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Solid TumorsPhase 1NCT01999738

Folic Acid-Tubulysin Conjugate EC1456 In Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors

A Phase 1 study testing EC1456 and EC20 in people with Solid Tumors and Non Small Cell Lung Carcinoma, run by Endocyte at 16 sites in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

Phase 1A/B, multicenter, open-label, non-randomized, dose-escalation oncology study to evaluate the administration of EC1456 in advanced solid tumors. In part A, EC1456 will be dose escalated on 4 concurrently enrolling schedules. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Solid Tumors, Non Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
What is being tested?
EC1456 and EC20
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
93 participants
Where
16 sitesUnited States
Study dates
Oct 2013to 26 Apr 2018
Phase
Phase 1
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

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

  • Patients enrolled in Part A must receive the 99mTc- etarfolatide scan but they do not need to have FR-positive target lesions.
  • Parts A and B:
  • To qualify for enrollment, the following criteria must be met:
  • Patient must have the ability to understand and sign an approved informed consent form (ICF).
  • Patient must be ≥ 18 years of age.
  • Patient must have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1.
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  • Patient must have a life expectancy of > 3 months.
  • Patient must have at least one measurable lesion per RECIST v1.1 Criteria as assessed on baseline radiologic evaluation obtained no more than 28 days prior to beginning study therapy.
  • Patients with central nervous system (CNS) metastases that are symptomatic must have received therapy (e.g., surgery, XRT, gamma knife, etc.) and be neurologically stable and off of steroids. The patient should be off steroids at least 14 days before registration. Patients with asymptomatic CNS metastatic disease without associated edema, shift, and a requirement for steroids or anti-seizure medications may be eligible after discussion with the sponsor medical monitor.
  • Patients must have formalin fixed tissue (biopsy or FNA) available.
  • Patient must have recovered (to baseline/stabilization) from prior chemo or radio therapy and associated acute toxicities must have resolved to a NCI CTCAE V4 Grade 1 or less, with the exception of alopecia.
  • Patients treated with prior radiation therapy may be eligible if:
  • Radiotherapy was completed at least 2 weeks before first dose of EC1456 and
  • Patient has recovered from acute radiation toxicity.
  • Patients must have adequate organ function:
  • Bone marrow reserve: Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 x 109/L; Platelets ≥ 100 x 109/L; Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL.
  • Cardiac:
  • QTcFridericia (QTcF) < 450 msec on at least 2 of 3 screening ECG's. On site determination of QTcF may be used for screening purposes.
  • Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) equal to or greater than the institutional lower limit of normal. LVEF must be evaluated within 28 days prior to C1D1.
  • Cardiac Troponin I or T within normal limit. (whichever troponin is done for screening will need to be done throughout the rest of the study).
  • Hepatic: Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x the upper limit of normal (ULN); Alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 3.0 x ULN OR ≤ 5.0 x ULN for patients with liver metastases.
  • Renal: Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 x ULN or for patients with serum creatinine > 1.5 ULN, creatinine clearance ≥ 50 mL/min.
  • Patients of childbearing potential:
  • All women of childbearing potential MUST have a negative urine or serum pregnancy test within 1 week prior to the 99mTc-etarfolatide imaging procedure and within 1 week prior to treatment with EC1456.
  • Women of child bearing potential must practice an effective method of birth control (i.e., oral, transdermal or injectable contraceptives, intrauterine device [IUD], or double-barrier contraception, such as diaphragm and spermicidal jelly) for the duration of their participation in the trial through 90 days following the last dose of EC1456.
  • Male patients who are sexually active must practice an effective method of birth control (e.g., condom and spermicidal jelly) for the duration of their participation in the trial through 90 days following the last dose of EC1456.
  • Patient and Disease Specific Inclusion Criteria: Part A
  • EC1456 dose escalation cohorts (Treatments 1, 2, 3, and 4):
  • Patients must have pathologically confirmed metastatic or locally advanced solid cancer (preferably TNBC, NSCLC, ovarian, or endometrial cancers due to frequent high FR expression in these cancers) that has failed to respond to standard therapy, is not amenable to standard therapy, or for which standard therapy does not exist.
  • TNBC and ovarian patients must agree to submit results of BRCA 1/2 status (i.e., deleterious mutation present, mutation of unknown significance, no mutation detected) if known. BRCA testing is not required for study inclusion.
  • Patients must have received ≤ 4 prior lines of systemic anti-cancer therapy (including but not limited to cytotoxic agents, targeted inhibitors, and monoclonal antibodies). Hormonal therapies are not included toward this criterion.
  • Patients must undergo a 99mTc-etarfolatide SPECT imaging procedure in compliance with the Investigator's Imaging Operations Manual (IIOM). FR expression on 99mTc -etarfolatide SPECT is not required for inclusion in Treatments 1, 2, 3, and 4.
  • (Patients who underwent a 99mTc-etarfolatide SPECT/CT imaging procedure as a subject on Endocyte study EC20.12 will not be required to have a repeat scan for participation in study EC1456-01 if the scan was obtained within 4 weeks of cycle 1 day 1 of EC1456 administration and has been deemed acceptable by Endocyte Imaging.)
  • Part B Only:
  • Patient and Disease Specific Inclusion Criteria: Part B
  • Patients with FR-positive NSCLC (all subtypes): (Treatments 5, 6, and 7)
  • Patients with NSCLC (all subtypes) must have received one prior platinum based therapy for advanced or metastatic disease. No additional cytotoxic therapy for advanced or metastatic disease is allowed. Any number of prior targeted therapies (e.g., inhibitors of ALK, EGFR, and PD-1 or PD-L1) are allowed. Patients with known relevant genomic tumor aberrations (i.e., EGFR, ALK, ROS-1, etc) must have received and progressed on approved therapy for these aberrations. This information must be documented prior to study entry.
  • Patients must undergo a 99mTc-etarfolatide SPECT imaging procedure in compliance with the Investigator's Imaging Operations Manual (IIOM) and be FR-positive.

Who cannot join

  • Parts A and B:
  • The presence of any of the following will exclude patients from the study:
  • Systemic anti-cancer treatment, except hormonal treatment, within 28 days prior to EC1456 administration unless there are no remaining or ongoing uncontrolled toxicities. Please contact the medical monitor to discuss requests for less than 28 day washout period.
  • Known hypersensitivity to the components of the study therapy or its analogs.
  • Carcinomatous meningitis and/or symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) metastases.
  • Malignancies that are expected to alter life expectancy or may interfere with disease assessment. Patients with adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, or low-grade (Gleason score ≤ 6) localized prostate cancer, ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), and patients with prior history of malignancy who have been disease free for more than 3 years are eligible.
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  • Serious cardiac illness or medical conditions such as unstable angina, pulmonary embolism, or uncontrolled hypertension.
  • Patients considered at risk for life-threatening QTc prolongation (i.e., personal or family history of Long QT syndrome, presence of implantable pacemaker or implantable cardioverter defibrillator, etc.).
  • Use of the following medications within 6 months prior to EC1456 administration: amiodarone, disopyramide, dofetilide, dronedarone, flecanamide, ibutilide, quinidine, or sotalol.
  • Need for concurrent anti-folate therapy such as methotrexate for rheumatoid arthritis.
  • Other concurrent chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiotherapy, or investigational therapy.
  • Pregnant or lactating women.
  • Active uncontrolled infections.
  • Known active Hepatitis B or C infection.
  • Unable or unwilling to have a pretreatment scan performed with 99mTc-etarfolatide for any reason (such as claustrophobia, an inability to lie supine on an imaging table because of pain or cardiopulmonary disease, etc.).

Trial locations and contacts

16 sites in 1 country.

