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Testing the Addition of an Anti-Cancer Drug, ZEN003694, to the Usual Chemotherapy Treatment (Capecitabine) for Metastatic or Unresectable Cancers

Studies

Study First Submitted Date 2023-04-06
Study First Posted Date 2023-04-07
Last Update Posted Date 2023-08-04
Start Month Year April 5, 2024
Primary Completion Month Year June 30, 2026
Verification Month Year July 2023
Verification Date 2023-07-31
Last Update Posted Date 2023-08-04

Detailed Descriptions

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Description PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. To determine the safety and tolerability, maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D) of BET bromodomain inhibitor ZEN-3694 (ZEN003694 [ZEN-3694]) in combination with capecitabine in patients with solid tumors. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To observe and record anti-tumor activity of ZEN003694 (ZEN-3694) in combination with capecitabine. II. To determine the pharmacokinetics (PK) of ZEN003694 (ZEN-3694) in combination with capecitabine. III. To determine the pharmacodynamics (PD) of ZEN003694 (ZEN-3694) in combination with capecitabine (death receptor 5 [DR5] dynamics and apoptosis). IV. To identify molecular subpopulations particularly sensitized to bromodomain and extra-terminal motif inhibitor (BETi) and capecitabine. OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study of ZEN003694 and capecitabine, followed by a dose-expansion study. Patients receive ZEN003694 orally (PO) once daily (QD) and capecitabine PO twice daily (BID) 2 weeks on, 1 week off during each treatment cycle. Cycles repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography (PET)/CT, and collection of blood samples throughout the trial. Patients may also undergo biopsies during screening and while on the study. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up for safety 30 days after the last dose, and then every 3 months for 12 months.

Facilities

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Status Recruiting
Name University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute LAO
City Pittsburgh
State Pennsylvania
Zip 15232
Country United States

Facility Contacts

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Facility Id 200639392
Contact Type primary
Name Dennis Hsu
Email hsudj@upmc.edu

Facility Investigators

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Facility Id 200639392
Role Principal Investigator
Name Dennis Hsu

Browse Interventions

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Mesh Term Capecitabine Mesh Term Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic Mesh Term Antimetabolites Mesh Term Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Mesh Term Antineoplastic Agents
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Conditions

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Name Metastatic Colorectal Carcinoma Name Metastatic Malignant Solid Neoplasm Name Stage IV Colorectal Cancer AJCC v8 Name Unresectable Colorectal Carcinoma Name Unresectable Malignant Solid Neoplasm
Downcase Name metastatic colorectal carcinoma Downcase Name metastatic malignant solid neoplasm Downcase Name stage iv colorectal cancer ajcc v8 Downcase Name unresectable colorectal carcinoma Downcase Name unresectable malignant solid neoplasm

Id Information

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Id Value NCI-2023-02652 Id Value NCI-2023-02652 Id Value 10579 Id Value 10579 Id Value UM1CA186690
Id Type Registry Identifier Id Type Other Identifier Id Type Other Identifier Id Type U.S. NIH Grant/Contract
Id Type Description CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) Id Type Description University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute LAO Id Type Description CTEP
Id Link https://reporter.nih.gov/quickSearch/UM1CA186690

Countries

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Design Groups

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Group Type Experimental
Title Treatment (ZEN003694, capecitabine)
Description Patients receive ZEN003694 PO QD and capecitabine PO BID 2 weeks on, 1 week off during each treatment cycle. Cycles repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo CT or MRI, PET/CT, and collection of blood samples throughout the trial. Patients may also undergo biopsies during screening and while on the study.

Interventions

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Intervention Type Drug Intervention Type Procedure Intervention Type Procedure Intervention Type Drug Intervention Type Procedure Intervention Type Procedure Intervention Type Procedure
Name BET Bromodomain Inhibitor ZEN-3694 Name Biopsy Name Biospecimen Collection Name Capecitabine Name Computed Tomography Name Magnetic Resonance Imaging Name Positron Emission Tomography
Description Given PO Description Undergo biopsy Description Undergo collection of blood samples Description Given PO Description Undergo CT and PET/CT Description Undergo MRI Description Undergo PET/CT

