Open Label Trial to Explore Safety of Combining Afatinib (BIBW 2992) and Radiotherapy With or Without Temozolomide in Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma Multiform

Phase I, Open Label Trial to Explore Safety of Combining BIBW 2992 and Radiotherapy With or Without Temozolomide in Newly Diagnosed GBM

This study is a phase I, open label trial to determine the Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD), safety, pharmacokinetics, and efficacy of BIBW 2992 (an epidermal growth factor receptor(EGFR)inhibitor) to be used in combination with:

• radiotherapy alone (in patients with an unmethylated (functioning) MGMT gene regulator) or
• radiotherapy and Temozolomide (in patients with a methylated (silenced) O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase gene (MGMT) to treat newly diagnosed patients with Grade IV Glioblastoma (primary brain cancer).

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Glioblastoma
• Intervention / Treatment: Procedure: Radiotherapy; Drug: BIBW2992; Drug: BIBW2992; Drug: Temozolomide

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 36
• Phase: Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United Kingdom
  • Cambridge, United Kingdom, CB2 0QQ
    • Addenbrooke's Hospital
  • Dundee, United Kingdom, DD1 9SY
    • Ninewells Hospital & Medical School
  • Glasgow, United Kingdom, G12 0YN
    • Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre
  • Manchester, United Kingdom, M20 4BX
    • The Christie Hospital
  • Sutton, United Kingdom, SM2 5PT
    • The Royal Marsden Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 69 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion criteria:

1. Histologically-confirmed WHO Grade IV newly diagnosed malignant glioma.
2. Proven MGMT gene promoter methylation status
3. Available early postoperative Gd-enhanced MRI (within 72 hours after initial surgery). In case a patient did not perform a Gd-enhanced MRI within 72 hours post surgery, a Gd-MRI is to be performed prior to start of study treatment.
4. Age more or equal to 18 years and less than 70 years at entry
5. Karnofsky Performance Scale (KPS) more or equal to 70%
6. Patients receiving corticosteroids have to receive a stable or decreasing dose for at least 14 days before start of treatment.
7. Written informed consent that is consistent with local law and ICH- Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines.

Exclusion criteria:

1. Less than two weeks from surgical resection or other major surgical procedure at start of treatment.
2. Planned surgery for other diseases
3. Placement of Gliadel® wafer at surgery.
4. Prior or planned radiotherapy of the cranium including brachytherapy and/or radiosurgery for GBM.
5. Treatment with other investigational drugs; participation in another clinical study including exposure to the investigational product within the past 4 weeks before start of therapy or concomitantly with this study.
6. Active infectious disease requiring intravenous therapy.
7. Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or chronic Hepatitis B or C.
8. Gastrointestinal disorders that may interfere with the absorption of the study drug or chronic diarrhoea.
9. Patients with known pre-existing interstitial lung disease
10. Serious illness or concomitant non-oncological disease considered by the investigator to be incompatible with the protocol.
11. Patient is less than 3 years free of another primary malignancy except: if the other primary malignancy is either not currently clinically significant or does not require active intervention (such as a basal cell skin cancer or a cervical carcinoma in situ). Existence of any other malignant disease is not allowed.
12. Cardiac left ventricular function with resting ejection fraction less than 50%.
13. Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) less than 1500/mm3.
14. Platelet count less than 100,000/mm3.
15. Bilirubin greater than 1.5 x upper limit of institutional norm.
16. Aspartate amino transferase (AST) greater than 3 x upper limit of institutional norm.
17. Serum creatinine greater than 1.5 x upper limit of institutional norm.
18. Patients who are sexually active and unwilling to use a medically acceptable method of contraception.
19. Pregnancy or breast-feeding.
20. Patients unable to comply with the protocol.
21. Known or suspected active drug or alcohol abuse.
22. Known hypersensitivity to BIBW 2992 or the excipients of any of the trial drugs.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Regimen U; BIBW2992 + Radiotherapy	Procedure: Radiotherapy; Day 1 to day 42; Drug: BIBW2992; Escalating dose cohorts during Radiotherapy(RT) period, fixed dose after RT; Drug: BIBW2992; Escalating dose cohorts during Radiotherapy(RT) period , fixed dose after RT
Experimental: Regimen M; BIBW2992 + Temozolomide + Radiotherapy	Procedure: Radiotherapy; Day 1 to day 42; Drug: BIBW2992; Escalating dose cohorts during Radiotherapy(RT) period, fixed dose after RT; Drug: BIBW2992; Escalating dose cohorts during Radiotherapy(RT) period , fixed dose after RT; Drug: Temozolomide; During RT: 75 mg/m2 daily , 4 weeks after RT: given days 1 to 5 of 28 day cycles (150 mg/m2 in cycle 1, 200 mg/m2 in cycle 2 up to cycle 6)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of Patients With Investigator Defined Dose Limiting Toxicities (DLT) During the RT Phase	Adverse event (AE) related to afatinib with any one criteria; Hematological: Common terminology criteria for adverse events (CTCAE) Grade 4 neutropenia (Absolute neutrophil count, including bands <500/cubic millimeter (mm³)) for >7 days, CTCAE Grade 3 or 4 neutropenia of any duration associated with fever >38.3 Celsius, CTCAE Grade 3 thrombocytopenia (platelet count <50000 - 25000/mm³), All other toxicities of CTCAE Grade ≥3 leading interruption of treatment > 14 days. Non-hematological: CTCAE Grade ≥3 nausea or vomiting despite appropriate use of standard anti-emetics for ≥3 days, CTCAE Grade ≥3 diarrhea despite appropriate use of standard anti-diarrheal therapy for ≥3 days, CTCAE Grade ≥3 rash despite standard medical management and lasting >7 days, CTCAE Grade ≥2 cardiac left ventricular function, CTCAE Grade ≥2 worsening of renal function as measured by serum creatinine, newly developed proteinuria or decrease in glomerular filtration rate, All other toxicities of CTCAE Grade ≥3.	6 weeks
Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) of Afatinib	The MTD was defined as the highest afatinib dose level, at which no more than 1 out of 6 patients experienced drug-related DLT, i.e. the highest afatinib dose with a DLT incidence ≤17%. A separate MTD was determined for afatinib and RT (Regimen U), and for afatinib, TMZ, and RT (Regimen M).	6 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Incidence and Intensity of Adverse Events (AE) According to Common Terminology Criteria of Adverse Events (CTCAE v.3.0)	Incidence and intensity of adverse events (AE) according to Common Terminology Criteria of Adverse Events (CTCAE v.3.0). The CTCAE grades are: 1 (mild AE), 2 (moderate AE), 3 (severe AE), 4 (life-threatening or disabling AE), 5 (death related to AE).	From the first administration of trial medication until 4 weeks after the last administration of trial medication, up to approximately 338 weeks
The Objective Tumour Response According to the Macdonald Criteria	Objective response was defined as a best overall response of complete response (CR) or partial response (PR). The best overall response was the best overall response to trial medication according to the Macdonald criteria recorded since the first administration of trial medication and until the earliest of disease progression, death, or start of further anti-cancer treatment. Tumour response was assessed based on local radiological image evaluation by the investigators according to the Macdonald criteria: Complete Response (CR): Disappearance of all enhancing tumour on consecutive Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans at least 28 days apart, off steroids, and neurologically stable or improved. Partial Response (PR): At least 50% reduction in size of enhancing tumour on consecutive MRI scans at least 28 days apart, steroids stable or reduced, and neurologically stable or improved.	From the first administration of trial medication until 4 weeks after the last administration of trial medication, up to approximately 338 weeks
Concentration of Afatinib in Plasma at Steady State Pre-dose on Days 8, 15 and 29	Concentration of afatinib in plasma at steady state pre-dose (Cpre,ss) on days 8, 15 and 29.	Pharmacokinetic blood sample were taken at 5 minutes before drug on days 8, 15 and 29 and 1, 3 and 6 hours after drug administration on day 15

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Boehringer Ingelheim

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Saran F, Welsh L, James A, McBain C, Gattamaneni R, Jefferies S, Harris F, Pemberton K, Schaible J, Bender S, Cseh A, Brada M. Afatinib and radiotherapy, with or without temozolomide, in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma: results of a phase I trial. J Neurooncol. 2021 Dec;155(3):307-317. doi: 10.1007/s11060-021-03877-6. Epub 2021 Nov 17.

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Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 17, 2009
• Primary Completion (Actual): September 12, 2017
• Study Completion (Actual): September 12, 2017

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 14, 2009
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 14, 2009
• First Posted (Estimate): September 15, 2009

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): February 18, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 11, 2019
• Last Verified: February 1, 2019

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Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial; Astrocytoma; Glioma; Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial; Neuroectodermal Tumors; Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal; Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue; Glioblastoma; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Enzyme Inhibitors; Antineoplastic Agents; Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating; Alkylating Agents; Protein Kinase Inhibitors; Temozolomide; Afatinib
• Other Study ID Numbers: 1200.38; 2008-007284-17 (EudraCT Number)