Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacokinetic (PK) of Concomitant Esomeprazole and Rifampin, and QT Study on Single and Multiple-doses of Alisertib
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01844583 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : May 1, 2013
Results First Posted : March 25, 2019
Last Update Posted : March 25, 2019
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Solid Tumors Lymphoma | Drug: Alisertib Drug: Esomeprazole Drug: Rifampin | Phase 1 |
The drug tested in this study is called alisertib. Alisertib is being tested to assess the effect of a proton pump inhibitor and strong metabolic inducer on the PK of a single 50 mg dose of alisertib administered as enteric-coated tablets (ECTs).
The study enrolled 55 patients. Participants received either:
- Esomeprazole 40 mg and Alisertib 50 mg
- Rifampin 600 mg and Alisertib 50 mg
All participants were asked to take one tablet of alisertib either once or twice daily in all cycles. In Cycle 2, participants were asked to take alisertib plus either esomeprazole or rifampin.
This trial was conducted the United States. The overall time to participate in this study was 10 months. Participants made multiple visits to the clinic plus a final visit, 30 days after receiving their last dose of study drug for a follow-up assessment.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 55 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Study of the Effect of Esomeprazole or Rifampin on the Pharmacokinetics of Alisertib and Evaluation of the Effect of Alisertib on the QTc Interval in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors or Lymphomas |
Actual Study Start Date : | June 25, 2013 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | August 4, 2014 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | September 6, 2016 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Esomeprazole 40 mg + Alisertib 50 mg
Alisertib 50 mg, tablets, orally, once on Day 1, followed by twice daily on Days 4 to 10, followed by a 14-day rest period in Cycle 1. Esomeprazole, 40 mg, delayed-release capsules, orally, once daily on Days 1 to 10 plus alisertib, 50 mg, tablets, orally, once on Day 8, followed by twice daily on Days 11 to 17, followed by a 14-day rest period in Cycle 2. Alisertib 50 mg, tablets, orally, twice daily on Days 1 to 7 beginning with Cycle 3 (21-day cycles) to the end of study (Up to 15 Cycles). |
Drug: Alisertib
Alisertib tablets
Other Name: MLN8237 Drug: Esomeprazole Esomeprazole capsules |
Experimental: Rifampin 600 mg + Alisertib 50 mg
Alisertib 50 mg, tablets, orally, once on Day 1, followed by twice daily on Days 4 to 10, followed by a 14-day rest period in Cycle 1. Rifampin 600 mg, capsules, orally, once daily on Days 1 to 10 in Cycle 2 plus alisertib, 50 mg, tablets, orally, once on Day 8, followed by twice daily on Days 11 to 17, followed by a 14-day rest period in Cycle 2. Alisertib 50 mg, tablets, orally, twice daily on Days 1 to 7 beginning with Cycle 3 (21-day cycles) to the end of study (Up to 15 Cycles). |
Drug: Alisertib
Alisertib tablets
Other Name: MLN8237 Drug: Rifampin Rifampin capsules |
- Cmax: Maximum Observed Concentration for Alisertib in Presence and Absence of Esomeprazole [ Time Frame: Day 1 pre-dose and at multiple time points (up to 72 hours) post-dose in Cycle 1 for alisertib without esomeprazole arm; Day 8 pre-dose and at multiple time points (up to 72 hours) post-dose in Cycle 2 for alisertib with esomeprazole arm ]
- AUClast: Area Under the Plasma Concentration-Time Curve From Time 0 to the Time of the Last Quantifiable Concentration for Alisertib in Presence and Absence of Esomeprazole [ Time Frame: Day 1 pre-dose and at multiple time points (up to 72 hours) post-dose in Cycle 1 for alisertib without esomeprazole arm; Day 8 pre-dose and at multiple time points (up to 72 hours) post-dose in Cycle 2 for alisertib with esomeprazole arm ]
- AUC∞: Area Under the Plasma Concentration-time Curve From Time 0 to Infinity for Alisertib in Presence and Absence of Esomeprazole [ Time Frame: Day 1 pre-dose and at multiple time points (up to 72 hours) post-dose in Cycle 1 for alisertib without esomeprazole arm; Day 8 pre-dose and at multiple time points (up to 72 hours) post-dose in Cycle 2 for alisertib with esomeprazole arm ]
- Tmax: Time to Reach the Maximum Plasma Concentration (Cmax) for Alisertib in Presence and Absence of Esomeprazole [ Time Frame: Day 1 pre-dose and at multiple time points (up to 72 hours) post-dose in Cycle 1 for alisertib without esomeprazole arm; Day 8 pre-dose and at multiple time points (up to 72 hours) post-dose in Cycle 2 for alisertib with esomeprazole arm ]
- Terminal Phase Elimination Half-life (T1/2) for Alisertib in Presence and Absence of Esomeprazole [ Time Frame: Day 1 pre-dose and at multiple time points (up to 72 hours) post-dose in Cycle 1 for alisertib without esomeprazole arm; Day 8 pre-dose and at multiple time points (up to 72 hours) post-dose in Cycle 2 for alisertib with esomeprazole arm ]
- Cmax: Maximum Observed Concentration for Alisertib in Presence and Absence of Rifampin [ Time Frame: Day 1 pre-dose and at multiple time points (up to 72 hours) post-dose in Cycle 1 for alisertib without rifampin arm; Day 8 pre-dose and at multiple time points (up to 72 hours) post-dose in Cycle 2 for alisertib with rifampin arm ]
- AUC(Last): Area Under the Plasma Concentration-Time Curve From Time 0 to the Time of the Last Quantifiable Concentration for Alisertib in Presence and Absence of Rifampin [ Time Frame: Day 1 pre-dose and at multiple time points (up to 72 hours) post-dose in Cycle 1 for alisertib without rifampin arm; Day 8 pre-dose and at multiple time points (up to 72 hours) post-dose in Cycle 2 for alisertib with rifampin arm ]
