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Estrogen Receptor NegativePhase 1NCT02672475

Galunisertib and Paclitaxel in Treating Patients With Metastatic Androgen Receptor Negative (AR-) Triple Negative Breast Cancer

A Phase 1 study testing Galunisertib, Laboratory Biomarker Analysis and Paclitaxel in people with Estrogen Receptor Negative and HER2/Neu Negative, run by Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

Completed

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

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Trial summary

This phase I trial studies the side effects and best dose of Galunisertib when given together with paclitaxel in treating patients with androgen receptor negative or triple negative breast cancer that has spread to other places in the body. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
Galunisertib, Laboratory Biomarker Analysis and Paclitaxel
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
29 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Mar 2016to Aug 2023
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 must provide informed written consent
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-1
  • Clinical stage IV invasive mammary carcinoma that is ER, PR, HER2 negative (triple negative) previously documented by conventional methods (IHC, FISH). ER negative is defined as expression of ER in <1% cells, PR negative is defined as expression of PR in <1% cells, HER2 negative [acceptable methods of HER2 analysis include IHC (0, 1+), fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with HER2/CEN-17 ratio <2, and/or chromogenic in situ hybridization (CISH) with HER2/CEN-17 ratio <2], as previously documented by histological analysis.
  • Measurable disease, defined as at least one lesion that can be accurately measured in at least one dimension by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) criteria 1.1
  • Patients must have available tissue (archived formalin-fixed paraffin embedded blocks [FFPB] or fresh frozen tissue from original diagnosis or metastatic setting) for correlative studies; patients will not be able to start study drugs without tumor tissue availability; patients without available tumor tissue can still participate if willing to have a fresh biopsy of a metastatic lesion that is deemed to be medically safe (except for bone metastases)
  • Any number of prior therapies as long as patients have adequate performance status and meet all other eligibility criteria.
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  • Patients must have adequate hematologic, hepatic, and renal function. All laboratory tests must be obtained less than 21 days from study entry. These include:
  • Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1000/mm^3
  • Platelet count >= 100,000/mm^3
  • Hemoglobin >= 9 g/dL
  • Creatinine =< 1.5 X upper limits of normal
  • International normalized ratio (INR) =< 2
  • Total serum bilirubin =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) unless attributable to Gilbert's syndrome
  • Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) =< 2.5 x ULN (or =< 4.0 x ULN if hepatic metastases are present)
  • Patients must be able to swallow and retain oral medication
  • Pre-menopausal patients must have a negative pregnancy test and agree to use birth control methods while participating in the study; women of childbearing age and their male counterparts should use a barrier method of contraception during and for 3 months following protocol therapy
  • Patients must complete all screening assessments as outlined in the protocol

Who cannot join

  • Locally recurrent resectable breast cancer
  • Known androgen receptor (AR) positive breast cancer (AR staining > 10% by immunohistochemistry is considered positive). If the AR status is unknown, the patient can go on study.
  • Pregnant or lactating women
  • Patients with untreated or symptomatic metastatic central nervous system (CNS) disease; however patients with CNS involvement may participate if:
  • Clinically stable with respect to the CNS tumor at the time of screening and > 2 weeks from prior therapy completion (including radiation and/or surgery) to the start of study treatment
  • Not on steroid therapy
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  • Not receiving enzyme inducing anti-epileptic medications that were started for brain metastases (these include carbamazepine, phenytoin, phenobarbital, primidone, oxcarbazepine, topiramate, and vigabatrin)
  • Patient has a history of another malignancy within 2 years prior to starting study treatment, except for cured basal cell carcinoma of the skin or excised carcinoma in situ of the cervix
  • Patient who has had systemic therapy within 2 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) prior to study entry
  • Patient who has undergone major surgery =< 4 weeks prior to starting study treatment or who has not recovered from side effects of such procedure
  • Patient has a clinically significant cardiac disease or impaired cardiac function, such as:
  • The presence of cardiac disease, including a myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to study entry, unstable angina pectoris, New York Heart Association class III/IV congestive heart failure, or uncontrolled hypertension
  • Documented major electrocardiogram (ECG) abnormalities (not responding to medical treatments)
  • Major abnormalities documented by echocardiography (ECHO) with Doppler (for example, moderate or severe heart valve function defect and/or left ventricular [LV] ejection fraction < 50%, evaluation based on the institutional lower limit of normal)
  • Predisposing conditions that are consistent with development of aneurysms of the ascending aorta or aortic stress (for example, family history of aneurysms, Marfan-Syndrome, bicuspid aortic valve, evidence of damage to the large vessels of the heart documented by computed tomography [CT] scan/magnetic resonance imaging [MRI] with contrast)
  • Patient who has any severe and/or uncontrolled medical conditions such as:
  • Active or uncontrolled severe infection,
  • Liver disease such as cirrhosis, decompensated liver disease, and chronic hepatitis (i.e. quantifiable hepatitis B virus [HBV]-deoxyribonucleic acid [DNA]) and/or positive hepatitis B virus surface antigen [HbsAg], quantifiable hepatitis C virus [HCV]-ribonucleic acid [RNA])
  • Known severely impaired lung function (spirometry and diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide [DLCO] 50% or less of normal and oxygen [O2] saturation 88% or less at rest on room air)
  • Active bleeding diathesis
  • Uncontrolled arterial hypertension defined by blood pressure > 170/100 mm Hg at rest (average of 3 consecutive readings 5 min apart)
  • Psychiatric illness/social situations that would compromise patient safety or limit compliance with study requirements including maintenance of a compliance/pill diary
  • Prior treatment with paclitaxel in the metastatic setting is not allowed (patients who received neoadjuvant paclitaxel can be included).
  • Chronic treatment with corticosteroids or other immunosuppressive agents
  • Patient with impaired gastrointestinal (GI) function or GI disease that may significantly alter the absorption of oral drug (e.g. ulcerative disease, uncontrolled nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, malabsorption syndrome, or small bowel resection)
  • Patient with known positive serology for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
  • Patient who does not apply highly effective contraception during the study and through the duration as defined below after the final dose of study treatment:
  • Sexually active males should use a condom during intercourse while taking drug and for 8 weeks after the final dose of study treatment and should not father a child in this period; a condom is required to be used also by vasectomized men in order to prevent delivery of the drug via seminal fluid
  • Women of child-bearing potential, defined as all women physiologically capable of becoming pregnant, unless they are using highly effective methods of contraception during dosing and for 3 months following the discontinuation of study treatment; highly effective contraception methods include:
  • Total abstinence (when this is in line with the preferred and usual lifestyle of the subject; periodic abstinence [e.g., calendar, ovulation, symptothermal, post-ovulation methods]) and withdrawal are not acceptable methods of contraception
  • Female sterilization (have had surgical bilateral oophorectomy with or without hysterectomy) or tubal ligation at least six weeks before taking study treatment; in case of oophorectomy alone, only when the reproductive status of the woman has been confirmed by follow up hormone level assessment
  • Male sterilization (at least 6 months prior to screening); for female subjects on the study the vasectomized male partner should be the sole partner for that subject
  • Combination of the following (a+b):
  • a. Placement of an intrauterine device (IUD) or intrauterine system (IUS)
  • b. Barrier methods of contraception: condom or occlusive cap (diaphragm or cervical/vault caps) with spermicidal foam/gel/film/cream/vaginal suppository

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37232

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About this study

Official title: A Phase Ib Trial of LY2157299 (TGFβR1 Kinase Inhibitor) With Paclitaxel in Patients With Triple Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer

This phase I trial studies the side effects and best dose of Galunisertib when given together with paclitaxel in treating patients with androgen receptor negative or triple negative breast cancer that has spread to other places in the body. Some tumors need growth factors, which are made by the body's white blood cells, to keep growing. Galunisertib may interfere with growth factors and help cause tumor cells to die. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as paclitaxel, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Giving Galunisertib together with paclitaxel may kill more tumor cells.

Read the detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

  1. To assess the safety and tolerability of paclitaxel when administered with LY2157299 (Galunisertib).

II. To determine the maximally tolerated dose (MTD) of paclitaxel + LY2157299. III. To determine the recommended dose of paclitaxel with LY2157299 for phase II studies.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

  1. To evaluate the efficacy, as measured by median progression free survival (PFS), of paclitaxel + LY2157299 in patients with metastatic androgen receptor negative triple negative metastatic breast cancer.

