ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT07426484
Cosibelimab for CSCC in Patients With Kidney Transplant or Hematologic Malignancy
A Phase IV Master Protocol of Cosibelimab in Special Populations With Advanced Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma (CosiMaster)
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This Phase IV, open-label study evaluates cosibelimab in people with advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma who are either kidney transplant recipients or have certain hematologic malignancies. Participants are placed into two cohorts: kidney transplant recipients receive cosibelimab plus a standard immunosuppressive regimen, and people with blood cancers receive cosibelimab alone. The study includes treatment cycles, scans, blood and urine tests, biopsies/aspirations, and long-term follow-up to assess response and safety.
What it is studying. The study is testing the safety and anti-tumor activity of cosibelimab in people with advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma who are either kidney transplant recipients or have hematologic malignancies. Key measures include tumor metabolic response rate, treatment-emergent and immune-related adverse events, allograft rejection and loss in the transplant cohort, progression-free and overall survival, and circulating tumor DNA levels.
What the researchers hope to learn. To evaluate cosibelimab’s safety and anti-tumor activity in these special populations with advanced CSCC; to measure tumor response rates, rates of adverse and immune-related events, risk of kidney allograft rejection in transplant recipients, progression-free and overall survival, duration of response, and circulating tumor DNA changes.
What this study is about
The study's own summary, as published on ClinicalTrials.gov. Underlined terms have a short explanation.
This is study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of cosibelimab in special populations with advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC). The name of the drug involved in this research study is: -cosibelimab (a type of an anti-PD-L1 antibody)
Interventions being studied
Being studied in this trial does not mean the treatment or procedure is approved or available for this condition.
- Drug
- Cosibelimab
- Prednisone
- Sirolimus
- Everolimus
Eligibility
The criteria exactly as listed on ClinicalTrials.gov. Only the study team can say whether they apply to you.
Inclusion criteria
- COHORT A: Participant must have a history of kidney transplant (at least 6 months prior to enrollment). (A history of more than one kidney transplantation is permitted.)
- COHORT B: Participant must have a diagnosis of a hematologic malignancy, including chronic myeloproliferative neoplasm (CMN) or an indolent non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), or multiple myeloma (MM).
- Examples of indolent non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHL), including but not limited to:
- Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)
- Small cell lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL)
- Follicular lymphoma (FL)
- Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma
- Waldenström macroglobulinemia
- Marginal zone lymphoma
- Mantle cell lymphoma, indolent variety
- Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (mycosis fungoides and Sézary syndrome)
- Examples of chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms (CMN), including but not limited to:
- Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML)
- Polycythemia vera (PV)
- Primary myelofibrosis
- Essential thrombocythemia (ET)
- Chronic neutrophilic leukemia
- Chronic eosinophilic leukemia
- Examples of myeloma, including but not limited to:
- Multiple myeloma (MM)
- Smoldering myeloma
- Participants must have histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC).
- Note: Mixed histology is acceptable (e.g. basosquamous, squamous cell carcinoma with adnexal differentiation), and other histologic variants (sarcomatoid carcinoma, spindle cell carcinoma, poorly differentiated carcinoma with squamous features).
- Participant must have CSCC that is not amenable to surgery or radiation therapy, or recurrent despite prior surgery or radiation therapy, including locally advanced unresectable CSCC for which local therapy (surgery and/or radiation therapy) is not recommended. This includes CSCC occurring in patients who are not surgical candidates due to comorbidities and patients who refuse surgery (due to concerns about morbidity, disfigurement, etc).
- Participants must have measurable disease as per PET Response Criteria in Solid Tumors version
- (PERCIST 1.0),46 defined as any tumor (of any size) whose SUV lean (SUL) peak is greater than 1.5 times the mean SUL in the liver + 2 times its standard deviation. Mean SUL in the liver is measured in a 3-cm diameter spherical volume of interest (VOI), which is a measurement of the SUV background.
