Rivoceranib in Patients With Metastatic Thymic Epithelial Tumor

A Phase II, Open-label, Single-arm, Multi-center Clinical Trial of Rivoceranib in Patients With Metastatic Thymic Epithelial Tumor

PURPOSE: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of Rivoceranib in patients with metastatic thymic epithelial tumors who developed resistance on first-line therapy.

Study Design: Patients with histologically confirmed metastatic thymic epithelial tumors who meet the inclusion/exclusion criteria will be enrolled in this study. In Stage 1, 18 subjects will be enrolled to receive study medication. If a tumor response is observed in at least 5 of these subjects, the study will proceed to Stage 2 to enroll the remaining subjects, or the study will be stopped early due to lack of clinical benefit of the investigational product. The trial will be considered clinically valid if a response is observed in 11 or more subjects out of a total of 33 subjects. Investigational product(Rivoceraniv 700 mg) will be administered until disease progression, development of intolerable adverse events, death, withdrawal of consent by the subject, or when, in the opinion of the principal investigator, it is inappropriate or impossible to continue the study. Imaging studies (CT or MRI) will be performed every 8 weeks (+,- 1 week) for C1D1 through 12 months and every 12 weeks (+,- 1 week) after 12 months, and the results will be used to assess tumor response according to RECIST v1.1 criteria. Safety will be assessed at C1D1, C1D7, and each scheduled visit thereafter.

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Thymic Epithelial Tumor
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Rivoceranib

Detailed Description

Thymic epithelial tumors (TET) are tumors of the thymus gland, which plays a pivotal role in adaptive immunity, and are classified as thymoma, thymic carcinoma, and thymic neuroendocrine tumor. Although it is the most common neoplasm of the anterior mediastinum, it is a rare cancer with an incidence of 0.15 cases per 100,000 people per year in the United States and 1.7 cases per 1,000,000 people per year in Europe. For surgically inoperable thymic epithelial tumors, first-line treatment is based on cytotoxic anticancer drugs. In this case, combinations such as Paclitaxel/Carboplatin or Cyclophosphamide, Adriamycin, Cisplatin (CAP) are mainly used as first-line treatment, but their therapeutic effect is still limited to less than 40%, and they also have very high toxicity. In the event of resistance to first-line therapy, there are a number of treatment options available, including Sunitinib, Pemetrexed, Everolimus, Paclitaxel, Gemcitabine based regimens, Lenvatinib, and Pembrolizumab. Lenvatinib, a representative agent with a similar mechanism of action to rivoceranib, has also shown excellent clinical results in thymic epithelial tumors. Lenvatinib, which targets various kinases in addition to the Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor (VEGFR), was used in a total of 42 patients, resulting in a partial response in 38% of patients and stable disease in 57% of patients. Rivoceranib is a selective inhibitor of VEGFR-2 and is currently approved and marketed in China for the treatment of gastric and liver cancer. Rivoceranib has similar targets to Lenvatinib and Sunitinib, and this study is expected to show clinical benefits when used in thymic epithelial tumors (TET), providing additional treatment opportunities for patients in the absence of targeted therapies currently covered by domestic insurance in the second-line setting.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 40
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Myung-Ju Ahn; Phone Number: 821034103438; Email: silkahn@skku.edu

Study Locations

• Korea, Republic of
  • Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 135-710
    • Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. 19 years of age or older at the time of signing informed consent
2. Subjects with histologically confirmed metastatic thymic epithelial tumor
3. Have at least one measurable target lesion for evaluation according to RECIST v1.1 criteria
4. Patients who are not candidates for surgery and require consolidation chemotherapy
5. Radiologic progression of disease after first-line standard therapy
6. ECOG performance status of 0 or 1
7. Life expectancy greater than 3 months

8. Patients with adequate bone marrow and organ function [Bone marrow function]

   • Neutrophils (ANC) > 1,500/mm3
   • Platelets > 100,000/mm3
   • Hemoglobin > 9 g/dL [Liver function]
   • Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal (if liver metastases are present, up to 3 x upper limit of normal is allowed)
   • AST, ALT ≤ 3 x upper limit of normal (if liver metastases are present, up to 5 x upper limit of normal is allowed) [Renal function]
   • Creatinine clearance > 50 mL/min (Cockcroft-Gault equation)
9. Subjects who have voluntarily decided to participate in this study and have given written informed consent and are able to participate in all periods of the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients with more than 22 concurrent tumors and/or other active malignancies requiring systemic treatment within the last 22 years at the time of the first dose of investigational drug (however, patients may participate in the study if the principal investigator determines that the previous malignancy has been treated and no further treatment is required).
2. Patients treated with a previous anti-angiogenic agent (ex. Sunitinib, bevacizumab etc)
3. Patients with difficult to control central nervous system metastases
4. Those with spinal cord compression, leptomeningeal carcinomatosis

5. Patients with uncontrolled systemic disease, including uncontrolled hypertension, active bleeding, or active infection.

   However, individuals with the following hepatitis B/C infections may be enrolled

   • Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positive, with an ALT in the normal range and HBV DNA <2,000 IU/ml, and taking antiviral therapy to prevent hepatitis reactivation may be enrolled.
   • HBs Ag negative, hepatitis B core antibody (IgG anti-HBc) positive, and HBV DNA below the lower limit of quantification may be enrolled.
   • Anti-HCV Ab positive individuals can be enrolled if HCV RNA is the lower limit of quantification.
6. Unresolved toxicities from prior therapy greater than or equal to grade 1 based on CTCAE version 5.0.
7. Received extensive radiotherapy within the last 2 weeks, or received localized radiotherapy or gamma knife surgery with a limited scope of radiotherapy for palliative purposes within the last 1 week.
8. Unable to swallow investigational medication due to intractable nausea and vomiting or chronic gastrointestinal disease.
9. Participation in another interventional clinical trial within 30 days of screening
10. Pregnant or lactating women

11. Unwilling to agree to use a medically acceptable method of contraception from the first dose of investigational drug until 1 month after the last dose.

    • Female patients of childbearing potential who are sexually active and their partners must agree to use adequate medically acceptable contraception for the duration of the study and for 1 month after the last dose.

    • Male patients who have not undergone a vasectomy must agree to use adequate contraception and are prohibited from providing sperm until 1 month after the last dose of study medication.

      • Adequate contraception includes: hormonal contraceptives (subcutaneous fat, injections, oral contraceptives, etc.), intrauterine devices (IUD, intrauterine device or IUS, intrauterine system), sterilization of you or your partner (vasectomy, tubal ligation, etc.).
12. Failure to provide 20 unstained slides (if additional biopsies are not available from the patient, participation in the study may be possible after discussion with the study coordinator).
13. Those who are inappropriate to participate in the study for other reasons (e.g., ethically or because it may affect the outcome of the study) as judged by the principal investigator.

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: single arm; Rivoceranib 700 mg once daily by mouth. Rivoceranib should be given at the same time each day, with or without meals. Swallow the tablet whole. Do not chew, crush, or split the tablet. Receive study medication until there is evidence of disease progression, intolerable toxicity, withdrawal of consent by the patient, or in the judgment of the principal investigator that the study cannot continue due to inability to administer. Tumor response will be assessed according to RECIST v1.1 criteria based on imaging studies (CT or MRI) measured every 8 weeks (±1 week) from C1D1 through 12 months and every 12 weeks (±1 week) after 12 months.

Drug: Rivoceranib; 700mg once daily

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Objective response rate(ORR) Objective response rate(ORR)	6 month after completion of enrollment

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Progression-free survival(PFS)	up to 30 months
Disease control rate(DCR)	up to 30 months
Duration of response(DOR)	up to 30 months

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Exploratory biomarker analysis	Genomic analysis (whole transcriptome sequencing) - Circulating tumor DNA	up to 30 months
Exploratory biomarker analysis	Tissue slide - Whole transcriptome sequencing, Whole exome sequencing	up to 30 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Samsung Medical Center

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Estimated): May 1, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): March 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 1, 2026

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 28, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 28, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): January 10, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 9, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 8, 2024
• Last Verified: April 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Lymphatic Diseases; Neoplasms by Site; Thoracic Neoplasms; Thymus Neoplasms; Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Enzyme Inhibitors; Antineoplastic Agents; Protein Kinase Inhibitors; Apatinib
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2023-09-121

Drug and device information, study documents

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