An Open-Label Intervention Trial to Reduce Senescence and Improve Frailty in Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer

Frailty Clinical Trial

Official title:

SEN-SURVIVORS: An Open-Label Intervention Trial to Reduce Senescence and Improve Frailty in Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04733534
• Other study ID #: SENSURV
• Secondary ID: U01CA246510
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: Phase 2
• Start date: June 6, 2022
• Est. completion date: December 2025

Study information

• Verified date: August 2023
• Source: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
• Contact: Gregory T. Armstrong, MD, MSCE
• Phone: 866-278-5833
• Email: referralinfo[@]stjude.org
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This is a first-in survivor pilot study with the goal of establishing preliminary evidence of efficacy, safety, and tolerability of two senolytic regimens to reduce markers of cellular senescence (primary outcome: p16^INK4a) and improve frailty (primary outcome: walking speed) in adult survivors of childhood cancer. If successful, this pilot would provide the preliminary evidence needed for a phase 2, randomized, placebo-controlled trial to establish efficacy.

Primary Objective

• The primary aim of this proposal is to test the efficacy of two, short duration senolytic regimens: 1) combination of Dasatinib plus Quercetin and 2) Fisetin alone, to improve walking speed and decrease senescent cell abundance in blood (p16^INKA):

• Primary endpoints of this trial will be change in walking speed and senescent cell abundance in blood (p16^INK4A) determined at baseline and again at 60 days, within an individual arm. Extended follow up at 150 days will assess the permanence of change after completion of the trial. Secondary endpoints of this trial will be effect of intervention on additional measures of frailty (beyond walking speed; Fried criteria) and on other cell senescence markers, markers of inflammation, insulin resistance, bone resorption, and cognitive function.

Secondary Objectives

The secondary aim is to test the safety and tolerability of two different senolytic therapies.

Exploratory Objectives

• To compare the efficacy of the two senolytic regimens in improving walking speed and decreasing senescent cell abundance

• To evaluate the longitudinal pattern in measures of frailty.

Description:

Eligible subjects who meet inclusion criteria will be randomized, stratified on sex, 1:1 and age ( ≥40 vs < 40) to receive Dasatinib (100 mg/day) plus Quercetin (500 mg twice daily) on days 1, 2, 3, 30, 31, and 32 taken orally or Fisetin (20 mg/kg/day) alone on days 1, 2, 30 and 31 taken orally. At the visit on day 7, we will assess blood CD3+ T lymphocyte p16^INK4A mRNA and other markers of inflammation and senescence to verify that senescent cells have been cleared by the intervention. Post-treatment follow-up will occur on day 60 (primary endpoints) and day 150 to assess the permanence of change after completion of the trial. Treatment adherence will be confirmed by the study coordinator who will administer the Dasatinib + Quercetin in clinic on days 1, 2, 3, 30, 31, and 32 or Fisetin alone on days 1, 2, 30 and 31.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: December 2025
• Est. primary completion date: December 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participant in SJLIFE and > 5 years from diagnosis.

• =18 years of age.

• Frail (2 of 4 objectively measured Fried criteria adapted,(excluding self-reported fatigue as a criteria), including abnormal walking speed; muscle strength; activity level; and muscle mass). See Section 5 for details.

• CD3+ T lymphocytes: p16INK4A detected at <34 cycles by RT PCR.

• Agrees to use contraception as Dasatinib is teratogenic.

• Female participant has a negative pregnancy test.

• QTc <450 milliseconds in electrocardiogram.

• Able to take oral medications.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Currently has HIV, Hepatitis B/C, invasive fungal infection

• Anemia or as per clinical judgement.

• Hypersensitivity to study drugs

• New/active malignancy/taking chemotherapy and/or radiation except non-melanoma skin cancers

• Currently taking medications that inhibit or induce CYP3A4 or that are sensitive to substrates or substrates with a narrow therapeutic range for CYP2C8, CYP2C9, or CYP2D6.

• Taking anticoagulants or antimicrobial agents

• Currently taking Quercetin or Fisetin

• Pregnant or nursing at time of enrollment/during the study

• Impaired cognition or motor performance due to congenital defects

• Currently participating in another research intervention to aid walking speed or other measures of frailty including muscle strength; low activity; muscle mass or exhaustion/fatigue

• Participant is a Non-English Speaker

• Uncontrolled pleural/pericardial effusion or ascites

• Subjects on anticoagulant or antiplatelet agents (Warfarin, Clopidogrel [Plavix]; Dipyridamole + Aspirin [Aggrenox]; Ticagrelor [Brilintal]; Prasugrel [Effient]; Ticlopidine [Ticlid]; or other) who are unable or unwilling to reduce or hold therapy prior to and during the 2-3 day drug dosing. Subjects may continue their previous regimen after drug dosing is complete.

• Cognitive impairment defined by IQ <80

• Diagnosis of a psychotic disorder

• Laboratory tests as indicated or as per clinical judgement

• Severe hepatic dysfunction with ALT/AST > 3 times upper limit of normal.

• Total bilirubin > 2 times upper limit of normal.

• eGFR <25 ml/min/1.73m2 or as per clinical judgement.

