DETERMINE (Determining Extended Therapeutic Indications for Existing Drugs in Rare Molecularly Defined Indications Using a National Evaluation Platform Trial) - Master Screening Protocol

NCT ID: NCT05722886

Last Updated: 2025-11-24

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE2/PHASE3

Total Enrollment

825 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-03-01

Study Completion Date

2029-10-31

Brief Summary

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DETERMINE is an open-label phase II/III trial. It will look at targeted treatments in rare cancers or common cancers with rare genetic change (mutation). Patients must have a cancer with an identified mutation. This could be found during routine testing or as part of another research programme. The DETERMINE trial will recruit adults, teenagers and children. If a drug is found to benefit a new patient group, the study team will work with the NHS and the Cancer Drugs Funds to see if these drugs can be available for patients in the future. This clinicaltrials.gov record refers to the Overall Trial Protocol (Master Screening Record), additional records will be added to clinicaltrials.gov for each treatment arm.

Detailed Description

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DETERMINE is an umbrella-basket platform trial to evaluate the efficacy of licensed targeted therapies in rare\* adult, paediatric and teenage/young adult (TYA) cancers with actionable genomic alterations, including common cancers with rare actionable alterations.

\*Rare is defined generally as incidence less than 6 cases in 100,000 patients (includes paediatric and TYA cancers) or common cancers with rare alterations.

The number of treatment arms opened will depend on the number of licensed medicines identified for inclusion. Each trial cohort has a target sample size of 30 evaluable patients. Sub-cohorts may be defined and further expanded to a target of 30 evaluable patients each.

This clinicaltrials.gov record refers to the Overall Trial Protocol (Master Screening Record), please refer to the references section for links to the individual treatment arm records.

The main aims of the clinical trial arms are:

* To describe the anti-cancer activity of licensed targeted drugs outside their licensed indication.
* To assess the safety and adverse event (AE) profile of licensed, targeted anti-cancer drugs in the target population.
* To understand biological mechanisms for response and resistance to targeted therapies.
* To evaluate the quality of life (QoL) of target populations receiving the licensed, targeted anti-cancer drugs.

This Master Screening Record will capture the number of patients with a cancer containing the appropriate genetic alteration that have been successfully allocated and consented to each arm. The trial results (according to the protocol defined outcome measures) will be reported per-arm for each treatment arm.

The ultimate aim is to translate positive clinical findings to the NHS to provide new treatment options for rare adult, paediatric and TYA cancers.

Conditions

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Haematological Malignancy Solid Tumour

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Treatment Arm 1: Alectinib

This alectinib treatment arm is for adult, paediatric and TYA patients with ALK-positive cancers.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Alectinib

Intervention Type DRUG

Adult patients will be administered alectinib orally at a dose of 600 mg (four 150 mg capsules) twice daily.

Paediatric patients with a body weight ≥40 kg and who are able to swallow the capsules will be administered alectinib orally at a dose of 600 mg (four 150 mg capsules) twice daily.

Each cycle of treatment will consist of 28 days and patients may continue on treatment until disease progression without clinical benefit, unacceptable AEs or withdrawal of consent.

Treatment Arm 2: Atezolizumab

This atezolizumab treatment arm is for adult, paediatric and TYA patients with cancers with high tumour mutational burden (TMB) or microsatellite instability high (MSI-high) or proven (previously diagnosed) constitutional mismatch repair deficiency (CMMRD).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Atezolizumab

Intervention Type DRUG

Adult patients will receive 1200 mg of atezolizumab intravenously every 21 days.

Paediatric patients will receive atezolizumab at a dose of 15 mg/kg (maximum 1200 mg) every 21 days.

Patients may continue on treatment until disease progression without clinical benefit, unacceptable AEs or withdrawal of consent.

Treatment Arm 3: Entrectinib

This entrectinib treatment arm is for adult, paediatric and TYA patients with ROS1 gene fusion-positive cancers.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Entrectinib

Intervention Type DRUG

Adult and paediatric patients with body surface area (BSA) ≥1.51 m\^2 will receive entrectinib orally at a dose of 600 mg daily dose (three 200 mg capsules per day).

Paediatric patients with BSA \<1.51 m\^2 will receive a dose adjusted for BSA. Each cycle of treatment will consist of 28 days and patients may continue until disease progression without clinical benefit, unacceptable AEs or withdrawal of consent.

