Clinical trial • Phase II • Oncology

VEMURAFENIB for Malignant solid tumours and haematologic malignancies harboring activating BRAF genomic alterations

Phase II trial of VEMURAFENIB for Malignant solid tumours and haematologic malignancies harboring activating BRAF genomic alterations.

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Oncology
Trial Disease
Malignant solid tumours and haematologic malignancies harboring activating BRAF genomic alterations
Trial Stage
Phase II
Drug Modality
Small molecule

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
26-06-2024
First CTIS Authorization Date
16-07-2024

Trial design

None/Not specified-controlled Phase II trial across 17 sites in France.

Comparator
None/Not specified
Biomarker Stratified
True, biomarker: BRAF genomic alterations (including BRAF V600 mutation)
Target Sample Size
50

Eligibility

Recruits 50 Individuals deprived of liberty or placed under the authority of a tutor are excluded. Informed consent is required: "Patient information and written informed consent form signed." No paediatric assent provisions (trial includes only adults ≥ 18)..

Pregnancy Exclusion
Unwillingness to practice effective birth control. Pregnant or lactating women.
Vulnerable Population
Individuals deprived of liberty or placed under the authority of a tutor are excluded. Informed consent is required: "Patient information and written informed consent form signed." No paediatric assent provisions (trial includes only adults ≥ 18).

