Status:
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Simvastatin Efficacy in ARID1A Mutated Advanced gastroESophageal Carcinoma Treated With Immunotherapy
Lead Sponsor:
National Cancer Institute, Naples
Conditions:
Advanced or Metastatic Gastrooesophageal Carcinoma
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
The investigators hypothesize that simvastatin (SIM) may improve the efficacy of first- line Nivolumab and Oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy, extending progression-free survival (PFS) as compared with Ni...
Detailed Description
This study is a multicentric open label academic non comparative randomized phase-2 study. Before starting study treatment, at the time of enrollment, patients, with aGEC HER2 negative with ARID1A mu...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Written informed consent to study procedures and to correlative studies.
- Aged ≥ 18.
- Histologically proven of gastrooesophageal carcinoma
- Diagnosis of advanced not operable or metastatic disease.
- HER2 negative and ARID1A mutated status at initial diagnosis.
- Available tumor tissue sample.
- No prior treatments (chemotherapy, radiation or surgery) for aGEC. Surgery for primary GEC tumor before starting treatment is allowed.
- Patient candidate to standard treatment with nivolumab and oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy as clinical practice (combined positive score ≥ 5).
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status
- ≤ 1 at study entry.
- Imaging-documented measurable disease, according to RECIST 1.1 criteria.
- Estimated life expectancy of more than 12 weeks.
- Adequate bone marrow hematological function: absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 x 109/L and platelet count ≥ 100 x 109/L and hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL.
- Adequate liver function: total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) or ≤ 2 (in case of biliary stent) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST)/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 5 X ULN.
- Adequate renal function: serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 mg/dL OR creatinine clearance ≥ 60 mL/min in males and ≥50 mL/min in females (calculated according to Cockroft-Gault formula).
- Known dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPYD) activity is mandatory. The same criteria, except for the status of ARID1A, will be followed to select the 28 consecutive HER2-negative and ARID1A non mutated aGEC patients of observational cohort.
Exclusion
- Prior malignancy within five years. Exceptions include basal cell carcinoma of the skin or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin that has undergone potentially curative therapy or in situ cervical cancer.
- Prior chemotherapy or any other medical treatment for aGEC (previous adjuvant chemotherapy is allowed if terminated \> 12 months previously).
- Any contraindication to Nivolumab, simvastatin or oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy.
- Patients who have treatment with statins or fibrates or any medication for hypercholesterolemia.
- Major surgical intervention within 4 weeks prior to enrollment.
- Pregnancy and breast-feeding.
- Any brain metastasis.
- Evidence of severe or uncontrolled systemic disease or any concurrent condition which in the investigator's opinion makes it undesirable for the patient to participate in the study, or which would jeopardize compliance with the protocol, or would interfere with the results of the study.
- History of poor co-operation, non-compliance with medical treatment, unreliability or any condition that may impair the patient's understanding of the Informed consent form.
- Participation in any interventional drug or medical device study within 30 days prior to treatment start.
- Sexually active males and females (of childbearing potential) unwilling to practice contraception (barrier contraceptive measure or oral contraception) during the study and until 6 months after the last trial treatment.
- Hypesensitivity to simvastatin.
- Acute hepatitis or chronic hepatitis.
- Personal or familial anamnesis of severe hepatopathy.
- Known coagulation disorders. The same criteria will be followed to select the 28 consecutive HER2-negative and ARID1A non mutated aGEC patients of observational cohort.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 1 2025
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
May 1 2028
Estimated Enrollment :
84 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT07213557
Start Date
December 1 2025
End Date
May 1 2028
Last Update
December 17 2025
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