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Ovarian CancerPhase 2NCT02417753

AZD9150, a STAT3 Antisense Oligonucleotide, in People With Malignant Ascites

A Phase 2 study testing AZD9150 in people with Ovarian Cancer and Ovarian Neoplasms, run by National Cancer Institute (NCI) at 1 site in United States.

Terminated

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

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Trial summary

Background: Some people with gastrointestinal or ovarian cancer also have ascites. That is free fluid built up in the abdomen. Researchers want to see if a new drug can affect some of the immune cells in the ascites. This may also treat the cancer. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 99 years
Conditions the study is for
Ovarian Cancer, Ovarian Neoplasms, Ascites
What is being tested?
AZD9150
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
1 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
3 Apr 2015to 7 Apr 2016
Phase
Phase 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 to 99 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

None listed.

Who cannot join

  • Patients who are receiving any other investigational agents.
  • History of prior Janus kinase (JAK) or signal transducer and activator transcription 3 (STAT)3 inhibitor treatment.
  • Patients with known brain metastases or spinal cord compression should be excluded from this clinical trial because of their poor prognosis and because they often develop progressive neurologic dysfunction that would confound the evaluation of neurologic and other adverse events.
  • Patients must not have other invasive malignancies within the past 3 years (with the exception of adequately treated basal or squamous cell skin cancers, carcinoma in situ of the cervix and ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) of breast).
  • History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to AZD9150.
  • Incompletely healed surgical incision prior to enrolment
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  • Ongoing therapy with oral or parenteral anticoagulants (e.g., heparin, warfarin). Lowdose anticoagulants for maintenance of catheter patency are not exclusionary.
  • Any of the following cardiac criteria:
  • Mean resting corrected Q wave and T wave (QT) interval (QTcF) > 480 msec obtained from 3 electrocardiograms (ECGs)
  • Any clinically important abnormalities in rhythm, conduction or morphology of resting ECG e.g., complete left bundle branch block, third degree heart block
  • Patients with uncontrolled hypertension (systolic blood pressure (SBP)> 155, diastolic blood pressure (DBP)> 90), unstable coronary disease (unstable angina, evidence of congestive heart failure (CHF), or myocardial infarction (MI) within 6 months of study)
  • New York Heart Association (NYHA) greater than or equal to Grade II or greater.
  • History of myocardial infarction within 6months prior to screening.
  • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
  • Pregnant and/or breastfeeding
  • Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients or with history of hepatitis or with current chronic or active hepatitis. A past history of Hepatitis A is allowed.
  • History of recurrent bacterial infections unrelated to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) (particularly skin or lung)
  • Bacterial peritonitis within 30 days
  • History of, or presently active or chronic viral infections (i.e. zoster or hepatitis)
  • History of known latent or active tuberculosis, signs of active or latent tuberculosis on chest X-ray, skin test showing an induration of >10 mm or more or according to local recommendations.
  • Active bleeding disorders and high likelihood of bleeding or conditions or medications known to increase the risk of bleeding. Patients with bleeding diathesis and subjects who are receiving anticoagulation treatment with INR > 2 are excluded.
  • History of recurrent thrombosis or any thrombosis within the past 6 months
  • Family history consistent with thrombophilia or hypofibrinolysis
  • Patients who have received liver transplantation
  • History of clinically significant liver abnormalities other than liver metastasis
  • Presence of hepatic encephalopathy within 4 weeks of 1st dose
  • Judgment by the investigator that the patient should not participate in the study if the patient is unlikely to comply with study procedures, restrictions and requirements

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike

    Bethesda, Maryland, 20892

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About this study

Official title: A Pilot Study of AZD9150, a STAT3 Antisense Oligonucleotide in Malignant Ascites

Background:

  • Some people with gastrointestinal or ovarian cancer also have ascites. That is free fluid built up in the abdomen. Researchers want to see if a new drug can affect some of the immune cells in the ascites. This may also treat the cancer.
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Objective:

  • To look at the immune markers the ascites of people with gastrointestinal or ovarian cancer.