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Male and female ≥ 18 years of age\n- ECOG Performance Status of 0 to 2, or Karnofsky scale > 50 %\n- Life expectancy ≥ 3 months\n- Potentially reproductive patients must agree to use an effective contraceptive method, practice adequate methods of birth control or practice complete abstinence while on treatment, beginning 2 weeks before the first dose of investigational product and for at least 6 months after the last dose of study drug\n- Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test within 14 days of enrollment and/or urine pregnancy test 72 hours prior to the administration of the study drug\n- Women who are breastfeeding should discontinue nursing prior to the first day of study drug and permanently after the last dose\n- Patients must be affiliated to a Social Security System.\n- Patient information and written informed consent form signed.\n- Unresectable locally advanced or metastatic histologically confirmed malignancy (excluding melanoma V600 mutation) resistant or refractory to standard therapy or for which standard therapy does not exist or is not considered appropriate by the Investigator and are not eligible to an appropriate ongoing clinical trial. For Hairy Cell Leukemia: .patients must have relapsed and/or be refractory HCL candidate for treatment after 2 lines of purine analogues treatment.\n- Patient with BRAF V600 mutation determined by the INCa platforms on the primary and/or metastatic lesion in the following pathologies: . NSCLC . Ovarian cancer . Cholangiocarcinoma . Thyroid cancer . Prostatic cancer . Bladder cancer . Sarcoma/GIST . Multiple myeloma . Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) . Hairy cell leukaemia (HCL) (this excludes Hairy Cell Leukemia variant types, marginal zone splenic lymphoma (MZL), splenic red pulp lymphoma (SRPL) patients) Or patient with the same or another pre-listed pathology harboring any type of activating BRAF alteration determined from outside the INCa platforms network.\n- Measurable disease according to RECIST 1.1 guidelines for solid tumors with target lesion of at least 10 mm and presence of at least one RECIST-measurable lesion outside of a previously radiated field or potential palliative irradiation fields, International Myeloma Working group Response Criteria for myeloma, IWCLL Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and clinical/biological parameters for Hairy cell leukaemia (Serum M-protein > 0.5 g/dL; Urine Mprotein > 200 mg per 24 hours; Involved FLC level > 10 mg/dL (> 100 mg/L) provided serum FLC ratio is abnormal).\n- Patients who had received any previous systemic anticancer treatment and/or radiotherapy should have recovered from any treatment related toxicity, i.e. ≤ grade1, with a mandatory free interval of at least 3 weeks for systemic or radiotherapy treatments and at least 5 halflives for targeted drugs.\n- Patients who had received any investigational drug are eligible after a 4-week wash-out period or a wash-out period equivalent to 5 half-lives of the product, depending on the longest period\n- Adequate hematologic*, renal* and liver function*, as defined by the following laboratory values; test performed within 7 days prior to the first dose of vemurafenib: . Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL . Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 x 109/L . Platelet count ≥ 100 x 109/L . Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) or creatine clearance (CrCl) > 50 mL/min by Cockroft–Gault formula (Protocol Appendix 1) . Aspartate aminotransferase (AST [SGOT]) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT [SGPT]) ≤ 2.5 times ULN (≤ 5 times ULN if considered due to primary or metastatic liver involvement) . Serum bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times ULN . Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 2.5 times ULN (≤ 5 times ULN if considered due to tumor)\n- Normal values for calcium, magnesium and potassium levels\n- Patients able to swallow and retain oral medication (tablet size: 19 mm. Can not be chewed or crushed)"}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- V600 BRAF mutated melanoma patients or colorectal cancer patients\n- Patients with significantly altered mental status prohibiting the understanding of the study or with psychological, familial, sociological or geographical condition potentially hampering compliance with the study protocol and follow-up schedule; those conditions should be discussed with the patient before registration in the trial\n- Individual deprived of liberty or placed under the authority of a tutor.\n- Unwillingness to practice effective birth control. Pregnant or lactating women.\n- Patient eligible to a clinical trial with an anticancer drug (including vemurafenib) targeting the same BRAF molecular alteration in the same type/localization as the patient’s cancer presentation open to accrual in France. Patient not eligible in this trial are still eligible for the AcSé study.\n- Prior treatment with a BRAF or MEK inhibitor\n- Major surgery or tumor embolization within 4 weeks and minor surgery within 2 weeks prior to the initiation of the study drug\n- Patients with other concurrent severe and/or uncontrolled medical disease which could compromise participation in the study, such as, but not limited to: a) Any of the following within the 6 months prior to starting study treatment: myocardial infarction, severe/unstable angina, coronary/peripheral artery bypass graft, or cerebrovascular accident including transient ischemic attack. Ongoing congestive heart failure. b) Pulmonary embolism within 30 days prior to first vemurafenib administration c) Hypertension not adequately controlled by current medications within 30 days prior to first vemurafenib administration d) Congenital long QT syndrome e) Ongoing cardiac dysrhythmias of NCI CTCAE Grade ≥ 2, uncontrolled atrial fibrillation of any grade, or machine-read ECG with QTc interval > 460 msec f) Spinal cord compression unless treated with the patient attaining good pain control and stable or recovered neurologic function g) Carcinomatous meningitis or leptomeningeal disease h) Any uncontrolled infection i) Other severe acute or chronic medical (including severe gastrointestinal conditions such as diarrhea or ulcer) or psychiatric conditions, or end stage renal disease on hemodialysis or laboratory abnormalities that would impart, in the judgment of the investigator and/or sponsor, excess risk associated with study participation or study drug administration, and which would, therefore, make the patient inappropriate for study entry\n- For MM, solitary bone or solitary extramedullary plasmacytoma as the only evidence of plasma cell dyscrasia\n- Known hypersensitivity to vemurafenib or another BRAF inhibitor\n- Concurrent administration of any anti-cancer therapies (e.g., chemotherapy, other targeted therapy, experimental drug, etc.) other than those administered in this study\n- Refractory nausea and vomiting, malabsorption, external biliary shunt or significant bowel resection that would preclude adequate absorption."}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Anti-tumor activity of vemurafenib in each cohort, as the primary objective of the trial, will be carried out by the determination of the confirmed objective response/remission rate (complete or partial response/remission) according to RECIST criteria v1.1 for solid tumors (appendix 8), IMWG Response Criteria for myeloma (appendix 9), and IWCLL for CLL","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Determination of the confirmed objective response/remission rate (complete or partial response/remission) according to RECIST v1.1 for solid tumors, IMWG Response Criteria for myeloma, and IWCLL criteria for CLL."}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Disease control rate","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Response duration","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Progression-free survival","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Overall Survival","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Safety (CTCAE v4.0)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Adverse events graded by CTCAE v4.0."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Correlative research endpoints.","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
50
Recruitment Window Months
134
Consent Approach
Patient information and written informed consent form signed. Subject information and informed consent form documents are provided (subject information and informed consent form (for publication) available); no additional assent or age-specific consent details provided.

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
17
Total Number Of Participants
50

France

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
04-06-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
16-07-2024
Processing Time Days
42
Number Of Sites
17
Number Of Participants
50

Sites

Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Departemental Vendee
Department Name
Oncologie
Contact Person Name
TIFENN L HARIDON
Contact Person Email
frank.priou@chd-vendee.fr
Site Name
Oncopole Claudius Regaud
Department Name
Oncologie
Contact Person Name
CARLOS GOMEZ-ROCA
Site Name
Institut Sainte Catherine
Department Name
Oncologie
Contact Person Name
WERNER HILGERS
Contact Person Email
w.hilgers@isc84.org
Site Name
Hopital NOVO
Department Name
Oncologie
Contact Person Name
GISLAINE FRABOULET
Contact Person Email
gislaine.fraboulet@ght-novo.fr
Site Name
Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
Department Name
Oncologie
Contact Person Name
JOHANNA WASSERMAN
Contact Person Email
johanna.wasserman@aphp.fr
Site Name
Centre Oscar Lambret
Department Name
Oncologie
Contact Person Name
Nicolas PENEL
Contact Person Email
n-penel@o-lambret.fr
Site Name
Centre Paul Papin
Department Name
Oncologie
Contact Person Name
PATRICK SOULIÉ
Site Name
Union Mut Gestion Groupe Hosp Mutualiste De Grenoble
Department Name
Oncologie
Contact Person Name
Cécile LEYRONNAS
Contact Person Email
c.leyronnas@ghm-grenoble.fr
Site Name
Centre De Lutte Contre Le Cancer Eugene Marquis
Department Name
Oncologie
Contact Person Name
JULIEN EDELINE
Contact Person Email
j.edeline@rennes.unicancer.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Regional Et Universitaire De Brest
Department Name
Oncologie
Contact Person Name
Gilles ROBINET
Contact Person Email
gilles.robinet@chu-brest.fr
Site Name
Institut Curie
Department Name
Oncologie
Contact Person Name
ETIENNE BRAIN
Contact Person Email
etienne.brain@curie.net
Site Name
Strasbourg Oncologie Libérale
Department Name
Oncologie
Contact Person Name
FREDERIC MALOISEL
Contact Person Email
f.maloisel@solcrr.org
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Montpellier
Department Name
Oncologie
Contact Person Name
DELPHINE TOPART
Contact Person Email
d-topart@chu-montpellier.fr
Site Name
Centre Leon Berard
Department Name
Oncologie
Contact Person Name
CHRISTELLE DE LA FOURCHARDIERE
Site Name
Hôpital Estaing - CHU de Clermont-Ferrand
Department Name
Oncologie
Contact Person Name
JACQUES-OLIVIER BAY
Contact Person Email
jobay@chu-clermontferrand.fr
Site Name
Institut Bergonie
Department Name
Oncologie
Contact Person Name
ANTOINE ITALIANO
Site Name
Centre Hospital Region Metz Thionville
Department Name
Oncologie
Contact Person Name
NADINE PAILLOT

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Unicancer
Organisation Type
Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility
Country Of Registered Address
France

Third parties

  • {"country":"","full_name":"Inca","duties_or_roles":"Source of monetary support","organisation_type":""}
  • {"country":"","full_name":"Fondation ARC","duties_or_roles":"Source of monetary support","organisation_type":""}
  • {"country":"","full_name":"Roche","duties_or_roles":"Source of monetary support","organisation_type":""}

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
Zelboraf 240 mg film-coated tablets
Active Substance
VEMURAFENIB
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
ORAL
Route
ORAL
Authorisation Status
Marketing authorisation present (marketingAuthNumber: EU/1/12/751/001)
Maximum Dose
1920 mg (max daily dose amount)

Related trials

Other published trials that may interest you.