A Phase 2, Multi-centre, Open-label Study of Avelumab (MSB0010718C) in Locally Advanced or Metastatic Penile Cancer Patients Unfit for Platinum-based Chemotherapy or Progressed on or After Platinum-based Chemotherapy
This is a phase 2 study whose purpose is see how useful investigational drug, avelumab, is in patients with locally advanced or metastatic penile cancer who are unfit for or progressed on platinum-based chemotherapy. The usefulness of avelumab in this study population will be determined by anti-tumor activity assessed by objective response rate. Avelumab is a monoclonal antibody that binds to a protein called programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) and blocks its communication with another protein called programmed death protein 1 (PD-1). The communication of these proteins are thought to be important in the growth of tumors. Blocking these proteins from communicating may stop or shrink tumors.
• Histologically confirmed squamous cell carcinoma of the penis
• Measurable disease per Immune-related Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (iRECIST)
• Unresectable/metastatic disease that is unfit for platinum-based chemotherapy OR disease that has progressed on or after treatment with platinum-based chemotherapy
• ≥18 years of age
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status 0-2