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Recurrent Breast CarcinomaPhase 2NCT01277757

Akt Inhibitor MK2206 in Treating Patients With Advanced Breast Cancer

A Phase 2 study testing Akt Inhibitor MK2206, Laboratory Biomarker Analysis and Pharmacological Study in people with Recurrent Breast Carcinoma and Stage IIIB Breast Cancer, run by National Cancer Institute (NCI) at 5 sites 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

This phase II trial studies how well Akt inhibitor MK2206 works in treating patients with breast cancer cancer that has spread to other places in the body and usually cannot be cured or controlled with treatment. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
Akt Inhibitor MK2206, Laboratory Biomarker Analysis and Pharmacological Study
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
30 participants
Where
5 sitesUnited States
Study dates
Mar 2011to Aug 2014
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

  • Patients must have histologically or cytologically confirmed breast cancer, with diagnosed or suspected metastatic, inoperable locally advanced breast cancer, or inoperable locally recurrent breast cancer
  • Patients must have measurable disease, defined as at least one lesion that can be accurately measured in at least one dimension (longest diameter to be recorded for non-nodal lesions and short axis for nodal lesions) as > 20 mm with conventional techniques or as > 10 mm with spiral computed tomography (CT) scan
  • Patients who have failed to respond to at least one line of systemic therapy are eligible for MK2206 therapy; if the patient has a human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) positive tumor, it is expected that they will have received at least one HER2-targeted therapy in the metastatic setting; if the patient has an estrogen receptor positive (ER+) tumor, it is expected that they will have received at least one ER-targeted therapy in the metastatic setting; patients can be enrolled for molecular screening while on another therapy if the patient is interested in MK2206 therapy upon progression
  • Archived primary tumor biopsies or surgical specimens, or biopsies of recurrence or metastasis, will be available for PIK3CA/Akt mutational analysis and PTEN analysis; patients with surgical samples, or core/punch biopsies available, will be eligible for testing for PIK3CA/Akt status as well as PTEN testing; the most recent sample will be preferred (i.e. in patients with metastatic disease, metastases samples are preferred over archival primary tumor and in patients with local recurrences a biopsy of the recurrence is preferred over archival primary tumor); NOTE: PIK3CA or Akt mutation status can be determined on fine needle aspirate (FNA) samples, but PTEN status cannot as stroma and endothelial cells are used as internal controls and PTEN testing has not been validated on FNA samples; thus patients with only FNA samples and no tissue blocks available will be considered to be eligible for screening for PIK3CA/Akt mutations and will be enrolled onto the study only if they are found to have PIK3CA mutations or Akt mutations; patients whose tumors have already been tested in the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) environment and have been found to have a PIK3CA mutation or Akt mutation or PTEN loss by immunohistochemistry (IHC) or PTEN mutation will be eligible for treatment; patients whose tumors have been tested in the research environment and found to have a PIK3CA mutation or Akt mutation or PTEN loss or PTEN mutation will have their marker status confirmed in the CLIA environment
  • Patients whose tumors have already been tested in the CLIA environment and have been found to have a PIK3CA mutation or Akt mutation or PTEN loss or mutation will be eligible for treatment; patients whose tumors have been tested in the research environment and found to have a PIK3CA mutation or Akt mutation or PTEN loss or mutation will have their marker status confirmed in the CLIA environment.
  • Patient will have a tumor suitable for FNA and/or core/punch biopsy for research purposes
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  • Patient must have Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-1
  • Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1,000/uL
  • Platelets >= 100,000/uL
  • Hemoglobin (Hgb) >= 9 g/dL
  • Creatinine =< 1.5 X upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Prothrombin time (PT), partial thromboplastin time (PTT) =< 1.2 X ULN
  • Total bilirubin =< 1.5 X ULN
  • Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) < 2.5 X ULN
  • Patients of childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) within 72 hours prior to study registration
  • Women of childbearing potential and men must use two forms of contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry, for the duration of study participation and also for 4 weeks after the end of therapy; should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while she or her partner is participating in this study, the patient should inform the treating physician immediately
  • Patient must have completed any systemic therapy regimens and therapeutic radiation a minimum of 21 days prior to initiation of study therapy
  • Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document
  • >= 6 months life expectancy as documented in patient records

