The current commercially available MEKTOVI® (binimetinib) 15 mg tablets are provided as immediate release film-coated tablets for oral administration. For the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma with BRAF V600 mutation, the recommended dosing regimen is 45 mg twice daily (bis in die, BID). No food effect with the commercial formulation of 15 mg was demonstrated. In order to reduce the patient's burden, a new strength tablet containing 45 mg of binimetinib as active ingredient is being developed. As a result, the number of tablets to be taken by the patients will be reduced from 6 tablets (6 x 15 mg) to 2 tablets (2 x 45 mg) per day. The evaluation of the relative bioavailability of the 45 mg tablet in comparison to three 15 mg tablets intake is therefore required.
The R formulation is the currently commercially available tablet containing 15 mg of binimetinib as active substance, administered as three tablets for a total of 45 mg binimetinib. The T formulation is the tablet containing 45 mg of binimetinib as active substance in one tablet. Participants will be randomized to one of 2 treatment sequences (RT or TR) containing 2 treatment periods, with at least a 7-day washout between each dose. The study will consist of a screening period between 21 and 2 days before the first study treatment administration on Period (P) 1 Day (D) 1, 2 treatment periods of 5 days each, and a washout of at least 7 days between P1D1 and P2D1. Study treatments are given by the oral route in fasted condition. The end-of-study (EOS) visit will be performed 30 (± 3) days after the last study treatment administration or discontinuation.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
14
two-period, crossover study
Biotrial
Rennes, France
Area under the plasma concentration-time curve (AUC) from time of administration to last observed plasma concentration (AUClast)
Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 2 months
AUC from time of administration to infinity (AUCinf)
Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 2 months
Maximum observed plasma concentration (Cmax)
Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 2 months
Time to reach Cmax (Tmax)
Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 2 months
AUC Test(T) / Reference (R) ratios
Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 2 months
Treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs)
Incidence, nature and severity
Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 2 months
Treatment-emergent serious adverse events (treatment-emergent SAEs)
Incidence, nature and severity
Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 2 months
Electrocardiograms
heart rate (HR), PR interval, QRS duration, QRS axis, QT interval, QTcF
Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 2 months
Clinical laboratory parameters
Erythrocytes (red blood cells, RBCs), hematocrit, hemoglobin, platelets; leukocyte count with differential: basophils, eosinophils, lymphocytes, monocytes, neutrophils / absolute neutrophil count; RBC indices: mean corpuscular hemoglobin, mean corpuscular volume, reticulocytes/erythrocytes, ALT, albumin, ALP, AST, bicarbonate, bilirubin (total and indirect), urea, calcium, chloride, CK, creatinine, amylase, lipase, total cholesterol, glucose, lactate dehydrogenase, magnesium, potassium, sodium, total protein, uric acid, blood pregnancy test (hCG), coagulation (aPTT or PT)
Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 2 months
Vital signs
Supine and standing systolic BP, diastolic BP and PR, body temperature
Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 2 months
Opthalmologic examinations
Best corrected visual acuity for distance testing, optical coherence tomography and/or fluorescein angiography, slit lamp examination, IOP and dilated fundoscopy with attention to retinal abnormalities
Time frame: At the screening and at the end of study
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