Clinical trial • Phase II • Oncology

Irinotecan hydrochloride for Metastatic colorectal cancer (BRAF V600E-mutated) | Colorectal adenocarcinoma

Phase II trial of Irinotecan hydrochloride for Metastatic colorectal cancer (BRAF V600E-mutated) | Colorectal adenocarcinoma.

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Oncology
Trial Disease
Metastatic colorectal cancer (BRAF V600E-mutated) | Colorectal adenocarcinoma
Trial Stage
Phase II
Drug Modality
Small molecule | Monoclonal antibody

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
05-12-2023
First CTIS Authorization Date
04-04-2024

Trial design

None/Not specified-controlled Phase II trial in Italy.

Comparator
None/Not specified
Target Sample Size
25

Eligibility

Recruits 25 No vulnerable populations selected. Study population adults aged ≥18; written informed consent required from participants. No assent/parental consent provisions or additional vulnerable-population consent procedures are described..

Pregnancy Exclusion
Pregnant or lactating women. Women of childbearing potential with either a positive or no pregnancy test at baseline. Postmenopausal women must have been amenorrhoeic for at least 12 months to be considered of non-childbearing potential. Sexually active males and females (of childbearing potential) unwilling to practice contraception during the study and until 180 days after the last trial treatment.
Vulnerable Population
No vulnerable populations selected. Study population adults aged ≥18; written informed consent required from participants. No assent/parental consent provisions or additional vulnerable-population consent procedures are described.

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- written informed consent to study procedures\n- life expectancy ≥ 3 months\n- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status (ECOG PS) ≤1\n- Adequate bone marrow function at screening: a) Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 × 10^9/L; b) Platelets ≥ 100 × 10^9/L; c) Hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 g/dL; Note: Transfusions will be allowed to achieve this. Transfusions will be permitted provided that the patient has not received more than 2 units red blood cells in the prior 4 weeks to achieve this criteria\n- Adequate renal function at screening: serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 × upper limit of normal (ULN), or calculated by Cockroft-Gault formula, or directly measured creatinine clearance ≥ 50 mL/min at screening\n- Adequate hepatic function at screening: a) serum total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 × ULN; b) alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and/or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 2.5 × ULN, or ≤ 5 × ULN in presence of liver metastases\n- Adequate cardiac function characterized by the following at screening: QT interval corrected for heart rate using Fridericia's formula (QTcF) value ≤480 msec.\n- Availability of treatment-naïve, archival FFPE tumor tissue sample\n- Ability to take oral medications\n- Male subjects with female partners of childbearing potential must be willing to use adequate contraception as outlined in Section 5.5 – Contraception, starting with the first dose of study therapy through 180 days after the last dose of treatment. Note: Abstinence is acceptable if this is the usual lifestyle and preferred contraception for the subject\n- Women of childbearing potential must have a negative blood or urine pregnancy test at the baseline visit\n- age ≥ 18 years\n- Female subjects of childbearing potential must be willing to use an adequate method of contraception as outlined in Section 5.5 – Contraception, for the course of the study starting with the first dose of study therapy through 180 days ECLYPse Study - Protocol Version 1.0 – 27th Feb, 2023 Pag. 34 | 101 after the last dose of treatment. Note: Abstinence is acceptable if this is the usual lifestyle and preferred contraception for the subject\n- Will and ability to comply with the protocol\n- histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of colorectal adenocarcinoma\n- radiological evidence of metastatic disease\n- evidence of measurable disease according to RECIST 1.1 criteria\n- presence of BRAF V600E mutation in tumor tissue (primary CRC and/or related metastasis) as previously determined by a local assay at any time prior to screening (only PCR and NGS-based local assays results will be acceptable)\n- disease progression while on treatment with EC received in 2nd line setting. NOTES a) EC administered after disease relapse during treatment or within 6 months following adjuvant therapy will be second line; b) maintenance therapy given in the metastatic setting after a first line doublet or triplet chemotherapy will not be considered a separate regimen\n- best response to previous treatment with EC: CR, PR or SD lasting for at least 3 months\n- patient fit for a subsequent treatment line with FOLFIRI. Patients exposed to irinotecan and fluoropyrimidines during previous line for metastatic disease are eligible, provided that the patient has recovered from G3 toxicity"}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- patients experiencing PD as best response to EC\n- Uncontrolled coagulopathy\n- Patients has a known history of Gilbert's syndrome or is known to have any of the following genotypes: UGT1A1*6/*6, UGT1A1*28/*28, or UGT1A1*6/*28\n- Active infection requiring systemic therapy\n- Known history of acute or chronic pancreatitis\n- Known history of testing positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or known acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)\n- Hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection at screening (positive HBV surface antigen or HCV RNA if anti-HCV antibody screening test positive)\n- Symptomatic brain metastasis or leptomeningeal disease\n- Prior hypersensitivity or toxicity that would suggest an inability to tolerate administration of the planned dose of investigational products\n- Residual CTCAE > Grade 2 toxicity from any prior anticancer therapy, with the exception of alopecia or neuropathy\n- Any concomitant drugs contraindicated for use with the trial drugs according to the product information of the pharmaceutical companies, including current treatment with a non-topical medication known to be a strong inhibitor of cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A4 ≤ 1 week prior to the start of study treatment\n- patients with specific BRAFi/AntiEGFR contraindications\n- Concomitant use of St. John’s Wort (hypericum perforatum)\n- Other severe, acute or chronic medical or psychiatric condition or laboratory abnormality that may increase the risk associated with study participation or study drug administration or that may interfere with the interpretation of study results and, in the judgment of the Investigator, would make the patient an inappropriate candidate for the study.\n- Concurrent or previous other malignancy within the past 3 years, with the exception of effectively treated squamous cell or basal cell skin cancer, melanoma in situ, superficial bladder cancer, prostate intraepithelial neoplasm, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, carcinoma in situ of the colon or rectum, or other noninvasive or indolent malignancy without Sponsor approval\n- Pregnant or lactating women. Women of childbearing potential with either a positive or no pregnancy test at baseline. Postmenopausal women must have been amenorrhoeic for at least 12 months to be considered of non-childbearing potential. Sexually active males and females (of childbearing potential) unwilling to practice contraception during the study and until 180 days after the last trial treatment.\n- patients with specific irinotecan or fluoropyrimidines contraindications\n- patients with DPYD deficiency\n- life expectancy ≤3 months\n- ECOG PS >1\n- Any of the following in the 6 months prior to treatment start: myocardial infarction, acute coronary syndromes (including unstable angina, coronary artery bypass graft [CABG], coronary angioplasty or stenting), congestive heart failure (≥ New York Heart Association Classification Class II), serious cardiac arrhythmia (except atrial fibrillation and appropriately controlled paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia), cerebrovascular accident, symptomatic pulmonary embolism\n- Congenital long QT syndrome\n- Impaired gastrointestinal function or disease that may significantly alter the absorption of encorafenib (uncontrolled vomiting, malabsorption syndrome, small bowel resection with decreased intestinal absorption)"}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- investigator-assessed 6-month progression-free survival (PFS) rate, defined as the proportion of patients alive and progression-free by the 6-month time point from start of investigational treatment. PFS is defined as the time elapsed between start of investigational treatment and the date of first event. The time-point for PFS is 6 months. Tumor assessment with CT scan of chest and abdomen will performed every 8 weeks from enrollment until evidence of disease progression or death","definition_or_measurement_approach":"6-month PFS rate defined as proportion of patients alive and progression-free at 6 months from start of investigational treatment. PFS defined as time between start of investigational treatment and date of first event. Tumor assessments by CT scan of chest and abdomen every 8 weeks from enrollment until progression or death."}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- PFS (time elapsed from start of investigational treatment to the documentation of disease progression, according to RECIST 1.1, or death due to any cause, whichever occur first)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"PFS defined as time from start of investigational treatment to documented disease progression per RECIST 1.1 or death from any cause; whichever occurs first."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- OS (time elapsed from start of investigational treatment to the date of death due to any cause)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"OS defined as time from start of investigational treatment to date of death due to any cause."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- DOR (time from response, in patients achieving CR or PR, to disease progression or death) Patients not experiencing disease progression or death will be censored at the date of the last follow-up visit.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"DOR defined as time from documented response (CR or PR) to disease progression or death; censoring at last follow-up if no progression or death."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- ORR (percentage of patients who achieve PR or CR as measured by RECIST 1.1 criteria)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"ORR measured as percentage of patients achieving complete or partial response per RECIST 1.1."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- DCR (percentage of patients who achieve PR, CR or SD as measured by RECIST 1.1 criteria)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"DCR measured as percentage of patients achieving PR, CR or SD per RECIST 1.1."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Toxicity (rate of adverse events graded according to NCI-CTCAE version 4.03)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Adverse events graded per NCI-CTCAE v4.03; toxicity reported as rate of AEs."}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
25
Recruitment Window Months
24
Consent Approach
Written informed consent required from participants. Adults (age ≥18) provide consent. No assent/parental consent provisions described. No information on age-specific consent documents or languages available.

