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Dose-Escalation Study of TH-302 in Combination With A) Gemcitabine or B) Docetaxel or C) Pemetrexed to Treat Advanced Solid Tumors
This study is currently recruiting participants.
Verified by Threshold Pharmaceuticals, October 2008
Sponsored by: Threshold Pharmaceuticals
Information provided by: Threshold Pharmaceuticals
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00743379
  Purpose

The purpose of this study is to determine if TH-302, in combination with A) Gemcitabine, or B) Docetaxel or C) Pemetrexed methotrexate, are safe and effective in the treatment of Pancreatic Cancer, Castrate-resistant Prostate Cancer, and Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, respectively.


Condition Intervention Phase
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Prostate Cancer
Pancreatic Cancer
Drug: TH-302
Phase I
Phase II

MedlinePlus related topics: Cancer Lung Cancer Pancreatic Cancer Prostate Cancer
Drug Information available for: Docetaxel Gemcitabine hydrochloride Gemcitabine Pemetrexed disodium Pemetrexed
U.S. FDA Resources
Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Treatment, Non-Randomized, Open Label, Parallel Assignment, Safety/Efficacy Study
Official Title: A Phase 1/2, Multicenter, Dose-Escalation Study to Determine the Safety, Efficacy and Pharmacokinetics of TH-302 in Combination With A) Gemcitabine or B) Docetaxel or C) Pemetrexed in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors

Further study details as provided by Threshold Pharmaceuticals:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • To determine the MTD and DLT(s) of TH-302 when used in combination with A) Gemcitabine or B) Docetaxel or C) Pemetrexed in patients with advanced solid tumors [ Time Frame: Two years ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:
  • To establish the pharmacokinetics of TH-302 , gemcitabine, pemetrexed and docetaxel when used in each of the combinations assessed [ Time Frame: Two years ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]

Estimated Enrollment: 90
Study Start Date: August 2008
Estimated Study Completion Date: August 2010
Estimated Primary Completion Date: August 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Arms Assigned Interventions
A: Experimental
TH-302 in combination with Gemcitabine. 1,000 mg/m2 of Gemcitabine is administered IV over 30 minutes on Days 1, 8 and 15 of a 28-day cycle.
Drug: TH-302
TH-302 will be administered by IV infusion over 30 minutes on Days 1, 8 and 15 of a 28- day cycle for Arm A and on Days 1 and 8 of a 21 day cycle for Arms B and C.
B: Experimental
TH-302 in combination with Docetaxel. 75 mg/m2 of Docetaxel is administered IV over 60 minutes on Day 1 of a 21-day cycle.
Drug: TH-302
TH-302 will be administered by IV infusion over 30 minutes on Days 1, 8 and 15 of a 28- day cycle for Arm A and on Days 1 and 8 of a 21 day cycle for Arms B and C.
C: Experimental
TH-302 in combination with Pemetrexed. 500 mg/m2 of Pemetrexed is administered IV over 10 minutes on Day 1 of a 21-day cycle.
Drug: TH-302
TH-302 will be administered by IV infusion over 30 minutes on Days 1, 8 and 15 of a 28- day cycle for Arm A and on Days 1 and 8 of a 21 day cycle for Arms B and C.

Detailed Description:

A broad range of tumors have been shown to contain significant numbers of hypoxic cells and hypoxia has been shown to be associated with a poor prognosis and an increase in resistance to chemotherapy and radiotherapy (Brizel 1997, Vaupel 2007, Shannon 2003).

