New Clinical Trial: Talimogene Laherparepvec and Nivolumab in Treating Patients With Refractory Lymphomas or Advanced or Refractory Non-melanoma Skin Cancers (NCT02978625)
WHY IT MATTERS
This trial offers a potential new treatment option for patients with refractory (treatment-resistant) rare lymphomas like mycosis fungoides and Merkel cell carcinoma, which have very limited options after standard therapies fail.
Researchers are testing a combination of two cancer-fighting treatments called talimogene laherparepvec and nivolumab in patients with rare lymphomas (blood cancers) and skin cancers that didn't respond to previous treatments. Talimogene laherparepvec is a modified virus that helps the immune system fight cancer cells, while nivolumab is an immunotherapy drug that removes the brakes on the immune system. This study involves 68 patients and is currently enrolling participants.
NCT ID: NCT02978625 Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING Conditions: Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma, ALK-Negative, Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma, ALK-Positive, Apocrine Carcinoma, Carcinoma Arising From Cylindroma, Carcinoma Arising From Spiradenoma, Digital Papillary Adenocarcinoma, Endocrine Mucin-Producing Sweat Gland Carcinoma, Extramammary Paget Disease, Extraocular Sebaceous Carcinoma, Hidradenocarcinoma, Malignant Sweat Gland Neoplasm, Merkel Cell Carcinoma, Microcystic Adnexal Carcinoma, NK-Cell Lymphoma, Unclassifiable, Papillary Adenocarcinoma, Porocarcinoma, Primary Cutaneous Mucinous Carcinoma, Recurrent Mature T-Cell and NK-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Recurrent T-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Refractory Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma, Refractory Mature T-Cell and NK-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Refractory Merkel Cell Carcinoma, Refractory Mycosis Fungoides, Refractory Primary Cutaneous T-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Refractory Skin Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Refractory T-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Sezary Syndrome, Signet Ring Cell Adenocarcinoma, Skin Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma, Skin Adnexal Carcinoma, Skin Basal Cell Carcinoma, Skin Basosquamous Cell Carcinoma, Skin Keratoacanthoma, Skin Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Squamoid Eccrine Ductal Carcinoma, Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Unknown Primary, Sweat Gland Carcinoma, Trichilemmal Carcinoma, Vulvar Squamous Cell Carcinoma Phase: PHASE2 Enrollment: 68 Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI) Summary: This phase II trial studies how well talimogene laherparepvec and nivolumab work in treating patients with lymphomas that do not responded to treatment (refractory) or non-melanoma skin cancers that have spread to other places in the body (advanced) or do not responded to treatment. Biological therapies, such as talimogene laherparepvec, use substances made from living organisms that may stimulate or suppress the immune system in different ways and stop tumor cells from growing. Immunotherapy wi
ASK YOUR DOCTOR
If you have a refractory lymphoma or advanced non-melanoma skin cancer, ask your oncologist whether you might be eligible for this trial (NCT02978625) or if they know of similar combination immunotherapy studies accepting patients.