Testing Lenvatinib and Cetuximab in Patients With Advanced Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Sponsor
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (Other)
Overall Status
Active, not recruiting
CT.gov ID
NCT03524326
Collaborator
(none)
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Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

This is a phase I study, which tests the safety of different doses of lenvatinib in combination with cetuximab, to see which dose is the safest in people. This study will help find out if lenvatinib and cetuximab is a safe and useful combination for treating patients with HNSCC and cSCC.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Drug: Lenvatinib Pill
  • Drug: Lenvatinib Pill
  • Drug: Lenvatinib Pill
  • Drug: Cetuximab
  • Drug: Lenvatinib Pill
  • Drug: Lenvatinib Pill
Phase 1

Study Design

Study Type:
Interventional
Actual Enrollment :
24 participants
Allocation:
N/A
Intervention Model:
Single Group Assignment
Masking:
None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose:
Treatment
Official Title:
A Phase I/Ib Study of Lenvatinib and Cetuximab in Patients With Recurrent/Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Actual Study Start Date :
Apr 30, 2018
Anticipated Primary Completion Date :
Apr 1, 2023
Anticipated Study Completion Date :
Apr 1, 2023

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Head and Neck Squamous or Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma

A 3+3 dose de-escalation design for three dose levels of lenvatinib combined with cetuximab will be used. A DLT will be defined as any toxicities of grade 3 or higher (per CTCAE v4 criteria) felt to be possibly, probably, or definitely related to lenvatinib, as well as grade 4 toxcities related to cetuximab, which occurs within 28 days following the first dose of lenvatinib in combination with cetuximab.

Drug: Lenvatinib Pill
24 mg oral daily
Other Names:
  • Level 0 Lenvatinib
  • Drug: Lenvatinib Pill
    20 mg oral daily
    Other Names:
  • Level -1 Lenvatinib
  • Drug: Lenvatinib Pill
    14 mg oral daily
    Other Names:
  • Level -2 Lenvatinib
  • Drug: Cetuximab
    400mg/m2 IV, then 500mg/m2 IV weekly

    Drug: Lenvatinib Pill
    10 mg oral daily
    Other Names:
  • Level -3 Lenvatinib
  • Drug: Lenvatinib Pill
    4 mg oral daily
    Other Names:
  • Level -4 Lenvatinib
  • Outcome Measures

    Primary Outcome Measures

    1. Maximum tolerated dose of Lenvatinib when combined with Cetuximab [1 year]

    Eligibility Criteria

    Criteria

    Ages Eligible for Study:
    N/A and Older
    Sexes Eligible for Study:
    All
    Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
    No
    Inclusion Criteria:
    • Histological or cytologic diagnosis of squamous cell cancer

    • Clinical diagnosis of squamous cell cancer of the head and neck (non-nasopharynx primary tumors: oral cavity, oropharynx, hypopharynx, larynx and sinonasal) or skin

    • HNSCC and cSCC cannot be curable by surgery and/or radiation therapy

    • Measureable disease as per RECIST v1.1, which includes locoregional lesions (not amenable to curative surgery and/or radiation) and distant metastatic lesions

    • Blood pressure < 150/90 at screening with or without antihypertensive medications and no change in antihypertensive medications within 1 week prior to initiation of treatment

    • ECOG Performance Status of 0-1

    • Adequate renal function as evidenced by calculated creatinine clearance > 30 ml/min according to the Cockcroft and Gault Formula or by 24 hour urine creatinine clearance

    • Adequate liver function as determined by (1) Bilirubin < 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) except for unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia or Gilbert"s syndrome; (2) ALT and AST < 3 x ULN (<5 x ULN if subject has liver mets)

    • Adequate hematologic function as determined by (1) platelets > 100,000; (2) Hemoglobin

    9 gm/dl; (3) absolute neutrophil count > 1200

    • Adequate archival tissue to perform molecular analysis through MSK-IMPACT if MSK-IMPACT has not been performed previously on the patient"s tumor; if MSK-IMACT has not been previously performed and adequate archival tissue is not available, a patient should be agreeable to a pre-treatment biopsy
    Exclusion Criteria:
    • Prior grade 3 hypersensitivity to cetuximab requiring discontinuation

    • Prior lenvatinib

    • Major surgery within 2 weeks of first dose of lenvatinib

    • Metastatic brain or leptomeningeal tumors (treated metastatic brain or leptomeningeal tumors are allowed).

    • Anticancer treatment (e.g., radiation therapy, chemotherapy) within 21 days of first dose

    °An exception is cetuximab treatment, which can be received within 21 days of the first treatment on study

    • No prior palliative radiation to a target lesion is allowed, unless there is clear biopsy proven progression following radiation. Note, prior radiations to a non-target lesion is allowed. Please see section 9.3.Subjects having a spot Urine Protein:Creatinine ratio of >1 will undergo 24-hour collection for quantitative assessment of proteinuria. If urine protein > 1 gram/24 hours, the subject will be ineligible

    • Significant cardiovascular impairment within 6 months as defined as (1) congestive heart failure greater than New York Heart Association Class II, (2) unstable angina, (3) myocardial infarction; (4) stroke, (5) symptomatic cardiac arrhythmia

    • On electrocardiogram, QTc interval > 500 msec

    • Active infection requiring systemic therapy

    • Clinically significant hemoptysis or tumor bleeding within 2 weeks prior to first dose of lenvatinib

    • Other active malignancy except for basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, or carcinoma in situ of the cervix or bladder

    • Women who are breast feeding or pregnant ° Men or women of reproductive potential who are not willing to employ effective birth control from screening to 30 days after the last dose of study drugs; the definition of adequate contraception will be based on the judgment of the principal investigator or a designated associate.

    For a female patient to be considered as not of child bearing potential, she should fulfill one of the following:

    ° Post-menopausal women, defined as either women aged more than 50 years and amenorrhoeic for at least 12 months following cessation of all exogenous hormonal treatments, or, women under 50 years old who have been amenorrhoeic for at least 12 months following the cessation of exogenous hormonal treatments, and have serum follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) levels in the postmenopausal range for the institution.

    Or

    ° Have documentation of irreversible surgical sterilisation by hysterectomy, bilateral oophorectomy or bilateral salpingectomy (but not tubal ligation)

    • Evidence of clinically significant disease (e.g., cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, renal disease) that in the opinion of the investigator could affect the subject safety or interfere with the study assessments

    Contacts and Locations

    Locations

    Site City State Country Postal Code
    1 Memoral Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge Basking Ridge New Jersey United States 07920
    2 Memoral Sloan Kettering Monmouth Middletown New Jersey United States 07748
    3 Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen Montvale New Jersey United States 07645
    4 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center @ Commack Commack New York United States 11725
    5 Memoral Sloan Kettering Westchester Harrison New York United States 10604
    6 Memorial Sloan - Kettering Cancer Center New York New York United States 10021
    7 Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau Uniondale New York United States 11553

    Sponsors and Collaborators

    • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    Investigators

    • Principal Investigator: Lara Dunn, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    Study Documents (Full-Text)

    None provided.

    More Information

    Additional Information:

    Publications

    None provided.
    Responsible Party:
    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
    NCT03524326
    Other Study ID Numbers:
    • 17-635
    First Posted:
    May 14, 2018
    Last Update Posted:
    Oct 19, 2021
    Last Verified:
    Oct 1, 2021
    Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
    Undecided
    Plan to Share IPD:
    Undecided
    Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
    Yes
    Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
    No
    Keywords provided by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Additional relevant MeSH terms:

    Study Results

    No Results Posted as of Oct 19, 2021