Who cannot join

  • Patients who have had chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 3 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) prior to entering the study or those who have not recovered from adverse events to grade 1 or less due to agents administered more than 3 weeks earlier
  • Patients may have received prior investigational therapies; however, they not be receiving any other investigational agents concurrent with MK2206; patients must have completed therapy a minimum of 21 days prior to initiation of study therapy
  • Patients may not have received treatment with another inhibitor of phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase (PI3K), Akt or mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) in the neoadjuvant, adjuvant or metastatic setting with the exception of rapalogs; patients with metastatic breast cancer, who received PI3K/Akt/mTOR inhibitors on short preoperative window trials (treatment for 4 weeks or less), will be eligible if the treatment was over 6 months prior to registration; patients must have completed therapies a minimum of 21 days prior to initiation of study therapy
  • Patients with known brain metastases should be excluded from this clinical trial; patients will not undergo pre-treatment imaging of the brain, unless clinically indicated
  • History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to MK2206 or other agents used in the study
  • Patients receiving any medications or substances that are potent inhibitors or inducers of cytochrome P450, family 3, subfamily A, polypeptide 4 (CYP 450 3A4) are ineligible; however, patients will be permitted regular dietary consumption of caffeine; glyburide will be allowed for the treatment of hyperglycemia
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  • Patients with diabetes or in risk for hyperglycemia should not be excluded, but patients with poorly controlled diabetes (glycated hemoglobin [HBA1C] > 8%) should be excluded
  • Baseline corrected QT by Fridericia's formula (QTcF) > 450 msec (male) or QTcF >b470 msec (female) will exclude patients from entry on study
  • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
  • Baseline bradycardia related to cardiac disease, or significant bundle branch block
  • Pregnant women are excluded from this study; breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with MK2206
  • Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients on combination antiretroviral therapy are ineligible
  • Patients at high risk for coagulopathy
  • Liver disease burden greater or equal to 50 percent
  • Need for blood or platelet transfusion within one month from baseline laboratory testing as well as within treatment initiation

Trial locations and contacts

5 sites in 1 country.

5 sites in 1 country

United States5 sites

  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02115

  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02215

  • M D Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas, 77030

  • Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37232

  • Columbia University/Herbert Irving Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10032

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About this study

Official title: Phase II Trial of AKT Inhibitor MK2206 in Patients With Advanced Breast Cancer Who Have Tumors With a PIK3CA Mutation, or an AKT Mutation, and/or PTEN Loss/PTEN Mutation

This phase II trial studies how well Akt inhibitor MK2206 works in treating patients with breast cancer cancer that has spread to other places in the body and usually cannot be cured or controlled with treatment. Akt inhibitor MK2206 may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth.

Read the detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

  1. To determine whether v-akt murine thymoma viral oncogene (Akt) inhibitor MK2206 achieves objective tumor responses (complete response [CR], partial response [PR]) in advanced breast cancer patients who have a phosphoinositide-3-kinase, catalytic, alpha polypeptide (PIK3CA) or Akt mutation and/or phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) loss or mutation.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

  1. To determine the 6 month progression-free survival on MK2206. II. To determine baseline molecular markers that may predict clinical outcome. III. To determine pharmacodynamic markers in blood and tumor tissue that may predict a decrease in proliferation-related Ki-67 antigen (Ki-67) and clinical outcome.

IV. To determine safety and tolerability of MK2206 in previously treated patients with advanced breast cancer.

  1. To determine if decrease in Ki-67 at 2 weeks correlates with anti-tumor effect (CR, PR, or stable disease [SD] > 6 months).

VI. To determine concordance of PIK3CA and PTEN status between primary tumor and distant metastasis.

VII. To determine concordance of PIK3CA status of circulating free deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and distant metastasis.

OUTLINE:

Patients receive Akt Inhibitor MK-2206 orally (PO) on days 1, 8, 15, and 22. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up for 3 weeks.

Being tested
Akt Inhibitor MK2206, Laboratory Biomarker Analysis, Pharmacological Study
Medical subject headings
Breast Neoplasms

What participants receive

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

  • Akt Inhibitor MK2206Drug

    Also called MK2206

    Given orally (PO) weekly, starting (dose 0) at 200 mg

  • Laboratory Biomarker AnalysisOther

    Correlative studies

  • Pharmacological StudyOther

    Correlative studies

Study groups in NCT01277757
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Treatment (Akt inhibitor MK-2206)ExperimentalAkt Inhibitor MK-2206 mg orally once a week on days 1, 8, 15, and 22. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Receives: Drug: Akt Inhibitor MK2206; Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis; Other: Pharmacological Study

