A Study of The Impact of Severe Hepatic Impairment on the Pharmacokinetics and Safety of Vemurafenib in BRAF V600 Mutation-Positive Cancer Participants
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01767623 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : January 14, 2013
Last Update Posted : February 13, 2018
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Neoplasms | Drug: Vemurafenib | Phase 1 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 8 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | An Open Label, Phase I Study to Evaluate the Impact of Severe Hepatic Impairment on the Pharmacokinetics and Safety of Vemurafenib in BRAF V600 Mutation Positive Cancer Patients |
Actual Study Start Date : | August 20, 2013 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | April 20, 2017 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | April 20, 2017 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Active Comparator: Cohort 1: Participants with Normal Liver Function
Participants with normal liver function (according to National Cancer Institute [NCI] liver dysfunction criteria) will receive vemurafenib 960 mg BID from Day 1 until the morning dose on Day 20 and then from Day 27 onward until disease progression, safety-related treatment termination, withdrawal of consent, death, or a decision by the Sponsor to terminate the study, whichever occurs first.
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Drug: Vemurafenib
Vemurafenib orally BID 960 or 720 mg.
Other Names:
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Experimental: Cohort 2: Participants with Severe Liver Dysfunction
Participants with severe liver dysfunction (according to NCI liver dysfunction criteria) will receive vemurafenib 720 mg BID from Day 1 until the morning dose on Day 20 and then from Day 27 onward until disease progression, safety-related treatment termination, withdrawal of consent, death, or a decision by the Sponsor to terminate the study, whichever occurs first.
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Drug: Vemurafenib
Vemurafenib orally BID 960 or 720 mg.
Other Names:
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- Dose-Normalized Area Under the Concentration-Time Curve (AUC) of Vemurafenib During the Dose Interval (12 hours) (AUCtau) on Day 20 [ Time Frame: Pre-dose (0 hour); 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 48, 72, 96, 120, and 168 hours after the morning dose on Day 20 ]
- Dose-Normalized Maximum Observed Concentration (Cmax) of Vemurafenib on Day 20 [ Time Frame: Pre-dose (0 hour); 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 48, 72, 96, 120, and 168 hours after the morning dose on Day 20 ]
- Percentage of Participants with Adverse Events (AEs) [ Time Frame: Baseline up to approximately 3 years ]
- Dose-Normalized AUCtau of of Vemurafenib on Day 1 [ Time Frame: Pre-dose (0 hour); 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, and 12 hours after the morning dose on Day 1 ]
- Dose-Normalized AUC from Time 0 to Last Measurable Concentration Time Point (AUC0-last) of Vemurafenib on Day 20 [ Time Frame: Pre-dose (0 hour); 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 48, 72, 96, 120, and 168 hours after the morning dose on Day 20 ]
- Dose-Normalized AUC from Time 0 to Infinity (AUC0-∞) of Vemurafenib on Day 20 [ Time Frame: Pre-dose (0 hour); 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 48, 72, 96, 120, and 168 hours after the morning dose on Day 20 ]
- Dose-Normalized Cmax of Vemurafenib on Day 1 [ Time Frame: Pre-dose (0 hour); 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, and 12 hours after the morning dose on Day 1 ]
- Time to Maximum Concentration (tmax) of Vemurafenib on Day 1 and Day 20 [ Time Frame: Day 1: Pre-dose (0 hour); 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, and 12 hours after the morning dose; Day 20: Pre-dose (0 hour); 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 48, 72, 96, 120, and 168 hours after the morning dose ]
- Half-life (t1/2) of Vemurafenib in Plasma on Day 20 [ Time Frame: Pre-dose (0 hour); 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 48, 72, 96, 120, and 168 hours after the morning dose on Day 20 ]
- Dose Normalized Apparent Clearance (CL/F) of Vemurafenib on Day 20 [ Time Frame: Pre-dose (0 hour); 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 48, 72, 96, 120, and 168 hours after the morning dose on Day 20 ]
- Trough Plasma Concentration (Cmin or Ctrough) of Vemurafenib [ Time Frame: Pre-dose (0 hour); 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, and 12 hours after the morning dose on Day 1; Pre-dose (0 hour); 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 48, 72, 96, 120, and 168 hours after the morning dose on Day 20; Before the morning dose on Days 9 and 15 ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Histologically confirmed BRAF V600 mutation-positive advanced solid malignancy that is metastatic or unresectable and for which standard curative or palliative measures do not exist or are no longer effective
- Normal or impaired hepatic function (hepatic function will be classified according to the NCI Organ Dysfunction Working Group criteria)
- For participants with hepatic impairment: Stable hepatic function for at least 2 weeks (greater than [>] 14 days) before Day 1
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of less than or equal to (</=) 2
- Participants with a history of recent brain metastases must have completed any radiation therapy at least 4 weeks before Day 1, be without intervening signs of brain lesion progression and not require steroids before starting the protocol (Day 1). Participants with gliomas or known brain metastases who require anticonvulsants must be seizure free for 1 month prior to enrollment
- Life expectancy greater than or eual to (>/=) 8 weeks
- Adequate hematologic and renal function
- For women of childbearing potential: agreement to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) or use contraceptive methods that result in a failure rate of less than (<) 1 percent per year during the treatment period and for at least 6 months after the last dose of study drug
Exclusion Criteria:
- Allergy or hypersensitivity to components of the vemurafenib formulation
- Requirement for immediate or urgent treatment with twice a day vemurafenib and for whom the intermittent schedule of vemurafenib employed during Days 1-26 of this trial is not clinically acceptable
- Chemotherapy, biologic therapy, immunotherapy, or radiotherapy within 4 weeks prior to entering the study, or those who have not recovered from AEs because of agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier
- Gliomas or known brain metastases that require corticosteroids
- History of clinically significant cardiac or pulmonary dysfunction
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-positive participant requiring antiviral treatment including protease inhibitors
- Active infection or chronic infection requiring chronic suppressive antibiotics
- Pregnancy or breastfeeding at Day 1
- History of malabsorption or other clinically significant metabolic dysfunction
- Active autoimmune disease
- Current, recent (within 28 days prior to Day 1), or planned use of any investigational product outside this study

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01767623
United States, California | |
California Cancer Associates for Research & Excellence, Inc. | |
Encinitas, California, United States, 92008 | |
Australia, Victoria | |
Peninsula and South Eastern Haematology and Oncology Grou | |
Frankston, Victoria, Australia, 3199 | |
Greece | |
District General Hospital of Athens Laiko; 1st Internal Medicine Clinic | |
Athens, Greece, 11527 | |
Israel | |
Rambam Health Care Campus | |
Haifa, Israel, 31096 | |
Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center | |
Tel Aviv, Israel, 64239 | |
Russian Federation | |
SBIH " Clinical Oncological Dispensary # 1"; Chemotherapy department #1 and #2 | |
Krasnodar, Russian Federation, 350040 | |
Turkey | |
Ege University Medicine Develoment and Pharmacokinetics Research Center; Pulmonary Diseases | |
Izmir, Turkey, 35040 | |
United Kingdom | |
Velindre Cancer Centre | |
Cardiff, United Kingdom, CF14 2TL |
Study Director: | Clinical Trials | Hoffmann-La Roche |
Responsible Party: | Hoffmann-La Roche |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01767623 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
GO28053 2012-003820-18 ( EudraCT Number ) |
First Posted: | January 14, 2013 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | February 13, 2018 |
Last Verified: | February 2018 |
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