16 sites in 1 country

United States16 sites
  • University of Maryland-Greenebaum Cancer Center

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21201-1595

  • Roswell Park Cancer Institute

    Buffalo, New York, 14203

  • University of Vermont Cancer Center

    Burlington, Vermont, 05401

  • Northwestern University Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Chicago, Illinois, 60611

  • University Hospitals Case Medical Center - Seidman Cancer Center

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44106

  • Henry Ford Hospital - Josephine Ford Cancer Center

    Detroit, Michigan, 48202

  • City of Hope

    Duarte, California, 91010

  • IU Health Goshen Center for Cancer Care

    Goshen, Indiana, 46526

  • Westchase Clinical Associates

    Houston, Texas, 77042

  • University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas, 77230

  • Indiana University Cancer Center

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202

  • Horizon BioAdvance

    Lafayette, Indiana, 47905

  • Weill Cornell Medical College

    New York, New York, 10021

  • Mayo Clinic

    Phoenix, Arizona, 85054

  • Honor Health

    Scottsdale, Arizona, 85258

  • University of Arizona Cancer Center

    Tucson, Arizona, 85719

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About this study

Official title: A Phase I A/B Study of the Folic Acid-Tubulysin Conjugate EC1456 In Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors

Phase 1A/B, multicenter, open-label, non-randomized, dose-escalation oncology study to evaluate the administration of EC1456 in advanced solid tumors. In part A, EC1456 will be dose escalated on 4 concurrently enrolling schedules. FR-positive expression on a 99mTc-etarfolatide scan is not required for inclusion in Part A.

Part B of the study will confirm the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and the recommended Phase 2 (RP2) dose of EC1456, and evaluate the efficacy of EC1456 in NSCLC all subtype patient populations with FR-positive cancer in up to three schedules (i.e., twice weekly, once weekly, and four times weekly). FR-positive expression on a 99mTc-etarfolatide scan is required for inclusion in Part B.

Minimum length of patient participation is anticipated to be 10 weeks (two 3-week cycles followed by a 30 day follow-up period).

Read the detailed description

In part A, EC1456 will be dose escalated on 4 concurrently enrolling schedules.

Treatment 1 is EC1456 BIW on Days 1, 4, 8, and 11 of a 3-week schedule (BIW); Treatment 2 is EC1456 QW on Days 1 and 8 of a 3-week schedule (QW); Treatment 3 is EC1456 QW on Days 1, 8, and 15 of a 3-week schedule (CWD) and Treatment 4 is EC1456 QIW on Days 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, and 11 of a 3-week schedule (QIW).

In part B, EC1456 will be dosed on 3 concurrently enrolling schedules:

Treatment 5 is EC1456 BIW. Once a dose is determined in Part A, Part B will begin with 3-6 subjects who will receive consecutive day dosing on Days 1, 2, 8, and 9 of a 3-week schedule. If this is not tolerated, the BIW cohort will continue with dosing on Days 1, 4, 8, and 11 of a 3-week schedule; Treatment 6 is EC1456 QW on Days 1 and 8 of a 3-week schedule or CWD on Days 1, 8 and 15 of a 3-week schedule; Treatment 7 is EC1456 QIW on Days 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, and 11 of a 3-week schedule for at least two cycles. If the patient is eligible to continue treatment (based upon treatment response and tolerability), he/she may opt to continue on the QIW schedule or change to the Treatment 6 regimen schedule (once its MTD and schedule have been determined).

Being tested
EC1456 and EC20
Medical subject headings
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung

What participants receive

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

  • EC1456 and EC20Drug

    Also called Folic acid and tubulysin B hydrazide and etarfolatide

    EC1456 is small molecule drug conjugate of folic acid and tubulysin B hydrazide (TubBH) that specifically binds to the membrane-bound FR and gains entry into the cell via endocytosis.

    EC20 is Etarfolatide, a conjugate of folic acid and a tripeptide moiety that can efficiently chelate the radioisotope 99mTechnetium (99mTc). When etarfolatide is labeled with 99mTc, the product (99mTc-etarfolatide) is able to quantify FR expressing tissues with SPECT imaging.

