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Advanced CancerPhase 1NCT04336124

Safety and Pharmacokinetic Study of CVM-1118 Extended-Release in Advanced Cancer Patients

A Phase 1 study testing CVM-1118 Extended-Release (ER) Capsules (200 mg/capsule) in people with Advanced Cancer, run by TaiRx, Inc. at 2 sites in Taiwan.

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

CVM-1118 Immediate-release (IR) Capsule and CVM-1118 Extended-release (ER) Capsule are proprietary oncology products developed by TaiRx, Inc. for the treatment of patients suffering from advanced cancer. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 20 to 99 years
Conditions the study is for
Advanced Cancer
What is being tested?
CVM-1118 Extended-Release (ER) Capsules (200 mg/capsule)
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
5 participants
Where
2 sitesTaiwan
Study dates
25 May 2020to 8 Apr 2022
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 20 to 99 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Tumor eligibility:
  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed advanced malignancies, which is refractory to standard of care therapy, or for whom no standard of care therapy is available.
  • Solid tumors must have measurable or evaluable disease as per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST v. 1.1). Target lesions that have been previously irradiated will not be considered measurable (lesion) unless increase in size is observed following completion of radiation therapy. Lymphomas must have measurable disease as per Revised Response Criteria for Malignant Lymphomas.
  • ECOG performance status 0 to 2. Resolution of all acute toxic effects of prior therapy or surgical procedures to grade 1 (except alopecia).
  • Adequate organ function as defined by the following criteria:
  • Serum aspartate transaminase (AST) and serum alanine transaminase (ALT) ≤3 x upper limit of normal (ULN), or AST and ALT ≤5 x ULN if liver function abnormalities are due to underlying malignancy
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  • Total serum bilirubin ≤1.5 x ULN (except for patients with documented Gilbert's syndrome)
  • Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) 1,500/µL
  • Platelets 90,000/µL
  • Hemoglobin 9.0 g/dL
  • Serum creatinine ≤1.5 x ULN or creatinine clearance of ≥ 60 mL/min
  • Signed and dated informed consent document indicating that the patient (or legally acceptable representative) has been informed of all the pertinent aspects of the study prior to enrollment.
  • Willingness and ability to comply with scheduled visits, treatment plans, laboratory tests, and other study procedures.

Who cannot join

  • Patients presenting with any of the following will not be included in the study:
  • Major surgery, radiation therapy, or systemic anti-cancer therapy within 4 weeks of starting study treatment.
  • Prior high-dose chemotherapy requiring hematopoietic stem cell rescue except for patients with lymphoma
  • Current treatment on another clinical study.
  • Brain metastases, spinal cord compression, carcinomatous meningitis, or leptomeningeal disease unless appropriately treated and neurologically stable for at least 4 weeks.
  • Any of the following within 12 months prior to starting study treatment: myocardial infarction, severe/unstable angina, coronary/peripheral artery bypass graft, congestive heart failure, or cerebrovascular accident including transient ischemic attack; within 6 months prior to starting study treatment for pulmonary embolus. However, upon agreement between the investigator and sponsor, the 6-month post-event-free period for a patient with a pulmonary embolus can be waived if due to advanced cancers. Appropriate treatment with anticoagulants is permitted.
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  • Hypertension that cannot be controlled by medications (>160/100 mmHg despite optimal medical therapy).
  • Current treatment with therapeutic doses of warfarin (low dose warfarin up to 2 mg PO daily is allowed).
  • Known human immunodeficiency virus infection.
  • Hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) with evidence of chronic active disease or receiving/requiring antiviral therapy.
  • History of receiving organ transplantation or immune disorders that require continuous immunosuppressant agent therapy.
  • Pregnancy or breastfeeding. Female patients must be surgically sterile or be post-menopausal or must agree to the use of effective contraception during the period of therapy. All female patients with reproductive potential must have a negative pregnancy test (serum or urine) prior to enrollment. Male patients must be surgically sterile or must agree to use effective contraception during the period of therapy. The definition of effective contraception will be based on the judgment of the principal investigator or a designated associate.
  • Other severe acute or chronic medical or psychiatric conditions 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, which would make the patient inappropriate for entry into this study.

