A Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, and Activity of TAK-931 in Participants With Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer, Metastatic Colorectal Cancer, and Other Advanced Solid Tumors

An Open-Label, Phase 2, Parallel Arm Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, and Activity of TAK-931 Single Agent in Patients With Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer, Metastatic Colorectal Cancer, and Other Advanced Solid Tumors

The purpose of this study is to confirm the safety and tolerability of TAK-931 in a cohort of Western participants with metastatic solid tumors and to evaluate the anti-tumor activity of TAK-931 in participants with metastatic pancreatic cancer, colorectal cancer (CRC), squamous esophageal cancer (sqEC), and squamous non-small-cell lung cancer (sqNSCLC).

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Colorectal Cancer; Esophageal Neoplasms; Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer; Carcinoma, Non-small-cell Lung
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: TAK-931

Detailed Description

Pancreatic Arm Now Closed.

The drug being tested in this study is called TAK-931. TAK-931 blocks function of a specific protein called CDC7 kinase in the human body. TAK-931 is being tested in participants with metastatic cancer (colorectal, pancreatic, sqNSCLC and sqEC) in the United States and Japan and also in the participants with any type of metastatic cancer with no standard therapeutic alternative in the United States only. This study will look at the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of TAK-931.

The study will enroll approximately 160 participants. Participants will be enrolled in 5 cohorts: 1) Western safety cohort, to be enrolled in the United States only, will include non-Japanese participants with metastatic solid tumors and no standard therapeutic alternative, 2) Metastatic pancreatic cancer cohort, 3) Metastatic colorectal cancer cohort, 4) Metastatic sqNSCLC cohort, and 5) Metastatic sqEC cohort. All participants will receive:

• TAK-931 50 mg (2x25 mg or 5x10 mg) capsules

All participants will be asked to take one 50 mg (2x25 mg or 5x10 mg) capsule at the same time of the day every day for 14 days, followed by 7 days break in 21-day cycles throughout the study.

This multi-center trial will be conducted in the United States and Japan. The overall time to participate in this study is approximately 24 months. Participants will make multiple visits to the clinic. Participants in both Western cohort and disease specific cohorts will be followed for progression-free survival every 12 weeks after the last dose of the study drug until the occurrence of disease progression, loss to follow up, consent withdrawal, death, start of subsequent antineoplastic therapy, study termination, or until 6 months after discontinuation of the study treatment, whichever occurs first. Once disease progression is confirmed, participants in the disease-specific cohorts will be followed for overall survival every 12 weeks until death, loss to follow up, consent withdrawal, study termination, or transfer of a participant to a long term safety study, single participant investigational new drug application, or similar program after the last dose of the study drug.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 101
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Japan
  • Chiba
    • Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan, 277-8577
      • National Cancer Center Hospital East
  • Tokyo
    • Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, 104-0045
      • National Cancer Center Hospital
• United States
  • Colorado
    • Denver, Colorado, United States, 80218
      • Sarah Cannon Research Institute Oncology Research Consortium
  • Florida
    • Sarasota, Florida, United States, 34232
      • Sarah Cannon Research Institute
  • Minnesota
    • Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55404
      • Allina Health Virginia Piper Cancer Institute
  • Missouri
    • Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110
      • Siteman Cancer Center
  • Nevada
    • Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, 89119
      • Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada
  • Oklahoma
    • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, 73104
      • University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
  • Tennessee
    • Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37203
      • SCRI - Tennessee Oncology - Nashville - Southern Hills Clinic
  • Washington
    • Seattle, Washington, United States, 98101-2756
      • Virginia Mason Medical Center