Design Outcomes

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Measure Incidence of adverse events Measure Maximum tolerated dose (MTD) Measure Recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D) Measure Anti-tumor activity of ZEN003694 (ZEN-3694) in combination with capecitabine Measure Progression free survival (PFS) Measure Objective overall response rate (ORR) Measure Pharmacokinetics (PK) of ZEN003694 (ZEN-3694) in combination with capecitabine Measure Pharmacodynamics (PD) of ZEN003694 (ZEN-3694) in combination with capecitabine Measure Molecular subpopulations particularly sensitized to BETi and capecitabine
Time Frame Up to 30 days after last dose Time Frame Up to 30 days after last dose Time Frame Up to 12 months Time Frame Up to 12 months Time Frame Up to 12 months Time Frame Up to 12 months Time Frame Up to 12 months Time Frame Up to 12 months Time Frame Up to 12 months
Description Adverse events and serious adverse events will be tabulated for each dose levels. As per National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 5.0, the term toxicity is defined as adverse events that are classified as either possibly, probably, or definitely related to study treatment. The maximum grade for each type of toxicity will be recorded for each patient, and frequency tables will be reviewed to determine toxicity patterns. Description Defined as the highest dose level with no more than 1/6 dose-limiting toxicity. Description Will be determined based on the MTD and later cycle adverse event (AE) rates. Description Treatment response will be assessed for all patients based on Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors version 1.1: complete response (CR), partial response (PR), stable disease (SD), and progression of disease (PD). Clinical benefit rate is defined as the addition of CR, PR and SD. Description PFS will be estimated by the Kaplan-Meier method, along with 95% confidence regions. Description Defined as the addition of CR and PR. The probability of ORR and clinical benefit rate will be estimated with exact 95% binomial confidence intervals. Description Will determine the PK of ZEN003694 (ZEN-3694) in combination with capecitabine. Capecitabine PK will be evaluated in the absence and presence of ZEN003694 (ZEN-3694) and Cmax and area under curve (AUC) will be compared with a paired test. ZEN003694 (ZEN-3694) PK will be evaluated in the presence of capecitabine and Cmax and AUC will be compared descriptively with historical data. Description Will determine PD of ZEN003694 (ZEN-3694) in combination with capecitabine. Ribonucleic acid sequencing of death receptor 5 (DR5). DR5 is expected to be increased by the combination ZEN003694 (ZEN-3694) in combination with capecitabine. Pre-post comparisons will be made within patients enrolled on the expansion cohort using a non-parametric paired test, at a significance level (alpha) of 0.05. Apoptosis by Pharmacodynamic Assay Development and Implementation Section (PADIS) lab. Panel 3 is priority, but other panels will be evaluated with remaining lysate. Apoptosis is expected to be increased by the combination ZEN003694 (ZEN-3694) in combination with capecitabine. Pre-post comparisons will be made within patients enrolled on the expansion cohort using a non-parametric paired test, at a significance level (alpha) of 0.05. Description Will identify molecular subpopulations particularly sensitized to BETi and capecitabine. Based on WES of archival tissue, we will evaluate descriptively any mutations in genes relevant to DNA damage repair, signaling and (fluoropyrimidine) metabolism, any relations with peculiar response and/or toxicity.

Browse Conditions

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Mesh Term Carcinoma Mesh Term Neoplasms Mesh Term Colorectal Neoplasms Mesh Term Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial Mesh Term Neoplasms by Histologic Type Mesh Term Intestinal Neoplasms Mesh Term Gastrointestinal Neoplasms Mesh Term Digestive System Neoplasms Mesh Term Neoplasms by Site Mesh Term Digestive System Diseases Mesh Term Gastrointestinal Diseases Mesh Term Colonic Diseases Mesh Term Intestinal Diseases Mesh Term Rectal Diseases
Downcase Mesh Term carcinoma Downcase Mesh Term neoplasms Downcase Mesh Term colorectal neoplasms Downcase Mesh Term neoplasms, glandular and epithelial Downcase Mesh Term neoplasms by histologic type Downcase Mesh Term intestinal neoplasms Downcase Mesh Term gastrointestinal neoplasms Downcase Mesh Term digestive system neoplasms Downcase Mesh Term neoplasms by site Downcase Mesh Term digestive system diseases Downcase Mesh Term gastrointestinal diseases Downcase Mesh Term colonic diseases Downcase Mesh Term intestinal diseases Downcase Mesh Term rectal diseases
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Sponsors

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Agency Class NIH
Lead Or Collaborator lead
Name National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Overall Officials

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Role Principal Investigator
Name Dennis Hsu
Affiliation University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute LAO

Design Group Interventions

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Eligibilities

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Gender All
Minimum Age 18 Years
Maximum Age N/A
Healthy Volunteers No
Criteria Inclusion Criteria: Dose Escalation additional criteria: Patients must have histologically confirmed cancer that is metastatic or unresectable and must have progressed on standard therapies which would have included fluorouracil (5-FU) or capecitabine Dose Escalation additional criteria specifically for colorectal cancer (CRC) patients: Willingness and ability to undergo a pre-treatment biopsy Dose Expansion additional criteria: Patients must have histologically confirmed CRC that is metastatic or unresectable and must have progressed on standard therapies which would have included 5-FU or capecitabine Dose Expansion additional criteria: Willingness and ability to undergo pre- and on- treatment biopsies Patients must have measurable disease Age >= 18 years. Because no dosing or adverse event data are currently available on the use of ZEN003694 (ZEN-3694) in combination with capecitabine in patients < 18 years of age, children are excluded from this study Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-2 (Karnofsky >= 60%) Availability of archival tumor tissue at the time of patient enrollment for molecular profiling studies Prior to study dosing, previous systemic therapy must have been completed for at least five half-lives or 2 weeks, whichever is shorter Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,000/mcL Platelets >= 100,000/mcL Total bilirubin =< 1.5 institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) =< 3 x institutional ULN Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) >= 50 mL/min/1.73 m^2 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients on effective anti-retroviral therapy with undetectable viral load within 6 months are eligible for this trial For patients with evidence of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, the HBV viral load must be undetectable on suppressive therapy, if indicated Patients with a history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection must have been treated and cured. For patients with HCV infection who are currently on treatment, they are eligible if they have an undetectable HCV viral load Patients with treated brain metastases are eligible if follow-up brain imaging after central nervous system (CNS)-directed therapy shows no evidence of progression Patients with a prior or concurrent malignancy whose natural history or treatment does not have the potential to interfere with the safety or efficacy assessment of the investigational regimen are eligible for this trial Patients should be New York Heart Association Functional Classification of class 2B or better The effects of ZEN003694 (ZEN-3694) and capecitabine on the developing human fetus are unknown. For this reason and because BET inhibitors as well as other therapeutic agents used in this trial are known to be teratogenic, women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation. Women of child-bearing potential and men treated or enrolled on this protocol must also agree to use adequate contraception prior to the study, for the duration of study participation, and 6 months after completion of ZEN003694 (ZEN-3694) and capecitabine administration Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document. Legally authorized representatives may sign and give informed consent on behalf of study participants Exclusion Criteria: Previous treatment with BET inhibitors History of inability to tolerate capecitabine at the projected treatment dose on this trial Use of oral Factor Xa inhibitors (i.e., rivaroxaban, apixaban, betrixaban, edoxaban otamixaban, letaxaban, eribaxaban) and Factor IIa inhibitors (i.e., dabigatran). Low molecular weight heparin is allowed Treatment for HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis C only if this interferes with the current treatment (e.g. through drug-drug interactions) Gastrointestinal pathology or history that adversely impacts the ability to take or absorb oral medication Hepatic tumor burden > 30% or peritoneal carcinomatosis Untreated/uncontrolled central nervous system (CNS) disease Known dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) deficiency Severe intercurrent illness or comorbidity Inability to comply with the protocol and/or not willing or who will not be available for follow-up assessments Patients who have not recovered from adverse events due to prior anti-cancer therapy (i.e., have residual toxicities > grade 1) with the exception of alopecia and neuropathy up to and including grade 2 Patients who are receiving any other investigational agents History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to ZEN003694 (ZEN-3694) or other agents used in study Patients receiving any medications or substances that are strong inhibitors or inducers of CYP3A4 are ineligible. Strong inhibitors of CYP3A4 must be discontinued at least 7 days, and inducers 14 days prior to the first dose of ZEN003694 and capecitabine. Substrates of CYP1A2 with narrow therapeutic window must be avoided while taking ZEN003694 Pregnant women are excluded from this study because ZEN003694 (ZEN-3694) is an agent with the potential for teratogenic or abortifacient effects. Because there is an unknown but potential risk for adverse events in nursing infants secondary to treatment of the mother with ZEN003694 (ZEN-3694), breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with ZEN003694 (ZEN-3694). These potential risks may also apply to other agents used in this study
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Calculated Values

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Registered In Calendar Year 2023
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Has Us Facility True
Has Single Facility True
Minimum Age Num 18
Minimum Age Unit Years
Number Of Primary Outcomes To Measure 3
Number Of Secondary Outcomes To Measure 6

Designs

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Allocation N/A
Intervention Model Single Group Assignment
Observational Model
Primary Purpose Treatment
Time Perspective
Masking None (Open Label)

Intervention Other Names

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Responsible Parties

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Responsible Party Type Sponsor