Tivozanib in Treating Patients With Liver Cancer That Is Metastatic or Cannot Be Removed by Surgery

NCT ID: NCT01835223

Last Updated: 2020-10-28

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE1/PHASE2

Total Enrollment

33 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-07-11

Study Completion Date

2019-11-08

Brief Summary

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This phase I/II trial studies the side effects and best dose of tivozanib and to see how well it works in treating patients with liver cancer that has spread to other parts of the body or cannot be removed by surgery. Tivozanib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth.

Detailed Description

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PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Progression free survival (PFS) at 24 weeks in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine the safety of tivozanib in HCC. II. To determine the overall survival (OS) and clinical benefit rate (complete response \[CR\], partial response \[PR\] and stable disease \[SD\]) by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST).

III. To determine the steady state pharmacokinetics (PK) and soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR-2) baseline/change with tivozanib and use modeling to correlate exposure with biomarker change and the primary outcome measure of PFS.

IV. To determine the change in viral load (hepatitis B virus \[HBV\] and hepatitis C virus \[HCV\]) during therapy in patients with HBV or HCV associated HCC.

V. To determine the change in tumor marker (alfa fetoprotein) with tivozanib therapy is in the effect of tivozanib on several tumor-associated immune response markers.

OUTLINE: This is a phase I, dose-escalation study followed by a phase II study.

Patients receive tivozanib orally (PO) once daily (QD) on days 1-21. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 6 months.

Conditions

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Advanced Adult Hepatocellular Carcinoma Non-Resectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SEQUENTIAL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Treatment (tivozanib - 1 mg)

Patients receive tivozanib PO QD on days 1-21. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Tivozanib (1mg)

Intervention Type DRUG

Given PO

Treatment (tivozanib - 1.5 mg)

Patients receive tivozanib PO QD on days 1-21. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Tivozanib (1.5mg)

Intervention Type DRUG

Given PO

Interventions

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Tivozanib (1mg)

Given PO

Intervention Type DRUG

Tivozanib (1.5mg)

Given PO

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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AV-951 TIVOZANIB AV-951 TIVOZANIB

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Advanced staged HCC (unresectable and not amenable to local or regional therapy; or metastatic HCC); the diagnosis of HCC should be based on at least one of the following:

* Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT) consistent with liver cirrhosis AND at least one solid liver lesion measuring \>= 2 cm, with characteristics arterial enhancement and venous washout regardless of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) levels
* AFP \>= 400 ng/mL AND evidence of at least one solid liver lesion \>= 2 cm regardless of specific imaging characteristics on CT or MRI
* Histological/cytology biopsy confirming HCC
* Patients must have measurable disease per RECIST 1.1 criteria defined as at least one lesion that can be accurately measured in at least one dimension, and that has not been the target of local or regional therapy including transarterial chemoembolization, intra-arterial chemotherapy, ethanol or radiofrequency ablation
* Life expectancy of greater than 3 months
* Child-Pugh liver function class A
* Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) =\< 5 x institutional upper limits of normal (ULN)
* Total bilirubin =\< 3 mg/dL
* International normalized ratio (INR) =\< 2.0 (unless due to therapeutic warfarin use)
* Serum albumin \> 2.8 g/dL
* Creatinine =\< 1.5 x institutional ULN
* Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \>= 1200/mm\^3
* Platelets \>= 60,000/mm\^3
* Hemoglobin (Hgb) \>= 8.5 g/dL
* Patients must not have any evidence of bleeding diathesis or active gastrointestinal bleeding
* Patients must not be known to be human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive
* Patients must not have other uncontrolled intercurrent illnesses (excluding HBV or HCV); this includes (but is not limited to) ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
* Sexually active fertile patients (male and female), and their partners, must agree to use medically accepted methods of contraception during the course of the study and for 3 months after the last dose of the study drug
* Female patients of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test at screening
* Have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of =\< 2
* Subject or legal representative must understand the investigational nature of this study and sign an Independent Ethics Committee/Institutional Review Board approved written informed consent form prior to receiving any study related procedure

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients who have had prior anti-angiogenic therapy, including but not limited to sorafenib, brivanib, bevacizumab, or sunitinib
* Patients who have had any prior line of systemic therapy including cytotoxic agents or molecularly targeted agents for advanced/unresectable disease; any number of prior regional therapies with transarterial chemoembolization (TACE), brachytherapy with yttrium-90 microsphere, intra-arterial chemotherapy, surgery, or ablative therapy are allowed
* Prior liver transplantation and on immunosuppression
* Known symptomatic or uncontrolled brain metastases or epidural disease
* Patient has a corrected QT interval (QTcF) \> 500 ms at screening
* The patient is unable to swallow pills or diagnosed with a gastrointestinal disorder that are likely to interfere with the absorption of the study drug or with the patient's ability to take regular oral medication
* The patient is pregnant or breastfeeding
* Patients with second primary cancer (except adequately treated nonmelanoma skin cancer, curatively treated in-situ carcinoma of the cervix or superficial bladder cancer, or other solid tumors including lymphoma without bone marrow involvement curatively treated with no evidence of disease for \>= 5 years)
* The patient has a previously-identified allergy or hypersensitivity to components of the study treatment formulation
* Patients receiving any medications or substances that are strong inducers of cytochrome P450, family 3, subfamily A, polypeptide 4 (CYP3A4) are ineligible; moderate inducers of CYP3A4 should be used with caution
* Urine protein: creatinine ratio \> 1
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Comprehensive Cancer Network

NETWORK

Sponsor Role collaborator

AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Renuka Iyer

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Locations

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Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Buffalo, New York, United States

Site Status

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Kalathil SG, Thanavala Y. Natural Killer Cells and T Cells in Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Viral Hepatitis: Current Status and Perspectives for Future Immunotherapeutic Approaches. Cells. 2021 May 28;10(6):1332. doi: 10.3390/cells10061332.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 34071188 (View on PubMed)

Kalathil SG, Thanavala Y. Importance of myeloid derived suppressor cells in cancer from a biomarker perspective. Cell Immunol. 2021 Mar;361:104280. doi: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2020.104280. Epub 2020 Dec 31.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 33445053 (View on PubMed)

Kalathil SG, Wang K, Hutson A, Iyer R, Thanavala Y. Tivozanib mediated inhibition of c-Kit/SCF signaling on Tregs and MDSCs and reversal of tumor induced immune suppression correlates with survival of HCC patients. Oncoimmunology. 2020 Sep 30;9(1):1824863. doi: 10.1080/2162402X.2020.1824863.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 33101775 (View on PubMed)

Fountzilas C, Gupta M, Lee S, Krishnamurthi S, Estfan B, Wang K, Attwood K, Wilton J, Bies R, Bshara W, Iyer R. A multicentre phase 1b/2 study of tivozanib in patients with advanced inoperable hepatocellular carcinoma. Br J Cancer. 2020 Mar;122(7):963-970. doi: 10.1038/s41416-020-0737-6. Epub 2020 Feb 10.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 32037403 (View on PubMed)

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan

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Other Identifiers

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NCI-2013-00756

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

I 229112

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

P30CA016056

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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I 229112

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id