cycles (2 years) of therapy, may continue receiving the same treatment with nivolumab and ipilimumab, or receive nivolumab once every 14 or 28 days (2 weeks or 4 weeks) per physician discretion in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients who stop treatment prior to the completion of 17 cycles of therapy may receive nivolumab once every 14 or 28 days (2 weeks or 4 weeks) in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo ECHO during screening and on study. Patients also undergo MRI or CT throughout the trial. Additionally, patients undergo blood sample collection throughout the trial.

    Procedure: Biospecimen Collection · Procedure: Computed Tomography · Procedure: Echocardiography Test · Biological: Ipilimumab · Procedure: Magnetic Resonance Imaging · Biological: Nivolumab

  • Experimental
    Arm II (nivolumab)

    Patients receive nivolumab IV over 30 minutes on days 1, 15 and 29. Treatment repeats every 42 days for up to 17 cycles (2 years) in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. After 17 cycles (2 years) of therapy, patients may receive nivolumab once every 14 or 28 days (2 weeks or 4 weeks) in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo ECHO during screening and on study. Patients also undergo MRI or CT throughout the trial. Additionally, patients undergo blood sample collection throughout the trial.

    Procedure: Biospecimen Collection · Procedure: Computed Tomography · Procedure: Echocardiography Test · Procedure: Magnetic Resonance Imaging · Biological: Nivolumab

Interventions

  • ProcedureBiospecimen Collection

    Undergo blood sample collection

    Also known as: Biological Sample Collection, Biospecimen Collected, Sample Collection, Specimen Collection

  • ProcedureComputed Tomography

    Undergo CT

    Also known as: CAT, CAT Scan, Computed Axial Tomography, Computerized Axial Tomography, Computerized axial tomography (procedure), Computerized Tomography, Computerized Tomography (CT) scan, CT, CT Scan, Diagnostic CAT Scan, Diagnostic CAT Scan Service Type, tomography

  • ProcedureEchocardiography Test

    Undergo ECHO

    Also known as: EC, Echocardiography

  • BiologicalIpilimumab

    Given IV

    Also known as: Anti-Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte-Associated Antigen-4 Monoclonal Antibody, BMS 734016, BMS-734016, BMS734016, Ipilimumab Biosimilar CS1002, MDX 010, MDX-010, MDX-CTLA4, MDX010, Yervoy

  • ProcedureMagnetic Resonance Imaging

    Undergo MRI

    Also known as: Magnetic Resonance, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Magnetic resonance imaging (procedure), Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scan, Medical Imaging, Magnetic Resonance / Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, MR, MR Imaging, MRI, MRI Scan, MRIs, NMR Imaging, NMRI, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging, sMRI, Structural MRI

  • BiologicalNivolumab

    Given IV

    Also known as: ABP 206, BCD-263, BMS 936558, BMS-936558, BMS936558, CMAB819, MDX 1106, MDX-1106, MDX1106, NIVO, Nivolumab Biosimilar ABP 206, Nivolumab Biosimilar BCD-263, Nivolumab Biosimilar CMAB819, ONO 4538, ONO-4538, ONO4538, Opdivo

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Overall response rate (ORR)

    Defined as confirmed and unconfirmed complete and partial response. Assessed by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1.

    Time frame: Up to 10 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. Incidence of adverse events

    Graded by National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 4.0. Assuming 16 eligible patients per stratum, this will be sufficient to estimate each binary version of this endpoint within +/- 25% (95% confidence interval).

    Time frame: Up to 10 years

  2. Best response

    Calculated from the sequence of RECIST 1.1 and immune-related (i)RECIST objectives. Assuming 16 eligible patients per stratum, this will be sufficient to estimate each binary version of this endpoint within +/- 25% (95% confidence interval).

    Time frame: Up to 10 years

  3. Clinical benefit rate

    Defined as complete response, partial response, or stable disease, estimated using both RECIST and iRECIST. Assuming 16 eligible patients per stratum, this will be sufficient to estimate each binary version of this endpoint within +/- 25% (95% confidence interval).

    Time frame: 6 months

  4. Overall survival (OS)

    Estimated using both RECIST and immune-related (ir) RESIST criteria (RC). Assuming 16 eligible patients per stratum, this will be sufficient to estimate each binary version of this endpoint within +/- 25% (95% confidence interval).

    Time frame: From date of registration to date of death due to any cause, assessed up to 10 years

  5. Progression free survival (PFS)

    Estimated using both RECIST and irRC. Assuming 16 eligible patients per stratum, this will be sufficient to estimate each binary version of this endpoint within +/- 25% (95% confidence interval).

