Tolerability of the Combination of Lapatinib and Trastuzumab in Adults Age 60 or Older With HER2 Positive Locally Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01273610 |
Recruitment Status :
Active, not recruiting
First Posted : January 10, 2011
Last Update Posted : June 22, 2021
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Breast Neoplasms HER2/Neu Positive Geriatric Health Services | Drug: Lapatinib Drug: Trastuzumab Other: laboratory biomarker analysis Other: pharmacological study | Phase 2 |
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To estimate the safety and tolerability of the combination of trastuzumab and lapatinib (lapatinib ditosylate) in adults age 60 or older with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To describe the full toxicity profile including all grades; to estimate the rate of all grades of cardiac toxicity; to estimate the rate of all grades of diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting. II. To describe the pharmacokinetic parameters of lapatinib in older adults. III. To estimate objective response rate and clinical benefit rate as defined by modified Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors (RECIST) criteria. IV. To estimate median progression-free and overall survival. V. To explore factors other than chronological age that can affect toxicity rates as identified using a cancer-specific geriatric assessment. VI. To estimate rates of adherence to lapatinib in older adults.
OUTLINE: Patients receive lapatinib ditosylate orally (PO) once daily (QD) and trastuzumab intravenously (IV) over 30-90 minutes once weekly OR once every 3 weeks. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up for 30 days and then periodically thereafter.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 40 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Tolerability of the Combination of Lapatinib and Trastuzumab in Adults Age 60 or Older With HER2 Positive Locally Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer |
Actual Study Start Date : | April 20, 2011 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | February 22, 2018 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | February 22, 2025 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Lapatinib and trastuzumab
Patients receive lapatinib ditosylate PO QD and trastuzumab IV once weekly OR once every 3 weeks. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
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Drug: Lapatinib
250 mg tablets
Other Names:
Drug: Trastuzumab Intravenous injection
Other Name: Herceptin Other: laboratory biomarker analysis Other Name: Correlative studies Other: pharmacological study Other Name: Correlative studies |
- Grade 3 or higher non-hematological toxicities and symptomatic congestive heart failure (as defined by NCI CTCAE v.4.0) [ Time Frame: Until 30 days after last dose of treatment ]Tables will be created to summarize the toxicities and side effects for each dose schedule by dose, course, organ and severity for all patients. All serious adverse events and other serious toxicities will be described on a patient by patient basis. Numbers of cycles received and dose reductions will be tabulated by dose. Rates and associated 95% exact Clopper and Pearson binomial confidence intervals will be estimated.
- All toxicities associated with the combinations as measured by NCI CTCAE v. 4.0 [ Time Frame: Until 30 days after last dose of treatment ]Rates and associated 95% exact Clopper and Pearson binomial confidence intervals will be estimated.
- Dose reductions, dose interruptions, dose discontinuations [ Time Frame: While on treatment ]Rates and associated 95% exact Clopper and Pearson binomial confidence intervals will be estimated.
- Tumor response (using RECIST criteria) [ Time Frame: Up to 8 years ]Response rate (complete response [CR] + partial response [PR]) and clinical benefit rate (CR + PR + stable disease [SD]) and associated 95% exact Clopper and Pearson binomial confidence limits will be estimated.
- Progression-free survival [ Time Frame: From start of treatment until documented disease progression or death ]
- Overall survival [ Time Frame: From start of treatment until death from any cause ]
- Pharmacokinetic parameters of lapatinib, including trough levels and area under curve (AUC) [ Time Frame: Day 15 of course 1 and days 1 and 8 of course 2 ]AUC will be calculated and reported using standard descriptive statistics.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 60 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
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Locally advanced or metastatic Her2/Neu positive breast cancer (defined as immunohistochemistry [IHC] 3+ or a fluorescence in situ hybridization [FISH] ratio of >= 2.0); this may be on either a primary tumor or a metastatic site, and there is no time limit from the time the specimen was obtained; locally advanced breast cancer (LABC) includes breast cancers with advanced primary tumors, i.e., large diameter (at least 5 cm) or those with skin and/or chest wall involvement, and advanced regional lymph node involvement; it also includes a rare subgroup, inflammatory breast cancer; in the 2010 American Joint Committee on Cancer and the International Union for Cancer Control (AJCC-UICC) TNM breast cancer staging system, locally advanced breast cancer (LABC) includes patients with stage III disease; this comprises:
- Advanced primary tumors (tumors > 5 cm in greatest dimension [T3]; direct extension to the chest wall and/or to the skin [T4]: ulceration, skin nodules, and/or edema (including peau d'orange) confined to the same breast, inflammatory breast cancer [IBC, T4d])
- Advanced regional lymph nodes (ipsilateral level I, II axillary lymph nodes that are clinically fixed or matted or clinically detected internal mammary lymph nodes in the absence of axillary lymph node metastases [N2], ipsilateral infraclavicular [level III axillary] lymph nodes, ipsilateral internal mammary lymph node[s] with axillary lymph nodes, or ipsilateral supraclavicular lymph nodes [N3])
- Both measurable and non-measurable disease are allowed
- Life expectancy of greater than 12 weeks
- Women of child-bearing potential and sexually active men must agree to use adequate contraception prior to study entry for six months following duration of study participation
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status =< 2 (Karnofsky performance status >= 60%)
- Hemoglobin >= 10 g/dL (after transfusion if necessary)
- Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,500/mcL
- Platelets >= 100,000/mcL
- Total bilirubin within normal institutional limits
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT])/aspartate aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) =< 2.5 X institutional upper limit of normal
- Creatinine clearance >= 30 mL/min as measured using either the Cockcroft-Gault method or 24-hour creatinine clearance
- The above tests must be obtained within 14 days of study treatment
- Cardiac ejection fraction >= 50% as measured by echocardiogram or multiple gated acquisition scan (MUGA) scan
- The ability to swallow and retain oral medication
- Prior treatment with lapatinib or trastuzumab are allowed, provided that the agents have never been given in combination
- Any number of prior cancer treatments, including investigational agents, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, or targeted therapy are allowed
- All patients must have the ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Concurrent investigational treatment, chemotherapy, or targeted therapy; prior chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, targeted therapy, and investigational agents are allowed but all toxicities grade >= 2 must have resolved by the time of study commencement (except alopecia)
- Unstable or symptomatic brain metastases (however, patients with stable or treated brain metastases who do not require steroids at doses above those permitted for control of symptoms may be enrolled)
- History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biological composition to lapatinib or trastuzumab; however, patients with a history of infusion reaction to trastuzumab which was controlled with premedication on subsequent infusions without a recurring infusion reaction are eligible
- Concomitant medications listed are prohibited; inhibitors or inducers of cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) not listed can be used with caution
- Ongoing or active infection (including human immunodeficiency virus [HIV]) or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
- Inability to take oral medication
- Malabsorption syndrome, (prior surgical procedures affecting absorption), or inflammatory gastrointestinal (GI) disease (e.g., Crohn's, ulcerative colitis) which in the opinion of the study coordinator is likely to limit normal absorption of the drug
- Current active hepatic or biliary disease (with the exception of patients with Gilbert's syndrome, asymptomatic gallstones, liver metastases, or stable chronic liver disease per investigator assessment)
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Active cardiac disease, defined as (but not limited to):
- History of documented congestive heart failure (CHF) or systolic dysfunction (left ventricular ejection fraction [LVEF] < 50%)
- High-risk uncontrolled arrhythmias (ventricular tachycardia, high-grade atrio-ventricular [AV]-block, supraventricular tachycardias which are not adequately rate-controlled)
- Angina pectoris requiring antianginal medications
- Evidence of transmural infarction on electrocardiogram (ECG)
- Clinically significant valvular heart disease
- Poorly controlled hypertension (e.g. systolic > 180 mm HG or diastolic > 100 mm Hg)
- Any other cardiac condition, which in the opinion of the treating physician would make this protocol unreasonably hazardous for the patient
- Subjects who, in the opinion of the investigator, may not be able to comply with the safety monitoring requirements of the study are not eligible

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01273610
United States, California | |
City of Hope Medical Center | |
Duarte, California, United States, 91010 | |
City of Hope Antelope Valley | |
Lancaster, California, United States, 93534 | |
South Pasadena Cancer Center | |
Pasadena, California, United States, 91030 | |
United States, New York | |
Roswell Park Cancer Institute | |
Buffalo, New York, United States, 14263 | |
United States, North Carolina | |
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina | |
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27599 | |
Duke University Medical Center | |
Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27704 | |
United States, Ohio | |
Case Western Reserve University | |
Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106 | |
United States, Pennsylvania | |
Thomas Jefferson University | |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19107 |
Principal Investigator: | Arti Hurria, MD | City of Hope Medical Center |
Responsible Party: | City of Hope Medical Center |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01273610 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
10112 NCI-2011-00116 ( Registry Identifier: NCI CTRP ) |
First Posted: | January 10, 2011 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | June 22, 2021 |
Last Verified: | June 2021 |
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