Clinical trial • Phase II • Oncology

REGORAFENIB for Melanoma | Malignant melanoma stage III | Malignant melanoma stage IV

Phase II trial of REGORAFENIB for Melanoma | Malignant melanoma stage III | Malignant melanoma stage IV. open-label, none/not specified-controlled.

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Oncology
Trial Disease
Melanoma | Malignant melanoma stage III | Malignant melanoma stage IV
Trial Stage
Phase II
Drug Modality
Small molecule

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
11-09-2024
First CTIS Authorization Date
20-09-2024

Trial design

open-label, none/not specified-controlled Phase II trial in Belgium.

Open Label
Yes
Comparator
None/Not specified
Biomarker Stratified
True, biomarker: BRAF V600 mutation
Target Sample Size
87
Trial Duration For Participant
730

Eligibility

Recruits 87 No vulnerable population selected. Only adults (≥18 years) are eligible. Signed written informed consent is required from participants. Subject information sheets and informed consent forms for adults are provided (documents available in Dutch and French), and no assent process for minors is applicable..

Pregnancy Exclusion
Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test during screening and within 72 hours prior to first administration of study drug and agree to use effective contraception throughout the treatment period, and for 16 weeks after the last dose of study treatment.
Vulnerable Population
No vulnerable population selected. Only adults (≥18 years) are eligible. Signed written informed consent is required from participants. Subject information sheets and informed consent forms for adults are provided (documents available in Dutch and French), and no assent process for minors is applicable.