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. Adult male or female participants aged >=20 years (Japan) or >=18 years (United States).
2. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-1
3. Has pathologically confirmed metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma that has progressed after, at least, a first line of standard systemic chemotherapy for the metastatic disease, OR participants with pathologically confirmed metastatic adenocarcinoma of the colon or rectum who have progressed to at least 2 lines of standard systemic chemotherapy for the metastatic disease, OR participants with pathologically confirmed locally advanced or metastatic sqEC that has progressed after at least a first line of standard systemic therapy for metastatic disease. First-line participants can be enrolled if a platinum doublet is contraindicated or refused by the participants, OR pathologically confirmed locally advanced or metastatic sqNSCLC that has progressed after at least 2 lines of standard systemic therapy for metastatic disease.
4. For the Western safety cohort only: participants with locally advanced or metastatic solid tumor for whom no standard treatment with an established survival benefit is available or if the participant refuses other standard therapy.
5. For disease-specific cohort participants: measurable disease per RECIST v. 1.1
6. Left ventricular ejection fraction greater than (>) 50% as measured by ECHO or MUGA scan within 4 weeks before receiving the first dose of study drug.
7. Recovered to Grade 1 or baseline from all toxic effects of previous therapy (except alopecia or neuropathy).
8. Suitable venous access for the study-required blood sampling.
9. For the Western safety cohort only: willingness to undergo serial skin tissue biopsies.
10. For disease-specific cohort participants: Must have an archival (banked) tumor sample or agree to have a new (fresh) tumor biopsy during the screening period. If a new tumor sample is needed, the disease should be accessible for a nonsignificant risk biopsy procedure (those occurring outside the brain, lung/mediastinum, and pancreas, or obtained with endoscopic procedures not extending beyond the stomach or bowel). For participants in the Western safety cohort, this biopsy is optional.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Participants who require continuous use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) or histamine-2 (H2) receptor antagonists and participants who are taking PPIs within 5 days before the first dose of study drug.
2. Treatment with clinically significant enzyme inducers, such as phenytoin, carbamazepine, phenobarbital, rifampin, rifabutin, rifapentine, or Saint John's wort within 14 days before the first dose of study drug.
3. Treatment with any systemic anticancer treatment (including investigational products) within 30 days or 5 half-lives, whichever is shorter, before the first dose of study drug.

4. History of any of the following within the last 3 months before administration of the first dose of study drug:

   • Ischemic myocardial event including angina requiring therapy and artery revascularization procedures, myocardial infarction, and unstable symptomatic ischemic heart disease.
   • Ischemic cerebrovascular event, including transient ischemic attack and artery, revascularization procedures.
   • Significant, uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia (including atrial flutter/fibrillation, ventricular fibrillation, or ventricular tachycardia).
   • New York Heart Association Class III to IV heart failure.
   • Any other cardiac condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, could pose an additional risk for participation in the study (example, pericardial effusion or restrictive cardiomyopathy).
   • Baseline prolongation of the QT interval corrected for heart rate (HR) using Fridericia's formula [QT interval corrected for heart rate using Fridericia's formula (QTcF); example, repeated demonstration of QTcF interval >480 millisecond (ms), history of congenital long QT syndrome, or torsades de pointes].
5. Hypertension that is unstable or not controlled by medication.

6. History of uncontrolled brain metastasis unless:

   • Previously treated with surgery, whole-brain radiation, or stereotactic radiosurgery, and
   • Stable disease (SD) for >=30 days, without steroid use (or stable steroid dose established for >=14 days before the first dose of TAK-931).
7. Known history of human immunodeficiency virus infection.
8. Known hepatitis B virus (HBV) surface antigen seropositive or detectable hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection viral load. Note: Participants who have positive HBV core antibody or HBV surface antigen antibody can be enrolled but must have an undetectable HBV viral load.
9. Prior treatment with radiation therapy involving >=25% of the hematopoietically active bone marrow within 3 months before the first dose of study drug.
10. Participants with known microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) genotype or known wild type tumor protein 53 (TP53) per local testing.
11. Western Safety Cohort Only: Participants with Japanese heredity.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

5

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Western Safety Cohort; TAK-931 50 mg (2x25 mg or 5x10 mg), capsules, orally, once daily (QD) for 14 days, followed by a 7-day washout period (14 days on and 7 days off study drug), in 21-day cycles until disease progression or unacceptable treatment-related toxicity up to 20 cycles. Participants with locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors with no standard therapeutic alternative in the United States were included in this cohort.	Drug: TAK-931; TAK-931 hard gelatin capsules
Experimental: Pancreatic Cancer Cohort; TAK-931 50 mg (2x25 mg or 5x10 mg), capsules, orally, QD for 14 days, followed by a 7-day washout period (14 days on and 7 days off study drug), in 21-day cycles until disease progression or unacceptable treatment-related toxicity up to 4 cycles. Participants with metastatic pancreatic cancer who had progressed after at least 1 line of standard chemotherapy were included in this cohort.	Drug: TAK-931; TAK-931 hard gelatin capsules
Experimental: Metastatic CRC Cohort; TAK-931 50 mg (2x25 mg or 5x10 mg), capsules, orally, QD for 14 days, followed by a 7-day washout period (14 days on and 7 days off study drug), in 21-day cycles until disease progression or unacceptable treatment-related toxicity up to 12 cycles. Participants with metastatic CRC who had progressed after at least 2 lines of previous standard chemotherapy were included in this cohort.	Drug: TAK-931; TAK-931 hard gelatin capsules
Experimental: sqEC Cohort; TAK-931 50 mg (2x25 mg or 5x10 mg), capsules, orally, QD for 14 days, followed by a 7-day washout period (14 days on and 7 days off study drug), in 21-day cycles until disease progression or unacceptable treatment-related toxicity up to 8 cycles. Participants with metastatic sqEC who had progressed after at least 1 line of standard chemotherapy were included in this cohort.	Drug: TAK-931; TAK-931 hard gelatin capsules
Experimental: sqNSCLC Cohort; TAK-931 50 mg (2x25 mg or 5x10 mg), capsules, orally, QD for 14 days, followed by a 7-day washout period (14 days on and 7 days off study drug), in 21-day cycles until disease progression or unacceptable treatment-related toxicity up to 18 cycles. Participants with metastatic sqNSCLC who had progressed after at least 2 lines of standard treatment were included in this cohort.	Drug: TAK-931; TAK-931 hard gelatin capsules

