Idasanutlin and Selinexor for the Treatment of Progressive/Relapsed Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid or Extra-CNS Malignant Rhabdoid Tumors, iSTAR Trial
This phase Ib trial tests the safety, side effects, and best dose of idasanutlin and selinexor in treating patients with atypical teratoid rhabdoid (AT/RT) and extra central nervous system (CNS) malignant rhabdoid tumors (MRT) that are growing, spreading, or getting worse (progressive) or that has come back after a period of improvement (relapsed/recurrent). Idasanutlin belongs to a class of medications called MDM2 inhibitors. It works by binding to MDM2, which may lead to tumor cell death. Selinexor is in a class of medications called selective inhibitors of nuclear export (SINE). It works by blocking a protein called CRM1, which may keep tumor cells from growing and may kill them. Giving idasanutlin and selinexor together may be effective in treating participants with progressive or relapsed AT/RT or MRT.
Inclusion Criteria
- INCLUSION CRITERIA: SCREENING PHASE, ALL PARTICIPANTS
- Participant and/or guardian can understand and will sign a written informed consent document according to institutional guidelines.
- Before patient screening and registration, written informed consent, also concerning data and sample transfer, must be given according to International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH)/Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and national/local regulations.
- Children, adolescents, and young adults with relapsed/progressive AT/RT, MRT, or synchronous/metachronous rhabdoid tumor that is histologically confirmed by the enrolling institution. Patients must have failed at least one frontline therapy other than surgery to be eligible.
- Age at enrollment >= 6 months to 25 years.
- Tumor sample is available from the time of diagnosis or relapse. If tumor sample is not available for deposition but molecular analysis was performed using a non-INFORM registry or non-CLINGEN molecular pipeline, transfer of molecular data (DNA methylation, whole exome and RNA sequencing) must be completed prior to enrollment. However, these tests will have to be completed in a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) certified facility.
- Patient has fully recovered from the acute toxic effects of chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or radiation therapy or is anticipated to do so prior to enrolling on this study: * Myelosuppressive chemotherapy: patient has not received myelosuppressive chemotherapy within 3 weeks of enrollment onto this study (4 and 6 weeks if prior temozolomide and nitrosourea, respectively). * Hematopoietic growth factors: at least 7 days must have elapsed since the completion of therapy with a growth factor. At least 14 days must have elapsed after receiving pegfilgrastim or biosimilar growth factor. * Biologic anti-neoplastic agent (except monoclonal antibodies): at least 7 days must have elapsed since completion of therapy with a biologic agent prior to enrollment. For agents that have known adverse events occurring beyond 7 days after administration, this period prior to enrollment must be extended beyond the 7 days, during which adverse events are known to occur, up to a maximum of 30 days prior to initiation of study treatment. * Monoclonal antibodies: Thirty days or at least three half-lives must have elapsed since prior therapy that included a monoclonal antibody, whichever is later prior to initiation of study treatment. * Treatment with cellular therapy (e.g., chimeric antigen receptor [CAR]-T cell infusion) for anti-neoplastic intent within 30 days prior to initiation of study treatment. * Radiation therapy: at least 3 months must have elapsed since any previous irradiation to the site of disease prior to study enrollment, unless measurable disease is confirmed by biopsy or is present at a site separate from the irradiated area or meets CSF criteria for enrollment.
- INCLUSION CRITERIA: DOSE-FINDING/SAFETY PHASE AND EXPANSION PHASE
- Disease that is measurable as defined by Response Assessment in Pediatric Neuro-Oncology (RAPNO) criteria or Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumours (RECIST) v1.1 (as appropriate). A patient who has no measurable disease will be allowed to enroll if one of the following criteria is met: * There is evidence of leptomeningeal disease. * CSF presence of tumor cells by cytology confirmed on 2 separate occasions at least 1 week apart.
- Adequate performance status: * Patients < 16 years of age: Lansky >= 50%. * Patients >= 16 years of age: Karnofsky >= 50%. * Transient states like infections can be accepted, stable disabilities resulting from disease/surgery (posterior fossa syndrome, hemiparesis, amputations, etc.) can be accepted and will not be considered for Lansky/ Karnofsky assessments.
- Stable neurologic deficits on a stable dose of corticosteroids (if applicable) for at least 1 week before study enrollment.
- Patient can swallow oral study medication or should have a nasogastric or gastrostomy tube (G-tube) for the administration of the medication.
- Females of childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test within 7 days prior to enrollment.
- For females of childbearing potential: agreement to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse or use contraception, agreement to refrain from donating eggs.
