E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
Advanced refractory colorectal cancer |
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E.1.1.1 | Medical condition in easily understood language |
Metastatic colorectal cancer that do no longer respond to standard treatments |
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E.1.1.2 | Therapeutic area | Diseases [C] - Cancer [C04] |
MedDRA Classification |
E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.2 | Version | 17.0 |
E.1.2 | Level | PT |
E.1.2 | Classification code | 10052358 |
E.1.2 | Term | Colorectal cancer metastatic |
E.1.2 | System Organ Class | 10029104 - Neoplasms benign, malignant and unspecified (incl cysts and polyps) |
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E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | No |
E.2 Objective of the trial |
E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial |
To identify in a population of patients bearing advanced, refractory colorectal cancers, those who draw no benefit from treatment with regorafenib. There is no specific hypothesis underlying sample size and the study is therefore to be seen as exploratory. Overall Survival (OS) will be used as primary endpoint. Covariates that will be analyzed in relationship with OS will be metabolic parameters obtained at baseline and very early following treatment initiation as well as genetic, epigenetic and molecular aberrations (before and after treatment) assessed from tumor biopsies and blood samples, in addition to known clinical and pathological factors. The molecular aberrations will be investigated using gene expression profiling, RNA and exome sequencing, and methylation profiling of the tumor biopsies and repeated blood samples taken during therapy. |
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
• To analyze PFS and response rate (RR) in relationship with the same covariates as for OS
• To assess regorafenib efficacy (OS, PFS, RR) and safety profile in this study population.
• To assess the Disease control rate (DCR = Complete response [CR] + partial response [PR] + stable disease [SD])
• To compare the relative benefit (OS, PFS) of regorafenib according to history of treatment with bevacizumab.
•To validate the relationship that was found, in a previous study (the SoMore study ref 28) conducted in the same patients population treated with Sorafenib, between overall survival and early metabolic homogeneous response (all lesions responding, yes or no).
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
1. Histologically proven adenocarcinoma of the colon or the rectum that is metastatic or unresectable and for which standard treatments do not exist or are no longer effective.
2.The tumor should be refractory to all standard chemotherapy agents (fluoropyrimidines, irinotecan, and oxaliplatin) and anti-EGFR monoclonal antibodies in case of wild type K-ras (cetuximab or panitumumab) administered before study entry. Patients treated with oxaliplatin in an adjuvant setting should have progressed during adjuvant therapy or within 6 months of completion of this treatment. Patients who do not meet strictly this criteria, but for whom further treatment with oxaliplatin would be prohibited ( for instance allergic reaction, residual neurotoxicity grade ≥2) are allowed for inclusion. Prior treatment with bevacizumab and/or aflibercept is allowed but not mandatory.
3. Age ≥ 18 years.
4. Life expectancy of greater than 12 weeks.
5. ECOG performance status ≤ 1.
6. Participants must have normal organ and bone marrow function as defined below:
o Leukocytes > 3,000/mcL, with an absolute neutrophil count > 1,500/mcL, platelets > 100,000/mcL, Hb9g/dl.
o Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 × institutional ULN.
bilirubin total can be > 1.5× institutional ULN in case of Gilbert syndrome ( where direct bilirubin only should be ≤ 1.5 × institutional ULN)
o AST/ALT levels ≤ 2.5 × institutional ULN (≤ 5x institutional ULN in case of liver metastatic involvement).
o P-Alk levels ≤5 x institutional ULN except in case of bone metastasis (then the liver fraction of P-Alk should be less than 5x institutional ULN).
o International normalized ratio (INR)/ Partial thromboplastin time (PTT) ≤ 1.5 x institutional ULN. Note: Subjects who are therapeutically treated with an agent such as warfarin or heparin will be allowed to participate provided that no prior evidence of underlying abnormality in coagulation parameters exists. Close monitoring of at least weekly evaluations will be performed until INR/PTT is stable based on a measurement that is pre-dose as defined by the local standard of care.
o Creatinine ≤ 1.5× institutional ULN or creatinine clearance >30mL/min according to the Modified Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) abbreviated formula.
7. Women of childbearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control, abstinence) prior to study entry, during regorafenib administration until at least 3 months after the last study drug administration (last day of the last cycle). Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately.
8. Signed Written Informed Consent (IC) (approved by an Independent Ethics Committee (IEC) and obtained prior to any study related procedure).
9Presence of a previously collected frozen or FFPE primary or metastatic tumor. Frozen tissue from the primitive tumor is preferred. In addition, the collection of fresh tissue in the primary or a metastatic FDG-PET targetable lesion before study entry is mandatory.
10. Presence of at least one metabolically measurable tumoral lesion on FDG PET-CT, fulfilling following criteria:
o Size ≥ 1.5cm; AND
o FDG uptake above the background liver uptake as described below:
i.e. with a marked accumulation of FDG, at least 1.5-fold greater than liver SUV mean + 2 SDs (in 3-cm spherical ROI in normal right lobe of liver). If liver is abnormal, target lesion should have uptake > 2.0 x SUV mean of blood pool (in 1-cm-diameter ROI in descending thoracic aorta)+ 3SDs.
11. Participants must consent that biopsy could be taken from a PET-positive lesion before beginning the therapy.
Archived tissue needs to be available at the study entry.
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
Participants who exhibit any of the following conditions at screening will not be eligible for admission into the study.
1. Prior treatment with sorafenib or regorafenib
2. Patients with previous cancer that is not disease-free for at least for 5 years prior to registration, EXCEPT for curatively treated cervical cancer in situ, non-melanoma skin cancer and superficial bladder tumors [Ta (Non-invasive tumor), Tis (Carcinoma in situ) and T1 (Tumor invades lamina propria)].
3. Participants who have had a major surgery, chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 4 weeks prior to entering the study.
4. Unresolved toxicity higher than NCI-CTCAE (version 4.0) Grade 1 attributed to any prior therapy/procedure excluding alopecia and oxaliplatin induced neurotoxicity ≤Grade 2.
5. Participants receiving any experimental agents.
6. Participants with known brain metastases.
7. Bleeding diathesis, history of cardiovascular ischemic disease or cerebrovascular incident within the last six months.
8. Any hemorrhage or bleeding event NCI-CTCAE v.4 Grade 3 within 4 weeks prior to the start of study medication.
9. Uncontrolled concurrent illness including, but not limited to ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association (NYHA) class 2), unstable angina pectoris (defined by angina symptoms at rest or new-onset angina started within the last 3 months), cardiac arrhythmia requiring anti-arrhythmic therapy (beta blockers or digoxin are permitted).
10. Uncontrolled hypertension (defined by systolic blood pressure >150 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure >90 mmHg despite optimal medical management).
11. Patients with phaeochromocytoma.
12. Patients with seizure disorder requiring medication.
13 Any history of organ allograft.
14. Pleural effusion or ascites affecting respiration (NCI CTCAEv.4 Grade ≥ 2 dyspnea).
15. Uncontrolled diabetes.
16. Non-healing wound, ulcer, or bone fracture.
17. Known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, or active hepatitis B or C, or chronic hepatitis B or C requiring treatment with antiviral therapy.
18. Interstitial lung disease with ongoing signs and symptoms.
19. Renal failure requiring hemo-or peritoneal dialysis.
20. Dehydration NCI-CTCAE v.4 grade> 1.
21. Substance abuse, medical, psychological or social conditions that may interfere with the patient’s ability to understand informed consent and participation in the study or evaluation of the study results.
22. Known hypersensitivity to the study drug or excipients in the formulation.
23. Any illness or medical conditions that are unstable or could jeopardize the safety of the patient and his/her compliance in the study.
24. Pregnant or lactating women.
25. Subjects unable to swallow oral medications.
26. Refusal to undergo a PET-targeted fresh biopsy.
27.Subjects with thrombotic, embolic, venous, or arterial events, such as cerebrovascular accident (including transient ischemic attacks) deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism within 6 months of start of study treatment within 6 months of informed consent.
28.Persistent proteinuria > Grade 3 NCI-CTCAE v4.0 (> 3.5 g/24 hours, measured by urine protein: creatinine ratio on a random urine sample).
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
The primary endpoint is OS of patients bearing an advanced refractory colorectal cancer treated with regorafenib, according to baseline variables, early metabolic response measured by serial FDG-PET/CT before and during the first course of therapy and early molecular changes. For this primary analysis, only patients who undergo the post therapeutic examinations ( (FDG/PET and the data generated from gene expression profiling, RNA, exome sequencing and methylation profiling) will be eligible for analysis. Overall Survival (OS) is defined as the time from the second examinations to death due to any cause. |
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E.5.1.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
The primary endpoint is overal survival. The timepoints will be death of the patients. |
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E.5.2 | Secondary end point(s) |
• PFS and RR of patients bearing an advanced refractory colorectal cancer treated with regorafenib, according to baseline covariates and to early metabolic and molecular changes measured after the first course of therapy. For this secondary analysis, only patients who undergo the post-therapeutic examinations will be eligible. PFS is defined from the follow-up investigations to the first occurrence of progression of disease or death. RR will be defined according to radiological examinations and assessment will be done using RECIST 1.1.
• PFS, OS safety profile and objective RR according to RECIST 1.1 for the whole “intent-to-treat” patients’ population. For this secondary analysis, all eligible patients included in the trial will be included and “time zero” will be the date of inclusion. Toxicity will be measured using the adverse events reported during the therapy according to the NCI Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 4.0. (Available on the NCI website at the following address (http://evs.nci.nih.gov/ftp1/CTCAE). See section 8: Assessment of Safety.
• Description of the Disease Control Rate (DCR) of the patients at first radiological assessment.
• Description of OS and PFS of patients pretreated and not pretreated by bevacizumab.
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E.5.2.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
.PFS and RR according to early metabolic changes : PFS and RR assessment, will be done every 8 weeks, or sooner if clinically justified and will be correlated with the early metabolic assessment done at day 14 after treatement begin.
.PFS, OS safety profile and objective RR of the overall intent to treat population: PFS and RR assessment, will be done every 8 weeks, or sooner if clinically justified.
.Description of OS and PFS of patients pretreated and not pretreated by bevacizumab.Analysis restricted to the bevacizumab pretreated population.
. Description of the Disease Control Rate (DCR) of the patients at first radiological assessment : PFS and RR assessment, will be followed every 8 weeks, or sooner if clinically justified. |
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E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial |
E.6 | Scope of the trial |
E.6.1 | Diagnosis | No |
E.6.2 | Prophylaxis | No |
E.6.3 | Therapy | Yes |
E.6.4 | Safety | Yes |
E.6.5 | Efficacy | Yes |
E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | No |
E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | No |
E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No |
E.6.9 | Dose response | No |
E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | No |
E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic | Yes |
E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic | No |
E.6.13 | Others | No |
E.7 | Trial type and phase |
E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) | No |
E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans | No |
E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | No |
E.7.1.3 | Other | No |
E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description | |
E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) | Yes |
E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | No |
E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | No |
E.8 Design of the trial |
E.8.1 | Controlled | No |
E.8.1.1 | Randomised | No |
E.8.1.2 | Open | Yes |
E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No |
E.8.1.4 | Double blind | No |
E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | No |
E.8.1.6 | Cross over | No |
E.8.1.7 | Other | No |
E.8.2 | Comparator of controlled trial |
E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) | No |
E.8.2.2 | Placebo | No |
E.8.2.3 | Other | No |
E.8.3 |
The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned
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E.8.4 | The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned | Yes |
E.8.4.1 | Number of sites anticipated in Member State concerned | 18 |
E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | No |
E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA |
E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA | No |
E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | No |
E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee | No |
E.8.8 |
Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last
visit of the last subject undergoing the trial
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E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned years | 2 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | 6 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | |