A Phase 2 Trial of Ivonescimab for Patients With Advanced, Metastatic Salivary Gland Cancers (I-MAC)

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Sponsor: Glenn J. Hanna (other)

Phase: 2

Start date: Feb. 26, 2025

Planned enrollment: 35

Trial ID: NCT06805617
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Goal: Evaluate the antitumor activity and safety of ivonescimab in advanced, metastatic, or unresectable salivary gland carcinomas.

Patients: Adults (≥18 years) with histologically confirmed salivary gland carcinoma, any histologic subtype including adenoid cystic carcinoma, with recurrent, metastatic, or advanced unresectable disease. ECOG 0–1 required, adequate organ function, and at least one RECIST v1.1 measurable non-CNS lesion. Prior systemic therapy for recurrent/metastatic disease is allowed but not required; prior PD-1 inhibitors or oral VEGFR TKIs are excluded. Patients with stable, treated brain metastases may enroll; key exclusions include active CNS disease, significant autoimmune disease, uncontrolled cardiovascular disease, significant bleeding risk, uncontrolled hypertension, and recent major surgery.

Design: Phase 2, open-label, non-randomized, two-cohort study with a two-stage design using response to determine continuation of accrual within each cohort. Approximately 35 patients total with imaging every 9 weeks; follow-up every 12 weeks after treatment discontinuation.

Treatments: Ivonescimab administered on Day 1 of 21-day cycles until progression or unacceptable toxicity. Ivonescimab is a first-in-class bispecific tetravalent antibody targeting PD-1 and VEGF, designed to simultaneously alleviate tumor-induced immunosuppression and inhibit angiogenesis; binding to one target enhances affinity to the other. Across early-phase studies in solid tumors, it has shown objective responses with a manageable safety profile, and in NSCLC randomized data have demonstrated improved progression-free survival versus pembrolizumab in PD-L1–positive disease; it has regulatory approval in China for post–EGFR TKI NSCLC. Common toxicities include immune-related events and VEGF-pathway effects such as hypertension; grade ≥3 AEs have been reported but are generally manageable with standard algorithms.

Outcomes: Primary: Objective response rate by RECIST v1.1. Secondary: Progression-free survival, overall survival, duration of response (overall and by cohort), and safety/tolerability per CTCAE v5.0.

Burden on patient: Moderate. Participation requires in-clinic visits on a 21-day cycle for infusions, routine labs, and safety assessments; cross-sectional imaging every 9 weeks; and provision of archival or prior biopsy tissue, with new biopsies as feasible. There are no intensive pharmacokinetic schedules typical of phase 1 trials, but monitoring for immune-related and VEGF-related toxicities may necessitate additional visits or management of hypertension and related adverse events. Follow-up occurs every 12 weeks after treatment ends. Travel and time commitments are greater than standard surveillance due to triweekly treatment and q9-week imaging.

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Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States

[email protected] / 617-632-3090

Status: Recruiting

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States

[email protected] / 617-632-3090

Status: Recruiting

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