Study of the Safety and Activity of Lenvatinib (E7080) in Subjects With KIF5B-RET-Positive Adenocarcinoma of the Lung

A Multicenter, Open-Label, Phase 2 Study of the Safety and Activity of Lenvatinib (E7080) in Subjects With KIF5B-RET-Positive Adenocarcinoma of the Lung

This is a Phase 2, open-label, safety and activity study of lenvatinib in subjects with KIF5B-RET-positive adenocarcinoma of the lung and other confirmed RET translocations. At least 20 subjects with KIF5B-RET and other RET translocations will be treated and will receive lenvatinib at a starting dose of 24 mg orally, once per day. The study will consist of 3 phases: The Pretreatment Phase, The Treatment Phase and the Extension Phase. The Pretreatment Phase will include screening procedures and eligibility assessments. The Pretreatment Phase consists of a Screen 1, Screen 2 and Baseline Period. The Treatment Phase will begin when the subject has met all eligibility criteria on Day 1 of the first Treatment Cycle. The Treatment Phase contains the Treatment and Follow-up Periods. The Extension Phase will begin for subjects who received treatment in the study (either in the Treatment Period or Follow-up Period) at the time of database cutoff.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: KIF5B-RET-Positive Adenocarcinoma of the Lung
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Lenvatinib

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 25
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Hong Kong
  • Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • Sha Tin, Hong Kong
• Japan
  • Fukuoka, Japan
  • Aichi
    • Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
  • Chiba
    • Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
  • Hyogo
    • Akashi, Hyogo, Japan
    • Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
  • Miyagi
    • Natori, Miyagi, Japan
  • Osaka
    • Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, Japan
  • Tokyo
    • Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
    • Koto-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
• Singapore
  • Singapore, Singapore
    • National University Hospital
  • Singapore, Singapore
    • National Cancer Center Hospital
• Taiwan
  • Taipei, Taiwan
    • National Taiwan University Hospital
  • Taipei, Taiwan
    • Veterans General Hospital Taipei
• United States
  • California
    • Duarte, California, United States
    • La Jolla, California, United States
    • Whittier, California, United States
  • Florida
    • Jacksonville, Florida, United States
  • Ohio
    • Canton, Ohio, United States
    • Cleveland, Ohio, United States
  • Tennessee
    • Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
  • Texas
    • Dallas, Texas, United States

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 14 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Subjects must have a cytological or histological confirmed diagnosis of adenocarcinoma of the lung.
2. Subject must be known to be RET positive (known KIF5B-RET translocation, or other confirmed RET translocations (e.g., CCDC6-RET)) or have an available tumor sample for local or central testing obtained prior to consent (Screen 1). Subjects whose samples need to be submitted for central laboratory testing must be current non-smokers and not known to have mutation in EGFR, KRAS, or ALK.
3. Subjects may have received up to three prior systemic anticancer treatment regimens for adenocarcinoma of the lung (including adjuvant therapies and tyrosine-kinase inhibitors [TKI]), unless discussed with the sponsor.
4. Subjects must have a clinically indicated need for systemic chemotherapy for adenocarcinoma of the lung based on the investigator's assessment

5. Presence of measurable disease meeting the following criteria:

   1. At least one lesion of at least 1.0 cm in the long-axis diameter for a non-lymph node or at least 1.5 cm in the short-axis diameter for a lymph node which is serially measurable according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) using either computerized tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). If there is only one target lesion and it is a non-lymph node, it should have a longest diameter of at least 1.5 cm.
   2. Lesions previously treated with radiotherapy or locoregional therapy must show radiographic evidence of disease progression to be deemed a target lesion.
6. Subjects with known brain metastases who have completed whole brain radiotherapy, stereotactic radiosurgery, or complete surgical resection will be eligible if they have remained clinically stable, asymptomatic and off of steroids for 28 days.

7. Adequate bone marrow function, defined as:

   1. Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) greater than or equal to 1.5 x 10^9/L (greater than or equal to 1500/mm^3)
   2. Hemoglobin (Hb) greater than or equal 8.5 g/dL
   3. Platelet count greater than or equal 75 x 10^9/L (greater than or equal 75,000/mm^3)

8. Adequate liver function, defined as:

   1. Bilirubin less than or equal 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) except for unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia or Gilbert's syndrome
   2. Alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) less than or equal 3 x ULN (less than or equal 5 x ULN if subject has liver metastases). If alkaline phosphatase is greater than 3 x ULN (in absence of liver metastases) or greater than 5 x ULN (in presence of liver metastases) AND the subject also is known to have bone metastases, the liver-specific alkaline phosphatase must be separated from the total and used to assess the liver function instead of total alkaline phosphatase.
9. Adequate renal function, defined as calculated creatinine clearance greater than 40 mL/min per the Cockcroft and Gault formula.
10. Adequately controlled blood pressure (BP) with or without antihypertensive medications, defined as BP less than 150/90 mmHg at screening and no change in antihypertensive medications within 1 week before Cycle 1/Day 1 (C1D1).
11. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG)-Performance Status (PS) of 0 or 1.
12. Survival expectation of 12 weeks or longer after starting study drug.
13. Males or females aged at least 18 years (or any age greater than 18 years as determined by country legislation) at the time of informed consent (Screen 1).
14. Females must not be breast-feeding or pregnant at Screening or Baseline (as documented by a negative beta-human chorionic gonadotropin [B-hCG] test with a minimum sensitivity of 25 IU/L or equivalent units of B-hCG). A separate baseline assessment is required if a negative Screening pregnancy test was obtained more than 72 hours before the first dose of study drug.
15. All females will be considered to be of childbearing potential unless they are postmenopausal (amenorrheic for at least 12 consecutive months, in the appropriate age group and without other known or suspected cause) or have been sterilized surgically (i.e., bilateral tubal ligation, total hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy, all with surgery at least one month before dosing).
16. Females of childbearing potential must not have had unprotected sexual intercourse within 30 days before study entry and must agree to use a highly effective method of contraception (e.g., total abstinence, an intrauterine device, a double-barrier method [such as condom plus diaphragm with spermicide], a contraceptive implant, an oral contraceptive, or have a vasectomized partner with confirmed azoospermia) throughout the entire study period and for 30 days after study drug discontinuation. If currently abstinent, the subject must agree to use a double barrier method as described above if she becomes sexually active during the study period or for 30 days after study drug discontinuation. Females who are using hormonal contraceptives must have been on a stable dose of the same hormonal contraceptive product for at least 4 weeks before dosing and must continue to use the same contraceptive during the study and for 30 days after study drug discontinuation.
17. Male subjects must have had a successful vasectomy (confirmed azoospermia) or they and their female partners must meet the criteria above (i.e., not of childbearing potential or practicing highly effective contraception throughout the study period and for 30 days after study drug discontinuation). No sperm donation is allowed during the study period and for 30 days after study drug discontinuation.
18. Provide written informed consent (Screen 1 and Screen 2)
19. Willing and able to comply with all aspects of the protocol

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Subjects who have received any anticancer therapy (including surgery, locoregional, biological, immunotherapy, hormonal, or radiotherapy) within 21 days before the first dose of study drug (28 days for investigational therapies).
2. Leptomeningeal metastases or brain metastases except as for Inclusion Criterion #6.
3. Subjects who have not recovered from toxicities as a result of prior anticancer therapy to less than Grade 2 severity per the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v4.0, except alopecia and infertility.
4. Significant cardiovascular impairment: history of congestive heart failure greater than New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class II, unstable angina, myocardial infarction, or stroke within 6 months of the first dose of study drug, or cardiac arrhythmia requiring medical treatment at Screening.
5. Gastrointestinal malabsorption or any other condition in the opinion of the investigator that might affect the absorption of lenvatinib.
6. Active malignancy (except for adenocarcinoma of the lung or definitively treated melanoma in-situ, basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, or carcinoma in-situ of the cervix) within the past 24months.
7. Major surgery within 3 weeks before the first dose of study drug.
8. Bleeding or thrombotic disorders or use of anticoagulants such as warfarin or similar agents requiring therapeutic international normalized ratio (INR) monitoring. (Treatment with low molecular weight heparin is allowed.)
9. Active hemoptysis (bright red blood of at least 0.5 teaspoon) within 3 weeks before the first dose of study drug.
10. Active infection (any infection requiring treatment).
11. Symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) disease.
12. Subjects having greater than 1+ proteinuria on urine dipstick testing will undergo 24-hour urine collection for quantitative assessment of proteinuria. Subjects with urine protein greater than or equal to 1 g/24-hour will be ineligible.
13. Any medical or other condition that in the opinion of the investigator(s) would preclude the subject's participation in a clinical study or would preclude them from completing the study.
14. Scheduled for surgery during the study.

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: Lenvatinib	Drug: Lenvatinib; Starting dose of 24 mg orally, once per day; Other Names: E7080

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Objective Response Rate (ORR)	ORR was defined as the percentage of participants with a best overall response (BOR) of complete response (CR) or partial response (PR), based on the investigator assessment of radiologic response according to Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors (RECIST) version 1.1. No independent review of tumor assessments was performed. CR was defined as disappearance of all target lesions. Any pathological lymph nodes (target or non-target) had to be reduced in short axis to less than (<) 10 millimeter (mm). PR was defined as at least a 30% decrease in sum of diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum of diameters.	From first dose date until PD, development of unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal of consent, participant's choice to stop study treatment (up to approximately 2 years 10 months)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Progression-free Survival (PFS)	PFS was defined as the time from the first dose to the date of first documentation of PD, or date of death, whichever occurred first. Tumor response data used to analyze PFS was obtained from the investigator's assessment of the imaging scans using RECIST 1.1. No independent review of tumor assessments were performed. PFS was calculated using Kaplan-Meier estimate and presented with 2-sided 95% Cl based on the Greenwood formula. PD was defined as at least 20% increase (including an absolute increase of at least 5 mm) in the sum of diameters of target lesions.	From first dose date until PD or death (up to approximately 2 years 10 months)
Overall Survival (OS)	OS was defined as the time from the date of first dose to the date of death from any cause. OS was calculated using Kaplan-Meier estimate and presented with 2-sided 95% Cl based on the Greenwood formula.	From first dose date until date of death from any cause (approximately up to 2 years 10 months)
Plasma Concentrations of Lenvatinib		Cycle 1 Day 1: 0.5-4 hours, 6-10 hours postdose; Cycle 1 Day 15: predose, 0.5-4 hours, 6-10 hours postdose; Cycle 2 Day 1: predose, 2-12 hours postdose; Cycle 3 Day 1: predose; (Cycle length is equal to [=] 28 days)

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Eisai Inc.

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Wu H, Shih JY, Yang JC. Rapid Response to Sunitinib in a Patient with Lung Adenocarcinoma Harboring KIF5B-RET Fusion Gene. J Thorac Oncol. 2015 Sep;10(9):e95-e96. doi: 10.1097/JTO.0000000000000611. No abstract available.
• Hida T, Velcheti V, Reckamp KL, Nokihara H, Sachdev P, Kubota T, Nakada T, Dutcus CE, Ren M, Tamura T. A phase 2 study of lenvatinib in patients with RET fusion-positive lung adenocarcinoma. Lung Cancer. 2019 Dec;138:124-130. doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2019.09.011. Epub 2019 Sep 16.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): April 5, 2013
• Primary Completion (Actual): February 3, 2016
• Study Completion (Actual): November 2, 2017

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 11, 2013
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 12, 2013
• First Posted (Estimate): June 13, 2013

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): August 13, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 19, 2019
• Last Verified: January 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Lung Cancer; NSCLC; Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer; KIF5B-RET-Positive Adenocarcinoma
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Carcinoma; Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial; Respiratory Tract Neoplasms; Thoracic Neoplasms; Lung Neoplasms; Adenocarcinoma; Adenocarcinoma of Lung; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Enzyme Inhibitors; Antineoplastic Agents; Protein Kinase Inhibitors; Lenvatinib
• Other Study ID Numbers: E7080-G000-209

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: Yes
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No