Treatment Arm 4: Trastuzumab in combination with pertuzumab

This trastuzumab and pertuzumab treatment arm is for adult, paediatric and TYA patients with cancers with HER2 amplification or activating mutations.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Trastuzumab in combination with pertuzumab

Intervention Type DRUG

The initial loading dose of trastuzumab is 8 mg/kg body weight followed thereafter by a maintenance dose of 6 mg/kg body weight administered intravenously every 21 days.

The initial loading dose of pertuzumab is 840 mg followed thereafter by a maintenance dose of 420 mg administered intravenously every 21 days. Paediatric patients will receive a dose of pertuzumab adjusted by body weight.

Patients may continue until disease progression without clinical benefit, unacceptable AEs or withdrawal of consent.

Treatment Arm 5: Vemurafenib in combination with cobimetinib

This vemurafenib and cobimetinib treatment arm is for BRAF V600 mutation-positive cancers occurring in adults only.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Vemurafenib in combination with cobimetinib

Intervention Type DRUG

Patients will receive vemurafenib at a dose of 960 mg (four tablets of 240 mg) orally on a twice daily schedule throughout a 28-day cycle.

Patients will receive cobimetinib at a dose of 60 mg (three tablets of 20 mg) to be taken orally, once daily for 21 consecutive days (days 1 to 21 in each 28-day cycle); followed by a 7-day break.

Patients may continue on treatment until disease progression without clinical benefit, unacceptable AEs or withdrawal of consent.

Treatment Arm 6: Capmatinib

This capmatinib treatment arm is for adult patients with cancers harbouring MET dysregulations.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Capmatinib

Intervention Type DRUG

Patients will be administered capmatinib orally at a daily dose of 800 mg consisting of 400 mg (two 200 mg tablets) twice daily. Each cycle of treatment will consist of 28 days and patients may continue on treatment until disease progression without clinical benefit, unacceptable AEs or withdrawal of consent.

Interventions

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Alectinib

Adult patients will be administered alectinib orally at a dose of 600 mg (four 150 mg capsules) twice daily.

Paediatric patients with a body weight ≥40 kg and who are able to swallow the capsules will be administered alectinib orally at a dose of 600 mg (four 150 mg capsules) twice daily.

Each cycle of treatment will consist of 28 days and patients may continue on treatment until disease progression without clinical benefit, unacceptable AEs or withdrawal of consent.

Intervention Type DRUG

Atezolizumab

Adult patients will receive 1200 mg of atezolizumab intravenously every 21 days.

Paediatric patients will receive atezolizumab at a dose of 15 mg/kg (maximum 1200 mg) every 21 days.

Patients may continue on treatment until disease progression without clinical benefit, unacceptable AEs or withdrawal of consent.

Intervention Type DRUG

Entrectinib

Adult and paediatric patients with body surface area (BSA) ≥1.51 m\^2 will receive entrectinib orally at a dose of 600 mg daily dose (three 200 mg capsules per day).

Paediatric patients with BSA \<1.51 m\^2 will receive a dose adjusted for BSA. Each cycle of treatment will consist of 28 days and patients may continue until disease progression without clinical benefit, unacceptable AEs or withdrawal of consent.

Intervention Type DRUG

Trastuzumab in combination with pertuzumab

The initial loading dose of trastuzumab is 8 mg/kg body weight followed thereafter by a maintenance dose of 6 mg/kg body weight administered intravenously every 21 days.

The initial loading dose of pertuzumab is 840 mg followed thereafter by a maintenance dose of 420 mg administered intravenously every 21 days. Paediatric patients will receive a dose of pertuzumab adjusted by body weight.

Patients may continue until disease progression without clinical benefit, unacceptable AEs or withdrawal of consent.

Intervention Type DRUG

Vemurafenib in combination with cobimetinib

Patients will receive vemurafenib at a dose of 960 mg (four tablets of 240 mg) orally on a twice daily schedule throughout a 28-day cycle.

Patients will receive cobimetinib at a dose of 60 mg (three tablets of 20 mg) to be taken orally, once daily for 21 consecutive days (days 1 to 21 in each 28-day cycle); followed by a 7-day break.

Patients may continue on treatment until disease progression without clinical benefit, unacceptable AEs or withdrawal of consent.

Intervention Type DRUG

Capmatinib

Patients will be administered capmatinib orally at a daily dose of 800 mg consisting of 400 mg (two 200 mg tablets) twice daily. Each cycle of treatment will consist of 28 days and patients may continue on treatment until disease progression without clinical benefit, unacceptable AEs or withdrawal of consent.

