Phase Ib/II Study of PLX 3397 and Eribulin in Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer

Completed · Phase 1/Phase 2

Conditions studied: Metastatic Breast Cancer

In brief

The purpose of the Phase 1b portion of the study is to determine the best dose of PLX3397 when given in combination with standard dose eribulin (Halaven™). The purpose of the Phase 2 portion of the study is to find out what effects, good and/or bad, these drugs have on patients and their metastatic breast cancer.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01596751

Run by

Hope Rugo, MD

People needed

67

Starts

2012-07-12

Expected to finish

2019-07-05

Last updated by the study team

2020-07-17

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Pathologically confirmed diagnosis of breast cancer with documented progressive disease.
• Patients with stable brain metastases are eligible for this trial.
• At least one prior chemotherapy regimen for metastatic breast cancer. Prior treatment must be discontinued at least 2 weeks before treatment start.
• Concomitant therapy with bisphosphonates is allowed.
• Stable dose coumadin anticoagulation is allowed, providing that anticoagulation can be safely held to an International Normalized Ratio (INR) within normal range for the purpose of tumor biopsy. Low molecular weight heparin (LMWH is the preferred method of anticoagulation.
• Prothrombin time (PT)/International Normalized Ratio (INR) and partial thromboplastin time (PTT) within institutional normal limits within two weeks before initial biopsy.
• Measurable disease, as defined by RECIST guidelines or evaluable disease. Bone metastases must be evaluable.
• Disease amenable to core biopsy. Patients with pulmonary metastases as their only site of disease may enroll on this trial and will not undergo biopsy.
• For Phase I: patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) overexpressing disease must have been previously treated with trastuzumab. Patients with HER2 overexpressing disease are not eligible for the Phase II trial.
• Age eighteen years or older.
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status </= 2.
• Life expectancy of >/= 12 weeks.
• Patients with < grade 1 peripheral neuropathy are eligible for this trial.
• Adequate bone marrow reserve: Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) >/= 1000, platelets >/= 100,000.
• Adequate renal function: serum creatinine </= 1.5x upper limit of normal (ULN) OR calculated creatinine clearance ≥ 50 ml/min.
• Sodium, potassium, and chloride levels within institutional normal limits.
• Adequate hepatic function: aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) </= 2.5 x ULN, and total bilirubin </= 1.5x upper limit of normal. In patients with liver dysfunction due to hepatic metastases, AST and ALT are permitted to be </= 5 times the ULN.
• At baseline: Ejection fraction (EF) ≥ 50%, no evidence of QT prolongation, no history of congenital long QT syndrome, and no use of drugs known to increase the risk of Torsades de Point - patients may be eligible for study if the drug can be changed to another agent with less risk (such as changing from citalopram to an alternate antidepressant).
• Able to take oral medications and maintain hydration.
• Ability to give written informed consent and willingness to comply with the requirements of the protocol
• Women of child-bearing potential must agree to use an effective method of birth control during treatment and for six months after receiving their last dose of study drug
• Specific inclusion criteria for Phase II
• Patients enrolling on the phase II portion of this trial must have ER, progesterone receptors (PR) and HER2 negative disease defined as less than 10% staining for ER and PR, and HER2 not amplified byFluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH), 0-1% by Immunohistochemistry (IHC), or 2+ by IHC and no evidence of amplification by FISH.

You may not qualify if…

• Treatment with another chemotherapy or hormonal therapy within the past 2 weeks.
• Treatment with trastuzumab, bevacizumab or other targeted therapies within the past 2 weeks.
• Concurrent treatment with radiotherapy.
• Ongoing treatment with any other investigational therapy.
• Prior treatment with eribulin
• Severe, concurrent illness including congestive heart failure, significant cardiac disease and uncontrolled hypertension, that would likely prevent the patient from being able to comply with the study protocol.
• Inadequate bone marrow, renal, or hepatic function as defined above, or an active coagulopathy that precludes tissue biopsy.
• Pregnant or lactating women and women of child-bearing potential who are not using an effective method of birth control. Women of childbearing potential must undergo a serum pregnancy test within seven days of starting the study drug.

Where it is running

• University of California, San Francisco — San Francisco, California, United States
• Duke University Cancer Center — Durham, North Carolina, United States
• Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center — Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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