A Phase I/II Study of Ruxolitinib With Front-Line Neoadjuvant and Post-Surgical Therapy in Patients With Advanced Epithelial Ovarian, Fallopian Tube or Primary Peritoneal Cancer
Overview
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Intervention
- Carboplatin
- Conditions
- Not specified
- Sponsor
- NRG Oncology
- Enrollment
- 147
- Locations
- 110
- Primary Endpoint
- Dose-limiting Toxicities (Phase I)
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 11 months ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This phase I/II trial studies the side effects and the best dose of ruxolitinib phosphate when given together with paclitaxel and carboplatin and to see how well they work in treating patients with stage III-IV epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer. Ruxolitinib phosphate may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as paclitaxel and carboplatin, 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 ruxolitinib phosphate together with paclitaxel and carboplatin may be a better treatment for epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer compared to paclitaxel and carboplatin alone.
Detailed Description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. Determine whether treatment with ruxolitinib phosphate (ruxolitinib) in combination with conventional neoadjuvant and post-surgical chemotherapy is safe and tolerable in the primary therapy for epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal carcinoma. (Phase I) II. Demonstrate whether treatment with ruxolitinib in combination with conventional neoadjuvant and post-surgical chemotherapy results in a prolonged progression-free survival when compared to chemotherapy alone, in primary therapy for epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal carcinoma. (Phase II) SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. Determine frequency of patients who do not receive surgery within 6 weeks of completing cycle 3 therapy for reasons other than non-response, disease progression, or medical contraindications. (Phase I) II. Determine if continuation of ruxolitinib as maintenance therapy in participants who complete 6 cycles of standard chemotherapy in combination with ruxolitinib and have not experienced unacceptable toxicity or disease progression is safe and tolerable. (Phase I) III. Determine the impact of ruxolitinib in combination with chemotherapy on progression-free survival as a function of proposed exploratory biomarkers - ALDH+ CD133+ (possibly also CD24+ CK19+) co-staining by AQUA immunofluorescence (IF); ratio of tumor expression of CD8:FOXP3 by immunohistochemistry (IHC); and tumor CD3, CD4, TAI-1, HLA class I and II, CD68 expression by IHC in archived tumor tissue, BRCA status, and serum C-reactive protein (CRP) and IL-6 levels in pre-treatment serum. (Phase II) IV. Investigate the prognostic significance of exploratory laboratory parameters in terms of both progression-free survival and overall survival in women receiving conventional chemotherapy alone. (Phase II) V. Determine whether treatment with ruxolitinib in combination with conventional chemotherapy is associated with total gross resection rate at time of interval cytoreductive surgery. (Phase II) VI. Determine whether treatment with ruxolitinib in combination with conventional chemotherapy is associated with complete pathologic response defined at interval cytoreductive surgery. (Phase II) VII. Demonstrate whether treatment with ruxolitinib in combination with conventional chemotherapy results in an improvement in overall survival in primary management of epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal carcinoma. (Phase II) OUTLINE: This is a phase I, dose-escalation study of ruxolitinib phosphate, followed by a phase II study. PHASE I PORTION OF STUDY IS COMPLETE (04/06/2018) PHASE I (CYCLES 1-3): Patients receive ruxolitinib phosphate orally (PO) twice daily (BID) on days 1-21, paclitaxel intravenously (IV) over 1 hour on days 1, 8, and 15, and carboplatin IV over 30 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 3 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Within 6 weeks after completion of cycle 3, patients undergo tumor reductive surgery (TRS). PHASE I (CYCLES 4-6): Within 6 weeks of TRS, patients receive ruxolitinib phosphate PO BID on days 1-21, paclitaxel IV over 1 hour on days 1, 8, and 15, and carboplatin IV over 30 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 3 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. If TRS is not performed due to non-response or medical contraindications and criteria for discontinuation of protocol therapy have not been met, patients should resume ruxolitinib phosphate, paclitaxel, and carboplatin within 6 weeks of completing cycle 3 of therapy. MAINTENANCE THERAPY: Within 3 weeks after completion of cycle 6, patients receive ruxolitinib phosphate PO BID. Treatment continues in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. PHASE II: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms. ARM I (CYCLES 1-3): Patients receive paclitaxel IV over 1 hour on days 1, 8, and 15 and carboplatin IV over 30 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 3 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Within 6 weeks after completion of cycle 3, patients undergo TRS. ARM I (CYCLES 4-6): Within 4 weeks of surgery (or within 6 weeks of completion of cycle 3 in patients who do not undergo TRS), patients receive paclitaxel IV over 1 hour on days 1, 8, and 15 and carboplatin IV over 30 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 3 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. ARM II (CYCLES 1-3): Patients receive ruxolitinib phosphate PO BID on days 1-21 and paclitaxel and carboplatin as in arm I. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 3 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Within 6 weeks after completion of cycle 3, patients undergo TRS. ARM II (CYCLES 4-6): Within 4 weeks of surgery (or within 6 weeks of completion of cycle 3 in patients who do not undergo TRS), patients receive ruxolitinib phosphate PO BID on days 1-21 and paclitaxel and carboplatin as in arm I. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 3 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. After completion of study treatment, patients in phase I are followed up until resolution of adverse events, and patients in phase II are followed up every 3 months for 2 years and then every 6 months for 3 years.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Patients must have clinically and radiographically suspected and previously untreated International Federation of Gynecologic and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage III or IV epithelial ovarian, primary peritoneal or fallopian tube cancer, high grade, for whom the plan of management will include neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) with interval tumor reductive surgery (TRS) who have undergone biopsies for histologic confirmation
- •Institutional confirmation of Mullerian epithelial adenocarcinoma on core biopsy (not cytology or fine needle aspiration) or laparoscopic biopsy; (for phase II of the study formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded \[FFPE\] tissue should be available for laboratory analysis); patients with the following histologic epithelial cell types are eligible: high grade serous carcinoma, high grade endometrioid carcinoma, clear cell carcinoma, or a combination of these
- •All patients must have measurable disease as defined by Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1; measurable disease is defined as at least one lesion that can be accurately measured in at least one dimension (longest diameter to be recorded); each lesion must be \>= 10 mm when measured by computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or caliper measurement by clinical exam; or \>= 20 mm when measured by chest x-ray; lymph nodes must be \>= 15 mm in short axis when measured by CT or MRI
- •Appropriate stage for study entry based on the following diagnostic workup:
- •History/physical examination within 28 days prior to registration
- •Radiographic imaging of the chest, abdomen and pelvis within 28 days prior to registration documenting disease consistent with FIGO stage III or IV disease
- •Further protocol-specific assessments
- •Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG)/Karnofsky performance status of 0, 1, or 2 within 28 days prior to registration
- •Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) greater than or equal to 1,500/mcl; this ANC cannot have been induced by granulocyte colony stimulating factors (within 14 days prior to registration)
- •Platelets greater than or equal to 100,000/mcl (within 14 days prior to registration)
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patients with suspected non-gynecologic malignancy, such as gastrointestinal
- •Patients with a history of other invasive malignancies, with the exception of non-melanoma skin cancer and other specific malignancies are excluded if there is any evidence of other malignancy being present within the last three years (2 years for breast cancer); patients are also excluded if their previous cancer treatment contraindicates this protocol therapy
- •Patients who have received prior chemotherapy for any abdominal or pelvic tumor within the last three years are excluded; patients may have received prior adjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy for localized breast cancer, provided that it was completed more than 2 years prior to registration, the patient remains free of recurrent or metastatic disease and hormonal therapy has been discontinued
- •Patients who have received prior radiotherapy to any portion of the abdominal cavity or pelvis or thoracic cavity within the last three years are excluded; prior radiation for localized cancer of the head and neck or skin is permitted, provided that it was completed more than three years prior to registration, and the patient remains free of recurrent or metastatic disease
- •Patients who have received any targeted therapy (including but not limited to vaccines, antibodies, tyrosine kinase inhibitors) or hormonal therapy for management of their epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or peritoneal primary cancer
- •Patients with mucinous carcinoma, low grade endometrioid carcinoma, low grade serous carcinoma or carcinosarcoma
- •Patients with synchronous primary endometrial cancer, or a past history of primary endometrial cancer, unless all of the following conditions are met: stage not greater than I-A, grade 1 or 2, no more than superficial myometrial invasion, without vascular or lymphatic invasion; no poorly differentiated subtypes, including serous, clear cell or other FIGO grade 3 lesions
- •Severe, active co-morbidity defined as follows:
- •Chronic or current active infectious disease requiring systemic antibiotics, antifungal or antiviral treatment
- •Known brain or central nervous system metastases or history of uncontrolled seizures
Arms & Interventions
Arm I (paclitaxel and carboplatin)
See Detailed Description.
Intervention: Carboplatin
Arm I (paclitaxel and carboplatin)
See Detailed Description.
Intervention: Paclitaxel
Arm I (paclitaxel and carboplatin)
See Detailed Description.
Intervention: Therapeutic Conventional Surgery
Arm II (ruxolitinib, paclitaxel, and carboplatin)
See Detailed Description.
Intervention: Carboplatin
Arm II (ruxolitinib, paclitaxel, and carboplatin)
See Detailed Description.
Intervention: Paclitaxel
Arm II (ruxolitinib, paclitaxel, and carboplatin)
See Detailed Description.
Intervention: Ruxolitinib Phosphate
Arm II (ruxolitinib, paclitaxel, and carboplatin)
See Detailed Description.
Intervention: Therapeutic Conventional Surgery
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Dose-limiting Toxicities (Phase I)
Time Frame: 42 days (2 cycles)
Will be assessed according to Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program (CTEP) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 4.03 (CTCAE version 5.0 will be used starting 04/01/2018), or delays in treatment caused by toxicities. A DLT is defined as either hematologic or non-hematologic toxicity (assessed in accordance with the CTEP CTCAE Version 4.0), which cause any of the following (any toxicity): a dose delay \> 7 days related to any toxicity, an omission of day 8 or day 15 paclitaxel, any treatment related death. For hematologic toxicity: study treatment-related febrile neutropenia, grade 4 neutropenia lasting \> 7 days, study treatment-related grade 4 thrombocytopenia or bleeding associated with grade 3 thrombocytopenia. For non-hematologic toxicity: study treatment related grade 3 or grade 4 non-hematologic toxicity.
Progression-free Survival (PFS) (Phase II)
Time Frame: The maximum follow-up time for PFS is 57 months.
Will be assessed according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1. A log-rank test utilizing the categorized values of the exploratory laboratory parameters or a Cox proportional hazards (PH) model to estimate of the hazard ratio for progression or death in PFS. If feasible, the PH model will examine the effect of continuous measures. All patients must have measurable disease, and at least one "target lesion" to be used to assess response as defined by RECIST 1.1. Measurable disease is defined as at least one lesion that can be accurately measured in at least one dimension (longest diameter to be recorded). Each lesion must be \>= 10 mm when measured by computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or caliper measurement by clinical exam; or \>= 20 mm when measured by chest x-ray. Lymph nodes must be \>= 15 mm in short axis when measured by CT or MRI
Secondary Outcomes
- Number of Participants With Grade 3 or Higher AE (Phase I and II)(Serious and other adverse events were collected from baseline until 30 days after last treatment, an average of 10 months.)
- Frequency of Patients Who Could Not Receive Surgery Within the Defined Timeframe for Reasons Other Than Non-response, Disease Progression, or Medical Contraindications (Phase I)(Up to 6 weeks)
- Number of Patients Who Discontinue Ruxolitinib in the First 3 Months of Maintenance Therapy Due to Toxicity (Phase I)(Up to 3 months in the maintenance phase)
- Progression-free Survival (PFS) (Phase II) (Subset Analysis)(From study entry to time of progression or death, whichever occurs first, assessed up to 5 years)
- Number of Patients Who Have Total Gross Resection (Phase II)(At the time of surgery (surgery occurred within 6 weeks after completion of cycle 3, as soon as nadir counts permit and surgery deemed safe by investigator))
- Number of Participants With Complete Pathological Response (Phase II)(At the time of tumor reductive surgery or biopsy after 3 cycles (i.e. after 63 days).)
- Overall Survival (OS) (Phase II)(The average (median) OS follow-up time is 38 months.)