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Testing the Addition of An Anti-cancer Drug, M3814 (Peposertib), to the Usual Radiation-Based Treatment (Lutetium Lu 177 Dotatate) for Neuroendocrine Tumors

NCT04750954

Description:

This phase Ib trial is to find out the best dose, possible benefits and/or side effects of peposertib when given together with lutetium Lu 177 dotatate in treating patients with neuroendocrine tumors. Peposertib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell formation, so as to help block the formation of growths that may become cancer. Radioactive drugs, such as lutetium Lu 177 dotatate, may deliver radiation directly to tumor cells and not harm normal cells. Adding peposertib to lutetium Lu 177 dotatate may kill more tumor cells.

Related Conditions:
  • Neuroendocrine Tumor
Recruiting Status:

Recruiting

Phase:

Phase 1

Trial Eligibility

Document

Title

  • Brief Title: Testing the Addition of An Anti-cancer Drug, M3814 (Peposertib), to the Usual Radiation-Based Treatment (Lutetium Lu 177 Dotatate) for Neuroendocrine Tumors
  • Official Title: A Phase 1b Trial of M3814 (Peposertib) in Combination With Lutetium 177 Dotatate for Well-Differentiated Somatostatin Receptor-Positive Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors (GEP-NETs)

Clinical Trial IDs

  • ORG STUDY ID: NCI-2021-00860
  • SECONDARY ID: NCI-2021-00860
  • SECONDARY ID: 10450-36MTC
  • SECONDARY ID: 10450
  • SECONDARY ID: 10450
  • SECONDARY ID: UM1CA186712
  • NCT ID: NCT04750954

Conditions

  • Neuroendocrine Neoplasm

Interventions

DrugSynonymsArms
Lutetium Lu 177 Dotatate177 Lu-DOTA-TATE, 177 Lu-DOTA-Tyr3-Octreotate, 177Lu-DOTA0-Tyr3-Octreotate, Lutathera, Lutetium Lu 177 DOTA(0)-Tyr(3)-Octreotate, Lutetium Lu 177-DOTA-Tyr3-Octreotate, lutetium Lu 177-DOTATATE, Lutetium Oxodotreotide Lu-177Treatment (peposertib, lutetium Lu 177 dotatate)
Peposertib3-Pyridazinemethanol, alpha-(2-Chloro-4-fluoro-5-(7-(4-morpholinyl)-4-quinazolinyl)phenyl)-6-methoxy-, (alphaS)-, M 3814, M-3814, M3814, MSC 2490484A, MSC-2490484A, MSC2490484A, NedisertibTreatment (peposertib, lutetium Lu 177 dotatate)

Purpose

This phase Ib trial is to find out the best dose, possible benefits and/or side effects of peposertib when given together with lutetium Lu 177 dotatate in treating patients with neuroendocrine tumors. Peposertib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell formation, so as to help block the formation of growths that may become cancer. Radioactive drugs, such as lutetium Lu 177 dotatate, may deliver radiation directly to tumor cells and not harm normal cells. Adding peposertib to lutetium Lu 177 dotatate may kill more tumor cells.

Detailed Description

      PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

      I. To evaluate the safety and to determine the recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D) of lutetium Lu
      177 dotatate in combination with M3814 (peposertib).

      SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

      I. To observe and record anti-tumor activity. II. To determine the overall response rate
      (ORR) by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1 at 4, 8, and 12 months
      post-therapy.

      III. To measure duration of response (DOR) associated with the combination. IV. To evaluate
      progression-free survival (PFS).

      CORRELATIVE OBJECTIVES:

      I. Measure the somatostatin receptor uptake on gallium 68 dotatate at baseline. II. Perform
      lutetium Lu 177 dotatate dosimetry. III. Determine the pharmacokinetic (PK) parameters of
      M3814 (peposertib). IV. Describe the tumor molecular profile using whole exome sequencing
      (WES) and ribonucleic acid (RNA) sequencing (RNAseq) and correlate it with treatment outcome.

      V. Collect plasma for circulating tumor deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) (ctDNA) assessment.

      VI. Collect blood for biobanking and future correlative studies. VII. Measure association of
      overall response rate with gallium 68 dotatate-positron emission tomography (PET)/computed
      tomography (CT) measurements and Krenning score.

      OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study of peposertib.

      Patients receive peposertib orally (PO) once daily (QD) or twice daily (BID) on days 1-21 and
      lutetium Lu 177 dotatate intravenously (IV) over 30 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every
      56 days for up to 4 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

      After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 4 months for 24 months.
    

