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Niraparib for Maintenance Treatment in Women of African Ancestry with Stage III-IV Ovarian Cancer, Fallopian Tube Cancer, and Primary Peritoneal Cancer after Front-line Treatment
Trial Status: active
This phase IV trial evaluates the genetic characteristics of African ancestry and environmental characteristics that may be related to the effects, both good and bad, of niraparib in women with stage III-IV ovarian cancer, fallopian tube cancer and primary peritoneal cancer following front-line treatment. Treatment usually includes surgery and chemotherapy and sometimes may also include treatment to keep the cancer from coming back (maintenance treatment). However, maintenance treatment may not work the same for everyone for many reasons, including race or ethnicity. Genes are made up of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) which acts as the instruction book for the cells in the body. Genes are inherited from parents and control how the body grows and changes as well as how the body reacts to certain things, such as medications. Niraparib blocks an enzyme involved in many cell functions, including the repair of DNA damage. Blocking this enzyme may help keep tumor cells from repairing their damaged DNA, causing them to die. Niraparib is a type of poly (adenosine diphosphate-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor. Giving niraparib may be safe, tolerable, and/or effective in treating women of African ancestry with stage III-IV ovarian cancer, fallopian tube cancer or primary peritoneal cancer following front-line treatment.
Inclusion Criteria
Participant must be female ≥ 18 years of age, able to understand study procedures, and agree to participate in the study by providing written informed consent
Self-identify as Black. Please note that individuals who identify as Latino are eligible to participate so long as they also self-identify as Black
Participant has completed adjuvant treatment for newly diagnosed stage III or IV ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer according to the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics staging criteria
Participant must have high-grade serous or high-grade endometrioid histology
Participant must provide saliva and/or blood specimens for assessment of germline mutation(s) in the Fanconi Anemia pathway
Participant must provide formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) or fresh tumor specimen from initial cytoreductive surgery (primary debulking) or initial pre-treatment core biopsy (if neoadjuvant chemotherapy [NACT] received; tumor obtained from interval cytoreduction acceptable if pre-treatment biopsy not obtained)
Participant must have had a complete or partial clinical response to adjuvant treatment as confirmed by CT scan within 8 weeks after completion of the last dose of platinum-based chemotherapy
Participant must have recovered to ≤ grade 1 in terms of toxicity from prior treatments
Participant must have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 – 2
Participant must not have any known contraindication or hypersensitivity to niraparib or any of its excipients
Participants must be considered candidates for maintenance niraparib therapy by their treating physician
Platelets ≥ 100 platelets x 10^9/L
Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL or 5.6 mmol/L
Aspartate transaminase (AST) and alanine transaminase (ALT) ≤ 2.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN), < 5 x in patients with known liver metastases
Serum total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN
* 1.5-3.0 x ULN may be included with appropriate starting dose adjustment to 200 mg daily
Creatinine < 1.5 x ULN or estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ≥ 50 mL/min by Cockcroft-Gault
* Depending on scenario, glomerular filtration rate (GFR) 30-49 mL/min can be permissible
Patients with known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are allowed if they meet all the following criteria:
* Cluster of differentiation 4 (CD4) ≥ 350/uL and viral load < 400 copies/mL
* No history of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)–defining opportunistic infections within 12 months before enrollment
* No history of HIV-associated malignancy for the past 5 years. Concurrent antiretroviral therapy as per the most current National Institutes of Health (NIH) Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in Adults and Adolescents with HIV started > 4 weeks before study enrollment
A female participant is eligible to participate if she is not pregnant or breastfeeding and at least one of the following conditions applies:
* Is not a woman of childbearing potential (WOCBP), or
* Is a WOCBP and using a contraceptive method that is highly effective (with a failure rate of < 1% per year) from the screening visit through at least 180 days after the last dose of study treatment and agrees not to donate eggs (ova, oocytes) for the purpose of reproduction during this period. The Investigator should evaluate the effectiveness of the contraceptive method in relationship to the first dose of study treatment, and
* A WOCBP must have a negative test result from a highly sensitive pregnancy test (urine or serum, as required by local regulations) within 72 hours before treatment. Additional periodic testing should be carried out according to the protocol
* NOTE: The Investigator is responsible for review of medical history, menstrual history, and recent sexual activity to decrease the risk for inclusion of a woman with an early undetected pregnancy
Participant must agree to complete HRQoL and patient reported outcomes (PRO) measures throughout the study period
Exclusion Criteria
Any of the following histologies: low-grade serous carcinoma, grade 1 or 2 endometrioid adenocarcinoma, clear cell, mucinous, transitional cell, carcinosarcoma, undifferentiated, dedifferentiated
Any known history or current diagnosis of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) or acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
Primary progressive, platinum-refractory disease
Participant is at an increased risk of bleeding due to concurrent conditions (eg, major injuries or major surgery within the past 28 days before start of study treatment)
Current diagnosis of platelet disorder (eg, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura [TTP], immune thrombocytopenia [ITP])
Inability to swallow orally administered medication or has a gastrointestinal disorder likely to interfere with absorption of the study medication
Participants that have systolic blood pressure (SBP) > 140 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) > 90 mmHg
Active second primary malignancy
Participant is pregnant, currently breastfeeding an infant, or expecting to conceive children while receiving study treatment and/or for up to 180 days after the last dose of study treatment
Participant has received a live vaccine within 30 days of planned start of study therapy. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines that do not contain live viruses are allowed
Participant has received a transfusion (platelets or red blood cells) or colony-stimulating factors (eg, granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor or recombinant erythropoietin) within 4 weeks before the first dose of study treatment
Participant has had radiotherapy encompassing > 20% of the bone marrow within 2 weeks or any radiation therapy within 1 week before day 1 of protocol therapy
Participant has leptomeningeal disease, carcinomatous meningitis, symptomatic brain metastasis, or radiographic signs of central nervous system hemorrhage
Participant has current active pneumonitis or any history of pneumonitis requiring steroids (any dose) or immunomodulatory treatment within 90 days of planned start of the study
Participants with active hepatitis B or C infection
Patient with prior history of reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome (PRES)
Patients with impaired decision-making capacity
Participants have high medical risk due to a serious, uncontrolled medical disorder; non-malignant systemic disease; or active, uncontrolled infection. Examples include, but are not limited to, uncontrolled ventricular arrhythmia, recent (within 90 days) myocardial infarction, uncontrolled major seizure disorder, unstable spinal cord compression, superior vena cava syndrome, active uncontrolled coagulopathy, bleeding disorder, or any psychiatric disorder that prohibits obtaining informed consent
Patient is currently receiving one or more cytotoxic, hormonal, or other medications to treat their cancer
Study sponsor and potential other locations can be found on ClinicalTrials.gov for NCT06412120.
I. To evaluate the safety and tolerability of maintenance niraparib tosylate monohydrate (niraparib) treatment in women of African ancestry.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To evaluate the following additional safety endpoints:
Ia. Any grade and grade 3 or higher adverse event (AE) regardless of treatment attribution;
Ib. Any grade and grade 3 or higher treatment-related adverse event (TRAE);
Ic. Serious adverse event (SAE) of any treatment attribution;
Id. AE/SAE leading to treatment discontinuation, AE/SAE leading to dose reduction, AE/SAE leading to dose interruption, and AE/SAE leading to death.
II. To evaluate the clinical benefit as measured by recurrence-free survival (RFS) and CA-125 trends.
III. To evaluate ovarian cancer-specific health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) and patient reported outcomes (PROs).
IV. To evaluate pharmacokinetics (PK) of niraparib as it relates to measured African ancestry.
EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:
I. To identify biomarkers for PARP inhibitor (PARPi) resistance via determining the genomic landscape and prevalence of homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) and homologous recombination proficiency (HRP) by comparison of germline and somatic mutations in Black women with ovarian cancer.
II. To identify African ancestry-specific single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that predict drug metabolism and secondary effects (pharmacogenomics).
III. To measure quantities of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in serum of participants.
OUTLINE:
Patients receive niraparib orally (PO) once daily (QD) on days 1-28 of each cycle. Cycles repeat every 28 days for up to 24 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients with continued response after 24 cycles may continue niraparib at the discretion of treating physician. Patients also undergo blood sample collection throughout the study. Additionally, patients may also undergo computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or positron emission tomography (PET)/CT at screening and per investigator discretion.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 30 days and then every 3 months for up to 1 year.
Trial PhasePhase IV
Trial Typetreatment
Lead OrganizationUniversity of Miami Miller School of Medicine-Sylvester Cancer Center