Trial locations and contacts

2 sites in 1 country.

Taiwan2 sites
  • China Medical University Hospital

    Taichung

  • National Cheng Kung University Hospital

    Tainan, 704

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About this study

Official title: A Phase I Safety and Pharmacokinetic Study of CVM-1118 Extended-Release Capsules Administered Orally to Patients With Advanced Cancers

CVM-1118 Immediate-release (IR) Capsule and CVM-1118 Extended-release (ER) Capsule are proprietary oncology products developed by TaiRx, Inc. for the treatment of patients suffering from advanced cancer. Due to the short elimination half-life of CVM-1118 IR capsules, the extended release (ER) formulation, containing mini-tablets in hard capsule, has been developed to prolong the drug absorption and longer exposure after oral administration. The designed dose of CVM-1118 ER was 200 mg per capsule to provide a more patient-compliant and safe dosage of CVM-1118. The clinical study CVMEX-001 is therefore designed to evaluate the safety and pharmacokinetics of CVM-1118 extend release (ER) Capsule (200 mg/capsule) in patients with advanced cancer.

Read the detailed description

The CVM-1118 ER Capsule will be orally administered BID or TID before meal in 28-day treatment cycles. Patients will receive 400, 600, 800 to 1,200 mg of CVM-1118 ER Capsule in sequential cohort based on safety and dose tolerability. A single-patient cohort per dose level (accelerated titration design) will be applied to the first two cohorts, 400 and 600 mg daily, and followed by the conventional 3+3 dose escalation design from the dose level of 800 mg/day. Within the first two cohorts, if any Grade 2 or greater toxicity at least possibly attributable to CVM-1118 ER capsule is reported in the first patient during first cycle, a single-patient cohort will be converted to conventional 3+3 study design once and expand to a minimum of 3 evaluable patients for assessment of toxicity within the first cycle. Dose escalation will occur until DLT occurs in 2 or more patients within a dose level. In any cohort, if 1 patient experiences a DLT, 3 additional patients will be enrolled to that dose level. If 2 or more patients experience a DLT, no further dose escalation will occur. Plasma pharmacokinetics samples will be collected at pre-determined time-points for all patients participating in the dose-escalation study.

This study will be completed and closed once the MTD is determined for CVM-1118 ER capsules. However, at the end of 4 cycles, it is recommended that some patients should continue receiving the clinical benefit from CVM-1118 ER capsules. Thus, patients may be continuously treated at the assigned dose level or next higher dose level provided it has been shown to be safe in a previously treated cohort by safety committee, until the treating physician feels the patient is no longer benefiting from the treatment, or CVM-1118 ER Capsule becomes commercially available, as applicable in the country in which the patient lives. In the event of unacceptable toxicity at a given dose, CVM-1118 can be reduced to the previous dose level or suggested lower dose by PI. If unacceptable toxicity persists despite 2 dose reductions, the patient should be removed from study.

Conditions
Advanced Cancer
Being tested
CVM-1118 Extended-Release (ER) Capsules (200 mg/capsule)
Keywords
Oncology, Advanced Solid Malignancy, Tumor Response, Safety and pharmacokinetics
Medical subject headings
Neoplasms

What participants receive

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

  • CVM-1118 Extended-Release (ER) Capsules (200 mg/capsule)Drug

    Also called TRX-818 ER

    Patients will receive initial dose regimen: 400 mg of CVM-1118 ER Capsule per day (200 mg BID) in a 28-day cycle for 4 cycles.

    Dose escalates from 400, 600, 800, to 1200 mg of CVM-1118 ER capsules with either BID or TID dosing.

    A single-patient cohort per dose level (accelerated titration design) will be applied to the first two cohorts, 400 and 600 mg daily, and followed by the conventional 3+3 dose escalation design from the dose level of 800 mg/day.

    If 2 or more patients experience a DLT, no further dose escalation will occur.

Study groups in NCT04336124
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
CVM-1118 ERExperimentalDose escalation (escalation from 400, 600, 800 to 1200 mg of CVM-1118 ER Capsule)
Receives: Drug: CVM-1118 Extended-Release (ER) Capsules (200 mg/capsule)

What is being measured

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

  1. Dose limiting toxicity (DLT) of CVM-1118 ER Capsule

    Dose escalation will occur until DLT occurs in 2 or more patients within a dose level. In any cohort, if 1 patient experiences a DLT, 3 additional patients will be enrolled to that dose level. If 2 or more patients experience a DLT, no further dose escalation will occur.

    Measured: up to 28 days

  2. Maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of CVM-1118 ER Capsule

    The MTD will be defined as the dose level at which at most one of six patients experiences a DLT after 28 days of treatment have occurred, with the next higher dose having at least 2/3 or 2/6 patients experiencing a DLT. The Safety Committee may expand the cohort beyond six patients to better define the safety profile of this cohort in the search for the MTD.

    Measured: up to 28 days

Secondary outcomes (6)
  1. Preliminary assessment of anti-tumor activity of CVM-1118 ER Capsule

    RECIST 1.1 for solid tumor and Revised Response Criteria for Malignant Lymphoma

    Measured: up to 56 days

  2. Measure of plasma pharmacokinetic (PK) profiles of CVM-1118 and its metabolite CVM-1125 to include AUC(0-last)

    AUC(0-last): area under the plasma concentration versus time curve to the time of the last measurable concentration

    Measured: Cycle 1 Day 1 and Day 15: pre-dose, 2, 3.5, 5, 7, 9, and 12 hours post dose

  3. Measure of plasma pharmacokinetic (PK) profiles of CVM-1118 and its metabolite CVM-1125 to include Cmax

    Cmax: Maximum plasma concentration

    Measured: Cycle 1 Day 1 and Day 15: pre-dose, 2, 3.5, 5, 7, 9, and 12 hours post dose

  4. Measure of plasma pharmacokinetic (PK) profiles of CVM-1118 and its metabolite CVM-1125 to include Tmax

    Tmax: Time to maximum plasma concentration

    Measured: Cycle 1 Day 1 and Day 15: pre-dose, 2, 3.5, 5, 7, 9, and 12 hours post dose

  5. Measure of plasma pharmacokinetic (PK) profiles of CVM-1118 and its metabolite CVM-1125 to include T(1/2)

    T(1/2): Terminal elimination half-life

    Measured: Cycle 1 Day 1 and Day 15: pre-dose, 2, 3.5, 5, 7, 9, and 12 hours post dose

  6. Time to tumor progression (TTP)

    Time to progression (TTP) is defined as the time from the first dose of study drug to the time of progression

    Measured: up to 112 days

Timeline

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

  1. First posted7 Apr 2020
  2. Study start25 May 2020
  3. Primary completion8 Feb 2021
  4. Study completion8 Apr 2022

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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
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
5 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04336124
Sponsor's protocol ID
CVMEX-001
Status last verified
Nov 2022
First submitted
31 Mar 2020
Last updated
28 Nov 2022
Results posted
No
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing CVM-1118 Extended-Release (ER) Capsules (200 mg/capsule) in people with Advanced Cancer, run by TaiRx, Inc. at 2 sites in Taiwan.

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 13 inclusion and 13 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 28 Nov 2022. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 2 sites in Taiwan. 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?

Dose limiting toxicity (DLT) of CVM-1118 ER Capsule (time frame: up to 28 days). 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 28 Nov 2022; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 7 Nov 2026.

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