Trial of AEB071 in Combination With BYL719 in Patients With Melanoma

Phase Ib Trial of AEB071, a PKC Inhibitor, in Combination With BYL719, a PI3Kα Inhibitor, in Patients With Metastatic Uveal Melanoma

Primary objective is to define the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) for the combination of AEB071 and BYL719. Secondary objectives are to define the safety and tolerability of AEB071 and BYL719.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Uveal Melanoma
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: AEB071; Drug: BYL719

Detailed Description

Uveal melanoma is the most common primary intraocular malignancy in adults and is thought to be particularly resistant to systemic treatment, and no systemic therapy has yet been demonstrated to improve survival. Drugs commonly used to treat advanced cutaneous melanoma rarely achieve durable responses in patients with uveal melanoma. Because of the lack of effective systemic treatment options, outcomes are poor once metastatic disease occurs, and the median survival from the time of the development of distant metastatic disease is 6 to 12 months. Although it is clear that novel effective therapies are desperately needed for this disease, the development of such therapies has been hampered by the rarity of uveal melanoma.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 30
• Phase: Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Florida
    • Miami, Florida, United States, 33136
      • Bascom Palmer Eye Institute of University Of Miami Medical Center
  • New York
    • New York, New York, United States, 10032
      • Columbia University Medical Center
    • New York, New York, United States, 10065
      • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Metastatic histologically or cytologically confirmed uveal melanoma with pathologic confirmation at a participating center that is judged to be progressive in the opinion of the treating physician.
• Measurable disease. Patients with biopsy-proven metastatic disease that do not meet criteria for measurable disease may be eligible at the discretion of the principal investigator.
• Prior cytotoxic therapy and immunotherapy are allowed. For the dose escalation, prior targeted therapy with a MEK inhibitor, Protein Kinase C inhibitor, Akt, or mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor are allowed. For the dose expansion cohort, no prior PKC, Akt, or mTOR inhibitors are allowed. Local therapies such as radiofrequency ablation or cryotherapy for metastatic disease are permitted but must have been performed at least 21 days prior to initiation of study therapy.
• Age greater than or equal to 18 years
• Willingness to undergo core biopsies at baseline, mid-Cycle 1, and/or at progression unless contraindicated by medical risk in the opinion of the treating physician.
• Easter Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status less than or equal to 2 (Karnofsky greater than or equal to 60 percent).
• Life expectancy of greater than 3 months.
• Able to swallow and retain medication and does not have any clinically significant gastrointestinal abnormalities that may alter absorption such as malabsorption syndrome or major resection of the stomach or bowels.
• Fasting plasma glucose (FPG) less than 140 mg/dL / 7.8 mmol/L.
• All prior treatment-related toxicities must be grade less than or equal to 1 (except alopecia).
• Patients must have adequate organ and marrow function within 14 days of starting Cycle 1, Day 1 of therapy
• Women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation. Women of child-bearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test within 14 days prior to registration.
• Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of another malignancy except for those who have been disease-free for 24 months. Patients with a history of completely resected non-melanoma skin cancer and/or patients with indolent secondary malignancies not requiring active therapy are eligible.
• Any major surgery or extensive radiotherapy within 28 days prior to screening
• Use of other investigational drugs within 28 days (or five half-lives, whichever is longer) preceding the first dose of AEB071 and BYL719.
• Symptomatic or untreated leptomeningeal or brain metastases or spinal cord compression. Treated brain metastases must have been stable for at least 1 month.
• Have a known immediate or delayed hypersensitivity reaction or idiosyncrasy to drugs chemically related to AEB071 or BYL719.
• Current use of a prohibited medication.
• Type I Diabetes Mellitus (DM), Type II DM patients requiring insulin for chronic blood glucose control, and any patients with a fasting blood glucose greater than 140 mg/dL at screening.
• History or evidence of cardiovascular risk.
• Known Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Hepatitis B Virus (HBV), or Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection (with the exception of chronic or cleared HBV and HCV infection, which will be allowed).
• Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection and psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
• Patients with impairment of gastrointestinal function or gastrointestinal disease that could interfere with the absorption of AEB071 or BYL719 (e.g. ulcerative disease, uncontrolled nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, malabsorption syndrome, or small bowel resection).
• Patients who have received prior systemic anti-cancer treatment, such as cyclical chemotherapy or biological therapy within a period of time that is shorter than the cycle length used for that treatment (e.g. 6 weeks for nitrosourea, mitomycin-C) prior to starting study treatment.

