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Brain and Central Nervous System TumorsPhase 1NCT00509431

Erlotinib and Sirolimus in Treating Patients With Recurrent Malignant Glioma

A Phase 1 study testing Erlotinib + Sirolimus in people with Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, run by Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

RATIONALE: Erlotinib and sirolimus may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. PURPOSE: This phase I/II trial is studying the side effects and best dose of erlotinib when given together with sirolimus and to see how well they work in treating patients with recurrent… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
What is being tested?
Erlotinib + Sirolimus
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
19 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Aug 2006to Sep 2012
Phase
Phase 1
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Histologically confirmed malignant glioma, including any of the following:
  • Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM)
  • Gliosarcoma (GS)
  • Anaplastic astrocytoma (AA)
  • Anaplastic oligodendroglioma (AO)
  • Anaplastic mixed oligoastrocytomas (AMA)
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  • Malignant astrocytoma not otherwise specified (NOS)
  • Prior low-grade glioma allowed provided there is histologic evidence of progression to a malignant glioma
  • Must meet the following criteria for phase I:
  • All types of malignant gliomas allowed
  • No limitations on the number of relapses
  • Must meet the following criteria for phase II:
  • Only patients with GBM or GS are allowed
  • Must be in first, second, or third relapse
  • patients who had prior therapy (must include external beam radiotherapy) for a low-grade glioma that is considered standard, non-surgical treatment for a high-grade glioma, the surgical diagnosis of high-grade glioma will be considered the first relapse
  • Must have shown unequivocal radiographic evidence for tumor progression by MRI or CT scan and have either measurable or evaluable disease
  • Measurable disease is defined as bidimensionally measurable lesions with clearly defined margins by MRI scan
  • Evaluable disease is defined as unidimensionally measurable lesions or masses with margins not clearly defined
  • Karnofsky performance status ≥ 60%
  • Life expectancy > 8 weeks
  • Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/μL
  • Platelets ≥ 100,000/μL
  • Total bilirubin < 2.0 x upper limit of institutional normal (ULN)
  • AST < 2.0 x ULN
  • Creatinine < 1.5 x ULN
  • Fasting serum triglycerides < 2.5 x ULN
  • Fasting serum cholesterol < 350 mg/dL
  • Women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (i.e., hormonal or barrier method of birth control) prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation
  • Recovered from all toxicities associated with prior surgery, radiotherapy, or chemotherapy
  • At least 1 week since prior surgery
  • At least 4 weeks since prior chemotherapy (6 weeks for nitrosoureas)
  • At least 12 weeks since prior radiation therapy
  • Must not receive any P450-enzyme-inducing anticonvulsants (EIAC) for at least 2 weeks prior to and during participation in this trial

Who cannot join

  • Women who are pregnant or lactating
  • History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to erlotinib hydrochloride or sirolimus
  • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, any of the following:
  • Ongoing or active infection requiring IV antibiotics
  • Symptomatic congestive heart failure
  • Unstable angina pectoris
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  • Cardiac arrhythmia
  • Hyperlipidemia (e.g., grade 3 or greater hypercholesterolemia or hypertriglyceridemia) not controlled with medication
  • Psychiatric illness or social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
  • Disorders associated with significant immunocompromise (e.g., HIV or systemic lupus erythematosus [SLE])
  • Patients with another primary malignancy that has required treatment other than surgery within the past year (except for nonmelanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in situ)
  • Patients with the inability to comply with the protocol requirements in the opinion of the investigator including those who can not take oral medications
  • Patients who are unable to undergo routine imaging evaluations with magnetic resonance imaging scans
  • Prior EGFR-directed or mTOR-directed therapies including sirolimus or sirolimus analogs
  • Patients taking concurrent immunosuppressive agents other than prescribed corticosteroids
  • Concurrent antineoplastic or antitumor agents that are not part of the study therapy including chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, and hormonal anticancer therapy
  • Blood products during cycle 1 unless a patient experiences hematologic DLT or if it is medically imperative to administer a transfusion
  • Concurrent grapefruit or grapefruit juice
  • Other concurrent investigational agents
  • Receiving concurrent enzyme-inducing antiepileptic drugs

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA

    Los Angeles, California, 90095-1781

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About this study

Official title: A Phase I/II, Dual-Center, Open-Label Trial of the Safety and Efficacy of Tarceva™ (Erlotinib Hydrochloride) Plus Sirolimus in Patients With Recurrent Malignant Glioma Not on P450-Inducing Anti-Epileptics

RATIONALE: Erlotinib and sirolimus may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth.

PURPOSE: This phase I/II trial is studying the side effects and best dose of erlotinib when given together with sirolimus and to see how well they work in treating patients with recurrent malignant glioma.

