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NCT06205836RecruitingPhase 2

Cemiplimab With or Without Fianlimab to Treat Older Patients With Localized or Locally Advanced MSI-H Colorectal Cancer

Evaluating a Surgical-Sparing Approach Using Cemiplimab With or Without Fianlimab to Treat Older Patients With Localized or Locally Advanced MSI-H Colorectal Cancer

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 6 May 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and clinical activity of cemiplimab and the combination of cemiplimab/fianlimab in microsatellite unstable localized or locally advanced colorectal cancer diagnosed in patients age 70 or greater or in patients age 18 or greater considered poor candidates for surgery or unwilling to undergo surgery.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
44 (estimated)
First submitted
4 Jan 2024
Start date
13 Jun 2024
Primary completion date
May 2030
Lead sponsor
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
NCT number
NCT06205836

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
  • Planned participants: 44
  • From 13 Jun 2024 to the primary completion date, May 2030
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.

Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Have received an investigational agent or used an investigational device within 28 days of the first dose of study drug.
  • Have expected to require any other form of systemic or localized antineoplastic therapy while on study.
  • Have had surgery within 28 days of dosing of investigational agent, excluding minor procedures (dental work, skin biopsy, etc.).
  • History of prior treatment with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, anti-PD-L2, anti-CTLA4, or anti-Lag-3 antibodies for any reason in the 5 years proceeding their colorectal cancer diagnosis.
  • Currently using any chronic systemic steroids.
  • Patient has received a live vaccine within 30 days of the first dose of study drug.
  • Have received an investigational agent or used an investigational device within 28 days of the first dose of study drug.
  • Have expected to require any other form of systemic or localized antineoplastic therapy while on study.
  • Currently using any chronic systemic steroids.
  • Patient has received a live vaccine within 30 days of the first dose of study drug.

Other illness

  • History of severe hypersensitivity reaction to any monoclonal antibody.
  • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, uncontrolled infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina, cardiac arrhythmia, metastatic cancer, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
  • Active autoimmune disease.
  • Has clinically significant heart disease.
  • Conditions, including alcohol or drug dependence, intercurrent illness, or lack of sufficient peripheral venous access, that would affect the patient's ability to comply with study visits and procedures.
  • History of severe hypersensitivity reaction to any monoclonal antibody.
  • Conditions, including alcohol or drug dependence, intercurrent illness, or lack of sufficient peripheral venous access, that would affect the patient's ability to comply with study visits and procedures.

Lab values

  • Cohort B Only: Troponin T (TnT) or troponin I (TnI) \> 2x institutional ULN at baseline.
  • Cohort D Only: Troponin T (TnT) or troponin I (TnI) \> 2x institutional ULN at baseline.

Other

  • Any tissue or organ allograft, regardless of need for immunosuppression, including corneal allograft.
  • Patient has a pulse oximetry of \<92% on room air.
  • Patient is on supplemental home oxygen.
  • Unwilling or unable to follow the study schedule for any reason
    • Exclusion for Cohort C and D:
  • Any tissue or organ allograft, regardless of need for immunosuppression, including corneal allograft.
  • Patient is pregnant or breastfeeding.
  • Participation deemed not in the best interest of the patient.
  • Unwilling or unable to follow the study schedule for any reason.

Who the study is looking for

  • Age ≥70 years.
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 -2
  • Have histologically proven localized or locally advanced mismatch repair deficient (dMMR) or microsatellite unstable (MSI-H) colorectal cancer.
  • Must not have received any prior systemic treatment or radiation.
  • Must be agreeable to endoscopic, and CT surveillance for a total of 24 months.
  • Patient's acceptance to have a tumor biopsy.
  • Patients must have adequate organ and marrow function defined by study-specified laboratory tests and procedures.
  • LVEF assessment with documented LVEF ≥ 45% by either TTE or MUGA (TTE preferred) within 6 months from first study drug administration.
  • For both Women and Men, must use acceptable form of birth control while on study.
  • Ability to understand and willingness to sign a written informed consent document.
  • Age ≥18 years.
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 -3.
  • Have histologically proven localized or locally advanced mismatch repair deficient (dMMR) or microsatellite unstable (MSI-H) colorectal cancer.
  • Patient deemed a poor surgical candidate after evaluation by a surgeon or unwilling to undergo surgery.
  • Must not have received any prior systemic treatment or radiation.
  • Must be agreeable to endoscopic, and CT surveillance for a total of 24 months.
  • Patient's acceptance to have a tumor biopsy.
  • Patients must have adequate organ and marrow function defined by study-specified laboratory tests and procedures.
  • For both Women and Men, must use acceptable form of birth control while on study.
  • Ability to understand and willingness to sign a written informed consent document.

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

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Johns Hopkins SKCCC
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BaltimoreUnited StatesRecruiting

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