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NCT number NCT01122901
Other study ID # NCI-2012-02931
Secondary ID NCI-2012-02931CD
Status Active, not recruiting
Phase Phase 2
First received May 11, 2010
Last updated September 20, 2016
Start date December 2010

Study information

Verified date September 2016
Source National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority United States: Food and Drug Administration
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This phase II trial is studying how well gamma-secretase/Notch signalling pathway inhibitor RO4929097 works in treating patients with recurrent or progressive glioblastoma. Gamma-secretase/Notch signalling pathway inhibitor RO4929097 may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth.


Description:

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. 6-month progression-free survival (PFS6). (Group A) II. Efficiency of neurosphere generation after pretreatment with RO4929097 (gamma-secretase/Notch signalling pathway inhibitor RO4929097). (Group B)

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Radiographic response rate. (Group A) II. Toxicities associated with this regimen. (Group A) III. Overall survival. (Group A) IV. Expression levels of Notch pathway components and downstream targets. (Group B) V. Tumor propagation. An extension of lifespan by 50% in tumor bearing mice (mice bearing fresh tumor tissue). (Group B) VI. Patient event-free survival in correlation with expression levels of Notch pathway components and downstream targets.

VII. 6-month progression-free survival (PFS6). VIII. Toxicities associated with this regimen. IX. Overall survival.

OUTLINE: Patients are assigned to 1 of 2 treatment groups.

GROUP A: Patients receive gamma-secretase/Notch signalling pathway inhibitor RO4929097 orally (PO) once daily (QD) on days 1-3, 8-10, 15-17, and 22-24. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

GROUP B (surgical resection indicated): Patients receive gamma-secretase/Notch signalling pathway inhibitor RO4929097 PO QD on days -6 to -1. Patients undergo surgical resection on day 0. Within 30 days after surgical resection, patients receive gamma-secretase/Notch signalling pathway inhibitor RO4929097 as in Group A.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 2 months.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Active, not recruiting
Enrollment 60
Est. completion date
Est. primary completion date July 2012
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Both
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients must have histologically proven glioblastoma which is progressive or recurrent following radiation therapy +/- chemotherapy

- Patients must have measurable contrast-enhancing progressive or recurrent glioblastoma by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) imaging within two weeks of starting treatment; patient must be able to tolerate MRIs

- GROUP B PATIENTS ONLY: Patients must be eligible for surgical resection according to the following criteria:

- Expectation that the surgeon can resect >= 50% of the Gd-enhancing tumor with low risk of inducing neurological injury

- Absence of hematologic, cardiac or other medical contraindications to surgery

- Surgery must take place Monday-Thursday with the exception of patients being treated at Cleveland Clinic/University Hospitals: these patients may undergo surgery Monday-Friday

- Patients must have a tumor size >= 2.5 cm in diameter in two perpendicular planes in order to enable correlative studies

- Paraffin embedded tissue must be available from initial surgical resection at diagnosis (prior to any treatment)

- Patients may have an unlimited number of prior therapy regimens but no prior gamma-secretase inhibitors

- Patients must have recovered from severe toxicity of prior therapy; the following intervals from previous treatments are required to be eligible:

- 3 months from the completion of radiation

- 6 weeks from a nitrosourea chemotherapy

- 3 weeks from a non-nitrosourea chemotherapy

- 4 weeks from any investigational (not Food and Drug Administration [FDA]-approved) agents

- 2 weeks from administration of a non-cytotoxic, FDA-approved agent (e.g., small molecule targeted therapy, thalidomide, bevacizumab, etc.)

- Patients may not be on an enzyme-inducing anti-epileptic drug (EIAED); if previously on an EIAED, patient must be off for at least 14 days prior to the first dose of RO4929097

- Patients must have a Karnofsky performance status >= 60% (i.e. the patient must be able to care for himself/herself with occasional help from others)

- Hemoglobin >= 9 g/dL

- Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,500/mcL

- Platelets >= 100,000/mcL

- Total bilirubin =< institutional upper limit of normal

- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) =< 4.0 x institutional upper limit of normal

- Creatinine within institutional upper limit of normal OR

- Creatinine clearance >= 60 mL/min/1.73 m^2 for patients with creatinine levels above institutional normal

- Electrolytes - calcium, chloride, magnesium, potassium, phosphorus, sodium within institutional normal limits

- Patients must be able to provide written informed consent

- Women of childbearing potential and men must use two forms of contraception (i.e., barrier contraception and one other method of contraception) starting prior to study entry, for the duration of study participation, and for at least 12 months post-treatment; should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while she or her partner are participating in this study and for 12 months after study participation, the patient should inform the treating physician immediately