Read the detailed description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • Determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) of escalating doses of erlotinib hydrochloride in combination with sirolimus in adult patients with malignant glioma, who are not receiving enzyme-inducing anti-epileptic drugs (EIAED). (Phase I)
  • Evaluate preliminary efficacy (response rate [RR], progression-free survival [PFS], and overall survival [OS]) of erlotinib hydrochloride and sirolimus combination therapy in glioblastoma multiforme (GMB)/gliosarcoma (GS) patients who are not undergoing surgery at the time of recurrence or relapse (dose-expansion arm). (Phase II)
  • Evaluate molecular determinants of response to the combination of erlotinib hydrochloride and sirolimus, especially the roles of the mutation of EGFR (e.g., vIII mutant, other somatic mutations of vIII, and mutation/deletion of PTEN).

Secondary

  • To characterize the safety and tolerability of erlotinib hydrochloride and sirolimus combination therapy in these patient populations.
  • To characterize the single-dose and repeated-dose pharmacokinetic (PK) profiles of erlotinib hydrochloride (in serum) and sirolimus (in whole blood) combination therapy in these patient populations.
  • To characterize, in pre- and/or post-treatment tumor samples, when available, expression levels of total and activated phosphorylated proteins relevant to the EGFR, VEGFR, and PI3K/mTOR signaling pathways, relevant downstream signaling network components, EGFR and VEGFR-related ligands, apoptosis (TUNEL), cell cycle control, and proliferation.
  • To assess pre- and/or post-treatment tumor samples, when available, for DNA-based changes (e.g., EGFR [DNA] amplification, EGFR and EGFRvIII mutations, and mutations/deletions in the PTEN gene) relevant to the molecular biology in GBM.

OUTLINE: Patients receive oral erlotinib hydrochloride and sirolimus once daily on days 1-28. Treatment repeats every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients undergo tumor tissue and blood sample collection periodically for pharmacological and biological studies. Samples are analyzed for concentrations of erlotinib hydrochloride and trough serum levels of sirolimus via HPLC, EGFR, EGFRvIII, PTEN and the phospho-specific antibodies associated with the MAPK and PI3K pathways via IHC, and EGFRvIII and sequencing of EGFR, PTEN and other critical genes via PCR, gene expression, and SNP analysis. Germline DNA will also be used to distinguish polymorphisms from somatic mutations in gene sequenced.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed periodically.

Being tested
Erlotinib + Sirolimus
Keywords
adult giant cell glioblastoma, adult gliosarcoma, adult anaplastic astrocytoma, adult anaplastic oligodendroglioma, adult mixed glioma, recurrent adult brain tumor, adult glioblastoma, adult pilocytic astrocytoma, adult diffuse astrocytoma, adult subependymal giant cell astrocytoma, adult oligodendroglioma
Medical subject headings
Central Nervous System Neoplasms, Glioblastoma, Gliosarcoma, Astrocytoma, Oligodendroglioma, Glioma, Brain Neoplasms

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Erlotinib + SirolimusDrug

    In arm I of dose escalation phase,starting dose of erlotinib is 150 mg daily. Starting dose of sirolimus includes a 15 mg loading dose, followed by continuous dosing at 5 mg daily.Dose escalation will proceed according to protocol Phase II of the study was not conducted only Phase I

Study groups in NCT00509431
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Erlotinib + SirolimusExperimentalThis is an open-label,phase I single-arm dose-escalation and phase II study of continuous, once daily doses of erlotinib administered orally in combination with sirolimus in adult patients with malignant glioma at first, second or third recurrence
Receives: Drug: Erlotinib + Sirolimus

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. To determine maximum tolerated dose and dose limiting toxicity of escalating doses of erlotinib in combination with sirolimus

    Measured: day 28 of cycle 1

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. To characterize the single-dose pharmacokinetic (PK) profile of erlotinib (in serum) and sirolimus (in whole blood) combination therapy in these patient populations

    Measured: Day 1 of cycle 1

  2. To characterize repeated-dose pharmacokinetic (PK) profile of erlotinib (in serum) and sirolimus (in whole blood) combination therapy in these patient populations

    Measured: Day 28 of cycle 1

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted31 Jul 2007 (estimated)
  2. Study startAug 2006
  3. Primary completionDec 2011
  4. Study completionSep 2012

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
19 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00509431
Sponsor's protocol ID
CDR0000557423
Other IDs
UCLA-0604104
Status last verified
Feb 2016
First submitted
30 Jul 2007
Last updated
31 Jul 2020
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing Erlotinib + Sirolimus in people with Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, run by Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 33 inclusion and 20 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 31 Jul 2020. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

To determine maximum tolerated dose and dose limiting toxicity of escalating doses of erlotinib in combination with sirolimus (time frame: day 28 of cycle 1). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 31 Jul 2020.

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