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TerminatedNCT03420521Updated Jan 9, 2024Results posted

Nivolumab With Ipilimumab in Subjects With Neuroendocrine Tumors

A Phase 2 interventional study of Nivolumab and Ipilimumab in Neuroendocrine Tumors and Carcinoid Tumor, sponsored by Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins. Terminated at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 100 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-01-09.

Primary conditionCarcinoid TumorRegistry: Neuroendocrine TumorsReclassifiedWhy we changed it
Registry
Neuroendocrine Tumors — the first condition term the registry derived for this study.
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Carcinoid Tumor
Why
  1. The study's listed conditions name Carcinoid Tumor, a narrower term within Neuroendocrine Tumors.
Confidence
High: the new condition is named in the study's own listed conditions. Of 351 hand-checked studies reclassified this way, 68% were exactly right and 84% in the right disease family; the registry's first term was right for 5% (measured 2026-10-21). How we classify →
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Sponsored by Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Why this study was terminated
Loss of funding
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
9
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 100 Years
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-12

Among 65 studies in Carcinoid Tumor with a site in United States — 7 open to participants now, 10 under way, 3 of them phase 3. Carcinoid Tumor · United States.

Enrollment
52nd of 57
9 · median 44
Started
2018
with 1 other
Phase 2
30 of 65
1 open now
Registered
52nd of 65
by date

Among the 65 studies in Carcinoid Tumor with a site in United States, this one is the 52nd largest by enrollment of the 57 interventional ones that give a count, is one of 2 that started in 2018, is one of 30 in phase 2, and was the 52nd registered.

Carcinoid Tumor

104 studies on the registry are indexed under Carcinoid Tumor; 11 are open to participants now.

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Open to participants now

7 of the 65 studies in Carcinoid Tumor with a site in United States are open now. Recruiting first, the newest first:

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Who these studies take

Of the 10 Carcinoid Tumor studies recruiting now, 7 (70%) set no upper age limit and none (0%) stop at 75 or younger; 1 takes children under 18; none take healthy volunteers.

This study: 18 Years to 100 Years · all sexes · no healthy volunteers.

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Study summary

This is a single arm open-label design study looking at Nivolumab plus Ipilimumab in patients with Advanced Neuroendocrine Tumors. Patients will be dosed Nivolumab 240mg IV over 60 minutes every 2 weeks (Q2W) and Ipilimumab 1mg/kg IV over 30 minutes every 6 weeks (Q6W). One cycle will include 3 doses of Nivolumab and 1 dose of Ipilimumab. The objective of this study is to evaluate the objective response rate of combination Nivolumab and Ipilimumab in advanced, well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors. Durability of response, and progression free survival (PFS) will also be described.

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Subjects with progressive, non-functional advanced or metastatic thoracic, GI or pancreatic well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors (NET) have few treatment options. The only FDA approved treatment regimen offers little response potential. In currently unpublished data with inhibitory immune checkpoint agents, patients with NET have shown promising clinical benefit. This therapy offers a novel approach to potentially provide long term benefit, but must be further explored. The safety profile of nivolumab plus ipilimumab is characterized by immune-related toxicities, such as diarrhea, rash, pneumonitis, liver toxicity, and endocrinopathies (Nivolumab, Ipilimumab Investigator's Brochures). The frequencies and intensities of these events in the combination are variable and depend on the specific doses and schedule used. In the dosing schedules selected, these events were mostly low grade and manageable with the use of corticosteroids. Nivolumab and ipilimumab combination therapy has shown improved efficacy over either agent alone in melanoma. Rationale for Single Arm Design This study will use a single arm open-label design. The objective of this study is to evaluate the objective response rate of combination nivolumab and ipilimumab in advanced, well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors. Durability of response, and PFS will also be described.

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Conditions studied

  • Neuroendocrine Tumors
  • Carcinoid Tumor

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In context

Carcinoid Tumor Reclassified

104 studies on the registry are indexed under Carcinoid Tumor; 11 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 9 is below the median of 44 across 73 interventional studies indexed under Carcinoid Tumor.

