Triapine With Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With IB2-IVA Cervical or Vaginal Cancer

Phase 1

Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Stage II Vaginal Cancer AJCC v6 and v7
Stage IVA Vaginal Cancer AJCC v6 and v7
Advanced Vaginal Adenocarcinoma
Advanced Vaginal Adenosquamous Carcinoma
Advanced Vaginal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Stage IVA Cervical Cancer AJCC v6 and v7
Stage IIIB Cervical Cancer AJCC v6 and v7
Advanced Cervical Adenocarcinoma
Advanced Cervical Adenosquamous Carcinoma
Advanced Cervical Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Interventions: Procedure: Biospecimen Collection
Radiation: Brachytherapy
Drug: Cisplatin
Procedure: Computed Tomography
Radiation: External Beam Radiation Therapy
Other: Fludeoxyglucose F-18
Radiation: High-Dose Rate Brachytherapy
Radiation: Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy
Procedure: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Other: Pharmacological Study
Procedure: Positron Emission Tomography
Drug: Triapine

Registration Number: NCT02595879

Lead Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Brief Summary: This phase I trial studies the side effects and best dose of triapine when given with radiation therapy and cisplatin in treating patients with stage IB2-IVA cervical or vaginal cancer. Triapine may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking an enzyme needed for cell growth. Cisplatin is a drug used in chemotherapy that kills cancer cells by damaging their deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and stopping them from dividing. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. Adding triapine to standard treatment with cisplatin and radiation therapy may kill more cancer cells.

Detailed Description: PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine the maximum tolerable dose (MTD) and recommended phase II dose (RP2D) of oral triapine when used in combination with cisplatin plus radiation therapy.

II. To determine the oral bioavailability of triapine. III. To describe the pharmacokinetics (PK) of oral and intravenous triapine.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine whether the metabolic complete response (mCR) rate of oral triapine in combination with cisplatin chemoradiation using fludeoxyglucose F 18 (18F-FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) at post-therapy (3-month) is at least 70%.

II. To determine clinical overall response rate, progression-free survival, and overall survival.

III. To determine the correlation of methemoglobin proportion (%) and triapine pharmacokinetic exposure.

EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVE:

I. To determine whether active human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antiretroviral therapy impacts the antitumor activity of triapine.

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

Patients undergo pelvic external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) or intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) 5 days per week for 5 weeks (25 fractions) with a 3-day boost in week 6, and 1 or 2 applications of low dose rate (LDR) brachytherapy in week 6 or 5 fractions of high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy at week 4 or 5. Patients also receive triapine intravenously (IV) over 120 minutes on day 1 and orally (PO) on days 2-5, 8-12, 15-19, 22-26, and 29-33 within 90 minutes after pelvic irradiation, and cisplatin IV over 60-120 minutes once weekly for 5 weeks (days 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30). Treatment continues in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients may receive a 6th cycle of cisplatin IV during the parametrial boost or any make-up radiation treatment in a sixth week of external beam radiotherapy. Patients undergo the collection of blood samples on study and undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and FDG-PET/CT during follow-up.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Sex: Female

Target Recruitment: 21

Inclusion Criteria

Patient has a new, untreated histologic diagnosis of stage IB2 (> 5 cm), II, IIIB, IIIC or IVA squamous, adenocarcinoma, or adenosquamous carcinoma of the uterine cervix or stage II-IVA squamous, adenocarcinoma, or adenosquamous carcinoma of the vagina not amenable to curative surgical resection alone; the presence or absence of lymph node metastasis will be based on pre-therapy 18F-FDG PET/CT; the patient must be able to tolerate imaging requirements of an 18F-FDG PET/CT scan
Age >= 18 years old
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status score of 0, 1, or 2
Life expectancy greater than 6 months
Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1.5 x 10^9/L
Platelets >= 100 x 10^9/L
Hemoglobin (Hgb) >= 10.0 g/dL (blood transfusions to reach this amount are allowed)
Serum creatinine =< 1.5 mg/dL to receive weekly cisplatin
- If serum creatinine is between 1.5 and 1.9 mg/dL, patients are eligible for cisplatin if the estimated creatinine clearance (CCr) is > 30 ml/min (for the purpose of estimating the CCr, the formula of Cockcroft and Gault for females should be used)
Total serum bilirubin =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) (in patients with known Gilbert syndrome, a total bilirubin =< 3.0 x ULN, with direct bilirubin =< 1.5 x ULN)
Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) =< 2.5 x ULN
Able to take oral medication
Not pregnant and not breastfeeding; the effects of triapine on the developing human fetus are unknown; for this reason as well as because heterocyclic carboxaldehydethiosemicarbazones and radiation are known to be teratogenic, women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use two forms of contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation; patient must have documented negative urine pregnancy test must be resulted within 7 days before initiating protocol therapy; should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately; because there is an unknown but potential risk for adverse events in nursing infants secondary to treatment of the mother with triapine, breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with triapine; these potential risks may also apply to other agents used in this study
For HIV and hepatitis B/C (HEPB/C):
- HIV-infected patients on effective anti-retroviral therapy with undetectable viral load within 6 months are eligible for the dose escalation portion of this trial; for those patients who are enrolled in the HIV positive (+) expansion cohort, they must be HIV infected and be on retroviral therapy with an undetectable viral load within 6 months of enrollment
- For patients with evidence of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, the HBV viral load must be undetectable on suppressive therapy, if indicated
- Patients with a history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection must have been treated and cured; for patients with HCV infection who are currently on treatment, they are eligible if they have an undetectable HCV viral load
Able to understand and willingness to sign a written informed consent document

Exclusion Criteria

Patient has had a prior invasive malignancy diagnosed within the last three years (except [1] non-melanoma skin cancer or [2] prior in situ carcinoma of the cervix)
Patients are excluded if they have received prior pelvic radiotherapy for any reason that would contribute radiation dose that would exceed tolerance of normal tissues at the discretion of the treating physician
Patients receiving any other investigational agents
Patients with known glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (G6PD) are excluded due to an inability to administer the antidote for methemoglobinemia, methylene blue; pre-registration testing for G6PD is at the investigator's discretion and is not required for study enrollment
Patients who are taking any medication associated with methemoglobinemia; medication must be discontinued and must have a washout period of 4 halflives or 4 weeks, whichever is shorter
History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to triapine or cisplatin
Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection; symptomatic congestive heart failure; unstable angina pectoris; cardiac arrhythmia; known inadequately controlled hypertension; significant pulmonary disease including dyspnea at rest, patients requiring supplemental oxygen, or poor pulmonary reserve; or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
Patients with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus (fasting blood glucose controlled by medication, =< 200 mg/dL allowed)
Patients who have had a hysterectomy or are planning to have an adjuvant hysterectomy following radiation as part of their cervical cancer treatment are ineligible
Patients scheduled to be treated with adjuvant consolidation chemotherapy at the conclusion of their standard chemoradiation

Study & Design

Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Treatment (triapine, chemoradiation)	Biospecimen Collection	Patients undergo pelvic EBRT or IMRT 5 days per week for 5 weeks (25 fractions) with a 3-day boost in week 6, and 1 or 2 applications of LDR brachytherapy in week 6 or 5 fractions of HDR brachytherapy at week 4 or 5. Patients also receive triapine IV over 120 minutes on day 1 and PO on days 2-5, 8-12, 15-19, 22-26, and 29-33 within 90 minutes after pelvic irradiation, and cisplatin IV over 60-120 minutes once weekly for 5 weeks (days 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30). Treatment continues in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients may receive a 6th cycle of cisplatin IV during the parametrial boost or any make-up radiation treatment in a sixth week of external beam radiotherapy. Patients undergo the collection of blood samples on study and undergo MRI and FDG-PET/CT during follow-up.
Treatment (triapine, chemoradiation)	Brachytherapy	Patients undergo pelvic EBRT or IMRT 5 days per week for 5 weeks (25 fractions) with a 3-day boost in week 6, and 1 or 2 applications of LDR brachytherapy in week 6 or 5 fractions of HDR brachytherapy at week 4 or 5. Patients also receive triapine IV over 120 minutes on day 1 and PO on days 2-5, 8-12, 15-19, 22-26, and 29-33 within 90 minutes after pelvic irradiation, and cisplatin IV over 60-120 minutes once weekly for 5 weeks (days 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30). Treatment continues in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients may receive a 6th cycle of cisplatin IV during the parametrial boost or any make-up radiation treatment in a sixth week of external beam radiotherapy. Patients undergo the collection of blood samples on study and undergo MRI and FDG-PET/CT during follow-up.
Treatment (triapine, chemoradiation)	Cisplatin	Patients undergo pelvic EBRT or IMRT 5 days per week for 5 weeks (25 fractions) with a 3-day boost in week 6, and 1 or 2 applications of LDR brachytherapy in week 6 or 5 fractions of HDR brachytherapy at week 4 or 5. Patients also receive triapine IV over 120 minutes on day 1 and PO on days 2-5, 8-12, 15-19, 22-26, and 29-33 within 90 minutes after pelvic irradiation, and cisplatin IV over 60-120 minutes once weekly for 5 weeks (days 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30). Treatment continues in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients may receive a 6th cycle of cisplatin IV during the parametrial boost or any make-up radiation treatment in a sixth week of external beam radiotherapy. Patients undergo the collection of blood samples on study and undergo MRI and FDG-PET/CT during follow-up.
Treatment (triapine, chemoradiation)	Computed Tomography	Patients undergo pelvic EBRT or IMRT 5 days per week for 5 weeks (25 fractions) with a 3-day boost in week 6, and 1 or 2 applications of LDR brachytherapy in week 6 or 5 fractions of HDR brachytherapy at week 4 or 5. Patients also receive triapine IV over 120 minutes on day 1 and PO on days 2-5, 8-12, 15-19, 22-26, and 29-33 within 90 minutes after pelvic irradiation, and cisplatin IV over 60-120 minutes once weekly for 5 weeks (days 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30). Treatment continues in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients may receive a 6th cycle of cisplatin IV during the parametrial boost or any make-up radiation treatment in a sixth week of external beam radiotherapy. Patients undergo the collection of blood samples on study and undergo MRI and FDG-PET/CT during follow-up.
Treatment (triapine, chemoradiation)	External Beam Radiation Therapy	Patients undergo pelvic EBRT or IMRT 5 days per week for 5 weeks (25 fractions) with a 3-day boost in week 6, and 1 or 2 applications of LDR brachytherapy in week 6 or 5 fractions of HDR brachytherapy at week 4 or 5. Patients also receive triapine IV over 120 minutes on day 1 and PO on days 2-5, 8-12, 15-19, 22-26, and 29-33 within 90 minutes after pelvic irradiation, and cisplatin IV over 60-120 minutes once weekly for 5 weeks (days 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30). Treatment continues in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients may receive a 6th cycle of cisplatin IV during the parametrial boost or any make-up radiation treatment in a sixth week of external beam radiotherapy. Patients undergo the collection of blood samples on study and undergo MRI and FDG-PET/CT during follow-up.
Treatment (triapine, chemoradiation)	Fludeoxyglucose F-18	Patients undergo pelvic EBRT or IMRT 5 days per week for 5 weeks (25 fractions) with a 3-day boost in week 6, and 1 or 2 applications of LDR brachytherapy in week 6 or 5 fractions of HDR brachytherapy at week 4 or 5. Patients also receive triapine IV over 120 minutes on day 1 and PO on days 2-5, 8-12, 15-19, 22-26, and 29-33 within 90 minutes after pelvic irradiation, and cisplatin IV over 60-120 minutes once weekly for 5 weeks (days 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30). Treatment continues in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients may receive a 6th cycle of cisplatin IV during the parametrial boost or any make-up radiation treatment in a sixth week of external beam radiotherapy. Patients undergo the collection of blood samples on study and undergo MRI and FDG-PET/CT during follow-up.
Treatment (triapine, chemoradiation)	High-Dose Rate Brachytherapy	Patients undergo pelvic EBRT or IMRT 5 days per week for 5 weeks (25 fractions) with a 3-day boost in week 6, and 1 or 2 applications of LDR brachytherapy in week 6 or 5 fractions of HDR brachytherapy at week 4 or 5. Patients also receive triapine IV over 120 minutes on day 1 and PO on days 2-5, 8-12, 15-19, 22-26, and 29-33 within 90 minutes after pelvic irradiation, and cisplatin IV over 60-120 minutes once weekly for 5 weeks (days 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30). Treatment continues in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients may receive a 6th cycle of cisplatin IV during the parametrial boost or any make-up radiation treatment in a sixth week of external beam radiotherapy. Patients undergo the collection of blood samples on study and undergo MRI and FDG-PET/CT during follow-up.
Treatment (triapine, chemoradiation)	Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy	Patients undergo pelvic EBRT or IMRT 5 days per week for 5 weeks (25 fractions) with a 3-day boost in week 6, and 1 or 2 applications of LDR brachytherapy in week 6 or 5 fractions of HDR brachytherapy at week 4 or 5. Patients also receive triapine IV over 120 minutes on day 1 and PO on days 2-5, 8-12, 15-19, 22-26, and 29-33 within 90 minutes after pelvic irradiation, and cisplatin IV over 60-120 minutes once weekly for 5 weeks (days 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30). Treatment continues in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients may receive a 6th cycle of cisplatin IV during the parametrial boost or any make-up radiation treatment in a sixth week of external beam radiotherapy. Patients undergo the collection of blood samples on study and undergo MRI and FDG-PET/CT during follow-up.
Treatment (triapine, chemoradiation)	Magnetic Resonance Imaging	Patients undergo pelvic EBRT or IMRT 5 days per week for 5 weeks (25 fractions) with a 3-day boost in week 6, and 1 or 2 applications of LDR brachytherapy in week 6 or 5 fractions of HDR brachytherapy at week 4 or 5. Patients also receive triapine IV over 120 minutes on day 1 and PO on days 2-5, 8-12, 15-19, 22-26, and 29-33 within 90 minutes after pelvic irradiation, and cisplatin IV over 60-120 minutes once weekly for 5 weeks (days 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30). Treatment continues in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients may receive a 6th cycle of cisplatin IV during the parametrial boost or any make-up radiation treatment in a sixth week of external beam radiotherapy. Patients undergo the collection of blood samples on study and undergo MRI and FDG-PET/CT during follow-up.
Treatment (triapine, chemoradiation)	Pharmacological Study	Patients undergo pelvic EBRT or IMRT 5 days per week for 5 weeks (25 fractions) with a 3-day boost in week 6, and 1 or 2 applications of LDR brachytherapy in week 6 or 5 fractions of HDR brachytherapy at week 4 or 5. Patients also receive triapine IV over 120 minutes on day 1 and PO on days 2-5, 8-12, 15-19, 22-26, and 29-33 within 90 minutes after pelvic irradiation, and cisplatin IV over 60-120 minutes once weekly for 5 weeks (days 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30). Treatment continues in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients may receive a 6th cycle of cisplatin IV during the parametrial boost or any make-up radiation treatment in a sixth week of external beam radiotherapy. Patients undergo the collection of blood samples on study and undergo MRI and FDG-PET/CT during follow-up.
Treatment (triapine, chemoradiation)	Positron Emission Tomography	Patients undergo pelvic EBRT or IMRT 5 days per week for 5 weeks (25 fractions) with a 3-day boost in week 6, and 1 or 2 applications of LDR brachytherapy in week 6 or 5 fractions of HDR brachytherapy at week 4 or 5. Patients also receive triapine IV over 120 minutes on day 1 and PO on days 2-5, 8-12, 15-19, 22-26, and 29-33 within 90 minutes after pelvic irradiation, and cisplatin IV over 60-120 minutes once weekly for 5 weeks (days 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30). Treatment continues in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients may receive a 6th cycle of cisplatin IV during the parametrial boost or any make-up radiation treatment in a sixth week of external beam radiotherapy. Patients undergo the collection of blood samples on study and undergo MRI and FDG-PET/CT during follow-up.
Treatment (triapine, chemoradiation)	Triapine	Patients undergo pelvic EBRT or IMRT 5 days per week for 5 weeks (25 fractions) with a 3-day boost in week 6, and 1 or 2 applications of LDR brachytherapy in week 6 or 5 fractions of HDR brachytherapy at week 4 or 5. Patients also receive triapine IV over 120 minutes on day 1 and PO on days 2-5, 8-12, 15-19, 22-26, and 29-33 within 90 minutes after pelvic irradiation, and cisplatin IV over 60-120 minutes once weekly for 5 weeks (days 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30). Treatment continues in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients may receive a 6th cycle of cisplatin IV during the parametrial boost or any make-up radiation treatment in a sixth week of external beam radiotherapy. Patients undergo the collection of blood samples on study and undergo MRI and FDG-PET/CT during follow-up.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD)	Up to 5 weeks	The MTD was determined following a standard 3+3 design is as follows: Escalation at 0/3 DLTs, dose-reduction if \>1/3 DLT, and expansion to 6 if 1/3 DLTs. DLT is defined as the severe toxicity event that leads to the termination of the treatment as defined in section 5.5. The highest dose level where \<2/6 DLTs are observed will be declared MTD
Number of Patients Who Experienced a DLT	Up to 5 weeks	Number of patients that experienced a DLT, evaluated using the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v4.0. DLTs are defined as the following adverse events if considered at least "possibly related" to a component of the study therapy and which occur from the start of treatment until completion of EBRT, prior to initiation of brachytherapy (i.e. the first 5 weeks if no treatments are missed): Any nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and elevation of serum creatinine level Grade 3 toxicity not resolved with maximal intervention to Grade 0-2 over 7 days (except alopecia and fatigue); Any nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and elevation of serum creatinine level Grade 4 toxicity; Any other non-hematologic toxicity ≥Grade 3; Any hematologic toxicity of ≥ Grade 4; Grade ≥3 dyspnea; Inability to deliver at least 20 of the scheduled 25 administrations of triapine at the planned dose, allowing for 2 weeks to make up missed radiation days. Inability to deliver
Bioavailability of Triapine	Up to 2 weeks	The oral bioavailability of the oral form of the triapine will be measured as a numeric value using mass spectrophotometry.
Cmax	Up to 24 hours after dosing	Maximum concentration
Tmax	Up to 24 hours after dosing	Time to maximum concentration,
AUC	Up to 24 hours after dosing	Area Under the Concentration-Time Curve (AUC 0-last)
Elimination Half-life (t 1/2)	Up to 24 hours after dosing

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Overall Survival (OS)	Up to 4 years and 2 months from start of treatment	Median number of months that patients remain alive after end of treatment.
Fludeoxyglucose F18-Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography Metabolic Complete Response (mCR) Rate	At 3 months post-treatment	The mCR rate at recommended phase 2 dose, defined as a metabolic complete response on PET/CT will be defined as greater than -66% reduction in tumor FDG uptake at sites of abnormal tumor FDG uptake noted on pre-treatment FDG-PET study (considering normal cardiac or liver blood pool).
Clinical Overall Response Rate	3 months post-treatment	Clinical response at the recommended phase 2 dose per RECIST v1.1 Complete Response (CR): 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 (PR): At least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum diameters. Progressive Disease (PD): At least a 20% increase in the sum of 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 20%, 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 progression). Stable Disease (SD): Neither sufficient shrinkage to qualify for PR nor sufficient increase to qualify for PD, taking as reference the smallest sum diameters while on study.
Progression Free Survival (PFS)	Up to 4 years and 2 months from start of treatment	Median number of months that patients survive without disease progression from end of treatment. Per RECIST v1.1, Progressive Disease (PD): At least a 20% increase in the sum of 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 20%, 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 progression).

Trial Locations

Locations (17): Los Angeles General Medical Center
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Los Angeles, California, United States
University of Alabama at Birmingham Cancer Center
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Birmingham, Alabama, United States
USC / Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Los Angeles, California, United States
Keck Medical Center of USC Pasadena
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Pasadena, California, United States
University of Kansas Clinical Research Center
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Fairway, Kansas, United States
University of Kansas Cancer Center
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Kansas City, Kansas, United States
University of Kansas Hospital-Indian Creek Campus
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Overland Park, Kansas, United States
University of Kansas Hospital-Westwood Cancer Center
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Westwood, Kansas, United States
University of Kentucky/Markey Cancer Center
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Lexington, Kentucky, United States
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Wayne State University/Karmanos Cancer Institute
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Detroit, Michigan, United States
Weisberg Cancer Treatment Center
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Farmington Hills, Michigan, United States
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
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New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI)
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
University of Virginia Cancer Center
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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Virginia Commonwealth University/Massey Cancer Center
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Richmond, Virginia, United States