This research study is studying a targeted therapy as a possible treatment for thyroid cancer. A targeted therapy is a type of treatment that uses drugs or other substances to identify and attack specific types of cancer cells with less harm to normal cells. \- The name of the study intervention involved in this study is regorafenib.
This is a phase II clinical trial. Phase II clinical trials test the safety and effectiveness of an investigational intervention to learn whether the intervention works in treating a specific disease. "Investigational" means that the intervention is being studied. The FDA (the U.S. Food and Drug Administration) has approved regorafenib as a treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer and locally advanced, unresectable or metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumor. Regorafenib has not been approved for treatment against thyroid cancer. Regorafenib is an oral anti-tumor agent that blocks activity of a specific kind of protein involved in normal cellular functions and in pathologic processes such as tumor formation and maintenance.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
17
Regorafenib is a small molecule inhibitor of multiple membrane-bound and intracellular kinases involved in normal cellular functions and in pathologic processes.
Yale Cancer Center
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
10-month Progression-free Survival (PFS) Rate [MTC Cohort]
10-month PFS Rate is the proportion of participants ramaing alive and progression free at 10 months. Progression-free survival based on the Kaplan-Meier method is defined as the duration of time from study entry to documented disease progression (PD) or death. Per RECIST 1.1 criteria: progressive disease (PD) is at least a 20% increase in the sum of longest diameter (LD) of target lesions taking as reference the smallest sum LD recorded since the treatment started or the appearance of one or more new lesions. PD for the evaluation of non-target lesions is the appearance of one or more new lesions and/or unequivocal progression of non-target lesions.
Time frame: 10 months
Objective Response Rate (ORR) [DTC Cohort]
ORR was defined as the percentage of participants achieving complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) on treatment based on RECIST 1.1 criteria. Per RECIST 1.1 for target lesions: CR is complete disappearance of all target lesions and PR is at least a 30% decrease in the sum of longest diameter (LD) of target lesions, taking as reference baseline sum LD. PR or better overall response assumes at a minimum incomplete response/stable disease (SD) for the evaluation of non-target lesions and absence of new lesions.
Time frame: Up to 23.9 months. Tumor assessments were performed at baseline, on Day 1 of Cycle 3, and every 28 days thereafter. After treatment discontinuation, assessments continued every 2 months (±7 days).
Grade 3-5 Toxicity Rate
Grade 3-5 toxicity rate is defined as the proportion of participants who experienced at least one grade 3-5 adverse event (AE) of any type during the time of observation. All AEs were summarized and graded based on CTCAE v4.
Time frame: AEs were evaluated on treatment cycle 1 day 1 of week 1, 2 and 3, and cycle 2 day 1 of week 1 and 3, and cycle 3 and beyond day 1 of week 1. For this study cohort, participants were evaluated for AEs for the maximum treatment duration up to 24 months.
Change From Cycle 1 Day 1 in MD Anderson Symptom Inventory-Thyroid (MDASI-Thy) Score
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The MDASI-Thy assesses the severity of symptoms, including 13 core symptom items, 6 additional module symptom items, and 6 interference items, at their worst in the past 24 hours using a 0-10 numerical rating scale, where higher scores indicate worse symptoms. For each section (core symptoms, thyroid-specific symptoms, and interference), the section score is calculated as the mean of the item scores and therefore ranges from 0 to 10. Change scores were calculated as the end-of-treatment section score minus the corresponding Cycle 1 Day 1 section score.
Time frame: Assessed at Cycle 1 Day 1 and end of treatment. The maximum treatment duration was 23.9 months.