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Neuroendocrine TumorsPhase 2NCT00843531

RAD001 and Erlotinib in Patients With Neuroendocrine Tumors

A Phase 2 study testing RAD001 and erlotinib in people with Neuroendocrine Tumors, run by University of California, San Francisco at 1 site in United States.

Terminated

Stopped early. The study ended before it was planned to and will not resume.

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Trial summary

The purpose of this study is to test how safe and effective the combination of RAD001 and erlotinib is in patients with neuroendocrine tumors. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Neuroendocrine Tumors
What is being tested?
RAD001 and erlotinib
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
17 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
25 Jun 2009to 20 Aug 2016
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

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

  • >=1 measurable disease site per RECIST, not previously irradiated (if previous radiation to marker lesion(s), need evidence of PD)
  • Histologic dx of well- to moderately-differentiated NET: low- or intermediate-grade, islet cell carcinoma, pancreatic NET, carcinoid, atypical carcinoid, paraganglioma, pheochromocytoma. No longer enrolling carcinoid patients as of 4/25/2011.
  • ≥4 wks since completion of prior investigational drug tx or other tx(radiation, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, antibody-based tx); recovery from acute toxicities of prior tx
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) ≤2
  • Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) ≥1500/μL
  • Plts ≥100,000/μL
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  • Hgb >9 gm/dL
  • Total bilirubin ≤2.0 mg/dL or 1.5X upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Serum transaminases ≤2.5x ULN (≤5xULN if liver mets)
  • Serum Cr ≤2.0 mg/dL or 1.5X ULN
  • Fasting serum glucose <150 mg/dL or <1.5x ULN
  • Fasting serum cholesterol ≤300 mg/dL OR ≤7.75 mmol/L AND fasting triglycerides ≤2.5xULN
  • International Normalized Ratio (INR) ≤1.5
  • Written informed consent, compliance w/study requirements
  • Archived tissue if available
  • Negative urine/serum pregnancy test w/in 7 days prior to Day 1

Who cannot join

  • Poorly differentiated NET, high-grade NET, adenocarcinoid, goblet cell carcinoid, small cell carcinoma
  • Major surgery or traumatic injury w/in 4 wks, inadequate recovery from side effects of any surgery, or likely to require major surgery during study
  • Liver-directed therapy w/in 2 mths of enrollment. Prior tx w/ radiotherapy (including radiolabeled spheres, cyberknife, hepatic arterial embolization (w/ or w/o chemotherapy), cryotherapy/ablation) allowed if areas of measurable disease being used for the study are not affected, or if PD can clearly be documented in the area
  • Prior tx w/ EGFR inhibitor or mTOR inhibitor
  • Known hypersensitivity to RAD001 or other rapamycins
  • Chronic, systemic tx w/ corticosteroids or another immunosuppressive agent (topical or inhaled corticosteroids are allowed)
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  • Immunization w/ attenuated live vaccines w/in 1 wk of study entry or during study
  • Uncontrolled brain or leptomeningeal mets, including pts who continue to require glucocorticoids for brain or leptomeningeal mets
  • Other malignancies w/in the past 3 years except for adequately treated carcinoma of the cervix, basal/squamous cell skin carcinomas, or other in situ cancer
  • Severe and/or uncontrolled intercurrent medical conditions or other conditions that may affect study participation, including, but not limited to:
  • Severely impaired lung function (spirometry and Diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide (DLCO) that is 50% of the normal predicted value and/or O2 saturation ≤88% at rest on room air)
  • Symptomatic congestive heart failure (CHF) of New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III or IV
  • Unstable angina pectoris, symptomatic CHF, myocardial infarction w/in 6 months of Day 1, uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia or any other significant cardiac disease
  • Uncontrolled diabetes (fasting serum glucose ≥ 150 mg/dL or >1.5x upper limit of normal (ULN))
  • Any active (acute or chronic) or severe infection, disorder, or nonmalignant medical illness that is uncontrolled or whose control may be jeopardized by study tx
  • Liver disease
  • Hx of HIV seropositivity or other immunocompromised state
  • GI function impairment or disease that may alter absorption of RAD001 or erlotinib
  • Active, bleeding diathesis or on oral anti-vitamin K medication (patients needing anticoagulation must use low molecular weight heparin (LMWH))
  • Hx of other disease, metabolic dysfunction, or physical exam or lab finding giving reasonable suspicion of disease/condition that contraindicates study tx, might affect study results or puts the pt at high risk
  • Pregnant or breast feeding females
  • Adults of reproductive potential not willing to use effective methods of birth control during tx and ≥8 wks after completing tx
  • Inability to comply w/ objectives and procedures
  • Inability to comply w/ concomitant medication restrictions

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, California, 94115

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About this study

Official title: A Phase II Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of RAD001 Plus Erlotinib in Patients With Well- to Moderately-Differentiated Neuroendocrine Tumors

The purpose of this study is to test how safe and effective the combination of RAD001 and erlotinib is in patients with neuroendocrine tumors.

Read the detailed description

Preclinical data suggest that concomitant inhibition of two non-redundant amplified pathways (mTOR and EGFR) can reverse drug resistance and more profoundly affect tumor growth than targeting either pathway alone. EGFR inhibitors may abrogate feedback loops that stimulate upstream signaling events such as PI3K and Akt in the face of mTOR inhibition. Although ErbB receptors signal through mTOR-dependent mechanisms, mTOR-independent ErbB receptor signaling also occurs in cancer. Furthermore, deregulation of apoptotic pathways like the PI3K/Akt/PTEN axis (e.g. via PTEN loss of function or AKT gene amplification) may lead to resistance to EGFR inhibitors. Treatment with an inhibitor of mTOR may reverse this resistance. Targeting the mTOR and EGFR pathways concurrently may more effectively inhibit tumor growth than inhibiting either pathway alone.

The compelling preclinical data, coupled with modest single agent activity seen with EGFR inhibition and mTOR inhibition in neuroendocrine tumors (NETs), provides a strong rationale for studying the activity of concomitant pathway inhibition in patients with advanced NETs. Support for this strategy also stems from the fact that EGFR inhibitors can be safety combined with mTOR inhibitors in humans. Emerging data from a phase I study of RAD001 plus erlotinib in patients with previously treated advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) suggests that the two agents can be safely combined at the following doses: RAD001 5 mg PO q D and erlotinib 150 mg PO qD.

Of note, the original dose selections for RAD001 and erlotinib for this study stem directly from phase I studies with this combination (RAD001 5 mg PO qD plus erlotinib 150 mg PO qD). The modified dose selections (RAD001 5 mg PO qD plus erlotinib 100 mg PO qD) are the result of integrating discussions with the study sponsor, preliminary safety data from the first few patients enrolled in this study (suggesting that some patients tolerate full-dose therapy and others do not) and additional phase I data suggesting that the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) in some patient populations is lower than in others, e.g. the MTD in breast cancer patients is RAD001 2.5 mg PO qD and erlotinib 100 mg PO QD (Mayer et al. American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2009 Breast Cancer Symposium, Abstract #254).

Being tested
RAD001, erlotinib
Keywords
neuroendocrine, islet cell, carcinoid, pancreatic neuroendocrine, paraganglioma, pheochromocytoma, RAD001, everolimus, erlotinib, Tarceva
Medical subject headings
Neuroendocrine Tumors, Carcinoid Tumor, Paraganglioma, Pheochromocytoma

What participants receive

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

  • RAD001Drug

    Also called Everolimus

    5 mg/day PO (oral)

  • erlotinibDrug

    Also called Tarceva

    100 mg/day (oral)

Study groups in NCT00843531
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
RAD001 and erlotinibExperimentalEach 28 day cycle: RAD001: 5 mg per day by mouth (self-administered) Erlotinib: 100 mg per day by mouth (self-administered)
Receives: Drug: RAD001; Drug: erlotinib

What is being measured

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

  1. Objective Response Rate (ORR)

    Objective response is defined as complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) assessed using Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) criteria. The primary analysis population is based on efficacy-evaluable patients, defined as those patients who receive at least one cycle of RAD001 plus erlotinib and undergo at least one post-baseline response assessment or die while on therapy.

    Measured: Up to 2 years

Secondary outcomes (6)
  1. Number of Patients With Dose-limiting Toxicity (DLT)

    Primary safety analysis will be conducted after the first 16 patients have had potential for completion of two cycles of protocol therapy. All patients receiving at least one dose of protocol therapy will be included in the analyses. All patients with treatment-related, Grade 3 or higher adverse events according to the NCI Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 3 resulting in a DLT will be reported.

    Measured: Up to 9 months

  2. Duration of Objective Response

    Duration of objective response will be defined as the time from the initial documentation of response to documented disease progression or death from any cause on study

    Measured: Up to 2 years

  3. Overall Survival

    Overall survival will be defined as the time from first day of treatment until death

    Measured: Up to 3 years

  4. Median Progression-Free Survival (PFS)

    PFS will be defined as the time from the first day of treatment and documented objective response to time of progression or death from any cause, whichever occurs first

    Measured: Up to 3 years

  5. Time to Progression

    Time to disease progression will be defined as the time from baseline until documented disease progression or death (whichever occurs first).

    Measured: Up to 3 years

  6. Time to Treatment Failure (TTF)

    Time to treatment failure will be defined as the time from first day of treatment until study discontinuation (for any cause).

    Measured: Up to 3 years

Timeline

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

  1. First posted13 Feb 2009 (estimated)
  2. Study start25 Jun 2009
  3. Primary completion16 Jul 2013
  4. Study completion20 Aug 2016

Why it stopped: Low Accrual

Resources

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 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
17 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00843531
Sponsor's protocol ID
084511
Other IDs
NCI-2011-01291
Status last verified
Sep 2020
First submitted
12 Feb 2009
Last updated
29 Sep 2020
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing RAD001 and erlotinib in people with Neuroendocrine Tumors, run by University of California, San Francisco 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 16 inclusion and 24 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: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 29 Sep 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 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

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

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 29 Sep 2020). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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?

Objective Response Rate (ORR) (time frame: Up to 2 years). 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 29 Sep 2020.

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