    Time frame: From date of registration to date of first documentation of progression or symptomatic deterioration or death, assessed up to 10 years

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Study locations

1,007 sites

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References and documents

Publications

  • Chae YK, Sun R, Patel SP, Giles F, Ohr JP, Worden FP, Suga JM, Naing A, Cohen EE, Wallace J, Kang HS, Fenton S, Chung LI, McLeod CM, Chen HX, Sharon E, Streicher H, Ryan CW, Othus M, Blanke CD, Kurzrock R. A phase II basket trial of DART SWOG S1609: the salivary gland tumor cohort. Ther Adv Med Oncol. 2026 Jul 23;18:17588359261451739. doi: 10.1177/17588359261451739. eCollection 2026. PubMed 42499790 ↗
  • Chae YK, Czeskleba J, Patel SP, Mentor A, Robinson W, Jones NL, Rampurwala M, Naing A, Beck JM, Moloney-Lineen C, Chung LI, McLeod CM, Chen HX, Sharon E, Threlkel S, Othus M, Ryan CW, Blanke CD, Kurzrock R. A phase II basket trial of Dual Anti-CTLA-4 and Anti-PD-1 Blockade in Rare Tumors (DART) SWOG S1609: vaginal cancer sub cohort results. J Gynecol Oncol. 2026 Mar 25. doi: 10.3802/jgo.2026.37.e92. Online ahead of print. PubMed 41995270 ↗
  • Swiecicki PL, Othus M, Patel SP, Kwang-Chae Y, Kurzrock R. Baseline tumor burden and outcomes in patients with rare cancers treated with immunotherapy (Southwest Oncology Group trial S1609). Cancer. 2026 Apr 1;132(7):e70374. doi: 10.1002/cncr.70374. PubMed 41892875 ↗
  • Chae YK, Othus M, Patel SP, Backes FJ, O'Malley DM, Cristea M, Naing A, Kurnit K, Eskander RN, T Goodrich S, Robinson WR, Scalici J, Chan J, Ali-Ahmad H, Hays J, McCormick C, Kim EJ, Sueblinvong T, Ahmed A, Siedel J, Thomes Pepin J, Bottsford-Miller JN, Fagbemi SO, Jaslowski AJ, Kim HS, Chung LI, Moloney-Lineen C, McLeod CM, Chen HX, Sharon E, Streicher H, Ryan CW, Blanke CD, Kurzrock R. DART/SWOG/NCI phase II anti-CTLA-4/PD-1 trial: clear cell carcinomas of ovary, endometrium, cervix. J Immunother Cancer. 2026 Feb 11;14(2):e012805. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2025-012805. PubMed 41672597 ↗
  • Patel SP, Fisher J, Chae YK, Soto LS, Kasi A, Konda B, Walshauser M, Parra E, Zhang J, Duault C, Gonzalez-Kozlova E, Manyam G, Zhang J, Chen H, Duose DY, Laberiano Fernandez C, Luthra R, Al-Atrash G, Kim-Schulze S, Maecker HT, Wistuba II, Gnjatic S, Lee JJ, Zhang J, Magner CM, Chen HX, Sharon E, Othus M, Ryan CW, Blanke C, Haymaker CL, Kurzrock R. Phase II basket trial of Dual Anti-CTLA-4 and anti-PD-1 blockade in Rare Tumors (DART) SWOG S1609: pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasm (PNEN) cohort. J Immunother Cancer. 2025 Jun 30;13(6):e011760. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2025-011760. PubMed 40588371 ↗
  • Patel SP, Cano-Linson E, Chae YK, Schokrpur S, Lao CD, Powers BC, Victor AI, Onitilo AA, Shin S, Takebe N, Threlkel S, McLeod CM, Chen HX, Sharon E, Othus M, Ryan CW, Blanke CD, Kurzrock R. Dual anti-CTLA-4 and anti-PD-1 blockade in metastatic basal cell carcinoma. NPJ Precis Oncol. 2025 Jan 24;9(1):24. doi: 10.1038/s41698-024-00798-1. PubMed 39856213 ↗
  • Chae YK, Othus M, Patel SP, Gerber DE, Tanvetyanon T, Kim HS, Chung LI, McLeod CM, Lopez G, Chen HX, Sharon E, Streicher H, Ryan CW, Blanke CD, Kurzrock R. Phase II trial of dual anti-CTLA-4 and anti-PD-1 blockade in rare tumors SWOG/NCI experience: invasive mucinous or non-mucinous lepidic adenocarcinoma of the lung (formerly bronchioloalveolar carcinoma). Ther Adv Med Oncol. 2024 Nov 22;16:17588359241293401. doi: 10.1177/17588359241293401. eCollection 2024. PubMed 39583952 ↗
  • Chae YK, Othus M, Patel SP, Wilkinson KJ, Whitman-Purves EM, Lea J, Schallenkamp JM, Adra N, Appleman LJ, Alden M, Thomes Pepin J, Ellerton JA, Poklepovic A, Walter A, Rampurwala MM, Robinson WR, Kim HS, Chung LI, McLeod CM, Lopez G, Chen HX, Sharon E, Streicher H, Ryan CW, Blanke CD, Kurzrock R. SWOG/NCI Phase II Dual Anti-CTLA-4/PD-1 Blockade in Rare Tumors: Nonepithelial Ovarian Cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2024 Dec 16;30(24):5593-5600. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-24-0606. PubMed 39417692 ↗
