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Microbiota Modification for Immuno-oncology in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Sponsor: Center Eugene Marquis
Summary
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common liver primary cancer with a high rate of mortality. Since the results of IMbrave150, immunotherapy have emerged as a standard of care for HCC patients advanced and/or unresectable in first line of treatment. The objective response rate was about 30%, but half of patients would present only stable disease and about 20% progressive disease. Faecalibacterium prausnitzii is one of the most abundant bacterial in human gut microbiota, around 5% of total bacteria in feces. For patients with metastatic melanoma, treated with ipilimumab, an antibody targeting CTLA-4 (Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen 4), patients with a baseline gut microbiota enriched with Faecalibacterium had a significantly better clinical outcomes. In patients with metastatic melanoma, the level of Faecalibacterium prausnitzi at baseline was predictive of response to anti-PD-1 (programmed death-1) or anti-CTLA-4 therapy. EXL01 is a pharmacological preparation of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii strains. Preclinical murine study suggests that the administration of EXL01 could reverse the resistance to ICI induced by antibiotics (unpublished data). We thus plan to test the concept of microbiota modification in patients treated with standard-of-care approved first-line immunotherapy for advanced HCC. We would include patients refractory to first-line treatment, and test the addition of EXL01 to standard-of-care approved first-line immunotherapy in order to reverse resistance.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
34
Start Date
2025-03-12
Completion Date
2026-12-12
Last Updated
2025-08-05
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
EXL01
EXL01 contains an unmodified single strain of F. prausnitzii
Locations (6)
hôpital Avicenne
Bobigny, France
CHU de Bordeaux
Bordeaux, France
Hôpital Beaujon
Clichy, France
CHU de Nantes Hotel Dieu
Nantes, France
Centre de luttre contre le cancer Eugène Marquis
Rennes, France
Gustave ROUSSY
Villejuif, France