Trametinib With or Without GSK2141795 in Treating Patients With Metastatic Uveal Melanoma

Phase 2

Completed

Conditions: Recurrent Uveal Melanoma
Stage IV Uveal Melanoma AJCC v7

Interventions: Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
Other: Pharmacological Study
Drug: Trametinib
Drug: Uprosertib

Registration Number: NCT01979523

Lead Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Brief Summary: This randomized phase II trial studies how well trametinib with or without Akt inhibitor GSK2141795 (GSK2141795) works in treating patients with uveal melanoma that has spread to other parts of the body (metastatic). Trametinib and GSK2141795 may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. It is not yet known whether trametinib is more effective with or without GSK2141795 in treating patients with metastatic uveal melanoma.

Detailed Description: PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To compare progression-free survival between those treated with trametinib alone and those treated with the combination of trametinib and GSK2141795.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To compare overall survival between those treated with trametinib alone and those treated with the combination of trametinib and GSK2141795.

II. To compare the overall response rate between those treated with trametinib alone and those treated with the combination of trametinib and GSK2141795.

III. To compare the safety and toxicity between those treated with trametinib alone and those treated with the combination of trametinib and GSK2141795.

TERTIARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To assess clinical outcomes (response rate, progression-free and overall survival) with trametinib and GSK2141795 after progression on trametinib.

II. To assess toxicity with trametinib and GSK2141795 after progression on trametinib.

III. To correlate clinical outcome with Gnaq/11 mutational status. IV. To assess the pharmacodynamic effects of trametinib alone and with GSK2141795, and utilize whole-transcriptome and reverse phase protein array to identify markers of sensitivity and primary resistance to trametinib alone and with GSK2141795.

V. To assess for changes in circulating tumor deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) with therapy.

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

ARM A: Patients receive trametinib orally (PO) once daily (QD) on days 1-28. Courses repeat every 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients who experience objective disease progression may crossover to Arm B. (no patients will be enrolled to Arm B or Crossover therapy as of 11/6/2015)

ARM B: Patients receive trametinib PO QD and Akt inhibitor GSK2141795 PO QD on days 1-28. Courses repeat every 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up for 4 weeks and then every 12 weeks thereafter.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: COMPLETED

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 42

Inclusion Criteria

Patients must have metastatic histologically or cytologically confirmed uveal melanoma; if histologic or cytologic confirmation of the primary is not available, confirmation of the primary diagnosis of uveal melanoma by the treating investigator can be clinically obtained, as per standard practice for uveal melanoma; pathologic confirmation of metastatic disease will be performed at Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) or at a participating site
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) as >= 20 mm with conventional techniques or as >= 10 mm with spiral computed tomography (CT) scan
Patients may not have received prior systemic or hepatic directed infusional/embolization therapies for advanced uveal melanoma; local therapies such as radiofrequency ablation or cryotherapy for metastatic disease are permitted but must have been performed at least 21 days prior to initiation of study therapy; lesions treated with local modalities such as radiofrequency ablation or cryotherapy may not be used as target lesions unless they demonstrate growth over a minimum of 3 months on subsequent imaging studies
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status =< 1 (Karnofsky >= 70%)
Life expectancy of greater than 3 months
Able to swallow and retain orally-administered medication and does not have any clinically significant gastrointestinal abnormalities that may alter absorption such as malabsorption syndrome or major resection of the stomach or bowels
All prior treatment-related toxicities must be Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version (v)4 grade =< 1 (except alopecia) at the time of randomization and crossover
Leukocytes >= 3,000/mcL
Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,500/mcL
Platelets >= 100,000/mcL
Hemoglobin >= 9.0 g/dL (not requiring transfusions within the past 2 weeks)
Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal; Note: patients with hyperbilirubinemia clinically consistent with an inherited disorder of bilirubin metabolism (e.g., Gilbert syndrome) will be eligible at the discretion of the treating physician and/or the principal investigator
Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) =< 1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal for patients with no concurrent liver metastases, OR =< 2.5 x institutional upper limit of normal for patients with concurrent liver metastases
Creatinine =< 1.5 mg/dL OR calculated creatinine clearance (Cockcroft-Gault formula) >= 50 mL/min OR 24-hour urine creatinine clearance >= 50 mL/min
Left ventricular ejection fraction >= institutional lower limit of normal (LLN) by echocardiogram (ECHO) or multigated acquisition scan (MUGA)
Women of child-bearing potential and men 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; women of child-bearing potential must have a negative blood pregnancy test within 14 days prior to start of protocol treatment; should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while she or her partner is participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately; men treated or enrolled on this protocol must also agree to use adequate contraception prior to the study, for the duration of study participation, and 4 months after completion of trametinib administration
Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document
Patients must agree to provide all imaging studies for central radiology review; this central radiology review may be performed retrospectively and will not be utilized for decision making for patients on study
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR CROSSOVER REGISTRATION
Previously treated with trametinib on Arm A and experienced objective disease progression by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1
Not removed from trametinib treatment due to the development of unacceptable toxicity that is not manageable with dose reduction
No other drug treatment for malignant melanoma administered after completing study treatment with trametinib
Meet all eligibility criteria with the exception of:
- Prior therapy with trametinib will be permitted
- All laboratory parameters must be met as outlined except for ALT and total bilirubin, which must meet criteria for continued therapy
- Patients who are eligible for cross-over will not need to undergo another ophthalmologic examination

Exclusion Criteria

History of another malignancy except for those who have been disease-free for 3 years, or patients with a history of completely resected non-melanoma skin cancer and/or patients with indolent secondary malignancies not requiring active therapy, are eligible; consult the study MSK Principal Investigator or the Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program (CTEP) Medical Monitor if unsure whether second malignancies meet the requirements specified above
History of interstitial lung disease or pneumonitis
Any major surgery or extensive radiotherapy within 21 days prior to randomization and crossover
Use of other investigational drugs within 28 days (or five half-lives, whichever is shorter; with a minimum of 14 days from the last dose) preceding the first dose of trametinib alone or with GSK2141795 and during the study
Symptomatic or untreated leptomeningeal or brain metastases or spinal cord compression; treated brain metastases must have been stable for at least 1 month
Have a known immediate or delayed hypersensitivity reaction or idiosyncrasy to drugs chemically related to trametinib, GSK2141795, or excipients or to dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO)
Current use of a prohibited medication
History or current evidence/risk of retinal vein occlusion (RVO) or retinal pigment epithelial detachment (RPED) in the eye unaffected by uveal melanoma
Patients with abnormal fasting glucose values (values > upper limit of normal [ULN] or < LLN) at screening will be excluded; in addition, patients with type 1 diabetes will also be excluded; however, patients with type 2 diabetes will be allowed if diagnosed >= 6 months prior to enrollment, and if presenting with a normal fasting glucose value and a regular hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) =< 8% at screening
History or evidence of cardiovascular risk including any of the following:
- Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) < LLN
- A QT interval corrected for heart rate using the Bazett's formula QTcB >= 480 msec
- History or evidence of current clinically significant uncontrolled arrhythmias (exception: patients with controlled atrial fibrillation for > 30 days prior to randomization are eligible)
- History of acute coronary syndromes (including myocardial infarction and unstable angina), coronary angioplasty, or stenting within 6 months prior to randomization
- History or evidence of current >= class II congestive heart failure as defined by the New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional classification system
- Treatment-refractory hypertension defined as a blood pressure of systolic > 140 mmHg and/or diastolic > 90 mmHg which cannot be controlled by anti-hypertensive therapy
- Patients with intra-cardiac defibrillators
- Known cardiac metastases
Known hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection (patients with chronic or cleared HBV and HCV infection are eligible); patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are not eligible if on anti-retroviral medications
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
The study drug must not be administered to pregnant women or nursing mothers; women of childbearing potential should be advised to avoid pregnancy and use effective methods of contraception; men with a female partner of childbearing potential must have either had a prior vasectomy or agree to use effective contraception; if a female patient or a female partner of a patient becomes pregnant while the patient receives trametinib, the potential hazard to the fetus should be explained to the patient and partner (as applicable)

Study & Design

Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Arm A (trametinib)	Laboratory Biomarker Analysis	Patients receive trametinib PO QD on days 1-28. Courses repeat every 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients who experience objective disease progression may crossover to Arm B. (no patients will be enrolled to Arm B or Crossover therapy as of 11/6/2015)
Arm A (trametinib)	Pharmacological Study	Patients receive trametinib PO QD on days 1-28. Courses repeat every 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients who experience objective disease progression may crossover to Arm B. (no patients will be enrolled to Arm B or Crossover therapy as of 11/6/2015)
Arm B (trametinib, Akt inhibitor GSK2141795)	Laboratory Biomarker Analysis	Patients receive trametinib PO QD and Akt inhibitor GSK2141795 PO QD on days 1-28. Courses repeat every 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Arm B (trametinib, Akt inhibitor GSK2141795)	Pharmacological Study	Patients receive trametinib PO QD and Akt inhibitor GSK2141795 PO QD on days 1-28. Courses repeat every 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Arm A (trametinib)	Trametinib	Patients receive trametinib PO QD on days 1-28. Courses repeat every 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients who experience objective disease progression may crossover to Arm B. (no patients will be enrolled to Arm B or Crossover therapy as of 11/6/2015)
Arm B (trametinib, Akt inhibitor GSK2141795)	Trametinib	Patients receive trametinib PO QD and Akt inhibitor GSK2141795 PO QD on days 1-28. Courses repeat every 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Arm B (trametinib, Akt inhibitor GSK2141795)	Uprosertib	Patients receive trametinib PO QD and Akt inhibitor GSK2141795 PO QD on days 1-28. Courses repeat every 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Time to Progression (Progression-free Survival [PFS]), Defined From the Date of Randomization to the Date of Documented Progression or Death Per RECIST	from randomization to the earlier date of objective disease progression or death	Progression is defined using Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.0), as a 20% increase in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions, or a measurable increase in a non-target lesion, or the appearance of new lesions.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of Participants With Toxicity, Graded According to the National Cancer Institute CTCAE v4.0, Who Were Treated and Did Not Withdraw Consent	From date of randomization until the date of death from any cause or 4 weeks from last treatment of the initial treatment assignment, whichever came first, assessed up to 12 months	Graded according to the National Cancer Institute CTCAE v4.0. Please see AE/SAE Section for specifics.
Overall Survival (OS) Per RECIST Criteria	up to 36 months	OS curves will be generated using Kaplan-Meier methodology.
Response Rate (Complete Response+ Partial Response) Using the RECIST Criteria	From date of randomization until the date of death from any cause or 4 weeks from last treatment of the initial treatment assignment, whichever came first, assessed up to 12 months	Per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.0) for target lesions and assessed by MRI and/or CT: Partial Response (PR), \>=30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions; Stable Disease (SD), neither sufficient shrinkage to qualify for a Partial Response nor sufficient increase to qualify for Progression of Disease (PD); PD, 20% increase in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions, or a measurable increase in a non-target lesion, or the appearance of new lesions; Complete Response (CR), Disappearance of all target lesions.

Trial Locations

Locations (7): M D Anderson Cancer Center
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Houston, Texas, United States
Institut Curie Paris
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Paris, France
Emory University Hospital/Winship Cancer Institute
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Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Columbia University/Herbert Irving Cancer Center
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New York, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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New York, New York, United States
Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center
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Nashville, Tennessee, United States
The University of Liverpool
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Liverpool, United Kingdom