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  • Objective:

    Primary Objective:

    • To determine if ado-trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) shows better progression-free survival (PFS) when compared to docetaxel plus trastuzumab (TH) in recurrent and/or metastatic (R/M) HER2-positive salivary gland cancer (SGC) patients who have not previously received HER2 therapy for unresectable or recurrent and/or metastatic disease, as determined by local assessment.

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To compare the overall response rate (ORR) by RECIST v1.1 criteria between arms;
    • To compare overall survival (OS) between arms;
    • To compare toxicity using CTCAE v5.0 criteria between arms;
    • To assess patient-reported toxicity, as measured by the PRO-CTCAE, between arms, and explore patient-reported symptomatic adverse events (AEs) for tolerability of each treatment arm as measured by the PRO-CTCAE.
    Cancer Categories:
    • Head and Neck
    Principal Investigator:
    • Sukari, Ammar
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • NRG-HN010
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase II
  • Objective:

    Primary Objectives:

    • To evaluate the feasibility of molecular characterization based on TMB for
      participant stratification, as assessed by the proportion of participants with less
      than or equal to a 21-day turnaround time for biopsy results in Stage I of the study.
    • To evaluate the feasibility of molecular characterization based on TMB and GEP
      (for TIS) for stratification in the overall study (Stage I and Stage II).
    • To evaluate the efficacy by overall response rate (ORR – defined as confirmed
      and unconfirmed partial responses plus complete responses) of cabozantinib plus
      nivolumab in each disease cohort, both across and within tumor biomarker
      subgroups.

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To assess the difference in ORR in each disease cohort between tumor marker
      subgroups separately for each disease cohort.
    • To assess safety and tolerability of this treatment in these populations.
    • To estimate disease control rate (DCR) in participants receiving cabozantinib plus
      nivolumab in each disease cohort, stratified by tumor biomarkers.
    • To estimate progression-free survival (PFS) in participants receiving cabozantinib
      plus nivolumab in each disease cohort, stratified by tumor biomarkers.
    • To estimate overall survival (OS) in participants receiving cabozantinib plus
      nivolumab in each disease cohort, stratified by tumor biomarkers.
    • To assess the proportion of patients with assay failure, and the time from the date
      of tissue collection to molecular group determination at the end of Stage I.
    • To assess turnaround time for TIS for at least 30 patients in Stage I to ensure that
      at least 75% have a turnaround time of <21 days. If TIS is not ready for real-time
      testing when 30 slots remain for Stage I, accrual will be paused until assay
      validation is complete
    Cancer Categories:
    • Head and Neck,Skin
    Principal Investigator:
    • Sukari, Ammar
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • S2101
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase II
  • Objective:

    Primary Objectives Phase II:

      To determine if patient-reported neck and shoulder function and related quality of life (QOL) at 6 months after surgery using the Neck Dissection Impairment Index (NDII) is superior with Sentinel Lymph Node (SLN) biopsy compared to Elective Neck Dissection (END) for treatment of early-stage oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OCSCC) (cT1-2N0).

    Primary Objectives Phase III:

    • To determine if disease-free survival (DFS) is non-inferior with SLN biopsy compared to END for treatment of early-stage OCSCC (cT1-2N0).
    • To determine if patient-reported neck and shoulder function and related QOL at 6 months after surgery using NDII is superior with SLN biopsy compared to END for treatment of early-stage OCSCC (cT1-2N0).

