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Metastatic Colorectal CancerPhase 1/2NCT01085331

MEK Inhibitor MSC1936369B Plus FOLFIRI in Second Line K-Ras Mutated Metastatic Colorectal Cancer (mCRC)

A Phase 1/2 study testing Pimasertib and FOLFIRI in people with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer, run by EMD Serono at 3 sites in 3 countries.

Terminated

Stopped early. The study ended before it was planned to and will not resume.

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Trial summary

The research trial is testing the experimental treatment pimasertib (MSC1936369B) in combination with FOLFIRI, as second-line treatment in metastatic K Ras mutated colorectal cancer subjects. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
What is being tested?
Pimasertib and FOLFIRI
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
16 participants
Where
3 sitesin 3 countries
Study dates
Mar 2010to Apr 2012
Phase
Phase 1/2
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • For Safety Run-in and Part 2 or Phase 2 Randomised Part
  • Histologically confirmed K-Ras mutated colon/rectum cancer
  • Subject's disease must have progressed during or after a first-line treatment for metastatic disease with oxaliplatin and fluoropyrimidines based chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab
  • Evidence of metastatic measurable disease at trial entry as per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors. Complete tumor assessment performed within 14 days prior to first trial drug administration
  • Male/female subjects aged greater than or equal to (>=) 18 years
  • Subject has read and understood the informed consent form
  • Women of childbearing potential must have a negative blood pregnancy test at the screening visit. Subjects and their partners must be willing to avoid pregnancy during the trial

Who cannot join

  • For Safety Run-in and Part 2 or Phase 2 Randomised Part
  • Bone marrow impairment
  • Renal impairment
  • Liver function and liver cell integrity abnormality
  • History of central nervous system (CNS) metastases
  • History of difficulty of swallowing, malabsorption or other chronic gastrointestinal disease
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  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status (ECOG PS) greater than (>)1
  • Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positivity, active hepatitis C, or active hepatitis B
  • Has received extensive prior radiotherapy on more than 30 percent (%) of bone marrow reserves, or prior bone marrow/stem cell transplantation
  • Has received chemotherapy, any investigational drug, or having participated in another clinical trial within the past 4 weeks prior to trial first drug administration
  • Has a history of any other significant medical disease
  • Past or current history (within the last 2 years prior to inclusion) of malignancies except for the indication under this study
  • Has significant cardiac conduction abnormalities and/or pacemaker
  • Is a pregnant or nursing female
  • Has retinal degenerative disease, history of uveitis, or history of retinal vein occlusion
  • Other significant disease that in the Investigator's opinion would exclude the subject from the trial
  • Known hypersensitivity to the trial treatment(s) or diluents (when applicable), including placebo or other comparator drug(s)
  • Legal incapacity or limited legal capacity

Trial locations and contacts

3 sites in 3 countries.

3 sites in 3 countries

Belgium1 site
  • Research Site

    Leuven

Other trials in Belgium

Italy1 site
  • Research Site

    Naples

Other trials in Italy

Spain1 site
  • Research Site

    Barcelona

Other trials in Spain

About this study

Official title: A Double-blind, Randomized, Comparative, Multicenter, Exploratory, and Placebo-controlled Phase II Trial of FOLFIRI Plus MSC1936369B or Placebo With a Safety run-in Part as Second-line Treatment of Metastatic K Ras Mutated Colorectal Cancer Subjects

The research trial is testing the experimental treatment pimasertib (MSC1936369B) in combination with FOLFIRI, as second-line treatment in metastatic K Ras mutated colorectal cancer subjects. The study will be run in two parts:

Part 1, or Safety Run-in Part: Will determine the maximum tolerated dose and the recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D) of pimasertib combined with FOLFIRI as second-line treatment in subjects with metastatic K Ras mutated colorectal cancer.

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Part 2 or Phase 2 Randomised Part: Will assess the anti-tumor activity of pimasertib combined with FOLFIRI compared to FOLFIRI with placebo as second-line treatment in metastatic K Ras mutated colorectal cancer subjects.

Phase I which Is an open label dose escalation "3+3" cohort, non-randomized, safety Phase II which is a double blind randomized safety/efficacy

Being tested
Pimasertib, Placebo, FOLFIRI
Keywords
Mek Inhibitor, Metastatic Colorectal Cancer, K-Ras Mutation, Phase II, Second line K-Ras mutated metastatic colorectal cancer
Medical subject headings
Colorectal Neoplasms

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • PimasertibDrug

    Also called MSC1936369B

    Subjects will be administered with pimasertib orally once daily on Days 1-5, 8-12, 15-19, and 22-26 of a 28 day cycle.

  • PlaceboDrug

    Subjects will be administered with placebo orally once daily on days 1-5, 8-12, 15-19, and 22-26 of a 28 day cycle.

