Rucaparib and Irinotecan in Cancers With Mutations in DNA Repair
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03318445 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : October 23, 2017
Last Update Posted : March 4, 2021
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Solid Tumor, Unspecified, Adult | Drug: Rucaparib Drug: Irinotecan | Phase 1 |
In dose escalation, patients will receive irinotecan and rucaparib. Irinotecan will be given once every 2 weeks (or 3 weeks if not tolerated) and rucaparib will be given twice daily for 7-14 days. Each cycle will be 28 days in duration unless we need to switch to the intermediate dosing regimen of every 21 days. Both rucaparib and irinotecan will be escalated.
In dose expansion, patients who have received prior PARP inhibitors will go straight to the combination arm of irinotecan and rucaparib. If patients are PARP inhibitor naïve, they can receive single agent rucaparib until progression. Once patients on single agent rucaparib progress, they can choose to go on the combination treatment arm. Patients will continue on treatment until disease progression or intolerable toxicity.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 22 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Combination Therapy of Rucaparib and Irinotecan in Cancers With Mutations in DNA Repair |
Actual Study Start Date : | January 12, 2018 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | March 1, 2021 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | March 1, 2021 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Rucaparib and irinotecan
Rucaparib will be taken twice daily by mouth for 7-14 days in 21 or 28 day cycles. Irinotecan will be administered by IV for 90 minutes every 14 days, or every 21 days if not tolerated. During the dose escalation phase, the maximum tolerated dose for combining Rucaparib and irinotecan will be determined. The dose for rucaparib during dose escalation will range from 300 mg to 600 mg, depending on the progression of study. The dose for irinotecan during dose escalation may range from 40 mg/m2 to 150 mg/m2. During the dose expansion phase, patients who have received prior PARP inhibitors will be given rucaparib and irinotecan at the maximum tolerated dose levels determined during the dose escalation phase. |
Drug: Rucaparib
All participants will take rucaparib by mouth
Other Name: Rubraca Drug: Irinotecan Patients in the dose escalation phase, and patients in the dose expansion phase who have received prior PARP inhibitor therapy, will be given irinotecan by in combination with rucaparib.
Other Name: Camptosar |
Experimental: Rucaparib only
During the dose expansion phase, patients who have not received prior PARP inhibitor therapy will take 600 mg of rucaparib by mouth daily. Patients who progress on single-agent rucaparib will be given the option to cross-over to the combination treatment arm and receive rucaparib in combination with irinotecan at the maximum tolerated dose levels determined during dose escalation.
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Drug: Rucaparib
All participants will take rucaparib by mouth
Other Name: Rubraca |
- Overall Response Rate (ORR) [ Time Frame: Up to 24 months. ]ORR is defined as the proportion of patients with either confirmed complete or partial response (as per RECIST version 1.1) as best overall response over the total population.
- Median Response duration [ Time Frame: Up to 24 months ]Response duration is defined as the time from initial response to the first documented tumor progression.

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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 for Dose Escalation Cohort:
- Men and women, 18 years or older
- Understand and voluntarily sign informed consent prior to any study-related assessments or procedures are conducted and are able adhere to the study visit schedule and other protocol requirements.
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Solid tumors with one or more of the following DNA repair defects:
a. BRCA1, BRCA2, ATM, BARD1, BRIP1, CDK12, CHEK2, FANCA, NBN, PALB2, RAD51, RAD51B, RAD51C, RAD51D, RAD54L (validated from archival tumor tissue or germ line testing from any Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) approved lab). This testing should occur prior to study consent or enrollment.
- Presence of at least one lesion with measurable disease as defined by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) version 1.1 criteria for response assessment
- Advanced solid tumor malignancy without curative options
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status of ≤ 1.