Eligibility:

  • Adults age 18 and older with a malignancy of the gastrointestinal tract (GI) tract or metastatic ovarian cancer. As a result, they have ascites in the abdomen.

Design:

  • Participants will be screened with:
  • Medical history, physical exam, and blood tests.
  • Echocardiogram: sound waves make images of the heart.
  • Electrocardiogram: measures electrical activity of the heart.
  • Paracentesis: a needle will be inserted in the abdomen and will remove some of the ascites fluid.
  • They may have a tumor biopsy.
  • Participants will get AZD9150 through a vein for 3 hours. They will get this 6 times in cycle 1 and 4 times all other cycles. Each cycle is 28 days.
  • Each cycle, participants will:
  • Have a physical exam.
  • Have blood tests weekly.
  • Be asked about how they feel and any medicines they are taking.
  • After every 2 cycles (about every 2 months), participants will have scans and x-rays of their tumor.
  • Participants will have paracentesis 2 more times during the study. They will have another echocardiogram.
  • At the end of therapy, participants will have a physical exam and blood tests. They will be asked about how they feel and any medicines they are taking.
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Background:

  • Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT)3 is considered to be a promising cancer drug target because of its pleiotropic involvement in tumorigenesis. STAT3 not only regulates the expression of many genes which are directly important for the survival of tumor cells, but it is also an important factor in non-tumor cells in the tumor microenvironment involved in immune evasion of tumor cells, angiogenesis, and metastasis.
  • AZD9150 is an antisense oligonucleotide designed to target and down-regulate expression of human STAT3 mRNA.
  • By focusing on patients with malignant ascites it will be more feasible for us to sample the tumor environment and to do it more frequently than, for example, conventional tumor tissue biopsies. Malignant ascites is a relatively common occurrence in ovarian and gastrointestinal malignancies, impacting greatly on quality of life.

Objectives:

-To measure changes in immune parameters in the malignant ascites of patients with advanced cancer following therapy with AZD9150.

Select Eligibility:

  • Age greater than or equal to 18 years.
  • Histologically confirmed metastatic ovarian or GI malignancy with malignant ascites. Patients must have ascites amenable for paracentesis.
  • Patient that have relapsed or have been refractory to at least one prior chemotherapy regimen, or patients for whom no standard therapy exists

Design:

  • Up to N=15 eligible patients will receive AZD9150 at the following schedule:
  • Cycle 1 only: AZD9150 will be administered intravenously on Cycle 1 Days 1, 3, 5, 8, 15 and 22.
  • Cycle 2 and beyond: AZD9150 will be administered as an intravenous infusion every week without break, i.e. Days 1, 8, 15 and 22 of a 28-day cycle.
  • Patients will be re-staged every 8 weeks.
  • Patients will undergo a baseline pretreatment paracentesis which will be repeated on Cycle 1 Days 8 and 15. An optional paracentesis may be attempted on D57 or off treatment (whichever happens first). Immune subsets analysis at baseline in biopsy/ascites/peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and post AZD9150 in surgical specimen, ascites and PBMC will be analyzed. STAT3 activation status will also be assessed in tumor cells isolated from malignant ascites at various time points.
Being tested
AZD9150
Keywords
PARACENTESIS, STAT3 Antisense Oligonucleotide, Ascites, AZD9150, Surgical Resection
Medical subject headings
Ovarian Neoplasms, Ascites, Gastrointestinal Neoplasms

What participants receive

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

  • AZD9150Drug

    AZD9150 IV infusion over 3 hours Cycle 1: days 1, 3, 5, 8, 15 and 22 of a 28 day cycle. Cycle 2 and beyond Days 1, 8, 15 and 22 of a 28 day cycle

Study groups in NCT02417753
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
AZD9150 in People with Malignant AscitesExperimentalAZD9150 over a 28 day cycle
Receives: Drug: AZD9150

What is being measured

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

  1. Changes in Immune Parameters in the Malignant Ascites of Patients With Advanced Cancer Following Therapy With AZD9150

    Participants were to undergo research paracentesis. Ascitic fluid was to be obtained and processed for changes in the percentages of memory cluster of differentiation 8 (CD8) + cells, regulatory T cells, plasmacytoid dendritic cell (pDC), B cells and natural killer (NK) cells will be analyzed by flow cytometry.

