Table of contents
- Overview of Spartalizumab trials
- Conditions being studied
- Trial phases and what they mean
- Who can participate
- Main endpoints being measured
- Trial status and enrollment
Overview of Spartalizumab trials
These studies are looking at Spartalizumab in different cancer settings, often together with other cancer treatments.[1] The main goals are to learn about safety, tolerability, and whether the treatment may help control or slow cancer.[1]
The trial data include both interventional studies, meaning the researchers give a treatment and then measure the results, and different patient groups with advanced or hard-to-treat disease.[1][2]
Conditions being studied
One Phase 2 study is in patients with metastatic squamous cell anal carcinoma, which means anal cancer that has spread to other parts of the body.[1] Another Phase 2 study is in resectable gastric cancer, meaning stomach cancer that can still be removed with surgery.[2]
Other studies include people with different types of advanced cancer and people with refractory or recurrent solid tumors, which means solid tumors that do not respond well to treatment or come back after treatment.[3][5] One study also looked at patients with metastatic disease and high PD1 biomarker expression, but that trial used a different antibody and is not a Spartalizumab study in the trial title.[4]
Trial phases and what they mean
The Spartalizumab trials listed here are mainly Phase 1 and Phase 2 studies.[1][2][3][5]
Phase 1 trials are usually early studies that focus on safety, tolerability, and dose selection.[3][5] Phase 2 trials look more closely at whether the treatment seems to work in a specific cancer group, while still watching safety.[1][2]
Who can participate
Eligibility depends on the study and the cancer type being tested.[1][2][3] The trial data show adult patients with metastatic or advanced cancer, adults with resectable gastric cancer, and in one study both pediatric and adult patients with solid tumors that have returned or no longer respond to treatment.[3][5]
One trial is designed separately for a pediatric cohort and an adult cohort, so the goals are not the same for both age groups.[5] In the pediatric group, the study looks for the recommended dose for later testing, while in the adult group it looks at disease control at 6 months.[5]
Main endpoints being measured
The studies measure different endpoints, which are the main results researchers want to track.[1][2][3][5]
Progression-free survival (PFS) at 1 year in metastatic anal cancer: this means the number of patients alive without the cancer getting worse after 1 year.[1]
Pathologic complete response (pCR) in gastric cancer: this means no tumor is found in the tissue removed during surgery after pre-operative treatment.[2]
Adverse events and serious adverse events in the rollover safety study: these are unwanted medical problems that happen during treatment, including serious ones.[3]
Overall response rate (ORR) in the biomarker-selected metastatic disease study: this means the share of patients whose tumors shrink enough to count as a complete or partial response.[4]
Maximum tolerated dose (MTD) in the pediatric cohort of the SPARTO study: this is the highest dose that can be given without too many dose-limiting toxicities.[5]
Disease control rate at 6 months in the adult cohort of the SPARTO study: this includes complete response, partial response, or stable disease.[5]
Trial status and enrollment
The trial status is mixed. Some studies are authorised, some are completed, and one is suspended.[1][2][3][5]
Enrollment ranges from 34 patients in the anal cancer study to 184 patients in the biomarker-selected metastatic disease study.[1][4] This shows that the trials are looking at Spartalizumab in both smaller and larger patient groups.[1][4]