It is likely that an agent that could effectively target hypoxic regions in tumors would improve efficacy when combined with standard chemotherapy or radiotherapy. TH-302 is activated at lower oxygen concentrations than other bioreductive prodrugs (Duan 2008) and tirapazamine, a hypoxic cytotoxin that has been extensively studied in both preclinical and clinical studies. This should result in an improved therapeutic ratio (tumor vs normal tissue toxicity) as compared with other bioreductive agents. Because TH-302 is expected to be minimally toxic to aerobic cancer cells, optimal efficacy would be expected when TH-302 is combined with treatments that are most effective under aerobic conditions such as radiotherapy and cytotoxic chemotherapy. Preclinical data have shown at least additive efficacy when TH-302 is combined with either docetaxel or gemcitabine. In order to minimize the risk of additive toxicity, TH-302 is not being evaluated in combination with alkylating agents.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Gemcitabine + TH-302 Inclusion Criteria:

  1. At least 18 years of age
  2. Ability to understand the purposes and risks of the study and has signed a written informed consent form approved by the investigator's IRB/Ethics Committee
  3. Dose escalation subjects:

    1. Histologically or cytologically confirmed solid malignancy that is metastatic or unresectable and for which standard curative or palliative measures do not exist or are no longer effective OR solid malignancy for which monotherapy with gemcitabine is considered standard therapy
    2. Tumor progression after most recent therapy

    Dose expansion subjects:

    a. Locally advanced unresectable or metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma proven either by histology (surgical biopsy) or cytology (CT- or endoscopic-guided) previously untreated with chemotherapy other than radiosensitizing doses of 5-fluorouracil

  4. Recovered from toxicities of prior therapy to grade 0 or 1
  5. Evaluable disease by RECIST criteria (at least one target or non-target lesion)
  6. ECOG performance status of 0 or 1
  7. Life expectancy of at least 3 months
  8. Acceptable liver function:

    1. Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal
    2. AST (SGOT) and ALT (SGPT) ≤ 2.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN); if liver metastases are present, then ≤ 5 x ULN is allowed
  9. Acceptable renal function:

    a. Serum creatinine within normal limits, AND calculated creatinine clearance ≥ 60 mL/min/1.73m2

  10. Acceptable hematologic status (without hematologic support):

    1. ANC ≥ 1500 cells/μL
    2. Platelet count ≥ 100,000/μL
    3. Hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 g/dL
  11. All women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test and women and men subjects must agree to use effective means of contraception (surgical sterilization or the use or barrier contraception with either a condom or diaphragm in conjunction with spermicidal gel or an IUD) with their partner from entry into the study through 6 months after the last dose

Docetaxel + TH-302 Inclusion Criteria:

All Subjects:

  1. At least 18 years of age
  2. Ability to understand the purposes and risks of the study and has signed a written informed consent form approved by the investigator's IRB/Ethics Committee
  3. Dose escalation subjects ONLY:

    1. Histologically or cytologically confirmed solid malignancy that is metastatic or unresectable and for which standard curative or palliative measures do not exist or are no longer effective OR solid malignancy for which monotherapy with docetaxel would be appropriate
    2. Tumor progression after most recent therapy
  4. Recovered from toxicities of prior therapy to grade 0 or 1
  5. Evaluable disease by RECIST criteria (at least one target or non-target lesion) or evidence of disease progression for subjects with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer
  6. ECOG performance status of 0 or 1
  7. Life expectancy of at least 3 months
  8. Acceptable liver function:

    1. Bilirubin ≤ upper limit of normal
    2. AST (SGOT) and ALT (SGPT) ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) with alkaline phosphatase ≤ 2.5 times upper limit of normal
  9. Acceptable renal function:

    a. Serum creatinine within normal limits, AND calculated creatinine clearance ≥ 60 mL/min/1.73m2

  10. Acceptable hematologic status (without hematologic support):

    1. ANC ≥ 1500 cells/μL
    2. Platelet count ≥ 100,000/μL
    3. Hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 g/dL
  11. All women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test and women and men subjects must agree to use effective means of contraception (surgical sterilization or the use or barrier contraception with either a condom or diaphragm in conjunction with spermicidal gel or an IUD) with their partner from entry into the study through 6 months after the last dose

Expanded Cohort Subjects or dose-escalation subjects with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer previously untreated with chemotherapy

