Dovitinib in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Progressive Glioblastoma

• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01753713
• Recruitment Status: Completed
• First Posted: December 20, 2012
• Results First Posted: August 8, 2017
• Last Update Posted: December 12, 2017
• Sponsor: Manmeet Ahluwalia, MD
• Collaborators: National Cancer Institute (NCI); Novartis
• Information provided by (Responsible Party): Manmeet Ahluwalia, MD, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Study Description

Brief Summary:

This phase II trial studies how well dovitinib works in treating patients with recurrent or progressive glioblastoma. Dovitinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth

Condition or disease	Intervention/treatment	Phase
Adult Giant Cell Glioblastoma; Adult Glioblastoma; Adult Gliosarcoma; Recurrent Adult Brain Tumor	Drug: dovitinib; Other: laboratory biomarker analysis	Phase 2

Detailed Description:

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

Anti-angiogenic Therapy Naive Patients: To determine 6 month progression-free survival (PFS6) in anti-angiogenic therapy (including anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy or bevacizumab) naive patients with recurrent glioblastoma (GBM) in patients treated with dovitinib

Anti-angiogenic Therapy Patients: To estimate time to progression in patients with recurrent or progressive Glioblastoma who have progressed on anti-angiogenic therapy (including anti-VEGF therapy).

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

1. To evaluate the side effect profile of dovitinib in both patient populations.
2. To evaluate the efficacy of dovitinib as measured by objective response rate (ORR) in both patient populations.
3. To estimate time to percentage of patients free from progression at 6 months (PFS-6)in patients with recurrent or progressive Glioblastoma who have progressed on antiangiogenic therapy (including anti-VEGF therapy). (Anti-angiogenic Therapy Patients)
4. To estimate time to progression in anti-angiogenic therapy (including anti-VEGF therapy or bevacizumab) naiVe patients with recurrent glioblastoma (GBM) in patients treated with dovitinib. (Anti-angiogenic Therapy Naive Patients)
5. To evaluate the overall survival (OS) in both patient populations.

EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:

To explore association between clinical outcome and potential biomarkers that may include microparticles, PlGF, PDGF-AA, PDGF-AB, PDGF-BB, SDF-1a, thrombospondin-1, Ang1, and Il-6, IL-8 and FGF.

OUTLINE:

Patients receive dovitinib orally (PO) 5 days a week. Courses repeat every 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up for 30 days.

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional (Clinical Trial)
• Actual Enrollment: 33 participants
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)
• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Official Title: Phase II Study of TKI258 (Dovitinib) in Patients With Recurrent or Progressive Glioblastoma Who Have Progressed With or Without Anti-Angiogenic Therapy (Including Anti-VEGF Therapy)
• Actual Study Start Date: December 20, 2012
• Actual Primary Completion Date: January 28, 2015
• Actual Study Completion Date: September 20, 2017

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/treatment
Experimental: Anti-angiogenic Therapy Naive Patients; Patients who have progressed without anti-angiogenic therapy. Patients receive dovitinib orally (PO) 5 days a week. Courses repeat every 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.	Drug: dovitinib; Given PO; Other Names: CHIR-258; receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) inhibitor TKI258; RTK inhibitor TKI258; TKI258; Other: laboratory biomarker analysis; Correlative studies
Experimental: Anti-angiogenic Therapy Patients; Patients who have progressed on anti-angiogenic therapy. Patients receive dovitinib orally (PO) 5 days a week. Courses repeat every 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.	Drug: dovitinib; Given PO; Other Names: CHIR-258; receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) inhibitor TKI258; RTK inhibitor TKI258; TKI258; Other: laboratory biomarker analysis; Correlative studies

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures :

1. Arm 1: Progression Free Survival (PFS) [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
   Number of anti-angiogenic therapy (including anti-VEGF therapy or bevacizumab) naive patients with recurrent glioblastoma (GBM). The progression- free survival (PFS) at 6 months is defined as the time from randomization to objective tumor progression or death. So patients who have CR, PR or SD at 6 months will constitute PFS-6. Progression is defined using the Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncology (RANO) Criteria where CR = Total disappearance of lesions, PR = >50% reduction in lesions and SD = <25% reduction in lesions
2. Arm 2: Determine Median Time to Progression [ Time Frame: From randomization to time of progression every 8 weeks (2 cycles of treatment) up to 32 weeks ]
   Anti-angiogenic therapy (including anti-VEGF therapy or bevacizumab) patients with recurrent glioblastoma (GBM). Time to tumor progression (TTP), is defined as the time from randomization to time of progressive disease. So it is ongoing and will be assessed every 8 weeks …8, 16, 24, 32 …week. Progression is defined as >25% increase in size of lesions or evidence of new lesions

Secondary Outcome Measures :

1. Toxicity Assessed Using Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) Version 4.0 [ Time Frame: Assessed until 30 days after treatment up to 32 weeks ]
   Number of adverse events in patients in both populations (grade 1-5). Grade 1 are defined as mild events characterized as asymptomatic or mild symptoms; clinical or diagnostic observations only; no intervention indicated. Grade 2 are moderate events with minimal, local or non invasive interventions indicated. Grade 3 are severe or medically significant events but not immediately life-threatening; hospitalization indicated. Grade 4 are life-threatening consequences with urgent intervention indicated. Grade 5 are deaths related to events
2. Objective Response Rate Using Modified Revised Assessment in Neuro-Oncology (RANO) Criteria [ Time Frame: Up to 30 days after treatment ]
   Number of patients (both populations) with a complete response (CR-no measurable disease), partial response (PR >50% reduction in measurable disease), minor response (MR >25% reduction of measurable disease), stable disease (SD <25% reduction) and progressive disease (PD >25% measurable disease and new lesions).
3. Median Progression Free Survival [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
   The progression- free survival (PFS) at 6 months is defined as the time from randomization to objective tumor progression or death. So patients who have CR, PR or SD at 6 months will constitute PFS-6
4. Overall Survival [ Time Frame: to death, approximately 2 years ]
   The Kaplan-Meier method will be used. Overall survival is defined as the time from randomization to death.

Other Outcome Measures:

1. Changes From Baseline in Circulating Growth Factors and Soluble Receptors. [ Time Frame: Up to 30 days after treatment ]
   To assess the pharmacodynamic effect of dovitinib on potential plasma biomarkers that may include measuring concentrations of circulating, microparticles, PlGF, PDGF-AA, PDGF-AB, PDGF-BB, SDF-la, thrombospondin-l, Angl, and 11-6, IL-8 and FGF.

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Histologically confirmed glioblastoma, recurrent after standard external-beam fractionated radiotherapy and temozolomide chemotherapy
• Patients who have NOT received any anti-angiogenic therapy (Anti-VEGF, including avastin, cediranib, or other anti-angiogenic therapies like cilengitide) on Anti-angiogenic Therapy Naive Patients Arm. No more than two recurrences are allowed on Anti-angiogenic Therapy Naive Patients Arm.
• Patients who have received any anti-angiogenic therapy (Anti-VEGF, including avastin, cediranib, or other anti-angiogenic therapies like cilengitide) on Anti-angiogenic Therapy Patients Arm. Any number of recurrences are allowed on Anti-angiogenic Therapy Patients Arm.
• Karnofsky performance status ≥ 60%
• Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 x 10^9/L
• Platelets ≥ 100 x 10^9/L
• Hemoglobin (Hgb) > 9 g/dL
• Serum total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN)
• Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 3.0 x ULN
• Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 x ULN
• Minimum interval since completion of radiation treatment is 12 weeks
• Minimum interval since last drug therapy 2 weeks since last non-cytotoxic therapy 3 weeks must have elapsed since the completion of a non-nitrosourea containing chemotherapy regimen 6 weeks since the completion of a nitrosourea containing chemotherapy regimen
• Patients must be able to provide written informed consent
• Patients with the potential for pregnancy or impregnating their partner must agree to follow acceptable birth control methods to avoid conception; the anti-proliferative activity of this experimental drug may be harmful to the developing fetus or nursing infant; female patients of child-bearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test
• Patients must have no concurrent malignancy except curatively treated basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin or carcinoma in situ of the cervix and breast, adequately treated stage I or II cancer from which the patient is in complete remission; patients with other prior malignancies must be disease-free for ≥ three years
• Patients must be maintained on a stable corticosteroid regimen from the time of their baseline scan until the start of treatment and/or for at least 5 days before starting treatment

