Overview

Activity and Safety Study of BKM120 in Monotherapy in Patient With Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer Recurrent or Progressive

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2019-03-01
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
The aim of this study is to determine the activity, to assess the safety and tolerance of BKM120 in adult patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck cancer progressive under platin and cetuximab-based chemotherapy.
Phase:
Phase 2
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Centre Leon Berard
Collaborators:
Fondation ARC
National Cancer Institute, France
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- 1. Adult men and women ≥ 18 years at the day of inform consent signature.

- 2. Patients with metastatic or relapsed squamous cell head and neck carcinoma .

- 3. Documented progression or relapse after platin and cetuximab or anti-epidermal
growth factor receptor (EGFR) -based chemotherapy at time of study drug start

- 4. Documented mutational status of PIK3CA before study drug start

- 5. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status ≤ 2 .

- 6. At least one measurable lesion by CT-scan as per RECIST 1.1 .

- 7. Life expectancy > 12 weeks.

- 8. Patients must be able to swallow capsules.

- 9. Adequate bone marrow, renal and liver function as defined by the following tests :

- Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1.0 x 109/L,

- Platelet count > 100 x 109/L,

- Haemoglobin value above 9 g/dL,

- international normalized ratio (INR) ≤ 1.5

- Serum Creatinine ≤ 1.5 upper limit of normal (ULN)

- Glomerular filtration rate calculated using Cockcroft-Gault formula > 60ml/min (or
MDRD formula for patients older than 65 years)

- Potassium, calcium, magnesium within normal limits for the institution

- Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) < ULN (or < 3.0 x
ULN if liver metastases are present))

- Serum bilirubin within normal range (or ≤ 1.5 ULN if liver metastases are present; or
total bilirubin ≤ 3.0 ULN with direct bilirubin within normal range in patients with
well documented Gilbert Syndrome)

- Fasting plasma glucose (FPG) ≤ 120 mg/dL or ≤ 6.7 mmol/L.

- 10. Women of childbearing potential (entering the study after a confirmed menstrual
period and who have a negative pregnancy test within ≤ 72 hours before initiating
study treatment) must agree to use two methods of medically acceptable forms of
contraception during the whole treatment period and for 1 month (= 5 x t½ of BKM120)
after the last treatment intake.

- 11. Fertile males must use a highly effective contraception during dosing of any study
agent + [5 x t1/2] + 12 weeks = contraception through 16 weeks after final dose of
study therapy and should not father a child in this period. Female partner of male
study subject: highly effective contraception during dosing of study agent + 4 weeks
after final dose of study therapy

- 12. Patient should be able and willing to comply with study visits and procedures as
per protocol.

- 13. Patient should understand, sign, and date the written voluntary informed consent
form at the screening visit prior to any protocol-specific procedures performed.

- 14. Patients must be covered by a medical insurance.

Exclusion Criteria:

- 1. Patient having received previous treatment with PI3K and/or mammilian target of
rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors.

- 2. Patient with symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) metastases.

- 3. Patient with a concurrent malignancy or has a malignancy within 3 years of study
enrollment, (with the exception of adequately treated basal or squamous cell carcinoma
or non-melanomatous skin cancer).

- 4. Patient has any of the following mood disorders as judged by the Investigator or a
Psychiatrist:

- Medically documented history of or active major depressive episode, bipolar disorder
(I or II), obsessive-compulsive disorder, schizophrenia, a history of suicidal attempt
or ideation, or homicidal ideation (immediate risk of doing harm to others),

- Patients with active severe personality disorders (defined according to Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual (DSM) - IV) are not eligible.

Note: for patients with psychotropic treatments ongoing at baseline, the dose and the
schedule should not be modified within the previous 6 weeks prior to start of study drug.

- ≥ CTCAE grade 3 anxiety,

- or meets the cut-off score of ≥ 12 in the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) -9 or a
cut-off of ≥ 15 in the generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) -7 mood scale, respectively,

- or selects a positive response of '1, 2, or 3' to question number 9 regarding
potential for suicidal thoughts ideation in the PHQ-9 (independent of the total score
of the PHQ-9).

- 5. Patient concurrently using other approved or investigational anti-neoplasic agent.

- 6. Patient who has received anticancer therapy < 2 weeks or investigational treatment
< 4 weeks prior the initiation of study drug.

- 7. Patient who has received radiotherapy ≤ 4 weeks prior to starting study drug or who
have not recovered to grade 1 or better from related side effects of such therapy
(exceptions include alopecia).

- 8. Patient having had major surgery within 14 days prior to starting study drug or has
not recovered from major side effects of the surgery.

- 9. Patient with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus (i.e. HbA1c > 8 %)

- 10. Patient with active cardiac disease including any of the following:

- Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (LVEF) < 50% as determined by Multiple Gated
acquisition (MUGA) scan or echocardiogram (ECHO),

- corrected QT interval (QTc) > 480 (female) or 470 msec (male) on screening ECG (using
the corrected QT Fridericia (QTcF) formulae),

- Angina pectoris that requires the use of anti-anginal medication,

- Ventricular arrhythmias except for benign premature ventricular contractions,

- Supraventricular and nodal arrythmias requiring a pacemaker or not controlled with
medication,

- Conduction abnormality requiring a pacemaker,

- Valvular disease with documented compromise in cardiac function,

- Symptomatic pericarditis.

- 11. Patient with a history of cardiac dysfunction including any of the following:

- Myocardial infarction within the last 6 months, documented by persistent elevated
cardiac enzymes or persistent regional wall abnormalities on assessment of LVEF
function,

- History of documented congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association functional
classification III-IV),

- Documented cardiomyopathy,

- Other cardiac arrhythmia not controlled with medication.

- 12. Patient currently receiving treatment with QT prolonging medication known to have
a risk to induce Torsades de Pointes, and if the treatment cannot be discontinued or
switched to a different medication prior to starting study drug.

- 13. Patient with impairment of gastrointestinal (GI) function or GI disease that may
significantly alter the absorption of BKM120

- 14. Patient receiving chronic treatment (> 5 days) with steroids or another
immunosuppressive agent. Note: Topical applications (e.g., rash), inhaled sprays
(e.g., obstructive airways diseases), eye drops or local injections (e.g.,
intra-articular) are allowed. Patients with previously treated brain metastases, who
are on a stable low dose corticosteroids treatment (e.g., dexamethasone 2 mg/day,
prednisolone 10 mg/day) for at least 14 days before start of study treatment, are
eligible.

- 15. Patient has other concurrent severe and/or uncontrolled medical condition that
would, in the investigator's judgment contraindicate her participation in the clinical
study

- 16. Patient has a history of non-compliance to medical regimen.

- 17. Patient is currently being treated with drugs known to be strong inhibitors or
inducers of isoenzyme Cytochrome P450 family 3 subfamily A member 4 (CYP3A), and the
treatment cannot be discontinued or switched to a different medication prior to
starting study drug.

- 18. Patient has a known history of HIV infection.

- 19. Pregnant or nursing (lactating) woman.

- 20. Patient has a known hypersensitivity to any of the excipients of BKM120.

- 21. Patient has not recovered to grade 1 or better (except alopecia) from related side
effects of any prior antineoplastic therapy.

- 22. Patient is currently receiving warfarin or other coumarin derived anti-coagulant,
for treatment, prophylaxis or otherwise. Therapy with heparin, low molecular weight
heparin, or fondaparinux is allowed.

- 23. Patient has acute viral hepatitis or a history of chronic or active hepatitis B
virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, typically defined by elevated
AST/ALT (persistent or intermittent), high HBV DNA level, HBsAg positive, or high HCV
RNA level (testing not mandatory)