Gossypol in Treating Patients With Progressive or Recurrent Glioblastoma Multiforme

July 12, 2017 updated by: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

A Phase 2 Study of R-(-)-Gossypol (Ascenta's AT-101) in Recurrent Glioblastoma Multiforme

This phase II trial is studying how well gossypol works in treating patients with progressive or recurrent glioblastoma multiforme. Gossypol may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth.

Study Overview

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To estimate the overall survival rate associated with AT-101 in treating adult patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To assess and estimate the acute and late toxicities. II. Tumor response rate. III. To estimate 6-month progression free survival. IV. To explore associations of the clinical outcome (overall survival) among the changes of potential serum biomarkers, baseline tumor protein expression and gene methylation status.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

Patients receive oral R-(-)-gossypol once daily on days 1-21. Treatment repeats every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients undergo tumor tissue and blood sample collection at baseline and periodically during study for biomarker correlative studies. Archived tumor tissue samples, if available, are analyzed for Bcl-2 family protein expression (e.g., Bcl-2, Bcl-xL, MCl-1, Bax, Bak, and BH3 domain for BH3 members only) and 06-methylguanine-DNA-methyltransferase (MGMT) gene methylation status. Blood samples are analyzed for apoptotic protein levels (Bcl-2) by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.

After completion of study therapy, patients are followed every 2 months.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

56

Phase

  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • Alabama
      • Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294
        • University of Alabama at Birmingham
    • Florida
      • Tampa, Florida, United States, 33612
        • Moffitt Cancer Center
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287
        • Johns Hopkins University
    • Massachusetts
      • Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
        • Massachusetts General Hospital
    • Michigan
      • Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48202
        • Henry Ford Hospital
    • North Carolina
      • Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27157
        • Wake Forest University Health Sciences
    • Ohio
      • Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44195
        • Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    • Pennsylvania
      • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
        • University of Pennsylvania

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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:

  • Patients must have histologically confirmed supratentorial glioblastoma multiforme which is progressive or recurrent after radiation therapy ± chemotherapy; patients with previously low grade glioma who progressed after radiotherapy ± chemotherapy and are biopsied and found to have glioblastoma multiforme are eligible
  • Patients must have tumor tissue form completed and signed by a pathologist
  • Patients must have measurable contrast enhancing progressive or recurrent glioblastoma multiforme by MRI or CT imaging (Within 14 days before starting treatment)
  • Patients must have recovered from toxicity of prior therapy; an interval of at least 3 months must have elapsed since the completion of the most recent course of radiation therapy, while at least 3 weeks must have elapsed since the completion of a non-nitrosourea containing chemotherapy regimen, and at least 6 weeks since the completion of a nitrosourea containing chemotherapy regimen; NOTE: For non-cytotoxic, FDA approved agents (i.e. celebrex, thalidomide, etc.) therapy could be started 2 weeks after discontinuing this agent provided the patient has fully recovered from all toxicity associated with the agent; for investigational, non-cytotoxic agents a minimum of 3 weeks must have elapsed before the patient will be eligible for this study
  • Patients must have a Karnofsky performance status >= 60% (i.e. the patient must be able to care for himself/herself with occasional help from others)
  • Absolute neutrophil count >= 1500/mm^3
  • Platelets >= 100,000/mm^3
  • Creatinine =< 1.5mg/dl
  • Total Bilirubin =< 1.5mg/dl
  • Transaminases =< 2.5 times above the upper limits of the institutional norm
  • Patients must be able to provide written informed consent
  • Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test; the effects of AT-101 on the developing human fetus at the recommended therapeutic dose are unknown; for this reason and because Bcl-2 inhibitors have the potential to be teratogenic, 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, and for at least one month following the last dose of AT-101; should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately
  • Patients must have a Mini Mental State Exam score >= 15