- Age ≥18 years. Because no dosing or adverse event data are currently available on the use of cosibelimab in participants <18 years of age, children are excluded from this study.
- ECOG performance status 0-2 (see Appendix A for definitions of this and Karnofsky Performance Status).
- Participants must meet the following organ and marrow function as defined below:
- Absolute neutrophil count ≥1.0 K/mcL
- Platelets ≥30 K/mcL
- Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 institutional upper limit of normal (ULN), except subjects with Gilbert's syndrome, who must have total bilirubin < 3.0 mg/dL
- AST(SGOT) ≤ 2.5 × institutional ULN
- ALT(SGPT) ≤ 2.5 × institutional ULN
- Adequate renal function, defined as defined as estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ≥ 30 mL/min
- Serum creatinine ≤ 3.0 x institutional ULN or ≤ 3.0 x baseline (grade ≤ 2 per CTCAE)
- Participants with new or progressive brain metastases (active brain metastases) or leptomeningeal disease are eligible if the treating physician determines that immediate CNS specific treatment is not required and is unlikely to be required during the first cycle of therapy.
- PD-1 and PD-L1 immune checkpoint antibodies are classified as pregnancy class D. For this reason, and because other therapeutic agents used in this trial are potentially teratogenic, women of child-bearing potential (WOCBP) and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation, and 120 days after completion of cosibelimab administration. Men treated or enrolled on this protocol must also agree to use adequate contraception prior to the study, for the duration of study participation, and 120 days after completion of cosibelimab administration.
- Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.
Exclusion criteria
- Prior treatment within the past 12 months with any of the following classes of drugs: anti-PD-1 inhibitors, anti-PD-L1 inhibitors, or anti-CTLA-4 inhibitors.
- Prior treatment within the past 6 months with CAR-T cell therapies, other cellular therapies, or multiagent cytotoxic chemotherapy regimens (e.g. R-CHOP). (Bispecific antibodies and EGFR- targeted therapies are permitted without a washout period.)
- Participants who have adverse events due to prior anti-cancer therapy not recovered to Grade 1 or less, with the exception of alopecia, sensory neuropathy, and cytopenias.
- Active autoimmune disease that is currently requiring systemic steroid treatment with prednisone >10mg daily (or equivalent), anti-CD20 antibodies, intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) or JAK inhibitors (ruxolitinib, tofacitinib, upadacitinib, etc).
- Severe interstitial lung disease (ILD), or a history of pneumonitis that has required oral or IV steroids in the past 5 years.
- Participants who are receiving any other investigational agents for cancer within 2 weeks of study enrollment.
- Participants who have uncontrolled, symptomatic infections, or infections requiring systemic antibiotics (prophylactic antimicrobials are permitted).
- Participants who have uncontrolled or unstable brain metastases (or other CNS metastases) for whom systemic steroids are required. These patients are excluded because steroids may interfere with the effectiveness of immune checkpoint therapy.
- Uncontrolled or significant cardiovascular disease.
- Current need for dialysis (hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis).
- History of stem cell transplant or bone marrow transplant
- Psychiatric illness or social situation that would preclude study compliance.
- Pregnant and breastfeeding women are excluded from this study because cosibelimab is classified as pregnancy class D agent with the potential for teratogenic or abortifacient effects. Because there is an unknown but potential risk for adverse events in nursing infants secondary to treatment of the mother with cosibelimab, breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with cosibelimab.
- Participants with a prior or concurrent malignancy whose natural history or treatment has the potential to interfere with the safety or efficacy assessment of the study drug are excluded.
- COHORT A ONLY:
- History of organ transplant other than kidney, including a heart, lung, or liver transplant, etc, with the exception of cornea transplantation. Cornea transplant is allowed if participant is not taking systemic immunosuppressive medication expressly for the purpose of corneal allograft.
- History of severe allergic reaction attributed to sirolimus or everolimus, or other absolute contraindication to mTOR inhibitor, as determined by the treating physician.
- COHORT B ONLY: History of any solid organ transplant, with the exception of cornea transplantation. Cornea transplant is allowed if participant is not taking systemic immunosuppressive medication expressly for the purpose of corneal allograft.