  1. Histologically or cytologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate with clinical or radiologic evidence of metastatic disease
  2. Disease progression during hormone therapy and received primary androgenablation therapy as maintenance
  3. For subjects who have not had orchiectomy: serum testosterone concentration <50 ng/mL (<1.7 nmol/L); GnRH analog therapy must be continued during this study
  4. If there has been antiandrogen withdrawal, it must have occurred at least 4 weeks before study enrollment (6 weeks for bicalutamide) OR in subjects who have had an antiandrogen added as second-line therapy and there was no response to the most recent antiandrogen therapy or if the PSA decline lasted ≤3 months, antiandrogen therapy must be discontinued for at least 2 weeks
  5. Evidence of disease progression, manifested by at least one of the following:

    1. Rising PSA on at least 3 measurements at least 1 week apart
    2. Disease progression on physical examination or imaging studies (if progression is based on bone scan alone, there must be at least 2 new bone lesions)
  6. Previously untreated with systemic chemotherapy
  7. PSA at least 2 ng/mL

Pemetrexed + TH-302 Inclusion Criteria:

All Subjects:

  1. At least 18 years of age
  2. Ability to understand the purposes and risks of the study and has signed a written informed consent form approved by the investigator's IRB/Ethics Committee
  3. Dose escalation subjects:

    1. Histologically or cytologically confirmed solid malignancy that is metastatic or unresectable and for which standard curative or palliative measures do not exist or are no longer effective OR solid malignancy for which monotherapy with pemetrexed is considered standard therapy
    2. Tumor progression after most recent therapy
  4. Recovered from toxicities of prior therapy
  5. Evaluable disease by RECIST criteria (at least one target or non-target lesion)
  6. ECOG performance status of 0 or 1
  7. Life expectancy of at least 3 months
  8. Acceptable liver function:

    1. Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal
    2. AST (SGOT) and ALT (SGPT) ≤ 2.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN); if liver metastases are present, then ≤ 5 x ULN is allowed
  9. Acceptable renal function:

    a. Serum creatinine within normal limits, AND calculated creatinine clearance ≥ 60 mL/min/1.73m2

  10. Acceptable hematologic status (without hematologic support):

    1. ANC ≥ 1500 cells/μL
    2. Platelet count ≥ 100,000/μL
    3. Hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 g/dL
  11. All women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test and women and men subjects must agree to use effective means of contraception (surgical sterilization or the use or barrier contraception with either a condom or diaphragm in conjunction with spermicidal gel or an IUD) with their partner from entry into the study through 6 months after the last dose

Expanded cohort subjects ONLY: Second-line NSCLC

  1. Histological or cytological confirmation of NSCLC with stage IIIB or IV disease not amenable to curative therapy
  2. Prior treatment with only one systemic chemotherapy regimen for advanced disease
  3. Tumor progression after most recent therapy

Exclusion Criteria:

Gemcitabine + TH-302 Exclusion Criteria:

All Subjects:

  1. Prior treatment with more than 3 myelosuppressive cytotoxic chemotherapy regimens
  2. Prior treatment with gemcitabine
  3. Prior radiotherapy to more than 25% of the bone marrow
  4. New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III or IV, cardiac disease, myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to Day 1, unstable arrhythmia or symptomatic peripheral arterial vascular disease
  5. Seizure disorders requiring anticonvulsant therapy
  6. Symptomatic brain, leptomeningeal or epidural metastases, (unless previously treated and well controlled for a period of ≥ 3 months)
  7. Severe chronic obstructive or other pulmonary disease with hypoxemia (requires supplementary oxygen, symptoms due to hypoxemia or oxygen saturation <90% by pulse oximetry after a 2 minute walk) or in the opinion of the investigator any physiological state likely to cause systemic or regional hypoxemia
  8. Major surgery, other than diagnostic surgery, within 4 weeks prior to Day 1, without complete recovery
  9. Active, uncontrolled bacterial, viral, or fungal infections, requiring systemic therapy
  10. Treatment with radiation therapy, surgery, chemotherapy, targeted therapies (erlotinib, lapatinib, etc.) or hormones within 4 weeks prior to study entry (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C)
  11. Prior therapy with an hypoxic cytotoxin
  12. Subjects who participated in an investigational drug or device study within 28 days prior to study entry
  13. Known infection with HIV, hepatitis B, or hepatitis C
  14. Subjects who have exhibited allergic reactions to a structural compound, biological agent, or formulation (containing solutol and/or propylene glycol) similar to TH-302
  15. Females who are pregnant or breast-feeding
  16. Concomitant disease or condition that could interfere with the conduct of the study, or that would, in the opinion of the investigator, pose an unacceptable risk to the subject in this study
  17. Unwillingness or inability to comply with the study protocol for any reason

