A Study of APR-246 in Combination With Dabrafenib in Resistant Patients With BRAF V600 Mutant Melanoma

A Phase Ib/II Study to Investigate the Safety and Clinical Activity of APR-246 in Combination With Dabrafenib in Patients With BRAF V600 Mutant Unresectable and/or mEtastatic Cutaneous MElanoma Resistant to Dabrafenib/Trametinib Combination

The purpose of this study is to make a preliminary assessment of the efficacy of a combined APR-246 and dabrafenib therapy regimen in patients with BRAFV600 mutant unresectable and/or metastatic cutaneous melanoma resistant to the dabrafenib/trametinib combination. In addition, the study aims to assess the safety profile of the combined APR-246 and dabrafenib therapy regimen, to explore potential biomarkers, and to further describe the anti-tumour activity of the combination of APR-246 and dabrafenib. The trial will enroll up to 31 evaluable patients.

Study Overview

• Status: Terminated
• Conditions: Melanoma
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: APR-246; Drug: Dabrafenib

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 3
• Phase: Phase 2; Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Belgium
  • Bruxelles, Belgium, 1000
    • Institut Jules Bordet
  • Edegem, Belgium, 2650
    • Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen
  • Namur, Belgium, 5000
    • CHU Ucl Namur - Site Sainte-Elisabeth

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:

• Patients with confirmed BRAF V600 mutation-positive unresectable and/or metastatic malignant cutaneous melanoma, as determined locally by a validated test and treated with dabrafenib/trametinib first line combination therapy or second line after first line immunotherapy.
• Patients that have progressed according to RECIST 1.1 after at least 4 weeks of treatment with dabrafenib/trametinib and remained on dabrafenib full dose (150mg bid) treatment for the study.
• Measurable disease according to RECIST 1.1 criteria. For phase II only, metabolic measurable disease (according to PERCIST).
• Availability of tissue from a metastatic lesion. A new biopsy is required unless inaccessible. An archival sample is accepted in that case after discussion with the sponsor.
• ECOG Performance Status of 0 or 1.
• Patients able to swallow and retain oral medication.
• Capable of giving written informed consent, which includes compliance with the requirements and restrictions listed in the consent form.
• For female patients of childbearing potential, a pregnancy test (serum) will be performed within 7 days before inclusion. Woman of childbearing potential must be willing to use one highly effective form of contraception during anticancer treatment and for at least six months thereafter. Men must agree to use condom during the course of this study and at least six months after the last administration of the study treatment and contraception should be considered for partner of childbearing potential.
• Adequate organ system function.
• Signed informed consent before any study specific procedure and/or treatment happens.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Presence of uveal melanoma and/or other non-cutaneous melanomas.
• Current use of a prohibited medication or need for any of these medications during treatment with study drug and within 28 days before the first administration of APR-246. I.e., no anti-cancer other than that given in this clinical trial, no immunotherapy, no hormonal cancer therapy, no radiation therapy (except palliative) and no experimental medications are permitted during the trial. All alternative therapies must first be approved by the sponsor. Supportive care therapies are allowed.
• Unresolved toxicity greater than NCI-CTCAE(v4) Grade 1 from previous anti-cancer therapy except alopecia.
• Presence of active gastrointestinal disease or other condition that will interfere significantly with the absorption, distribution, metabolism, or excretion of drugs.
• Known HIV, active hepatitis B or hepatitis C infection.
• Primary malignancy of the central nervous system.
• History of familial long QT, serious ventricular arrhythmia (no VT > 130 bpm and > 5 extra beats per minute), no QTc ≥ 480 msec calculated from a single ECG reading or a mean of 3 ECG readings using Fridericia's correction (QTcF = QT/RR0.33) or bradycardia (< 45 bpm).
• Untreated or symptomatic brain metastasis, leptomeningeal disease or spinal cord compression. Patients who are on a stable dose of corticosteroids > 1 month or off corticosteroids for 2 weeks can be enrolled.
• History of acute coronary syndromes (including unstable angina), coronary angioplasty, or stenting, or thrombo-embolic event within the past 24 weeks from signature of ICF.
• Class II, III, or IV heart failure as defined by the New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional classification system.
• Known immediate or delayed hypersensitivity reaction or idiosyncrasy to drugs chemically related to the study drugs, or excipients.
• Uncontrolled diabetes, hypertension or other medical conditions that may interfere with assessment of toxicity.
• Pregnant or lactating woman.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
• Allocation: NA
• Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Masking: NONE

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: APR-246 + Dabrafenib	Drug: APR-246; Intravenous infusion; Drug: Dabrafenib; Oral administration

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Phase Ib: Adverse Events (AEs)	Clinical and laboratory adverse events (AEs) and serious adverse events (SAEs) will be reported and graded	Up to 30 days after last study treatment day, or at end of study visit due to progression, whichever occurs later (treatment cycles are stopped due to progression, toxicity or patient's decision)
Phase Ib: Dose Limiting Toxicities (DLTs)		Until end of cycle 1 (cycle length is 28 days)
Phase II: Objective response rate by RECIST1.1		Until progression (assessed up to 12 months)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Clinical benefit rate	Proportion of patients with a CR, PR or Stable Disease (SD) ≥ 4 months	Until progression (assessed up to 12 months)
Duration of response		Until progression (assessed up to 12 months)
Progression free survival (PFS)		Until progression (assessed up to 12 months)
Area under the plasma concentration versus time curve (AUC) for APR-246		Until Cycle 1 Day 8 (Phase Ib) or Cycle 1 Day 1 (Phase II)
Plasma drug concentration at a specified time t (Ct) for APR-246		Until Cycle 1 Day 8 (Phase Ib) or Cycle 1 Day 1 (Phase II)
Maximum observed plasma concentration (Cmax) of APR-246		Until Cycle 1 Day 8 (Phase Ib) or Cycle 1 Day 1 (Phase II)
Time to reach maximum plasma concentration following drug administration (tmax) for APR-246		Until Cycle 1 Day 8 (Phase Ib) or Cycle 1 Day 1 (Phase II)
Assessment of metabolic response	According to classical PERCIST criteria (30%) modified PERCIST criteria (15%) and the consistency classification	Until Cycle 2 Day 1 (cycle length is 28 days)

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Aprea Therapeutics
• Collaborators: Jules Bordet Institute
• Investigators: Study Chair: Ahmad Awada, PhD, Jules Bordet Institute, Brussels, Belgium; Principal Investigator: Joseph Kerger, MD, Jules Bordet Institute, Brussels, Belgium

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Lehmann S, Bykov VJ, Ali D, Andren O, Cherif H, Tidefelt U, Uggla B, Yachnin J, Juliusson G, Moshfegh A, Paul C, Wiman KG, Andersson PO. Targeting p53 in vivo: a first-in-human study with p53-targeting compound APR-246 in refractory hematologic malignancies and prostate cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2012 Oct 10;30(29):3633-9. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2011.40.7783. Epub 2012 Sep 10.
• Deneberg S, Cherif H, Lazarevic V, Andersson PO, von Euler M, Juliusson G, Lehmann S. An open-label phase I dose-finding study of APR-246 in hematological malignancies. Blood Cancer J. 2016 Jul 15;6(7):e447. doi: 10.1038/bcj.2016.60. No abstract available.

Helpful Links

• Aprea Therapeutics AB's website (Sponsor)

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): January 18, 2018
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): August 8, 2018
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): August 8, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 19, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 3, 2018
• First Posted (ACTUAL): January 5, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): July 31, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 29, 2019
• Last Verified: July 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Melanoma; Malignant melanoma; Skin cancer; Metastatic cancer; BRAF mutant; Unresectable cancer; Resistant cancer
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Neuroectodermal Tumors; Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal; Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue; Neuroendocrine Tumors; Nevi and Melanomas; Melanoma; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Enzyme Inhibitors; Antineoplastic Agents; Protein Kinase Inhibitors; Dabrafenib
• Other Study ID Numbers: APR-633

Drug and device information, study documents

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