Testing an Immunotherapy Anti-cancer Drug, Nivolumab, for Advanced Cancers in Patients With Autoimmune Disorders, AIM-NIVO

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To assess the overall safety, and toxicities associated with the use of the anti-programmed death 1 (PD-1) antibody nivolumab in patients with varying severity of dermatomyositis (DM)/systemic sclerosis (SSc), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) (ulcerative colitis \[UC\] and Crohn's disease \[CD\]), multiple sclerosis (MS), Sjogren's syndrome \[SjS\], psoriasis (PsO)/psoriatic arthritis (PsA), and other autoimmune diseases. II. To assess the overall safety, and toxicities associated with the use of the anti-programmed death 1 (PD-1) antibody nivolumab and other Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved combinations for given oncologic indications in patients with varying severity of DM/SSc, RA, SLE, IBD (ulcerative colitis \[UC\] and Crohn's disease \[CD\]), MS, Sjogren's syndrome \[SjS\], psoriasis (PsO)/psoriatic arthritis (PsA), and other autoimmune diseases. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To evaluate the efficacy of nivolumab in terms of objective response rates (ORRs), progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS) in patients with cancer and DM/SSc, RA, SLE, IBD (UC and CD), MS, SjS, PsO/PsA, and other autoimmune diseases. II. To observe and record anti-tumor activity. III. To propose dosing recommendations for anti-PD-1 antibodies based on the severity of the autoimmune disorder. IV. To evaluate the impact of nivolumab on the disease severity indices for: DM/SSc, RA, SLE, IBD: UC and CD, not specified (NS), MS, SjS, PsO/PsA. V. To identify biomarkers of response and toxicity. OUTLINE: Patients are assigned to 1 of 11 arms. ARM I (MONOTHERAPY): Patients may receive single agent nivolumab intravenously (IV) over 30 minutes every 4 weeks for up to 2 years for patients with metastatic indications, for up to 1 year for adjuvant indications or for up to 3 months after surgery for neoadjuvant indications in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. ARM II (UNRESECTABLE OR METASTATIC MELANOMA): Patients receive nivolumab IV over 30 minutes every 2 or 4 weeks in combination with ipilimumab IV every 3 weeks for up to 4 doses of combination therapy in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Treatment with nivolumab may continue every 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. ARM III (NEOADJUVANT TREATMENT OF RESECTABLE NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER \[NSCLC\]): Patients receive nivolumab IV over 30 minutes in combination with platinum doublet therapy every 3 weeks for up to 3 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. ARM IV (METASTATIC PD-L1 POSITIVE NSCLC): Patients receive nivolumab IV over 30 minutes every 3 weeks and ipilimumab IV every 6 weeks for up to 2 years in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. ARM V (METASTATIC OR RECURRENT NSCLC): Patients receive nivolumab IV over 30 minutes every 3 weeks, ipilimumab IV every 6 weeks and platinum doublet therapy every 3 weeks for up to 2 cycles of combination therapy. Treatment with nivolumab and ipilimumab repeats for up to 2 years in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. ARM VI (MALIGNANT PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA): Patients receive nivolumab IV over 30 minutes every 3 weeks and ipilimumab IV every 6 weeks for up to 2 years in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. ARM VII (ADVANCED RENAL CELL CARCINOMA \[RCC\]): Patients receive nivolumab IV over 30 minutes in combination with ipilimumab IV every 3 weeks for up to 4 doses of combination therapy in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients may continue to receive single agent nivolumab every 2 or 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients may optionally receive nivolumab IV every 2 or 4 weeks in combination with cabozantinib orally (PO) once daily (QD) for up to 2 years of combination therapy in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Treatment with single agent cabozantinib may continue in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. ARM VIII (MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY-HIGH \[MSI-H\] OR MISMATCH REPAIR DEFICIENT \[dMMR\] METASTATIC COLORECTAL CANCER): Patient receive nivolumab IV over 30 minutes every 2 or 4 weeks in combination with ipilimumab IV every 3 weeks for up to 4 doses of combination therapy in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients may continue to receive single agent nivolumab every 2 or 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. ARM IX (HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA \[HCC\]): Patients receive nivolumab IV over 30 minutes in combination with ipilimumab IV every 3 weeks for up to 4 doses of combination therapy. Patients may continue to receive single agent nivolumab every 2 or 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. ARM X (ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA): Patients receive nivolumab IV over 30 minutes every 2 or 4 weeks in combination with fluoropyrimidine and platinum-containing chemotherapy for up to 2 years in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity OR receive nivolumab IV every 2 or 3 weeks in combination with ipilimumab IV every 6 weeks for up to 2 years in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients may then continue receiving fluoropyrimidine and platinum-containing chemotherapy in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. ARM XI (GASTRIC CANCER, GASTROESOPHAGEAL JUNCTION CANCER, AND ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA): Patients receive nivolumab IV over 30 minutes in combination with fluoropyrimidine and platinum-containing chemotherapy every 2 or 3 weeks for up to 2 years in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients also undergo collection of blood, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), tissue, stool, and urine samples throughout the trial. After completion of study treatment, patients without disease progression are followed for 100 days, and patients with disease progression are followed every 12 weeks for up to 5 years.