Gemcitabine Hydrochloride With or Without WEE1 Inhibitor MK-1775 in Treating Patients With Recurrent Ovarian, Primary Peritoneal, or Fallopian Tube Cancer

Phase 2

Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Ovarian Carcinosarcoma
Ovarian Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma
Ovarian Serous Surface Papillary Adenocarcinoma
Ovarian Undifferentiated Carcinoma
Recurrent Fallopian Tube Carcinoma
Recurrent Primary Peritoneal Carcinoma
Ovarian Brenner Tumor
Ovarian Clear Cell Cystadenocarcinoma
Recurrent Ovarian Carcinoma
Ovarian Mucinous Cystadenocarcinoma

Interventions: Drug: Adavosertib
Drug: Gemcitabine Hydrochloride
Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
Other: Pharmacological Study
Other: Placebo Administration
Other: Questionnaire Administration

Registration Number: NCT02101775

Lead Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Brief Summary: This randomized phase II clinical trial studies how well gemcitabine hydrochloride and WEE1 inhibitor MK-1775 work compared to gemcitabine hydrochloride alone in treating patients with ovarian, primary peritoneal, or fallopian tube cancer that has come back after a period of time. Gemcitabine hydrochloride may prevent tumor cells from multiplying by damaging their deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA, molecules that contain instructions for the proper development and functioning of cells), which in turn stops the tumor from growing. The protein WEE1 may help to repair the damaged tumor cells, so the tumor continues to grow. WEE1 inhibitor MK-1775 may block the WEE1 protein activity and may increase the effectiveness of gemcitabine hydrochloride by preventing the WEE1 protein from repairing damaged tumor cells without causing harm to normal cells. It is not yet known whether gemcitabine hydrochloride with or without WEE1 inhibitor MK-1775 may be an effective treatment for recurrent ovarian, primary peritoneal, or fallopian tube cancer.

Detailed Description: PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To evaluate the progression free survival (PFS) of subjects with recurrent platinum-resistant ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer receiving gemcitabine (gemcitabine hydrochloride) in combination with AZD 1775 (MK-1775 \[WEE1 inhibitor MK-1775\]) compared to subjects receiving gemcitabine in combination with placebo.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To evaluate the objective response by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1 of patients receiving gemcitabine combined with AZD 1775 (MK-1775) compared to patients receiving gemcitabine in combination with placebo.

II. To evaluate the Gynecologic Cancer Intergroup (GCIG) cancer antigen (CA)125 response rate of patients receiving gemcitabine combined with AZD 1775 (MK-1775) compared to patients receiving gemcitabine in combination with placebo.

III. To evaluate the overall survival of patients (max 1-year \[yr\] follow-up) receiving gemcitabine combined with AZD 1775 (MK-1775) compared to patients receiving gemcitabine in combination with placebo.

IV. To evaluate the safety and tolerability of the combination of gemcitabine combined with AZD 1775 (MK-1775) in patients with recurrent, platinum-resistant ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer.

V. To evaluate tumor protein p53 (TP53) mutations (presence of mutation and type of mutation) as potential predictive factors of benefit (defined as response or progression-free survival \[PFS\] prolongation) to AZD 1775 (MK-1775) and gemcitabine treatment.

VI. To evaluate p53 protein expression by immunohistochemistry as potential predictive factors of benefit (defined as response or PFS prolongation) to AZD 1775 (MK-1775) and gemcitabine treatment.

TERTIARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To evaluate patient reported outcomes using Patient-Reported Outcomes (PRO)-Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE).

II. To evaluate the concordance of TP53 mutations in the tumor specimen and TP53 mutations determined by tagged-amplicon deep sequencing (Tam-Seq) in circulating tumor DNA.

III. To correlate the levels circulating DNA TP53 mutations by Tam-Seq with response.

IV. Validation of phosphorylated-cyclin-dependent cycle 2 (pCDC2) and gamma-H2A histone family, member X (H2AX) in skin and tumor tissue as a pharmacodynamic marker of therapy.

V. To correlate changes in pCDC2 and gamma-H2AX with survival outcomes and response rate.

OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.

ARM I: Patients receive WEE1 inhibitor MK-1775 orally (PO) on days 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, and 16 and gemcitabine hydrochloride intravenously (IV) over 30 minutes on days 1, 8, and 15. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

ARM II: Patients receive placebo PO on days 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, and 16 and gemcitabine hydrochloride as patients in Arm I. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 6-8 weeks (after the 30-37 day safety visit) for up to 1 year.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Sex: Female

Target Recruitment: 124

Inclusion Criteria

Patients must have histologically or cytologically confirmed epithelial ovarian, primary peritoneal and fallopian tube carcinoma; all histologic subtypes of epithelial ovarian cancer are eligible, but only patients with high grade serous ovarian cancer will be considered for the statistical analysis; non-high grade serous cancers will be allowed in an exploratory cohort
Patients must be platinum-resistant (platinum-free interval < 6 months) or have platinum-refractory disease as per Gynecologic Cancer Intergroup Committee (GCIC) criteria; disease progression has to be radiologic or clinical; biomarker progression with CA125 after a platinum based regimen would not be sufficient evidence of disease progression; the patients must have had radiological progression to that regimen
Patients must have measurable disease, defined as at least one lesion that can be accurately measured in at least one dimension (longest diameter to be recorded for non-nodal lesions and short axis for nodal lesions) as > 10 mm with computed tomography (CT) scan, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or calipers by clinical exam
There is no limitation in the number of prior lines of therapy
Patients must have completed any prior chemotherapy, radiotherapy or major surgery at least 4 weeks before receiving study treatment; ongoing toxicities related to treatment must be =< grade 1 and patients with grade 2 alopecia or peripheral neuropathy can also be included; palliative radiation to < 10% of bone marrow is permissible if completed within one week of commencing study treatment as long as the toxicities secondary to palliative radiotherapy are limited to grade 1; the lesions that have received radiation treatment immediately before will be excluded as target lesions; previously irradiated lesions can be considered as targeted lesions, as long as there is prove of radiological progression
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status =< 2 (Karnofsky >= 60%)
Life expectancy of greater than 3 months
Leukocytes >= 3,000/mcL
Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,500/mcL
Platelets >= 100,000/mcL
Hemoglobin >= 90 g/L
- Blood transfusions are allowed at any time during the screening, treatment or follow-up period, according to the center recommendations
Prothrombin time (PT), partial thromboplastin time (PTT) and international normalized ratio (INR) =< 1.5 upper limit of normal (ULN)
Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal; unless due to Gilbert's syndrome
Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT]) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) =< 3 x institutional upper limit of normal (5 x if liver metastases)
Creatinine =< 1.5 × institutional upper limit of normal OR creatinine clearance >= 40 mL/min/1.73 m^2 for patients with creatinine levels above 1.5 x institutional limit of normal
Patients must be able to tolerate oral medication and not have evidence of active bowel obstruction
- Note: patients can have a history of prior bowel obstruction, provided the patient is not having symptoms of bowel obstruction at the time of enrolment and the bowel obstruction is not anticipated to recur during the participation in the study
Patients must have disease amenable to biopsy and must be willing to undergo a paired biopsy for correlative analyses (the first biopsy within 28 days prior to start of treatment and the second biopsy while on treatment)
Women of child-bearing potential must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation; should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while she is participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately
- Women of childbearing potential include women who have experienced menarche and who have not undergone successful surgical sterilization (hysterectomy, bilateral tubal ligation, or bilateral oophorectomy) or are not postmenopausal; postmenopause is defined as amenorrhea >= 12 consecutive months; Note: women who have been amenorrheic for 12 or more months are still considered to be of childbearing potential if the amenorrhea is possibly due to prior chemotherapy, anti-estrogens, ovarian suppression or any other reversible reason
Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document

Exclusion Criteria

Patients who previously received gemcitabine for the treatment of recurrent disease
Patients who are receiving any other investigational agents
Patients with clinically or radiologically unstable brain metastases are excluded from this clinical trial
- Note: patients with stable brain metastases after treatment, for at least 3 months prior to enrolling on this trial, could participate in the study; patients should be off, or on a stable dose of steroids
History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to AZD 1775 (MK-1775) or gemcitabine
Patients taking the following prescription or non-prescription drugs or other products (i.e. grapefruit juice) are ineligible: sensitive cytochrome P450 family 3, subfamily A, polypeptide 4 (CYP3A4) substrates, CYP3A4 substrates with a narrow therapeutic index, moderate to potent inhibitors/inducers of CYP3A4; patients would be eligible if the medications can be discontinued two weeks prior to day 1 of dosing and withheld throughout the study until 2 weeks after the last dose of study medication
Pregnant and breastfeeding women are excluded from this study
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients on combination antiretroviral therapy are ineligible
Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, myocardial infarction within 6 months, congestive heart failure, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, active cardiomyopathy, unstable ventricular arrhythmia, uncontrolled hypertension, uncontrolled psychotic disorders, serious infections, active peptic ulcer disease, active liver disease or cerebrovascular disease with previous stroke, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements

Study & Design

Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Arm I (WEE1 inhibitor MK-1775, gemcitabine hydrochloride)	Gemcitabine Hydrochloride	Patients receive WEE1 inhibitor MK-1775 PO on days 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, and 16 and gemcitabine hydrochloride IV over 30 minutes on days 1, 8, and 15. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Arm I (WEE1 inhibitor MK-1775, gemcitabine hydrochloride)	Laboratory Biomarker Analysis	Patients receive WEE1 inhibitor MK-1775 PO on days 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, and 16 and gemcitabine hydrochloride IV over 30 minutes on days 1, 8, and 15. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Arm I (WEE1 inhibitor MK-1775, gemcitabine hydrochloride)	Pharmacological Study	Patients receive WEE1 inhibitor MK-1775 PO on days 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, and 16 and gemcitabine hydrochloride IV over 30 minutes on days 1, 8, and 15. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Arm I (WEE1 inhibitor MK-1775, gemcitabine hydrochloride)	Questionnaire Administration	Patients receive WEE1 inhibitor MK-1775 PO on days 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, and 16 and gemcitabine hydrochloride IV over 30 minutes on days 1, 8, and 15. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Arm II (placebo, gemcitabine hydrochloride)	Gemcitabine Hydrochloride	Patients receive placebo PO on days 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, and 16 and gemcitabine hydrochloride as patients in Arm I. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Arm II (placebo, gemcitabine hydrochloride)	Pharmacological Study	Patients receive placebo PO on days 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, and 16 and gemcitabine hydrochloride as patients in Arm I. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Arm II (placebo, gemcitabine hydrochloride)	Laboratory Biomarker Analysis	Patients receive placebo PO on days 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, and 16 and gemcitabine hydrochloride as patients in Arm I. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Arm II (placebo, gemcitabine hydrochloride)	Placebo Administration	Patients receive placebo PO on days 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, and 16 and gemcitabine hydrochloride as patients in Arm I. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Arm II (placebo, gemcitabine hydrochloride)	Questionnaire Administration	Patients receive placebo PO on days 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, and 16 and gemcitabine hydrochloride as patients in Arm I. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Arm I (WEE1 inhibitor MK-1775, gemcitabine hydrochloride)	Adavosertib	Patients receive WEE1 inhibitor MK-1775 PO on days 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, and 16 and gemcitabine hydrochloride IV over 30 minutes on days 1, 8, and 15. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Progression Free Survival	From start of treatment until date of progression or death, whichever occurs first, up to 1 year follow-up	To evaluate the progression free survival (PFS) of subjects with recurrent platinum-resistant ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer receiving gemcitabine in combination with AZD1775 compared to subjects receiving gemcitabine in combination with placebo. Progression is defined, using the Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors (RECIST v1.1) guideline, as at least a 20% increase in the sum of the diameters of target lesions or the appearance of one or more new lesions.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Objective Response	From start of treatment, every 6-8 weeks, until time of progression or death, whichever occurs first, up to 1 year follow-up	To evaluate the objective response per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST v1.1) of patients receiving gemcitabine combined with AZD1775 compared to patients receiving gemcitabine in combination with placebo. RECIST v1.1 criteria used for evaluation of target lesions: Complete Response (CR), disappearance of all target lesions; Partial Response (PR), at least a 30% decrease in the sum of the diameters of target lesions; Progressive Disease (PD), at least a 20% increase in the sum of the diameters of target lesions; Stable Disease (SD), neither sufficient shrinkage to qualify for PR nor sufficient increase to qualify for PD. The Best Overall Response is the best response recorded from the start of the treatment until disease progression/recurrence .
Response According to CA125 Criteria	From start of treatment, every 4 weeks, until time of progression or death, whichever occurs first, up to 1 year follow-up	To evaluate the GCIG CA125 response rate of patients receiving gemcitabine combined with AZD1775 compared to patients receiving gemcitabine in combination with placebo. A response according to CA-125 has occurred if there is at least a 50% reduction in CA-125 levels from a pre-treatment sample. The response must be confirmed and maintained for at least 28 days.
Overall Survival	From start of study treatment, every 12 weeks, until death, up to 22 months follow-up	To evaluate the overall survival of patients receiving gemcitabine combined with AZD1775 compared to patients receiving gemcitabine in combination with placebo.
Number of Participants With Grade 3 or 4 Adverse Events Related to Study Treatment	From start of treatment until AE resolution, stabilization, or improvement to less than grade 2, up to 1 year follow-up	To evaluate the safety and tolerability of the combination of gemcitabine combined with AZD1775 in patients with recurrent, platinum-resistant ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer.
TP53 Mutations	Baseline	To evaluate TP53 mutations (presence of mutation and type of mutation) as potential predictive factors of benefit (defined as response or PFS prolongation) to AZD1775 and gemcitabine treatment. TP53 status was assessed using Sanger sequencing.
p53 Protein Expression	Baseline	To evaluate p53 protein expression by immunohistochemistry as potential predictive factors of benefit (defined as response or PFS prolongation) to AZD1775 and gemcitabine treatment. Evaluating p53 expression in patients with high-grade serous ovarian cancer and in patients with high-grade serous ovarian cancer with TP53 mutations.

Trial Locations

Locations (16): University Health Network Princess Margaret Cancer Center P2C
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Indiana University/Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center
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Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
BCCA-Cancer Centre for the Southern Interior
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Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
National University Hospital Singapore
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Singapore, Singapore
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Duarte, California, United States
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI)
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Decatur Memorial Hospital
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Decatur, Illinois, United States
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
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Rochester, Minnesota, United States
BCCA-Vancouver Cancer Centre
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
London Regional Cancer Program
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London, Ontario, Canada
University Health Network-Princess Margaret Hospital
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ottawa Hospital and Cancer Center-General Campus
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
CHUM - Hopital Notre-Dame
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada
City of Hope South Pasadena
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South Pasadena, California, United States
University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
Fox Chase Cancer Center
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States