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Lead sponsor

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins is the lead sponsor of 582 studies on the registry; 71 are open to participants now.

Of its 114 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 68 (60%) have results posted.

Compared within Carcinoid Tumor, this study's primary condition as ClinicalTrials.gg classifies it; the registry's first condition term is Neuroendocrine Tumors. The counts are of registry records indexed under each term, refreshed daily. How we classify →

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 100 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Go through the criteria one by one — yes, no or not sure — and take the list to your doctor or the study team. Kept in this browser only.

Inclusion criteria

  • Subjects with confirmed advanced, progressive, well-differentiated nonfunctional NET of the pancreas, lung or gastrointestinal (GI) tract per the 8th International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer classification (IASLC) or the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Staging Handbook, 7th edition. Progression must be documented over the prior 12 months.

    • by CT or MRI per 1.1 criteria (Appendix 3); radiographic tumor assessment performed within 28 days before treatment. Target lesions may be located in a previously irradiated field if there is documented (radiographic) disease progression in that site after the completion of radiation therapy.
    • Prior therapy, including everolimus, octreotide, surgery, chemoradiation, is all permitted after being properly noted. This prior therapy must have been completed at least 28 days prior to study enrollment.
    • Patients with lung NETs must have progressed after at least 1 . Patients with GI NETs must have had at least 2 lines of prior therapy.
    • Subjects are to have tumor tissue sample available at central lab for programmed cell death ligand 1 () immunohistochemistry (IHC) testing during the screening period. Subjects can initiate therapy before the result of IHC testing.
    • (Stage 2 only) Subjects must be willing to undergo 2 sets of core needle (pre-treatment and at 6-8 weeks on therapy) if there are lesions amenable to biopsy. Subjects without a lesion amendable to biopsy will still be permitted to enroll provided they have an archival tumor sample for PD-L1 IHC testing. An optional core biopsy will be requested at progression.
    • (ECOG) performance status ≤ 1 (see Appendix 1)
    • Prior palliative radiotherapy to non-central nervous system (CNS) lesions must have been completed at least 2 weeks prior to treatment. Subjects with symptomatic tumor lesions at baseline that may require palliative radiotherapy within 4 weeks of first treatment are strongly encouraged to receive palliative radiotherapy prior to treatment.
    • Patients must have normal organ and marrow function as defined below:
    • white blood cell (WBC) ≥1,500/microliters (mcL)
    • ≥1,000/mcL
    • ≥ 8.0 g/dL
    • ≥75,000/mcL
    • total ≤ 1.5 x institutional (patients with Gilbert's syndrome may have serum bilirubin ≤ 3 x ULN)
    • (AST)/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 3 × institutional ULN (≤ 5 x ULN in the presence of liver )

      • creatinine
  • ≤ 1.5 × institutional ULN or (CrCl) ≥ 40 mL/min (if using the Cockcroft-Gault formula below):
  • Female:
  • CrCl = (140 - age in years) x weight in kg x 0.85

    o 72 x serum creatinine in mg/dL

  • Male:
  • CrCl = (140 - age in years) x weight in kg x 1.00

    • 72 x serum creatinine in mg/dL
    • Age ≥18 years of age
    • Patients must have recovered from adverse events due to prior treatment to ≤ grade 1, except for alopecia and sensory neuropathy ≤ grade 2.
    • Patients must be able to understand and the willingness to sign a written document.