    Measured: 1.5 years

Secondary outcomes (6)
  1. Effect on Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3(STAT3)-Dependent & Associated Signaling Both in Tumor Cells, Peripheral Blood and the Microenvironment, Including Modulations in Chemokine and Cytokine Response Following Treatment With AZD9150

    Serum samples were to be collected from participants and assessed for interferon, cytokine and chemokine levels including interferon, ϒ-interferon inducible protein (IP-10), monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1), interleukin 6 (IL-6), interleukin 8 (IL-8), interleukin 10 (IL-10), and interleukin 12/p70 (IL-12/p70).

    Measured: 1.5 years

  2. Reduction in Tyrosine-phosphorylated Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 (STAT3) Phospho- Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 (p- STAT3) Expression, Comparing Before and After Therapy, in Ascites and Peripheral Blood

    Measure the reduction in tyrosine-phosphorylated STAT3 (p=STAT3) expression.

    Measured: 1.5 years

  3. Response Rate (RR) in Patients With Malignant Ascites Treated With AZD9150

    Response is assessed by the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) v1.1 and is measured from the time measurement criteria are met for complete response or partial response (whichever is recorded first) until the first date that recurrent or progressive disease is objectively documented (taking as reference for progressive disease the smallest measurements recorded since the treatment started). Complete response is disappearance of all target lesions. Any pathological lymph nodes (whether target or non-target) must have reduction in short axis to <10 mm. Partial response is at least a 30% decrease in the sum of the diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum of diameters.

    Measured: 1.5 years

  4. Count of Participants With Serious and Non Serious Adverse Events

    Here is the count of participants with serious and non-serious adverse events assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria in Adverse Events (CTCAE v4.0). A non-serious adverse event is any untoward medical occurrence. A serious adverse event is an adverse event or suspected adverse reaction that results in death, a life threatening adverse drug experience, hospitalization, disruption of the ability to conduct normal life functions, congenital anomaly/birth defect or important medical events that jeopardize the patient or subject and may require medical or surgical intervention to prevent one of the previous outcomes mentioned.

    Measured: 4 months and 15 days

  5. Progression Free Survival (PFS) in Patients With Malignant Ascites Treated With AZD9150

    PFS is the time interval from start of treatment to documented evidence of progressive disease. Progressive disease was assessed by the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST). Progressive disease is defined as at least a 20% increase in the sum of the diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum on study (this includes the baseline sum if that is the smallest on study). in addition to the relative increase of 29%, the sum must also demonstrate an absolute increase of at least 5 mm. (Note: the appearance of one or more new lesions is also considered progressions).

    Measured: 1.5 years

  6. Overall Survival (PFS) in Patients With Malignant Ascites Treated With AZD9150

    OS is defined as the time from the first day of treatment to the day of death.

    Measured: 1.5 years

Timeline

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

  1. First posted16 Apr 2015 (estimated)
  2. Study start3 Apr 2015
  3. Primary completion7 Apr 2016
  4. Study completion7 Apr 2016

Why it stopped: Study was closed because we could not find these types of patients.

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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 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
1 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02417753
Sponsor's protocol ID
150112
Other IDs
15-C-0112
Status last verified
May 2017
First submitted
15 Apr 2015
Last updated
15 May 2017
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 2 study testing AZD9150 in people with Ovarian Cancer and Ovarian Neoplasms, run by National Cancer Institute (NCI) at 1 site 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 0 inclusion and 27 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 15 May 2017. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site 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 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 15 May 2017). 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?

Changes in Immune Parameters in the Malignant Ascites of Patients With Advanced Cancer Following Therapy With AZD9150 (time frame: 1.5 years). 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 15 May 2017.

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