  • FOLFIRIDrug

    Subjects will be administered with FOLFIRI (laevoleucovorin 200 milligram per square meter [mg/m^2] intravenous [i.v] infusion over 90 minutes or leucovorin [dl-leucovorin] 400 mg/m^2 i.v. infusion over 90 minutes; followed by irinotecan 180 mg/m^2 given as a 90-minute infusion in 500 milliliter [mL] dextrose 5%; followed by a bolus 5-fluorouracil [FU] 400 mg/m^2 and a 46-hour infusion 5-FU 2400 mg/m^2) at conventional doses on days 1 and 15 of the same 28 day cycle.

Study groups in NCT01085331
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Part 1 or Safety Run-in Part: Pimasertib+FOLFIRIExperimentalNot described
Receives: Drug: Pimasertib; Drug: FOLFIRI
Part 2 or Phase 2 Randomized part: Pimasertib+FOLFIRIExperimentalPlanned, not performed
Receives: Drug: Pimasertib; Drug: FOLFIRI
Part 2 or Phase 2 Randomized part: Placebo+FOLFIRIExperimentalPlanned, not performed
Receives: Drug: Placebo; Drug: FOLFIRI

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Part 1 or Safety Run-in Part: Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD)

    MTD was defined as the dose level, at which the treatment-related dose limiting toxicity (DLT) occurred in >1 of 3 subjects or in >1 of 6 subjects. DLT was defined using the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v3.0. Any Grade >=3 non-hematological toxicity except for Grade 4 asymptomatic increases in liver function tests (LFTs) reversible within 7 days in subjects with liver involvement, Grade 3 asymptomatic increases in LFTs reversible within 7 days in subjects without liver involvement, Grade 3 vomiting controlled with adequate and optimal therapy and prophylaxis, and Grade 3 diarrhea controlled with adequate and optimal anti-diarrhea therapy; any Grade 4 neutropenia lasing >5 days/ febrile neutropenia lasting >1 day; any Grade 4 thrombocytopenia/Grade 3 with bleeding; any treatment delay >2 weeks due to trial treatment-related adverse effects at any dose level and judged to be possibly or probably related to the trial treatment.

    Measured: Baseline up to Day 28 (Part 1)

  2. Part 2 or Phase 2 Randomised Part: Progression Free Survival (PFS)

    PFS was defined as time (in months) from the date of randomization to the first documentation of disease progression as reported and documented by the Investigator (i.e. radiological progression per RECIST v1.0) or death for any cause.

    Measured: From randomization up to first documented disease progression maximum up to 2 years

Secondary outcomes (15)
  1. Part 1 or Safety Run-in Part: Number of Subjects With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs), Serious TEAEs, TEAEs Leading to Discontinuation and TEAEs Leading to Death

    An AE is defined as any new untoward medical occurrences/worsening of pre-existing medical condition without regard to possibility of causal relationship. An SAE was an AE that resulted in any of the following outcomes: death; life threatening; persistent/significant disability/incapacity; initial or prolonged inpatient hospitalization; congenital anomaly/birth defect. Treatment-emergent are events between first dose of study drug and up to 28 days after last dose that were absent before treatment or that worsened relative to pretreatment state.

    Measured: From the first dose of study drug administration up to 28 days after the last dose of study drug administration

  2. Part 1 or Safety Run-in Part: Maximum Observed Plasma Concentration (Cmax) of Pimasertib, Irinotecan and SN-38

    Measured: Day 1 and Day 8 for pimasertib; Day 1 and Day 15 for Irinotecan and SN-38

  3. Part 1 or Safety Run-in Part: Time to Reach Maximum Observed Concentration (Tmax) of Pimasertib, Irinotecan and SN-38

    Measured: Day 1 and Day 8 for pimasertib; Day 1 and Day 15 for Irinotecan and SN-38

  4. Part 1 or Safety Run-in Part: Area Under the Concentration-time Curve From Time Zero to the Time of Last Observation (AUC0-t) of Pimasertib, Irinotecan and SN-38

    Area under the plasma concentration-time curve from time zero to the last sampling time (AUC0-t) at which the concentration is at or above the lower limit of quantification.

    Measured: Day 1 and Day 8 for pimasertib; Day 1 and Day 15 for Irinotecan and SN-38

  5. Part 1 or Safety Run-in Part: Area Under the Concentration-time Curve From Time Zero to Infinity (AUC0-inf) of Pimasertib, Irinotecan and SN-38

    The AUC(0-inf) of pimasertib and irinotecan was estimated by determining the total area under the concentration time curve extrapolated to infinity.

    Measured: Day 1 and Day 8 for pimasertib; Day 1 and Day 15 for Irinotecan and SN-38

  6. Part 1 or Safety Run-in Part: Apparent Terminal Half Life (t1/2) of Pimasertib, Irinotecan and SN-38

    The t1/2 was defined as the time required for the plasma concentration of pimasertib and irinotecan to decrease 50% in the final stage of elimination.

    Measured: Day 1 and Day 8 for pimasertib; Day 1 and Day 15 for Irinotecan and SN-38

  7. Part 1 or Safety Run-in Part: Apparent Oral Clearance (CL/f) of Pimasertib, (CL) Irinotecan and SN-38

    Clearance of a drug was a measure of the rate at which drug was metabolized or eliminated by normal biological processes. Apparent clearance after oral dose (CL/f) is influenced by the fraction absorbed.