Exclusion criteria

  • Subjects with poorly differentiated or small cell carcinoma histology

    • Subjects with disease that is amenable to surgical resection.
    • Subjects with history of or active symptoms of carcinoid or hormonal syndromes are permitted if symptoms are controlled with a somatostatin analog.
    • Hepatic intra-arterial embolization or peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) within 4-8 weeks; cryoablation, radiofrequency ablation or trans-arterial chemoembolization of hepatic within ≤ 4 weeks of study enrollment
    • Subjects with symptomatic untreated are excluded.
    • Subjects are eligible if CNS metastases are asymptomatic or adequately treated and subjects are neurologically returned to baseline (except for residual signs or symptoms related to the CNS treatment) for at least 2 weeks prior to first treatment.
    • In addition, subjects must be either off , or on a stable or decreasing dose of \<10 mg daily prednisone (or equivalent) for at least 2 weeks prior to first treatment.
    • Subjects with carcinomatous meningitis
    • Subjects must have recovered from the effects of major surgery or significant traumatic injury at least 14 days before first treatment.
    • Pregnant or breast-feeding women
    • Women of , who are biologically able to conceive, and not employing two forms of highly effective . Highly effective contraception must be used throughout the trial and up to 8 weeks after the last dose of study drug (e.g. male condom with spermicidal; diaphragm with spermicide; intra-uterine device). Women of child-bearing potential, defined as sexually mature women who have not undergone a hysterectomy or who have not been naturally for at least 12 consecutive months (i.e., who has had menses any time in the preceding 12 consecutive months), must have a negative serum pregnancy test ≤ 14 days prior to starting study drug.
    • Subjects with an active, known or suspected disease. Subjects with type I diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism only requiring hormone replacement, skin disorders (such as vitiligo, psoriasis, or alopecia) not requiring systemic treatment, or conditions not expected to recur in the absence of an external trigger are permitted to enroll.
    • Other active requiring concurrent intervention.
    • Subjects with a condition requiring systemic treatment with either corticosteroids (> 10 mg daily prednisone equivalent) or other medications within 14 days of first treatment. Inhaled or topical steroids, and adrenal replacement steroid 10 mg daily prednisone equivalent, are permitted in the absence of active autoimmune disease.
    • Subjects with interstitial lung disease that is symptomatic or may interfere with the detection or management of suspected drug-related pulmonary toxicity.
    • Known history of testing positive for (HIV) or known acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
    • Known medical condition that, in the investigator's opinion, would increase the risk associated with study participation or study drug administration or interferes with the interpretation of safety results.
    • Prior treatment with an , anti-PD-L1, anti-PD-L2, anti-cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (CTLA-4) antibody, or any other antibody or drug specifically targeting T-cell co-stimulation or checkpoint pathways
    • Any positive test for virus or virus indicating acute or chronic infection
    • History of allergy or to study drug components
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(28)

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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.

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.

Line of therapy

A line of therapy is one course of treatment, which may combine several drugs. First-line is the first course given; second-line follows when that stops working or is not tolerated.

“Two prior lines” means two courses that count separately under the study’s rules — not simply two drugs. Ask the study team if you are unsure how yours are counted.

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.

Biopsy and archival tissue

A biopsy takes a small piece of tissue to examine. “Archival tissue” is a sample already taken, for example at diagnosis, and kept by the hospital.

Whether a stored sample will do depends on when it was taken, how much there is and what the study needs. Ask whether the study accepts your stored sample or needs a new biopsy.

ECOG performance status

A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.

0
Fully active, no restrictions.
1
Limited in strenuous activity, but walking and able to do light work, such as housework or office work.
2
Walking and able to look after yourself, but unable to work; up and about more than half of waking hours.
3
Able to look after yourself only in part; in bed or a chair more than half of waking hours.
4
Unable to look after yourself at all; in bed or a chair all day.

Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.

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.

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).

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.

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.

Metastases

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

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.

Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

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.

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.

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.

