This phase 1/2 study will evaluate the maximum tolerated dose, efficacy, and safety of clofarabine in patients with advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer.
Clofarabine is an antimetabolite chemotherapeutic agent used as a subsequent line of treatment in pediatric patients with leukemia. In preclinical studies, it showed promising results, surpassing the effectiveness of the current standard of care. The study aims to define the maximum tolerated dose of clofarabine in patients with metastatic or locally advanced urothelial carcinoma. It also seeks to characterize the pharmacokinetics of clofarabine and assess the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of the treatment. The study population consists of patients with histologically confirmed urothelial carcinoma and radiologically documented metastatic or unresectable locally advanced disease, who have already received standard-of-care treatment. The study will be performed using a dose-escalation regimen.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
50
Patients receive i.v. clofarabine in a dose-escalation regimen
Department of Urology, Medical University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria
RECRUITINGDetermining the maximum tolerated dose (MTD)
The objective of the dose selection phase is to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) or confirm that the start dose level of clofarabine is safe. The MTD is defined as the highest dose at which the probability of toxicity remains below the target toxicity threshold. MTD estimation will be based on the observed dose-dependent incidence rate of dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) within the first 28 days of dosing (Cycle 1). Patients eligible for MTD evaluation include: * Those who completed Cycle 1 and took at least 80% of the required total dose of the study drug (protocol-defined dose reductions will not be considered noncompliance). * Those who discontinued during Cycle 1 due to a DLT.
Time frame: From the start of study drug administration through the first 28 days of dosing (Cycle 1), based on the observed incidence of dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) and evaluation of maximum tolerated dose (MTD)
Objective response rate (ORR)
Objective response rate (ORR) is defined as the percentage of patients whose best response is either a complete response (CR) or partial response (PR). Patients for whom best tumor response is not CR or PR, as well as patients without any efficacy assessment will be considered non-responders. According to RECIST v1.1, confirmation of PR and CR is not required considering the nature of the study and the protocol requirements.
Time frame: From the date of study treatment start until the date of the best documented objective response (for a maximum duration of 36 months).
Duration of response (DOR)
Duration of response (DOR) (for PR and CR) is defined as the time from the first documented objective response of PR or CR, whichever is noted earlier, to disease progression or death (if death occurs before progression is documented). DOR will be defined for responders only, i.e. patients with a CR or PR. The actual dates the tumor scans were performed will be used for this calculation. DOR for patients who have not progressed or died at the time of analysis will be censored at the date of their last tumor assessment.
Time frame: From the date of the first documented objective response of PR or CR, whichever is noted earlier, to disease progression or death (for a maximum duration of 36 months).
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Progression-free survival (PFS)
Progression-free survival (PFS) is defined as the time (days) from start of study treatment to date of first observed disease progression (investigator's radiological or clinical assessment) or death due to any cause, if death occurs before progression is documented. The actual date that the tumor scan was performed will be used for this calculation. If a tumor assessment is performed over more than one day (e.g. scans for chest and abdomen done on different days for the same evaluation), the earliest date will be used for the calculation of PFS. For patients without documented radiological or clinical progression or death at the time of analysis, PFS will be censored at the last actual visit date of tumor evaluation.
Time frame: From the date of study treatment start until the date of the first observed progression or date of death due to any cause, if death occurs before progression is documented (for a maximum duration of 36 months).
Overall survival (OS)
Overall survival (OS) is defined as the time from start of study treatment to death due to any cause. Patients alive at the date of data cut-off for analysis will be censored at the last date known to be alive. If a patient is lost to follow-up before any assessment after assignment to treatment, this patient will be censored at 1 day.
Time frame: From the date of study treatment start until the date of death due to any cause (for a maximum duration of 36 months).
Safety and tolerability endpoints
Individual listings of adverse events will be provided. Treatment-related adverse events evaluated using the National Cancer Institute's Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (version 5.0). Adverse events will be reported as absolute numbers (n) and relative frequencies (%). Visualization of the results will be presented with help of tables and diagrams.
Time frame: Day 1 up to 90 days after last dose of study drug.
Area under the concentration-time curve (AUC)
The concentration-times courses of all analytes will be tabulated by dose level.
Time frame: Day 1 up to the date of the last dose of study drug.
Maximum serum concentration (Cmax) of Clofarabine
The concentration-times courses of all analytes will be tabulated by dose level.
Time frame: Day 1 up to the date of the last dose of study drug.