Linnaeus Therapeutics, Inc.
The goal of this clinical trial is to understand if a new drug called LNS8801 can safely treat patients with melanoma. The primary question to be answered is what is the average length of time during which melanoma does not grow or spread after starting treatment with LNS8801? Researchers will compare LNS8801 taken alone or LNS8801 taken together with another drug called pembrolizumab to other therapies as decided by the treating doctor. 135 patients will be randomly (like flipping a coin) placed in 3 treatment groups. In the first group (LNS8801 only) - Patients will take 125mg tablet of LNS8801 by mouth once per day every day for up to 2 years. In the second group (LNS8801 + pembrolizumab) - Patients will take 125mg tablet of LNS8801 by mouth once per day plus 200 mg of pembrolizumab by IV infusion once every 3 weeks for up to 2 years. In the third group, called Physician's Choice (PC), patients will receive chemotherapy (dacarbazine or temozolomide) or immunotherapy (pembrolizumab, nivolumab/relatlimab or nivolumab/ipilimumab) as determined by their treating physician. How often the patient visits the clinic visits will depend on the treatment group. Besides returning to the clinic for treatment, the patient will undergo periodic safety assessments and other required study procedures such as imaging assessments.
This is a randomized, controlled, open-label, multicenter study to characterize the safety, tolerability, and antitumor effects of LNS8801 alone and in combination with pembrolizumab in treatment refractory, unresectable cutaneous melanoma patients who are homozygous for the consensus GPER protein-coding amino acid sequence (C/C) and have progressed on prior immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy, including an anti-PD-1 therapy. The C/C form of GPER is present in approximately 55% of patients. Patients must initially consent to a prescreening blood-based genetic test only. Patients with the requ…
Inclusion Criteria: * Confirmed unresectable and/or metastatic cutaneous melanoma. * 2 copies of the fully functional form of GPER protein-coding sequence. * Eligible for and willing to receive 1 or more of the physician's choice (PC) therapies. * Able to swallow tablets. * Progressed on treatment with an anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody (mAb) administered either as monotherapy or in combination with other therapies. * Received an anti-CTLA-4 and/or BRAF containing regimen or is not eligible for or has declined anti-CTLA-4 and/or BRAF therapy prior to and for this study. * Measurable disease. *…
G protein-coupled estrogen receptor (GPER) agonist
Recombinant monoclonal antibody (anti-PD1)
chemotherapy (dacarbazine, temozolomide)
pembrolizumab
nivolumab and relatlimab
ipilimumab and nivolumab