- For males: agreement to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse or use a condom, and agreement to refrain from donating sperm.
- Absence of any psychological, familial, sociological, or geographical condition potentially hampering compliance with the study protocol and follow-up schedule; those conditions should be discussed with the patient before registration in the trial.
- No prior therapy with the combination of MDM2 inhibitors and XPO1 inhibitors.
- A hemoglobin concentration > 8 g/dL (with or without support) (obtained within 14 days prior to initiation of study drug).
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) > 1,000/mm^3, and (obtained within 14 days prior to initiation of study drug).
- Platelet count > 75,000/ mm^3 (unsupported for 72 hours) (obtained within 14 days prior to initiation of study drug).
- Age: maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL) (obtained within 14 days prior to initiation of study drug): * 6 months to < 1 year: 0.5 (male), 0.5 (female) * 1 to < 2 years: 0.6 (male), 0.6 (female) * 2 to < 6 years: 0.8 (male), 0.8 (female) * 6 to < 10 years: 1 (male), 1 (female) * 10 to < 13 years: 1.2 (male), 1.2 (female) * 13 to < 16 years: 1.5 (male), 1.4 (female) * >= 16 years: 1.7 (male), 1.4 (female) * The threshold creatinine values in this table were derived from the Schwartz formula for estimating GFR (glomerular filtration rate) utilizing child length and stature data published by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) or creatinine clearance (CrCL) >= 70 mL/min/1.73 m^2.
- Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) concentration =< 3 x upper limit of normal (ULN) per institutional practice (obtained within 14 days prior to initiation of study drug).
- Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x ULN for age (obtained within 14 days prior to initiation of study drug).
- Serum albumin >= 2 g/dL (obtained within 14 days prior to initiation of study drug).
- Serum amylase =< 1.5 x ULN as per institutional practice (obtained within 14 days prior to initiation of study drug).
- Serum lipase =< 1.5 x ULN as per institutional practice (obtained within 14 days prior to initiation of study drug).
- Electrocardiogram (ECG) with normal corrected (QTc) interval < 450 ms as determined by Fridericia correction.
- Fractional shortening (FS) >= 28% or left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) >= 50% as determined by echocardiography or multigated acquisition scan (MUGA) within 28 days prior to initiation of study therapy. * Depending on institutional standard, either FS or LVEF is adequate for enrollment if only one value is measured; if both values are measured, then both values must meet the above criteria.
- Life expectancy >= 3 months, in the investigator's judgment.
Exclusion Criteria
- EXCLUSION CRITERIA: SCREENING PHASE
- Significant nausea and vomiting (Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 5 [CTCAEv5] grade 3 or more), chronic diarrhea, malabsorption despite maximal supportive care or significant small bowel resection that, in the opinion of the investigator, would preclude adequate absorption.
- Known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (HIV 1/2 antibodies). Known active hepatitis B (e.g., hepatitis B surface antigen reactive) or hepatitis C (e.g., hepatitis C virus ribonucleic acid [qualitative]). Patients with past hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection or resolved HBV infection (defined as the presence of hepatitis B core antibody [HBc Ab] and absence of hepatitis B surface antigen [HBsAg]) are eligible. HBV DNA test must be performed in these patients prior to study treatment. Patients with a known history of hepatitis C virus infection and positive for hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody are eligible only if polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is negative for HCV RNA.
- Clinically significant, uncontrolled heart disease.
- Pregnant or lactating women at the time of enrollment.
- EXCLUSION CRITERIA DOSE FINDING/SAFETY PHASE AND EXPANSION PHASE, ALL COHORTS
- Major surgery within 21 days of the first dose or anticipate need for major surgical procedure during the cycle of the study. Gastrostomy tube placement, ventriculo-peritoneal shunt, ommaya reservoir placement, endoscopic ventriculostomy, tumor biopsy and insertion of central venous access devices are not considered major surgery.
- Myeloablative therapy with autologous hematopoietic stem cell rescue within 30 days or allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell rescue within 100 days of study treatment initiation.
- Received the following within 7 days prior to initiation of study treatment: * Strong CYP2C8 inhibitors. * CYP2C8 substrates. * OATP1B1/3 substrates.
- Received strong CYP2C8 and strong CYP3A4 inducers within 14 days prior to the initiation of study treatment.
- Patients unable to temporarily interrupt treatment with oral or parenteral anticoagulants/anti-platelet agents (e.g., warfarin, chronic daily treatment with aspirin [> 325 mg/day], clopidogrel, dabigatran, apixaban, rivaroxaban) during the treatment phase. These agents must be discontinued 7 days (or 5 half-lives), whichever is longer prior to the start of study medication.
