Specialties
- Hematology/Medical Oncology
Area of focus i
- Melanoma
- Kidney cancer (renal cancer)
- Sarcoma
Affiliated with
1240 S Cedar Crest Blvd
Suite 401
Allentown, PA 18103-6218
United States
This randomized phase III trial studies combination chemotherapy and atezolizumab to see how well it works compared with combination chemotherapy alone in treating patients with stage III colon cancer and deficient deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) mismatch repair. Drugs used in combination chemotherapy, such as oxaliplatin, leucovorin calcium, and fluorouracil, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Monoclonal antibodies, such as atezolizumab, may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Giving combination chemotherapy with atezolizumab may work better than combination chemotherapy alone in treating patients with colon cancer.
Experimental: Arm I (combination chemotherapy, atezolizumab)Patients receive oxaliplatin IV over 2 hours and leucovorin calcium IV over 2 hours on day 1, and fluorouracil IV as a bolus on day 1, then continuously over 46 hours on days 1-3. Treatment repeats every 14 days for up to 12 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients also receive atezolizumab IV over 30-60 minutes starting on day 1 of course 1 or 2. Treatment repeats every 14 days for up to 25 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Interventions: Drug: Atezolizumab Drug: Fluorouracil Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis Drug: Leucovorin Calcium Drug: Oxaliplatin Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment Active Comparator: Arm II (combination chemotherapy)Patients receive oxaliplatin IV over 2 hours and leucovorin calcium IV over 2 hours on day 1, and fluorouracil IV as a bolus on day 1, then continuously over 46 hours on days 1-3. Treatment repeats every 14 days for up to 12 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.Interventions: Drug: Fluorouracil Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis Drug: Leucovorin Calcium Drug: Oxaliplatin Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment
Histologically proven stage III colon adenocarcinoma (any T [Tx, T1, T2, T3, or T4], N1-2M0; includes N1C)
Presence of deficient (d) DNA mismatch repair (dMMR); MMR status must be assessed by immunohistochemistry (IHC) for MMR protein expression (MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, PMS2) where loss of one or more proteins indicates dMMR; dMMR may be determined either locally or by site-selected reference lab; Note: loss of MLH1 and PMS2 commonly occur together; formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tumor tissue is required for subsequent retrospective central confirmation of dMMR status
Patients with testing that did not show dMMR (loss of MMR protein) are not eligible to participate; patients whose tumors show MSI-H by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based assay are not eligible to participate unless they also have MMR testing by IHC and are found to have dMMR (i.e. loss of one or more MMR proteins)
Patients who are known to have Lynch syndrome and have been found to carry a specific germline mutation in an MMR gene (MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, PMS2) are eligible to participate
Tumors must have been completely resected; in patients with tumor adherent to adjacent structures, en bloc R0 resection must be documented; positive radial margins are not excluded as long as en bloc resection was performed; proximal or distal margin positivity is excluded
Entire tumor must be in the colon (rectal involvement is an exclusion); surgeon confirmation that entire tumor was located in the colon is required only in cases where it is important to establish if the tumor is a colon versus (vs.) rectal primary
Based upon the operative report and other source documentation, the location of the primary tumor will be categorized as proximal or distal to the splenic flexure (distal includes), and further categorization will be as follows: cecum/ascending, descending, sigmoid colon, or rectosigmoid colon
No evidence of residual involved lymph node disease or metastatic disease at the time of registration based on clinician assessment of imaging; the treating physician will determine if incidental lesions on imaging require workup to exclude metastatic disease; if based on review of images, the treating physician determines the patient to be stage III, then the patient is eligible
No prior medical therapy (chemotherapy, immunotherapy, biologic or targeted therapy) or radiation therapy for colon cancer except for one cycle of mFOLFOX6
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status =< 2
For women of childbearing potential only, a negative pregnancy test done =< 7 days prior to registration is required; a female of childbearing potential is a sexually mature female who:
Has not undergone a hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy; or
Has not been naturally postmenopausal for at least 12 consecutive months (i.e. has had menses at any time in the preceding 12 consecutive months)
Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1500 mm^3
Platelet count >= 100,000 mm^3; platelets >= 75,000 required for patients who received cycle 1 of mFOLFOX6 prior to registration
Creatinine =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) or
Calculated creatinine clearance >= 45 mL/min by Cockcroft-Gault equation
Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) except in the case of Gilbert disease
Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) =< 2.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN)
Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) within normal limits (WNL); supplementation is acceptable to achieve a TSH WNL; in patients with abnormal TSH, if free T4 is normal and patient is clinically euthyroid, patient is eligible
No active known autoimmune disease, including colitis, inflammatory bowel disease (i.e. ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease), rheumatoid arthritis, panhypopituitarism, adrenal insufficiency
No known active hepatitis B or CActive hepatitis B can be defined as:
Hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) detectable for > 6 months;
Serum hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA 20,000 IU/ml (105 copies/ml); lower values 2,000-20,000 IU/ml (104-105 copies/ml) are often seen in hepatitis B virus e antigen (HBeAg)-negative chronic hepatitis B
Persistent or intermittent elevation in ALT/AST levels
Liver biopsy showing chronic hepatitis with moderate or severe necroinflammation
Active hepatitis C can be defined as:
Hepatitis C antibody (AB) positive AND
Presence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA
Excluded if known active pulmonary disease with hypoxia defined as:
Oxygen saturation < 85% on room air, or
Oxygen saturation < 88% despite supplemental oxygen
No grade >= 2 peripheral motor or sensory neuropathy
Patients positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are eligible only if they meet all of the following:
A stable regimen of highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART)
No requirement for concurrent antibiotics or antifungal agents for the prevention of opportunistic infections
A CD4 count above 250 cells/mcL, and an undetectable HIV viral load on standard PCR-based tests
No other planned concurrent investigational agents or other tumor directed therapy (chemotherapy, radiation) while on study
No systemic daily treatment with either corticosteroids (> 10 mg daily prednisone equivalents) or other immunosuppressive medications within 7 days of registration
No known history of severe allergic anaphylactic reactions to chimeric, human or humanized antibodies, or fusion proteins
No known hypersensitivity to Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell products or any component of the atezolizumab formulation
No known allergy to 5-fluorouracil, oxaliplatin, or leucovorin
1240 S Cedar Crest Blvd
Suite 401
Allentown, PA 18103-6218
United States