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who have undergone major surgery (e.g. intra-thoracic, intra-abdominal or intra-pelvic), open biopsy or significant traumatic injury ≤ 4 weeks prior to starting study drug, or patients who have had minor procedures, percutaneous biopsies or placement of vascular access device ≤ 1 week prior to starting study drug, or who have not recovered from side effects of such procedure or injury
• Patients with a history of pulmonary embolism (PE), or untreated deep venous thrombosis (DVT) within the past 6 months

• Patients with any of the following concurrent severe and/or uncontrolled medical conditions which could compromise participation in the study:

  • Impaired cardiac function or clinically significant cardiac diseases, including any of the following:

    • History or presence of serious uncontrolled ventricular arrhythmias
    • Clinically significant resting bradycardia
    • Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) assessed by 2-dimensional (2-D) echocardiogram (ECHO) < 50% or lower limit of normal (whichever is higher) or multi gated acquisition scan (MUGA) < 45% or lower limit of normal (whichever is higher)
    • Any of the following within 6 months prior to starting study drug: myocardial infarction (MI), severe/unstable angina, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), congestive heart failure (CHF), cerebrovascular accident (CVA), and transient ischemic attack (TIA)
    • Uncontrolled hypertension defined by a systolic blood pressure (SBP) ≥ 160 mm Hg and/or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) ≥ 100 mm Hg, with or without anti-hypertensive medication(s)
• Impairment of gastrointestinal (GI) function or GI disease that may significantly alter the absorption of dovitinib (e.g. ulcerative diseases, uncontrolled nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, malabsorption syndrome, or small bowel resection)
• Cirrhosis, chronic active hepatitis or chronic persistent hepatitis
• Known diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (HIV testing is not mandatory)
• Other concurrent severe and/or uncontrolled concomitant medical conditions (e.g. active or uncontrolled infection, uncontrolled diabetes) that could cause unacceptable safety risks or compromise compliance with the protocol
• Women of child-bearing potential, who are biologically able to conceive, not employing two forms of highly effective contraception; highly effective contraception (e.g. male condom with spermicide, diaphragm with spermicide, intra-uterine device) must be used by both sexes during the study and must be continued for 8 weeks after the end of study treatment; oral, implantable, or injectable contraceptives may be affected by cytochrome P450 interactions, and are therefore not considered effective for this study; women of child-bearing potential, defined as sexually mature women who have not undergone a hysterectomy or who have not been naturally postmenopausal for at least 12 consecutive months (e.g., who has had menses any time in the preceding 12 consecutive months), must have a negative serum pregnancy test ≤ 14 days prior to starting study treatment
• Fertile males not willing to use contraception, as stated above
• Patients who are currently receiving full dose anticoagulation treatment with therapeutic doses of warfarin or anti-platelet therapy (e.g., Plavix [clopidogrel bisulfate]); treatment with locally accepted low molecular weight heparin and low dose of acetylsalicylic acid (i.e., 81mg or 100 mg daily) to prevent cardiovascular events or strokes is allowed
• Patients unwilling or unable to comply with the protocol
• Any significant hemorrhage defined as > 1 cm diameter of blood seen on the MRI or CT scan. If > 1 cm of acute blood is detected, the patient will be ineligible for this trial.

Contacts and Locations

Locations

United States, Ohio

Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44195

Sponsors and Collaborators

Manmeet Ahluwalia, MD

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Novartis

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Manmeet Ahluwalia; Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

More Information

• Responsible Party: Manmeet Ahluwalia, MD, Principal Investigator, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01753713
• Other Study ID Numbers: CASE4312; NCI-2012-02284 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) )
• First Posted: December 20, 2012
• Results First Posted: August 8, 2017
• Last Update Posted: December 12, 2017
• Last Verified: October 2017

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: Yes
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Glioblastoma; Gliosarcoma; Recurrence; Disease Attributes; Pathologic Processes; Astrocytoma; Glioma; Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial; Neuroectodermal Tumors; Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial; Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue