YIV-906 (Formerly PHY906/KD018) With Sorafenib in HBV(+) Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)

July 11, 2022 updated by: Yiviva Inc.

A Phase II Randomized Placebo-Controlled Study Investigating The Combination Of YIV-906 And Sorafenib (Nexavar®) In HBV (+) Patients With Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma

The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy and safety of YIV-906 plus standard-of-care sorafenib versus those of sorafenib alone as a first-line systemic treatment for patients with Hepatitis B (+) associated advanced hepatocellular carcinoma.

YIV-906 (PHY906, KD018) is an immune system modulator. Clinical and preclinical research suggests that YIV-906 could act to enhance the body's immune response to fight cancer and increase the anti-tumor activity of sorafenib and protect and repair the gastrointestinal tract by reducing inflammation and promoting tissue regeneration.

Inspired by a 1,800-year-old traditional medicine still in use today, YIV-906 is a botanical drug candidate, composed of an extract of four herbs and administered in oral capsule form.

The CALM (Combination of YIV-906 and Sorafenib to treat Advanced Liver cancer in a Multi-center study) trial is a multi-regional, randomized, placebo-controlled study.

Study Overview

Detailed Description

HCC patients with chronic HBV (+) (HBsAg(+)), and Child-Pugh A status will be randomized to either the study arm (YIV-906 plus sorafenib) or control arm (placebo plus sorafenib) at ratio of 2:1. Patients will be stratified according to metastatic status (extrahepatic/vascular invasion vs. none), and their ECOG performance status (0 vs. 1) at randomization.

  • ARM I: Patients receive Placebo + Sorafenib
  • ARM II: Patients receive YIV-906+ Sorafenib

Patients in the study arm will be treated orally each 28-day course with YIV-906 (600 mg (3 capsules) BID) + sorafenib (400 mg BID) according to the following schedule: sorafenib BID daily treatment for 28 days, and YIV-906 BID 4 days on and 3 days off weekly in each course.

All patients will be evaluated and graded for adverse events according to the NCI Common Terminology for Adverse Events, version 5.0 (CTCAE). The Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) will be used to establish disease response or progression.

The RECIST 1.1 and mRECIST will be used in a blinded independent central review (BICR) to determine the study endpoints.

Patients will be evaluated for PFS, TTP, OS, antitumor response every two cycles, and QoL and safety at the beginning of each cycle. Biomarkers are mandatory and will be studied prior to drug administration on day 1 of each cycle. TCM Syndrome Research is optional.

PK is only applicable in China study sites and limited to the first 15 male and 15 female patients. Patients will be randomized to either the study drug arm or the placebo arm (2:1 ratio). PK studied immediately prior to dose administration and at 1 hour, 2 hours, 4 hours, and 12 hours post-dose administration on Day 1 of Cycles 1.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

125

Phase

  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Locations

    • Beijing
      • Beijing, Beijing, China
        • Recruiting
        • China-Japan Friendship Hospital
        • Contact:
          • Liqun Jia, MD
      • Beijing, Beijing, China
        • Recruiting
        • Cancer Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
      • Beijing, Beijing, China
        • Recruiting
        • Beijing You'an Hospital, Capital Medical University
        • Contact:
          • Xiuhui Li, MD
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Xiuhui Li, MD
    • Guangdong
      • Foshan, Guangdong, China
        • Recruiting
        • Foshan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
        • Contact:
          • Kaiping Jing, MD
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Kaiping Jiang, MD
      • Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
        • Recruiting
        • The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University
        • Contact:
          • Jianyong Yang, MD
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Jianyong Yang, MD
      • Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
        • Recruiting
        • Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
        • Contact:
          • Shunqin Long, MD
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Shunqin Long, MD
      • Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
        • Recruiting
        • Shenzhen People's Hospital
        • Contact:
          • Ruilian Xu, MD
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Ruilian Xu, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Jian Kong, MD
    • Guangxi
      • Nanning, Guangxi, China
        • Recruiting
        • The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University
        • Contact:
          • Xiaohua Hu, MD
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Xiaohua Hu, MD
    • Hunan
      • Changsha, Hunan, China
        • Recruiting
        • Hunan Cancer Hospital
        • Contact:
          • Shanzhi Gu, MD
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Shanzhi Gu, MD
    • Shanghai
      • Shanghai, Shanghai, China
        • Recruiting
        • Longhua Hospital Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
        • Contact:
          • Yingjie Zhu, MD
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Yingjie Zhu, MD
      • Shanghai, Shanghai, China
        • Not yet recruiting
        • Shanghai Eastern Hepatobiliary Hospital
        • Contact:
          • Kui Wang, MD
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Kui Wang, MD
      • Shanghai, Shanghai, China
        • Recruiting
        • Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Shuguang Hospital
        • Contact:
          • Chenghai Liu, MD
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Chenghai Liu, MD
      • Hongkong, Hong Kong
        • Recruiting
        • Queen Mary Hospital
        • Contact:
          • Man-Fung Yuen, MD
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Man-Fung Yuen, MD
      • Taichung, Taiwan
        • Recruiting
        • China Medical University Hospital
        • Contact:
          • Long-Bin Jeng, MD
      • Tainan, Taiwan
        • Recruiting
        • National Cheng Kung University Hospital
        • Contact:
          • Chia-Jui Yen, MD
      • Taipei, Taiwan
        • Recruiting
        • Taipei Veterans General Hospital
        • Contact:
          • Yee Chao, MD
      • Taipei, Taiwan
        • Recruiting
        • Cancer Research Center, Taipei Municipal Wanfang Hospital
        • Contact:
          • Jacqueline Whang-Peng, MD
      • Taipei, Taiwan
        • Recruiting
        • Taipei Medical University -Shuang Ho Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare
        • Contact:
          • Tzu-Yi Chao, MD
      • Taipei, Taiwan
        • Recruiting
        • Taipei Medical University Cancer Center
        • Contact:
          • Huey-En Tzeng, MD
      • Taoyuan, Taiwan
        • Not yet recruiting
        • Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou
        • Contact:
          • Chia-Hsun Hsieh, MD
    • New York
      • Flushing, New York, United States, 11355
        • Recruiting
        • Calvin Pan. MD Gastroenterology & Hepatology Clinic
        • Contact:
          • Calvin Pan, MD
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Calvin Pan, MD
      • Lake Success, New York, United States, 11042
        • Terminated
        • Northwell Monter Cancer Institute
      • New York, New York, United States, 10065
        • Recruiting
        • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
        • Principal Investigator:
          • James Harding, MD
        • Contact:
          • James Harding, MD
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Ghassan Abou-Alfa, MD
    • Ohio
      • Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106
        • Terminated
        • University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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. Male or females ≥18 years old with ability to take oral drugs
  2. Diagnosis of advanced (locally advanced or metastatic) unresectable/inoperable HCC according to the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) Guidelines (Heimbach et al. 2018) or diagnosis by tissue pathology
  3. Participants categorized to stage B or C based on Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) staging system
  4. Life expectancy of at least 3 months
  5. Presence of chronic hepatitis B (HBsAg (+))
  6. Never received systemic antitumor therapy
  7. Patients must have at least one tumor lesion that meets both of the following criteria:

    1. "Measurable disease" according to RECIST1.1, i.e. at least one measurable lesion.
    2. Advanced unresectable HCC that have liver limited disease who have failed and are not candidates to local therapies; or patients with extrahepatic disease.
  8. Patients with an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status ≤ 1
  9. Cirrhotic status of current Child-Pugh class A. Child-Pugh status should be calculated based on clinical findings and laboratory results during the screening period
  10. For patients with positive HBV-DNA and positive HBsAg, they must be treated with anti-HBV treatment (per local standard of care), as prophylaxis starting at least 1-2 weeks prior to receiving study drug and willing to continue treatment for the length of the study
  11. Patients with adequate organ reserve, such as laboratory parameters:

    1. Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 x 10^9/L
    2. Platelets ≥ 60000 x 10^6/L
    3. Hemoglobin (Hgb) ≥ 9 g/dL
    4. Serum alanine amino-transferase (ALT) ≤ 5 x ULN
    5. Serum Aspartate transaminase (AST) ≤ 5 x ULN
  12. Adequate renal function, based upon meeting the following laboratory criteria within 7 days before randomization:

    1. Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 x ULN or calculated creatinine clearance ≥ 40mL/min (using the Cockcroft-Gault equation: (140-age) x weight (kg)/ (serum creatinine x 72 [mg/dL] for males. (For females multiply by 0.85) AND
    2. Urine protein/creatine ratio (UPCR) ≤ 1 mg/mg (≤113.1 mg/mmol) or 24-hour urine protein <1 g
  13. Ability to understand and willingness to sign a written informed consent and to be able to follow the visit schedule

Exclusion Criteria:

Patient who has any of the following criteria will be excluded from the trial:

  1. Patients who ever have HCV infection
  2. Patients who have received systemic chemotherapies or immunotherapy or molecular target therapies or anticancer Chinese medicine Cinobufacini
  3. Patients who have received any local anti-cancer therapy within 4 weeks prior to Cycle 1 treatment
  4. Active bleeding (including gastrointestinal bleeding) during the last 4 weeks prior to Cycle 1 treatment
  5. Patients with a history of allergy to the known components of YIV-906
  6. Known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seropositivity
  7. Known central nervous system metastasis including brain metastasis and meningeal carcinomatosis
  8. Hepatocholangiocarcinoma, fibrolamellar cell carcinoma and mixed hepatocellular carcinoma
  9. Active malignancy (except for definitively treated melanoma in-situ, basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, or carcinoma-in-situ of the cervix) within the past 5 years
  10. Any severe and/or uncontrolled medical conditions including but not limiting:

    1. Unstable angina pectoris, symptomatic congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction ≤ 6 months prior to Cycle 1 treatment, serious uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia, uncontrolled hypertension
    2. Previous transient ischemic attack (TIA), cerebral vascular accident (CVA), symptomatic peripheral vascular disease (PVD) within last 6 months of Cycle 1 treatment
    3. Congenital long QT syndrome
    4. Alcoholic patients
    5. Acute and chronic, active infectious disorders and nonmalignant medical illnesses that are uncontrolled or whose control may be jeopardized by the complications of this study therapy, in the opinion of the investigator, except chronic HBV
    6. Impairment of gastrointestinal function or who have gastrointestinal disease that may significantly alter the absorption of study drugs (e.g., ulcerative disease, uncontrolled nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, malabsorption syndrome)
    7. Patients who have had organ transplantation
  11. Patients receiving chronic treatment with corticosteroids (except for intermittent topical or local injection of aldosterone) or other immunosuppressive agents (oral prednisone or equivalent 10 mg/day is allowed to screen).
  12. Patients received any blood transfusion, albumin transfusion, erythropoietin (EPO), granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), TPO or other medical supportive treatment within 4 weeks of Cycle 1 treatment
  13. Patients treated with drugs known to be strong inducers of isoenzyme CYP3A within 7 days of Cycle 1 treatment
  14. Patients who have undergone major surgery ≤ 2 weeks prior to starting study drug or who have not recovered from surgery
  15. Patients who have received an investigative drug or therapy within the last 4 weeks prior to Cycle 1 treatment
  16. Pregnant and/or breastfeeding women
  17. Men and women of childbearing age and potential, who are not willing to use effective contraception
  18. Unwilling or unable to follow protocol requirements or to give informed consent
  19. Ongoing or recent history of autoimmune, uncontrolled psychiatric disorders and drug abuse
  20. Uncontrolled hereditary or acquired thrombotic or bleeding disorder
  21. Bowel obstruction, history or presence of inflammatory enteropathy or extensive intestinal resection
  22. Therapeutic dose anticoagulation with warfarin, or similar agents
  23. Chronic therapy with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents or other anti-platelet agents. Aspirin at doses up to 100 milligrams/day is permitted
  24. No patient, however, may enroll in this trial if they are taking phenytoin (Dilantin)
  25. Patients taking traditional Chinese medicines within 14 days prior to taking first dose of study treatment

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Quadruple

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Sorafenib + YIV-906
Patients in the study arm will be treated orally for 28-day courses with YIV-906 + sorafenib
Patients will be given sorafenib (400 mg BID) daily for a 28-day course with YIV-906 (3 capsules, BID) 4 days on and 3 days off weekly in each course.
Active Comparator: Sorafenib + Placebo
Patients in the placebo arm will be given sorafenib with placebo
Patients will be given sorafenib (400 mg BID) daily for a 28-day course with placebo (3 capsules, BID) 4 days on and 3 days off weekly in each course.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Progression free survival (PFS)
Time Frame: At baseline, then at the end of every two cycle (i.e. approximately every 8 weeks), until disease progression or discontinuation from study. Assessed up to 24 months.
PFS is defined as the period elapsing between the date of date of randomization and the date of either disease progression or date of death, whichever is earlier.
At baseline, then at the end of every two cycle (i.e. approximately every 8 weeks), until disease progression or discontinuation from study. Assessed up to 24 months.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Time to progression (TTP)
Time Frame: At baseline, then at the end of every two cycle (i.e. approximately every 8 weeks), until disease progression or discontinuation from study. Assessed up to 24 months.
TTP is defined as the period elapsing between the date of randomization and the date of disease progression.
At baseline, then at the end of every two cycle (i.e. approximately every 8 weeks), until disease progression or discontinuation from study. Assessed up to 24 months.
Overall survival (OS)
Time Frame: at randomization, then at the end of every two cycle (i.e. approximately every 8 weeks), until death from any cause. Assessed up to 24 months.
OS is defined as the interval between time of randomization and the date of death from any cause.
at randomization, then at the end of every two cycle (i.e. approximately every 8 weeks), until death from any cause. Assessed up to 24 months.
Objective response rate (ORR) in each arm
Time Frame: At baseline, then at the end of every two cycle (i.e. approximately every 8 weeks), until disease progression or discontinuation from study. Assessed up to 24 months.
The Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) will be used to establish disease response or progression
At baseline, then at the end of every two cycle (i.e. approximately every 8 weeks), until disease progression or discontinuation from study. Assessed up to 24 months.
Disease control rate (DCR) in each arm
Time Frame: At baseline, then at the end of every two cycle (i.e. approximately every 8 weeks), until disease progression or discontinuation from study. Assessed up to 24 months.
DCR will be defined as the proportion of patients achieving either partial response (PR) or complete response (CR) or stable disease (SD).
At baseline, then at the end of every two cycle (i.e. approximately every 8 weeks), until disease progression or discontinuation from study. Assessed up to 24 months.
The safety and tolerability of the combination of YIV-906 plus sorafenib as measured by the rate and severity of AEs
Time Frame: Continuously throughout the study until 28 days after treatment discontinuation
All patients will be evaluated and graded for adverse events according to the NCI Common Terminology for Adverse Events, version 5.0 (CTCAE).
Continuously throughout the study until 28 days after treatment discontinuation
Change of quality of life (QoL) in each arm with HCC18
Time Frame: At the beginning of every course (4 weeks) until the end of study. Assessed up to 24 months.
Each of the domains in the HCC18 will be scored per the assessment's scoring algorithm and summarized using descriptive statistics at baseline
At the beginning of every course (4 weeks) until the end of study. Assessed up to 24 months.
Change of quality of life (QoL) in each arm with EORTC-C30
Time Frame: At the beginning of every course (4 weeks) until the end of study. Assessed up to 24 months.
Each of the domains in the EORTC QLQ-C30 will be scored per the assessment' scoring algorithm and summarized using descriptive statistics at baseline
At the beginning of every course (4 weeks) until the end of study. Assessed up to 24 months.
Effects of YIV-906 on mean Cmax (mg/mL) of sorafenib in blood
Time Frame: On Day 1 of Cycle 1 (4 week/28 days), PK studied immediately prior to dose administration and at 1 hour, 2 hours, 4 hours, and 12 hours post-dose administration.
PK is optional and limited to the first 15 male and 15 female patients from China study sites. Patients will be randomized to either study drug arm or placebo arm (2:1 ratio).
On Day 1 of Cycle 1 (4 week/28 days), PK studied immediately prior to dose administration and at 1 hour, 2 hours, 4 hours, and 12 hours post-dose administration.
Effects of YIV-906 on mean Tmax (Hr) of sorafenib in blood
Time Frame: On Day 1 of Cycle 1(4 week/28 days), PK studied immediately prior to dose administration and at 1 hour, 2 hours, 4 hours, and 12 hours post-dose administration.
PK is optional and limited to the first 15 male and 15 female patients from China study sites. Patients will be randomized to either study drug arm or placebo arm (2:1 ratio).
On Day 1 of Cycle 1(4 week/28 days), PK studied immediately prior to dose administration and at 1 hour, 2 hours, 4 hours, and 12 hours post-dose administration.
Effects of YIV-906 on mean AUC0-24(mg*h/L) of sorafenib in blood
Time Frame: On Day 1 of Cycle 1(4 week/28 days), PK studied immediately prior to dose administration and at 1 hour, 2 hours, 4 hours, and 12 hours post-dose administration.
PK is optional and limited to the first 15 male and 15 female patients from China study sites. Patients will be randomized to either study drug arm or placebo arm (2:1 ratio).
On Day 1 of Cycle 1(4 week/28 days), PK studied immediately prior to dose administration and at 1 hour, 2 hours, 4 hours, and 12 hours post-dose administration.
Effects of YIV-906 on mean AUC from time 0 to the end of the dosing period AUC0-tau (mg*h/L) of sorafenib in blood
Time Frame: On Day 1 of Cycle 1(4 week/28 days), PK studied immediately prior to dose administration and at 1 hour, 2 hours, 4 hours, and 12 hours post-dose administration.
PK is optional and limited to the first 15 male and 15 female patients from China study sites. Patients will be randomized to either study drug arm or placebo arm (2:1 ratio).
On Day 1 of Cycle 1(4 week/28 days), PK studied immediately prior to dose administration and at 1 hour, 2 hours, 4 hours, and 12 hours post-dose administration.
Effects of YIV-906 on mean t½ (Hr) of sorafenib in blood
Time Frame: On Day 1 of Cycle 1(4 week/28 days), PK studied immediately prior to dose administration and at 1 hour, 2 hours, 4 hours, and 12 hours post-dose administration.
PK is optional and limited to the first 15 male and 15 female patients from China study sites.
On Day 1 of Cycle 1(4 week/28 days), PK studied immediately prior to dose administration and at 1 hour, 2 hours, 4 hours, and 12 hours post-dose administration.

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Yun Yen, MD/PhD, Taipei Medical University
  • Study Chair: Ghassan Abou-Alfa, MD/MBA, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

January 10, 2020

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

December 31, 2023

Study Completion (Anticipated)

May 19, 2024

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 13, 2019

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 24, 2019

First Posted (Actual)

June 27, 2019

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

July 12, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 11, 2022

Last Verified

November 1, 2021

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