II. To evaluate the efficacy, as measured by clinical benefit rate (CBR), of paclitaxel + LY2157299 in patients with androgen receptor negative metastatic triple negative metastatic breast cancer.

III. To determine the overall response rate (ORR) of paclitaxel + LY2157299 in patients with androgen receptor negative metastatic triple negative breast cancer.

TERTIARY OBJECTIVES:

  1. To interrogate the entire coding sequence of 236 cancer-related genes (3,769 exons) plus 47 introns from 19 genes often rearranged or altered in cancer.

II. Nanostring analysis of established gene expression signatures. III. Determine breast cancer subtype by PAM50 testing and correlate with response.

IV. To measure changes in circulating plasma transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGFB1), interleukin (IL)-6, and cluster of differentiation 34 (CD34) positive (+), peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) induced by LY2157299.

OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study of Galunisertib.

Patients receive paclitaxel intravenously (IV) on days 1, 8, and 15. Patients also receive Galunisertib orally (PO) twice daily (BID) on days 1-14. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up periodically.

Being tested
Galunisertib, Laboratory Biomarker Analysis, Paclitaxel
Medical subject headings
Breast Neoplasms, Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms

What participants receive

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

  • GalunisertibDrug

    Also called LY-2157299, LY2157299

    Given PO

  • Laboratory Biomarker AnalysisOther

    Correlative studies

  • PaclitaxelDrug

    Also called Anzatax, Asotax, Bristaxol, Praxel

    Given IV

Study groups in NCT02672475
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Treatment (Paclitaxel, Galunisertib)ExperimentalPatients receive Paclitaxel IV on days 1, 8, and 15. Patients also receive GalunisertibPO BID on days 1-14. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Receives: Drug: Galunisertib; Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis; Drug: Paclitaxel

What is being measured

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

  1. Incidence of adverse events

    Adverse events will be classified by type, incidence, severity and causality. All adverse events will be summarized by patient and dose level.of galunisertib in combination with paclitaxel graded by National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria For Adverse Events (NCI CTCAE) version 4.03

    Measured: Up to 28 days after last dose of study treatment

  2. Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) of paclitaxel + LY2157299

    MTD is defined as the highest dose tested in which a dose limiting toxicity is experienced by 0 out of 3 or 1 out of 6 patients among the dose levels galunisertib in combination with paclitaxel graded by NCI CTCAE version 4.03

    Measured: Up to 28 days

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. Overall Response Rate (ORR)

    Number of patients in each response category, per RECIST v1.1, summarized as follows for target lesion criteria complete response (CR),disappearance of target lesions; partial response (PR), >=30% decrease in sum of longest diameter of target lesions; progressive disease (PD), >=20% increase in sum of LD of target lesions or appearance of new lesions; stable disease (SD), insufficient change in target lesions or new lesions to qualify as either PD or SD. Patients are categorized according to the best response achieved prior to occurrence of progressive disease, where best response hierarchy is CR>PR>SD>PD.

    Measured: On-treatment date to date of disease progression, assessed up to 3 years

  2. Progression-Free Survival (PFS)

    Estimated probable duration of life without disease progression, from on-study date to earlier of progression date or date of death from any cause, using the Kaplan-Meier method with censoring. Disease progression is defined under RECIST v1.1 as >=20% increase in sum of longest diameters of target lesions, unequivocal progression of non-target lesions, or appearance of new lesions.

    Measured: On-study date to lesser of date of progression or date of death from any cause, assessed up to 3 years

Timeline

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

  1. First posted3 Feb 2016 (estimated)
  2. Study startMar 2016
  3. Primary completionApr 2021
  4. Study completionAug 2023

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
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
29 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02672475
Sponsor's protocol ID
VICC BRE 1557
Other IDs
NCI-2015-02055, H9H-MC-E005, P30CA068485
Status last verified
Nov 2023
First submitted
1 Feb 2016
Last updated
22 Nov 2023
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing Galunisertib, Laboratory Biomarker Analysis and Paclitaxel in people with Estrogen Receptor Negative and HER2/Neu Negative, run by Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center 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 17 inclusion and 35 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 22 Nov 2023. 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 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?

Incidence of adverse events (time frame: Up to 28 days after last dose of study treatment). 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 22 Nov 2023.

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