Efficacy, Safety and Pharmacokinetics Study of Antroquinonol to Treat NSCLC
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02047344 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : January 28, 2014
Results First Posted : December 26, 2019
Last Update Posted : December 26, 2019
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Stage IV | Drug: Antroquinonol | Phase 2 |
- Progression free survival rate at 12 weeks, defined as the proportion of patients alive and progression free at Week 12. Patients will be progression free if they have no tumor assessments of progressive disease (defined according to RECIST guidelines, version 1.1) at any point from the start of treatment to Week 12.
- Objective response rate (ORR), defined as the proportion of patients whose best overall response is either CR or PR according to RECIST version 1.1. The best overall response is the best response recorded during the first 12 week treatment cycle.
- Disease control rate (DCR), defined as the proportion of patients with a documented CR, PR and SD during the first 12 week treatment cycle according to RECIST version 1.1.
- Duration of overall tumor response (DR), defined as the interval between the date of the first observation of tumor response (CR or PR) and the date of disease progression or death.
- Progression free survival defined as the time from randomization to objective tumor progression by RECIST version 1.1 or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first.
- Overall survival (OS) defined as the time from randomization to death from any cause.
- Time to progression (TTP) defined as the time from randomization to objective tumor progression by RECIST version 1.1.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 31 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Single-Arm, Open-Label, Phase II Trial Evaluating the Efficacy, Safety and Pharmacokinetics of Antroquinonol in Patients With Stage IV (Including Pleural Effusion) Non Squamous NSCLC Who Have Failed Two Lines of Anti-Cancer Therapy |
Study Start Date : | October 2013 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | December 7, 2018 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | December 7, 2018 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Antroquinonol (Hocena)
patients will receive one 12 week cycle of antroquinonol 200 mg t.i.d. or until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, non compliance or withdrawal of consent by the patient, or the investigator decides to discontinue treatment, whichever comes first.
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Drug: Antroquinonol
patients will receive one 12 week cycle of antroquinonol 200 mg t.i.d. or until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, non compliance or withdrawal of consent by the patient, or the investigator decides to discontinue treatment, whichever comes first.
Other Name: Hocena |
- Progression Free Survival Rate [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]Tumor response will be assessed at 6 week intervals during the first treatment cycle using the RECIST criteria, version 1.1. Each patient will be assigned one of the following categories: 1) complete response (CR), 2) partial response (PR), 3) stable disease (SD), or 4) progressive disease (PD). Patients who died from any cause or discontinued the study for any reason without a post screening or Week 12 tumor assessment will be considered as failing to respond to treatment.
- Cmax [ Time Frame: 8 hours ]PK sampling will be performed on Days 0 and 28 in all patients enrolled in Stage 1.PK endpoints will be derived for intensively sampled PK profiles by non compartmental methods and include: Cmax: peak concentration;Ctrough: trough plasma concentration.
- Disease Control Rate (DCR) [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]the proportion of patients with a documented CR, PR and SD during the first 12 week treatment cycle according to RECIST version 1.1.
- T½: the Time Required for a Quantity to Reduce to Half Its Initial Value [ Time Frame: 8 hours ]PK sampling will be performed on Days 0 and 28 in all patients enrolled in Stage 1.PK endpoints will be derived for intensively sampled PK profiles by T½: terminal half life
- Objective Response Rate (ORR) [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]Defined as the proportion of patients whose best overall response is either CR or PR according to RECIST version 1.1. The best overall response is the best response recorded during the first 12 week treatment cycle.
- Overall Survival [ Time Frame: up to week 48 ]the time from the date of first administration of study drug to death from any cause

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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:
- Cytologically or histologically confirmed non squamous NSCLC Stage IV (including pleural effusion).