Trial Arms

NameTypeDescriptionInterventions
Treatment (peposertib, lutetium Lu 177 dotatate)ExperimentalPatients receive peposertib PO QD or BID on days 1-21 and lutetium Lu 177 dotatate IV over 30 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every 56 days for up to 4 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
  • Lutetium Lu 177 Dotatate
  • Peposertib

Eligibility Criteria

        Inclusion Criteria:

          -  Patients must have histologically or cytologically confirmed well-differentiated
             neuroendocrine tumor with positive gallium 68 dotatate scan (as determined by the site
             principal investigator [PI]) within 6 months before enrollment. Lesions on the gallium
             68 dotatate scan are considered positive if the maximum standard uptake value (SUVmax)
             is > 2 times the mean standard uptake value (SUVmean) of normal liver parenchyma.
             Patients must have the gallium 68 dotatate scans available to send for central review
             before enrollment

          -  Patients must have measurable progressive disease based on RECIST criteria, version
             1.1, evidenced with CT/magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans obtained within 12
             months before enrollment

          -  Failure of at least one prior systemic cancer treatment with somatostatin analogs

          -  No prior exposure to peptide receptor radionuclide therapy

          -  Age >= 18 years. Because no dosing or adverse event data are currently available on
             the use of M3814 (peposertib) in combination with lutetium Lu 177 dotatate in patients
             < 18 years of age, children are excluded from this study

          -  Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status =< 2 (Karnofsky >= 60%)

          -  White blood cell count >= 2,000/mcL

          -  Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,000/mcL

          -  Platelets >= 75,000/mcL

          -  Hemoglobin >= 8.0 g/dL

          -  Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN)

          -  Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase
             [SGOT])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase [SGPT]) =<
             3 x institutional ULN

          -  Alkaline phosphatase =< 3 x institutional ULN

          -  Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) >= 50 mL/min/1.73 m^2 (per the Cockcroft-Gault [C-G])

          -  Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients on effective anti-retroviral
             therapy with undetectable viral load within 6 months are eligible for this trial

          -  For patients with evidence of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, the HBV viral
             load must be undetectable on suppressive therapy, if indicated

          -  Patients with a history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection must have been treated
             and cured. For patients with HCV infection who are currently on treatment, they are
             eligible if they have an undetectable HCV viral load

          -  Patients with a prior or concurrent malignancy whose natural history or treatment does
             not have the potential to interfere with the safety or efficacy assessment of the
             investigational regimen are eligible for this trial

          -  Patients with known history or current symptoms of cardiac disease, or history of
             treatment with cardiotoxic agents, should have a clinical risk assessment of cardiac
             function using the New York Heart Association Functional Classification. To be
             eligible for this trial, patients should be class 2B or better

          -  Patients must have recovered from adverse events of previously administered
             therapeutic agents to grade 2 or less toxicity according to Common Terminology
             Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) 5.0

          -  Pregnancy Precaution: Men and women should avoid pregnancy for seven months after the
             date of their last treatment with lutetium Lu 177 dotatate. It is noteworthy that
             beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) may be secreted by a small percentage of
             neuroendocrine tumor (NET)s, such that, in addition to being a pregnancy marker, it
             also is a tumor marker. Consequently, NET female patients with positive beta-HCG (> 5
             mIU/mL) at baseline can be eligible to enter the study and receive treatment if
             pregnancy can be excluded by lack of expected doubling of beta-HCG and negative pelvic
             ultrasound. Normally, in pregnant subjects beta-HCG doubles every 2 days during the
             first 4 weeks of pregnancy and every 3.5 days by Weeks 6 to 7. Women of childbearing
             potential include any female who has experienced menarche and who has not undergone
             successful surgical sterilization (hysterectomy, bilateral tubal ligation, or
             bilateral ovariectomy) or is not postmenopausal (defined as amenorrhea > 12
             consecutive months, and for women on hormone replacement therapy, only with a
             documented plasma follicle-stimulating hormone [FSH] level > 35 mIU/mL). Even women
             who are using oral, implanted, or injected contraceptive hormones, an intrauterine
             device (IUD), or barrier methods (diaphragm, condoms, spermicidal) to prevent
             pregnancy, are practicing abstinence, or where the partner is sterile (e.g.,
             vasectomy) should be considered to be of childbearing potential. Postmenopausal women
             who have fertilized eggs implanted are also considered to be of childbearing
             potential. Acceptable methods of contraception may include total abstinence at the
             discretion of the Investigator in cases where the age, career, lifestyle, or sexual
             orientation of the patient ensures compliance. Periodic abstinence (e.g., calendar,
             ovulation, symptothermal, post-ovulation methods) and withdrawal are not acceptable
             methods of contraception. Reliable contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth
             control; abstinence) should be maintained throughout the study and for 7 months after
             study treatment discontinuation. All women of childbearing potential and male partners
             must use a double-barrier method of birth control or practice continuous abstinence
             from heterosexual contact throughout the study and for seven months after the end of
             the last treatment

          -  Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.
             Participants with impaired decision-making capacity (IDMC) who have a
             legally-authorized representative (LAR) and/or family member available will also be
             eligible.

