A Study of CFI-400945 Fumarate in Patients With Advanced Cancer

An Open Label, Dose Escalation, Safety, and Pharmacokinetic Study of CFI-400945 Fumarate Administered Orally to Patients With Advanced Cancer

This is a phase 1 study to test different doses of a new investigational drug called CFI-400945 to see which dose is safer in people. This study will also look at the safety of CFI-400945 and to study its effects on patients with advanced cancers. This drug has been tested in animals but not yet in people.

CFI-400945 is an oral (taken by mouth) drug that works by blocking polo-like kinase 4 (PLK4) from working. PLK4 is a protein that is important in regulating cell growth and division and cell death. Many tumors are shown to make too much PLK4. When there is too much PLK4 produced, it is believed to lead to uncontrolled cancer cell growth and division. Therefore, by blocking this protein from working, it is believed to stop tumors growing or shrink them.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Advanced Cancer
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: CFI-400945

Detailed Description

All participants will receive CFI-400945. At the beginning of the study, participants are given a low dose of CFI-400945 and are watched very closely to see what side effects they have and to make sure the side effects are not severe. If the side effects are not severe, then more participants are asked to join the study and are given a higher dose of study drug. Participants joining the study later on will get higher doses of study drug than participants who join earlier. This will continue until the highest dose of study drug that can be taken without severe side effects is found (called maximum tolerated dose). Doses higher than that will not be given.

After the best dose of study drug is found, additional participants will be asked to join the study and will be given the study drug at the maximum tolerated dose to further test the safety and the drug at that dose.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 46
• Phase: Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Canada
  • Ontario
    • Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 2M9
      • Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
• United States
  • California
    • Santa Monica, California, United States, 90404
      • UCLA Medical Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Have histologic or cytological proof of advanced cancer that has progressed and for which there is no further standard anticancer therapy available in the opinion of the investigator.
• Patients must have measurable disease as per RECIST v1.1
• Are 18 years of age or older.
• Have clinically acceptable laboratory screening results within certain limits
• Have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1
• Able to swallow oral medications.
• Have a life expectancy greater than 3 months.
• Women and men of child producing potential must agree to use highly effective means of contraception during study participation, and for at least 30 days after the last administration of study medication.
• Negative serum pregnancy test with 72 hours prior to start of study drug
• Have the ability to understand the requirements of the study, provide written informed consent which includes authorization for release of protected health information, abide by the study restrictions, and agree to return for the required assessments.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Women who are pregnant or nursing.
• Have received radiotherapy, chemotherapy, biological therapy or investigational treatment less than four weeks (six weeks for nitrosourea or mitomycin C) prior to first dose of study medication or have not recovered from all acute toxicities from prior treatments.
• Patients who have received growth factors within 14 days prior to initiation of dosing of CFI-400945 fumarate.
• Have active, acute, or chronic clinically significant infections.
• Have uncontrolled severe hypertension
• Have clinical symptomatic congestive heart failure defined at >= Class II of the New York Heart Association functional classification system or LVEF < 50% at baseline.
• Have active angina pectoris or recent myocardial infarction (within 6 months).
• Have chronic atrial fibrillation or QTc of greater than 470 msec, as calculated by Bazett's correction formula.
• Have had major surgery within 21 days of starting therapy. Placement of a venous access device within 21 days of starting therapy is allowed.
• Have additional uncontrolled serious medical or psychiatric illness.
• Have any medical condition that could impair the administration of oral agents including significant bowel resection, inflammatory bowel disease or uncontrolled nausea or vomiting.
• Known central nervous system metastasis. Patients with history of central nervous system metastases are eligible if they are clinically or radiographically stable for at least 3 months and not taking steroids or anticonvulsants.
• Patients being treated with full dose warfarin are excluded. Patients with history of deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolus who are being treated with therapeutic doses of low molecular weight heparin or prophylactic dose anticoagulants may be enrolled.
• Patients being treated with certain drugs not acceptable while receiving CFI-400945 fumarate.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