What is being measured

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

  1. Number of Participants With Response Defined Using Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors (RECIST)

    Number of participants with response defined by RECIST version 1.1: Complete Response (CR): Disappearance of all target lesions. Any pathological lymph nodes (whether target or non-target) must have reduction in short axis to <10 mm. Partial Response (PR): At least a 30% decrease in the sum of the diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum diameters. Progressive Disease (PD): At least a 20% increase in the sum of the diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum on study (this includes the baseline sum if that is the smallest on study). In addition to the relative increase of 20%, the sum must also demonstrate an absolute increase of at least 5 mm. (Note: appearance of one or more new lesions is also considered progressions). Stable Disease (SD): Neither sufficient shrinkage to qualify for PR nor sufficient increase to qualify for PD, taking as reference the smallest sum diameters while on study.

    Measured: Up to 3 weeks after completion of study treatment, for up to 1 year

  2. Number of Participants With Objective Response

    Only those participants who have measurable disease present at baseline, have received at least four doses of MK2206, and have had their disease re-evaluated will be considered evaluable for response. Response classified according the RECIST definitions, and re-evaluated for response every 12 weeks. (Note: Participants who exhibit objective disease progression prior to receiving four doses of therapy will also be considered evaluable.) In addition to a baseline scan, confirmatory scans should also be obtained 4-6 weeks following initial documentation of objective response, and then revert to scheduled repeat imaging.

    Measured: 4 weeks following beginning treatment, repeat confirmation 4-6 weeks following response, up to 1 year

Secondary outcomes (2)

  1. 6 Month Progression-free Survival (PFS)

    Number of participants progression free at 6 months. PFS is defined as the duration of time from start of treatment, or time of progression or death, whichever occurs first. The PFS for this outcome was assessed at 6 months post treatment.

    Measured: From start of treatment to time of progression or death or six months whichever occurs first, assessed at 6 months

  2. Median Response Duration

    The duration of the response is from the time response is achieved until disease progression is detected. The duration of overall response is measured from the time measurement criteria are met for CR or PR (whichever is first recorded) until the first date that recurrent or progressive disease is objectively documented (taking as reference for progressive disease the smallest measurements recorded since the treatment started). The duration of overall CR is measured from the time measurement criteria are first met for CR until the first date that progressive disease is objectively documented.

    Response re-evaluated every 12 weeks. In addition to a baseline scan, confirmatory scans should also be obtained 4-6 weeks following initial documentation of objective response.

    Measured: Response assessment 4 weeks from beginning of treatment, response recorded from the start of treatment until disease progression/recurrence, up to 1 year

Timeline

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

  1. First posted17 Jan 2011 (estimated)
  2. Study startMar 2011
  3. Primary completionAug 2014
  4. Study completionAug 2014

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
30 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01277757
Sponsor's protocol ID
NCI-2012-02892
Other IDs
NCI-2012-02892, 2010-0242, CDR0000694003, 2010-0242, 8732, N01CM00039, N01CM62202, P30CA016672
Status last verified
Nov 2018
First submitted
13 Jan 2011
Last updated
19 Dec 2018

Publications

  • Xing Y, Lin NU, Maurer MA, Chen H, Mahvash A, Sahin A, Akcakanat A, Li Y, Abramson V, Litton J, Chavez-MacGregor M, Valero V, Piha-Paul SA, Hong D, Do KA, Tarco E, Riall D, Eterovic AK, Wulf GM, Cantley LC, Mills GB, Doyle LA, Winer E, Hortobagyi GN, Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Meric-Bernstam F. Phase II trial of AKT inhibitor MK-2206 in patients with advanced breast cancer who have tumors with PIK3CA or AKT mutations, and/or PTEN loss/PTEN mutation. Breast Cancer Res. 2019 Jul 5;21(1):78. doi: 10.1186/s13058-019-1154-8.

    PubMed 31277699

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing Akt Inhibitor MK2206, Laboratory Biomarker Analysis and Pharmacological Study in people with Recurrent Breast Carcinoma and Stage IIIB Breast Cancer, run by National Cancer Institute (NCI) at 5 sites 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 19 inclusion and 15 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 19 Dec 2018. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 5 sites 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 12 Feb 2016). 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?

Number of Participants With Response Defined Using Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors (RECIST) (time frame: Up to 3 weeks after completion of study treatment, for up to 1 year). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT01277757, which also lists 1 linked publication.

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 19 Dec 2018.

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