  • Chae YK, Othus M, Patel S, Powers B, Hsueh CT, Govindarajan R, Bucur S, Kim HS, Chung LI, McLeod C, Chen HX, Sharon E, Streicher H, Ryan CW, Blanke C, Kurzrock R. Phase II basket trial of dual anti-CTLA-4 and anti-PD-1 blockade in rare tumors (DART) SWOG S1609: the desmoid tumors. J Immunother Cancer. 2024 Sep 28;12(9):e009128. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2024-009128. PubMed 39343510 ↗
  • Patel SP, Othus M, Chae YK, Huynh T, Tan B, Kuzel T, McLeod C, Lopez G, Chen HX, Sharon E, Streicher H, Ryan CW, Blanke C, Kurzrock R. Phase II basket trial of Dual Anti-CTLA-4 and Anti-PD-1 blockade in Rare Tumors (DART) SWOG S1609: adrenocortical carcinoma cohort. J Immunother Cancer. 2024 Jul 27;12(7):e009074. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2024-009074. PubMed 39067873 ↗
  • Patel SP, Guadarrama E, Chae YK, Dennis MJ, Powers BC, Liao CY, Ferri WA Jr, George TJ, Sharon E, Ryan CW, Othus M, Lopez G, Blanke CD, Kurzrock R. SWOG 1609 cohort 48: anti-CTLA-4 and anti-PD-1 for advanced gallbladder cancer. Cancer. 2024 Sep 1;130(17):2918-2927. doi: 10.1002/cncr.35243. Epub 2024 Feb 15. PubMed 38358334 ↗
  • Othus M, Patel SP, Chae YK, Dietrich E, Streicher H, Sharon E, Kurzrock R. Correlation between tumor size change and outcome in a rare cancer immunotherapy basket trial. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2024 May 8;116(5):673-680. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djae009. PubMed 38243705 ↗
  • Adams S, Othus M, Patel SP, Miller KD, Chugh R, Schuetze SM, Chamberlin MD, Haley BJ, Storniolo AMV, Reddy MP, Anderson SA, Zimmerman CT, O'Dea AP, Mirshahidi HR, Ahnert JR, Brescia FJ, Hahn O, Raymond JM, Biggs DD, Connolly RM, Sharon E, Korde LA, Gray RJ, Mayerson E, Plets M, Blanke CD, Chae YK, Kurzrock R. A Multicenter Phase II Trial of Ipilimumab and Nivolumab in Unresectable or Metastatic Metaplastic Breast Cancer: Cohort 36 of Dual Anti-CTLA-4 and Anti-PD-1 Blockade in Rare Tumors (DART, SWOG S1609). Clin Cancer Res. 2022 Jan 15;28(2):271-278. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-21-2182. Epub 2021 Oct 29. PubMed 34716198 ↗
  • Wagner MJ, Othus M, Patel SP, Ryan C, Sangal A, Powers B, Budd GT, Victor AI, Hsueh CT, Chugh R, Nair S, Leu KM, Agulnik M, Sharon E, Mayerson E, Plets M, Blanke C, Streicher H, Chae YK, Kurzrock R. Multicenter phase II trial (SWOG S1609, cohort 51) of ipilimumab and nivolumab in metastatic or unresectable angiosarcoma: a substudy of dual anti-CTLA-4 and anti-PD-1 blockade in rare tumors (DART). J Immunother Cancer. 2021 Aug;9(8):e002990. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2021-002990. PubMed 34380663 ↗
  • Patel SP, Mayerson E, Chae YK, Strosberg J, Wang J, Konda B, Hayward J, McLeod CM, Chen HX, Sharon E, Othus M, Ryan CW, Plets M, Blanke CD, Kurzrock R. A phase II basket trial of Dual Anti-CTLA-4 and Anti-PD-1 Blockade in Rare Tumors (DART) SWOG S1609: High-grade neuroendocrine neoplasm cohort. Cancer. 2021 Sep 1;127(17):3194-3201. doi: 10.1002/cncr.33591. Epub 2021 Apr 21. PubMed 33882143 ↗
  • Dai C, Liang S, Sun B, Kang J. The Progress of Immunotherapy in Refractory Pituitary Adenomas and Pituitary Carcinomas. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2020 Dec 11;11:608422. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2020.608422. eCollection 2020. PubMed 33362722 ↗
  • Patel SP, Othus M, Chae YK, Giles FJ, Hansel DE, Singh PP, Fontaine A, Shah MH, Kasi A, Baghdadi TA, Matrana M, Gatalica Z, Korn WM, Hayward J, McLeod C, Chen HX, Sharon E, Mayerson E, Ryan CW, Plets M, Blanke CD, Kurzrock R. A Phase II Basket Trial of Dual Anti-CTLA-4 and Anti-PD-1 Blockade in Rare Tumors (DART SWOG 1609) in Patients with Nonpancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors. Clin Cancer Res. 2020 May 15;26(10):2290-2296. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-19-3356. Epub 2020 Jan 22. PubMed 31969335 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jun 17, 2026, 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
NCT02834013
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jul 15, 2016
Start date
Jan 30, 2017
Primary completion
May 1, 2026
Completion
Jun 1, 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Jun 17, 2026

Study contacts

Sandip P Patel
principal investigator · SWOG Cancer Research Network

Oversight

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