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To compare patterns of failure (local-regional relapse and distant metastasis) between surgical arms.
    • To measure and compare overall survival (OS) between surgical arms.
    • To measure and compare the toxicity of the two surgical arms.
    • To measure longitudinal patient-reported neck and shoulder function and related QOL between surgical arms, using the following instruments:
      • Neck Dissection Impairment Index (NDII)
      • Abbreviated Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (QuickDASH)
      • Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Head and Neck (FACT-H&N)
    • To assess the length of hospitalization, post-operative drain placement, and operative morbidity between arms.
    • To estimate the negative predictive rate of FDG PET/CT for N0 neck in patients with T1 and T1-2 oral cavity squamous cell cancer (OCSCC) patients in the END arm.
    • To assess nodal metastases rates between arms.
    • To assess the pathologic false omission rate (FOR) in the SLN biopsy arm.
    • To determine if patient-reported neck and shoulder function and related QOL at 6 months after surgery using the NDII is superior with the SLN biopsy compared to the END in low-risk patients.
    Cancer Categories:
    • Head and Neck
    Principal Investigator:
    • Cramer, John
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • NRG-HN006
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase II/III
  • Objective:

    Module A Monotherapy—dose escalation

    Primary Objective:

    • To investigate the safety and tolerability of EP0031 given as monotherapy

    Secondary Objective:

    • To characterize the PK of EP0031 given as monotherapy, after a single dose and at steady state after multiple dosing

    Modules B and C Monotherapy—dose expansion

    Primary Objective:

    • To assess the efficacy of EP0031 given as monotherapy in patients with RET-altered tumours who have progressed following firstgeneration SRI therapy and in patients with RET-altered tumors with no prior SRI therapy (by RECIST v1.1)

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To investigate the safety and tolerability of EP0031 given as monotherapy
    • To characterize the PK of EP0031 given as monotherapy
    Cancer Categories:
    • Gastrointestinal (GI),Head and Neck,Lung
    Principal Investigator:
    • Sukari, Ammar
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • 2023-066
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase I/II
  • Objective:

    Dose Escalation

    Primary Objective

    • To assess the safety and tolerability of AB598 in patients with advanced malignancies

    Secondary Objectives

    • To describe the PK profile of AB598 in patients with advanced malignancies
    • To assess the immunogenicity to AB598 in patients with advanced malignancies
    • To assess the clinical activity of AB598 in participants with advanced malignancies

    Dose Expansion

    Primary Objective

    • To characterize the safety and tolerability of AB598 in combination with zimberelimab and standard chemotherapies in participants with advanced malignancies

    Secondary Objectives

    • To characterize the PK profile of AB598 in combination with zimberelimab and standard chemotherapies in participants with advanced malignancies
    • To assess the immunogenicity to AB598 in combination with zimberelimab and standard chemotherapies in participants with advanced malignancies
    • To assess the clinical activity of AB598 in combination with zimberelimab and standard chemotherapies in participants with advanced malignancies
    Cancer Categories:
    • Breast,Gastrointestinal (GI),Genitourinary (GU),Gynecologic,Head and Neck,Lung
    Principal Investigator:
    • Uprety, Dipesh
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • 2023-077
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase I
  • Objective:

    Primary Objective:

    • To evaluate the antitumor activity of disitamab vedotin in subjects with previously treated, locally-advanced unresectable or metastatic (LA/m) HER2 expressing solid tumors

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To evaluate the safety and tolerability profile of disitamab vedotin
    • To assess other measures of antitumor activity of disitamab vedotin per investigator assessment by other clinically relevant measures
    • To evaluate the pharmacokinetics (PK) of disitamab vedotin
    • To evaluate the immunogenicity of disitamab vedotin
    Cancer Categories:
    • Gastrointestinal (GI),Gynecologic,Head and Neck,Lung,Skin
    Principal Investigator:
    • Sukari, Ammar
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • 2023-069
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase II
  • Objective:

    Primary Objectives:

    • To characterize the safety and tolerability of different dose levels of ZL-1218 when administered as a single agent and in combination with pembrolizumab (200 mg IV Q3 week), including dose-limiting toxicity (DLT), maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and recommended dose (RD) of ZL-1218.

