This is a phase l/II study. The purpose of this study is to test the safety of the study drug neratinib in combination with a standard chemotherapy drug called capecitabine at different doses to find out what effects, if any, it has on people. Capecitabine (Xeloda®) is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for advanced breast cancer treatment. Neratinib is an investigational drug, meaning the FDA has not approved the use of this drug for advanced breast cancer. The combination of capecitabine and neratinib has been studied before in another study where capecitabine was administered using the standard dosing schedule. In this study, the investigators want to find out if a different dosing schedule of capecitabine combined with neratinib is safer. This different dosing schedule is experimental, meaning the administration schedule of capecitabine and neratinib is not FDA approved for treatment for HER2 positive advanced breast cancer.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
34
Capecitabine will be taken orally in AM and PM (at the assigned dose per cohort) 7 days on and 7 days off. Phase II MD 1000mg BID of capecitabine.
Neratinib is given as 240 mg daily continuously without stopping. A cycle is 28 days. Phase II The MD has been determined as 240mg of neratinib
Questionnaires Every Cycle (+/- 3 days) (For phase II)
Hartford Healthcare Cancer Institute @ Hartford Hospital
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Baptist Alliance - McI
Miami, Florida, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering at Basking Ridge
Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth
Middletown, New Jersey, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen
Montvale, New Jersey, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Commack
Commack, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester
Harrison, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau
Uniondale, New York, United States
Lehigh Valley Health Network
Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States
Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD)
If 0 of the 3 patients entered at a dose level experiences a DLT, another 3 patients will be treated at the next higher dose level. If 1 of 3 patients in a cohort experiences a DLT, then up to 3 additional patients will be treated at the same dose level. If none of these 3 additional patients experience a DLT, then the dose will be escalated to the next higher dose level. If \> 2 of the initial 3 or 6 patients at a dose level experience a DLT, then the MTD will have been exceeded, and de-escalation is warranted. De-escalation will continue if \> 2 of the initial 3 or 6 patients in a dose level cohort experience a DLT. There will be 2 dose de-escalation levels (dose levels -1 and -2) and one dose escalation (dose level +1) as shown in the table below. If \< 1 of 6 patients, at that dose level, experience a DLT, then that dose level will be confirmed as the MTD.
Time frame: 1 year
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