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Alecensa Tecentriq Rozlytrek Herceptin in combination with Perjeta Zelboraf in combination with Cotellic Tabrecta

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Any patient (adult patients or children and TYA as defined in each treatment arm appendix) with histologically proven locally advanced or metastatic cancer (solid tumour or haematological malignancy) who has:

1. exhausted (or declined) standard-of-care treatment options.
2. or for whom no effective standard treatment is available.
3. and whose disease has progressed or is refractory. Exceptional circumstances may apply as described in the protocol.
2. Diagnosis of a rare cancer harbouring an actionable genomic alteration, or common cancer types with rare actionable genomic alterations, that has been identified using a validated next-generation sequencing method and for which there is a relevant open treatment arm within the DETERMINE trial.
3. Life expectancy of at least three months.
4. Patients are able to provide written (signed and dated) informed consent and be capable of co-operating with treatment and follow-up. For patients under 16 years old, the parent or legal guardian will be asked to provide written informed consent and the patient will be asked to provide age-appropriate assent (written or verbal, commensurate with age and level of understanding).
5. Patients with objectively evaluable or measurable disease, according to an assessment method appropriate for their cancer type.
6. Patients must provide a fresh tissue biopsy at baseline and blood samples for translational research. Note that for patients with haematological malignancies or neuroblastomas, blood, bone marrow and/or trephine or lymph node biopsy samples may be taken.
7. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-1 (ECOG performance status 2 may be considered on an individual basis) (adults), Karnofsky score ≥50% (TYA) or Lansky Play scales ≥50% (\<12 years). Please see specific treatment arm appendices for any variations on this criterion and for definitions of adult and paediatric populations. Note: Paediatric patients: patients with Central Nervous System (CNS) tumours and a stable neurological deficit may be eligible with a performance status below 50%, at the discretion of the Investigator. In such cases, the deficit must be stable for at least 7 days prior to trial enrolment and be assessed by the local investigator as due to tumour or due to a post-surgical AE.
8. Women of childbearing potential are eligible provided that they meet the following criteria:

* Have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test before enrolment and
* Agree to the birth control methods and duration of use of those methods, as specified in each treatment arm appendix.
9. Male patients with partners of childbearing potential are eligible provided that they agree to the birth control methods and duration of use of those methods, as specified in each treatment arm appendix.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Ongoing AEs Common Terminology Criteria of Adverse Events (CTCAE) Grade ≥2 attributable to previous anti-cancer treatments. Exceptions to this are any clinically stable AEs, which in the opinion of the Investigator should not exclude the patient.
2. At high medical risk, in the opinion of the Investigator, because of non-malignant systemic disease (including active uncontrolled infection).
3. Female patients who are pregnant, breastfeeding or planning to become pregnant or male patients with a partner who is a woman of childbearing potential and is planning to become pregnant during the trial or following the last dose of IMP, as specified in each treatment arm appendix.
4. Is (or plans to be) a patient in another interventional clinical trial, whilst taking part in this trial. Participation in an observational trial which does not involve administration of an Investigational Medicinal Product (IMP) and which, in the opinion of the local Investigator, would not place an unacceptable burden on the patient would be acceptable e.g. sample collection\* or QoL studies.

\*for paediatric patients participating in other studies involving tissue/circulating tumour (ct) DNA/other blood collection, consideration would need to be given to the total blood volumes collected (as per the European Medicines Agency blood volume limits for children).
5. Co-administration of anti-cancer therapies other than those administered in this trial (with the exception of lifelong hormone suppression such as luteinising hormone agonists/analogues in prostate cancer).
6. Radiotherapy (except for palliative reasons) or chemotherapy, endocrine therapy (except when given for conditions other than malignant disease; e.g. thyroid replacement for hypothyroidism, hydrocortisone for cortisol deficiency/panhypopituitarism), nitrosoureas, mitomycin-C, immunotherapy and molecularly targeted agents or other IMPs within 4 weeks or 5 half-lives (whichever is the shorter).
7. Rapidly progressing or symptomatically deteriorating brain metastases. Patients with previously treated brain metastases are eligible, provided the patient has not experienced a seizure or had a clinically significant change in neurological status within the 14 days (for adult patients) or 7 days (for paediatric patients) prior to the start of IMP administration. Such patients must be non-dependent on steroids or on a stable or reducing dose of steroid treatment for at least 14 days (or 7 days for paediatric patients) prior to the start of IMP administration. Primary brain or CNS malignancies are allowed providing the patient is clinically stable (if requiring corticosteroids must be at stable or decreasing doses for at least 14 days for adults and 7 days for paediatric patients prior to the start of IMP administration). Patients who have received brain irradiation must have completed whole-brain radiotherapy and/or stereotactic radiosurgery at least 14 days prior to the start of IMP administration.
8. Any other condition which, in the opinion of the local Investigator, would not be in the best interests of the patient.
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Manchester

