Study of Tepotinib Combined With Cetuximab in Participants With Left-Sided RAS/BRAF Wild Type Metastatic Colorectal Cancer (PERSPECTIVE)

Colorectal Neoplasms Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Phase II Single-Arm Study to Investigate Tepotinib Combined With Cetuximab in RAS/BRAF Wild-Type Left-Sided mCRC Patients Having Acquired Resistance to Anti-EGFR Antibody Targeting Therapy Due to MET Amplification (PERSPECTIVE)

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Terminated

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04515394
• Other study ID #: MS202202_0002
• Secondary ID: 2020-001776-15
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: Phase 2
• Start date: January 28, 2021
• Est. completion date: March 31, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: November 2022
• Source: EMD Serono
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study was to assess the preliminary antitumor activity, safety and tolerability of tepotinib in combination with cetuximab in participants with RAS/BRAF wild-type left-sided Metastatic Colorectal Cancer (mCRC) having acquired resistance to anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) antibody targeted therapy due to mesenchymal epithelial transition (MET) amplification.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Terminated
• Enrollment: 3
• Est. completion date: March 31, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: March 14, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Advanced (locally advanced or metastatic) left sided (from splenic flexure to rectum - National Comprehensive Cancer Network [NCCN] version 4.2020) colorectal cancer (CRC) with RAS/BRAF wild-type at study entry confirmed prior to enrollment, with previous anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (anti-EGFR) therapy and acquired resistance on the most recent anti-EGFR monoclonal antibody therapy (panitumumab or cetuximab) by radiological documentation of disease progression according to RECIST Version 1.1

• Mesenchymal epithelial transition (MET) amplification detected by a positive liquid biopsy and/or tissue with appropriate regulatory status (collected after disease progression of the previous anti-EGFR therapy)

• Measurable disease by Investigator in accordance with RECIST Version 1.1

• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status (ECOG PS) of 0 or 1

• Life expectancy greater than 3 months

• Participants having at least one systemic treatment for mCRC including 1 anti-EGFR monoclonal antibody therapy as the most recent line of therapy for mCRC before study treatment and must have shown a radiologically confirmed by RECIST Version 1.1 complete response (CR) or partial response (PR), both for at least 4 months or stable disease (SD) for at least 6 months to that therapy prior to disease progression

• Less than 2 months between the last administration of the most recent EGFR containing regimen and first dosing in this study

• Adequate hematological function, hepatic and renal functions as defined in the protocol

• Signed and dated informed consent indicating that the participants had been informed of all the pertinent aspects of the trial prior to enrollment

• Contraceptive use by males or females will be consistent with local regulations on contraception methods for those participating in clinical studies

• Other protocol defined inclusion criteria could apply

Exclusion Criteria:

• Participants with symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) metastases who are neurologically unstable or have required increasing doses of steroids within the 2 weeks prior to study entry to manage CNS metastases. Also excluded are participants with carcinomatous meningitis

• Participants who have brain metastasis as the only measurable lesion

• Prior chemotherapy, biological therapy, radiation therapy, hormonal therapy for anti-cancer purposes, targeted therapy, or other investigational anticancer therapy (not including palliative radiotherapy at focal sites) within 21 days prior to the first dose of study intervention, except for the anti-EGFR containing regimen including associated chemotherapy if applicable, which may be continued until enrollment of the participant in the study

• Any unresolved toxicity Grade 2 or more according to the National Cancer Institute-Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI-CTCAE) Version 5.0, from previous anticancer therapy excluding neuropathy, alopecia and rash

• Severe hypersensitivity reactions to monoclonal antibodies (Grade greater than or equal to [>=] 3 NCI-CTCAE v 5.0), any history of anaphylaxis, or uncontrolled asthma (i.e., 3 or more occurrences of partially controlled asthma)

• Discontinuation of the most recent cetuximab or panitumumab containing therapy due to an adverse event

• Prior treatment with other agents targeting the hepatocyte growth factor (HGF)/Mesenchymal epithelial transition (MET) pathway

