A Study of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Combinations With Axitinib in Participants With Untreated Locally Advanced Unresectable or Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05805501 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : April 10, 2023
Last Update Posted : November 14, 2023
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Renal Cell Carcinoma | Drug: Tobemstomig Drug: Tiragolumab Drug: Pembrolizumab Drug: Axitinib | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 210 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Randomized Open Label Phase II Study of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Combinations With Axitinib in Patients With Previously Untreated Locally Advanced Unresectable or Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma |
Actual Study Start Date : | April 21, 2023 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | September 30, 2024 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | March 31, 2026 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Arm A (Tobemstomig + Axitinib)
Participants will receive intravenous (IV) tobemstomig every three weeks (Q3W) on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle. Participants will also receive oral (PO) axitinib twice daily (BID).
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Drug: Tobemstomig
Participants will receive IV tobemstomig Q3W.
Other Name: RO7247669 Drug: Axitinib Participants will receive axitinib PO BID.
Other Name: Inlyta |
Experimental: Arm B (Tobemstomig + Tiragolumab + Axitinib)
Participants will receive IV tobemstomig followed by IV tiragolumab Q3W on Day 1 of 21-day cycle. Participants will also receive axitinib PO BID.
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Drug: Tobemstomig
Participants will receive IV tobemstomig Q3W.
Other Name: RO7247669 Drug: Tiragolumab Participants will receive IV tiragolumab Q3W. Drug: Axitinib Participants will receive axitinib PO BID.
Other Name: Inlyta |
Active Comparator: Control Arm (Pembrolizumab + Axitinib)
Participants will receive IV pembrolizumab Q3W on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle. Participants will also receive axitinib PO BID.
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Drug: Pembrolizumab
Participants will receive IV pembrolizumab Q3W.
Other Name: Keytruda Drug: Axitinib Participants will receive axitinib PO BID.
Other Name: Inlyta |
- Progression-Free Survival (PFS) [ Time Frame: From randomization to the first occurrence of disease progression or death from any cause, whichever occurs first (up to 35 treatment cycles; cycle length = 21 days) ]
- Overall Survival (OS) [ Time Frame: From randomization to death from any cause (up to 35 treatment cycles; cycle length = 21 days) ]
- Confirmed Objective Response Rate (ORR) [ Time Frame: Up to 35 treatment cycles (cycle length = 21 days) ]
- Duration of Response (DoR) [ Time Frame: From the first occurrence of a documented objective response to disease progression or death from any cause, whichever occurs first (up to 35 treatment cycles; cycle length = 21 days) ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status (ECOG PS) of 0 or 1
- International Metastatic RCC Database Consortium (IMDC) risk intermediate (score of 1 or 2) or poor (score of 3-6)
- Measurable disease with at least one measurable lesion
- Histologically confirmed ccRCC with or without sarcomatoid features
- Negative for HIV, hepatitis B, or hepatitis C virus (HCV)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant or breastfeeding, or intention of becoming pregnant during the study or within 90 days after the final dose of tiragolumab, 4 months after the final dose of tobemstomig (RO7249669) and pembrolizumab, or for 1 week after the final dose of axitinib, whichever occurs last
- Inability to swallow a tablet or malabsorption syndrome
- Prior treatment for localized and/or metastatic RCC with systemic RCC-directed therapy, including T-cell costimulating or immune checkpoint blockade therapies
- Ongoing use or anticipated need for treatment with a strong CYP3A4/5 inhibitor or inducer
- Major surgical procedure, other than for diagnosis, within 4 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment, or anticipation of need for a major surgical procedure during the study
- Uncontrolled or symptomatic hypercalcemia or symptomatic hypercalcemia requiring continued use of bisphosphonate therapy or denosumab
- Symptomatic, untreated, or actively progressing central nervous system (CNS) metastases
- History of leptomeningeal disease
- Uncontrolled tumor-related pain
- Uncontrolled pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, or ascites requiring recurrent drainage procedures (once monthly or more frequently)
- Moderate to severe hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh B or C)
- Uncontrolled hypertension
- Prior history of hypertensive crisis or hypertensive encephalopathy
- Significant cardiovascular/cerebrovascular disease within 3 months prior to randomization