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Percentage of Participants With Dose Limiting Toxicities (DLTs) in Western Safety Cohort	DLT:Any following event related to TAK-931 assessed by Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events(CTCAE) version4.03;Non-febrile Grade 4 neutropenia; febrile neutropenia: Grade >=3 neutropenia; Grade4 thrombocytopenia; Grade >=3 thrombocytopenia of any duration accompanied by Grade 2 bleeding or requiring transfusion; delay in initiation of Cycle 2 by >14 days due to lack of adequate recovery of treatment-related hematological or nonhematologic toxicities; Grade 2 ejection fraction decreased by echocardiogram(ECHO) or multiple gated acquisition(MUGA) scan; Grade 4 laboratory abnormalities; other Grade 2 nonhematologic toxicities considered by investigator to be related to study drug and dose-limiting; Participants receiving <50% of doses (<7 doses) of planned TAK-931 dosing in Cycle 1 due to study drug-related adverse events(AEs); Grade >=3 nonhematologic toxicity with few exceptions: Grade 3 arthralgia/myalgia, fatigue, laboratory abnormalities, nausea and/or emesis or diarrhea.	Cycle 1 (each cycle = 21 days)
Percentage of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs), Serious Adverse Events (SAEs), TEAEs Leading to Dose Modifications and TEAEs Leading to Treatment Discontinuation in Western Safety Cohort	An AE was defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a clinical investigation participant administered a drug; it does not necessarily have to have a causal relationship with this treatment. A TEAE was defined as an adverse event with an onset that occurred after receiving study drug. An SAE was any untoward medical occurrence or effect that at any dose resulted in death, was life-threatening, required inpatient hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization, resulted in persistent or significant disability/incapacity, was a congenital anomaly/birth defect or was medically important due to other reasons than the above mentioned criteria.	From first dose of the study drug up to 30 days after the last dose (Up to approximately 15 months)
Disease Control Rate (DCR) in Tumor-Specific Cohorts	DCR was defined as percentage of participants documented to have unconfirmed CR, PR, or SD for at least 6 weeks from treatment initiation according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors version 1.1 (RECIST v1.1) as the best response. CR was defined as disappearance of all lesions. PR was defined as at least a 30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter (LD) of lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum LD. Stable disease (SD) was defined as neither sufficient shrinkage to qualify for PR nor sufficient increase to qualify for progressive disease (PD), taking as reference the smallest sum LD since the treatment started. PD was defined as at least a 20% increase in the sum of the LD of lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum LD recorded since the treatment started or the appearance of one or more new lesions.	From first dose up to end of treatment (Up to approximately 14 months)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Cmax: Maximum Observed Plasma Concentration for TAK-931		Cycle 1 (each cycle = 21 days) Days 1 and 8 pre-dose and at multiple timepoints (up to 24 hours) post-dose
Tmax: Time to Reach the Maximum Plasma Concentration (Cmax) for TAK-931		Cycle 1 (each cycle = 21 days) Days 1 and 8 pre-dose and at multiple timepoints (up to 24 hours) post-dose
AUC(0-24): Area Under the Plasma Concentration-Time Curve From Time 0 to 24 Hours Postdose for TAK-931		Cycle 1 (each cycle = 21 days) Days 1 and 8 pre-dose and at multiple timepoints (up to 24 hours) post-dose
AUClast: Area Under the Plasma Concentration-Time Curve From Time 0 to the Time of the Last Quantifiable Concentration for TAK-931		Cycle 1 (each cycle = 21 days) Days 1 and 8 pre-dose and at multiple timepoints (up to 24 hours) post-dose
CLr: Renal Clearance of TAK-931	CLr is a measure of apparent clearance of the drug from the plasma, renal clearance is a measure of drug excreted through kidneys/urine per unit time.	Cycle 1 (each cycle = 21 days) Day 1 pre-dose and at multiple timepoints (up to 8 hours urine sampling) post-dose
t1/2z: Terminal Disposition Phase Half-life for TAK-931		Cycle 1 (each cycle = 21 days) Day 8 pre-dose and at multiple timepoints (up to 24 hours) post-dose
CLss/F: Steady-state Apparent Oral Clearance for TAK-931	CL/F was defined as apparent clearance of the drug from the plasma, calculated as the drug dose divided by AUC.	Cycle 1 (each cycle = 21 days) Day 8 pre-dose and at multiple timepoints (up to 24 hours) post-dose
Rac(AUC): Accumulation Ratio Based on AUC Over the Dosing Interval (AUCτ) for TAK-931		Cycle 1 (each cycle = 21 days) Day 8 pre-dose and at multiple timepoints (up to 24 hours) post-dose
Overall Response Rate (CR and PR)	Overall response rate was defined as percentage of participants documented to have unconfirmed CR or PR according to RECIST v1.1 as the best response. CR was defined as disappearance of all lesions, PR was defined as at least a 30% decrease in the sum of the LD of lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum LD.	From first dose up to end of treatment (Up to approximately 14 months)
Duration of Response (DOR)	DOR was defined as the time from the date of first documentation of a CR or PR to the date of first documentation of tumor progression. Per RECIST V1.1, CR was defined as disappearance of all lesions, PR was defined as at least a 30% decrease in the sum of the LD of lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum LD. PD was defined as at least a 20% increase in the sum of the LD of lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum LD recorded since the treatment started or the appearance of one or more new lesions.	From first documented response until disease progression or end of treatment, whichever occurs first (Up to 14 months)
Progression Free Survival (PFS)	PFS was defined as the time from the date of first dose to the date of first documentation of PD (including clinical progression or clinical deterioration) or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first. Per RECIST V1.1, PD was defined as at least a 20% increase in the sum of the LD of lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum LD recorded since the treatment started or the appearance of one or more new lesions.	From date of randomization until disease progression or death, whichever occurs first (Up to approximately 34 months)
Overall Survival (OS) in the Tumor-Specific Cohorts	OS was defined as the time from the date of first dose of study drug to death due to any cause.	Up to approximately 43 months
Percentage of Participants With Grade >=3 TEAEs, SAEs, TEAEs Leading to Dose Modifications, and TEAEs Leading to Treatment Discontinuation in Tumor-Specific Cohorts	An AE was defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a clinical investigation participant administered a drug; it did not necessarily have to have a causal relationship with this treatment. A TEAE was defined as an adverse event with an onset that occurred after receiving study drug. TEAEs were graded using Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 4.03, where Grade 3: Severe or medically significant but not immediately life-threatening, hospitalization or prolongation of hospitalization indicated; Grade 4:Life-threatening consequences, urgent intervention indicated; Grade 5:Death related to AE. An SAE was any untoward medical occurrence or effect that at any dose resulted in death, was life-threatening, required inpatient hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization, resulted in persistent or significant disability/incapacity, was a congenital anomaly/birth defect or was medically important due to other reasons than the above mentioned criteria.	From first dose of the study drug up to 30 days after the last dose (Up to approximately 15 months)
Percentage of Participants With Clinically Significant Changes in Laboratory Values, Reported as Adverse Events in Tumor-Specific Cohorts	Clinical laboratory tests included hematology, clinical chemistry and urinalysis. The investigator determined if the results were clinically significant. Only those categories were reported which are clinically significant at post Baseline.	From first dose of the study drug up to 30 days after the last dose (Up to approximately 15 months)
Percentage of Participants With Clinically Significant Changes in Vital Sign Measurements, Reported as Adverse Events in Tumor-Specific Cohorts	Vital signs included assessments of systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR), and body temperature. The investigator determined if the results were clinically significant. Only those categories were reported which are clinically significant at post Baseline.	From first dose of the study drug up to 30 days after the last dose (Up to approximately 15 months)