• Impaired cardiac function: Left ventricular ejection fraction less than [<] 45 percent [%] defined by echocardiography (a screening assessment not required for participants without a history of congestive heart failure unless clinically indicated); Serious arrhythmia; Unstable angina pectoris; New York Heart Association heart failure Class III and IV; Myocardial infarction within the last 12 months prior to study entry and Symptomatic pericardial effusion; Corrected QT interval by Fridericia (QTcF) greater than (>) 480 milliseconds (ms)

• Hypertension uncontrolled by standard therapies (not stabilized to less than [< ]150/90 millimeter of mercury [mmHg])

• History of neoplasm other than mCRC

• History of difficulty swallowing, malabsorption, or other chronic gastrointestinal disease, or conditions that may hamper compliance and/or absorption of the test products

• Known infection with human immunodeficiency virus, or an active infection with hepatitis B or hepatitis C virus

• Major surgery within 28 days prior to Day 1 of study intervention

• History of Interstitial lung disease (ILD) or interstitial pneumonitis including radiation pneumonitis that required steroid treatment

• Other protocol defined exclusion criteria could apply

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Colorectal Neoplasms

Intervention

Drug:
• Tepotinib
Participants received Tepotinib film-coated tablets at a dose of 500 milligrams (mg) orally, once daily (QD) until disease progression (according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 [RECIST v1.1]), death, Adverse event (AE) leading to discontinuation, study withdrawal, or withdrawal of consent, whichever occurs first.

Biological:
• Cetuximab
Participants received weekly intravenous infusions of Cetuximab at a dose of 250 milligrams per square meter (mg/m^2) until disease progression (according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 [RECIST v1.1]), death, Adverse event (AE) leading to discontinuation, study withdrawal, or withdrawal of consent, whichever occurs first.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Belgium	Antwerp University Hospital	Antwerp
Belgium	UZ Leuven	Leuven
Czechia	Universtity Hospital Brno	Brno
Czechia	University Hospital Olomouc	Olomouc
Czechia	Dept. of Oncology Faculty Hospital Motol	Prague
Czechia	Hospital Na Bulovce	Prague
France	University Hospital of Besançon	Besançon
France	CHU Besançon Hôpital Jean Minjoz	Besancon Cedex
France	CHU Estaing	Clermont Ferrand Cedex 1
France	CHU Estaing	Clermont-Ferrand
France	CHU Hôpital Henri Mondor	Créteil
France	Clinique Victor Hugo	Le Mans
France	Clinique Victor Hugo	Le Mans Cedex 02
France	CHU de Poitiers	Poitiers
France	Curie Institute	Saint Cloud
France	Institut Curie - René-Huguenin Hospital	Saint-Cloud
Italy	Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura die Tumori	Meldona
Italy	Fondazione IRCCS - Istituto Tumori Milano	Milan
Italy	Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda	Milan
Italy	Istituto Europeo di Oncologia	Milan