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with serious concurrent infection or medical illness which would jeopardize the ability of the patient to receive the treatment outlined in this protocol with reasonable safety; (Examples of medical illnesses are [but not limited to] the following: uncontrolled hypertension, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situation that would limit compliance with study requirements)
  • Patients who are pregnant or breast-feeding
  • Patients who have received more than two prior treatments
  • Patients who have been previously treated with gossypol, or have allergies to gossypol
  • Patients receiving concurrent therapy for their tumor (i.e. chemotherapeutics or investigational agents); concurrent steroid use is allowed
  • Patients with a concurrent malignancy are ineligible unless they are patients with curatively treated carcinoma-in-situ or basal cell carcinoma of the skin; patients with a prior malignancy are ineligible unless they have been free of disease for >= five years
  • Patients with ≥ Grade 2 sensory neuropathy based on the NCI CTCAE
  • Patients who are taking iron supplements
  • Patients with any condition (e.g., gastrointestinal tract disease resulting in an inability to take oral medication or a requirement for IV alimentation, prior surgical procedures affecting absorption, or active peptic ulcer disease) that impairs their ability to swallow pills are excluded
  • Patients cannot be receiving cytochrome P450-inducing anticonvulsants (EIAEDs; e.g., phenytoin, carbamazepine, phenobarbital, primidone, oxcarbazepine)
  • Patients with malabsorption syndrome, disease significantly affecting gastrointestinal function, or resection of the stomach or small bowel are excluded; subjects with ulcerative colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, or a partial or complete small bowel obstruction are also excluded
  • Eligibility of patients receiving any other medications or substances known to affect or with the potential to affect the activity or pharmacokinetics of AT-101 will be determined following review of their case by the Principal Investigator
  • Patients with symptomatic hypercalcemia that is > Grade 2 (according to CTCAE)
  • Requirement for routine use of hematopoietic growth factors (including granulocyte colony stimulating factor, granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor, or interleukin-11) or platelet transfusions to maintain absolute neutrophil counts or platelets counts above the required thresholds for study entry
  • HIV-positive patients on combination antiretroviral therapy are ineligible because of the potential for pharmacokinetic interactions with AT-101; in addition, these patients are at increased risk of lethal infections when treated with marrow-suppressive therapy; appropriate studies will be undertaken in patients receiving combination antiretroviral therapy when indicated

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Treatment (R-(-)-gossypol acetic acid)

Patients receive oral R-(-)-gossypol once daily on days 1-21. Treatment repeats every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Laboratory Biomarker Analysis: Patients undergo tumor tissue and blood sample collection at baseline and periodically during study for biomarker correlative studies. Archived tumor tissue samples, if available, are analyzed for Bcl-2 family protein expression (e.g., Bcl-2, Bcl-xL, MCl-1, Bax, Bak, and BH3 domain for BH3 members only) and MGMT gene methylation status. Blood samples are analyzed for apoptotic protein levels (Bcl-2) by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.

Correlative studies
Given PO
Other Names:
  • AT-101

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Overall Survival
Time Frame: 4.5 years
The overall failure rate will be estimated along with 95% confidence intervals. A median time of survival will be estimated using standard methods.
4.5 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Percent of Patients With Grade 3 and 4 Adverse Events Related to Treatment
Time Frame: 3 years
The proportion of patients with serious or life threatening (grade 3 and 4) toxicities will be estimated using NCI CTCAE
3 years
Tumor Response Rate
Time Frame: 3 years

Complete response Complete disappearance of all tumor on MRI scan, off all glucocorticoids with stable or improving neurological exam minimum of 4 wks Partial response Greater than or equal 50% reduction in tumor size on MRI, on sable or decreasing glucocorticoids with stable or improving neurological exam for a minimum of 4 wks.

Progressive disease Progressive neurological abnormalities not explained by other causes or greater than 25% increase in size of tumor or if new lesion.

Stable disease Clinical status and MRI does not qualify for complete response, partial response or progression

3 years
Progression-free Survival Rate, Defined as Patient Who is Alive and Disease Progression Free at the Time of 26-week (6 Months) From First Day of the Treatment
Time Frame: 6 months
The probability of 6-month progression-free survival will be estimated using binomial distribution.
6 months

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Explore Clinical Outcome (Overall Survival) With Changes of Potential Serum Biomarkers, Baseline Tumor Protein Expression and Gene Methylation Status
Time Frame: 1 month
Archived tumor tissue and 1 serum sample pre first dose and 1 sample anytime during week 2 of cycle 1
1 month

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: John Fiveash, MD, National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 2008

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2012

Study Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 5, 2007

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 5, 2007

First Posted (Estimate)

October 8, 2007

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

August 11, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 12, 2017

Last Verified

July 1, 2017

More Information

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