Overview

Gemcitabine With or Without Pazopanib in Treating Patients With Refractory Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2019-10-31
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
This randomized phase II trial studies how well gemcitabine hydrochloride works with or without pazopanib hydrochloride in treating patients with refractory soft tissue sarcoma. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as gemcitabine hydrochloride, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Pazopanib hydrochloride may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Pazopanib hydrochloride may also stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking blood flow to the tumor. It is not yet known whether gemcitabine hydrochloride is more effective with or without pazopanib hydrochloride in treating patients with soft tissue sarcoma.
Phase:
Phase 2
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
Collaborators:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Oregon Health and Science University
Treatments:
Gemcitabine
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- Subjects must provide written informed consent prior to performance of study-specific
procedures or assessments, and must be willing to comply with treatment and follow-up;
procedures conducted as part of the subject's routine clinical management (e.g., blood
count, imaging study) and obtained prior to signing of informed consent may be
utilized for screening or baseline purposes provided these procedures are conducted as
specified in the protocol

- Histologically confirmed diagnosis of metastatic or unresectable soft tissue sarcoma,
excluding gastrointestinal stromal tumors, Kaposi's sarcoma, Ewing's family of tumors,
and embryonal or alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma

- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-2

- Measurable disease per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1

- Patients must have received at least one, but not more than three, systemic regimens
for treatment of metastatic soft tissue sarcoma; patients must have had a prior
anthracycline in the neoadjuvant, adjuvant, or metastatic setting unless medically
inappropriate for the patient

- Neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy will not count towards prior treatment for metastatic
disease, unless the patient relapsed within 2 years of completing such therapy.

- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1.5 x 10^9/L

- Hemoglobin >= 8 g/dL; subjects may not have had a transfusion within 7 days of
screening assessment

- Platelets >= 100 x 10^9/L

- Prothrombin time (PT) or international normalized ratio (INR) =< 1.2 x upper limit of
normal (ULN); subjects receiving anticoagulation therapy are eligible if their INR is
stable and within the recommended range for the desired level of anticoagulation

- Activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) =< 1.2 x ULN

- Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x ULN

- Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) =< 2.5 x ULN;
concomitant elevations in bilirubin and AST/ALT above 1.0 x ULN (upper limit of
normal) are not permitted

- Serum creatinine =< 1.5 mg/dL (133 umol/L)

- Or, if > 1.5 mg/dL: calculated creatinine clearance (ClCR) >= 30 mL/min

- Urine protein to creatinine ratio (UPC) < 1; if UPC >= 1, then a 24-hour urine protein
must be assessed; subjects must have a 24-hour urine protein value < 1 g to be
eligible; use of urine dipstick for renal function assessment is not acceptable

- Or 24-hour urine protein < 1 g

- A female is eligible to enter and participate in this study if she is of:

- Non-childbearing potential (i.e., physiologically incapable of becoming
pregnant), including any female who has had:

- A hysterectomy

- A bilateral oophorectomy (ovariectomy)

- A bilateral tubal ligation

- Is post-menopausal

- Subjects not using hormone replacement therapy (HRT) must have experienced total
cessation of menses for >= 1 year and be greater than 45 years in age, OR, in
questionable cases, have a follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) value > 40 mIU/mL and an
estradiol value < 40 pg/mL (< 140 pmol/L)

- Subjects using HRT must have experienced total cessation of menses for >= 1 year and
be greater than 45 years of age OR have had documented evidence of menopause based on
FSH and estradiol concentrations prior to initiation of HRT

- Childbearing potential, including any female who has had a negative serum pregnancy
test within 7 days prior to the first dose of study treatment, preferably as close to
the first dose as possible, and agrees to use adequate contraception; defined as
follows:

- Complete abstinence from sexual intercourse for 14 days before exposure to
investigational product, through the dosing period, and for at least 21 days
after the last dose of investigational product

- Oral contraceptive, either combined or progesterone alone

- Injectable progesterone

- Implants of levonorgestrel

- Estrogenic vaginal ring

- Percutaneous contraceptive patches

- Intrauterine device (IUD) or intrauterine system (IUS) with a documented failure
rate of less than 1% per year

- Male partner sterilization (vasectomy with documentation of azoospermia) prior to
the female subject's entry into the study, and this male is the sole partner for
that subject

- Double barrier method: condom and an occlusive cap (diaphragm or cervical/vault
caps) with a vaginal spermicidal agent (foam/gel/film/cream/suppository)

- Female subjects who are lactating should discontinue nursing prior to the first dose
of study drug and should refrain from nursing throughout the treatment period and for
14 days following the last dose of study drug

Exclusion Criteria:

- Prior malignancy; note: subjects who have had another malignancy and have been
disease-free for > 3 years, or subjects with a history of completely resected
non-melanomatous skin carcinoma, successfully treated in situ carcinoma, or
successfully treated superficial bladder cancer are eligible.

- History or clinical evidence of central nervous system (CNS) metastases or
leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, except for individuals who have previously-treated CNS
metastases, are asymptomatic, and have had no requirement for steroids or anti-seizure
medication for 6 months prior to first dose of study drug; screening with CNS imaging
studies (computed tomography [CT] or magnetic resonance imaging [MRI]) is required
only if clinically indicated or if the subject has a history of CNS metastases

- Clinically significant gastrointestinal abnormalities that may increase the risk for
gastrointestinal bleeding including, but not limited to:

- Active peptic ulcer disease

- Known intraluminal metastatic lesion/s with risk of bleeding

- Inflammatory bowel disease (e.g. ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease), or other
gastrointestinal conditions with increased risk of perforation

- History of abdominal fistula, gastrointestinal perforation, or intra-abdominal
abscess within 28 days prior to beginning study treatment

- Clinically significant gastrointestinal abnormalities that may affect absorption of
investigational product including, but not limited to:

- Malabsorption syndrome

- Major resection of the stomach or small bowel

- Presence of uncontrolled infection

- Corrected QT interval (QTc) > 480 msecs using Bazett's formula

- History of any one or more of the following cardiovascular conditions within the past
6 months:

- Cardiac angioplasty or stenting

- Myocardial infarction

- Unstable angina

- Coronary artery bypass graft surgery

- Symptomatic peripheral vascular disease

- Class III or IV congestive heart failure, as defined by the New York Heart Association
(NYHA)

- Poorly controlled hypertension (defined as systolic blood pressure [SBP] of >= 140
mmHg or diastolic blood pressure [DBP] of >= 90mmHg); note: initiation or adjustment
of antihypertensive medication(s) is permitted prior to study entry; following
antihypertensive medication initiation or adjustment, blood pressure (BP) must be
re-assessed three times at approximately 2-minute intervals; at least 24 hours must
have elapsed between anti-hypertensive medication initiation or adjustment and BP
measurement; these three values should be averaged to obtain the mean diastolic blood
pressure and the mean systolic blood pressure; the mean SBP/DBP ratio must be < 140/90
mmHg

- History of cerebrovascular accident including transient ischemic attack (TIA),
pulmonary embolism or untreated deep venous thrombosis (DVT) within the past 6 months;
note: subjects with recent DVT who have been treated with therapeutic anti-coagulating
agents for at least 6 weeks are eligible

- Prior major surgery or trauma within 28 days prior to first dose of study drug and/or
presence of any non-healing wound, fracture, or ulcer (procedures such as catheter
placement not considered to be major)

- Evidence of active bleeding or bleeding diathesis

- Known endobronchial lesions and/or lesions infiltrating major pulmonary vessels that
increase the risk of pulmonary hemorrhage

- Hemoptysis in excess of 2.5 mL (or one half teaspoon) within 8 weeks of first dose of
study drug

- Any serious and/or unstable pre-existing medical, psychiatric, or other condition that
could interfere with subject's safety, provision of informed consent, or compliance to
study procedures

- Unable or unwilling to discontinue use of prohibited medications for at least 14 days
or five half-lives of a drug (whichever is longer) prior to the first dose of study
drug and for the duration of the study; administration of any non-oncologic
investigational drug within 30 days or 5 half-lives whichever is longer prior to
receiving the first dose of study treatment

- Treatment with any of the following anti-cancer therapies:

- Radiation therapy, surgery or tumor embolization within 14 days prior to the
first dose of pazopanib OR

- Chemotherapy, immunotherapy, biologic therapy, investigational therapy or
hormonal therapy within 14 days (or 28 days in the case of monoclonal antibody
therapy) prior to the first dose of pazopanib.

- Any prior treatment with pazopanib.

- Prior treatment with vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) or vascular
endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR)-targeting agents other than pazopanib
(eg. sorafenib, sunitinib, and bevacizumab) in the metastatic setting. Prior use
of such agents in the neoadjuvant or adjuvant setting is permitted.

- Any prior treatment with gemcitabine for metastatic disease. Prior use of
gemcitabine in the neoadjuvant or adjuvant setting is permitted.

- Any ongoing toxicity from prior anti-cancer therapy that is > grade 1 and/or that is
progressing in severity, except alopecia