Testing the Addition of Nivolumab to Standard Treatment for Patients With Metastatic or Unresectable Colorectal Cancer That Have a BRAF Mutation

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2024-08-31

Summary

This phase II trial tests whether encorafenib and cetuximab with and without nivolumab works to shrink tumors in patients with colorectal cancer that has spread to other places in the body (metastatic) or that cannot be removed by surgery (unresectable). Encorafenib may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for proliferation. Cetuximab is in a class of medications called monoclonal antibodies. It binds to a protein called EGFR, which is found on some types of cancer cells. This may help keep cancer cells from growing. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as nivolumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread.. Giving encorafenib and cetuximab with nivolumab may be more effective at stopping the growth of new cancer cells in patients with metastatic or unresectable colorectal cancer than encorafenib and cetuximab alone.

• Phase: Phase 2

Details

• Lead Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Treatments: Antibodies; Antibodies, Monoclonal; Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological; Cetuximab; Immunoglobulins; Nivolumab