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Closed (no longer recruiting)Last updated: 4 March 2024

BELVA: This phase I trial is trying to understand the safety and activity of a new targeted therapy drug (belvarafenib) by itself, and in combination with other targeted and immunotherapy drugs, in people with NRAS-mutant advanced melanomaA Phase Ib, Open-Label, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Activity of Belvarafenib as a Single Agent and in Combination With Either Cobimetinib or Cobimetinib Plus Atezolizumab in Patients With NRAS-Mutant Advanced Melanoma Who Have Received Anti-PD-1/PD-L1 Therapy

Clinical summary

Summary

This is a non-randomised trial evaluating three treatment regimens, across three experimental arms. Participants in Experimental Arm 1 will receive Belvarafenib alone, twice daily (BID), continuous dosing. Participants in Experimental Arm 2 will receive Belvarafenib (at the recommended dose) plus cobimetinib once daily (QD) for 21 days, 7 days off. Participants in Experimental Arm 3 will receive Belvarafenib plus cobimetinib (at the recommended dose) plus Atezolizumab once every 4 weeks (Q4W) followed by an expansion phase.

Conditions

This trial is treating patients with melanoma.

Cancer

Skin Cancers Skin

Age

People18+

Phase

I

Trial Acronym

BELVA

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Trial sponsor

Genentech, Inc.

Scientific Title

A Phase Ib, Open-Label, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Activity of Belvarafenib as a Single Agent and in Combination With Either Cobimetinib or Cobimetinib Plus Atezolizumab in Patients With NRAS-Mutant Advanced Melanoma Who Have Received Anti-PD-1/PD-L1 Therapy

Eligibility

Inclusion

  • ECOG Performance Status of 0 or 1
  • Histologically confirmed, metastatic (recurrent or de novo Stage IV) or unresectable locally advanced (Stage III) cutaneous melanoma, that has progressed on or after treatment with anti-PD-1 or anti-PD-L1 therapy. Patients may have received up to two lines of systemic cancer therapy. Treatment with anti-PD-1/PD-L1 in the adjuvant setting is acceptable. Patients must have progressed disease at study entry
  • Documentation of NRAS mutation-positive within 5 years prior to screening
  • Tumor specimen availability
  • Adequate hematologic and end-organ function
  • Measurable disease per RECIST v1.1

Exclusion

  • Prior treatment with a pan-RAF inhibitor
  • Treatment with systemic immunotherapy agents (e.g., anti-CTLA4, anti-PD(L)1, cytokine therapy, investigational therapy, etc.) within 28 days prior to C1D1
  • Symptomatic, untreated, or actively progressing CNS metastases
  • History or signs/symptoms of clinically significant cardiovascular disease
  • Known clinically significant liver disease
  • History of autoimmune disease or immune deficiency
  • Prior treatment with a MEK inhibitor (cobimetinib arm)
  • History of or evidence of retinal pathology on ophthalmologic examination (cobimetinib arm)
  • History of immune-related AE attributed to prior anti-PD(L)1 therapy that resulted in permanent discontinuation of anti-PD(L)1 therapy (nivolumab arm)

Inclusion

  • You have had a certain type of treatment or surgical procedure.
  • You have had treatment but your cancer has gotten worse or has not responded to the treatment you have been given.
  • You have had treatment, but your cancer has come back.
  • Your cancer has spread to other parts of the body.

Exclusion

  • You have certain types of non-cancer medical conditions.
  • You have had certain treatments, surgical procedures or drugs.
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