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

5

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Dose 1: AEB071 and BYL719; AEB071, oral, 100 mg twice daily BYL719, oral, 200 mg daily	Drug: AEB071; Oral, 100-400 mg twice daily A potent, oral, selective inhibitor of the classical Protein Kinase C (PKC); Other Names: Sotrastaurin; Drug: BYL719; Oral, 200-350 mg daily An oral class I α-specific PI3K inhibitor belonging to the 2-aminothiazole class of compounds; Other Names: NVP-BYL719
Experimental: Dose 2: AEB071 and BYL719; AEB071, oral, 200 mg twice daily BYL719, oral, 250 mg daily	Drug: AEB071; Oral, 100-400 mg twice daily A potent, oral, selective inhibitor of the classical Protein Kinase C (PKC); Other Names: Sotrastaurin; Drug: BYL719; Oral, 200-350 mg daily An oral class I α-specific PI3K inhibitor belonging to the 2-aminothiazole class of compounds; Other Names: NVP-BYL719
Experimental: Dose 3: AEB071 and BYL719; AEB071, oral, 200 mg twice daily BYL719, oral, 300 mg daily	Drug: AEB071; Oral, 100-400 mg twice daily A potent, oral, selective inhibitor of the classical Protein Kinase C (PKC); Other Names: Sotrastaurin; Drug: BYL719; Oral, 200-350 mg daily An oral class I α-specific PI3K inhibitor belonging to the 2-aminothiazole class of compounds; Other Names: NVP-BYL719
Experimental: Dose 4: AEB071 and BYL719; AEB071, oral, 200 mg twice daily BYL719, oral, 350 mg daily	Drug: AEB071; Oral, 100-400 mg twice daily A potent, oral, selective inhibitor of the classical Protein Kinase C (PKC); Other Names: Sotrastaurin; Drug: BYL719; Oral, 200-350 mg daily An oral class I α-specific PI3K inhibitor belonging to the 2-aminothiazole class of compounds; Other Names: NVP-BYL719
Experimental: Dose 5: AEB071 and BYL719; AEB071, oral, 300 mg twice daily BYL719, oral, 350 mg daily	Drug: AEB071; Oral, 100-400 mg twice daily A potent, oral, selective inhibitor of the classical Protein Kinase C (PKC); Other Names: Sotrastaurin; Drug: BYL719; Oral, 200-350 mg daily An oral class I α-specific PI3K inhibitor belonging to the 2-aminothiazole class of compounds; Other Names: NVP-BYL719

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Total maximum tolerated dose (in milligrams) of AEB071 in combination with BYL719	Establish the maximum tolerated dose (up to 400 mg twice daily) for AEB071 and up to 350 mg daily for BYL719	4 years (approximately)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of participants with adverse events	Obtain safety data of the combination therapy of AEB071 with BYL719	4 years (approximately)
Change in area under the curve (AUC) for the combination of AEB071 and BYL719	To evaluate the pharmacokinetic properties of the combination of AEB071 and BYL719 at varying dose levels utilizing standard pharmacokinetic parameters such as peak concentration (Cmax) and area under the curve (AUC) of AEB071 and BYL719 in plasma samples.	Cycle 1 Day 1, pre-dose, .5, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 24 hours post dose, Cycle 1, Day 8, pre-dose, .5, 1, 2, 4, 6, and 8 hours post dose, Cycle 1 Day 15, pre-dose, Cycle 2-3-4-5-6 Day 1, pre-dose
Change in peak concentration (Cmax) for the combination of AEB071 and BYL719	To evaluate the pharmacokinetic properties of the combination of AEB071 and BYL719 at varying dose levels utilizing standard pharmacokinetic parameters such as peak concentration (Cmax) and area under the curve (AUC) of AEB071 and BYL719 in plasma samples.	Cycle 1 Day 1, pre-dose, .5, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 24 hours post dose, Cycle 1, Day 8, pre-dose, .5, 1, 2, 4, 6, and 8 hours post dose, Cycle 1 Day 15, pre-dose, Cycle 2-3-4-5-6 Day 1, pre-dose
Number participants who respond to therapy	Clinical benefit rate will be assessed as overall object response rate, using metric measurements on imaging scans.	4 years (approximately)
Change in numerically calculated toxicity burden (0-10)	To explore the toxicity burden on the patient during treatment as perceived by the patient and the physician.	baseline, Cycle 1 Day 8, Day 15, and Day 22, Cycle 2 and above, End of Treatment, 28 day Follow-Up visit
Mean months of overall survival	Overall survival will be calculated in months, starting at time of enrollment.	4 years (approximately)

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Columbia University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Richard Carvajal, MD, Columbia University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 19, 2014
• Primary Completion (Actual): October 18, 2017
• Study Completion (Actual): July 2, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 17, 2014
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 21, 2014
• First Posted (Estimated): October 23, 2014

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): August 15, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 11, 2023
• Last Verified: August 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Melanoma; Uveal; Advanced uveal melanoma
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Eye Diseases; Neuroectodermal Tumors; Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal; Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue; Uveal Diseases; Neuroendocrine Tumors; Nevi and Melanomas; Eye Neoplasms; Melanoma; Uveal Neoplasms
• Other Study ID Numbers: AAAN4901; CAEB071AUS01T (Other Identifier: Novartis)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

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