Ponatinib Hydrochloride in Treating Patients With Advanced Biliary Cancer With FGFR2 Fusions

Pilot Study of Ponatinib in Biliary Cancer Patients With FGFR2 Fusions

This pilot phase II trial studies how well ponatinib hydrochloride works in treating patients with biliary cancer that has spread to other places in the body and that have alterations (fusions) in a gene known as fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR2). Ponatinib hydrochloride may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Malignant Hepatobiliary Neoplasm
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis; Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment; Drug: Ponatinib Hydrochloride

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To assess the clinical benefit rate (confirmed complete or partial response or stable disease for 4 or more cycles) of ponatinib (ponatinib hydrochloride) in fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) aberrant advanced biliary cancers.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To estimate progression free survival, overall survival, and cancer antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) response rate of these patients.

II. To estimate the adverse event profile of ponatinib.

TERTIARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Establish preliminary correlations between FGFR2 fusions and evidence of any clinical benefit.

II. Assess preliminary evaluation of FGFR2 pathway perturbation with ponatinib. III. To describe patient-reported health-related quality of life and symptoms.

OUTLINE:

Patients receive ponatinib hydrochloride orally (PO) once daily (QD) on days 1-28. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 6 months for at least 2 years.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 12
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Arizona
    • Scottsdale, Arizona, United States, 85259
      • Mayo Clinic in Arizona

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:

• Histological/cytological confirmation of biliary cancer
• Confirmation of advanced biliary cancer that is refractory or intolerant to gemcitabine or fluoropyrimidine based therapy with FGFR2 fusion [using next-gen sequencing assays (such as Foundation One) or fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) break-apart assays] or FGFR pathway mutation/amplification [using next-gen sequencing assays (such as Foundation One)]; assays must be performed in a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments [CLIA] certified laboratory and done as a CLIA validated test or research use only [RUO] in a CLIA laboratory
• Measurable disease
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) 0, 1 or 2
• Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1500/mm^3
• Platelet count >= 100,000/mm^3
• Hemoglobin >= 9.0 g/dL
• Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN), unless due to Gilbert's syndrome
• Aspartate transaminase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) < 3 x ULN
• Creatinine =< 1.5 x ULN
• Serum lipase and amylase =< 2.5 x ULN; NOTE: if subject has tumor involvement in the liver =< 3 x ULN
• Negative pregnancy test done =< 7 days prior to registration, for women of childbearing potential only
• Recovered from prior radiotherapy and/or systemic therapy related toxicities to grade =< 1
• Provide informed written consent
• Life expectancy >= 3 months
• Willing to return to enrolling institution for follow-up (during the Active Monitoring Phase of the study); Note: during the Active Monitoring Phase of a study (i.e., active treatment and observation), participants must be willing to return to the consenting institution for follow-up
• Female and male patients who are fertile agree to use an effective form of contraception with their sexual partners from registration through 4 months after the end of treatment
• Ability to complete questionnaire(s) by themselves or with assistance

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any of the following:

  • Pregnant women
  • Nursing women
  • Men or women of childbearing potential who are unwilling to employ adequate contraception
• Co-morbid systemic illnesses or other severe concurrent disease which, in the judgment of the investigator, would make the patient inappropriate for entry into this study or interfere significantly with the proper assessment of safety and toxicity of the prescribed regimens
• Immunocompromised patients and patients known to be human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive and currently receiving antiretroviral therapy; NOTE: patients with a known history of HIV infection are not eligible for this trial
• Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
• Receiving any other investigational agent which would be considered as a treatment for the primary neoplasm
• Prior systemic chemotherapy, radiation therapy or major surgery =< 30 days prior to registration
• Concurrent use of any other approved or investigational anticancer agents, including hormonal agents
• Prior nitrosourea or mitomycin C =< 6 weeks prior to registration
• Patients with gastrointestinal comorbidities that would affect intake or absorption of ponatinib
• Untreated or progressive brain metastases
• Prior treatment with or allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to ponatinib
• Clinically uncontrolled hypertension (diastolic blood pressure > 90 mm mercury [Hg]; systolic > 140 mm Hg); Note: patients with hypertension should be undergoing treatment at study entry for blood pressure control
• Previous or concurrent malignancy except adequately treated basal or squamous cell skin cancer, in situ carcinoma of the cervix, or other solid tumor treated curatively and without evidence of recurrence for at least 5 years
• History of significant bleeding disorder unrelated to cancer
• History of acute pancreatitis within 1 year prior to registration, chronic pancreatitis, alcohol abuse or uncontrolled hypertriglyceridemia (triglycerides > 450 mg/dL)

• Clinically significant, uncontrolled, or active cardiovascular disease, specifically including, but not restricted to:

  • Any history of myocardial infarction, stroke, or revascularization
  • Unstable angina or transient ischemic attack within 6 months prior to registration
  • Congestive heart failure within 6 months prior to registration, or left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) less than lower limit of normal per local institutional standards within 6 months prior to registration
  • History of clinically significant (as determined by the treating physician) atrial arrhythmia
  • Any history of ventricular arrhythmia
  • Active venous thromboembolism including deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism that is not amenable to treatment with anticoagulants
  • Patients with congenital prolonged QT syndromes and abnormal baseline prolonged corrected QT (QTc) (> 450 ms in men and > 470 ms in women)
  • Patients with an ejection fraction =< 50% as assessed by a baseline echocardiogram
• Taking medications that are known to be associated with torsades de pointes
• Taking any medications or herbal supplements that are known to be strong inhibitors of cytochrome P450, family 3, subfamily A, polypeptide 4 (CYP3A4) =< 14 days prior to registration