- AUC∞: Area Under the Plasma Concentration-time Curve From Time 0 to Infinity for Alisertib in Presence or Absence of Rifampin [ Time Frame: Day 1 pre-dose and at multiple time points (up to 72 hours) post-dose in Cycle 1 for alisertib without rifampin arm; Day 8 pre-dose and at multiple time points (up to 72 hours) post-dose in Cycle 2 for alisertib with rifampin arm ]
- Tmax: Time to Reach the Maximum Plasma Concentration (Cmax) for Alisertib in Presence and Absence of Rifampin [ Time Frame: Day 1 pre-dose and at multiple time points (up to 72 hours) post-dose in Cycle 1 for alisertib without rifampin arm; Day 8 pre-dose and at multiple time points (up to 72 hours) post-dose in Cycle 2 for alisertib with rifampin arm ]
- Phase Elimination Half-life (T1/2) for Alisertib in Presence and Absence of Rifampin [ Time Frame: Day 1 pre-dose and at multiple time points (up to 72 hours) post-dose in Cycle 1 for alisertib without rifampin arm; Day 8 pre-dose and at multiple time points (up to 72 hours) post-dose in Cycle 2 for alisertib with rifampin arm ]
- Change From the Time-matched Baseline in the Individually Corrected QTc Interval (QTcI) [ Time Frame: Baseline, Days 1 and 10 multiple timepoints postdose (up to 24 hours) in Cycle 1 ]
- Change From the Time-matched Baseline in the Fridericia Correction of QTc (QTcF) [ Time Frame: Baseline, Days 1 and 10 multiple timepoints postdose (up to 24 hours) in Cycle 1 ]
- Number of Participants With Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs) [ Time Frame: From the first dose through 30 days after administration of the last dose of study drug (up to 328 days) ]An Adverse Event (AE) is defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a clinical investigation participant administered a drug; it does not necessarily have to have a causal relationship with this treatment. A Serious Adverse Event (SAE) A serious is any experience that suggests a significant hazard, contraindication, side effect or precaution that: results in death, is life-threatening, required in-patient hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization, results in persistent or significant disability/incapacity, is a congenital anomaly/birth defect or is medically significant.

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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:
- Male or female participants 18 years or older
- Histologically or cytologically confirmed metastatic and/or advanced solid tumors or lymphomas
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 or 1
- Expected survival longer than 3 months from enrollment in the study
- Female participants who are post menopausal, surgically sterile, or agree to practice 2 effective methods of contraception or agree to abstain from heterosexual intercourse
- Male participants who agree to practice effective barrier contraception or agree to abstain from heterosexual intercourse
Exclusion Criteria:
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Treatment with any anticancer therapy or any investigational agents within 4 weeks before the first dose of alisertib
- Known hypersensitivity or intolerance to rifampin (for participants considered for the rifampin drug-drug interaction [DDI] group) or to esomeprazole (for participants considered for the esomeprazole DDI group)
- Recurrent nausea and/or vomiting within 14 days before the first dose of alisertib, and known gastrointestinal (GI) abnormality or GI procedure that could interfere with or modify the oral absorption or tolerance of alisertib
- Participants requiring treatment with clinically significant enzyme inducers within 14 days before the first dose of alisertib and/or requiring the use of these medications during the study
- A medical condition requiring use of pancreatic enzymes; or daily, chronic, or regular use of proton pump inhibitors (PPI); or histamine (H2) receptor antagonists
- Participants requiring systemic anticoagulation (excluding low-dose aspirin, or low-dose anticoagulation to maintain patency of venous access devices).
- Any cardiovascular condition
- Female participants who are lactating or have a positive serum pregnancy test
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Major surgery within the 14 days preceding the first dose of alisertib
- Life-threatening or uncontrolled medical illness unrelated to cancer
- Newly diagnosed or uncontrolled cancer-related central nervous system (CNS) disease
- Autologous stem cell transplant within 3 months
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Prior allogeneic bone marrow or other organ transplantation
- Other severe acute or chronic medical or psychiatric condition
- Known or suspected human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive or hepatitis B surface antigen-positive status, or known or suspected active hepatitis C infection
Please note there are additional inclusion and exclusion criteria. The study center will determine if you meet all of the criteria.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01844583
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Sarasota, Florida, United States | |
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Saint Louis, Missouri, United States | |
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States | |
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Nashville, Tennessee, United States | |
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Dallas, Texas, United States | |
San Antonio, Texas, United States | |
United States, Wisconsin | |
Madison, Wisconsin, United States |
Study Director: | Medical Monitor | Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
Responsible Party: | Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01844583 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
C14015 |
First Posted: | May 1, 2013 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | March 25, 2019 |
Last Update Posted: | March 25, 2019 |
Last Verified: | December 2018 |
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