Italy	Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Fondazione G. Pascale Napoli	Napoli
Italy	UOC Oncoematologia AOU Vanvitelli	Napoli
Italy	Istituto Oncologico Veneto IRCCS	Padova
Italy	Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana-Ospedale Santa Chiara	Pisa
Italy	Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli	Rome
Italy	Foundation IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza	San Giovanni Rotondo FG
Russian Federation	Arkangelsk Clinical Oncological Dyspensary	Arkhangelsk
Russian Federation	Chelyabinsk Regional Clinical Center of Oncology and Nuclear Medicine	Chelyabinsk
Russian Federation	Kursk Regional Clinical Oncology Dispensary	Kislino
Russian Federation	FSBI "National Medical Research Center of Oncology n.a. N.N. Blokhina" of the MoH of the RF	Moscow
Russian Federation	Limited Liability Company Medicine 24/7	Moscow
Russian Federation	Russian Cancer research center n.a. N.N. Blokhin	Moscow
Russian Federation	Omsk Regional Oncology Dispensary	Omsk
Russian Federation	LLC Clinica UZI 4D	Pyatigorsk
Russian Federation	Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University	St. Petersburg
Russian Federation	Tomsk National Research Medical Center	Tomsk
Russian Federation	MKMC Medical City	Tyumen
Russian Federation	SAHI Republican Clinical Oncology Dispensary	Ufa
Spain	Hospital Clinic de Barcelona	Barcelona
Spain	Hospital del Mar	Barcelona
Spain	VHIO Valle de Hebron Instituto de Oncologia	Barcelona
Spain	H.U. Ramon y Cajal	Madrid
Spain	HM-CIOCC	Madrid
Spain	Hospital de Madrid Norte Sanchinarro	Madrid
Spain	Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre	Madrid
Spain	Hospital UNiversitario La Paz	Madrid
Spain	H.U.Marqués de Valdecilla	Santander
Spain	HUVirgen del Rocio	Sevilla
Spain	Consorcio Hospital General Universitario de Valencia	Valencia
United Kingdom	Bristol Oncology Centre	Bristol
United Kingdom	Beatson WJSCC	Glasgow
United Kingdom	Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust	London
United Kingdom	The Royal Marsden Hospital	London
United Kingdom	The Royal Marsden Hospital	Sutton
United States	The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center	Houston	Texas
United States	Mayo Clinic Hospital	Jacksonville	Florida
United States	Moores Cancer Center	La Jolla	California
United States	North Shore-LIJ Monter Cancer Center	Lake Success	New York
United States	Mayo Clinic	Phoenix	Arizona
United States	Allegheny-Singer Research Institute	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania
United States	Mayo Clinic	Rochester	Minnesota
United States	University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)	Santa Monica	California
United States	Seattle Cancer Care Alliance	Seattle	Washington
United States	Scott & White Vasicek Cancer Treatment Center	Temple	Texas
United States	Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center	Washington	District of Columbia
United States	Aurora Cancer Care - Milwaukee West	Wauwatosa	Wisconsin
United States	Cancer Center of Kansas	Wichita	Kansas

