Safety and Efficacy Study Using Rexin-G for Breast Cancer

Phase I/II Evaluation of Safety and Efficacy of Pathotropic Nanoparticles Bearing a Dominant Negative Cyclin G1 Construct (Rexin-G) as Intervention for Recurrent or Metastatic Breast Cancer

The goal of the adaptive trial design is to confirm the over-all safety of Rexin-G and to determine the optimal dosing regimen for Rexin-G that would document the significant clinical benefits required to support a Phase II registration protocol for recurrent or metastatic breast cancer.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Breast Cancer
• Intervention / Treatment: Genetic: Rexin-G

Detailed Description

The clinical trial incorporates a Phase II component that will evaluate the efficacy of Rexin-G using an adaptive trial design. Each treatment cycle will be six weeks: four weeks of treatment and two weeks of rest. Unlike a standard Phase I protocol, eligible patients may have repeat cycles after the safety data and objective tumor response/s are recorded. Continued Rexin-G treatment will enable the targeted nanomedicine to catch up with tumor growth, halt disease progression, and reduce tumor burden. The treatment strategy is to achieve tumor control as quickly as safely possible. The goal of the adaptive trial design is to confirm the over-all safety of Rexin-G and to determine the optimal dosing regimen for Rexin-G that would document the significant clinical benefits required to support a Phase II registration protocol for breast cancer.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 20
• Phase: Phase 2; Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • California
    • San Marino, California, United States, 91108
      • Epeius Clinical Research Unit
    • Santa Monica, California, United States, 90403
      • Sarcoma Oncology Center
  • New York
    • New York, New York, United States, 10003
      • Bruckner Oncology

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Histologically or cytologically confirmed recurrent or metastatic breast cancer that is refractory to standard chemotherapy and that is measurable.
2. Adequate hepatic function: Total bilirubin < 2.0 mg/dL (upper limit included); AST/ALT < 2x institutional norm; alkaline phosphatase < 2.5x upper limit of institutional norm unless the patient has extensive bone metastases. Patients with elevated alkaline phosphatase due to extensive liver disease will be excluded from study; albumin > 3.0 mg/dL. There must be no substantial ascites. PT and PTT must be within normal limits.
3. Performance status must be < 1 (ECOG 0-1) with a life expectancy of at least 3 months.
4. Hemoglobin > 9 gms%
5. Absolute granulocyte count > 1000/uL, and platelet count > 100,000/uL.
6. Serum creatinine of less than 1.5 mg%.
7. There must be no plans for the patient to receive further cancer therapy from the date of enrollment until the completion of the 6-week follow-up visit.
8. Accessibility of peripheral or central IV line
9. Age > 18 years
10. Patients will be off chemotherapy for a minimum of 4 weeks prior to initiation of therapy and should have recovered to Grade 1 or less toxicity.
11. The ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Prior malignancy, except for non-melanoma skin cancer, stage 1 breast cancer, CIS of cervix from which the patient has been disease-free for 5 years.
2. Woman who are pregnant or nursing
3. Fertile patients unless they agree to use barrier contraception (condoms and spermicide jelly) during the vector infusion period and for six weeks after infusion. Male patients must agree to use barrier contraception.
4. Patients who are transfusion dependent (more than one transfusion per month)
5. Patients with medical, psychiatric, or social conditions that would compromise successful adherence to this protocol.
6. Patient who do not meet the inclusion criteria.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Intervention / Treatment

Experimental: 1; Escalating doses of Rexin-G will be given two or three times a week for four weeks, with a 2 week rest period

Genetic: Rexin-G; Three patients will receive Rexin-G at Dose Level I. If 1 of 3 patients at Dose Level I develops a grade 3 or 4 adverse event (CTCAE Version 3.0) which appears to be related or possibly related to Rexin-G, then 3 additional patients will be enrolled at the same dose level. If at least 2 of the first 3, or 3 of 6 patients at Dose Level I develop a grade 3 to 4 adverse event which appears to be related or possibly related to Rexin-G, accrual into the study will be held. At any dose level, up to six patients may be enrolled if there is evidence of biological activity in the first three patients. Dose escalation may stop if there is impressive evidence of biological activity. An amendment would be submitted to allow further expansion of dose level based on impressive biological activity.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Clinical toxicity (DLT and MTD) as defined by patient performance status, toxicity assessment score, hematologic and metabolic profiles.	24 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
To identify an objective tumor response to Rexin-G	24 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Epeius Biotechnologies

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: July 1, 2007
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 1, 2010
• Study Completion (Actual): June 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 19, 2007
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 19, 2007
• First Posted (Estimate): July 23, 2007

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): June 10, 2011
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 9, 2011
• Last Verified: June 1, 2011

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Breast Cancer; Gene Therapy; Rexin-G
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Skin Diseases; Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Breast Diseases; Breast Neoplasms
• Other Study ID Numbers: C07-104

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No