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Adequate organ function:
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 X 109/L
- Hemoglobin (Hgb) ≥9g/dL; (last transfusion cannot be within 7 days of trial initiation)
- Platelets (plt) ≥ 100 x 109/L
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤2.5 x Upper Limit Normal (ULN), <5x in patients with known liver metastases
- Serum total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN
- Creatinine<1.5 x ULN or estimated Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) ≥ 50ml/min by Cockcroft-Gault (http://www.mdcalc.com/creatinine-clearance-cockcroft-gault-equation/)
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The effects of rucaparib on the developing fetus are unknown. Therefore a. Given the results of the embryo-fetal development study, in which rucaparib was embryotoxic at all doses administered, females of childbearing potential and their male partners are advised to practice a highly effective method of contraception during treatment with rucaparib and for 1 month following the last dose for females and 4 months following the last dose for males. A woman is considered to be of childbearing potential unless one of the following applies: i. Is considered to be permanently sterile. Permanent sterilization methods include hysterectomy, bilateral salpingectomy and bilateral oophorectomy.
ii. Is postmenopausal, defined as no menses for 12 months without an alternative medical cause. A high follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) level consistently in the postmenopausal range (30 milli-international units per millilitre (mIU/mL) or higher) may be used to confirm a postmenopausal state in women not using hormonal contraception or hormonal replacement therapy; however, in the absence of 12 months of amenorrhea, a single FSH measurement is insufficient to confirm a postmenopausal state.
b. Highly effective contraception is considered to be a method with a < 1% per year failure rate. Recommendations for highly effective contraception while taking rucaparib include: i. Ongoing use of injectable or implantable progesterone ii. Placement of an intrauterine device or intrauterine system iii. Bilateral tubal occlusion iv. Complete (as opposed to periodic) abstinence v. Male sterilization, with appropriate post-vasectomy documentation of absence of sperm in ejaculate
Additional Inclusion Criteria for Dose Expansion Cohort
- Mandatory biopsy on study entry, if the lesion can be biopsied with acceptable clinical risk (as judged by the investigator)
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PARP inhibitor (PARPi) naïve or prior exposure to PARPi therapy (varies depending on Arm 1 and Arm 2)
- Patients in Arm 1 (single agent rucaparib followed by combination upon progression) must be PARPi naïve. Prior irinotecan is allowed
- Patients in Arm 2 (combination) must have been treated with and progressed on a PARPi previously. Prior irinotecan is allowed.
Exclusion Criteria for Dose Escalation Cohort:
- Any significant medical condition, laboratory abnormalities, which places the subject at unacceptable risk if he/she were to participate in the study at clinician's discretion and not otherwise stated below.
- Allergic reaction to single-agent rucaparib or irinotecan.
- Myelodysplastic features on peripheral blood smear
- Prior allergic reaction or known intolerance to irinotecan
- Known Gilbert's disease
- Poorly controlled or symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) metastases or carcinomatous meningitis
Note: Patients with previously treated brain metastases may participate, 2 weeks after gamma knife (or equivalent) or 4 weeks after Whole Brain Radiotherapy (WBRT), provided they are stable (without evidence of progression by imaging and have not been using steroids for at least 7 days prior to study treatment.
8. Pregnancy and breast feeding
9. Inability to comply with study procedures or willingness to use adequate birth control
Additional Exclusion Criteria for Dose Expansion Cohort
10. PARP inhibitors (PARPi) naïve or prior exposure to PARPi therapy
- Patients in Arm 1 of the Dose Expansion cohort cannot have prior exposure to PARPi therapy.
- Patients in Arm 2 of the Dose Expansion cohort cannot be PARPi naïve.

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): NCT03318445
United States, California | |
University of California San Francisco | |
San Francisco, California, United States, 94143 |
Principal Investigator: | Pamela Munster, MD | University of California, San Francisco |
Responsible Party: | Pamela Munster, Professor, Department of Medicine; Director, Early Phase Clinical Trials Unit, University of California, San Francisco |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03318445 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
169521 NCI-2017-02294 ( Registry Identifier: NCI Clinical Trials Reporting Program (CTRP) ) |
First Posted: | October 23, 2017 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | March 4, 2021 |
Last Verified: | March 2021 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Product Manufactured in and Exported from the U.S.: | Yes |
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