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To assess the preliminary efficacy of ZL-1218 when administered as a single agent and in combination with pembrolizumab.
    • To characterize the pharmacokinetics (PK) of ZL-1218 as a single agent or in combination with pembrolizumab, after a single dose and multiple doses.
    • To evaluate the immunogenicity of ZL-1218 as a single agent or in combination with pembrolizumab, after a single dose and multiple doses.
    Cancer Categories:
    • Gastrointestinal (GI),Genitourinary (GU),Head and Neck,Lung
    Principal Investigator:
    • Mamdani, Hirva
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • 2023-081
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase I
  • Objective:

    Primary Objectives:

    • To evaluate safety and tolerability of ALE.C04 as monotherapy and in combination with pembrolizumab (Phase I Dose Escalation)
    • To establish RP2D for ALE.C04 in combination with pembrolizumab (Phase I RDEs)
    • To assess anti-tumor activity of ALE.C04 monotherapy (Phase II)
    • To establish RP2D of ALE.C04 monotherapy (Phase II)
    • To compare anti-tumor efficacy of ALE.C04 in combination with pembrolizumab versus pembrolizumab monotherapy (Phase II)

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To assess the preliminary antitumor activity of ALE.C04 as monotherapy and in combination with pembrolizumab by evaluating tumor response (Phase I and Phase II)
    • To characterize the PK of ALE.C04 following a single dose administration and at steady state after multiple dosing as monotherapy and in combination with pembrolizumab (Phase I and Phase II)
    • To evaluate the immunogenicity of ALE.C04 as monotherapy and in combination with pembrolizumab (Phase I and Phase II)
    • Patient Reported Outcomes (Phase II, randomized)
    Cancer Categories:
    • Head and Neck
    Principal Investigator:
    • Sukari, Ammar
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • 2023-064
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase I/II
  • Objective:

    Primary Objectives:

    • Phase II: To assess the efficacy of concurrent definitive therapy followed by nivolumab compared with concurrent definitive therapy followed by observation in terms of progression-free survival (PFS).
    • Phase III: To assess the efficacy of concurrent definitive therapy followed by nivolumab compared with concurrent definitive therapy followed by observation in terms of overall survival (OS).

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To further assess the efficacy of nivolumab compared with observation in terms of the relationship of baseline PD-L1 expression to clinical outcome.
    • To evaluate the predictive value of HPV16 E6 and E7 DNA in saliva and plasma, at baseline, 12 weeks and 9 months after completion of radiation on PFS and OS in both arms of the study.
    • To evaluate the tumor mutation burden by whole exome sequencing of the initial pretreatment tissue sample as well as samples obtained at the time of progression.
    • To evaluate the association of 12 week post therapy FDG PET/CT with PFS and OS.
    • To establish the prognostic value of SUVmax of primary tumor or neck nodal metastasis of baseline FDG PET/CT for OS (and/or PFS).
    • To correlate SUVmax of primary tumor or nodal metastasis of baseline FDG PET/CT with PD-L1 expression (positive vs. negative).
    • To correlate the post therapy (cisplatin + RT) FDG PET/CT with saliva or plasma levels of HPV DNA collected at the time of the standard 3 months PET/CT scan as well as 6 months later (i.e. 9 months post therapy) for both the observation and Nivolumab groups.
    • To compare the PET based therapy response assessment (Hopkins criteria) to the RECIST 1.1 assessment at 12 week post chemoradiation therapy, for patients who have a PET/CT scan at 12 weeks.
    Cancer Categories:
    • Head and Neck
    Principal Investigator:
    • Sukari, Ammar
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • EA3161
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase II/III
  • Objective:

    Primary Objectives:

    • To evaluate tolerability of xevinapant when added to weekly cisplatin-based CRT in LA SCCHN

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To characterize safety of xevinapant when added to weekly cisplatin-based CRT in LA SCCHN
    • To evaluate clinical activity parameters using Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) v 1.1
    • To evaluate time to subsequent cancer treatments in participants treated with xevinapant when added to weekly cisplatin-based CRT in LA SCCHN
    Cancer Categories:
    • Head and Neck
    Principal Investigator:
    • Sukari, Ammar
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • 2023-098
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase I