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Clinical Trial 21116

Cancer Type: Head & Neck
Study Type: Treatment
NCT#: NCT03803774

Phase: Phase I
Principal Investigator: Chung, Christine

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Overview

Study Title

Birinapant and Intensity Modulated Re-Irradiation Therapy (IMRRT) for Locoregionally Recurrent Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC)

Summary

This phase I trial studies the side effects and best dose of birinapant when given together with intensity modulated re-irradiation therapy (IMRRT) in treating patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma that has come back at or near the same place as the original (primary) tumor (locally recurrent). Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as birinapant, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. IMRRT uses thin beams of radiation of different intensities that are aimed at the tumor from many angles. This type of re-irradiation therapy reduces the damage to healthy tissue near the tumor. Giving birinapant with IMRRT may lower the chance of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma growing or spreading.

Objective

Primary Objectives * Determine the toxicities and maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of birinapant concurrent with intensity modulated re-irradiation therapy (IMRRT). Secondary Objectives * Determine the objective response rate of patients with locoregionally recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) treated with re-irradiation and birinapant. * Determine the local-regional control, progression free survival (PFS), and overall survival. * Determine if FADD and/or BIRC2/3 copy gain in tumor tissue or in the blood are associated with improved response, locoregional control (LCR), progression-free survival and overall survival. * Determine the feasibility of detecting effects of birinapant and re-irradiation on pilot pharmacodynamic markers in tumor tissue, including microwestern for decrease in drug targets IAP1/2; increase in apoptosis/necroptosis markers Caspase 3 and MLKL.

Treatments

Therapies

Radiotherapy; Therapy (NOS)

Medications

Birinapant (); IMRT ()

Inclusion Criteria

Patients must have histologically or cytologically confirmed locally recurrent HNSCC, including nasopharyngeal or sinonasal cancer for whom re-irradiation for local control is considered standard of care

Patients with human papillomavirus (HPV)-negative or HPV-positive head and neck cancer are eligible

Patients who have had prior treatment with immune therapies are eligible

Patients must have received curative-intent platinum- and/or cetuximab-based chemoradiotherapy or radiotherapy alone

Patients must have completed their last treatment dose with chemotherapy or immunotherapy at least 4 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) before enrolling on study

Patients must have completed their last treatment dose with radiotherapy at least 6 months before enrolling on study

Patients who have had major surgery must be fully recovered and require a recovery period of at least 4 weeks prior to enrolling on study

Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status => Hemoglobin >= 9 g/dL (transfusion permitted)

Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,500/mcL

Platelets >= 100,000/mcL

Total bilirubin within 1.5 x the upper limit of normal (ULN) institutional limits

Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) => Creatinine clearance >= 50 mL/min/1.73 m^2 for patients with creatinine levels above institutional normal. Creatinine clearance will be determined using the > Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) equation

Patients must have a corrected QT interval by Fredericia (QTcF) => International normalized ratio (INR) => Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document

Patients must have measurable disease, per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1

The effects of birinapant on the developing human fetus are unknown. For this reason, women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) beginning at study entry and for the duration of study participation. Male study participants should use an additional barrier method of contraception for 30 days following the last dose of birinapant. Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while she or her partner is participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately

Exclusion Criteria

Eligibility for curative-intent surgery, unless the patient is considered a poor surgical candidate related to resectability, functional outcome, or prefers non-surgical therapy.

More than 2 lines of palliative systemic therapy (platinum-, taxane- or cetuximab-based chemotherapy or immunotherapy)

Patients who are receiving any other investigational agents

Patients with known brain metastases should be excluded from this clinical trial because of their poor prognosis and because they often develop progressive neurologic dysfunction that would confound the evaluation of neurologic and other adverse events

History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to birinapant

Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but 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

Pregnant women are excluded from this study because birinapant may have potential for teratogenic or abortifacient effects. Because there is an unknown but potential risk for adverse events in nursing infants secondary to treatment of the mother with birinapant, breastfeeding should be discontinued prior to enrollment. A negative pregnancy test is required for women of childbearing potential. Women who are postmenopausal (age-related amenorrhea >= 12 consecutive months, or who had undergone hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy are exempt from pregnancy testing. If necessary, to confirm postmenopausal status, a follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) level may be included at screening

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive patients on combination antiretroviral therapy are ineligible because of the potential for pharmacokinetic interactions with birinapant

Patients requiring the use of anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti TNF) therapies, such as infliximab, or patients who have received treatment with anti-TNF therapies within 5 half-lives of the drug (48 days for infliximab, 55 days for golimumab, 70 days for certolizumab and adalimumab, and 16 days for etanercept)

Patients with previous exposure to birinapant

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