A Study of CTX-009 in Combination With Paclitaxel in Adult Patients With Unresectable Advanced, Metastatic or Recurrent Biliary Tract Cancers (COMPANION-002)

May 28, 2024 updated by: Compass Therapeutics

A Phase 2/3 Randomized, Controlled Study of CTX-009 in Combination With Paclitaxel Versus Paclitaxel Alone in Adult Patients With Unresectable Advanced, Metastatic or Recurrent Biliary Tract Cancers Who Have Received One Prior Systemic Chemotherapy Regimen

This is a multi-center, open-label, randomized, phase 2/3 trial of the bispecific antibody CTX-009 plus paclitaxel versus paclitaxel in patients with previously treated, unresectable advanced or metastatic biliary tract cancers.

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

150

Phase

  • Phase 2
  • Phase 3

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

  • United States
    • Arizona
      • Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85054
        • Recruiting
        • Mayo Clinic Arizona
        • Contact:
          • Clinical Trials Referral Office
          • Phone Number: 855-776-0015
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Mitesh Borad, MD
      • Tucson, Arizona, United States, 85724-5024
    • California
      • Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033
        • Recruiting
        • University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Anthony El-Khoueiry, MD
        • Contact:
        • Contact:
      • Palo Alto, California, United States, 94305
        • Recruiting
        • Stanford Medicine Cancer Center
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Gregory Heestand, MD
        • Contact:
      • San Francisco, California, United States, 94143-1770
    • Colorado
      • Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80012
        • Recruiting
        • Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers, LLP
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Sujatha Nallapareddy, MD
    • Florida
      • Gainesville, Florida, United States, 32611
        • Recruiting
        • University of Florida
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Ilyas Sahin, MD
        • Contact:
      • Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 32224
        • Recruiting
        • Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
        • Contact:
          • Clinical Trials Referral Office
          • Phone Number: 855-776-0015
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Umair Majeed, MD
      • Orlando, Florida, United States, 32804
        • Recruiting
        • AdventHealth Orlando
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Mohamedtaki Tejani, MD
        • Contact:
    • Illinois
    • Louisiana
      • New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70121
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287
        • Recruiting
        • Johns Hopkins University
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Nilofer Azad, MD
        • Contact:
    • Massachusetts
      • Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02141
    • Minnesota
      • Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
        • Recruiting
        • Mayo Clinic Rochester
        • Contact:
          • Clinical Trials Referral Office
          • Phone Number: 855-776-0015
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Nguyen Tran, MD
    • Missouri
      • Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110
        • Recruiting
        • Washington University School of Medicine, Siteman Cancer Center
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Olivia Aranha, MD
        • Contact:
    • New Jersey
      • New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States, 08854
        • Recruiting
        • Rutgers Cancer Institute
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Howard Hochster, MD
        • Contact:
        • Contact:
    • New Mexico
    • New York
    • Ohio
      • Canton, Ohio, United States, 44718
      • Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44195
        • Recruiting
        • Cleveland Clinic
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Suneel Kamath, MD
        • Contact:
          • Cancer Center Hotline
          • Phone Number: 866-223-8100
    • Tennessee
      • Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, 37920
        • Recruiting
        • University of Tennessee medical Center
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Saikrishna Gadde, MD
        • Contact:
      • Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37203
        • Recruiting
        • SCRI Oncology Partners
        • Contact:
          • askSARAH
          • Phone Number: 844-482-4812
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Meredith P Pelster, MD
    • Texas
      • Austin, Texas, United States, 78705
      • Dallas, Texas, United States, 75246
        • Recruiting
        • Texas Oncology - Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Andrew Scott Paulson, MD
      • Denison, Texas, United States, 75020
      • Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
      • San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78217
        • Recruiting
        • Texas Oncology - San Antonio
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Nathan Shumway, DO
      • Tyler, Texas, United States, 75702
        • Recruiting
        • Texas Oncology - Northeast Texas
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Donald A Richards, MD, PhD
    • Washington
      • Seattle, Washington, United States, 98101
        • Recruiting
        • Virginia Mason Franciscan Health
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Bruce Lin
        • Contact:
          • Cancer Clinical Research Unit Research hotline
          • Phone Number: 206-287-6270
        • Contact:
      • Vancouver, Washington, United States, 98684