Postmenopausal

Periods have stopped for good: usually no period for 12 months in a row without another medical reason, sometimes confirmed by a blood test (FSH).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Other
    Nivolumab plus Ipilimumab

    Nivolumab 240 mg IV over 60 minutes every 2 weeks (Q2W) Ipilimumab 1mg/kg IV over 30 minutes every 6 weeks (Q6W)

    Drug: Nivolumab · Drug: Ipilimumab

Interventions

  • 240mg IV over 60 minutes Q2W

    Also known as: Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS), BMS-936558

  • 1mg/kg IV over 30 minutes Q6W

    Also known as: Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS), BMS-734016

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Objective Response Rate (ORR) of Neuroendocrine Tumor (NET) of the Lung, Pancreas, and Gastrointestinal (GI) Tract

    The number of subjects who have at least one scan with an Objective Response (OR) of confirmed complete response (CR) or partial response (PR), per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.1) for target lesions as assessed by CT scan: Objective Response (OR), a response of CR or PR from baseline to PD, palliative local therapy, or subsequent anticancer therapy; Complete Response (CR), the disappearance of all target lesions and any pathological lymph nodes (target or non-target) with reduction in short axis to \<10 mm; Partial Response (PR), \>= 30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameters of target lesions, compared to baseline sum diameters

    Time frame: up to 24 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Number of Patients Experiencing Drug-related Adverse Events

    Safety as assessed by number of patients experiencing drug-related adverse events (safety and tolerability).

    Time frame: up to 27 months

  2. Number of Patients Experiencing Dose-limiting Toxicities

    Safety as assessed by number of patients experiencing dose-limiting toxicities (safety and tolerability).

    Time frame: up to 24 months

  3. Progression Free Survival (PFS) at 6 Months

    Percentage of patients treated with nivolumab and ipilimumab with no progressive disease (PD) at 6 months using Kaplan Meier estimate, per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.1) for target lesions and assessed by CT scan: Progressive Disease (PD), \>= 20% increase in sum of target lesions' diameters, compared to smallest sum on study (including baseline sum, if that is the smallest on study). In addition to the relative increase of 20%, the sum must also demonstrate an absolute increase of at least 5 mm, or the appearance of new lesions.

    Time frame: 6 months

  4. Progression Free Survival (PFS) at 12 Months

    Percentage of patients treated with nivolumab and ipilimumab with no progressive disease (PD) at 12 months using Kaplan Meier estimate, per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.1) for target lesions and assessed by CT scan: Progressive Disease (PD), \>= 20% increase in sum of target lesions' diameters, compared to smallest sum on study (including baseline sum, if that is the smallest on study). In addition to the relative increase of 20%, the sum must also demonstrate an absolute increase of at least 5 mm, or the appearance of new lesions.

    Time frame: 12 months

  5. Progression Free Survival (PFS) at 24 Months

    Percentage of patients treated with nivolumab and ipilimumab with no progressive disease (PD) at 24 months using Kaplan Meier estimate, per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.1) for target lesions and assessed by CT scan: Progressive Disease (PD), \>= 20% increase in sum of target lesions' diameters, compared to smallest sum on study (including baseline sum, if that is the smallest on study). In addition to the relative increase of 20%, the sum must also demonstrate an absolute increase of at least 5 mm, or the appearance of new lesions.

    Time frame: 24 months

  6. Median Progression Free Survival (PFS)

    Time (months) from date of randomization to progressive disease (PD) or death, whichever comes first, per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.1) for target lesions and assessed by CT scan: Progressive Disease (PD), \>= 20% increase in sum of target lesions' diameters, compared to smallest sum on study (including baseline sum, if that is the smallest on study). In addition to the relative increase of 20%, the sum must also demonstrate an absolute increase of at least 5 mm, or the appearance of new lesions.

    Time frame: approximately 3 years 8 months

  7. Efficacy as Assessed by Disease Control Rate (DCR)

    The number of subjects who have at least one scan with best overall response (BOR) of confirmed complete response (CR), partial response (PR), or stable disease (SD), per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.1) for target lesions as assessed by CT scan: Best Overall Response (BOR), best response (CR, PR, or SD) from baseline to PD, palliative local therapy, or subsequent anticancer therapy; Complete Response (CR), the disappearance of all target lesions and any pathological lymph nodes (target or non-target) with reduction in short axis to \<10 mm; Partial Response (PR), \>= 30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameters of target lesions, compared to baseline sum diameters; Stable Disease (SD), \<20% increase, \<30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions, no measurable increase in non-target lesions, and no new lesions.

