Navitoclax and Vistusertib in Treating Patients With Relapsed Small Cell Lung Cancer and Other Solid Tumors

Phase 1/2 Study of Navitoclax Plus Vistusertib in Patients With Relapsed Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC) and Other Solid Tumors

This phase I/II trial studies the best dose and side effects of navitoclax and how well it works when given together with vistusertib in treating patients with small cell lung cancer and solid tumors that have come back (relapsed). Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as navitoclax, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Vistusertib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Giving navitoclax and vistusertib may work better than navitoclax alone in treating patients with small cell lung cancer and solid tumors.

Study Overview

• Status: Terminated
• Conditions: Refractory Malignant Solid Neoplasm; Recurrent Malignant Solid Neoplasm; Metastatic Malignant Solid Neoplasm; Unresectable Solid Neoplasm; Recurrent Lung Small Cell Carcinoma; Stage IIIA Lung Small Cell Carcinoma AJCC v7; Stage IIIB Lung Small Cell Carcinoma AJCC v7; Stage IV Lung Small Cell Carcinoma AJCC v7; Stage III Lung Small Cell Carcinoma, by American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) v7
• Intervention / Treatment: Biological: Navitoclax; Drug: Vistusertib

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To evaluate the safety and tolerability of the combination of navitoclax and vistusertib in patients with advanced solid tumors. (Phase I) II. To determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD), dose limiting toxicities (DLT), and recommended phase 2 doses (RP2D) of navitoclax and vistusertib. (Phase I) III. To determine the objective response rate (ORR), defined as complete plus partial response, of the combination of navitoclax and vistusertib in patients with recurrent small cell lung cancer (SCLC). (Phase II)

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To evaluate the pharmacokinetics of navitoclax and vistusertib when administered together. (Phase I) II. To observe and record anti-tumor activity. (Phase I) III. To confirm the safety and tolerability of navitoclax and vistusertib at the RP2D. (Phase II) IV. To estimate progression free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) of the combination of navitoclax and vistusertib at the RP2D. (Phase II) V. To estimate disease control rate (DCR) of the combination of navitoclax and vistusertib at the RP2D. (Phase II)

CORRELATIVE OBJECTIVES:

I. To assess pharmacodynamic changes in levels of phosphorylated 4EBP1 (p4EBP1) the ratio of p4EBP1 to total (p4EBP1/4EBP1) in paired pre-treatment and on-treatment biopsies at the RP2D. (Phase II) II. To correlate changes in BAX and MCL-1 with response. (Phase II) III. To estimate the baseline inter-patient variability in p4EBP1, pS6, BAX, and MCL-1. (Phase II) IV. To explore exposure-response relationships between navitoclax and vistusertib exposure and the pharmacodynamic endpoints (safety, efficacy, and laboratory correlatives). (Phase II)

OUTLINE: This is a phase I, dose-escalation study followed by a phase II study.

Patients receive navitoclax orally (PO) once daily (QD) and vistusertib PO twice daily (BID) on days 1-28. Cycles repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up for 30 days and then every 8-12 weeks for up to 2 years.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 15
• Phase: Phase 2; Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • California
    • Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033
      • USC / Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
    • Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033
      • Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center
  • Maryland
    • Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287
      • Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
  • Massachusetts
    • Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215
      • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    • Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215
      • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    • Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115
      • Brigham and Women's Hospital
    • Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
      • Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
  • New Jersey
    • Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States, 07920
      • Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge
    • Middletown, New Jersey, United States, 07748
      • Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth
    • Montvale, New Jersey, United States, 07645
      • Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen
  • New York
    • Commack, New York, United States, 11725
      • Memorial Sloan Kettering Commack
    • Harrison, New York, United States, 10604
      • Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester
    • New York, New York, United States, 10065
      • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    • Uniondale, New York, United States, 11553
      • Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• PHASE 1 SPECIFIC ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
• Patients must have histologically or cytologically confirmed malignancy that is metastatic or unresectable and for which standard curative or palliative measures do not exist or are no longer effective
• PHASE 2 SPECIFIC ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
• Patients must have histologically or cytologically confirmed small cell lung cancer whose disease has relapsed or progressed after >= 1 prior therapy, one of which must have been a platinum doublet; pathology confirmation must be done at Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center (SKCCC) or at the local participating site
• Patients must have measurable disease, defined as at least one lesion that can be accurately measured in at least one dimension (longest diameter to be recorded for non-nodal lesions and short axis for nodal lesions) as >= 20 mm (>= 2 cm) by chest x-ray or as >= 10 mm (>= 1 cm) with computed tomography (CT) scan, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or calipers by clinical exam
• Subjects must be willing to undergo 2 sets of core needle biopsies (pre-treatment and on-treatment), if there are lesions amenable to biopsy; an optional core biopsy will be requested at progression
• GENERAL ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status =< 1 (Karnofsky >= 70%)
• Life expectancy of greater than 12 weeks
• Leukocytes >= 3,000/mcL
• Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,500/mcL
• Hemoglobin >= 9.0 g/dL
• Platelets >= 100,000/mcL
• Activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT), prothrombin time (PT) =< 1.2 x upper limit of normal (ULN)
• Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x ULN (patients with Gilbert's syndrome may have serum bilirubin > 1.5 ULN)
• Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) =< 2.5 x institutional ULN if no demonstrable liver metastases or =< 5 x ULN in the presence of liver metastases
• Creatinine =< 1.5 x ULN and concurrent creatinine clearance (CrCl) >= 50 mL/min/1.73 m^2 for patients with creatinine (Cr) > 1.5 x ULN
• Proteinuria < 1+ on dipstick testing (if 2+ seen on first test, retest >= 24 hours later)
• Patients with a history of central nervous system (CNS) metastases must have documentation of stable or improved status based on brain imaging for at least 2 weeks after completion of definitive treatment and within 2 weeks prior to first dose of study drug, off or on a stable dose of corticosteroids
• Patients must have completed chemotherapy, biological or radiotherapy >= 3 weeks prior to entering the study
• Patients must have recovered to =< grade 1 adverse events or to =< grade 2 alopecia and sensory neuropathy due to prior treatment
• Patients must be able to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document
• Patients must be able to swallow pills

• The effects of navitoclax and vistusertib on the developing human fetus are unknown; for this reason, women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception prior to study entry, for the duration of study participation, and up to 90 days following completion of therapy; for women this should include one highly effective method of contraception and one barrier method as defined below

  • Highly effective methods include:

    • Total abstinence from sexual intercourse (minimum one complete menstrual cycle prior to study drug administration);
    • Vasectomized partner;
    • Medroxyprogesterone acetate depot injection;
    • Placement of a copper-banded intrauterine device (IUD) or intrauterine system (IUS);
    • Bilateral tubal ligation;

  • Barrier methods include:

    • Condom;
    • Occlusive cap (e.g. diaphragm or cervical/vault caps) with spermicide
  • Please note: use of other oral, injected or implanted hormonal methods of contraception cannot be considered highly effective as it is currently unknown whether vistusertib may reduce their effectiveness; periodic abstinence, the rhythm method, and the withdrawal method are not acceptable methods of contraception
  • Additionally, male subjects (including those who are vasectomized) whose partners are pregnant or might be pregnant must agree to use condoms for the duration of the study and for 90 days following completion of therapy
• Women of childbearing potential must have a negative urine pregnancy test within 7 days prior to initiation of treatment, women will be considered not of childbearing potential if they are surgically sterile (bilateral oophorectomy or hysterectomy) and/or post-menopausal (amenorrheic for at least 12 months)
• Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while she or her partner is participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately; men treated or enrolled on this protocol must also agree to use adequate contraception prior to the study, for the duration of study participation, and for 90 days after completion of navitoclax and/or vistusertib administration

Exclusion Criteria:

• PHASE 2 SPECIFIC EXCLUSION CRITERIA
• Prior treatment with a TORC1, dual TORC1/2 inhibitor, or BCL-2/xL inhibitor
• Patients with active malignancies other than SCLC or patients with prior curatively treated malignancy at high risk of relapse during the study period with the exception of localized squamous or basal cell skin cancers
• PHASE 1 AND GENERAL EXCLUSION CRITERIA
• Major surgery within 21 days of starting protocol treatment
• Patients who are receiving any other investigational agents
• History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to navitoclax or vistusertib

• Patients receiving anticoagulation or anti-platelet therapy are excluded due to the risk of thrombocytopenia with navitoclax

  • Excluded agents include heparin or low molecular weight heparin, warfarin, clopidogrel, ibuprofen and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS), tirofiban, and other anticoagulants, drugs, or herbal supplements that affect platelet function
  • Administration of heparin to keep subject's infusion lines patent is allowed; low-dose anticoagulation medications that are used to maintain the patency of a central intravenous catheter are allowed
  • Aspirin will not be allowed within 7 days prior to the first dose of navitoclax or during navitoclax administration; however, subjects who have previously received aspirin therapy for thrombosis prevention, may resume a low dose (i.e., maximum 100 mg once daily [QD]) of aspirin if platelet counts are stable (>= 50,000/mm3) through 6 weeks of navitoclax administration
  • All decisions regarding treatment with aspirin therapy will be determined by the investigator in conjunction with the medical monitor
• Patients with an underlying condition predisposing them to bleeding or currently exhibiting signs of clinically significant bleeding
• Patients with a recent history of non-chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenic-associated bleeding within 1 year prior to the first dose of study drug
• Patients with a significant history of cardiovascular disease or procedures within the preceding 6 months (e.g., myocardial infarction [MI], coronary artery bypass graft placement, angioplasty, vascular stent, angina pectoris, ventricular arrhythmias requiring continuous therapy, congestive heart failure New York Heart Association [NYHA] grade >= 2, thrombotic or thromboembolic event)

• Any of the following cardiac criteria:

  • Mean resting corrected QT interval (QTc using Fridericia's formula [QTcF]) > 470 msec obtained from 3 electrocardiograms
  • Congenital or family history of long or short QT syndrome, Brugada syndrome, known history of QTc prolongation or torsades de pointes within 12 months of entering the study
  • Abnormal echocardiogram at baseline (left ventricular ejection fraction [LVEF] < 40% and shortening fraction [SF] < 15%)
• Drugs which have an increased risk for QTc prolongation should be avoided
• Patients with uncontrolled type 1 or type 2 diabetes. Vistusertib belongs to a class of drugs that causes hyperglycemia. In order to assess toxicity, patients with an elevated risk of hyperglycemia should be excluded from study

• Patients currently receiving medications or herbal supplements of the classes below are ineligible; patients are eligible if they stop use of these compounds at least 1 week prior to receiving any treatment on this protocol

  • Potent inhibitors or inducers of CYP3A4 /5 (CYP3A4 inhibitors such as ketoconazole and clarithromycin are not allowed 7 days prior to the first dose of navitoclax and during navitoclax administration)
  • Strong or moderate inhibitors of Pgp or BRCP1
  • Sensitive substrates of CYP2C9 (i.e. phenytoin and warfarin)
  • Substrates of certain drug transporters (OATP1B1, OATP1B3, MATE1 or MATE2K)
• Pregnant women are excluded from this study because navitoclax and vistusertib have the potential for teratogenic or abortifacient effects; because there is an unknown but potential risk for adverse events in nursing infants secondary to treatment of the mother with navitoclax and vistusertib breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with navitoclax and vistusertib

• Patients positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are not excluded from this study, but HIV-positive patients must have:

  • A stable regimen of highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) that does not include strong or moderate CYP3A4 inducers or inhibitors
  • No requirement for concurrent antibiotics or antifungal agents for the prevention of opportunistic infections
  • A CD4 count above 250 cells/mcL and an undetectable HIV viral load on standard polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based test
• Any hematopoietic growth factors (e.g., filgrastim [granulocyte colony-stimulating factor; G-CSF], sargramostim [granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor; GM-CSF]) within 14 days prior to receiving study treatment
• 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
• Patients who have received a live, attenuated vaccines within 4 weeks of first dose of drug