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

Description

INCLUSION CRITERIA

  1. 18 years of age or older
  2. Histologically or cytologically confirmed unresectable advanced, metastatic, or recurrent biliary tract cancers (including intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, gallbladder cancer, and ampullary carcinoma)

  3. Patients must have radiologically documented progression after a prior gemcitabine and platinum containing chemotherapy regimen as first line therapy for locally advanced unresectable or metastatic disease.

    1. Patients who received perioperative treatment (adjuvant and neoadjuvant) may be eligible, as determined by the Sponsor Medical Monitor.
    2. Patients whose first line regimen was modified due to toxicity before disease progression, may be eligible, as determined by the Sponsor Medical Monitor.
  4. At least one lesion measurable as defined by RECIST v1.1
  5. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status 0-1
  6. Predicted life expectancy of at least 12 weeks

  7. No evidence of ongoing infection and adequate biliary excretion or patients whose adequate biliary excretion can be confirmed with the following procedures:

    1. Patients who underwent endoscopic retrograde biliary drainage (ERBD) at least 1 week before the investigational drug treatment
    2. Patients with endobiliary stents are eligible, provided there is no evidence of obstruction
    3. Patients free of any signs of active or suspected uncontrolled infection after a drainage procedure
    4. Patients free of any risk of hemorrhage and with incision completely healed

  8. Adequate bone marrow, hepatic, and renal function within 14 days of randomization as described below. (Patient must be free of G-CSF treatment and blood transfusion within 14 days prior to the lab test):

    1. Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1,500/mm3
    2. Hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 g/dL
    3. Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm3
    4. Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 X ULN
    5. AST/ALT ≤ 3.0 X ULN (≤5 X ULN in case of hepatic metastasis)
    6. Estimated creatinine clearance ≥ 30 mL/min based on Cockcroft-Gault
    7. Urine protein ≤ 1+ by Dipstick (Only when urinalysis shows a protein dipstick result of > 1 positive (+), the total protein volume (<1.0 g/24hr) can be confirmed with a 24-hour urine test.)
    8. Serum amylase and lipase level ≤ 3X ULN
    9. Serum Albumin ≥ 3.0 g/dL
  9. Female patients who are women of childbearing potential (WCBP) must have a negative pregnancy test (serum-hCG or urine-hCG performed at the Investigator's discretion) within 14 days of randomization
  10. Female patients must be surgically sterile (or have a monogamous partner who is surgically sterile) or be at least 2 years postmenopausal or commit to use 2 acceptable forms of birth control (defined as the use of an intrauterine device (IUD), a barrier method with spermicide, condoms, or any form of hormonal contraceptives) or abstinence for the duration of the study and for 6 months following the last dose of study treatment. Male patients must be sterile (biologically or surgically) or commit to the use of a reliable method of birth control (condoms with spermicide) for the duration of the study and for 6 months following the last dose of study treatment.
  11. Signed and dated Institutional Review Board (IRB)/Independent Ethics Committee (IEC) approved Informed Consent Form (ICF) before any protocol-directed screening procedures are performed

EXCLUSION CRITERIA

  1. Patients who are eligible to be treated with a molecularly targeted therapy on a labelled regimen after receiving first-line chemotherapy. Patients who received a molecularly targeted therapy as part of their first line treatment may be eligible, as determined by the Sponsor Medical Monitor.