- Radiologically confirmed disease progression following two previous lines of anti-cancer therapy, one of which should be a platinum based regimen, OR the patient has refused treatment with approved treatment modalities
- At least one radiologically measurable target lesion per RECIST version 1.1
- Fresh or archival biopsy tissue available to determine tumor mutation status
- Written informed consent that is consistent with International Conference on Harmonisation Tripartite Guideline on Good Clinical Practice guidelines
- Patient or legally acceptable representative has granted written informed consent before any study specific procedures (including special Screening tests) are performed
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance score of 0, 1 or 2
- Hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 g/dL; platelets ≥ 100 x 109/L; absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1.5 x 109/L without the use of hematopoietic growth factors
- Bilirubin and creatinine less than 2 × upper limit of normal (ULN) for the institution
- Albumin ≥ 2.5 mg/dL
- Aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase less than 5 × ULN for the institution
- Prothrombin time less than 1.5 × ULN for the institution
- Potassium, magnesium and phosphorus within the normal range for the institution (supplementation is permissible)
- Recovery to Grade 1 or baseline of any toxicities due to prior treatments, excluding alopecia
Exclusion Criteria:
- Chemo-, hormone- or immunotherapy, within 4 weeks or within less than four half lives of the date of first administration of study drug and/or persistence of toxicities of prior anti-cancer therapies which are deemed to be clinically relevant
- Radiotherapy within the past 2 weeks prior to date of first administration of study drug
- Previous treatment with an histone deacetylase inhibitor or an epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitor within at least 4 weeks of the date of first administration of study drug
- Treatment with any drug(s) known to be an inhibitor or inducer of cytochrome P450 (CYP)2C19, CYP3A4, CYP2C8, and CYP2E1, within 14 days of the date of first administration of study drug
- Brain metastases, which are symptomatic; patients with treated, brain metastases are eligible with stable brain disease for at least 4 weeks without the requirement for steroids or anti epileptic therapy
- Inability to swallow oral medications or a recent acute gastrointestinal disorder with diarrhea e.g., Cohn's disease, malabsorption, or Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Event (CTCAE) Grade > 2 diarrhea of any etiology at baseline
- Other malignancies diagnosed within the past five years (other than curatively treated cervical cancer in situ), non melanoma skin cancer, superficial bladder tumors Ta (non invasive tumor) and TIS (carcinoma in situ)
- Patients with any serious active infection (i.e., requiring an intravenous antibiotic, antifungal, or antiviral agent)
- Patients with known human immunodeficiency virus, active hepatitis B or active hepatitis C
- Patients who have any other life threatening illness or organ system dysfunction, which in the opinion of the investigator, would either compromise patient safety or interfere with the evaluation of the safety of the study drug
- Known or suspected substance abuse or alcohol abuse
- Pregnancy or breast feeding
- History of clinically significant or uncontrolled cardiac disease, including congestive heart failure, angina, myocardial infarction, arrhythmia, including New York Heart Association functional classification of three

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02047344
United States, Arizona | |
Arizona Clinical Research Center | |
Tucson, Arizona, United States, 85715 | |
United States, California | |
UCSF | |
San Francisco, California, United States, 94115 | |
United States, Illinois | |
Rush University Medical Center | |
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612 | |
United States, Maryland | |
John Hopkins University | |
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287 | |
Peninsula Regional Med Center | |
Salisbury, Maryland, United States, 21801 | |
United States, Michigan | |
Henry Ford health system | |
Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48202 | |
United States, Pennsylvania | |
Guthrie Clinic, Ltd | |
Sayre, Pennsylvania, United States, 18840 | |
Taiwan | |
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung medical center | |
Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 88301 | |
National Cheng Kung University Hospitail | |
Tainan, Taiwan, 704 | |
Tri Service General Hospital | |
Taipei, Taiwan |
Study Director: | Howard Cheng, Ph.D. | Golden Biotechnology Corp. |
Documents provided by Golden Biotechnology Corporation:
Responsible Party: | Golden Biotechnology Corporation |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02047344 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
GHNSCLC-2 001 |
First Posted: | January 28, 2014 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | December 26, 2019 |
Last Update Posted: | December 26, 2019 |
Last Verified: | December 2019 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Plan Description: | need DMC proved |
NSCLC |
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung Carcinoma, Bronchogenic Bronchial Neoplasms Lung Neoplasms Respiratory Tract Neoplasms |
Thoracic Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms Lung Diseases Respiratory Tract Diseases |