Carboplatin-Paclitaxel-Bevacizumab vs Carbo-Pacli-Beva-Rucaparib vs Carbo-Pacli-Ruca, Selected According to HRD Status, in Patients With Advanced Ovarian, Primary Peritoneal and Fallopian Tube Cancer, Preceded by a Phase I Dose Escalation Study on Ruca-Beva Combination

NCT03462212UNKNOWNPHASE1, PHASE2INTERVENTIONAL

Summary

Key Facts

Lead Sponsor

Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS

Enrollment

290

Start Date

2021-03-17

Completion Date

2025-03-01

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Official Title

A Randomized, Molecular Driven Phase II Trial of Carboplatin-Paclitaxel-Bevacizumab vs Carboplatin-Paclitaxel-Bevacizumab-Rucaparib vs Carboplatin-Paclitaxel-Rucaparib, Selected According to HRD Status, in Patients With Advanced (Stage III B-C-IV) Ovarian, Primary Peritoneal and Fallopian Tube Cancer Preceded by a Phase I Dose Escalation Study on Rucaparib-Bevacizumab Combination

Interventions

CarboplatinPaclitaxelBevacizumabRucaparib

Conditions

Advanced (Stage IIIB-C-IV) OvarianPrimary Peritoneal and Fallopian Tube Cancer

Eligibility

Age Range

18 Years+

Sex

FEMALE

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Women aged \>=18 years at the time of study inclusion;
2. Patients with newly diagnosed, histologically confirmed, high grade serous, high grade endometrioid, FIGO stage IIIB-C-IV epithelial ovarian cancer, primary peritoneal cancer and / or Fallopian-tube cancer. Patients with mixed histology (carcinosarcoma) are eligible providing that high grade tumor represent more than 50% of the total histology.

   Stage III patients should have had one attempt at optimal debulking surgery (upfront or interval debulking). Stage IV patients must have had either a biopsy and/or upfront or interval debulking surgery;
3. Archival tumor tissue available. At progression fresh biopsy is optional for patients willing to submit ;
4. ECOG Performance Status of 0-1;
5. Measurable and not measurable disease;
6. Adequate renal and hepatic function, defined as:

   * Total serum bilirubin ≤ 1.5 institutional ULN unless patient has Gilbert's syndrome in which case total serum bilirubin must be \<2 ULN for the institution AST and/or ALT ≤ 2.5 x ULN for the institution. (or ≤ 5 x ULN if liver metastases are present);
   * Alkaline phosphatase \< 1.5 x ULN for the institution (if \> 1.5 x ULN, then alkaline phosphatase liver fraction must be \< 1.5 ULN)
   * Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 x ULN for the institution (or calculated creatinine clearance ≥ 45 mL/min/1.73 m2);
7. Adequate bone marrow function, defined as:

   * Total leukocytes 2.5 x 109/L;
   * ANC 1.5 x 109/L;
   * Platelet count 100 x 109/L;
8. Able to understand and give written informed consent;
9. Females of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test within 7 days prior to study enrollment.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Women who are pregnant or lactating;
2. Presence of brain or other central nervous system metastases, not adequately controlled by treatment;
3. Prior Anticancer treatment;
4. Inadequate recovery from any prior surgical procedure or having undergone any major surgical procedure within 3 weeks prior to randomization;
5. Another primary malignancy except for:

   1. Curatively treated non-melanoma skin cancer;
   2. Breast cancer treated curatively ≥5 years ago, or other solid tumor treated curatively ≥5 years ago, without evidence of recurrence;
   3. Synchronous endometrioid endometrial cancer (except for Stage 1A G1/G2);
6. Known active HIV, hepatitis B or C infection;
7. Concurrent treatment with immunosuppressive or investigational agents;
8. History or evidence of thrombotic or hemorrhagic disorders; including cerebrovascular accident (CVA) / stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) or subarachnoid haemorrhage within \_6 months prior to the first study treatment);
9. Clinically significant (i.e. active) cardiovascular disease, including:

   * Myocardial infarction or unstable angina within \_6 months prior to the first study treatment;
   * New York Heart Association (NYHA) grade II or greater congestive heart failure (CHF);
   * Serious cardiac arrhythmia requiring medication (with the exception of atrial fibrillation or paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia);
   * Peripheral vascular disease \> grade 3 (i.e.symptomatic and interfering with activities of daily living requiring repair or revision);
10. Serious active infection requiring i.v. antibiotics at enrolment;
11. Known hypersensitivity to any of the study drugs or excipients (including cremophor and hamster Ovary cell products);
12. Evidence of any other medical conditions (such as psychiatric illness, peptic ulcer, etc.), physical examination or laboratory findings that may interfere with the planned treatment, affect patient compliance or place the patient at high risk from treatment related complications;
13. Prior gastrectomy or upper bowel removal, or any other gastrointestinal disorder or defect that would interfere with absorption of study drug;
14. Received administration of strong CYP1A2 or CYP3A4 inhibitors ≤7 days prior to first dose of Rucaparib or have on-going requirements for these medications.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes

Phase I Primary Objective: MTD

To identify the Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) of the combination Rucaparib-Bevacizumab in stage IIIB-C-IV ovarian cancer patients

Time frame: 4 months

Phase II Primary Objective: PFS

To compare progression-free survival (PFS) of patients with advanced ovarian, primary peritoneal and Fallopian tube cancer when treated with Carboplatin-Paclitaxel-Bevacizumab vs Carboplatin-Paclitaxel-Bevacizumab-Rucaparib vs carboplatin-Paclitaxel-Rucaparib according to Homologous Recombination Deficient (HRD) status.

Time frame: from the date of randomization to the date of documented progression disease, recurrence or death (whichever occurs first), assessed up to 64 months

Secondary Outcomes

Phase I Secondary Objectives: toxicity of the Rucaparib-Bevacizumab combination in terms of haematologic and non haematologic events

Toxicity will be evaluated according to U.S. NCI Common Toxicity Criteria version 4.03

Time frame: 4 months

Phase I Secondary Objectives: maximum plasma concentration (Cmax at Steady State) of Rucaparib

The evaluation of the effect of bevacizumab on rucaparib Cmax at SS will be performed by comparing (in each individual patient) the Cmax during cycle 1, on days 1 and 21, with the Cmax obtained on day -7 in which only Rucaparib will be administered. For these parameters, the following descriptive statistics will be calculated: mean, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, median, and geometric mean.

Time frame: will be evaluated during cycle 1, on days -7,1,21

Phase I Secondary Objectives: minimal plasma concentration (Cmin at Steady State) of Rucaparib

The evaluation of the effect of bevacizumab on rucaparib Cmin at SS will be performed by comparing (in each individual patient) the Cmin during cycle 1, on days 1 and 21, with the Cmax obtained on day -7 in which only Rucaparib will be administered. For these parameters, the following descriptive statistics will be calculated: mean, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, median, and geometric mean.

Time frame: will be evaluated during cycle 1, on days -7,1,21

Phase I Secondary Objectives: Area Under Curve (AUC)

The evaluation of the effect of bevacizumab on rucaparib AUC will be performed by comparing (in each individual patient) during cycle 1, on days 1 and 21, rucaparib AUC with AUC obtained on day -7 in which only Rucaparib will be administered. For this parameters, the following descriptive statistics will be calculated: mean, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, median, and geometric mean.

Time frame: will be evaluated during cycle 1, on days -7,1,21

Phase I Secondary Objectives: Cmax

The evaluation of the effect of bevacizumab on rucaparib Cmax will be performed by measuring the maximum seric concentration of drug. For this parameter, the following descriptive statistics will be calculated: mean, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, median, and geometric mean.

Time frame: will be evaluated during cycle 1, on day1

Phase I Secondary Objectives: Tmax

The evaluation of the effect of bevacizumab on rucaparib will be performed by measuring the amount of time that the drug is present at the maximum concentration in serum. For this parameter, the following descriptive statistics will be calculated: mean, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, median, and geometric mean.

Time frame: will be evaluated during cycle 1, on day1

Phase I Secondary Objectives: AUC (0-24h)

The evaluation of the effect of bevacizumab on rucaparib will be performed by measuring the AUC during 24 h. For this parameter, the following descriptive statistics will be calculated: mean, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, median, and geometric mean.

Time frame: will be evaluated during cycle 1, on day1

Phase II Secondary Objectives: OS

Overall survival

Time frame: from the date of randomization to the date of death, assessed up to 64 months

Phase II Secondary Objectives: PFS2

Progression-free survival 2

Time frame: from randomisation to second objective disease progression or death, assessed up to 64 months

Phase II Secondary Objectives: TFST

Time to first subsequent therapy

Time frame: from randomisation to the initiation of first subsequent therapy or death of patients, assessed up to 64 months

Phase II Secondary Objectives: TSST

Time to second subsequent therapy

Time frame: from randomisation to the initiation of second subsequent therapy or death, assessed up to 64 months

Phase II Secondary Objectives: ORR

Overall response rate

Time frame: 64 months

Phase II Secondary Objectives: Safety and tolerability

Safety and tolerability will be evaluated by U.S. National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria Adverse Event (NCI CTCAE) version 4.03 and the number of dose reductions

Time frame: 64 months

Phase II Secondary Objectives: PRO for PHYSICAL WELL-BEING

Patient-reported outcome (PRO) of disease-related symptoms will be recorded utilizing the disease-related symptoms - physical (DRS-P) subscale of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network-Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (NCCN-FACT) FACT-Ovarian Symptom Index 18 (FOSI-18) changes and using Euro-Quality of Life 5D (EQ-5D) tool (Appendix A).

Time frame: 64 months

Phase II Secondary Objectives: PRO for SOCIAL/FAMILY WELL-BEING

Patient-reported outcome (PRO) of disease-related symptoms will be recorded utilizing the disease-related symptoms - physical (DRS-P) subscale of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network-Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (NCCN-FACT) FACT-Ovarian Symptom Index 18 (FOSI-18) changes and using Euro-Quality of Life 5D (EQ-5D) tool (Appendix A).

Time frame: 64 months

Phase II Secondary Objectives: PRO for EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING

Patient-reported outcome (PRO) of disease-related symptoms will be recorded utilizing the disease-related symptoms - physical (DRS-P) subscale of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network-Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (NCCN-FACT) FACT-Ovarian Symptom Index 18 (FOSI-18) changes and using Euro-Quality of Life 5D (EQ-5D) tool (Appendix A).

Time frame: 64 months

Phase II Secondary Objectives: PRO for FUNCTIONAL WELL-BEING

Patient-reported outcome (PRO) of disease-related symptoms will be recorded utilizing the disease-related symptoms - physical (DRS-P) subscale of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network-Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (NCCN-FACT) FACT-Ovarian Symptom Index 18 (FOSI-18) changes and using Euro-Quality of Life 5D (EQ-5D) tool (Appendix A).

Time frame: 64 months

Locations

Ospedale Mater Salutis, Legnago, Italy

ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy

Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione G. Pascale, Naples, Italy

Azienda Ospedaliera di Perugia, Perugia, Italy

Nuovo Ospedale degli Infermi, Ponderano, Italy

Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A.Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Istituto di Candiolo - Fondazione del Piemonte per l'Oncologia - IRCCS, Turin, Italy

Linked Papers

2023-04-18

Angiogenesis inhibitors for the treatment of epithelial ovarian cancer

Many women, and other females, with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) develop resistance to conventional chemotherapy drugs. Drugs that inhibit angiogenesis (development of new blood vessels), essential for tumour growth, control cancer growth by denying blood supply to tumour nodules. To compare the effectiveness and toxicities of angiogenesis inhibitors for treatment of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). We identified randomised controlled trials (RCTs) by searching CENTRAL, MEDLINE and Embase (from 1990 to 30 September 2022). We searched clinical trials registers and contacted investigators of completed and ongoing trials for further information. RCTs comparing angiogenesis inhibitors with standard chemotherapy, other types of anti-cancer treatment, other angiogenesis inhibitors with or without other treatments, or placebo/no treatment in a maintenance setting, in women with EOC.  DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS: We used standard methodological procedures expected by Cochrane. Our outcomes were overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), quality of life (QoL), adverse events (grade 3 and above) and hypertension (grade 2 and above). We identified 50 studies (14,836 participants) for inclusion (including five studies from the previous version of this review): 13 solely in females with newly-diagnosed EOC and 37 in females with recurrent EOC (nine studies in platinum-sensitive EOC; 19 in platinum-resistant EOC; nine with studies with mixed or unclear platinum sensitivity). The main results are presented below.  Newly-diagnosed EOC Bevacizumab, a monoclonal antibody that binds vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), given with chemotherapy and continued as maintenance, likely results in little to no difference in OS compared to chemotherapy alone (hazard ratio (HR) 0.97, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.88 to 1.07; 2 studies, 2776 participants; moderate-certainty evidence). Evidence is very uncertain for PFS (HR 0.82, 95% CI 0.64 to 1.05; 2 studies, 2746 participants; very low-certainty evidence), although the combination results in a slight reduction in global QoL (mean difference (MD) -6.4, 95% CI -8.86 to -3.94; 1 study, 890 participants; high-certainty evidence). The combination likely increases any adverse event (grade ≥ 3) (risk ratio (RR) 1.16, 95% CI 1.07 to 1.26; 1 study, 1485 participants; moderate-certainty evidence) and may result in a large increase in hypertension (grade ≥ 2) (RR 4.27, 95% CI 3.25 to 5.60; 2 studies, 2707 participants; low-certainty evidence). Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) to block VEGF receptors (VEGF-R), given with chemotherapy and continued as maintenance, likely result in little to no difference in OS (HR 0.99, 95% CI 0.84 to 1.17; 2 studies, 1451 participants; moderate-certainty evidence) and likely increase PFS slightly (HR 0.88, 95% CI 0.77 to 1.00; 2 studies, 2466 participants; moderate-certainty evidence). The combination likely reduces QoL slightly (MD -1.86, 95% CI -3.46 to -0.26; 1 study, 1340 participants; moderate-certainty evidence), but it increases any adverse event (grade ≥ 3) slightly (RR 1.31, 95% CI 1.11 to 1.55; 1 study, 188 participants; moderate-certainty evidence) and may result in a large increase in hypertension (grade ≥ 3) (RR 6.49, 95% CI 2.02 to 20.87; 1 study, 1352 participants; low-certainty evidence).  Recurrent EOC (platinum-sensitive) Moderate-certainty evidence from three studies (with 1564 participants) indicates that bevacizumab with chemotherapy, and continued as maintenance, likely results in little to no difference in OS (HR 0.90, 95% CI 0.79 to 1.02), but likely improves PFS (HR 0.56, 95% CI 0.50 to 0.63) compared to chemotherapy alone. The combination may result in little to no difference in QoL (MD 0.8, 95% CI -2.11 to 3.71; 1 study, 486 participants; low-certainty evidence), but it increases the rate of any adverse event (grade ≥ 3) slightly (RR 1.11, 1.07 to 1.16; 3 studies, 1538 participants; high-certainty evidence). Hypertension (grade ≥ 3) was more common in arms with bevacizumab (RR 5.82, 95% CI 3.84 to 8.83; 3 studies, 1538 participants).  TKIs with chemotherapy may result in little to no difference in OS (HR 0.86, 95% CI 0.67 to 1.11; 1 study, 282 participants; low-certainty evidence), likely increase PFS (HR 0.56, 95% CI 0.44 to 0.72; 1 study, 282 participants; moderate-certainty evidence), and may have little to no effect on QoL (MD 6.1, 95% CI -0.96 to 13.16; 1 study, 146 participants; low-certainty evidence). Hypertension (grade ≥ 3) was more common with TKIs (RR 3.32, 95% CI 1.21 to 9.10). Recurrent EOC (platinum-resistant) Bevacizumab with chemotherapy and continued as maintenance increases OS (HR 0.73, 95% CI 0.61 to 0.88; 5 studies, 778 participants; high-certainty evidence) and likely results in a large increase in PFS (HR 0.49, 95% CI 0.42 to 0.58; 5 studies, 778 participants; moderate-certainty evidence). The combination may result in a large increase in hypertension (grade ≥ 2) (RR 3.11, 95% CI 1.83 to 5.27; 2 studies, 436 participants; low-certainty evidence). The rate of bowel fistula/perforation (grade ≥ 2) may be slightly higher with bevacizumab (RR 6.89, 95% CI 0.86 to 55.09; 2 studies, 436 participants). Evidence from eight studies suggest TKIs with chemotherapy likely result in little to no difference in OS (HR 0.85, 95% CI 0.68 to 1.08; 940 participants; moderate-certainty evidence), with low-certainty evidence that it may increase PFS (HR 0.70, 95% CI 0.55 to 0.89; 940 participants), and may result in little to no meaningful difference in QoL (MD ranged from -0.19 at 6 weeks to -3.40 at 4 months). The combination increases any adverse event (grade ≥ 3) slightly (RR 1.23, 95% CI 1.02 to 1.49; 3 studies, 402 participants; high-certainty evidence). The effect on bowel fistula/perforation rates is uncertain (RR 2.74, 95% CI 0.77 to 9.75; 5 studies, 557 participants; very low-certainty evidence). Bevacizumab likely improves both OS and PFS in platinum-resistant relapsed EOC. In platinum-sensitive relapsed disease, bevacizumab and TKIs probably improve PFS, but may or may not improve OS. The results for TKIs in platinum-resistant relapsed EOC are similar. The effects on OS or PFS in newly-diagnosed EOC are less certain, with a decrease in QoL and increase in adverse events. Overall adverse events and QoL data were more variably reported than were PFS data. There appears to be a role for anti-angiogenesis treatment, but given the additional treatment burden and economic costs of maintenance treatments, benefits and risks of anti-angiogenesis treatments should be carefully considered.

2020-12-28

Phase I Study of Rucaparib in Combination with Bevacizumab in Ovarian Cancer Patients: Maximum Tolerated Dose and Pharmacokinetic Profile

Targeted agents, such as antiangiogenic drugs (e.g., bevacizumab) and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors (e.g., rucaparib), have been shown to improve outcomes in patients with newly diagnosed or recurrent ovarian cancer. Evidence suggests that combinations of these two classes of targeted agents may result in synergistic antitumor activity. The phase I portion of MITO 25 was designed to determine the maximum tolerated dose, pharmacokinetics, and the safety profile of rucaparib when administered in combination with bevacizumab as maintenance treatment for patients with high-grade epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer. This was a single-arm, phase I dose-escalation study. Cohorts of three patients were recruited to receive increasing rucaparib doses of 400 mg, 500 mg, or 600 mg twice daily for 28 days. Bevacizumab 15 mg/kg was administered at day 1 every 21 days. We enrolled nine patients. Two patients in the rucaparib 600-mg group had four grade 3 treatment-emergent adverse events: increased in alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase levels, depression, and hallucinations. These were deemed to be dose-limiting toxicities related to rucaparib. Because these dose-limiting toxicities occurred in the 600-mg group and affected more than one in three patients, the maximum tolerated dose for rucaparib was considered 500 mg twice daily when combined with bevacizumab 15 mg/kg at day 1 every 21 days. There were no new safety concerns from using the combination. No substantial difference in pharmacokinetic parameters was found between the cohorts or in the pharmacokinetic profiles of rucaparib administered alone or with bevacizumab with respect to historical controls. The maximum tolerated dose of rucaparib is 500 mg twice daily when co-administered with bevacizumab. The plasma concentration-time profiles of rucaparib in combination with bevacizumab suggest no pharmacokinetic interactions between the drugs. The randomized phase II portion of MITO 25 will further investigate rucaparib maintenance treatment with or without bevacizumab in patients with newly diagnosed stage III-IV ovarian cancer who responded to carboplatin-paclitaxel chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab. ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT03462212; registered March 2018.

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