- Infection considered by the investigator to be clinically uncontrolled or of unacceptable risk to the patient upon induction of neutropenia, including patients who are, or should be on antimicrobial agents for the treatment of active infection such as the following: * Fungal infection other than mucosal candidiasis, within < 2 weeks of completing appropriate systemic antifungal therapy. * Bacterial infection with positive cultures in the 7 days prior to dosing. * Patients who have received < 5 days of appropriate antibiotic or antiviral therapy for an identified infection. * Neutropenic fever considered infection-related within 72 hours prior to dosing. * History of symptomatic Clostridium difficile (C. diff infection that has since resolved and patient has normal stool consistency and frequency and/or a negative C diff stool test dosing.
- Biopsy confirmed radiation therapy induced pseudoprogression in CNS tumors.
- History of hypersensitivity to the investigational medicinal product or to any drug with similar chemical structure or to any excipient present in the pharmaceutical form of the investigational medicinal product.
- Should not be receiving any other anti-cancer treatment.
- Pregnant or breastfeeding females, or intending to become pregnant during the study.
- Sexually active patients of reproductive potential who have not agreed to use an effective contraceptive method for the duration of their study participation and for 28 weeks after stopping study therapy are not eligible.
- Presence of any CTCAE >= grade 2 acute clinically significant treatment-related toxicity with the exception of alopecia, ototoxicity, peripheral neuropathy and parameters otherwise permitted in the inclusion criteria (e.g. hematological criteria).
Study sponsor and potential other locations can be found on ClinicalTrials.gov for NCT05952687.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and the recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D) of combination treatment with oral idasanutlin and selinexor in children with recurrent or progressive AT/RT or MRT.
II. To characterize the plasma pharmacokinetics of oral idasanutlin and selinexor in children with recurrent or progressive AT/RT or MRT, to assess potential covariates to explain the inter- and intra-individual pharmacokinetic variability.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. Evaluate safety of the combination treatment with oral idasanutlin and selinexor in children.
II. Evaluate efficacy of the combination treatment of idasanutlin and selinexor as measured by objective response (partial response [PR] or complete response [CR]) rate separately in progressive/relapsed AT/RT and progressive/relapsed MRT.
III. Estimate progression-free and overall-survival separately in progressive/relapsed AT/RT and progressive/relapsed MRT.
EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:
I. Explore role of liquid biopsies (cerebrospinal fluid [CSF] and/or blood) for monitoring of therapy response and prediction of treatment failure.
II. Explore relevant germline and somatic variants of pharmacogenes (absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion [ADME]) and their association with treatment response, adverse events and drug metabolism.
III. Potential biomarker discovery and resistance/relapse analysis on the basis of tumor next-generation sequencing (NGS) profiling (e.g. XPO1 expression and gene signatures in whole exome data, inflammation signatures ribonucleic acid sequencing [RNA-Seq], all patients molecularly profiled on e.g. the INFORM platform).
IV. To assess the relationship between the pharmacogenetic variation in drug-metabolizing enzymes or drug transporters and the pharmacokinetics of idasanutlin and selinexor in patients with recurrent or progressive AT/RT or MRT.
V. To characterize the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pharmacokinetics of idasanutlin and selinexor in patients with recurrent or progressive AT/RT.
VI. To explore associations between clinical outcomes and idasanutlin and selinexor pharmacokinetics.
VII. Determine the molecular groups of AT/RT and MRT by tumor deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) methylation technique and explore their association with outcomes.
OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study of idasanutlin and selinexor, followed by a dose-expansion study.
Patients receive idasanutlin orally (PO) once daily (QD) on days 1-5 of each cycle and selinexor PO once a week (QW) on days 4, 11, and 18 of each cycle. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 26 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. All patients undergo echocardiography (ECHO) and multigated acquisition scan (MUGA) at screening and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) throughout the trial. Patients may optionally undergo blood and CSF sample collection throughout the trial. Based on disease diagnosis, patients may also undergo ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), and/or fludeoxyglucose F-18 (FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET) at screening, on study, and/or during follow-up.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at months 3, 6, 9, 12, 16, 20, 24, 30, 36, 48, and 60.
Trial PhasePhase I
Trial Typetreatment
Lead OrganizationSaint Jude Children's Research Hospital
Principal InvestigatorAmar Gajjar
- Primary IDiSTAR
- Secondary IDsNCI-2023-05552
- ClinicalTrials.gov IDNCT05952687