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Birmingham

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hoffmann-La Roche

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

Cancer Research UK

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Matthew Krebs, Dr

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

The Christie Hospital

Locations

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Belfast City Hospital

Belfast, , United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

University Hospital Birmingham

Birmingham, , United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Birmingham Children's Hospital

Birmingham, , United Kingdom

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Bristol Royal Hospital for Children

Bristol, , United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre

Bristol, , United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Addenbrooke's Hospital

Cambridge, , United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Velindre Cancer Centre

Cardiff, , United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Cardiff Children's Hospital

Cardiff, , United Kingdom

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Western General Hospital

Edinburgh, , United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

The Beatson Hospital

Glasgow, , United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Royal Hospital for Children Glasgow

Glasgow, , United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Leicester Royal Infirmary

Leicester, , United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Alder Hey Hospital

Liverpool, , United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

University College London Hospital

London, , United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Guy's Hospital

London, , United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Great Ormond Street Hospital

London, , United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Royal Manchester Children's Hospital

Manchester, , United Kingdom

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

The Christie Hospital

Manchester, , United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Clatterbridge Cancer Centre

Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, , United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Great North Children's Hospital

Newcastle, , United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Freeman Hospital

Newcastle, , United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Churchill Hospital

Oxford, , United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

John Radcliffe Hospital

Oxford, , United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Weston Park Hospital

Sheffield, , United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Sheffield's Children's Hospital

Sheffield, , United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Southampton General Hospital

Southampton, , United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

The Royal Marsden Hospital

Sutton, , United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United Kingdom

Central Contacts

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Aida Sarmiento Castro

Role: CONTACT

+44 207 242 0200

Facility Contacts

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Vicky Coyle, Prof

Role: primary

Gary Middleton, Prof

Role: primary

0121 371 3573

Gerard Millen, Dr

Role: primary

07921843607

Antony Ng, Dr

Role: primary

0117 342 8044

Antony Ng, Dr

Role: primary

0117 342 8044

Bristi Basu, Dr

Role: primary

01223 596105

Robert Jones, Dr

Role: primary

02920 615888 ext. 6327

Madeline Adams, Dr

Role: primary

02921842285

Stefan Symeonides, Dr

Role: primary

Patricia Roxburgh, Dr

Role: primary

0141 301 7118

Milind Ronghe, Dr

Role: primary

0141 452 6692

Olubukola Ayodele, Dr

Role: primary

0116 2587601

Lisa Howell, Dr

Role: primary

0151 293 3679

Martin Forster, Prof

Role: primary

020 3447 5085

James Spicer

Role: primary

020 7188 4260

Darren Hargrave, Dr

Role: primary

0207 813 8525

Guy Makin, Dr

Role: primary

0161 701 8419

Matthew Krebs, Dr

Role: primary

0161 918 7672

Dan Palmer, Dr

Role: primary

0151 706 4172 / 0151 706 4177

Alastair Greystoke, Dr

Role: primary

0191 2138476

Alastair Greystoke, Dr

Role: primary

0191 2138476

Sarah Pratap, Dr

Role: primary

01865 235273

Sarah Pratap, Dr

Role: primary

01865 235273

Sarah Danson, Dr

Role: primary

0114 226 5068

Daniel Yeomanson, Dr

Role: primary

01142717366

Juliet Gray, Prof

Role: primary

0238 120 6639

Lynley Marshall, Dr

Role: primary

0208 661 3678

Related Links

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http://CRUK.org/determine

Overview of the DETERMINE trial.

https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05770037

ClinicalTrials.gov record for DETERMINE Trial Treatment Arm 01 (alectinib) (NCT05770037)

https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05770102

ClinicalTrials.gov record for DETERMINE Trial Treatment Arm 02 (atezolizumab) (NCT05770102)

https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05770544

ClinicalTrials.gov record for DETERMINE Trial Treatment Arm 03 (entrectinib) (NCT05770544)

https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05786716

ClinicalTrials.gov record for DETERMINE Trial Treatment Arm 04 (trastuzumab in combination with pertuzumab) (NCT05786716)

https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05768178

ClinicalTrials.gov record for DETERMINE Trial Treatment Arm 05 (vemurafenib in combination with cobimetinib) (NCT05768178)

https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06988475

ClinicalTrials.gov record for DETERMINE Trial Treatment Arm 06 (capmatinib) (NCT06988475)

Other Identifiers

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IRAS ID: 1004057

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CRUKD/21/004

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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