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: Treatment (ponatinib hydrochloride); Patients receive ponatinib hydrochloride PO QD on days 1-28. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.	Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis; Correlative studies; Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment; Ancillary studies; Other Names: Quality of Life Assessment; Drug: Ponatinib Hydrochloride; Given PO; Other Names: AP24534 HCl

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Clinical Benefit Rate (Percentage), Which Includes Confirmed Tumor Response (Complete Response [CR] or Partial Response [PR]) or Stable Disease (SD)	A confirmed tumor response is defined to be either a CR or PR noted as the objective status on 2 consecutive evaluations at least 8 weeks apart. The proportion of clinical benefit rate will be estimated by the number of patients with clinical benefit (confirmed CR, confirmed PR, or SD for 4 or more cycles) divided by the total number of evaluable patients. Complete Response (CR): All of the following must be true:a. Disappearance of all target lesions. b. Each target lymph node must have reduction in short axis to <1.0 cm. Partial Response (PR): At least a 30% decrease in PBSD (sum of the longest diameter for all target lesions plus the sum of the short axis of all the target lymph nodes at current evaluation) taking as reference the BSD (see Section 11.41). Stable Disease (SD): Neither sufficient shrinkage to qualify for PR, nor sufficient increase to qualify for PD taking as reference the MSD. Please refer to RECIST v1.1 response criteria for more details.	Up to 10 months of treatment

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
CA 19-9 Response	This test measures the amount of a protein called CA 19-9 (cancer antigen 19-9) in the blood. CA 19-9 is a type of tumor marker. Tumor markers are substances made by cancer cells or by normal cells in response to cancer in the body.CA 19-9 was collected at baseline and on day one of each cycle. A CA 19-9 response is defined to be a >= 50% reduction from baseline. The CA 19-9 response rate (percentage) will be estimated by the number of CA 19-9 responses divided by the total number of evaluable patients.	Up to 10 months of treatment
Overall Toxicity Rate, Assessed Using National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) Version 4.0 (v4)	The maximum grade for each type of toxicity will be recorded for each patient, and frequency tables will be reviewed to determine toxicity patterns within patient groups. In addition, we will review all adverse event data that is graded as 3, 4, or 5 and classified as either "unrelated" or "unlikely to be related" to study treatment in the event of an actual relationship developing. The overall toxicity rates (percentages) for grade 3 or higher adverse events considered at least possibly related to treatment are reported below.	Up to 10 months of treatment
Progression-free Survival	Progression free survival (PFS) is defined as the time from the date of registration to the date of disease progression or death resulting from any cause, whichever comes first. Progression is defined according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) version 1.1. The median and 95% confidence intervals are estimated using the Kaplan-Meier estimator.	Time from registration to the earliest date of documentation of disease progression, assessed up to maximum 3.3 years from registration.
Survival Time	Overall survival time is defined as the time from registration to death due to any cause. The median and 95% confidence intervals are estimated using the Kaplan-Meier estimator.	Time from registration to death due to any cause, assessed up to a maximum of 3.3 years

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Changes in Patient-reported Outcomes (Quality of Life and Symptoms), Assessed by the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Quality of Life Questionnaire (QLQ)-C30, EORTC QLQ-BIL21, Skindex-16, and Bowel Function Questionnaire	The Uniscale assessment of overall quality of life will be used. The Was It Worth It questionnaire will determine patient's satisfaction with the study. Scale score trajectories over time will be examined using stream plots and mean plots with standard deviation error bars overall. Changes from baseline at each cycle will be statistically tested using paired t-tests, and standardized response means will be interpreted using Cohen's (1988) cut-offs. Correlation between outcomes will employ Pearson and/or Spearman correlations at individual time points.	Up to a maximum follow-up of 3.3 years
Rate of Circulating-free Tumor Deoxyribonucleic Acid Mutations	Will be described, and association with confirmed tumor response and/or clinical benefit will be investigated using a Fisher's exact test.	Up to a maximum follow-up of 3.3 years
Rate of FGFR Fusions	Will be described, and association with confirmed tumor response and/or clinical benefit will be investigated using a Fisher's exact test.	Up to a maximum follow-up of 3.3 years

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Mayo Clinic
• Collaborators: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Mitesh Borad, Mayo Clinic

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Borad MJ, Gores GJ, Roberts LR. Fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 fusions as a target for treating cholangiocarcinoma. Curr Opin Gastroenterol. 2015 May;31(3):264-8. doi: 10.1097/MOG.0000000000000171.

Helpful Links

• Mayo Clinic Clinical Trials

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): December 1, 2014
• Primary Completion (Actual): May 1, 2018
• Study Completion (Actual): June 14, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 9, 2014
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 9, 2014
• First Posted (Estimate): October 15, 2014

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): November 25, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 10, 2020
• Last Verified: April 1, 2019

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Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Enzyme Inhibitors; Antineoplastic Agents; Protein Kinase Inhibitors; Ponatinib
• Other Study ID Numbers: MC1345 (Other Identifier: Mayo Clinic in Arizona); P30CA015083 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract); NCI-2014-02075 (Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program))