3

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: CFI-400945 fumarate Schedule A; CFI-400945 fumarate tablets daily dosing expansion at 64mg	Drug: CFI-400945; Polo-like kinase 4 (PLK4) inhibitor
Experimental: CFI-400945 fumarate Schedule B; CFI-400945 fumarate tablets intermittent dosing schedule, 2 days on/5 days off. Escalation at following levels: 96mg, 128mg	Drug: CFI-400945; Polo-like kinase 4 (PLK4) inhibitor
Experimental: CFI-400945 fumarate Schedule C; CFI-400945 fumarate tablets intermittent dosing schedule, 1 day on/6 days off. Escalation will start at MTD of Schedule B	Drug: CFI-400945; Polo-like kinase 4 (PLK4) inhibitor

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Highest dose level that does not lead to unacceptable toxicity in two or more patients in a dosing group over a range of doses and schedules	Though evaluation of AEs and DLTS of all patients who have received study drug	From first dose of study drug until the date of unacceptable toxicity, throughout the study completion, up to 2 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Pharmacokinetic profile of CFI-400945 fumarate (please see description below) over a range of doses and schedules	Area under the plasma concentration-time curve (AUC); Elimination half-life (T½); Maximum plasma concentration (Cmax); Minimum plasma concentration (Cmin); Time when Cmax occurs (Tmax); Average plasma concentration at steady state (Cavg)	Day 1 and Day 28 of Cycle 1 prior to first dose and at 0.5, 1, 2 (± 5 minutes), 4, 6, 8, 10-12 (± 15 minutes), and 24 hours (± 60 minutes) following dosing. Day 1 of Cycle 2 and future cycles, prior to dosing.
Number of patients with evidence of benefit over a range of doses and schedules	response to treatment and/or clinical benefit or tumor marker improvement	through study completion, up to 2 years
Number of side effects occurring and severity	by frequency and severity of treatment emergent adverse events in cancer patients	through study completion, up to 2 years
Evaluate the genomic alterations and other molecular features which are associated with response and/or clinical benefit with CFI-400945-CL fumarate treatment	Through optional tumor biopsies; Gene or protein expression levels	At any time from when the patient reaches 3 months on trial or more at the time of progression
to evaluate pharmacodynamics effects relative to CFI-400945 fumarate at MTD	Through baseline biopsy comparisons with optional tumor biopsy at the time of progression	At any time from when the patient reaches 3 months on trial or more at the time of progression, up to two years
Determine evidence of benefit in cancer patients when CFI-400945 fumarate is administered orally at the MTD (expansion)	Evaluating tumor response(if appropriate) and/or clinical benefit or tumor marker improvement	At any time from when the patient reaches 3 months on trial or more at the time of progression, up to two years
To evaluate possible mechanisms of resistance to CFI-400945 fumarate at MTD	Through optional baseline biopsy comparisons with optional tumor biopsy at the time of progression	At any time from when the patient reaches 3 months on trial or more at the time of progression, up to two years
Determine recommended Phase 2 dose for CFI-400945 fumarate		Based on safety profile evaluated throughout the DLT period, which is Cycle 1 (each cycle being 28 days) of treatment, and through study completion up to two years

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University Health Network, Toronto
• Collaborators: California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM); The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Philippe Bedard, M.D., Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Veitch ZW, Cescon DW, Denny T, Yonemoto LM, Fletcher G, Brokx R, Sampson P, Li SW, Pugh TJ, Bruce J, Bray MR, Slamon DJ, Mak TW, Wainberg ZA, Bedard PL. Safety and tolerability of CFI-400945, a first-in-class, selective PLK4 inhibitor in advanced solid tumours: a phase 1 dose-escalation trial. Br J Cancer. 2019 Aug;121(4):318-324. doi: 10.1038/s41416-019-0517-3. Epub 2019 Jul 15.

Helpful Links

• Jacqueline Mason et al. Functional characterization of CFI-400945, a Polo-like kinase 4 inhibitor, as a potential anticancer agent. Cancer Cell. 2014 Aug 11;26(2):163-76.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: March 1, 2014
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 1, 2021
• Study Completion (Actual): July 22, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 26, 2013
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 26, 2013
• First Posted (Estimated): October 1, 2013

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): January 17, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 14, 2024
• Last Verified: January 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: genetic testing; advanced cancer; tablet; dose escalation; CFI-400945 fumarate; polo-like kinase 4; PLK4
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neoplasms
• Other Study ID Numbers: CFI-400945-CL-001