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
EMD Serono Research & Development Institute, Inc.	Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Countries where clinical trial is conducted

United States,  Belgium,  Czechia,  France,  Italy,  Russian Federation,  Spain,  United Kingdom, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Number of Participants Who Experienced Dose Limiting Toxicities (DLTs) According to National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI-CTCAE) Version 5.0	DLTs are defined as any of the following toxicities and judged by Investigator and/ Sponsor to be not attributable to the disease/disease-related processes under investigation: Grade 4 neutropenia for more than 7 days; Grade greater than or equal to [>=] 3 febrile neutropenia with absolute neutrophil count < 1000 per cube millimeter (per mm^3) and a single temperature of > 38.3 degree Celsius/a sustained temperature of >= 38 degree Celsius for more than 1 hour; Grade 4/Grade 3 thrombocytopenia with non-traumatic bleeding; Grade 3 uncontrolled nausea/vomiting and/diarrhea that has not improved within 72 hours despite adequate and optimal treatment; Grade 4 vomiting and/diarrhea; Grade >= 3 skin toxicity that has not resolved to Grade 2 after 14 days of adequate treatment; Any other Grade >= 3 non-hematological AE will be defined as DLT. Exceptions are alopecia/an isolated lipase and/amylase elevation of Grade >= 3 without clinical/radiological evidence of pancreatitis.	Day 1 to Day 21 of Cycle 1 (each cycle is of 21 days)
Primary	Number of Participants With Objective Response (OR) According to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST v1.1) Assessed by Investigators	OR is defined as a best overall response (BOR) of complete response (CR) or partial response (PR). CR: Disappearance of all evidence of target and non-target lesions. PR: At least 30% reduction from baseline in the sum of the longest diameter (SLD) of all target lesions.	Time from first study treatment assessed up to 218 days
Secondary	Duration of Response (DoR) According to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST v1.1) Assessed by Investigator	For participants with objective response, DoR is the time from when the complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) (whichever is first) criteria are first met until progression disease (PD) or death due to any cause within the period of 2 scheduled tumor assessments (84 or 168 days) after the last tumor assessment, whichever occurs first. PD is defined as at least a 20 percent (%) increase in the sum of the longest diameter (SLD), taking as reference the smallest SLD recorded from baseline or the appearance of 1 or more new lesions.	Time from the first dose of study drug until occurrence of PD, death due to any cause or last tumor assessment (assessed up to 218 days)
Secondary	Progression-Free Survival (PFS) According to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST v1.1) Assessed by Investigators	PFS is defined as the time (in months) from first administration of study intervention to the date of the first documentation of progression disease (PD) or death due to any cause within the period of 2 scheduled tumor assessments (84 or 168 days) after the last tumor assessment, whichever occurs first. PD is defined as at least a 20 percent (%) increase in the sum of the longest diameter (SLD), taking as reference the smallest SLD recorded from baseline or the appearance of 1 or more new lesions. PFS was to be estimated using Kaplan-Meier (KM) plots.	Time from the first dose of study drug until occurrence of PD, death due to any cause or last tumor assessment (assessed up to 218 days)
Secondary	Overall Survival (OS) Assessed by Investigators	OS is defined as the time (in months) from first administration of study intervention to the date of death. OS was to be estimated using Kaplan-Meier (KM) plots.	Time from first study treatment until death, assessed up to 218 days
Secondary	Number of Participants With Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs) and Treatment-Related TEAEs	An adverse event (AE) is defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a participant or clinical study participant, temporally associated with the use of study intervention, whether considered related to the study intervention or not. A serious AE was an AE that resulted in any of the following outcomes: death; life threatening; persistent/significant disability/incapacity; initial or prolonged inpatient hospitalization; congenital anomaly/birth defect or was otherwise considered medically important. TEAEs were defined as events that started or worsened after first dose of study intervention until 30 days after last dose. TEAEs included both serious and non-serious TEAEs. Treatment-related TEAEs is defined as reasonably related to the study intervention.	Time from first study treatment up to 30 days after the last dose, assessed up to 226 days
Secondary	Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Changes From Baseline in Vital Signs	Vital sign assessment included assessments of height, weight, temperature, pulse rate, respiratory rate, and blood pressure. Clinical significance was determined by the investigator. Number of participants who had any clinically significant changes from baseline in vital signs were reported.	Time from first study treatment up to 30 days after the last dose, assessed up to 226 days
Secondary	Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Changes From Baseline in Laboratory Parameters	Laboratory investigation included hematology, biochemistry, coagulation, routine urinalysis and other screening tests (Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and estradiol, Serum or highly sensitive urine human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) pregnancy test, Serology (HIV antibody, hepatitis B surface antigen [HBsAg], and hepatitis C virus antibody) and all of the safety labs were performed locally. Clinical significance was determined by the investigator. The number of participants with clinically significant changes from baseline in laboratory parameters were reported.	Time from first study treatment up to 30 days after the last dose, assessed up to 226 days
Secondary	Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Changes From Baseline in 12-Lead Electrocardiogram (ECG) Findings	12-lead ECG recordings included heart rate and measures PR, QRS, QT and QTcF intervals. 12-lead ECG recordings were obtained after the participants have rested for at least 5 minutes in semi-supine or supine position. Clinical significance was determined by the investigator. The number of participants with clinically significant changes from baseline in 12-lead ECG findings were reported.	Time from first study treatment up to 30 days after the last dose, assessed up to 226 days
Secondary	Number of Participants With At Least 1 Postive Anti-Drug Antibodies (ADAs) for Cetuximab	Serum samples were analyzed by a validated electrochemiluminescence immunoassay method to detect the presence of antidrug antibodies (ADA). Number of participants with positive ADA were reported.	At Day 1 of cycle 1 (each cycle is of 21 days) and at End of Treatment (14 days after last dose, assessed up to 210 days)

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