        Exclusion Criteria:

          -  Patients who have had major surgical procedures in the 4 weeks prior to enrollment

          -  Patients are excluded if they received prior systemic peptide receptor radionuclide
             therapy (PRRT)-based therapies

          -  Patients with an inability to swallow oral medications or gastrointestinal disease
             limiting absorption of oral agents

          -  Patients who are receiving any other investigational agents

          -  Known brain metastases, unless these metastases have been treated and stabilized for
             at least 4 weeks, prior to enrollment in the study. Patients with a history of brain
             metastases must have either a head CT with contrast or brain magnetic resonance
             imaging (MRI) to document stable disease prior to enrollment in the study

          -  History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic
             composition to M3814 (peposertib) or lutetium Lu 177 dotatate

          -  Prior external beam radiotherapy to more than 50% of bone marrow (whole body) will be
             excluded, as determined by a radiation medicine physicist who will calculate the
             volume of bone marrow exposure in prior radiotherapy portals divided by the volume of
             total bone marrow harboring tissues. This ratio must be less than 50 percent

          -  Patients who cannot discontinue concomitant medications or herbal supplements that are
             strong inhibitors or strong inducers of cytochrome P450 (CYP) isoenzymes CYP3A4/5,
             CYP2C9, and CYP2C19. Concomitant use of CYP3A4/5 substrates with a narrow therapeutic
             index are also excluded. Patients may confer with the study doctor to determine if
             alternative medications can be used. The following categories of medications and
             herbal supplements must be discontinued for at least the specified period of time
             before the patient can be treated:

               -  Strong inducers of CYP3A4/5, CYP2C9 and CYP2C19: >= 3 weeks prior to study
                  treatment

               -  Strong inhibitors of CYP3A4/5, CYP2C9 and CYP2C19: >= 1 week prior to study
                  treatment

               -  Substrates of CYP3A4/5 with a narrow therapeutic index: >= 1 day prior to study
                  treatment Patients receiving any medications or substances that are inhibitors or
                  inducers of CYP450 enzymes are ineligible. Because the lists of these agents are
                  constantly changing, it is important to regularly consult a frequently-updated
                  medical reference. As part of the enrollment/informed consent procedures, the
                  patient will be counseled on the risk of interactions with other agents, and what
                  to do if new medications need to be prescribed or if the patient is considering a
                  new over-the-counter medicine or herbal product

          -  Patients who cannot discontinue concomitant proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs). Patients
             may confer with the study doctor to determine if such medications can be discontinued.
             These must be discontinued >= 5 days prior to study treatment. Patients do not need to
             discontinue calcium carbonate

          -  Patients with ongoing active infection or treatment with a live attenuated vaccine
             within 4 weeks of dosing. In addition, a negative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test
             for Covid-19 infection is highly recommended before entering the study, and a close
             symptom follow up within the study

          -  Patients with uncontrolled intercurrent illness

          -  Patients with psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with
             study requirements

          -  Pregnant women are excluded from this study because M3814 (peposertib) is a DNA-PK
             inhibitor and lutetium Lu 177 dotatate is a peptide receptor radionuclide therapy 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 M3814 (peposertib) and lutetium Lu 177 dotatate, breastfeeding should be
             discontinued if the mother is treated with M3814 (peposertib) and lutetium Lu 177
             dotatate and for 2.5 months following the last lutetium Lu 177 dotatate treatment

          -  Discontinue long-acting somatostatin analogs (e.g., long-acting octreotide) for at
             least 4 weeks prior to initiating lutetium Lu 177 dotatate. Long-acting somatostatin
             analogs will be allowed to continue if patient has a history of carcinoid syndrome and
             requires long-acting somatostatin analogs for control of his/her functional syndrome
      
Maximum Eligible Age:N/A
Minimum Eligible Age:18 Years
Eligible Gender:All
Healthy Volunteers:No

Primary Outcome Measures

Measure:Recommended phase 2 dose
Time Frame:Up to 8 weeks
Safety Issue:
Description:Will be assessed by Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 5.0. The maximum grade of toxicity for each adverse event category of interest will be recorded for each patient and the summary results will be tabulated by category and grade. Will describe all serious (>= grade 3) toxicity events on a patient-by-patient basis. Frequency and incidence tables of toxicity and adverse events will be generated in the overall patient group and by dose level depending on patient enrollment.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Measure:Overall response rate
Time Frame:Up to 24 months post-treatment
Safety Issue:
Description:Will be estimated along with 95% exact binomial confidence interval.
Measure:Progression free survival
Time Frame:Up to 24 months post-treatment
Safety Issue:
Description:Will be estimated using the Kaplan-Meier curve and median estimates and confidence intervals will be calculated.
Measure:Overall survival
Time Frame:Up to 24 months post-treatment
Safety Issue:
Description:Will be estimated using the Kaplan-Meier curve and median estimates and confidence intervals will be calculated.

Details

Phase:Phase 1
Primary Purpose:Interventional
Overall Status:Recruiting
Lead Sponsor:National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Last Updated

June 18, 2021