Ph 1B B-701 in Combination With Pembrolizumab in Metastatic Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Urothelial Tract

Exclusion Criteria

• •Participants who have had chemotherapy, targeted small molecule therapy, or radiotherapy within 2 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) prior to entering the study or those who have not recovered from adverse events due to agents administered more than 2 weeks earlier.
• •Participants who are receiving, or have received, any other investigational drugs or devices within the 2 weeks prior to the first dose of study medications.
• •Participants who received major surgery must be recovered adequately from the toxicity and/or complications from the interventions prior to starting therapy.
• •Participants with a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or who are receiving systemic steroid therapy (\>5 mg prednisone or its equivalent) or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the first dose of study treatment.
• •Participants who have a primary central nervous system (CNS) malignancy, or untreated/active CNS metastases (progressing or requiring anticonvulsants or corticosteroids for symptomatic control). Individuals with a history of treated CNS metastases are eligible, provided they meet all of the following criteria:
• •* Evaluable or measurable disease outside the CNS
• •* Radiographic demonstration of stability upon the completion of CNS directed therapy and no evidence of interim progression (for at least 4 weeks prior to the first dose of study drug) between the completion of CNS-directed therapy and the screening radiographic procedure
• •* The screening CNS radiographic procedure is ≥ 8 weeks since completion of radiotherapy and ≥ 4 weeks since the discontinuation of corticosteroids and anticonvulsants Note: These exceptions do not include carcinomatous meningitis which is excluded regardless of clinical stability.
• •Participants with a history of allergic reactions attributed to monoclonal antibody therapy (or recombinant antibody-related fusion proteins)
• •Participants with active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment (\>5 mg of prednisone or its equivalent) in the past 2 years (i.e. with use of disease modifying agents, corticosteroids, or immunosuppressive drugs). Replacement therapy (eg., thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency, etc.) is not considered a form of systemic treatment.
• •Participants with known evidence of active, non-infectious pneumonitis.
• •Participants with an active infection requiring systemic therapy.
• •Participants who have received a live vaccine within 30 days of planned start of study therapy.
• •Note: Seasonal influenza vaccines for injection are generally inactivated flu vaccines and are allowed; however intranasal influenza vaccines (e.g., Flu-Mist®) are live attenuated vaccines, and are not allowed.
• •Participants who have had a prior anti-cancer monoclonal antibody (mAb) within 2 weeks prior to Cycle 1 Day 1 or who have not recovered (i.e., ≤ Grade 1 or at baseline) from adverse events due to agents administered more than 2 weeks earlier.
• •Participants unwilling or unable to discontinue use of prohibited therapies, including any cytotoxic chemotherapy, radiotherapy, immunotherapy or biologic agent (approved or investigational) for the treatment of TCC are ineligible.
• •Participants with uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
• •Participants who have undergone a major surgical procedure or trauma within 4 weeks prior to Cycle 1, Day 1. All wounds must be fully healed on Cycle 1, Day 1
• •Participants with a history of other malignancy which could affect compliance with the protocol or interpretation of results. Individuals with a history of curatively treated basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin or in situ carcinoma of the cervix are allowed. Participants with a malignancy that has been treated with curative intent will also be allowed if the malignancy has been in remission without treatment for ≥ 2 years prior to Cycle 1, Day 1.
• •Pregnant women are excluded from this study because the risks with B-701 are unknown and pembrolizumab is a PD-1 inhibitor with the potential for teratogenic or abortifacient effects. Because there is an unknown but potential risk for adverse events in nursing infants secondary to treatment of the mother with B-701 and pembrolizumab, breastfeeding should be discontinued. Women of child-bearing potential must agree to use adequate birth control throughout the study duration.
• •Hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV serology-positive (or known history of HIV seropositive status) participants are ineligible because these underlying diseases will confound interpretation of important safety assessments, e.g. liver function tests, increased potential for reactivation or exacerbation of viral infections. Such individuals may be taking or require other drugs, and may be at higher risk of opportunistic infections and adverse effects. Hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV serology-positive individuals were excluded from the pivotal pembrolizumab clinical trial in melanoma, so safety of this drug in this setting is unknown.
• •Known active bacterial, viral, fungal, mycobacterial, parasitic, or other infection (excluding fungal infections of nail beds) at screening or any major episode of infection requiring treatment with IV antibiotics or hospitalization (relating to the completion of the course of antibiotics) within 4 weeks prior to Cycle 1, Day 1
• •Has a known history of active TB (Bacillus Tuberculosis)
• •Participants who weigh \> 110 kg will be ineligible due to study drug limitations