A Study of Neoadjuvant Paclitaxel in Combination With Bavituximab in Early- Stage Triple- Negative Breast Cancer

A Phase II Study to Determine the Pathological Complete Response Rate and Immunomodulatory Effects of Neoadjuvant Paclitaxel in Combination With Bavituximab in Early- Stage Triple- Negative Breast Cancer

The primary purpose of this research study is to see whether adding bavituximab (an investigational drug) to the standard chemotherapy drug taxane, will improve the results of the treatment for early- stage Triple Negative Breast Cancer followed by Standard- of- Care surgery

Study Overview

• Status: Withdrawn
• Conditions: Breast Cancer; Triple Negative Breast Cancer; Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms; Triple-Negative Breast Cancer; Triple-Negative Breast Neoplasm; ER-Negative PR-Negative HER2-Negative Breast Neoplasms; ER-Negative PR-Negative HER2-Negative Breast Cancer
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Taxane; Biological: Bavituximab

Detailed Description

This is an open-label randomized trial in patients with early- stage Triple Negative Breast Cancer. Patients will be treated with either paciltaxel alone or paclitaxel with bavituximab. Paclitaxel will be given weekly, and bavituximab will be given weekly. All therapy will continue for up to twelve doses of treatment followed by standard of care definitive surgical resection.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Phase: Phase 2

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:

1. Written informed consent has been obtained prior to screening.

2. Target Population

   1. Female or male at least 18 years of age.
   2. Invasive breast cancer confirmed by pathology evaluation of core biopsy.
   3. Early-stage TNBC according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Staging Manual Clinical Stage I (T1c, > 1.5 cm), Stage II or Stage III invasive breast cancer.
   4. Tumors must be ER/PgR status negative (IHC < 1%) and lack of HER2/neu overexpression or amplification as measured by local hospital pathology laboratory (IHC +/- fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and IHC < 3+, and FISH < 2.2) as described in the NCCN Guidelines.
   5. Patient must consent to a minimum of 1 tumor-containing formalin fixed paraffin embedded core (or archival tissue) or baseline research biopsy.
3. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status 0 or 1.
4. Adequate hematologic function (absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500 cells/µL; hemoglobin > 9 g/dL, platelets > 100,000/µL.).
5. Adequate renal function (serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 mg/dL or calculated creatinine clearance ≥ 60 mL/min using Cockcroft-Gault equation).
6. Adequate hepatic function: total bilirubin ≤ upper limit of normal (ULN), serum albumin ≥≥ 3.0 g/dL, alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase ≤ 1.5 x ULN.
7. Prothrombin time and/or international normalized ratio (INR) ≤ 1.5 x ULN and activated partial thromboplastin time ≤ 1.5 x ULN, if patient is not on anticoagulant therapy.
8. Female patients must have a negative serum human chorionic gonadotropin test within 1 week of Day 1 (pregnancy test not required for patients with bilateral oophorectomy and/or hysterectomy or for those patients who are > 1 year postmenopausal
9. Women of childbearing potential must avoid becoming pregnant and men must avoid fathering a child during and for 3 months after the end of study treatment.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Surgically unresectable, inflammatory, or metastatic breast cancer.
2. Any prior treatment for current breast cancer including chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, radiation, or other experimental therapy.
3. Known history of bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy (e.g., von Willebrand disease or hemophilia).
4. Clinically significant bleeding, such as gross hematuria, gastrointestinal bleeding before screening (if clinically significant bleeding has occurred within 6 months of screening, but the cause has been identified and adequately treated [e.g., cystitis, ulcer], then this exclusion criterion does not apply. Minor biopsy-related bleeding lasting < 24 hours and resolved at least 1 week before Day 1 is allowed.
5. Thromboembolic events (e.g., deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, or arterial thrombosis) occurring within 6 months before screening.
6. Uncontrolled intercurrent disease (e.g., diabetes, hypertension, thyroid disease, active infections).
7. Autoimmune disease requiring treatment with chronic systemic immunosuppressive therapy. Prior allotransplantation.
8. History of hypersensitivity to any of the excipients of paclitaxel (e.g., Cremaphor).
9. Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy.
10. Major surgery within 4 weeks prior to Day 1
11. Has a history or current evidence of any condition, therapy, or laboratory abnormality that might confound the results of the trial, interfere with the subject's participation for the full duration of the trial, or is not in the best interest of the subject to participate, in the opinion of the treating investigator.
12. Investigational therapy within 28 days prior to Day 1.
13. Is pregnant or breastfeeding, or expecting to conceive within the projected duration of the trial.
14. Has a known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (HIV1/2 antibodies) or active hepatitis B (e.g., HBsAg reactive) or hepatitis C (e.g., hepatitis C virus RNA [qualitative] is detected.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Taxane; Taxane (Paclitaxel) weekly on Days 1, 8,15,22,29, 36, 43, 50, 57, 64, 71, 78	Drug: Taxane; 12 weekly doses of taxane on Days 1, 8,15,22,29, 36, 43, 50, 57, 64, 71, 78; Other Names: Paclitaxel
Experimental: Bavituximab plus Taxane; Bavituximab 3 mg/kg weekly PLUS Taxane (Paclitaxel) on Days 1, 8,15,22,29, 36, 43, 50, 57, 64, 71, 78	Drug: Taxane; 12 weekly doses of taxane on Days 1, 8,15,22,29, 36, 43, 50, 57, 64, 71, 78; Other Names: Paclitaxel; Biological: Bavituximab; 12 weekly doses of bavituximab given on Days 1, 8,15,22,29, 36, 43, 50, 57, 64, 71, 78

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Pathological Complete Response (pCR) rate of neoadjuvant paclitaxel in combination with bavituximab in patients with early- stage triple- negative breast cancer (TNBC)	Approximately 24 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Safety Measures - Adverse Events and Laboratory Evaluations	approximately 24 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Peregrine Pharmaceuticals
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: David Page, MD, Providence Portland / Robert W. Franz Cancer Research Center

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: March 1, 2016
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): April 1, 2017
• Study Completion (Anticipated): September 1, 2017

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 2, 2016
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 12, 2016
• First Posted (Estimate): February 18, 2016

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 9, 2017
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 8, 2017
• Last Verified: March 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Skin Diseases; Neoplasms by Site; Breast Diseases; Neoplasms; Breast Neoplasms; Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Antineoplastic Agents; Tubulin Modulators; Antimitotic Agents; Mitosis Modulators; Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological; Paclitaxel; Bavituximab; Taxane
• Other Study ID Numbers: PPHM 1502

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

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