    Time frame: approximately 3 years 8 months

  8. Efficacy as Assessed by Duration of Response (DOR)

    Time (months) from best overall response (BOR) of complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) to progressive disease (PD), per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.1) for target lesions by CT scan: Best Overall Response (BOR), best response (CR, PR, or SD) from baseline to PD, palliative local therapy, or subsequent anticancer therapy; Complete Response (CR), the disappearance of all target lesions and any pathological lymph nodes (target or non-target) with reduction in short axis to \<10 mm; Partial Response (PR), \>= 30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameters of target lesions, compared to baseline sum diameters; Progressive Disease (PD), \>= 20% increase in sum of target lesions' diameters, compared to smallest sum on study (including baseline sum, if that is the smallest on study). In addition to the relative increase of 20%, the sum must also demonstrate an absolute increase of at least 5 mm, or the appearance of new lesions.

    Time frame: approximately 3 years 8 months

  9. Efficacy as Assessed by Overall Survival (OS)

    Number of months participants stay alive after treatment with the combination of nivolumab and ipilimumab in subjects with advanced well-differentiated nonfunctional NET of the lung, pancreas or GI tract

    Time frame: approximately 3 years 8 months

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Results

Posted Jan 9, 2024

Participant flow

Participant flow — Overall Study
MilestoneNivolumab Plus Ipilimumab
Started9
Completed9
Not completed0

Outcome measures

PrimaryObjective Response Rate (ORR) of Neuroendocrine Tumor (NET) of the Lung, Pancreas, and Gastrointestinal (GI) Tract

The number of subjects who have at least one scan with an Objective Response (OR) of confirmed complete response (CR) or partial response (PR), per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.1) for target lesions as assessed by CT scan: Objective Response (OR), a response of CR or PR from baseline to PD, palliative local therapy, or subsequent anticancer therapy; Complete Response (CR), the disappearance of all target lesions and any pathological lymph nodes (target or non-target) with reduction in short axis to \<10 mm; Partial Response (PR), \>= 30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameters of target lesions, compared to baseline sum diameters

Time frame:
up to 24 months
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Objective Response Rate (ORR) of Neuroendocrine Tumor (NET) of the Lung, Pancreas, and Gastrointestinal (GI) Tract
ParticipantsNivolumab Plus Ipilimumab
Objective Response Rate (ORR) of Neuroendocrine Tumor (NET) of the Lung, Pancreas, and Gastrointestinal (GI) Tract4
SecondaryNumber of Patients Experiencing Drug-related Adverse Events

Safety as assessed by number of patients experiencing drug-related adverse events (safety and tolerability).

Time frame:
up to 27 months
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Number of Patients Experiencing Drug-related Adverse Events
ParticipantsNivolumab Plus Ipilimumab
Number of Patients Experiencing Drug-related Adverse Events8
SecondaryNumber of Patients Experiencing Dose-limiting Toxicities

Safety as assessed by number of patients experiencing dose-limiting toxicities (safety and tolerability).

Time frame:
up to 24 months
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Number of Patients Experiencing Dose-limiting Toxicities
ParticipantsNivolumab Plus Ipilimumab
Number of Patients Experiencing Dose-limiting Toxicities2
SecondaryProgression Free Survival (PFS) at 6 Months

Percentage of patients treated with nivolumab and ipilimumab with no progressive disease (PD) at 6 months using Kaplan Meier estimate, per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.1) for target lesions and assessed by CT scan: Progressive Disease (PD), \>= 20% increase in sum of target lesions' diameters, compared to smallest sum on study (including baseline sum, if that is the smallest on study). In addition to the relative increase of 20%, the sum must also demonstrate an absolute increase of at least 5 mm, or the appearance of new lesions.