    Measured: Day 1 and Day 8 for pimasertib; Day 1 and Day 15 for Irinotecan and SN-38

  8. Part 1 or Safety Run-in Part: Apparent Oral Volume of Distribution (Vz f) Pimasertib, (Vz) of Irinotecan and SN-38

    Volume of distribution was defined as the theoretical volume in which the total amount of drug would need to be uniformly distributed to produce the desired serum concentration. Apparent volume of distribution after oral dose (Vz/f) was influenced by the fraction absorbed.

    Measured: Day 1 and Day 8 for pimasertib; Day 1 and Day 15 for Irinotecan and SN-38

  9. Part 1 or Safety Run-in Part: Ratio of Cmax for Pimasertib (Day 1/Day 8), Irinotecan and SN-38 (Day 1/Day 15)

    Measured: Day 1 and Day 8 for pimasertib; Day 1 and Day 15 for Irinotecan and SN-38

  10. Part 1 or Safety Run-in Part: Ratio of AUC0-inf of Pimasertib (Day 1/Day 8), Irinotecan and SN-38 (Day 1/Day 15)

    The AUC(0-inf) was estimated by determining the total area under the concentration time curve extrapolated to infinity.

    Measured: Day 1 and Day 8 for pimasertib; Day 1 and Day 15 for Irinotecan

  11. Part 1 or Safety Run-in Part: Number of Subjects With Best Overall Response (BOR)

    BOR was defined based on Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.0 (RECIST V1.0) as following: Complete response (CR) was defined as the disappearance of all target and non-target lesions and no appearance of new lesions. Partial response (PR) was defined as at least a 30 percent (%) decrease in the sum of the longest diameters (SLD) of the targeted lesions. CR and PR had to be documented on 2 occasions separated by at least 4 weeks (28 days). Stable disease (SD) was defined as neither sufficient shrinkage to qualify for PR nor sufficient increase to qualify as progressive disease (PD) being demonstrated during the first 4 weeks. PD was defined as at least a 20% increase in the SLD of target lesions compared to the smallest SLD since the study treatment started.

    Measured: Up to 2 years

  12. Part 1 or Safety Run-in Part: Circulating Biomarkers in Serum

    Measured: Predose, Day 1, 2 and 16 of cycle 1 followed by Day 1 pre-dose of every second cycle up to 2 years

  13. Part 2 or Phase 2 Randomized Part: Circulating Biomarkers

    Measured: Predose, Day 1, 2 and 16 of cycle 1 followed by Day 1 pre-dose of every second cycle up to 2 years

  14. Part 2 or Phase 2 Randomized Part: Best Overall Response

    BOR was defined based on Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Version 1.0 (RECIST V1.0) as following: Complete response (CR) was defined as the disappearance of all target and non-target lesions and no appearance of new lesions. Partial response (PR) was defined as at least a 30 percent (%) decrease in the sum of the longest diameters (SLD) of the targeted lesions. CR and PR had to be documented on 2 occasions separated by at least 4 weeks (28 days). Stable disease (SD) was defined as neither sufficient shrinkage to qualify for PR nor sufficient increase to qualify as progressive disease (PD) being demonstrated during the first 4 weeks. PD was defined as at least a 20% increase in the SLD of target lesions compared to the smallest SLD since the study treatment started.

    Measured: Up to 2 years

  15. Part 2 or Phase 2 Randomized Part: Number of Subjects With TEAEs, Serious TEAEs, TEAEs Leading to Discontinuation and TEAEs Leading to Death

    An AE is defined as any new untoward medical occurrences/worsening of pre-existing medical condition without regard to possibility of causal relationship. An SAE was an AE that resulted in any of the following outcomes: death; life threatening; persistent/significant disability/incapacity; initial or prolonged inpatient hospitalization; congenital anomaly/birth defect. TEAES between first dose of study drug administration and up to 28 days after last dose that were absent before treatment or that worsened relative to pretreatment state.

    Measured: From the first dose of study drug administration up to 28 days after the last dose of study drug administration

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted11 Mar 2010 (estimated)
  2. Study startMar 2010
  3. Primary completionApr 2012
  4. Study completionApr 2012

Why it stopped: Conduct the randomized Phase 2 part not recommended due to the achieved MTD for pimasertib (45mg/day) in combination with FOLFIRI

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 1/2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Double blind
Who is masked
Participant, Investigator
Enrolment
16 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01085331
Sponsor's protocol ID
EMR200066_004
Status last verified
Aug 2016
First submitted
4 Mar 2010
Last updated
19 Oct 2016
Data monitoring committee
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1/2 study testing Pimasertib and FOLFIRI in people with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer, run by EMD Serono at 3 sites in 3 countries.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 7 inclusion and 18 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 19 Oct 2016. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 3 sites in Belgium, Italy, Spain. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this combined phase mean?

Phase 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 19 Oct 2016). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Part 1 or Safety Run-in Part: Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) (time frame: Baseline up to Day 28 (Part 1)). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 19 Oct 2016.

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