Defining the Triple Negative Breast Cancer Kinome Response to GSK1120212

Completed · Early Phase 1

Conditions studied: Breast Cancer

In brief

Research into treatments for breast cancer relies more and more on an understanding of how the cells of tumor tissue act when they are exposed to a new or different drug. To find these new or different drugs to treat cancer, researchers are looking at proteins that help cancer cells grow, such as a group of proteins called Kinases. In this study the investigators want to look at the activity of kinases when a particular experimental drug called GSK1120212 is administered. GSK1120212 blocks a kinase called MEK. GSK1120212 is not yet approved by the FDA for use in breast cancer patients. The investigators want to give subjects GSK1120212 for a short period of time (one week) to see how MEK and the other kinases function in cancer cells both before and after the study drug is given. This study is not intended to treat cancer, it is looking at ways that the investigators may treat cancer in the future.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01467310

Run by

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

People needed

15

Starts

2012-01-01

Expected to finish

2016-03-21

Last updated by the study team

2020-09-02

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Histologically confirmed TNBC (i.e., ER negative, PR negative (each <10% staining by immunohistochemistry) and Her2 negative (0-1+ or FISH non-amplified; by clinical assay on primary tumor)
• Stage I-IIIc disease:
• Scheduled for lumpectomy or mastectomy
• No prior or current therapy for breast cancer
• Not considered candidate for therapeutic neoadjuvant treatment
• For stage IV disease:
• Scheduled for surgical resection of oligometastatic disease
• Previously untreated for breast cancer
• Subject enrolls into LCCC9819
• ECOG Performance Status 0-2
• Normal end organ function as defined by the following:
• Absolute neutrophil count (ANC)≥ 1.2 X 109/L;
• Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL;
• Platelets ≥ 75 X 109/L;
• PT/INR and PTT ≤ 1.2 X upper limit of normal (ULN);
• Albumin ≥ 2.5 g/dL
• Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN mg/dL
• AST and ALT ≤ 2.5 X ULN
• Creatinine ≤ 1.5 X ULN OR Calculated creatinine clearance ≥50 mL/min OR 24-hour urine creatinine clearance ≥50 mL/min;
• Ejection fraction ≥ LLN by ECHO (preferred) or MUGA
• Age ≥18 years
• Willing to use adequate contraception if applicable, and to continue use for 4 weeks post last dose of GSK1120212
• Sufficient fresh or frozen tissue remaining from pre-treatment core incisional biopsy or willing to undergo biopsy for research purposes only (approximately 10mg or one core's worth of tissue needed)
• Surgeon and Medical Oncologist agree one week window trial appropriate/safe for trial candidate and that surgery appointment can accommodate a 7 day (one week) treatment schedule
• Able to swallow oral medications

You may not qualify if…

• Pregnant or lactating female
• Currently active GI disease, or prior surgery that may affect ability to absorb oral medications
• Prior radiation therapy to the target lesion
• History or current evidence/risk of retinal vein occlusion (RVO) or central serous retinopathy (CSR):
• History of RVO or CSR, or predisposing factors to RVO or CSR (e.g. uncontrolled glaucoma or ocular hypertension, uncontrolled systemic disease such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus, or history of hyperviscosity or hypercoagulability syndromes)
• Current use of a prohibited medication or requires any of these medications during treatment with GSK1120212 (see section 4.6).
• Use of an investigational anti-cancer drug within 28 days or five half-lives, whichever is shorter, prior to the first dose of GSK1120212. A minimum of 10 days between termination of the investigational drug and administration of GSK1120212 is required. In addition, any drug-related toxicity should have recovered to Grade 1 or less.
• Prior treatment with MEK or BRAF inhibitors
• Any major radiotherapy, or immunotherapy within the last four weeks; use of erythropoietin replacement or bisphosphonates is considered supportive care and their use is permitted
• Evidence of severe or uncontrolled systemic diseases (e.g., unstable or uncompensated respiratory, hepatic, renal, or cardiac disease)
• History or evidence of cardiovascular risk including any of the following:
• QTc interval >/= 480 msecs.
• Clinically significant uncontrolled arrhythmias Exception: subjects with controlled atrial fibrillation for >30 days prior to day 1 of treatment with GSK1120212 are eligible
• History of acute coronary syndromes (including myocardial infarction and unstable angina), coronary angioplasty, or stenting within the past 24 weeks
• ≥Class II heart failure as defined by the New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional classification system (see Appendix C)
• Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Hepatitis B Virus (HBV), or Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection (with the exception of chronic or cleared HBV and HCV infection which will be allowed)
• Known immediate or delayed hypersensitivity reaction or idiosyncrasy to drugs chemically related to the study drug, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), or excipients
• Psychological, familial, sociological, or geographical conditions that do not permit compliance with the protocol
• Any other concurrent condition that in the investigator's opinion would jeopardize compliance with the protocol

Where it is running

• Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center — Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

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