- History of clinically significant ventricular dysrhythmias or risk factors for ventricular dysrhythmias
- History of congenital QT syndrome
- Resting heart rate (HR) > 100 bpm (or clinically significant tachycardia)
- Stroke (including transient ischemic attack), myocardial infarction, or other symptomatic ischemic event, or thromboembolic event (e.g., deep venous thrombosis [DVT], pulmonary embolism [PE]) within 3 months before randomization
- Significant vascular disease (e.g., aortic aneurysm or arterial dissection requiring surgical repair or recent peripheral arterial thrombosis) within 6 months prior to Day 1 of Cycle 1
- Tumors invading pulmonary blood vessels, cavitating pulmonary lesions or known endobronchial disease
- Tumor invading the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, including abdominal or tracheoesophageal fistulas
- Evidence of abdominal free air not explained by paracentesis or recent surgical procedure
- Active peptic ulcer disease, acute pancreatitis, acute obstruction of the pancreatic or biliary duct, appendicitis, cholangitis, cholecystitis, diverticulitis, gastric outlet obstruction
- Intra-abdominal abscess within 6 months before initiation of study treatment
- Clinical signs or symptoms of GI obstruction or requirement for routine parenteral hydration, parenteral nutrition, or tube feeding
- Evidence of bleeding diathesis or significant coagulopathy
- Grade ≥ 3 hemorrhage or bleeding event within 28 days prior to initiation of study treatment
- Clinically significant hematuria, hematemesis, hemoptysis of > 0.5 teaspoon (2.5 mL) of red blood, coagulopathy, or other history of significant bleeding (e.g., pulmonary hemorrhage) within 3 months before initiation of study treatment
- Active or history of autoimmune disease or immune deficiency
- Treatment with systemic immunosuppressive medication within 2 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment, or anticipation of need for systemic immunosuppressive medication during study treatment
- Prior allogeneic stem cell or solid organ transplantation
- History of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, organizing pneumonia (e.g., bronchiolitis obliterans), drug-induced pneumonitis, or idiopathic pneumonitis, or evidence of active pneumonitis on screening chest computed tomography (CT) scan
- History of another primary malignancy other than RCC within 2 years prior to screening, with the exception of malignancies with a negligible risk of metastasis or death (e.g., 5-year OS rate > 90%)
- Administration of a live, attenuated vaccine within 4 weeks before randomization or anticipation that such a live, attenuated vaccine will be required during the study
- Active tuberculosis (TB)
- Severe infection within 4 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment
- Participants with active Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection or known or suspected chronic active EBV infection at screening
- Treatment with therapeutic oral or IV antibiotics within 2 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment
- Known hypersensitivity to Chinese hamster *ovary cell products or to any component of tobemstomig, tiragolumab, pembrolizumab, or axitinib

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT05805501
Contact: Reference Study ID Number: BO43936 https://forpatients.roche.com/ | 888-662-6728 | global-roche-genentech-trials@gene.com |

Study Director: | Clinical Trials | Hoffmann-LaRoche |
Responsible Party: | Hoffmann-La Roche |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT05805501 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
BO43936 |
First Posted: | April 10, 2023 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | November 14, 2023 |
Last Verified: | November 2023 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | Yes |
Plan Description: | Qualified researchers may request access to individual patient level data through the clinical study data request platform (www.vivli.org). Further details on Roche's criteria for eligible studies are available here (https://vivli.org/ourmember/roche/). For further details on Roche's Global Policy on the Sharing of Clinical Information and how to request access to related clinical study documents, see here (https://www.roche.com/research_and_development/who_we_are_how_we_work/clinical_trials/our_commitment_to_data_sharing.htm). |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Carcinoma Carcinoma, Renal Cell Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms Adenocarcinoma Kidney Neoplasms Urologic Neoplasms Urogenital Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Female Urogenital Diseases Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications |
Urogenital Diseases Kidney Diseases Urologic Diseases Male Urogenital Diseases Pembrolizumab Axitinib Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological Antineoplastic Agents Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Protein Kinase Inhibitors Enzyme Inhibitors |