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
3
Total Number Of Participants
25

Italy

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
29-02-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
04-04-2024
Processing Time Days
35
Number Of Sites
3
Number Of Participants
25

Sites

Site Name
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
Department Name
Oncologia Medica
Principal Investigator Name
Maria Alessandra Calegari
Contact Person Name
Maria Alessandra Calegari
Site Name
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Dei Tumori
Department Name
Oncologia Medica 1
Principal Investigator Name
Federica Morano
Principal Investigator Email
federica.morano@istitutotumori.mi.it
Contact Person Name
Federica Morano
Site Name
Pia Fondazione Di Culto E Religione Card G Panico
Department Name
Oncologia
Principal Investigator Name
Emiliano Tamburini
Principal Investigator Email
e.tamburini@piafondazionepanico.it
Contact Person Name
Emiliano Tamburini

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
Organisation Type
Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility
Country Of Registered Address
Italy

Third parties

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Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
IRINOTECAN
Active Substance
Irinotecan hydrochloride
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
IV INFUSION
Route
IV INFUSION
Maximum Dose
360 mg
Investigational Product Name
FLUOROURACIL
Active Substance
Fluorouracil
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
IV INFUSION
Route
IV INFUSION
Maximum Dose
800 mg
Investigational Product Name
CETUXIMAB
Active Substance
Cetuximab
Modality
Monoclonal antibody
Routes Of Administration
IV INFUSION
Route
IV INFUSION
Maximum Dose
1000 mg
Investigational Product Name
ENCORAFENIB
Active Substance
Encorafenib
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
ORAL
Route
ORAL
Maximum Dose
300 mg
Investigational Product Name
SODIUM FOLINATE
Active Substance
Folinic acid
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
IV INFUSION
Route
IV INFUSION
Maximum Dose
800 mg
Combination Treatment
Yes

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