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Phase I/II Trial of Dinutuximab Beta in Combination With Irinotecan and Rapamycin in Pediatric, Adolescents and Adult Patients With Relapsed/Refractory Bone Tumors.
Sponsor: University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
Summary
Osteosarcomas, like other primitive bone tumors, remain hard-to-treat malignancies, especially after failure of first-line treatments. Multiple mechanisms are initiating or rendering bone tumor cells resistant to the chemotherapies leading to the drastic reduction of treatment possibilities in case of relapses. Among the list of extra-tumoral mechanisms enabling this cancer cell resistance, hypoxia and tumor-associated macrophage modulation seem to be in the top ranks. Based on that, we generated by the past tumor data where the study of hypoxic biomarkers' expressions and the presence of protumoral macrophages were influencing the prognosis of osteosarcoma patients. In fact, the association of HIF1 hyperexpression and a high number of M2 phenotype macrophages (e.g., protumoral cells) were predictive markers of the worst outcome. We recently redone this translational approach in other bone tumors like Ewing sarcomas (EWS) showing the same prognostic tendency. Furthermore, a past pediatric phase I trial, named RAPIRI, targeting both mTor and HIF1, with combination of Sirolimus and Irinotecan, was able to provide in the relapsing bone cancers a partial response or stable disease in more than 50% of patients and particularly in patients with blood concentrations of Sirolimus between 5 and 15 µg/L. To go further and understand the potential links between macrophages and hypoxic resistant tumors, recent preliminary exploration, with an immunofluorescent assessment targeting GD2 expression on tumor cell membranes, was underlining osteosarcomas but also EWS with standard fusions and CIC-DUX4 cancers as hyperexpressing cancers for this disialoganglioside. The cell-surface molecule was highly expressed in 22 out of 32 diagnostic samples (unpublished data). This glycosphingolipid usually presenting a restricted pattern of expression on normal tissues seems to be frequently hyperexpressed in some cancers and therefore amenable to targeting by the monoclonal antibody Dinutuximab beta. The anti-GD2 effect of this drug relies on complement and immune effector cells to mediate cancer cell killing. Recent and unpublished preclinical data in our Lab (UMR-CNRS7021, Strasbourg) envisioned the proof-of-concept combining Sirolimus, Irinotecan and Dinutuximab beta in osteosarcoma models and afford sustainable results to conclude to a clear efficiency of this triple combination stopping completely osteosarcoma cell proliferation and reducing drastically their invasion in microenvironment. Gathering all those prerequisite data and, as the monoclonal therapeutic antibody (Dinutuximab beta) now is extensively evaluated in clinics in multiple indications (e.g., neuroblastomas, Ewing sarcomas and other sarcomas), we propose here a phase I/II trial with this combination of treatments targeting hypoxia and GD2 in bone tumors focusing on relapsing bone tumors with endpoints determining accurate dose to give to patients and its efficacy at 16 weeks of treatment.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
6 Years - 40 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
89
Start Date
2026-10
Completion Date
2033-02
Last Updated
2026-10-01
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Dinutuximab beta, Sirolimus and Irinotecan
The dose escalation (Phase I) part will determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of Dinutuximab beta in combination with fixed doses of Sirolimus and Irinotecan (RAPIRI), as follows: iv. irinotecan on days 1 and 15 (125 mg/m2/dose) and oral Sirolimus given daily (1.5 mg/m2/dose) in 28-day courses. The Dinutuximab beta will be administered for 4 days from D1 to D4 and D15 to D18 as an iv. infusion. The combination of Sirolimus and Irinotecan plus Dinutuximab beta will be during the 6 first courses and from C7, the Sirolimus and Irinotecan combination will be administered as detailed above during the last 6 months or courses. For the Phase II part, the RP2D dose of Dinutuximab beta will be used in combination with the fixed dose of Sirolimus and Irinotecan combination as described above. The same scheme during the 12 months will be planned: triple combination during 6 courses and then a maintenance with 6 courses of Sirolimus and Irinotecan treatment.
Locations (12)
Oncologie Médicale-Institut Bergonié
Bordeaux, France
Unité d'Hémato-Oncologie Pédiatrique (UHOP) -CHU de Bordeaux - GH Pellegrin
Bordeaux, France
Oncologie - Unité pédiatrique Centre Oscar Lambret
Lille, France
Institut d'hématologie et d'oncologie Pédiatrique iHOPE
Lyon, France
Oncologie médicale adulte- Centre Léon Bérard
Lyon, France
Hématologie, Immunologie et Oncologie Pédiatrique (HIOP), CHU Timone Enfants,
Marseille, France
Onco-hématologie pédiatrique- CHRU NANCY-BRABOIS
Nancy, France
Oncologie Médicale - Institut Curie
Paris, France
Oncopédiatrie-SIREDO - Institut Curie
Paris, France
Oncologie médicale, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg
Strasbourg, France
Onco-hématologie pédiatrique- Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg
Strasbourg, France
Unité d'Hématologie Immunologie Oncologie Pédiatrique, CHU Toulouse
Toulouse, France