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Patients randomized to this arm will receive IV infliximab regardless of whether they are hospitalized due to their colitis.

* Infliximab: Predetermined dose of intravenous infliximab, up to 3 times over 7 weeks
* Crossover for inadequate response: Patients who do not respond to initial treatment within 3 days with a decrease in symptoms by one grade, or who do not improve to grade 2 or less symptoms by 5 days will add combination therapy from the other treatment arm (corticosteroids) at full initial dosing.

Patients randomized to this arm will receive IV steroids or oral steroids depending on whether the severity of their colitis requires hospitalization ("inpatient").

* Inpatient: Predetermined intravenous dose of methylprednisolone, 2x daily up until patients can safely be transitioned to an oral prednisone taper
* Outpatient: Predetermined oral dose of predisone, daily over 7 weeks

Crossover for inadequate response: Patients who do not respond to initial treatment within 3 days with a decrease in symptoms by one grade, or who do not improve to grade 2 or less symptoms by 5 days will add combination therapy from the other treatment arm (infliximab) at full initial dosing.

Michael Dougan, MD, PHD

Keri Sullivan

Michael Dougan, MD, PhD

Nicole LeBoeuf, MD, MPH

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the safety and effectiveness of infliximab compared to steroids for the treatment of immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced colitis (ICI colitis) in patients with stage III/IV skin cancer.

The main questions this study aims to answer are:

* How many patients treated with infliximab experience steroid-free disease resolution after 7 weeks?
* How many patients treated with steroids experience steroid-free disease resolution after 7 weeks?

This is a phase II, randomized, signal-detection trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the drugs infliximab, methylprednisolone, and prednisone to manage the side of effect of colitis caused by immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) that target a protein called CTLA-4. An example of one of these ICIs is ipilimumab, which has been approved by the FDA to treat metastatic melanoma.

The names of the treatments involved in this study are:

* Infliximab
* Methylprednisolone
* Prednisone

The FDA has approved infliximab, methylprednisolone, and prednisone to treat many conditions affecting the immune system, including colitis.

Participants will receive a CTLA-4 inhibitor, like ipilimumab, and any other cancer treatments as part of their regular care for stage III/IV skin cancer at the discretion of treating oncologist.

Participants who enroll in this study will undergo one or more flexible sigmoidoscopies or colonoscopies as part of their clinical care. The first of these procedures would occur at the time of study enrollment, and the second may occur after several weeks of treatment at the discretion of the study doctor. During these procedures, biopsies will be collected for clinical purposes as well as for research purposes. Blood will also be collected for research at the time of enrollment and at the time of study completion. Any extra samples for research would only be collected if it is safe for the participant.

Participants will also complete weekly follow-ups either over the phone or in-person that may last about 10 minutes. During these visits, participants will be asked about any new symptoms or changes in their health, their medications, and their GI symptoms. Blood for research may be collected at one or more of these visits if it coincides with a scheduled clinical blood draw.

Participants are expected to be on study treatment for approximately 7 weeks. Once participants complete the study treatment, the study team will review their medical records every 6 months for any changes in their health.

It is expected that about 42 people will take part in this research study.

Infliximab for Treatment of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Colitis

Phase II Study of Infliximab for the Treatment of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Colitis

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Proportion of Patients with Steroid-Free Colitis at seven weeks with steroid-free colitis remission defined as less than 7.5 mg a day of prednisone or equivalent and grade-1 or lower symptoms.

National Cancer Institute's Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 5.0

patients randomly assigned to infliximab, secondary immune support will be defined as requiring subsequent treatment with steroids. The proportions of patients in each treatment arm requiring secondary immune suppression will be summarized and presented with 90% exact binomial confidence intervals

patients randomly assigned to steroids, secondary immune support will be defined as requiring subsequent treatment with steroids. The proportions of patients in each treatment arm requiring secondary immune suppression will be summarized and presented with 90% exact binomial confidence intervals

The initial analysis of steroid-free remission will be based on cumulative incidence (1-Kaplan-Meier estimates).

The proportion of patients in each treatment arm who have colitis symptom reduction to grade-1 or less within 72 hours of starting randomized treatment will be summarized and presented with 90% exact binomial confidence intervals. The treatment arms will be compared using Fisher's exact tests.

The proportions of patients with colectomy or colitis-specific mortality (investigator assessed) will be presented by treatment arm with 90% exact binomial confidence intervals

Cumulative steroid exposure over time for each patient will be calculated by adding the number of doses multiplied by strength of dose over the total follow-up time. Steroid exposure will be summarized descriptively for each treatment arm, and compared using a Wilcoxon rank-sum test.

With 20 patients per treatment arm, a Wilcoxon rank-sum test will have 80% power to detect a 41difference in cumulative steroid exposure that is 0.85 times the common standard deviation, assuming a one-sided, type-I error of 10

summarized using the method of Kaplan-Meier and compared using stratified log-rank tests

Response rates will be summarized by treatment arm and presented with 90% exact binomial confidence intervals. The comparison of response rates between treatment arms will use Fisher's exact test

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Massachusetts General Hospital

Principal Investigator

Spots Global Cancer Trial Database for skin cancer stage iv