Study description and what participation involves
The study's detailed description, as published on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Detailed description from the registry
This is a Phase IV, multi-site, multi-cohort, open-label clinical trial investigating the safety and efficacy of cosibelimab in special populations with advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC). Checkpoint Therapeutics is supporting this research study by providing the study drug, cosibelimab. Participants will be enrolled into one of two study groups: Group A or Group B. Cosibelimab is FDA-approved for the treatment of advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma The research study procedures include screening for eligibility, in-clinic visits, blood tests, urine tests, Computerized Tomography (CT) scans, or Positron Emission (PET) scans, electrocardiograms (ECGs), Tumor biopsies and aspirations. It is expected that about 80 people will take part in this research study.
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Participation begins with screening and a baseline visit, then up to 17 treatment cycles of 21 days each. In both cohorts participants receive cosibelimab by intravenous infusion on Day 1 of each cycle; participants in Cohort A also take standard immunosuppressive medicines (prednisone plus sirolimus or everolimus) during treatment. Study visits include blood and urine tests, electrocardiograms (ECGs), CT or PET scans, and tumor biopsies or aspirations (the biopsies/aspirations are invasive). After treatment there are follow-up visits every three months and longer-term follow-up.
How the study is structured. Phase IV, multi-site, open-label, non-randomized trial with two parallel cohorts. About 80 participants split between Cohort A (kidney transplant recipients) and Cohort B (people with hematologic malignancy). Cosibelimab is given by intravenous infusion on a Day 1 schedule of 21-day treatment cycles for up to 17 cycles. Cohort A also receives prednisone and an mTOR inhibitor (sirolimus or everolimus) as part of their standard immunosuppressive regimen. Study procedures named in the record include screening, in-clinic visits, blood and urine tests, CT or PET scans, ECGs, tumor biopsies and aspirations, three-month follow-up visits, and long-term follow-up.
Questions you could ask
These questions are suggestions for a conversation with the study team or your own clinician, not advice.
- The registry lists this study under Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma; Skin Cancer. Does it apply to my diagnosis?
- The listed sites are in United States. Is any of them reachable for me, and does the study help with travel?
- Which of the eligibility criteria would need to be checked with tests before I could join?
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Important dates
- Study start
- Apr 23, 2026
- Primary completion
- Dec 15, 2030 (estimated)
- Study completion
- Dec 15, 2032 (estimated)
- Target enrollment
- 80 participants (estimated)
- Last updated on registry
- Aug 11, 2026
- Data verified
- Oct 10, 2026
Sponsor and research team
The lead sponsor funds and oversees the trial. A pharmaceutical or biotech company sponsor typically means the study is testing that company's drug or device; a hospital, university, or government agency usually indicates investigator-initiated or publicly funded research.
- Lead sponsor
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- Principal investigator
- Ann W. Silk, MD MS, Senior Physician/Medical Oncologist
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute - Collaborators
- Checkpoint Therapeutics, Inc.
Central study contact
If you're interested in participating, the central contact can answer general questions about the study — including eligibility requirements and how to find a recruiting site near you. Actual eligibility is determined by the site's medical team.
- Ann Silk, MD 📞 617-632-6836 ✉ Ann_Silk@dfci.harvard.edu
- Ann Silk, MD 📞 617-632-6836 ✉ CosiMaster@dfci.harvard.edu
Participating sites (2)
- Brigham and Women's HospitalRecruiting
Boston, Massachusetts, 02115 · United States
- Ann Silk, MD · 617-632-6836 · Ann_Silk@dfci.harvard.edu
- · CosiMaster@dfci.harvard.edu
- Ann Silk, MD
- Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteRecruiting
Boston, Massachusetts, 02115 · United States
- Ann Silk, MD · 617-632-6836 · Ann_Silk@dfci.harvard.edu
- · CosiMaster@dfci.harvard.edu
- Ann Silk, MD
Terms used on this page · explanations by MedicalUpdates.ai
- COHORT
- A group of people who share a characteristic, such as a diagnosis, and are studied together. 'Prospective' means they are followed forward from enrolment; 'retrospective' means existing records are reviewed.
- enrollment
- The number of participants a study plans to include, or has included. 'Estimated' means the planned number; 'actual' means the number who joined.
- PET
- A scan in which a small amount of a radioactive tracer is injected so that activity in tissues can be seen. Often combined with a CT or MRI scan.
- adverse event
- Any unwanted medical problem that happens during a study, whether or not it was caused by the treatment. A 'serious' adverse event is one that meets specific criteria, such as causing death, being life-threatening, requiring or prolonging hospital admission, causing significant disability, or another medically important outcome.
- ECOG performance status
- A scale from 0 to 5 that describes how a person's condition affects daily activity. 0 means fully active; 1 means restricted in strenuous activity; 2 means able to self-care but unable to work; higher numbers mean more limitation.
- Karnofsky Performance Status
- A scale from 100 (no complaints) down to 0 that describes how well a person can carry out daily activities. Studies often require a minimum score.
- Absolute neutrophil count
- The number of neutrophils, a type of white blood cell that fights infection, in a blood sample. Studies often require it to be above a set level.
- upper limit of normal
- The highest value of a blood test that a laboratory considers normal. Criteria such as '≤ 3 × ULN' mean the result must be no more than three times that value.
- estimated glomerular filtration rate
- A blood-test estimate of how well the kidneys are filtering. Lower numbers mean reduced kidney function; many studies set a minimum value.
- baseline
- Measurements taken at the start of the study, before any study treatment, so that later results can be compared with them.
- WOCBP
- Studies often ask participants who could become pregnant, or could father a child, to use contraception during the study and for a period afterwards, because the effect of the treatment on a pregnancy is unknown.
- written informed consent
- The process of explaining a study, including its risks and what participation involves, so that a person can decide freely whether to take part. Consent is usually documented in writing, and a participant can choose to leave the study later.
- Prior treatment
- Treatment a person has already had for the condition. A 'line of therapy' is one course of treatment; studies often require, or limit, the number of prior lines.
- CAR-T
- A treatment in which a person's own immune cells (T cells) are collected, modified in a laboratory to recognise a target, and returned to the body.
- Bispecific
- An engineered antibody that attaches to two targets at once, often linking an immune cell to a diseased cell so the immune cell can attack it.
- washout period
- A period during which a participant stops a previous treatment before starting the study treatment, so the earlier treatment does not affect the results.
- prednisone
- Steroid medicines, such as prednisone, that reduce inflammation. Studies often require a stable dose at entry or measure whether the study treatment allows the dose to be reduced.
- investigational
- A treatment that is being tested and has not been approved for this use. It may be approved for a different condition. Being studied does not mean it works or is available outside the study.
- stem cell transplant
- A procedure that replaces blood-forming cells after high-dose treatment. 'Autologous' uses the person's own cells collected beforehand; 'allogeneic' uses cells from a donor.
- natural history
- A study that follows how a condition changes over time without assigning an experimental treatment. It may involve study visits and tests, and is often used to plan future trials.
- immunosuppressive
- A medicine that reduces the activity of the immune system. Studies of autoimmune conditions often require a stable dose, a prior failure, or a washout of such medicines.
- contraindication
- A reason a particular test or treatment should not be used for a person, for example a metal implant that rules out an MRI scan.
- Inclusion Criteria
- The conditions a person must meet to be considered for the study, for example a confirmed diagnosis, an age range or a test result.
- Exclusion Criteria
- The conditions that rule a person out even if they meet the inclusion criteria, for example other illnesses, certain medicines or pregnancy.
- open-label
- No masking is used, so the assigned intervention is not deliberately hidden from participants or study staff.
- CT
- An X-ray scan that builds detailed cross-section images of the body. 'High-resolution' CT (HRCT) is used to look closely at the lungs.
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