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WithdrawnNCT04001101Updated Nov 30, 2021

Anti-PD-1 +/- RT for MSI-H Solid Tumors

A Phase 2 interventional study of RT and Anti-PD-1 and Anti-PD-1 in Microsatellite Instability High, Mismatch Repair Deficiency and Colorectal Cancer, sponsored by University of Colorado, Denver. Withdrawn at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 100 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-11-30.

Sponsored by University of Colorado, Denver · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Why this study was withdrawn
PI has decided to withdraw the study
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
0
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 100 Years
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-13

Among 31 studies in Turcot syndrome with a site in United States — 9 open to participants now, 20 under way, none of them phase 3. Turcot syndrome · United States.

Enrollment
24th of 25
0 · median 39
Started
2019
with 3 others
Phase 2
9 of 31
none open now
Registered
14th of 31
by date

Among the 31 studies in Turcot syndrome with a site in United States, this one is the 24th largest by enrollment of the 25 interventional ones that give a count, is one of 4 that started in 2019, is one of 9 in phase 2, and was the 14th registered.

Turcot syndrome

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

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Study summary

To determine if the out-of-field ORR is improved with the addition of radiation therapy to anti-PD-1 for patients with MSI-H/dMMR metastatic solid tumors. Determine the rates of in-field tumor control, disease control (stable disease, partial response, complete response), durability of disease response, progression-free survival, overall survival, and to assess quality of life and toxicity. Determine the chronology and profile of the radiation-associated immune response.

Read the detailed description

This is a randomized phase II study with a primary objective to compare the objective response rate (ORR) for anti-PD-1 therapy alone versus anti-PD-1 therapy and limited metastatic site radiation, in patients with microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) or mismatch repair deficient (dMMR) metastatic solid tumors. The anti-PD-1 agent, pembrolizumab, received recent FDA accelerated approval for the use in patients with metastatic MSI-H or dMMR solid tumors that have progressed following prior treatment or without satisfactory alternative treatment options. FDA approval for pembrolizumab was based on the results of five multi-cohort, multi-center, single-arm trials, which together showed an ORR of 39.6% among 149 patients with MSI-H/dMMR cancers. Importantly, there is mounting preclinical and clinic evidence supporting the safety and efficacy of combining radiation therapy with systemic immunotherapy, although no prospective comparative data, to the best of our knowledge. In this study, the investigators will focus on patients with MSI-H/dMMR tumors, given their baseline responsiveness to immune checkpoint inhibition, and test the hypothesis that ORR will be improved with radiation and anti-PD-1 therapy compared to anti-PD-1 therapy alone, through a randomized phase II trial design.

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Conditions studied

  • Microsatellite Instability High
  • Mismatch Repair Deficiency
  • Colorectal Cancer

Keywords

  • Solid tumor
  • Colorectal cancer
  • Unresectable or metastatic
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Who can participate

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

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Provision to sign and date the consent form.
  2. Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures and be available for the duration of the study.
  3. Adult patients, 18-100 years of age.
  4. 0 or 1.
  5. Unresectable or MSI-H/dMMR tumors eligible to receive pembrolizumab according to FDA-approved indications:

    • Solid tumors that have progressed following prior treatment and who have no satisfactory alternative treatment options OR
    • Colorectal cancer that has progressed following treatment with a fluoropyrimidine, oxaliplatin, and irinotecan11
  6. Confirmation from medical or gynecologic oncology that the patient is eligible to receive pembrolizumab per FDA-approved indication for patients not currently receiving pembrolizumab .
  7. At least one site of disease amenable to radiation therapy per the acceptable dosing regimens outlined in section 6.2, and at least one additional site of suitable for out-of-field response assessment.
  8. Adequate baseline labs for initiation of trial treatment:

    • (ANC) >1,000/µL
    • >75,000/µL
    • >8 g/dL
    • serum creatinine \< 1.5 x
    • serum total \< 1.5 x ULN
    • and ALT \< 2.5 x ULN, or \< 5 x ULN if liver metastasis are present

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Pregnant women. Pregnancy testing is required for all female subjects of .
  2. Patients with active collagen vascular disease (CVD), specifically systemic lupus erythematosus or scleroderma. Patients with a history of CVD without evidence of active disease are eligible for enrollment at the discretion of the study PI.
  3. History of immunodeficiency, to pembrolizumab, or other medical to receipt of pembrolizumab.
  4. Active infection.
  5. Active . Patients with treated CNS metastases are eligible.
  6. Patients with a separate non-cutaneous cancer diagnosis for which the patient has not been without evidence of disease for at least 5 years.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(13)

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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.

