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NCT04988841CompletedPhase 2

Assessing the Tolerance and Clinical Benefit of feCAl tranSplantation in patientS With melanOma

Prospective randomIzed Clinical Trial Assessing the Tolerance and Clinical Benefit of feCAl tranSplantation in patientS With melanOma Treated With CTLA-4 and PD1 Inhibitors

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 28 Aug 2025

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Recent studies suggest that patients with metastatic melanoma whose gut microbiome is colonized by eubiotic bacteria have a stronger anti-cancer response to anti CTLA-4 and anti PD1. The hypothesis of this research is that a pooled standardized fecal microbiome transfer (FMT) will shift melanoma patients' gut microbiome towards a composition close to that associated with a better response, and will therefore increase the response to a combination of anti CTLA-4 and anti PD1, without affecting the safety of these drugs. The present trial is the first randomized trial of FMT in patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma. It will include patients who have neither been exposed to anti CTLA-4 nor anti PD1 or PDL-1, prior to inclusion in the study. The pooled standardized fecal microbiome transfer administered in this study is an experimental drug MaaT013, a microbiome restoration biotherapeutic, produced by MaaT Pharma, and composed of pooled-donor, full-ecosystem intestinal microbiome. The MaaT013 product has a standardized richness (in number of species present) higher than a product obtained from a mono donor (455 species approximately against 274 on average) and contains bacteria species (mentioned in the rationale) associated with better response to anti- CTLA-4 and anti PD1.

Status (registry)
Completed
Phase (registry)
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
70 (actual)
First submitted
25 Jun 2021
Start date
20 Jan 2022
Primary completion date
30 Aug 2024
Lead sponsor
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Diseases
Melanoma
NCT number
NCT04988841
EU CT number
2024-516100-42-00
EudraCT number
2020-002932-64

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
  • Participants enrolled: 70
  • From 20 Jan 2022 to the primary completion date, 30 Aug 2024
  • 5 sites in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Prior treatment

  • Antibiotics in the last two weeks prior to the FMT
  • Expected to require any other form of systemic or localized anti-neoplastic therapy while on study
  • Contraindication to fecal transplantation

Other illness

  • Active infection requiring systemic therapy.
  • Active, known or suspected autoimmune disease.
  • Known hypersensitivity to Normacol or Moviprep® or equivalent patent medicines enema or one of their components.
  • Recent acute coronary syndrome or unstable ischemic heart disease
  • Congestive heart failure ≥ Class III or IV as defined by New York Heart Association
  • Gastrointestinal obstruction or perforation
  • Gastric emptying disorders (gastroparesis),
  • Toxic megacolon, in severe forms of inflammation of the intestinal tract, including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.

Lab values

  • Fluid-electrolyte disorders with sodium retention (heart failure, hyperaldosteronism, drug-induced edema)
  • Hypersensitivity to the active substances or to any of the excipients: Aspartame (E951), Acesulfame, potassium (E950), lemon flavor (maltodextrin, citral, lemon essential oil, lime essential oil, xanthan gum, vitamin E)
  • Deficiency in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (due to the presence of ascorbate),

Other

  • Pregnant or breastfeeding women
  • Inability to retain enemas
  • No health insurance,
  • Patients already included in a clinical research other than an observational study (e.g: registry, cohort).
  • Patient on AME (state medical aid) (unless exemption from affiliation)
  • Patients guardianship/legal protection/curatorship
  • Ileus,
  • Phenylketonuria (due to the presence of aspartame),

Who the study is looking for

  • Patients aged 18 to 80
  • Patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma
  • Patients with ECOG performance of 0-2
  • Patients able to provide written informed consent and understand the risks associated with MaaT013
  • Have measurable disease as per RECIST version 1.1, on a tumor evaluation (either CT scan, physical evaluation or ultrasonography) performed less than 2 weeks before screening visit
  • Requiring a treatment with Ipilimumab and PD1 inhibitor (Nivolumab) and having no contraindication to these drugs nor to their excipients
  • Patients unexposed to ipilimumab and anti PD1 or anti PDL1 except if they have received it in the adjuvant setting (if the last dose of Ipilimumab® or anti PD1 or anti PDL1 was received at least 6 months before randomization).
  • Negative pregnancy test (serum)
  • Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must agree to follow instructions for method(s) of contraception for the duration of study treatment with nivolumab, ipilimumab and 6 months after the last dose of study treatment (ie, 30 days (duration of ovulatory cycle) plus the time required for the investigational drug to undergo approximately five half-lives)
  • Males who are sexually active with WOCBP must agree to follow instructions for method(s) of contraception for the duration of study treatment with nivolumab, ipilimumab and 7 months after the last dose of study treatment {i.e., 90 days (duration of sperm turnover) plus the time required for the investigational drug to undergo approximately five half-lives.}
  • Hemoglobin ≥9 g/dL
  • Platelets ≥ 100000mm3
  • Neutrophils ≥ 1500/mm3
  • Creatinine Clearance ≥ 50mL/mn
  • AST ≤ 3N
  • ALT ≤ 3N
  • Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5N (except subjects with Gilbert Syndrome, who can have total bilirubin \< 3.0 mg/dL)
  • Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 3N
  • INR \< 1.5
  • Prothrombin ≥ 70%
  • TCA \< 1.2
  • No Hepatocellular insufficiency

Age in the registry: 18 years to 80 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (5)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Hôpital Ambroise-Paré
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Boulogne-BillancourtFranceCompleted
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille
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LilleFranceCompleted
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes
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NantesFranceCompleted
Hopital Saint Louis
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ParisFranceCompleted
Institut Gustave Roussy
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VillejuifFranceCompleted

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