Pre-Operative Radiation With Incomplete Neo-Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer

This study is not yet open for participant recruitment.
Verified July 2012 by Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
Breast Cancer Research Foundation
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01618357
First received: January 20, 2012
Last updated: July 27, 2012
Last verified: July 2012
  Purpose

The investigators' primary aim is to determine the number of participants who can handle the treatment within specific safety parameters, determine the number of participants who can handle safely the maximum tolerated dose (within 50-200 mg/BID dose range) when combining Veliparib and radiation, as well as to identify side effects and their intensity at differenet dosing levels.

The investigators' secondary aim is to determine the number of participants with post-operative adverse events associated with POPI as well as the pathologic complete and partial response rate in patients treated with POPI.

The investigators' exploratory aim is to serially assess apoptosis/proliferation biomarkers, and gene and protein expression profiles for correlation with tumor response to POPI. This will be primarily evaluated in the expansion cohort.

Study Plan:

Women with residual disease >1cm after NAC (Med Onc's choice) will be offered pre-operative Veliparib and concurrent whole breast and regional nodal irradiation. This is a standard 3 3 dose finding study in which 3 dose levels of Veliparib will be explored. The MTD is defined as 2 of 6 patients with grade IV radiation dermatitis. There are 2 parts to this study. In part A Veliparib will be combined with whole breast only irradiation and in part B Veliparib will be combined with whole breast and supraclavicular irradiation.

Accrual: Up to 36 patients


Condition Intervention Phase
Breast Cancer
Radiation: Radiation
Drug: N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC)
Procedure: Resection of breast cancer
Phase 1

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Non-Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: Pre-Operative PARPi and Irradiation (POPI) in Women With an Incomplete Response to Neo-Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer

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Further study details as provided by Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • POPI participant treatment outcomes [ Time Frame: 1 year ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
    To determine the safety (within 50 - 200 mg/BID dose range) when combining Veliparib and radiation.

  • POPI treatment tolerance outcomes [ Time Frame: 1 year ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
    To determine the tolerability (within 50 - 200 mg/BID dose range) when combining Veliparib and radiation.

  • Maximum POPI Tolerated Dose [ Time Frame: 1 year ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
    To determine the maximum tolerated dose (within 50 - 200 mg/BID dose range) when combining Veliparib and radiation.


Secondary Outcome Measures:
  • Post-Operative POPI associated adverse events [ Time Frame: 1 year ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
    To determine the post-operative toxicity associated with POPI.

  • Response Rate [ Time Frame: 1 year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
    To determine pathologic complete and partial response rate in patients treated with POPI.

  • Biomarkers [ Time Frame: 1 year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
    To serially assess apoptosis/proliferation biomarkers, and gene and protein expression profiles for correlation with tumor response to POPI. This will be primarily evaluated in the expansion cohort.


Estimated Enrollment: 38
Study Start Date: September 2012
Estimated Study Completion Date: April 2016
Estimated Primary Completion Date: April 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Arms Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Intervention

All subjects will receive preoperative N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC)treatment but only those with an incomplete response to NAC will be treated with the Preoperative experimental portion of the trial explained below. Those with a complete response will be treated per standard of care in the control arm of this trial.

Experimental Arm:

Residual disease after surgery then Breast biopsy. If residual disease then Radiation with Veliparib.

Radiation: Radiation
Patients will receive radiation therapy at a dose of 2.35 Gy per fraction to the breast and regional nodal region for 16 fractions to a total dose of 37.5 Gy. Treatments will be given Monday through Friday. Radiation therapy will start on day 1 of Veliparib.
Radiation: Radiation
Whole breast radiation delivered as standard of care concurrent with Veliparib.
Observational
Patients who have a complete response after the administration of preoperative N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC)(per the recommendation by the treating medical oncologist) will go to the control arm of this trial. That control arm will include surgery followed by more N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC) treatment if residual disease is still present.
Drug: N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC)
All subjects will be treated with NAC, at the discretion of the treating Medical Oncologist. For chemotherapy related questions please contact Dr. Vered Stearns at 443-287-6489 or Antonio Wolff at 410-614-4192.
Procedure: Resection of breast cancer
Resection of breast cancer

Detailed Description:

Neo adjuvant (Primary) chemotherapy has revolutionized the management of locally advanced breast. Two large prospective American studies have shown the NAC provides in vivo chemo-sensitivity information, and allows a greater percentage of women to have breast conserving therapy. Additionally and importantly, these two trials also showed that 20-30% of the women treated with NAC achieve a pathologic complete response (pCR) and have a better disease free and overall survival than those women who did not achieve pCR.

Unfortunately, 70-80% of patients receiving NAC do not achieve a pCR and many still must undergo a mastectomy due to an insufficient partial response. Researchers have attempted to increase the rate of pCR by adding radiation to NAC with mixed response rates. The varying rates of pCR in the above studies are likely due to the various chemotherapeutic agents used and timing of therapies yet also may represent the limitation of efficacy in combining these chemotherapy agents with radiation. What is needed is a better agent that can potentiate the effects of preoperative radiation.

One possible agent that may potentiate the effects of radiation is an inhibitor of Poly(ADP-ribose)-polymerase (PARP). PARP is a nuclear enzyme that recognizes deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) damage and facilitates DNA repair. Cancer cells are often deficient in DNA repair. Deficiencies in DNA repair make these cancers more dependent on PARP. An inhibitor of PARP would further hamper the cancer cell's DNA repair capability. So theoretically, the efficacy of DNA damaging agents, such as radiation and chemotherapy, should be potentiated when these therapeutic modalities are combined with PARP inhibition.

Indeed, as expected, PARP inhibitors (PARPi), such as Veliparib, have been shown in pre-clinical studies to potentiate the effects of radiation and chemotherapy in several malignancies. Thus, the investigators hypothesize that concurrent Veliparib and pre-operative breast irradiation, in women who have residual disease after NAC, will result in an increased tumor response rate. This improved tumor response will not only increase the rate of BCT, but possibly, by increasing the rate of pCRs, also improve overall survival.

However, before this hypothesis can be adequately tested, the investigators must assess the safety of combining radiation and Veliparib. Consequently we propose a trial of Pre-Operative PARPi and Irradiation (POPI) in women with an incomplete response to NAC. It will be a standard 3+3 dose finding trial in which the MTD will be defined as 2/6 patients with grade IV radiation dermatitis or other grade IV hematologic/systemic toxicity. Women with >1.0 cm residual breast or clinically positive nodal disease after NAC will be offered participation in this study. Four dose levels of Veliparib will be evaluated with concurrent whole breast and regional nodal irradiation (WB/RNI). The starting dose of Veliparib will be 50 mg BID, will increase in 50 mg increments to a maximum of 200 mg BID and be delivered concurrently with 235 cGy QD x 16 to the breast and SCV/Axilla. Once the MTD is determined the investigators will further evaluate safety with an expansion cohort which will bring the total number of patients treated at the MTD to 20.

  Eligibility

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

Inclusion Criteria:

Primary Study Subjects (Consent A) Inclusion Criteria for Observation

  • Patient must be 18 years of age or older
  • Patients must have histologically confirmed (by routine H&E staining) adenocarcinoma of the breast.
  • Patients must have an axillary nodal evaluation either by FNA or SNB in accordance with their institutional guidelines.
  • Patients with squamous, or metaplastic carcinomas or sarcomas of the breast are NOT eligible
  • Patient must have a history and physical within 8 weeks prior to the start of any protocol therapy
  • Patient must have had a bilateral mammogram prior to surgery unless there is only one breast.
  • Patient must have a Medical Oncology consult and be recommended to receive neoadjuvant chemotherapy for a stage II through IV carcinoma.
  • Patients must have a performance status 0 or 1 by ECOG criteria (Appendix)
  • Patients must not have received prior radiation therapy to the involved breast at any time for any reason.

Secondary Study Subjects (Consent B) Inclusion Criteria for Treatment with Veliparib and Radiation

  • Patient must have > 1.0 cm residual in-breast cancer and/or clinically positive residual nodal disease.
  • Hematology:

Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) ≥ 1000/mm3 Platelet Count ≥ 100,000/mm3 Hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 g/dL (after transfusion if required)

- Renal Function: Creatinine Serum ≤ 2.0 mg/dl or Creatinine Clearance ≥45mL/min

- Hepatic Function: Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 mg/dL (≤ 3.0 mg/dL with liver metastasis) Serum Glutamic-Oxaloacetic Transaminase (SGOT) ≤ 2.5 × ULN (≤ 5.0 × ULN with liver metastasis) Serum Glutamic-Pyruvic Transaminase (SGPT) ≤ 2.5 × ULN (≤ 5.0 × ULN with liver metastasis) ULN = Upper normal limit of institution's normal range

  1. If calculated creatinine clearance is < 45 mL/min, a 24-hour urine collection for creatinine clearance may be performed.
  2. Subjects with Gilbert's disease may have bilirubin up to 2.5 mg/dL (or 3.0 mg/dL with liver ( metastasis).

    • Patients must not be pregnant due to the potential for fetal harm as a result of this treatment regimen. Women of child-bearing potential must also have a negative pregnancy test within six weeks prior to start of protocol therapy.
    • No other prior malignancy is allowed except for adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, in situ cervical cancer, or any other cancer from which the patient has been disease-free for 5 years.
    • Women of childbearing potential must agree to use adequate contraception (one of the following listed below) prior to study entry, for the duration of study participation and up to 2 months following completion of protocol therapy

a. Total abstinence from sexual intercourse (minimum one complete menstrual cycle) b. A vasectomized partner c. Hormonal contraceptives (oral, parenteral or transdermal) for at least 3 months prior to study drug administration d. Double-barrier metho (condoms, contraceptive sponge, diaphragm or vaginal ring with spermicidal jellies or cream)

  • Patients must not have a serious medical or psychiatric illness which prevents informed consent or compliance with treatment.
  • All patients must be informed of the investigational nature of this study and given written informed consent in accordance with institutional and federal guidelines.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Women who were cT1-2 and cN0 before NAC and already planned to have a mastectomy. (This group would likely not receive radiation standardly)
  • Last dose of chemotherapy, immunotherapy, biologic therapy, or investigational therapy, was less than 14 days prior to enrollment on POPI.
  • Bisphosphonates, hormone modification therapy, and trastuzumab are permitted without restriction.
  • Unresolved or unstable, serious toxicity from prior administration of another investigational drug and/or prior anti-cancer treatment.
  • If female, subject is pregnant or breast-feeding
  • Clinically significant and uncontrolled major cardiac, respiratory, renal, hepatic, gastrointestinal, hematologic or neurological/psychiatric disease or disorder,including but not limited to:

    1. active uncontrolled infection
    2. symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, or cardiac arrhythmia
    3. any other illness condition(s) that could exacerbate potential toxicities, confound safety assessments, require excluded therapy for management, or limit compliance with study requirements. Questions regarding inclusion of individual subjects should be directed to the PI.
  • Unable to swallow and retain oral medications.
  • Known contraindication to enhanced MRI and CT, including but not limited to:

    1. Presence of metal objects within the body such as a cardiac pacemaker, implanted cardiac defibrillator, brain aneurysm clips, cochlear implant, ocular foreign body, or shrapnel.
    2. History of immediate or delayed hypersensitivity reaction or other contraindication to contrast agents including but not limited to gadolinium and iodine.
  • Previous enrollment in this study or another study involving the investigation of Veliparib (ABT-888), with the exception of receiving a single dose of study drug.
  • Consideration by the Investigator, for any reason, that the subject is an unsuitable candidate to receive Veliparib (ABT-888) and/or breast irradiation.
  • For purposes of this protocol, anti-tumor treatment may be defined as, but is not limited to, anti-cancer agents (cytotoxic chemotherapy, immunotherapy, biologic therapy), radiotherapy, and investigational agents. An investigational agent is any drug or therapy not currently approved for use in humans.

NOTE:

  • Anti-cancer Agents: Anti-cancer agents are not permitted within 14 days prior to start of POPI. There are no limitations on the type or number of prior regimens.
  • Radiation: Prior treatment with breast irradiation is not allowed due to the potential for cumulative toxicities.
  • Surgery: Incident breast biopsies only permitted prior to POPI to confirm residual disease after NAC.
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01618357

Contacts
Contact: Richard Zellars, M.D. 410-502-1421 zellari@jhmi.edu
Contact: Shirley DiPasquale, R.N. 410-614-3158 sdipasq1@jhmi.edu

Locations
United States, Maryland
The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins Not yet recruiting
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21231
Principal Investigator: Richard Zellars, M.D.            
Sub-Investigator: Pedram Argani, M.D.            
Sub-Investigator: Emad Boctor, Ph.D.            
Sub-Investigator: Deborah Frassica, M.D.            
Sub-Investigator: Mehran Habibi, M.D.            
Sub-Investigator: Michael Jacobs, Ph.D.            
Sub-Investigator: Lisa Jacobs, M.D.            
Sub-Investigator: Julie Lange, M.D.            
Sub-Investigator: Vered Stearns, M.D.            
Sub-Investigator: Theodore Tsangaris, M.D.            
Sub-Investigator: Antonio Wolff, M.D.            
Sponsors and Collaborators
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Breast Cancer Research Foundation
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Richard Zellars, M.D. The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
  More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01618357     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: J11155, NA_00048362
Study First Received: January 20, 2012
Last Updated: July 27, 2012
Health Authority: United States: Food and Drug Administration

Keywords provided by Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center:
Veliparib
ABT-888
Radiation
Non Inflammatory
Invasive

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Breast Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Neoplasms
Breast Diseases
Skin Diseases
Acetylcysteine
N-monoacetylcystine
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Therapeutic Uses
Pharmacologic Actions
Expectorants
Respiratory System Agents
Free Radical Scavengers
Antioxidants
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Protective Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Antidotes

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on October 17, 2012