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- ≥ 18 years of age\n- Patients should be able to swallow and retain oral medication and must not have any clinically significant gastrointestinal abnormalities that may alter absorption such as malabsorption syndrome or major resection of the stomach or bowels.\n- Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test during screening and within 72 hours prior to first administration of study drug and agree to use effective contraception throughout the treatment period, and for 16 weeks after the last dose of study treatment.\n- Men with a female partner of childbearing potential must have either had a prior vasectomy or agree to use effective contraception from 14 days prior to administration of the first dose of study treatment, throughout the treatment period, and for 16 weeks after the last dose of study treatment.\n- An Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0, 1 or 2 (Oken et al, Am J Clin Oncol 1982).\n- Adequate baseline organ function as defined in Table 1. Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1.2 x 103 /mm3 Hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 g/dL Platelet count ≥ 75 x 103 /mm3 PT/INR and APTTa ≤ 1.5 x ULN Hepatic Albumin ≥ 2.5 g/dL Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN AST and ALT ≤ 2.5 x ULN Renal Calculated creatinine clearanceb ≥ 50 mL/min Cardiac Left ventricular ejection fraction ≥ LLN by transthoracic echocardiogram\n- Persistent proteinuria of CTCAE v5.0 Grade 3. Urine dipstick result of 3+ or abnormal, based on type of urine test strip used, is allowed if protein excretion (estimated by urine protein/creatinine ratio on a random urine sample) is <3.5 g / 24 hours.\n- Signed written informed consent\n- Histologically confirmed advanced melanoma that is either stage III (locoregionally metastatic, unresectable) or stage IV (distant metastatic, unresectable)\n- Subjects must have failed prior systemic treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors, including: CTLA-4 blocking immune checkpoint inhibitors (ipilimumab or other experimental anti-CTLA-4 antibodies), and a PD-1 blocking immune checkpoint inhibitors (pembrolizumab, nivolumab or other experimental anti-PD-1 antibodies). Patients with BRAF V600mutant melanoma must have failed treatment with a BRAF-(+/- MEK) inhibitor. Patients who are not able to undergo such treatment will be considered eligible if all other eligibility criteria are fulfilled. Progression of disease per RECIST, version 1.1 [4] or per immune related response criteria [6] must have been documented during this prior treatment.\n- Cohort-B: patients should be on treatment with BRAF-/MEK-inhibitors or have interrupted for less than 4 weeks before initiation of the study treatment.\n- Cohort-C: patients should be off BRAF-/MEK-inhibitors for at least 12 weeks before initiation of the study treatment.\n- The presence of at least one measurable lesion per RECIST, version 1.1 [4].\n- Interval between the date of the last administration of prior therapy for melanoma and the date of initiation of study treatment: a. ≥ 12 weeks following the date of the first administration and ≥ 3 weeks following the date of the last administration of an anti-CTLA-4-, PD-1- or PD-L1 blocking immune checkpoint inhibitor; b. ≥ 4 weeks following the date of the last administration of chemotherapy (≥ 6 weeks in case of a nitrosurea or mitomycin C containing regimen); c. Cohort-C: ≥ 12 weeks following the date of the last administration of BRAF-/MEK-inhibitors\n- All prior anti-cancer treatment-related toxicities (except alopecia and laboratory values as listed on Table 1) and non-medical treatments (e.g. surgery and radiation therapy) must be ≤ Grade 1 severity according to the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 5 (CTCAE version 5.0; National Cancer Institute (NCI) 2017) at the time of enrollment."}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Patients with uveal melanoma.\n- Any serious or unstable pre-existing medical conditions (aside from malignancy exceptions specified above), psychiatric disorders, or other conditions that could interfere with the subject’s safety, obtaining informed consent, or compliance with study procedures.\n- Known Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Exception: subjects with laboratory evidence of cleared HBV and HCV infection will be permitted.\n- Ongoing infection CTCAE v5.0 Grade > 2 requiring systemic therapy.\n- No enzyme inducing anticonvulsants for ≥ 4 weeks prior to recruitment\n- A history or evidence of cardiovascular risk including any of the following: a. Current LVEF < LLN b. QT interval corrected for heart rate using the Bazett’s formula (QTcB) ≥ 480 msec; c. History or evidence of current clinically significant uncontrolled arrhythmias; exception: subjects with atrial fibrillation controlled for > 30 days prior to recruitment are eligible. d. History (within 6 months prior to recruitment) of acute coronary syndromes (including myocardial infarction or unstable angina), or coronary angioplasty; e. History of deep venous or arterial thrombosis, or CVA the last 6 months f. History or evidence of current ≥ Class II congestive heart failure as defined by the New York Heart Association (NYHA) guidelines; g. Treatment refractory hypertension defined as a blood pressure of systolic >140 mmHg and/or diastolic > 90 mm Hg which cannot be controlled by antihypertensive therapy; h. Patients with intra-cardiac defibrillators or permanent pacemakers; i. Abnormal cardiac valve morphology (≥ grade 2; moderate valvular thickening) documented by echocardiogram (subjects with grade 1 abnormalities [i.e., mild regurgitation/stenosis] can be entered on study).\n- Known immediate or delayed hypersensitivity reaction or idiosyncrasy to drugs chemically related to the study treatments, their excipients\n- Female patients who are nursing.\n- Cohort-B: patients treated with vemurafenib/cobimetinib.\n- Patients who are unable to initiate regorafenib within 4 weeks after interrupting BRAF-/MEK-inhibitor therapy (cohort B) or have not interrupted such therapy for at least 12 weeks (cohort C).Patients with active brain metastases who experience ongoing progressive neurological deterioration or requiring increasing doses of steroids for at least 14 days prior to first dose of study treatment.\n- Patients who experienced or are experiencing grade > 3 treatment related adverse events related to BRAF-/MEK-inhibitor therapy.\n- Intolerance or drug allergies to tafinlar, mekinist, encorafenib, or binimetinib.\n- Any contra-indication for evaluation by whole body 18F-FDG-PET/CT and MRI of the brain.\n- History of another malignancy. Exception: subjects who have been disease-free for 3 years, (i.e., subjects with second malignancies that are indolent or definitively treated at least 3 years ago) or subjects with a history of completely resected nonmelanoma skin cancer.\n- Current use of any prohibited medication.\n- Administration of an investigational drug within 28 days or 5 half-lives (minimum 14 days), whichever is shorter, prior to recruitment."}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Objective response rate (ORR; defined as the percentage of subjects with a confirmed complete response [CR] or partial response [PR] at any time per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors [RECIST], version 1.1, [4])","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Defined as the percentage of subjects with a confirmed complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) at any time per RECIST v1.1."}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Disease control rate (DCR; defined as the percentage of subjects with a confirmed stable disease (SD), partial response (PR) or complete response (CR) at any time per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST), version 1.1. [4])\n- Objective response rate (ORR; defined as the percentage of subjects with a confirmed complete response [CR] or partial response [PR] at any time per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors [RECIST], version 1.1, [4] and RANO-BM criteria [5]) determined separately for extra- and intracranial metastases, respectively.\n- Progression-free survival (PFS; defined as the time from the date of the first dose of regorafenib until the earliest date of documented disease progression [per RECIST v1.1] or death due to any cause) and overall survival (OS; defined as the time from the date of the first dose of regorafenib until the date of death due to any cause).\n- Safety as assessed by anamnesis, clinical examination, analysis of blood and urine, electrocardiograms, cardiac echocardiography, and any additional medical examination that is indicated. AE will be graded by the Common Terminology Criteria of Adverse events (CTCAE), version 5.0 (National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute).\n- Duration of response (DOR; defined as the time from the date of first documented response (SD, PR or CR) until the earliest date of documented disease progression.\n-  The generic health status of the patients will be assessed by means of the EuroQOL-5D-3L (EQ-5D-3L).  Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) will be assessed with the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer quality of life questionnaire-C30 (EORTC-QLQ-C30).  Melanoma specific health-related quality of life will be evaluated with the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Melanoma questionnaire (FACT-M)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Secondary endpoints include DCR (percentage with confirmed SD/PR/CR per RECIST v1.1), ORR separately for extra- and intracranial metastases per RECIST v1.1 and RANO-BM, PFS and OS measured from first dose to progression/death, safety assessed by clinical and laboratory evaluations and CTCAE v5.0 grading, DOR measured from first documented response to progression, and HRQoL measured by EQ-5D-3L, EORTC-QLQ-C30 and FACT-M."}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
87
Recruitment Window Months
30
Consent Approach
Signed written informed consent is required from adult participants (≥18). Subject information sheets and ICFs for adults are available in Dutch and French (multiple redacted versions noted). No assent for minors is applicable.

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
1
Total Number Of Participants
87

Belgium

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
11-09-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
17-03-2025
Processing Time Days
187
Number Of Sites
1
Number Of Participants
87

Sites

Site Name
UZ Brussel
Department Name
Oncology
Principal Investigator Name
Bart Neyns
Principal Investigator Email
bart.neyns@uzbrussel.be
Contact Person Name
Bart Neyns
Contact Person Email
bart.neyns@uzbrussel.be
Number Of Participants
87

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
UZ Brussel
Organisation Type
Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility
Country Of Registered Address
Belgium

Third parties

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Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
Stivarga 40 mg film-coated tablets
Active Substance
REGORAFENIB
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
Oral
Route
Oral
Authorisation Status
Authorised (marketing authorisation information present)
Maximum Dose
120 mg/day (maxDailyDoseAmount)
Combination Treatment
Yes

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