- PREGNANCY TESTING: Women of childbearing potential are required to have a negative serum pregnancy test (with a sensitivity of at least 25 mIU/mL) within 10-14 days prior to treatment start and be required to agree to have the test repeated within 24 hours prior to the first dose of RO4929097 (serum or urine); a pregnancy test (serum or urine) will also be administered every 4 weeks (within 24 hours prior to starting every cycle) if their menstrual cycles are regular or every 2 weeks if their cycles are irregular while on study; a positive urine test must be confirmed by a serum pregnancy test; prior to dispensing RO4929097, the investigator must confirm and document the patient's use of two contraceptive methods, dates of negative pregnancy test, and confirm the patient's understanding of the potential of RO4929097 to cause serious or life-threatening birth defects

- Female patients of childbearing potential are defined as follows:

- Patients with regular menses

- Patients, after menarche with amenorrhea, irregular cycles, or using a contraceptive method that precludes withdrawal bleeding

- Women who have had tubal ligation

- Female patients may be considered to NOT be of childbearing potential for the following reasons:

- The patient has undergone total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy or bilateral oophorectomy

- The patient is medically confirmed to be menopausal (no menstrual period) for 24 consecutive months

- Patients may not be breast-feeding

- Patients must have no concurrent malignancy except curatively treated basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin or carcinoma in situ of the cervix, breast, or bladder; patients with prior malignancies must be disease-free for >= five years

- Patients must have a Mini Mental State Exam score of >= 15

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients with serious concurrent infection or medical illness, which would jeopardize the ability of the patient to receive the treatment outlined in this protocol with reasonable safety, are ineligible

- Patients with prior treatment with gamma-secretase inhibitors are ineligible

- Patients may not be receiving any other investigational agents

- Patients with a history of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to RO4929097 or other agents used in the study are ineligible

- Patients with malabsorption syndrome or other condition that would interfere with intestinal absorption are ineligible; patients must be able to swallow capsules

- Patients with the following cardiovascular abnormalities are ineligible: baseline QTcF > 450 msec (male) or QTcF > 470 msec (female)

- Patients with a requirement for antiarrhythmics or other medications known to prolong QTc are ineligible

- Patients with a history of being serologically positive for hepatitis B or C, or who have a history of cirrhosis are ineligible

- Patients with a history of uncontrolled hypocalcemia, hypomagnesemia, hyponatremia or hypokalemia defined as less than the lower limit of normal for the institution, despite adequate electrolyte supplementation are excluded from this study

- Patients with uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, a history of torsades de pointes or other significant cardiac arrhythmias other than chronic stable atrial fibrillation, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements, are ineligible

- Pregnant women or those who are breastfeeding are ineligible

- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients on combination antiretroviral therapy are ineligible

- Patients who have not recovered to < Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) grade 2 toxicities related to prior therapy are not eligible to participate in this study

Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Pharmacodynamics Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment


Intervention

Drug:
gamma-secretase/Notch signalling pathway inhibitor RO4929097
Given PO
Procedure:
therapeutic conventional surgery
Undergo surgery
Other:
pharmacological study
Correlative studies
laboratory biomarker analysis
Correlative studies

Locations

Country Name City State
United States Emory University/Winship Cancer Institute Atlanta Georgia
United States Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland Ohio
United States Henry Ford Hospital Detroit Michigan
United States University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Madison Wisconsin
United States University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Progression-free survival (PFS) (Group A) Actual estimate of the success rate, including confidence intervals, will be provided to allow direct assessment of the strength of the evidence for efficacy. Additional analyses will include Kaplan Meier estimates of time-to-event. At 6 months No
Primary Efficiency of neurosphere generation after pretreatment with RO4929097 (Group B) At time of surgery No
Secondary Radiographic response rate according to the Radiographic Assessment in Neuro-Oncology criteria (Group A) Up to 6 months after completion of treatment No
Secondary Toxicity as assessed by the National Cancer Institute CTCAE version 4.0 Up to 30 days after completion of study treatment Yes
Secondary Overall survival Overall survival between the 2 groups will be estimated. Up to 6 months No
Secondary Expression levels of Notch pathway components and downstream (Group B) The comparator arm will be the control arm from the Hedgehog antagonist trial (ABTC 0904) using Fisher's exact test. At the time of surgery No
Secondary Tumor propagation (Group B) At the time of surgery No
Secondary Patient event-free survival (Group B) Patient event-free survival correlated with expression levels of Notch pathway components and downstream targets. Up to 6 months No
Secondary PFS PFS between the 2 groups will be estimated. At 6 months No
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