• Hemoglobin < 7 g/dl; white blood cell count =2,000/mm3 (=2.0 x 109/L) or =20,000/mm3 (=20 x 109/L); platelet count =40,000/µL (=40 x 109/L); absolute neutrophil count =1 x 109/L; lymphocyte count <0.3 x 109/L at screening as a marker of poor nutrition

• Fasting glucose >300.

• Participant is unable to ambulate

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Childhood Cancer
• Frailty

Intervention

Drug:
• Dasatinib plus Quercetin
Dasatinib (100 mg/day) plus Quercetin (500 mg twice daily) on days 1, 2, 3, 30, 31, 32 taken orally under observation of the study nurse.
• Fisetin
Fisetin (20mg/kg/day) on days 1, 2, 30 and 31 taken orally under observation of the study nurse. Fisetin will be dispensed based on weight of 20 mg/kg/day on the four separate days.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	St. Jude Children's Research Hospital	Memphis	Tennessee

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital	National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in walking speed	Walking speed will be measured by having the participant walk 4 meters as fast as he/she can walk. This test will be measured in meters per second.	Baseline
Primary	Change in Walking Speed	Walking speed will be measured by having the participant walk 4 meters as fast as he/she can walk. This test will be measured in meters per second.	Day 30
Primary	Change in Walking Speed	Walking speed will be measured by having the participant walk 4 meters as fast as he/she can walk. This test will be measured in meters per second.	Day 60
Primary	Change in Walking Speed	Walking speed will be measured by having the participant walk 4 meters as fast as he/she can walk. This test will be measured in meters per second.	Day 150
Primary	Senescent cell abundance in blood (p16INK4A)	Following a 12 hour overnight fast, 10 ml blood will be collected in EDTA tubes, processed at St. Jude and shipped to the Kirkland lab for evaluation of CD3+ peripheral blood T lymphocytes (PTBL) p16INK4A mRNA, a biomarker of senescence and chronological aging. CD3+ PTBL will be isolated from whole blood using Whole Blood CD3 Human Microbeads (Miltenyi Biotec, Cat# 130-090-874) by MACS sorting [79]. CD3+ cells will be lysed, mRNA isolated, and p16INK4A expression assayed by RT-PCR using a Taq-man primer-probe system.	Baseline
Primary	Senescent cell abundance in blood (p16INK4A)	Following a 12 hour overnight fast, 10 ml blood will be collected in EDTA tubes, processed at St. Jude and shipped to the Kirkland lab for evaluation of CD3+ peripheral blood T lymphocytes (PTBL) p16INK4A mRNA, a biomarker of senescence and chronological aging. CD3+ PTBL will be isolated from whole blood using Whole Blood CD3 Human Microbeads (Miltenyi Biotec, Cat# 130-090-874) by MACS sorting [79]. CD3+ cells will be lysed, mRNA isolated, and p16INK4A expression assayed by RT-PCR using a Taq-man primer-probe system.	Day 7
Primary	Senescent cell abundance in blood (p16INK4A)	Following a 12 hour overnight fast, 10 ml blood will be collected in EDTA tubes, processed at St. Jude and shipped to the Kirkland lab for evaluation of CD3+ peripheral blood T lymphocytes (PTBL) p16INK4A mRNA, a biomarker of senescence and chronological aging. CD3+ PTBL will be isolated from whole blood using Whole Blood CD3 Human Microbeads (Miltenyi Biotec, Cat# 130-090-874) by MACS sorting [79]. CD3+ cells will be lysed, mRNA isolated, and p16INK4A expression assayed by RT-PCR using a Taq-man primer-probe system	Day 30
Primary	Senescent cell abundance in blood (p16INK4A)	Following a 12 hour overnight fast, 10 ml blood will be collected in EDTA tubes, processed at St. Jude and shipped to the Kirkland lab for evaluation of CD3+ peripheral blood T lymphocytes (PTBL) p16INK4A mRNA, a biomarker of senescence and chronological aging. CD3+ PTBL will be isolated from whole blood using Whole Blood CD3 Human Microbeads (Miltenyi Biotec, Cat# 130-090-874) by MACS sorting [79]. CD3+ cells will be lysed, mRNA isolated, and p16INK4A expression assayed by RT-PCR using a Taq-man primer-probe system.	Day 60
Primary	Senescent cell abundance in blood (p16INK4A)	Following a 12 hour overnight fast, 10 ml blood will be collected in EDTA tubes, processed at St. Jude and shipped to the Kirkland lab for evaluation of CD3+ peripheral blood T lymphocytes (PTBL) p16INK4A mRNA, a biomarker of senescence and chronological aging. CD3+ PTBL will be isolated from whole blood using Whole Blood CD3 Human Microbeads (Miltenyi Biotec, Cat# 130-090-874) by MACS sorting [79]. CD3+ cells will be lysed, mRNA isolated, and p16INK4A expression assayed by RT-PCR using a Taq-man primer-probe system.	Day 150
Secondary	Safety of two different senolytic therapies as assessed by treatment-related adverse events using CTCAE v5.0	To test the safety of the combination of Dasatinib plus Quercetin or Fisetin alone	150 days
Secondary	Tolerability of two different senolytic therapies as assessed by treatment-related adverse events using CTCAE v5.0	To test the tolerability of the combination of Dasatinib plus Quercetin or Fisetin alone	150 days

External Links

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