  2. From the time point of screening,

    1. Less than 4 weeks have elapsed since patients had a surgery or major procedure
    2. Less than 2 weeks have elapsed from the last treatment date since patients had any radiation therapy
  3. Patients with percutaneous transhepatic biliary drains (PTBD)

  4. Prior to the initial treatment of study drug,

    1. Less than 2 weeks have elapsed since patients had chemotherapy or hormone therapy
    2. Less than 2 weeks have elapsed since patients had anticancer immunotherapy or investigational drug treatment
    3. Less than 4 weeks since cryotherapy, radiofrequency ablation, anhydrous alcohol therapy, or photodynamic therapy, including TACE and TARE

  5. A history of the following cardiovascular diseases (please, consult the Sponsor Medical Monitor for a case by case evaluation):

    1. Congestive heart failure (CHF) that corresponds to Class II or a higher class under New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification, or less than 50% of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF)
    2. Uncontrolled hypertension (SBP/DBP >140/90 mmHg) (e.g., patient with SBP/DBP >140/90 mmHg despite the best care including optimizing the anti-hypertensive medication regimen)
    3. Patients with any history of hypertensive crisis or pre-existing hypertensive encephalopathy
    4. Pulmonary hypertension
    5. Myocardial infarction
    6. Uncontrolled arrhythmia
    7. Unstable angina
    8. Patients with any significant vascular diseases (e.g., aortic aneurysm requiring surgery or recent peripheral artery thrombosis) within 6 months prior to the initial treatment of the investigational product
  6. History of hypersensitivity reactions to any components of the investigational product or other drugs of the same class (humanized/human monoclonal antibody drugs) or paclitaxel
  7. Patients with contraindications to paclitaxel therapy
  8. Patients with persistent, clinically significant toxicities (excluding hair loss) from previous anticancer treatment that corresponds to Grade 2 or a higher grade under NCI-CTCAE v5.0
  9. Symptomatic or uncontrolled central nervous system (CNS) metastasis (However, patients with asymptomatic CNS metastasis that have been treated with either surgery or radiation can participate provided that systemic corticosteroid treatment was discontinued at least 4 weeks prior to screening and that the patient is radiologically and neurologically stable or improving)

  10. A history of the following hemorrhage-related or gastroenterological disease:

    1. Active hemorrhage, hemorrhagic diathesis, coagulopathy or tumor in great arteries
    2. History of clinically significant gastroenterological disease, such as peptic ulcer, GI bleeding, GI or non-GI fistula, perforation, abdominal abscess, clinical symptoms, and signs of GI obstruction, need for parenteral hydration or nutrition, or inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)

  11. Current or recent (within 10 days prior to study treatment) use of full-dose oral or parenteral anticoagulants or thrombolytic agents for therapeutic (as opposed to prophylactic) purpose will be excluded.

    a. Prophylactic (i.e., for the patency of venous access devices) use of low molecular weight heparin (i.e., enoxaparin 40 mg/day) is allowed if patient has INR < 2 or aPTT </=2x ULN within 14 days of study treatment

  12. Patients with current or recent (within 10 days of study treatment) use of aspirin (>81 mg/day), or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), or other antiplatelets (i.e., dipyramidole, ticlopidine, clopidogrel, and cilostazol) will be excluded.
  13. Severe infection requiring ongoing systemic antibiotics, antivirus drugs, etc., or other uncontrolled acute active infectious diseases
  14. Patients with evidence of active hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Patients with positive HBsAg and/or detectable HBV DNA are eligible only if adequately controlled on antiviral therapy according to institutional standards and liver function eligibility criteria are also met. HCV patients showing sustained viral response or patients with immunity to HBV infection may enroll.

  15. Patients with other severe diseases or uncontrolled illnesses that warrant the exclusion from the study (permitted only if medically controlled) including but not limited to:

    1. Pre-existing hemoptysis (≥ 1/2 teaspoon of bright red blood per episode) within 28 days prior to screening
    2. Major, unhealed injury, active ulcer, or untreated fracture
    3. Pre-existing conditions of cerebrovascular incident (ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke), transient ischemic attack or subarachnoid hemorrhage within 6 months prior to screening.
    4. Moderate to severe ascites and/or pleural effusion. However, enrollment is permitted for patients with ascitic fluid as long as paracentesis is not required to improve the condition.
    5. Interstitial lung disease or pulmonary fibrosis
  16. Patients expected to require anticancer treatment other than the investigational product during the clinical study
  17. Pregnant or lactating patients, or patients planning to become pregnant during the clinical study
  18. A history of primary malignancy other than BTC will be excluded, except for malignancies with a negligible risk of metastasis or death (e.g., 5-year OS rate >90%). Prior malignancy history will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis by the Sponsor Medical Monitor.
  19. Clinically significant abnormal ECG findings or history determined as clinically significant by the Investigator
  20. QT interval (Fridericia's formula) (QTcF) interval > 450msec at the time of screening

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: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: CTX-009 plus Paclitaxel
Drug: CTX-009
IV infusion on day 1 and 14 of every 28 day cycle
Drug: Paclitaxel
IV infusion on day 1, 8, and 15 of every 28 day cycle
Active Comparator: Paclitaxel
Patients randomized to receive paclitaxel only have the option to crossover to the CTX-009 plus paclitaxel arm after documented disease progression per RECIST v1.1.
Drug: Paclitaxel
IV infusion on day 1, 8, and 15 of every 28 day cycle

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Best Overall Response
Time Frame: From randomization to treatment discontinuation for any reason, average 6 months
Percentage of patients whose Best Overall Response (BOR) is assessed as Complete Response (CR) or Partial Response (PR) as assessed by RECIST 1.1
From randomization to treatment discontinuation for any reason, average 6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Exposure Response by Pharmacokinetic (PK) Sampling
Time Frame: From C1D1 to treatment discontinuation for any reason, average of 6 months
Serum concentrations of CTX-009 at specified timepoints
From C1D1 to treatment discontinuation for any reason, average of 6 months
Disease Control Rate
Time Frame: From randomization to treatment discontinuation for any reason, average 6 months
Percentage of patients whose BOR is assessed as CR, PR, or Stable Disease (SD)
From randomization to treatment discontinuation for any reason, average 6 months
Duration of Response
Time Frame: From first confirmed CR or PR to confirmed PD, average 6 months
The time between the date of the radiological evaluation that first confirmed CR or PR and the date of the radiation evaluation that first confirmed Progressive Disease (PD)
From first confirmed CR or PR to confirmed PD, average 6 months
Progression Free Survival
Time Frame: From randomization to first documented objective PD or death if PD does not occur, average 6 months
Time from randomization until the date of objective PD (as assessed by RECIST 1.1) or the date of death (by any cause in the absence of disease progression)
From randomization to first documented objective PD or death if PD does not occur, average 6 months
Overall Survival
Time Frame: From randomization to death from any cause, average 12 months
Time from randomization until the date of death by any cause. Patients who are still alive at the time of the analysis, or who have become lost to follow-up or withdrawn consent will be censored at their last date known to be alive
From randomization to death from any cause, average 12 months
Safety Profile of CTX-009 in Combination with Paclitaxel
Time Frame: From randomization to 60 days after the last dose of study treatment, average 7 months
Incidence of Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs) and changes in clinical abnormalities for all randomized patients who received at least one dose of study treatment (either CTX-009 or paclitaxel)
From randomization to 60 days after the last dose of study treatment, average 7 months
Patient Reported Quality of Life
Time Frame: From randomization to treatment discontinuation for any reason, average 6 months
Assessed approximately every 2 months from patient reported data using European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Quality of Life questionnaire (QLQ)-C30 and BIL21
From randomization to treatment discontinuation for any reason, average 6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Compass Therapeutics

Investigators

  • Study Director: Minori Rosales, MD, PHD, Compass Therapeutics

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

January 9, 2023

Primary Completion (Estimated)

July 1, 2025

Study Completion (Estimated)

December 1, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 15, 2022

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 16, 2022

First Posted (Actual)

August 18, 2022

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 29, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 28, 2024

Last Verified

August 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • CTX-009-002

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

Yes

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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