Metastases

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

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Contraindication

A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.

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.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
0 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    RT and Anti-PD-1

    In the pembrolizumab + RT arm, pembrolizumab will be started on study within 7 days (+/- 7 days) of start of RT. Pembrolizumab will be given as standard of care in both arms

    Combination Product: RT and Anti-PD-1

  • Placebo comparator
    Anti-PD-1

    anti-PD-1 therapy alone Pembrolizumab will be given as standard of care in both arms

    Drug: Anti-PD-1

Interventions

  • Combination productRT and Anti-PD-1

    limited metastatic site radiation

  • DrugAnti-PD-1

    anti-PD-1 therapy alone

This study also gives Pembrolizumab. No intervention listed here names it: that was found by reading the record.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Out-of-field ORR improvement

    • Out-of-field objective response rate (ORR: CR+PR) according to RECIST 1.1 assessment

    Time frame: 12 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. in-field tumor control and disease control

    In-field tumor control and disease control will be defined as SD, PR, or CR, of the target lesion, by RECIST 1.1 criteria

    Time frame: 12 Months

  2. Determine the chronology and profile of the radiation-associated immune response.

    The University of Colorado School of Medicine Human Immune Monitoring Shared Resource (HIMSR) will quantify peripheral CD8, CD4, and regulatory T cell populations and characterize the relative functional state of these cells using activation markers (CD45RO, ICOS, and CD25) and inhibitory markers (TIM-3, CTLA-4, LAG-3, and PD-1). The HIMSR will also characterize peripheral dendritic cells (pDCs, CD1c+, and CD141+ subsets), monocytes (classical and non-classical subsets), myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs, granulocytic and monocytic subsets), and expression of activation (CD80 and HLA-DR) and inhibitory molecules (PDL1) on these cells. Further, cytokine production by NK cells, B cells, T cells, and monocytes will be measured by flow cytometry after brief ex-vivo stimulation. The HIMSR will also perform a protein multiplex array of 40 potential biomarkers in plasma.

    Time frame: 12 months

  3. Durability of disease response

    In patients that achieve an objective response to pembrolizumab +/- RT, durability of response will be measured from the initiation of pembrolizumab until PD.

    Time frame: 12 months

  4. Progression-free Survival

    Progression-free survival will be measured from the date of initiation of pembrolizumab to the time of tumor progression or death from any cause for one year.

    Time frame: 12 months

  5. Overall Survival

    Overall survival will be measured from the date of initiation of pembrolizumab to the time of death from any cause for one year.

    Time frame: 12 Months

  6. Quality of life score

    Quality of life questionnaire, 28 questions rating experience from 1 to 4 (4 being "very much", 1 being "not at all") and two questions rating overall health and quality of life on a scale from 1 to 7 (7 being excellent)

    Time frame: 12 Months

07

Study locations

1 site
  • University of Colorado Hospital
    Denver, Colorado 80045, United States
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

09

Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Ran from Oct 2019 to primary completion in Nov 2021, 25 months.

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

Registered
Jun 10, 2019
First posted
Jun 27, 2019
StartActual
Oct 10, 2019
Primary completionActual
Nov 17, 2021
CompletionActual
Nov 17, 2021
Last update
Nov 30, 2021
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 Nov 30, 2021, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04001101
Collaborators
National Cancer Institute (NCI), Cancer League of Colorado
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jun 27, 2019
Start date
Oct 10, 2019
Primary completion
Nov 17, 2021
Completion
Nov 17, 2021
Last update
Nov 30, 2021

Oversight

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