Expanded cohort subjects ONLY: First-line advanced adenocarcinoma of the pancreas

1. Prior chemotherapy therapy for advanced disease other than radiosensitizing doses of 5-fluorouracil

Docetaxel + Prednisone + TH-302 Exclusion Criteria:

All Subjects:

  1. Prior treatment with more than 3 myelosuppressive cytotoxic chemotherapy regimens
  2. Prior treatment with docetaxel
  3. Prior radiotherapy to more than 25% of the bone marrow unless radiotherapy was completed >5 years ago and there is not hematologic evidence of persistent bone marrow suppression
  4. Uncontrolled pleural effusion or ascites
  5. History of sensitivity to drugs formulated with polysorbate 80
  6. New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III or IV, cardiac disease, myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to Day 1, unstable arrhythmia or symptomatic peripheral arterial vascular disease
  7. Seizure disorders requiring anticonvulsant therapy
  8. Symptomatic brain, leptomeningeal or epidural metastases (unless previously treated and well controlled for a period of ≥ 3 months)
  9. Ongoing CTCAE grade 2 or greater peripheral neuropathy
  10. Severe chronic obstructive or other pulmonary disease with hypoxemia (requires supplementary oxygen, symptoms due to hypoxemia or oxygen saturation <90% by pulse oximetry after a 2 minute walk) or in the opinion of the investigator any physiological state likely to cause systemic or regional hypoxemia
  11. Major surgery, other than diagnostic surgery, within 4 weeks prior to Day 1, without complete recovery
  12. Active, uncontrolled bacterial, viral, or fungal infections, requiring systemic therapy
  13. Treatment with radiation therapy, surgery, chemotherapy, targeted therapies (erlotinib, lapatinib, etc.) or hormones within 4 weeks prior to study entry (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C)
  14. Prior therapy with an hypoxic cytotoxin
  15. Subjects who participated in an investigational drug or device study within 28 days prior to study entry
  16. Known infection with HIV, hepatitis B, or hepatitis C
  17. Subjects who have exhibited allergic reactions to a structural compound, biological agent, or formulation (containing solutol and/or propylene glycol) similar to TH-302
  18. Females who are pregnant or breast-feeding
  19. Concomitant disease or condition that could interfere with the conduct of the study, or that would, in the opinion of the investigator, pose an unacceptable risk to the subject in this study
  20. Unwillingness or inability to comply with the study protocol for any reason

Expanded Cohort Subjects ONLY: Castrate-resistant prostate cancer

1. Prior treatment with cytotoxic chemotherapy or radioisotope therapy

Pemetrexed + TH-302 Exclusion Criteria:

All Subjects:

  1. Prior treatment with more than 3 myelosuppressive cytotoxic chemotherapy regimens
  2. Prior treatment with pemetrexed
  3. Prior radiotherapy to more than 25% of the bone marrow
  4. Inability to discontinue non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for 5 days (long half-life) or 2 days (short half-life, if subject has CrCL <80 mL/min/1.73 m2) before until 2 days following pemetrexed dosing
  5. New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III or IV, cardiac disease, myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to Day 1, unstable arrhythmia or symptomatic peripheral arterial vascular disease
  6. Seizure disorders requiring anticonvulsant therapy
  7. Symptomatic brain, leptomeningeal or epidural metastases (unless previously treated and well controlled for a period of ≥ 3 months)
  8. Severe chronic obstructive or other pulmonary disease with hypoxemia (requires supplementary oxygen, symptoms due to hypoxemia or oxygen saturation <90% by pulse oximetry after a 2 minute walk) or in the opinion of the investigator any physiological state likely to cause systemic or regional hypoxemia
  9. Major surgery, other than diagnostic surgery, within 4 weeks prior to Day 1, without complete recovery
  10. Active, uncontrolled bacterial, viral, or fungal infections, requiring systemic therapy
  11. Treatment with radiation therapy, surgery, chemotherapy, targeted therapies (erlotinib, lapatinib, etc.) or hormones within 4 weeks prior to study entry (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C)
  12. Prior therapy with an hypoxic cytotoxin
  13. Subjects who participated in an investigational drug or device study within 28 days prior to study entry
  14. Known infection with HIV, hepatitis B, or hepatitis C
  15. Subjects who have exhibited allergic reactions to a structural compound, biological agent, or formulation (containing solutol and/or propylene glycol) similar to TH-302
  16. Females who are pregnant or breast-feeding
  17. Concomitant disease or condition that could interfere with the conduct of the study, or that would, in the opinion of the investigator, pose an unacceptable risk to the subject in this study
  18. Unwillingness or inability to comply with the study protocol for any reason

