A Phase IIa Study of the MEK Inhibitor trametinib Monotherapy in the Treatment of Biliary Tract Cancers
Trial overview
Number of participants with indicated non-progressive disease as assessed by Investigator per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumor version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) at Week 12
Timeframe: Up to Week 12
Number of participants with indicated non-progressive disease as assessed by Independent Radiologist per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumor version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) at Week 12
Timeframe: Up to Week 12
Number of participants with any adverse event (AE) or serious adverse event (SAE)
Timeframe: until 26-Feb-2016
Expression of Interstitial Lung Disease marker KL-6
Timeframe: From Baseline up to Week 36
Expression of Interstitial Lung Disease marker Surfactant Protein D
Timeframe: Baseline, Week 12, and Week 28
Number of participants with the indicated worst-case on-therapy Clinical Chemistry grade shifts from Baseline
Timeframe: From Baseline up to Week 36
Number of participants with the indicated worst-case on-therapy Coagulation grade shifts from Baseline
Timeframe: From Baseline up to Week 36
Number of participants with the indicated worst-case on-therapy Hematology grade shifts from Baseline
Timeframe: From Baseline up to Week 36
Number of participants with the indicated worst-case on-therapy change from baseline in Clinical Chemistry measurements with respect to the normal range
Timeframe: From Baseline up to Week 36
Number of participants with the indicated worst-case on-therapy change from baseline in Prothrombin Time measurements with respect to the normal range
Timeframe: From Baseline up to Week 36
Number of participants with the indicated worst-case on-therapy change from baseline in Hematology measurements with respect to the normal range
Timeframe: From Baseline up to Week 36
Number of participants with the indicated worst-case on-therapy change from baseline in Carcinoembryonic Antigen measurements with respect to the normal range
Timeframe: From Baseline up to Week 36
Number of participants with the indicated worst-case on-therapy change from baseline in Body Temperature
Timeframe: From Baseline up to Week 36
Number of participants with the indicated worst-case on-therapy change from baseline in Blood Pressure
Timeframe: From Baseline up to Week 36
Number of participants with the indicated worst-case on-therapy change from baseline in Pulse Rate
Timeframe: From Baseline up to Week 36
Change from Baseline in Oxygen Saturation (SpO2)
Timeframe: From Baseline up to Week 36
Number of participants with Progression-Free Survival as assessed by Investigator
Timeframe: Up to Week 37
Number of participants with Progression-Free Survival as assessed by Independent Radiologist
Timeframe: Up to Week 37
Number of participants with Overall Survival
Timeframe: Up to Week 39
Number of participants with Overall Response Rate as assessed by Investigator per RECIST 1.1 Criteria
Timeframe: Up to Week 37
Number of participants with Overall Response Rate as assessed by Independent Radiologist per RECIST 1.1 Criteria
Timeframe: Up to Week 37
Number of participants with Investigator-Assessed Time to Response
Timeframe: Up to Week 37
Number of Weeks until Time to Response Assessed with Independent Radiologist
Timeframe: Up to Week 37
Number of Participants with Investigator-Assessed Duration of Response
Timeframe: Up to Week 37
Number of Participants with Independent Radiologist Assessed Duration of Response
Timeframe: Up to Week 37
- Male or female of age 20 years or older inclusive, at the time of signing the informed consent.
- Japanese patients with histologically or cytologically confirmed cholangiocarcinoma (intra- or extrahepatic) or gallbladder cancer or ampulla of Vater cancer are eligible for which all of the following criteria have to be met: Nonresectable, recurrent, and/or metastatic disease.
- History of another malignancy.
- Any serious and/or unstable pre-existing medical disorder (aside from malignancy exception above), psychiatric disorder, or other conditions that could interfere with subject’s safety, obtaining informed consent or compliance to the study procedures.
- Male or female of age 20 years or older inclusive, at the time of signing the informed consent.
- Japanese patients with histologically or cytologically confirmed cholangiocarcinoma (intra- or extrahepatic) or gallbladder cancer or ampulla of Vater cancer are eligible for which all of the following criteria have to be met: Nonresectable, recurrent, and/or metastatic disease.
- Disease progression after up to two lines of systemic chemotherapies including no more than one line of gemcitabine-based chemotherapy. Note: Systemic therapy in adjuvant setting is not allowed as prior therapy.
- More than 21 days have elapsed since any prior anti-tumor therapy.
- At least one of the tumor samples for archived tissue at initial diagnosis or archived tissue at recent progression or fresh biopsy at recent progression (collect within 21 days from randomization if none of the archived tissues are available) is available prior to randomization to provide for translational research.
- Measurable disease, i.e. presenting with at least one measurable lesion per the RESIST 1.1.
- Performance status score of ≤1 according to the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) scale.
- Estimated life expectancy of at least 12 weeks.
- All prior treatment- related toxicities must be common terminology criteria for adverse events (CTCAE) (Version 4.0) ≤ Grade 1 (except alopecia) at the time of randomization.
- Negative for hepatitis C virus (HCV) test, hepatitis B surface (HBs) antigen, hepatitis virus Bc (HBc) antibody, and HBs antibody. HBs antigen-negative subjects who test positive for both HBc antibody and HBs antibody or either of them may be eligible when their HBV DNA quantification result is negative.
- Able to swallow and retain orally administered medication and does not have any clinically significant gastrointestinal abnormalities that may alter absorption such as malabsorption syndrome or major resection of the stomach or bowels.
- Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test within 7 days prior to the first dose of study treatment and agree to use effective contraception throughout the treatment period, and for 4 months after the last dose of study treatment.
- Adequate baseline organ function for haematological, hepatic, renal, cardiac systems.
- History of another malignancy.
- Any serious and/or unstable pre-existing medical disorder (aside from malignancy exception above), psychiatric disorder, or other conditions that could interfere with subject’s safety, obtaining informed consent or compliance to the study procedures.
- Radiotherapy completed within 2 weeks prior to randomization.
- History of interstitial lung disease or pneumonitis.
- Having a known immediate or delayed hypersensitivity reaction or idiosyncrasy to drugs chemically related to study drug, or excipients or to dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO).
- Any major surgery, extensive radiotherapy, chemotherapy with delayed toxicity, biologic therapy, or immunotherapy within 28 days prior to randomization and/or chemotherapy without the potential for delayed toxicity within 21days prior to randomization.
- Any prior use of any MEK inhibitors (including but not limited to trametinib, AZD6244 (selumetinib), RDEA119).
- Current use of a prohibited medication.
- History or current evidence/risk of retinal vein occlusion (RVO) or central serous retinopathy (CSR).
- Symptomatic or untreated leptomeningeal or brain metastases or spinal cord compression.
- Known Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection. History or evidence of cardiovascular risk including a QT interval corrected for heart rate using the Bazett’s formula (QTcB) interval >480 msec, history or evidence of current clinically significant uncontrolled arrhythmias, history of acute coronary syndromes (including myocardial infarction and unstable angina), coronary angioplasty, or stenting within 6 months prior to randomization, history or evidence of current > or = Class II congestive heart failure as defined by New York Heart Association, treatment refractory hypertension defined as a blood pressure of systolic> 140 mmHg and/or diastolic > 90 mmHg which cannot be controlled by anti-hypertensive therapy, subjects with intra-cardiac defibrillators or permanent pacemakers.
- Known cardiac metastases.
Trial location(s)
Study documents
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Results overview
Results posted on ClinicalTrials.gov
Plain language summaries
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