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CompletedNCT04944888Updated Dec 19, 2023

GSL Synthetase Inhibitor in Combination With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor in Previously Treated Blood and Solid Tumor

A Phase 1 interventional study of Eliglustat and Immune checkpoint inhibitor in Solid Tumor and Hematologic Malignancy, sponsored by Chinese PLA General Hospital. Completed at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 16 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-12-19.

Sponsored by Chinese PLA General Hospital · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
31
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
16 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Immune checkpoint blockade has made great but unsatisfied success in treating cancers. One important reason is the hijacked HLA (Human Leukocyte Antigen) antigen presentation. Eliglustat could inhibit glycosphingolipids synthesis and restore HLA-I antigen presentation and transform the immunogenicity of tumor cells. Therefore,GSL synthetase inhibitor eliglustat in combination with immune checkpoint inhibitor may explore a new avenue for therapeutic intervention in cancer.

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Immune checkpoint blockade has led to great strides in the management of various cancers, however, durable response could be seen in approximately 20% of treated patients with most solid tumors and hematological malignancies. One important reason is that tumor cells often escape from immune surveillance by downregulating one or multiple molecules critical in HLA antigen presentation. As a consequence, options that could restore HLA antigen presentation may augment immune checkpoint inhibitor-mediated immune responses.

Abnormal expression of glycosphingolipid (GSL) synthetase is a basic and specific characteristic of most tumors and tumor microenvironment, such as Globo H Ceramide, which is overexpressed in multiple epithelial-derived tumors. Several studies also reported that GSL synthetase was overexpressed in chemotherapy-resistant tumors. Eliglustat is an orally GlcCer synthase inhibitor, which is approved for treating Type-1 Gaucher disease. However, one most recent study reveals that it could inhibit glycosphingolipids synthesis and restore HLA antigen presentation, and transforming the immunogenicity of tumor cells. Therefore, GSL synthetase inhibitor eliglustat in combination with immune checkpoint inhibitor may explore a new avenue for therapeutic intervention in cancer.

The primary objective of this study is to assess the safety and feasibility of GSL synthetase inhibitor eliglustat in combination with immune checkpoint inhibitor in patients with relapsed or refractory hematological malignancies and solid tumors. The secondary objectives include assessing antitumor activity, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. The exploratory objectives are to evaluate the pathological, immunological or clinical predictive biomarkers for efficacy and toxicity, transformation of tumor microenvironment and dynamic changes of immune cells in peripheral blood.

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Conditions studied

  • Solid Tumor
  • Hematologic Malignancy

Keywords

  • GSL synthetase inhibitor
  • Immune checkpoint inhibitor
  • Solid tumor
  • Hematologic Malignancy
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In context

Hematologic Neoplasms

1,494 studies on the registry are indexed under Hematologic Neoplasms; 438 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 31 is below the median of 45 across 1,090 interventional studies indexed under Hematologic Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Chinese PLA General Hospital is the lead sponsor of 568 studies on the registry; 205 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
16 Years to 75 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Age from 16 to 75 years with estimated life expectancy >3 months.
  2. Histopathological confirmed advanced or metastatic systematically pretreated solid tumors and relapsed/refractory hematological malignancies.
  3. Have at least one measurable target lesion for solid tumors.
  4. Fresh solid tumor samples or formalin-fixed paraffin embedded tumor archival samples within 3 months are necessary; Fresh tumor samples are preferred. Subjects are willing to accept tumor re-biopsy in the process of this study.
  5. Previous treatment must be completed for more than 4 weeks prior to the enrollment of this study, and subjects have recovered to \<= grade 1 toxicity.
  6. Have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status (ECOG) of 0 or 2 at the time of enrollment.
  7. Have adequate organ function, which should be confirmed within 2 weeks prior to the first dose of study drugs.
  8. Previous treatment with anti-PD-1/PD-L1 antibodies or cytotoxic T lymphocyte associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4) inhibitors are allowed.
  9. Ability to understand and sign a written informed consent document.
  10. Women of child-bearing potential must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry, and up to 90 days after the last dose of the drug.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients are unwilling to comply with the requirements of the protocol.
  2. The patient has documented prior esophageal varices or liver infarction or current liver enzymes (alanine transaminase, aspartate aminotransferase) or total bilirubin >3 times the upper limit of normal.
  3. The patient is known to have any of the following: cardiac disease (congestive heart failure, recent acute myocardial infarction, bradycardia, heart block, ventricular arrhythmia), long QT syndrome, current treatment with Class IA or Class III antiarrhythmic medicinal products, interstitial lung disease of any grade or severely impaired pulmonary function.
  4. Uncontrolled intercurrent illness, including ongoing or active systemic infection or psychiatric illness/social situations and any other illness that would limit compliance with study requirements and jeopardize the safety of the patient.
  5. The patients is taking a CYP2D6 inhibitor and/or concomitantly with a strong or moderate CYP3A inhibitor.
  6. Active, known or suspected autoimmune diseases.
  7. Known brain metastases or active central nervous system (CNS). Subjects with CNS metastases who were treated with radiotherapy for at least 3 months prior to enrollment, have no central nervous symptoms and are off corticosteroids, are eligible for enrollment, but require a brain MRI screening.
  8. Patients are being treated with either corticosteroids (>10 mg daily prednisone equivalent) or other immunosuppressive medications within 14 days of enrollment.
  9. History of severe hypersensitive reactions to other monoclonal antibodies.
  10. History of allergy or intolerance to study drug components.
  11. Substance abuse, medical, psychological or social conditions that may interfere with the patient's participation in the study or evaluation of the study results.
  12. History of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
  13. Pregnant or breast-feeding. Women of childbearing potential must have a pregnancy test performed within 7 days before the enrollment, and a negative result must be documented.
  14. Previous or concurrent cancer within 3 years prior to treatment start EXCEPT for curatively treated cervical cancer in situ, non-melanoma skin cancer, superficial bladder tumors [Ta (non-invasive tumor), Tis (carcinoma in situ) and T1 (tumor invades lamina propria)].
  15. Vaccination within 30 days of study enrollment.
  16. Active bleeding or known hemorrhagic tendency.
  17. Subjects with unhealed surgical wounds for more than 30 days.
  18. Being participating any other trials or withdraw within 4 weeks.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
31 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Experimental Dose 1

    Eliglustat 84mg will be administered once daily in patients who are CYP2D6 ultra-rapid metabolizers (URMs), extensive metabolizers (EMs), intermediate metabolizers (IMs), or poor metabolizers (PMs), in the first 14 days and the following every other week until 24 weeks. For patients who still benefit from the trial, eliglustat 84mg will be daily administered every other week to 96 weeks. Immune checkpoint inhibitor (physician decided) will be administered intravenously on day 5 or day 15 every 3 weeks. For patients who still benefit from the trial, immune checkpoint inhibitor will be administered every 3 week to 96 weeks.

    Drug: Eliglustat · Drug: Immune checkpoint inhibitor

  • Experimental
    Experimental Dose 2

    Eliglustat 84mg will be administered twice daily in patients who are CYP2D6 ultra-rapid metabolizers (URMs), extensive metabolizers (EMs), or intermediate metabolizers (IMs), or in the first 14 days and the following every other week until 24 weeks. For patients who still benefit from the trial, eliglustat 84mg will be administered twice daily every other week to 96 weeks. Immune checkpoint inhibitor (physician decided) will be administered intravenously on day 5 or day 15 every 3 weeks. For patients who still benefit from the trial, immune checkpoint inhibitor will be administered every 3 week to 96 weeks.

    Drug: Eliglustat · Drug: Immune checkpoint inhibitor

Interventions

  • Eliglustat will be given to enrolled patients at dose of 84mg daily (dose 1) , and then at dose of 84mg twice daily (dose 2).

  • DrugImmune checkpoint inhibitor

    immune checkpoint inhibitor (physician decided).

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of subjects occuring treatment related adverse events

    Determining the safety profile following the initiation of treatment and grading these toxicities by CTCAE v5.0

    Time frame: Up to 90 days after the last dose of study drugs.

Secondary outcomes

  1. The percentage of enrolled patients that respond to the treatment

    Overall response rate is defined as the sum of partial responses and complete responses

    Time frame: Up to 120 days after the last dose of study drugs

Other outcomes

  1. Immunological response (cytokines, lymphocyte phenotype)

    Immunological responses, including the concentration of cytokines in tumor beds and peripheral blood and the changes of lymphocyte phenotype following the treatment, will be assessed by qPCR and flow cytometer.

    Time frame: Up to 120 days after the last dose of study drugs

  2. Biomarkers predictive of response and toxicity

    Biomarkers from tumor cells, lymphocytes and tumor microenvironment will be assessed for their potential in predicting clinical response and toxicity.

    Time frame: Up to 120 days after the last dose of study drugs

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Study locations

1 site
  • Department of Biotherapeutic, Chinese PLA General Hospital
    Beijing, China
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 19, 2023, 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
NCT04944888
Responsible party
Han weidong (Director of Biotherapeutic Department, Chinese PLA General Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jun 30, 2021
Start date
Jul 1, 2021
Primary completion
Nov 30, 2023
Completion
Nov 30, 2023
Last update
Dec 19, 2023

Study contacts

Weidong Han, PhD
principal investigator · Biotherapeutic Department, Chinese PLA General Hospital

Oversight

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