Time frame:
6 months
Reported as:
Number · percentage of participants
Progression Free Survival (PFS) at 6 Months
percentage of participantsNivolumab Plus Ipilimumab
Progression Free Survival (PFS) at 6 Months44
SecondaryProgression Free Survival (PFS) at 12 Months

Percentage of patients treated with nivolumab and ipilimumab with no progressive disease (PD) at 12 months using Kaplan Meier estimate, per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.1) for target lesions and assessed by CT scan: Progressive Disease (PD), \>= 20% increase in sum of target lesions' diameters, compared to smallest sum on study (including baseline sum, if that is the smallest on study). In addition to the relative increase of 20%, the sum must also demonstrate an absolute increase of at least 5 mm, or the appearance of new lesions.

Time frame:
12 months
Reported as:
Number · percentage of participants
Progression Free Survival (PFS) at 12 Months
percentage of participantsNivolumab Plus Ipilimumab
Progression Free Survival (PFS) at 12 Months44
SecondaryProgression Free Survival (PFS) at 24 Months

Percentage of patients treated with nivolumab and ipilimumab with no progressive disease (PD) at 24 months using Kaplan Meier estimate, per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.1) for target lesions and assessed by CT scan: Progressive Disease (PD), \>= 20% increase in sum of target lesions' diameters, compared to smallest sum on study (including baseline sum, if that is the smallest on study). In addition to the relative increase of 20%, the sum must also demonstrate an absolute increase of at least 5 mm, or the appearance of new lesions.

Time frame:
24 months
Reported as:
Number · percentage of participants
Progression Free Survival (PFS) at 24 Months
percentage of participantsNivolumab Plus Ipilimumab
Progression Free Survival (PFS) at 24 Months33
SecondaryMedian Progression Free Survival (PFS)

Time (months) from date of randomization to progressive disease (PD) or death, whichever comes first, per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.1) for target lesions and assessed by CT scan: Progressive Disease (PD), \>= 20% increase in sum of target lesions' diameters, compared to smallest sum on study (including baseline sum, if that is the smallest on study). In addition to the relative increase of 20%, the sum must also demonstrate an absolute increase of at least 5 mm, or the appearance of new lesions.

Time frame:
approximately 3 years 8 months
Reported as:
Median · months
Median Progression Free Survival (PFS)
monthsNivolumab Plus Ipilimumab
Median Progression Free Survival (PFS)5.29 (2.7 to NA)
SecondaryEfficacy as Assessed by Disease Control Rate (DCR)

The number of subjects who have at least one scan with best overall response (BOR) of confirmed complete response (CR), partial response (PR), or stable disease (SD), per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.1) for target lesions as assessed by CT scan: Best Overall Response (BOR), best response (CR, PR, or SD) from baseline to PD, palliative local therapy, or subsequent anticancer therapy; Complete Response (CR), the disappearance of all target lesions and any pathological lymph nodes (target or non-target) with reduction in short axis to \<10 mm; Partial Response (PR), \>= 30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameters of target lesions, compared to baseline sum diameters; Stable Disease (SD), \<20% increase, \<30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions, no measurable increase in non-target lesions, and no new lesions.

Time frame:
approximately 3 years 8 months
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Efficacy as Assessed by Disease Control Rate (DCR)
ParticipantsNivolumab Plus Ipilimumab
Efficacy as Assessed by Disease Control Rate (DCR)4
SecondaryEfficacy as Assessed by Duration of Response (DOR)

Time (months) from best overall response (BOR) of complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) to progressive disease (PD), per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.1) for target lesions by CT scan: Best Overall Response (BOR), best response (CR, PR, or SD) from baseline to PD, palliative local therapy, or subsequent anticancer therapy; Complete Response (CR), the disappearance of all target lesions and any pathological lymph nodes (target or non-target) with reduction in short axis to \<10 mm; Partial Response (PR), \>= 30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameters of target lesions, compared to baseline sum diameters; Progressive Disease (PD), \>= 20% increase in sum of target lesions' diameters, compared to smallest sum on study (including baseline sum, if that is the smallest on study). In addition to the relative increase of 20%, the sum must also demonstrate an absolute increase of at least 5 mm, or the appearance of new lesions.

Time frame:
approximately 3 years 8 months
Reported as:
Median · months
Efficacy as Assessed by Duration of Response (DOR)
monthsNivolumab Plus Ipilimumab
Efficacy as Assessed by Duration of Response (DOR)NA (8.51 to NA)
SecondaryEfficacy as Assessed by Overall Survival (OS)

Number of months participants stay alive after treatment with the combination of nivolumab and ipilimumab in subjects with advanced well-differentiated nonfunctional NET of the lung, pancreas or GI tract

Time frame:
approximately 3 years 8 months
Reported as:
Median · months
Efficacy as Assessed by Overall Survival (OS)
monthsNivolumab Plus Ipilimumab
Efficacy as Assessed by Overall Survival (OS)NA (19.12 to NA)

Adverse events

Collected over approximately 3 years 8 months. Non-serious events are listed at a 0% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab4/9 (44.4%)4/9 (44.4%)9/9 (100%)
Most frequent serious events
Most frequent serious events
EventNivolumab Plus Ipilimumab
ColitisGastrointestinal disorders1/9
DiarrheaGastrointestinal disorders1/9
PancreatitisGastrointestinal disorders1/9
SepsisInfections and infestations1/9
PneumonitisRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders1/9
Productive CoughRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders1/9
Most frequent other events
Showing 10 of 99
Most frequent other events
EventNivolumab Plus Ipilimumab
Abdominal painGastrointestinal disorders8/9
NauseaGastrointestinal disorders8/9
FatigueGeneral disorders7/9
DiarrheaGastrointestinal disorders6/9
PruritusSkin and subcutaneous tissue disorders6/9
Rash maculo-papularSkin and subcutaneous tissue disorders6/9
AnemiaBlood and lymphatic system disorders5/9
DyspneaRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders5/9
Lymphocyte count decreasedInvestigations4/9
Back painMusculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders4/9

Baseline characteristics

Age, Continuous
Age, Continuous(years)Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab
Mean63.7 ± 15.2
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab
Female3
Male6
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)(Participants)Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab
Hispanic or Latino0
Not Hispanic or Latino9
Unknown or Not Reported0
Race (NIH/OMB)
Race (NIH/OMB)(Participants)Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab
American Indian or Alaska Native0
Asian0
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander0
Black or African American1
White8
More than one race0
Unknown or Not Reported0
Region of Enrollment
Region of Enrollment(Participants)Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab
United States9
Tumor Site
Tumor Site(Participants)Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab
Lung6
Pancreatic Neuroendocrine2
Small Bowel1
09

Study locations

1 site
  • Johns Hopkins Medical Institution
    Baltimore, Maryland 21287, United States
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References and documents

Study documents

PDFs hosted by the registry, ClinicalTrials.gov.

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Ran from Mar 2018 to primary completion in Nov 2021, 44 months.

Results were first posted in Jan 2024, 2 years 1 month after primary completion. A results delay was requested in Nov 2022.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Nov 30, 2017
First posted
Feb 5, 2018
StartActual
Mar 9, 2018
Primary completionActual
Nov 24, 2021
CompletionActual
Nov 24, 2021
Results delay requested
Nov 2, 2022
Results first posted
Jan 9, 2024
Last update
Jan 9, 2024
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 9, 2024, 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
NCT03420521
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Feb 5, 2018
Start date
Mar 9, 2018
Primary completion
Nov 24, 2021
Completion
Nov 24, 2021
Results posted
Jan 9, 2024
Last update
Jan 9, 2024

Study contacts

Christine Hann, MD/PhD
principal investigator · Johns Hopkins University

Oversight

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