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 25, 2017
• Primary Completion (Actual): August 24, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): August 24, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 23, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 23, 2017
• First Posted (Actual): August 25, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 20, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 24, 2021
• Last Verified: August 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Drug therapy
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Digestive System Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Neoplasms; Lung Diseases; Neoplasms by Site; Endocrine System Diseases; Gastrointestinal Neoplasms; Digestive System Neoplasms; Gastrointestinal Diseases; Endocrine Gland Neoplasms; Respiratory Tract Neoplasms; Thoracic Neoplasms; Carcinoma, Bronchogenic; Bronchial Neoplasms; Head and Neck Neoplasms; Colonic Diseases; Intestinal Diseases; Intestinal Neoplasms; Rectal Diseases; Esophageal Diseases; Lung Neoplasms; Pancreatic Diseases; Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung; Colorectal Neoplasms; Pancreatic Neoplasms; Esophageal Neoplasms
• Other Study ID Numbers: TAK-931-2001; JapicCTI-163200 (Registry Identifier: JapicCTI); U1111-1192-7975 (Registry Identifier: World Health Organization)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: Yes
• IPD Plan Description: Takeda provides access to the de-identified individual participant data (IPD) for eligible studies to aid qualified researchers in addressing legitimate scientific objectives (Takeda's data sharing commitment is available on https://clinicaltrials.takeda.com/takedas-commitment?commitment=5). These IPDs will be provided in a secure research environment following approval of a data sharing request, and under the terms of a data sharing agreement.
• IPD Sharing Access Criteria: IPD from eligible studies will be shared with qualified researchers according to the criteria and process described on https://vivli.org/ourmember/takeda/. For approved requests, the researchers will be provided access to anonymized data (to respect patient privacy in line with applicable laws and regulations) and with information necessary to address the research objectives under the terms of a data sharing agreement.
• IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type: Study Protocol; Statistical Analysis Plan (SAP); Informed Consent Form (ICF); Clinical Study Report (CSR)

Drug and device information, study documents

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