Study groups in NCT01999738
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Part A - MTD (Treatment 1)ExperimentalTreatment 1 is BIW on Days 1, 4, 8, and 11 of a 3-week schedule (BIW). Intervention: EC1456 and EC20
Receives: Drug: EC1456 and EC20
Part A - MTD (Treatment 2)ExperimentalTreatment 2 is EC1456 QW on Days 1 and 8 of a 3-week schedule (QW). Intervention: EC1456 and EC20
Receives: Drug: EC1456 and EC20
Part A - MTD (Treatment 3)ExperimentalTreatment 3 is EC1456 QW on Days 1, 8, and 15 of a 3-week schedule (CWD). Intervention: EC1456 and EC20
Receives: Drug: EC1456 and EC20
Part A - MTD (Treatment 4)ExperimentalTreatment 4 is EC1456 QIW on Days 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, and 11 of a 3-week schedule (QIW). Intervention: EC1456 and EC20
Receives: Drug: EC1456 and EC20
Part B - Efficacy (Treatment 5)ExperimentalTreatment 5 is EC1456 BIW. Once a dose is determined in Part A, Part B will begin with 3-6 subjects who will receive consecutive day dosing on Days 1, 2, 8, and 9 of a 3-week schedule. If this is not tolerated, the BIW cohort will continue with dosing on Days 1, 4, 8, and 11 of a 3-week schedule. Intervention: EC1456 and EC20
Receives: Drug: EC1456 and EC20
Part B - Efficacy (Treatment 6)ExperimentalTreatment 6 is EC1456 QW on Days 1 and 8 of a 3-week schedule or CWD on Days 1, 8 and 15 of a 3-week schedule. Intervention: EC1456 and EC20
Receives: Drug: EC1456 and EC20
Part B - Efficacy (Treatment 7)ExperimentalTreatment 7 is EC1456 QIW on Days 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, and 11 of a 3-week schedule for at least two cycles. If the patient is eligible to continue treatment (based upon treatment response and tolerability), he/she may opt to continue on the QIW schedule or change to the Treatment 6 regimen schedule (once its MTD and schedule have been determined). Intervention: EC1456 and EC20
Receives: Drug: EC1456 and EC20

What is being measured

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

  1. Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) and Recommended Phase 2 Dose (RP2) - Part A

    Part A - To dose escalate EC1456 dose until maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and recommended Phase 2 (RP2) dose for multiple schedules is reached.

    -All patients who receive at least one dose of EC1456 will be evaluated for safety. All AEs and SAEs will be graded as per CTCAE V4.0. For each dose level, summaries of dose adjustments, adverse event rates, laboratory changes, cumulative toxicity, and dose limiting toxicity (DLT) will be analyzed. Summaries of CTCAE grades will be analyzed at each dose level and each cycle.

    Measured: 18-24 months

  2. Efficacy Analysis - Part B

    Part B - Response to study therapy will be calculated per RECIST v1.1 criteria for all patients treated with at least one dose of EC1456

    Measured: 18-24 months

Timeline

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

  1. First posted3 Dec 2013 (estimated)
  2. Study startOct 2013
  3. Primary completion31 Dec 2017
  4. Study completion26 Apr 2018

Resources

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
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
93 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01999738
Sponsor's protocol ID
EC1456-01
Status last verified
Feb 2019
First submitted
26 Nov 2013
Last updated
7 Feb 2019
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing EC1456 and EC20 in people with Solid Tumors and Non Small Cell Lung Carcinoma, run by Endocyte at 16 sites in United States.

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 38 inclusion and 15 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: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 7 Feb 2019. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 16 sites in United States. 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 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.

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

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

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?

Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) and Recommended Phase 2 Dose (RP2) - Part A (time frame: 18-24 months). 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 7 Feb 2019.

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