Expanded Cohort Subjects ONLY: Second-line NSCLC

  1. More than one prior cytotoxic chemotherapy regimen for advanced disease
  2. Weight loss of >10% body weight in the previous 6 weeks
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00743379

Contacts
Contact: Clarence Eng, MPH 650-474-8222 ceng@thresholdpharm.com
Contact: Gustavo Lorente, MS 650-474-8228 glorente@thresholdpharm.com

Locations
United States, Arizona
Premiere Oncology of Arizona Recruiting
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States, 85260
Contact: Angela Kell-Robertson     480-860-5000     akellrobertson@premiereoncology.com    
Principal Investigator: David Mendelson            
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Recruiting
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States, 85259
Contact: Kris Awerkamp     480-301-4961     awerkamp.kristin@mayo.com    
Principal Investigator: Mitesh Borad, MD            
United States, Indiana
Indiana University Cancer Center Recruiting
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202
Contact: Jennifer Funke     317-278-0328     jmfunke@iupui.edu    
Principal Investigator: Elena G Chiorean, MD            
United States, Tennessee
Sarah Cannon Research Institute Recruiting
Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37203
Contact: Sheri Mersch     615-329-7249     Sheri.Mersch@scresearch.net    
Principal Investigator: Jeffrey R Infante, MD            
United States, Texas
UT Health Science Center Recruiting
San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78229
Contact: Tony Carmona     210-450-5979     carmona@uthscsa.edu    
Principal Investigator: Alain Mita, MD            
United States, Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin Active, not recruiting
Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53792
Sponsors and Collaborators
Threshold Pharmaceuticals
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Jeffrey R Infante, MD Sarah Cannon Research Institute
Principal Investigator: Alain Mita, MD UT Health Science Center
Principal Investigator: Elena G Chiorean, MD Indiana University School of Medicine
Principal Investigator: Mitesh Borad, MD Mayo Clinic
Principal Investigator: George Wilding, MD University of Wisconsin, Madison
Principal Investigator: David Mendelson, MD Premeire Oncology of Arizona
  More Information

Threshold Pharmaceuticals Company Website  This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

Responsible Party: Threshold Pharmaceuticals ( Clarence Eng )
Study ID Numbers: TH-CR-402
Study First Received: August 26, 2008
Last Updated: October 16, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00743379  
Health Authority: United States: Food and Drug Administration

Keywords provided by Threshold Pharmaceuticals:
Phase 1/2
Advanced Solid Tumors
Hypoxia
Prodrug
Dose-Escalation

Study placed in the following topic categories:
Thoracic Neoplasms
Non-small cell lung cancer
Digestive System Neoplasms
Prostatic Diseases
Genital Neoplasms, Male
Pancreatic Neoplasms
Endocrine System Diseases
Urogenital Neoplasms
Genital Diseases, Male
Carcinoma
Pemetrexed
Docetaxel
Digestive System Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Lung Neoplasms
Lung Diseases
Pancreatic Diseases
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
Endocrinopathy
Gemcitabine
Prostatic Neoplasms
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Endocrine Gland Neoplasms

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Respiratory Tract Neoplasms
Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Neoplasms by Histologic Type

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 16, 2009