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 (navitoclax, vistusertib); Patients receive navitoclax PO QD and vistusertib PO BID on days 1-28. Cycles repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.	Biological: Navitoclax; Given PO; Other Names: ABT-263; A-855071.0; BcI-2 Family Protein Inhibitor ABT-263; Drug: Vistusertib; Given PO; Other Names: AZD 2014; AZD-2014; AZD2014

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of Participants With Dose Limiting Toxicities (Phase I)	Graded by National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version (v) 4.0. The number of participants with dose limiting toxicities at each dose level will be reported with exact binomial 95% confidence intervals. All patients who receive at least 1 dose of both study drugs, regardless of their eligibility for the study, will be evaluable for toxicity.	Up to 30 days after last treatment, an average of 3 months
Overall Response Rate (ORR) (Phase II)	Defined as Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1. partial response or complete response, of the combination in patients with recurrent small cell lung cancer. The ORR will be reported with its corresponding 95% confidence interval.	Up to 1.5 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Occurrence of a Bi-directional Pharmacokinetic (PK) Interaction	Concentrations of each study agent present in the blood at the specified time point are reported for each study agent.	Through Day 15
Number of Participants Experiencing Adverse Events by Grade (Phase II)	Graded by NCI CTCAE v 4.0. The number of participants with toxicities by grade in the phase 2 study will be reported with exact binomial 95% confidence intervals.	Up to 1.5 years
Progression Free Survival (PFS) (Phase II)	Based on RECIST 1.1. Standard life table methods will be used to analyze PFS. We will report the one-year and median PFS with 95% confidence intervals.	Up to 1.5 years
Overall Survival (OS) at Year 1 (Phase II)	Standard life table methods will be used to analyze OS. We will report the one-year and median OS with 95% confidence intervals.	At Year 1
Disease Control Rate (Phase II)	Based on RECIST 1.1. The proportion of patients achieving disease control will be reported with exact 95% binomial confidence intervals.	Up to 1.5 years

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in p4EBP1 Expression	Descriptive statistics and box plots with jittered data points will be used to visualize all raw data. Will be assessed with paired t-tests.	Baseline up to 1.5 years
Change in Ratio p4EBP1/4EBP1	Descriptive statistics and box plots with jittered data points will be used to visualize all raw data. Will be assessed with paired t-tests.	Baseline up to 1.5 years
Change in Ratio pS6/S6	Descriptive statistics and box plots with jittered data points will be used to visualize all raw data. Will be assessed with paired t-tests.	Baseline up to 1.5 years
Change in BAX and MCl-1 Expression	Descriptive statistics and box plots with jittered data points will be used to visualize all raw data. Will be assessed with paired t-tests.	Baseline up to 1.5 years
Pharmacodynamic Parameters	Exploratory correlative studies with pharmacodynamic (biological endpoints, toxicity and efficacy) will be analyzed using nonparametric statistics.	Up to 1.5 years

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Christine L Hann, JHU Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center LAO

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): March 20, 2018
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 28, 2021
• Study Completion (Actual): September 21, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 7, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 7, 2017
• First Posted (Actual): December 8, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 17, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 22, 2023
• Last Verified: September 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Lung Diseases; Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial; Disease Attributes; Respiratory Tract Neoplasms; Thoracic Neoplasms; Carcinoma, Bronchogenic; Bronchial Neoplasms; Lung Neoplasms; Neoplasms; Carcinoma; Recurrence; Small Cell Lung Carcinoma; Carcinoma, Small Cell; Antineoplastic Agents; Navitoclax
• Other Study ID Numbers: NCI-2017-00037 (Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program)); UM1CA186691 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract); 10070 (Other Identifier: CTEP); ETCTN10070

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: Yes
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No