To Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, and PK Characteristics of FCN-159 in Pediatric Patients With Refractory/Recurrent LCH

A Multi-center, Open-label, Single Arm Phase 2 Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, and Pharmacokinetic Characteristics of FCN-159 in Pediatric Patients With Refractory/Recurrent Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis

This is a rare disease, single-arm, open-label,multi-center, non-randomized Phase 2 clinical study to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and pharmacokinetic characteristics of FCN-159 monotherapy in pediatric patients with refractory/recurrent Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH).

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis; LCH
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: FCN-159

Detailed Description

This is a rare disease, single-arm, open-label,multi-center, non-randomized Phase 2 clinical study to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and pharmacokinetic characteristics of FCN-159 monotherapy in pediatric patients with refractory/recurrent Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH). Approximately 56 pediatric patients will be enrolled in this study.The study included screening period, treatment period and follow-up period. Subjects will receive FCN-159 5mg/m² (NMT 8mg, the recommended oral dose for adults), orally, once daily, continuously for 28 days per cycle. Subjects will be treated until disease progression (PD), intolerable toxicity, withdrawal of consent, death, or other protocol-specified reasons. According to the PET Response Criteria and Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Evaluation and Treatment Guidelines, tumor assessment will be performed until disease progression, death, and withdrawal of information Intention, loss of follow-up, initiation of new antitumor therapy, or study termination.Efficacy evaluation will be performed by the investigator and the Independent Review Committee (IRC), respectively.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 56
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Rui Zhang, MD; Phone Number: 18611106187; Email: ruizh1973@126.com

Study Locations

• China
  • Suzhou, China
    • Not yet recruiting
    • Children's Hospital of Soochow University
    • Principal Investigator: Shaoyan Hu, MD
    • Contact: Shaoyan Hu; Phone Number: 13771870462; Email: hsy139@126.com
  • Beijing
    • Beijing, Beijing, China
      • Recruiting
      • Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University
      • Contact: Rui Zhang
      • Principal Investigator: Rui Zhang, MD
    • Beijing, Beijing, China
      • Not yet recruiting
      • Children's Hospital Affiliated to the Capital Institute of Pediatrics
      • Contact: Rong Liu, MD; Phone Number: 13601123876; Email: liurong@shouer.com.cn
      • Principal Investigator: Rong Liu, MD
  • Chongqing
    • Chongqing, Chongqing, China
      • Recruiting
      • Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University
      • Contact: Jie Yu; Phone Number: 13983762652; Email: 1808106657@qq.com
      • Principal Investigator: Jie Yu, MD
  • Guangdong
    • Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
      • Not yet recruiting
      • The First Affiliated Hospital,Sun Yat-Sen University
      • Contact: Xuequn Luo; Phone Number: 18902233573; Email: L-xuequn@126.com
      • Principal Investigator: Xuequn Luo, MD
    • Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
      • Not yet recruiting
      • Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hpsipital,Sun Yat-Sen Unniversity
      • Principal Investigator: Jianpei Fang, MD
      • Contact: Jianpei Fang, MD
    • Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
      • Not yet recruiting
      • Shenzhen Children's Hospital
      • Contact: Sixi Liu, MD; Phone Number: 18938690206; Email: tiger647@126.com
      • Principal Investigator: Sixi Liu, MD
  • Henan
    • Zhengzhou, Henan, China
      • Not yet recruiting
      • Henan Children's Hospital Zhengzhou Children's Hospital
      • Principal Investigator: Wei Liu, MD
      • Contact: Wei Liu; Phone Number: 13673710016; Email: liuweixinxiang@163.com
  • Hubei
    • Wuhan, Hubei, China
      • Not yet recruiting
      • Tongji Hospital Affiliated to Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology
      • Contact: Aiguo Liu; Phone Number: 13807196944; Email: drliuaiguo@163.com
      • Principal Investigator: Aiguo Liu, MD
  • Sichuan
    • Chengdu, Sichuan, China
      • Not yet recruiting
      • West China Second University Hospital,Sihuan University/West China women's and Children's Hospital
      • Contact: Ju Gao, MD; Phone Number: 18180609278; Email: gaoju651220@126.com
      • Principal Investigator: Ju Gao, MD
  • Zhejiang
    • Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
      • Not yet recruiting
      • Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine
      • Contact: yongmin Tang; Phone Number: 13858024301; Email: y_m_tang@zju.edu.cn
      • Principal Investigator: yongmin Tang, MD

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age 2-16 (inclusive)
2. Patients with histologically confirmed Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) diagnosed by the central laboratory.
3. If sufficient tumor tissue samples and peripheral blood samples are available, central laboratory biomarker testing is required as follows: including but not limited to ERBB3, BRAF, ARAF, HRAS, KRAS, NRAS, MEK (MAP2K1 and MAP2K2), and other MEK upstream genes.If inability to get tissue, the gene testing results from a local laboratory also can be accepted.
4. Patients who have received at least prior first-line systemic treatment, defined as treatment including vinblastine (VBL) and glucocorticoids for at least 2 weeks. VBL can be substituted with vincristine (VCR) or vindesine (VDS). Alternatively, patients may be unable to tolerate chemotherapy due to severe chemotherapy toxicity. Inability to tolerate chemotherapy is defined as one of the following: Severe liver impairment (liver enzyme elevation ≥ 5 × upper limit of normal (ULN) and bilirubin elevation ≥ 1.5 × ULN), severe neurotoxicity related to vinca alkaloids, chemotherapy-related intracranial hypertension, or grade 4 bone marrow depression with severe infection (sepsis, severe pneumonia, etc.) after chemotherapy.

5. Refractory/relapsed LCH is defined as the presence of one of the following:

   1. Failure of prior treatment, i.e., no regression in risk organs after at least 2 weeks of systemic treatment, or overall evaluation of AD-progression or AD-mix;
   2. Initial response of the disease to first or second-line systemic treatment is NAD or AD-better or AD-stable, followed by disease reactivation after maintenance therapy for more than 3 months. Second-line treatment includes cytarabine and/or cladribine.
   3. Persistent mutated gene positive in plasma free DNA testing during prior treatment (confirmed by 2 consecutive tests) or retest positive after treatment discontinuation;
   4. Lack of regression in the affected central nervous system (including the pituitary gland) after treatment;
   5. Presence of bone marrow involvement and/or hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH);
6. Presence of evaluable lesions based on PET response criteria (PRC).
7. Patients who have to have recovered from all acute toxic effects of prior anti-tumor therapy, and all relevant toxicities must be ≤ grade 1 (except for alopecia and ototoxicity).
8. Expected survival at least ≥ 3 months;
9. Lansky (≤ 15 years old) and Karnofsky (≥ 16 years old) performance status scores should be ≥ 50%, as shown in Appendix 4.
10. Patients or their legal guardians must be able to understand and willingly sign a written informed consent form.
11. For women of childbearing potential, a serum human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) pregnancy test must be negative within 7 days before starting treatment.
12. For female patients of childbearing potential: Patients should agree to use effective contraception methods during the treatment period and for at least 90 days after the last dose of study treatment, using dual barrier contraception methods such as condoms, oral or injectable contraceptives, intra-uterine contraceptive devices, etc. Male patients should agree to refrain from donating sperm for at least 90 days after the last dose of study treatment.
13. Adequate bone marrow function: Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1.0×10^9/L, hemoglobin ≥ 90g/L, and platelets ≥ 75×10^9/L without the use of blood transfusions, blood products, or granulocyte colony-stimulating factors. Patients with hematocytopenia below these thresholds due to the underlying disease may be considered for inclusion based on the investigator's comprehensive judgment.
14. Adequate hepatic and renal function: Serum total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 × the upper limit of normal (ULN), or ≤ 5× ULN for patients with Gilbert's syndrome or liver involvement; aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and alkaline phosphatase (AKP) ≤ 2.5 × ULN, or ≤ 10 × ULN for patients with liver involvement; albumin ≥ 3g/dL; and creatinine clearance or isotopic glomerular filtration rate (GFR) ≥ 50ml/min/1.73㎡or serum creatinine based on age; hepatic and renal impairment caused by the primary disease may be considered for inclusion based on the investigator's comprehensive judgment.
15. Coagulation: International normalized ratio (INR) and activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) ≤ 1.5 ULN.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients who have received any of the following prior treatments:

   1. Chemotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy, biologic therapy, or herbal anti-tumor therapy for LCH within 4 weeks or < 5 half-lives (whichever is shorter)before the start of the study drug .
   2. Strong CYP3A4, CYP2C8, and CYP2C9 inhibitors or inducers within 14 days before the start of the study drug, except for topical skin application.
   3. Gowth factors that promote platelet or white blood cell count or function within 7 days before the start of the study drug.
   4. Radiotherapy or major surgical treatment (including craniotomy, thoracotomy, laparotomy, open bone or joint surgery, etc.) within 4 weeks before the start of the study drug.
   5. Participated in other interventional clinical trials within 4 weeks before the start of the study drug.
   6. MEK 1/2 inhibitors (those who have received this treatment for a short period of ≤ 2 weeks may be included).
   7. Anticoagulants within 7 days before the start of the study drug for patients with brain tumors (intracranial masses).
   8. Prednisone treatment < 0.5mg/kg/day (or equivalent dose of other corticosteroids) is allowed within one month before enrollment, but must be discontinued 14 days before the start of the study drug. Patients with brain lesions receiving corticosteroid therapy for brain edema must maintain a stable dose for 14 days before enrollment. Hormone replacement therapy is allowed for patients with hypopituitarism due to primary disease involvement of the pituitary.
2. Patients with a history of other malignant tumors or concurrent other malignant tumors (excluding cured non-melanoma skin basal cell carcinoma, ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast, or cervical carcinoma in situ).
3. Uncontrolled hypertension (with medication treatment): Blood pressure (BP) greater than or equal to the 95th percentile for age, height, and sex, as described in Appendix 6.
4. Patients with dysphagia, active gastrointestinal disease, malabsorption syndrome, or other conditions that may affect the absorption of the study drug.
5. Prior or current history of retinal vein obstruction (RVO), retinal pigment epithelial detachment (RPED), glaucoma, and other clinically significant abnormal ophthalmologic examination results.
6. Interstitial pneumonia, including clinically significant radiation pneumonitis. Except for interstitial pneumonia caused by pulmonary involvement of the primary disease.

7. Patients will be excluded if their cardiac function or comorbidities meet any of the following criteria:

   1. During the screening period, 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) measurements will be taken three times at the study center with a mean value calculated using the QTcF formula provided by the instrument; patients with a mean value of QTcF > 470 milliseconds or with risk factors for QTcF prolongation, such as uncorrected hypokalemia, congenital long QT syndrome, or receiving drugs known to prolong QTcF interval (mainly class Ia, Ic, and III antiarrhythmic drugs) will be excluded from the study. Drugs with the potential to prolong the QTcF interval are listed in Appendix 7.
   2. New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class 2 and above congestive heart failure as shown in Appendix 5.
   3. Clinically significant arrhythmias, including but not limited to complete left bundle branch block, and second-degree atrioventricular block.
   4. Known presence of clinically significant coronary heart disease, cardiomyopathy, or severe valvular disease.
   5. Echocardiography examination indicating left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) < 50%.
8. Patients with active bacterial, fungal, or viral infections, including active hepatitis B (defined as positive hepatitis B surface antigen and hepatitis B virus DNA > 1000IU/ml or meeting the diagnostic criteria for active hepatitis B infection at the study center) or hepatitis C (positive hepatitis C virus RNA), or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV positive) infection.
9. Patients with known allergies to the study drug, other MEK1/2 inhibitors, or their excipients.
10. Patients with known tumor tissue genetic testing that indicates the presence of MAP2K1 exon 3 deletions (del) or deletion-insertion type (delins/indels) mutations.
11. The investigator considers clinically significant cases that will impede participation in the study or prevent compliance with safety requirements.

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: FCN-159; Experimental: FCN-159 Dosage form:tablet Specification: 1mg，4mg Dose: FCN-159 5mg/m² (Maximum dose does not exceed 8mg), orally, once daily	Drug: FCN-159; 5mg/m² (Maximum dose does not exceed 8mg, the recommended oral dose for adults), orally, once daily, continuously for 28 days per cycle.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Objective Response Rate (ORR) Evaluated by Independent Review Committee (IRC) Based on PET Response Criteria (PRC)	ORR Evaluated by Independent Review Committee (IRC) Based on PET Response Criteria (PRC) is defined as the percentage of participants who achieved a best overall response of CMR or PMR assessed by IRC .	up to 24months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Overall Survival (OS)	The OS is defined as the time from the first administration of the study drug in patients to death from any cause. Data from the patient without events will be censored at the date the patient is last known to be alive	up to 24months
One-year Overall Survival (OS) Rate	The 1year OS Rate is defined as as the percentage of participants who did not achieve death due to any cause within one year after first administration of the study drug.	up to 12months
Two-year Overall Survival (OS) Rate	The 2 year OS Rate is defined as the percentage of participants who did not achieve death due to any cause within two year after first administration of the study drug.	up to 24months
Treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs)	Type and frequency of treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) with toxicity grades evaluated according to the National Cancer Institute-Common Toxicity Criteria Adverse Event (NCI-CTCAE) version 5.0.	up to 24months
Plasma Concentration of FCN-159	Evaluation of the pharmacokinetic characteristics of FCN-159	up to 24months
Objective Response Rate (ORR) Evaluated by Investigator Based on PET Response Criteria (PRC) and Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Evaluation and Treatment Guidelines (Histiocyte Society, April 2009, hereinafter referred to as "Guidelines")	The ORR Evaluated by Investigator Based on PRC is defined as the percentage of participants who achieved a best overall response of CMR or PMR assessed by investigator. The ORR Evaluated by Investigator Based on "Guidelines" is defined as the percentage of participants who achieved confirmed NAD or AD-better assessed by investigator.	up to 24months
Disease Control Rate (DCR) Evaluated by Investigator Based on PET Response Criteria (PRC) and "Guidelines".	The DCR Evaluated by Investigator based on PRC is defined as the percentage of participants who achieved a best overall response of CMR or PMR or SMD assessed by investigator. The DCR Evaluated by Investigator Based on "Guidelines" is defined as the percentage of participants who achieved a confirmed NAD or AD-better or AD-stable assessed by investigator.	up to 24months
Clinical benefit rate (CBR) Evaluated by Investigator Based on PRC and "Guidelines".	The CBR Evaluated by Investigator based on PRC is defined as the percentage of participants who achieved a best overall response of CMR or PMR or SMD for a duration of ≥ 24 weeks assessed by investigator. The CBR Evaluated by Investigator Based on "Guidelines" is defined as the percentage of participants who achieved confirmed NAD or AD-better or AD stable for a duration of ≥ 24 weeks assessed by investigator.	up to 24months
Time to Response (TTR) Evaluated by Investigator Based on PET Response Criteria (PRC) and "Guidelines"	The TTR Evaluated by Investigator based on PRC is defined as the time from the first documented achievement of CMR or PMR (whichever comes first) assessed by investigator. The TTR Evaluated by Investigator based on the "Guidelines" criteria is defined as the time from the first documented achievement of NAD or AD-better (whichever comes first) assessed by investigator.	up to 24months
One-year Progressive Free Survival (PFS) Rate Evaluated by Investigator Based on PET Response Criteria (PRC) and "Guidelines"	The 1-year PFS Rate Evaluated by Investigator based on PRC is defined as the percentage of participants who did not achieve the first documented occurrence of PMD or death (whichever comes first) within one year after first administration of the study drug assessed by investigator. The 1-year PFS Rate Evaluated by Investigator based on "Guidelines" is defined as the percentage of participants who did not achieve the first documented occurrence of AD-progression or death (whichever comes first) within one year after first administration of the study drug assessed by investigator.	up to 12months
Progressive Free Survival (PFS) Evaluated by Investigator Based on PET Response Criteria (PRC) and "Guidelines"	The PFS Evaluated by Investigator based on PRC is defined as the time from the first administration of the study drug to the first documented occurrence of PMD or death (whichever comes first) assessed by investigator. The PFS Evaluated by Investigator based on "Guidelines" is defined as the time from the first administration of the study drug to the first documented occurrence of AD-progression or death (whichever comes first) assessed by investigator.	up to 24months
Two-year Progressive Free Survival (PFS) rate Evaluated by the PRC and "Guidelines"	The 2-year PFS Rate Evaluated by Investigator based on PRC is defined as the percentage of participants who did not achieve the first documented occurrence of PMD or death (whichever comes first) within two year after first administration of the study drug. The 2-year PFS Rate Evaluated by Investigator based on "Guidelines" is defined as the percentage of participants who did not achieve the first documented occurrence of AD-progression or death (whichever comes first) within two year after first administration of the study drug.	up to 24months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Industrial Development Co. Ltd.
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Rui Zhang, MD, Beijing Children's Hospital,Captial Medical University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 28, 2023
• Primary Completion (Estimated): May 14, 2025
• Study Completion (Estimated): May 14, 2027

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 8, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 15, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): August 18, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 25, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 22, 2025
• Last Verified: January 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Respiratory Tract Diseases; Lung Diseases; Lymphatic Diseases; Lung Diseases, Interstitial; Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell; Histiocytosis
• Other Study ID Numbers: FCN-159-004

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

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